Rymska (FR)

Rymska was a stakes winner in France before coming to the U.S. in the fall of 2016. She took some time to find her peak form in North America but ran well in finishing second in the Grade 3 Miss Grillo Stakes and fifth in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. In her 3-year-old bow, Rymska won the Grade 3 Sweetest Chant Stakes at Gulfstream Park in February 2017. She followed with an eye-catching victory in September in the Grade 3 Commonwealth Oaks Presented by the Virginia Equine Alliance and the Virginia HBPA.

Rymska closed out 2017 with a win in a listed stakes in November at Aqueduct but did not race again until Aug. 31, 2018. She returned with a very good runner-up effort by a nose in an allowance race at Saratoga, and then returned to stakes-winning form in her next start, defeating 2016 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner New Money Honey by 2 ½ lengths in the Grade 3 Athenia Stakes at Belmont Park on Oct. 21. Rymska closed 2018 with an unplaced finish in the Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes.

Making her 2019 debut in the Grade 3 Suwanee River Stakes on Feb. 9 at Gulfstream Park, Rymska came up just a bit short when second by 2 1/2 lengths as the 1-5 favorite. She bounced back nicely in her second start of the season when she surged past front-running Hawksmoor in the stretch at Tampa Bay Downs en route to a dominant victory in the Grade 2 Hillsborough Stakes on March 9.