Toinette

Toinette finished fourth in her career debut on the dirt, but responded with a win when switched to the turf, notching a nose victory at Santa Anita. She then shipped east, winning an allowance at Keeneland by a half length before stepping up to graded stakes competition.

That graded stakes came on Kentucky Oaks day at Churchill Downs, and Toinette closed furiously to win the Edgewood Stakes at the wire.

After fading to ninth when stepping up in class for the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes in July, Toinette was given a short break from competition. She returned in the Grade 3 Autumn Miss Stakes in October at Santa Anita Park and closed from eighth to win by 2 1/4 lengths. 

Toinette won her first start of 2019, an allowance optional claiming race at Del Mar, and then finished third in the John C. Mabee Stakes at Del Mar during the summer on the same course. She improved once back at Santa Anita, winning a listed stakes and then easily taking the Grade 2 Goldikova Stakes on Nov. 3. SHe finished fourth in the Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes in the final start of her 4-year-old season.

Returning from a 6 1/2-month layoff in the Grade 3 Wilshire Stakes June 20, 2020, at Santa Anita, Toinette made easy work of four opponents in a dominant victory in the one-mile race.

Toinette is a daughter of late, top sire Scat Daddy. She was bought for $110,000 as a yearling.