December 30, 2024

Indescribable scores in Doubledogdare

Last updated: 4/17/09 6:13 PM










Indescribable took her second straight in her seasonal bow
(EquiSport Photos)

Courtlandt Farms’ homebred INDESCRIBABLE (Pleasant Tap) tracked in third on
the backstretch of Friday’s $100,000

Doubledogdare S. (G3)
, circled the pacesetting Awesome Ashley (Unbridled’s
Song) on the turn and continued on to post a 2 1/4-length victory under jockey
Kent Desormeaux. Trained by Bill Mott, the chestnut mare returned $5.40, $3.20
and $2.60 as the 8-5 favorite while keying the $32.60 exacta, $193.40 trifecta
and $766.80 superfecta (8-4-1-6).

Awesome Ashley moved to the front to set fractions of :24, :47 1/5 and 1:11
while followed by Crown of Diamonds (Distorted Humor) and Indescribable. She
maintained an advantage heading into the turn but found Indescribable ranging
up on her outside. The eventual winner continued her momentum down the stretch,
eventually finishing up 1 1/16 miles on the Polytrack in 1:42 2/5.

Serenading (A.P. Indy) rallied to take down second by 2 1/4 lengths over
Tejida (Rahy), paying $5.40 and $4 at 7-1. Show was worth $5.20 at 8-1. Miss
Isella (Silver Charm) rounded out the top four and was followed under the wire
by Awesome Ashley, Crown of Diamonds, Drop a Line (Lemon Drop Kid) and Sefroua
(Kingmambo).



Indescribable earned her second straight graded score in this one, having
previously captured the November 15 Cardinal H. (G3) at Churchill Downs in her
four-year-old finale. She also added a win in last year’s Arlington Matron H.
(G3) to her record and placed in the Go for Wand H. (G1). Third in the
Doubledogdare last season, Indescribable has now banked $394,595 in lifetime
earnings to go along with a 17-6-1-4 career mark.

The Bluegrass-bred is out of stakes heroine Catnip (Flying Paster) and has an
unnamed juvenile half-brother by Pleasantly Perfect and an unnamed yearling
half-sister by Arch. Catnip is herself a half-sister to European champion Hold That
Tiger (Storm Cat) and two-time Grade 1 hero Editor’s Note (Forty Niner), and
hails from the same female family as top sire Hennessy.