Shifty She just misses in Gr. III Suwannee River at Gulfstream

After winning three of her four starts as a 3-year-old in 2019, Shifty She was forced to the sidelines for 16 months, missing her entire 4-year-old campaign. The daughter of Gone Astray made her return in April of this year, and after her second-place finish in yesterdays’s Gr. III, $200,000 Suwannee River Stakes at Gulfstream, her record for 2021 is 3-1–1 in seven starts with earnings of $252,795.

Edwin Gonzalez was aboard the 5-year-old mare for the race at ‘about’ one mile on the grass, and he took her right to the lead from the break. Carrying high-weight of 125 pounds, Shifty She led at every call, only to be edged at the wire by Sweet Melania by one-half length after a furious stretch battle, and the winner carrying just 121 pounds may have been the deciding factor. The race went in 1:34.19, less than 2/5ths of a second off the course record, and Shifty She collected $18,600 for her strong performance.

Shifty She had previously won the Gr. III Noble Damsel at Belmont Park, and before that the Powder Break and Ginger Punch at Gulfstream. She’s now 6-1-1 in 11 lifetime tries, with earnings of $355,995.

Shifty She is trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., same trainer who won the $400,000 Remington Springboard Mile with Make It Big (Neolithic) the previous evening.

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