Did anyone see the Prairie Meadows Juvenile Stakes race on Saturday night July 6, 2024?

Wow! -- it was a very impressive performance put in by a filly named White Sands, beating a good group of colts by winning it by 13 3/4 lengths.

Yes, that is right: A filly beating a good group of colts, including two highly regarded colts: The even money 2yo colt named Mission First trained by local Prairie Meadows trainer B. Hawthorne, and the equally highly regarded 2yo colt and 5/2 third choice named Complex Music trained by Steve Asmussen.

White Sands is a daughter of Into Mischief out of Unicorn Girl, by A. P. Five Hundred, and she is owned by John Magnier and Paul Shanahan and trained by Wesley A. Ward.

White Sands - the only filly in the race - was sent off as an 8/5 second choice behind the 1/1 favorite Mission First.

She just exploded right out of the gate the fastest of all to set the pace 22:18 for the quarter, 45:18 for the half, 57:38 for five furlongs, as she finished the five-and-one-half furlongs in a quick 1:04:18 while being geared down.

Yes, that is right: geared down -- very impressive.

A potential star in the making!

It looks to be the Grade 2 $200,000 Adirondack Stakes on August 4 at Saratoga is her possible next race.

She looks to be Wesley Ward's best 2yo at this point.

I don't have the Beyer Speed Figure as of this writing.

[Update: August 4, 2024: White Sands earned Beyer Speed Figure of 72 for her race on July 6, 2024.]

Stay tuned!