In the early going, Ozone Bere rated kindly in midpack as longshot Queen
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“For her first time in the country, this filly did everything perfect,”
Castellano said. “She waited until just the right moment to move along the rail.
She was calm and relaxed throughout the race.”
“Our jockey gets all the credit for winning this race,” assistant trainer
Nicholas Bachalard said. “He timed it perfectly and was able to get through on
the inside when he needed to.”
Bet down from 20-1 on the morning line to post-time odds of 7-1, Ozone Bere
returned $17.40, $9.40 and $7. The 6-1 Humoristic gave back $7.60 and $5.60
while completing the $153.80 exacta. Art Fan paid $6 at 8-1, rounding out the
$1,077.20 trifecta. With favored My Typhoon in fourth, the 2-10-1-9 superfecta
($1) was worth $1,919.10.
Smart N Classy (Smart Strike) rallied from far back for fifth, trailed by
Feelin’ the Breeze (Belong to Me), Laurafina (Cozzene), Zona (Ity) (Mr.
Greeley), Topiary (Arch), Miss Audrey (Grand Slam), Thetactics Ofdance (Tactical
Advantage), Ernabel (Power of Mind) and a tired Queen Supreme. Amorama (Fr) (Sri
Pekan) was scratched.
Bred by SNC Regnier and San Gabriel in France, the gray filly brought $92,000
as a yearling at the 2003 Deauville August sale. Out of Ajab Alzamaan (GB)
(Rainbow Quest), the winner is a half-sister to French stakes winner and German
Group 2-placed Shuwaib (Polish Precedent). The mare has since produced a
juvenile full brother to the winner named Querglas Bere, who has failed to hit
the board in three tries thus far in France.
Ozone Bere improved her record to 16-9-1-1 with a bankroll of $262,016. She
was scoring her sixth career stakes victory, having captured the 2005 Prix La
Coupe des Pouliches and Prix Ceres, and as a juvenile in 2004, the Prix des
Jouvenceaux et Jouvencelles, Criterium de Lyon and Prix Delahante.
Her future plans are undecided.
“This is our first race in this country and we were not sure how well we
would do,” Bachalard said, “so we have not determined where she will run next.”