Mirth

Little Red Feather Racing purchased Mirth privately after she won three straight races, capped by a 3 ½-length win in June 2018 at Laurel Park.

She made her first start for trainer Phil D’Amato in January 2019 at Santa Anita Park and was unplaced. She bounced back with a victory in a 1 1/8-mile allowance race in February at Santa Anita. The Colonel John filly finished in the top three in two of her next three races, giving D’Amato the confidence to test her against stakes competition and Mirth finished second in the Possibly Perfect Stakes June 16 at Santa Anita. Three starts later she earned a breakthrough win when she led from start to finish Sept. 28 at Santa Anita Park to win the Grade 1 Rodeo Drive Stakes, a Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series “Win and You’re In” race for the Maker's Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf.

Mirth raced out to a long lead in the Filly and Mare Turf on Nov. 2 at Santa Anita, and still led by length into the stretch, but faded late to finish sixth. She returned in the Grade 3 Robert J. Frankel Stakes on Dec. 28 at Santa Anita, and showed incredible determination to outfinish Tiny Tina in a thrilling stretch duel.