EDITED GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS RELEASE
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL—Florida-bred Win N Your In is one of 15 nominees to the $115,000 Melody of Colors for 3-year-old fillies scheduled at five furlongs on the turf Sunday, March 23.
Troy Johnson and Maritza Weston’s Win N Your In will make her turf debut after three wins and three thirds in eight prior starts, all on dirt. She raced exclusively at Gulfstream last year, winning the Sharp Susan and Florida Sire Stakes Susan’s Girl, and is winless in two tries this year with a third in the seven-furlong Gasparilla Jan. 11 at Tampa Bay Downs.
Trained by Carlos David, Win N Your In is out of Hello Rosie, by Yes It’s True and was bred in Florida by Marion G. Montanari of Ocala, Fla. She was purchased by Troy Johnson for $12,000 on the advice of bloodstock agent Charles Weston at the 2023 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Winter Mixed Sale where she was consigned by Francis and Barbara Vanlangendonck’s Summerfield.
Tracy Farmer’s Abientot, winner of the Matron (G3) last fall at Aqueduct is among the nominations. Abientot broke her maiden last summer at Saratoga and two starts later ran third in the 6 ½-furlong Untapable at Kentucky Downs before cutting back to six furlongs for the Matron. By Not This Time, she most recently tired to last after pressing the pace in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) Nov. 1 at Del Mar.
Also among nominees are Dare to Breeze, second by a neck in the five-furlong Algonquin in her grass debut and most recent race last fall at Aqueduct; Cloe, who graduated sprinting 5 ½ furlongs on the Tapeta Jan. 8; Me Governor, winner of the Stewart Manor last fall on the Aqueduct turf; and Shisospicy.
Shisospicy was twice stakes-placed on dirt before a front-running optional claiming allowance triumph Feb. 5 in her grass debut. Previously, she dominated her debut at Gulfstream Park by over 16 lengths. The daughter of Mitole followed that with a third in the six-and-one-half furlong Fern Creek Stakes at Churchill Downs.
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