Matareya (USA)

half-sister to 1m dirt winner Business Model; won an 8-runner special weight maiden over 6.5f by a wide margin at Ellis Park in August 2021; midfield in Grade 1 Alibiades Stakes at Keeneland when next seen in October; second the following month in 6.5f conditions race at Churchill Downs and runner-up again at Oaklawn Park (1m) on final start of 2021; rewarded for that consistency by easily winning a 6f allowance race at Fair Grounds in February 2022; followed up in Keeneland Grade 3 (7f) in April, winning by eight and a half lengths; completed hat-trick in a Grade 2 by nearly three lengths at Churchill Downs (7f) in May and even more impressive when winning Grade 1 Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park (1m) by more than 6l in June; beaten into third in 7f Grade 1 at Saratoga in August, bump 125 yards out not helping her cause; solid second (clear of third) in 6f conditions race at Oaklawn Park on first start of 2023 in March; built on that by winning the Grade 1 Derby City Distaff over 7f at Churchill Downs in May; disappointing at Ellis Park (7f) in a Grade 3 next time but ran better when third in Group 1 at Saratoga (7f) in August.