Vexatious (horse)

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Vexatious
Sire Giant's Causeway
Grandsire Storm Cat
DamDream of Summer
DamsireSiberian Summer
SexMare
FoaledApril 9, 2014
CountryUSA
BreederJames C. Weigel & Giant's Causeway Syndicate, LLC.
OwnerCalumet Farm
TrainerJack Sisterson
JockeyJose Lezcano
Record22:3-3-7
Earnings$448,985
Major wins
Personal Ensign Stakes (2020)
Dowager Stakes (2018)

Vexatious (foaled April 9, 2014) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2020 Personal Ensign Stakes. [1]

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Career

Vexatious's first race was on October 28, 2016, at Santa Anita, where she came in third. She picked up her first win in a Maiden Special Weight race on November 26, 2016, at Del Mar. [2]

She started competing in stakes races during the 2017 season. Through five stakes races, her best results were 3rd-place finishes at the Grade-2 April 1, 2017 Fair Grounds Oaks and the April 14th, 2017, Grade-3 Fantasy Stakes. [1]

Vexatious did not pick up another win until August 15, 2018, when she won the listed August 15, 2018, CTT and TOC Stakes (Black Type) at Del Mar. [1]

On October 21, 2018, she won her first graded stakes race when she won the Grade-3 2018 Dowager Stakes after Beach Flower was disqualified. [3] Vexatious came into the race at 4:1 odds and received $75,000 for the victory. She followed the victory up with a 3rd-place finish at the November 22nd, 2018, Grade-3 Red Carpet Handicap to close the 2018 season.

She had a disappointing 2019 season going winless. Her best results were 2nd-place finishes at the Grade-3 July Modesty Handicap and the August Summer Colony Stakes. [1]

Her 2020 season did not start out much better, as she was only able to manage a 5th-place finish in an Allowance Optional Claiming Race, a 3rd-place finish in an Allowance race and a 2nd-place finish at the Grade-2 Ruffian Stakes. Her luck finally changed though on August 1, 2020. At 9:1 odds, she defeated favorite Midnight Bisou and captured her first ever Grade-1 victory by winning the Personal Ensign Stakes. [4] [5]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Vexatious (USA), 2014 [6]
Sire
Giants Causeway (USA)
b. 1997
Storm Cat (USA)
b. 1983
Storm Bird Northern Dancer
Bricks and Mortar
Terlingua Secretariat
Crimson Saint
Mariah's Storm (USA)
b. 1991
Rahy Blushing Groom
Glorious Song
Immense Roberto
Imsodear
Dam
Dream of Summer (USA)
b. 1999
Siberian Summer (USA)
b. 1989
Siberian Express Caro
Indian Call
Mia KarinaIcecapade
Basin
Marys Dream (USA)
b. 1990
Skywalker Relaunch
Bold Captive
Proper MaryProperantes
My Mary

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References

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  3. "Vexatious Elevated to Victory in Rood & Riddle Dowager" . Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  4. "Vexatious Upsets Midnight Bisou in Personal Ensign" . Retrieved 9 January 2020.
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