Classy four-year-old SEGESTA (Ghostzapper), who hails from the same family as Klawervlei Stud’s successful sire TWICE OVER (Observatory), showed her class when she won Saturday’s G3 WinStar Matchmaker Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Segesta, whose granddam IXORA (Dynaformer) was based at Klawervlei), provided her trainer Chad Brown with a sixth consecutive win in the Matchmaker Stakes. Ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., Segesta had to knuckle down as the finish line approached as favorite SACRED WISH (Not This Time) came on gamely to just miss by a neck.
With her Matchmaker score, Segesta added a second graded win to her record and scored for the first time in fourth starts since taking the G2 Wonder Again Stakes at Belmont at the Big A in May 2024. Segesta, who was produced by G1 Just A Game Stakes winner ANTONOE (First Defense), improved her record to 3-2-0 from eight career starts that includes a runner-up finish in last year’s Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1).
Saturday’s winner’s fifth dam LOST VIRTUE (Cloudy Dawn) also ranks as the third dam of four time G1 winner TWICE OVER and the fifth dam of 2025 G1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes winner OMBUDSMAN (Night Of Thunder).
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