Varenka

After running third in her career debut in July 2018, Varenka tested stakes competition for her next two starts and ran second in both the P. G. Johnson Stakes at Saratoga and Grade 3 Miss Grillo Stakes at Belmont Park. The bay Ghostzapper filly finished fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf in her final start as a 2-year-old.

Varenka picked up her first career win in a maiden special weight race in May at Belmont Park, rallying from seventh for a facile two-length score. She next ran third in the Grade 3 Regret Stakes in June at Churchill Downs before winning an allowance race by a neck at Saratoga in July. Varenka earned a breakthrough stakes win in the Grade 2 Lake Placid Stakes Aug. 17 at Saratoga when she finished in a dead-hear for the win with Regal Glory in a thrilling finish.

Stakes winner Dynamic Cat, by Dynaformer, is the dam (mother) of Varenka. In addition to Varenka, Dynamic Cat produced stakes winners Lift Up, Dynamic Holiday, Appealing Cat, and Cat’s Holiday.