Dank demolishes field in Beverly D.

"She's been real aggressive all year," Moore said. "She wasn't at her best

over the last couple, but she was in excellent condition coming into this, and

when she kicked in it was all over."

Gifted Girl rallied belatedly for second by 1 1/2 lengths to complete the

English exacta.

"We had a lovely run around," jockey Tom Queally said. "She was slowly away,

but she ran a super race. There's still more to come for her."

Ausus, winner of the local prep in the Modesty, got up from last

for third in a four-way photo with Marketing Mix, fifth-placer La Tia and Solid

Appeal in sixth.  Next came Duntle, Artemus Kitten and Starformer.

Marketing Mix didn't rate as kindly as usual, according to Hall of Famer Gary

Stevens.

"She was pulling and not settling like she normally does," Stevens said. "She

was comfortable, but she was pulling, which took away from her kick. I won't

make any excuses -- the winner ran a huge race to set a new stakes record.

Normally she gives me a real feeling of confidence, but she didn't give it to me

today. I knew a ways out it was going to be difficult."

Dank boosted her bankroll to $684,990 from her 11-6-2-1 line. The bay was a

progressive three-year-old of 2012. A maiden winner over Kempton's Polytrack,

she later added an Ascot handicap before placing second in the Dick Hern

Fillies' in her stakes debut at Haydock. Dank notched her first stakes victory

next time in the Atalanta at Sandown, but wrapped up her sophomore season with a

fifth in the Rosemary at Newmarket.

Stepping up to nine furlongs in her reappearance in Newmarket's May 5 Dahlia,

Dank enjoyed the added distance to outduel Chigun by a head. She was not as

effective dropping back to a mile for the June 19 Duke of Cambridge at Royal

Ascot, but was beaten only a half-length in third by Duntle. Dank went back up

to nine furlongs in the Kilboy Estate and promptly rolled to a 1 3/4-length

decision, and continued her upward mobility in her first transatlantic venture.

Bred by London Thoroughbred Services, Dank is a half-sister to two Group

1-winning highweights in Eagle Mountain and Sulk. Eagle Mountain scored his

signature win in the 2008 Hong Kong Cup and also finished runner-up in that

season's Breeders' Cup Turf. Sulk ranked as France's highweight juvenile filly

of 2001 by virtue of capturing the Prix Marcel Boussac, and she was England's

highweight staying filly courtesy of a second in the 2002 Prix Royal Oak. Sulk

went on to produce Dubai stakes winner and Group 2-placed Ibn Battuta.

Dank is also a half-sister to multiple Group 3-placed stakes victor Wallace

and to the dams of Group 2-placed stakes winner Pimpernel and current

two-year-old Bye Bye Birdie, queen of the Curragh's Balanchine on June 30.

Dank's prolific dam is Masskana, a winning daughter of Darshaan and multiple

French Group 1 star Masarika. Masskana is herself a half-sister to Group 2

scorer Massyar and Grade 3 victor Madjaristan.

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