‘She Galloped Today’: Mystic Lake Dominant In Dashing Beauty originally appeared on Paulick Report.
C2 Racing Stable, BAG Racing Stables, and Stefania Farms’ Mystic Lake scored an easy victory in the $125,000 Dashing Beauty Stakes at Delaware Park on July 17.
Ridden by Jorge Ruiz, the 4-year-old daughter of Mo Town won by 5 ¾ lengths and returned $2.10 as the favorite in the field of three. M J’s Yoshida, with Melissa Iorio, finished second and Safe Trust, with Andres Chavez, finished third.
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Mystic Lake cut early fractions of :23.19 and :46.00 before completing the six furlongs in 1:10.37 over a fast main track.
With the victory, the Florida-bred conditioned by Saffie Joseph Jr. improved her career record to nine wins from 18 starts with earnings of $1,197,542. It was her eighth career stakes win which includes victories in the Grade 3 Miss Preakness Stakes, G2 Charles Town Oaks, and the G2 Inside Information Stakes.
“She is a nice filly,” said winning rider Jorge Ruiz. “As long she broke good, she would have been okay. She galloped today.”
This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Jul 17, 2025, where it first appeared.