Going Global (IRE)

Going Global, an Irish-bred Mehmas filly, raced three times without a victory in her native country before winning a race at Dundalk in November 2020. She shipped to the U.S. and made her debut for trainer Phil D’Amato in the Grade 3 Sweet Life Stakes at Santa Anita Park on Valentine’s Day 2021, and surged through the stretch of the six-furlong turf sprint to collar pacesetter Five Pics Please and win by a half-length.

Going Global earned her third stakes win in a row on Apr. 3, winning the Grade 3 Providencia Stakes. As usual, she came from off the pace to take charge late and win going away. She covered 1 1/8 miles over a firm turf course in 1:48.50, under jockey Flavien Prat.

She added a fourth stakes win to her record on May 22, taking the Grade 3 Honeymoon Stakes impressively. Prat kept her on the inside most of the way, then angled her out into the two-path and kicked away down the stretch to win handily. The final time for 1 1/8 miles was 1:46.37.

Going Global suffered her first defeat of her 3-year-old year on July 24, when she was second in the Grade 2 San Clemente Stakes at Del Mar. Although she closed well up the inside, she finished second to Madone. She bounced back with a win in the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks on Aug. 21, where she stormed through off a slow pace to win impressively. 

Owned by CYBT, Saul Gevertz, Michael Nentwig and Ray Pagano, Going Global is out of the Invasor mare Wrood.