Agave Kiss to extend her winning streak in the Cicada Stakes
The undefeated 3-year-old filly, Agave Kiss, will run in a graded stakes race for the first time in her career, the Grade 3, $150,000 Cicada Stakes, run over a distance of 6 furlongs at Aqueduct race course on 10 March, 2012, a race that is exclusive for
3-year-old fillies.
The New York bred daughter of Lion Heart, out of mare Salty Romance by Salt Lake, is trained by Rudy R. Rodriguez for owner Flying Zee Stables.
The newly turned three-year-old filly in her juvenile season broke her maiden at first asking, going over a distance of 6 furlongs at Belmont Park’s dirt course on 22 October, 2011, covering the distance in 1 minute and 9.79 seconds.
Her connections opted for Aqueduct for her next start in an allowance test over a distance of 6 furlongs on 1 December, 2011, Agave Kiss came out of the race successful yet again beating Mon Rose in second and King of the Disco in third, while covering the
distance in 1 minute and 13.16 seconds.
She scored her hat-trick of wins in her seasonal debut, staying at 6 furlongs, Agave Kiss bagged a stakes races called the Ruthless Stakes at Aqueduct’s race track on 14 January, 2012, covering the distance in 1 minute and 10.28 seconds defeating Well Kept
and Corderosa in the stretch, who finished second and third, respectively.
“We just wanted keep her fresh,” said Rodriguez. “We thought about running her, but it’s a long year and hopefully this will be good for her. We think she’s growing, so we think this was a good thing to do. We like her a lot, so we’re going to treat her
like a good horse. She looks good and we’re very, very happy with the way she is right now.”
Eventually, Agave Kiss’s connections will look for a spot in the Grade 1 races, and they got two lined up already which will take place in the Saratoga meet this year, the Grade 1, $300,000 Prioress Stakes and the Grade 1, $500,000 Test Stakes at Saratoga.
Jockey Ryan Curatolo has been called again to ride Agave Kiss, as the rider has ridden the filly in all of her three starts so far with the record of three wins in as many starts.
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