Trainer Miguel Clement said Moyglare Stud Farm\u2019s Irish homebred Bellezza is likely Breeders\u2019 Cup bound after securing a ‘Win and You\u2019re In’ berth into the Grade 1 Filly and Mare Turf with a 2 1\/4-length win in Saturday\u2019s Flower Bowl (G2), a 1 3\/8-mile inner turf test for older fillies and mares, at Saratoga Race Course.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe that is the strong consideration,\u201d Clement said of the Filly and Mare Turf on November 1 at Del Mar. \u201cWe\u2019ll probably train her straight to the Breeders\u2019 Cup and we\u2019re very lucky to have her.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Bellezza notched her second graded victory in her fourth start since moving stateside. She made her American debut for the late Christophe Clement with a 1 1\/2-length win in the Grade 3 Sheepshead Bay over the same distance in May at Belmont at the Big A, and followed with a respective third and second in the Grade 1 New York presented by Rivers Casino in June and the Grade 2 Glens Falls in July, both over yielding Spa turf.<\/p>\n
Clement said the firm footing on Saturday helped Bellezza return to the winner\u2019s circle with a strong rally from last-to-first under Jaime Rodriguez in the seven-horse field.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s good, and I thought she was very impressive,\u201d Clement said. \u201cShe finally got the ground she was looking for, which is firm turf, and she has not had the opportunity to run on firm since the Sheepshead Bay. I\u2019m delighted for the connections, because Moyglare Stud Farm have been a big supporter of the stable for many years.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 4-year-old Bellezza is by Siyouni and of the Galileo mare Terrific, who was stakes-placed in Ireland and is a full-sister to Grade 1-winner Together and a half-sister to Group 1-winner Jan Vermeer.<\/p>\n
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\u201cShe\u2019s a very tough filly and she\u2019s genuine,\u201d Clement said of Bellezza. \u201cShe\u2019s got a superb pedigree, which makes my life easier.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Bellezza is likely to train up to the Breeders\u2019 Cup and bypass the Grade 3, $175,000 Waya on October 5, Clement said Flower Bowl fourth-place finisher La Mehana <\/strong>is likely to resurface in the 1 3\/8-mile route for fillies and mares at Belmont at the Big A.<\/p>\n LSU Stables\u2019 6-year-old Al Wukair mare was fifth and 7 1\/2 lengths back early in the Flower Bowl under Kendrick Carmouche before swapping spots with Bellezza at the rear of the field to be last through the final turn. She was angled widest of all into the stretch to make a belated bid and landed 3 1\/4 lengths back of Bellezza.<\/p>\n \u201cShe was a bit unlucky and Kendrick was never able to switch her off, a touch keen early on and that probably cost us a bit of her punch that we\u2019re used to seeing,\u201d Clement explained. \u201cIt\u2019s OK, we\u2019ll regroup and we\u2019ll come back.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n La Mehana was a romping winner of the Grade 2 Ballston Spa ahead of the Flower Bowl, and earned a career-best 104 Beyer Speed Figure for the 8 3\/4-length triumph. She won last year\u2019s Waya as part of a 6-2-0-2 campaign for Christophe Clement.<\/p>\n Clement also noted that LSU Stables\u2019 multiple Grade 1 winner Far Bridge <\/strong>is on point for a start in the Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic on September 27 at Belmont at the Big A off a sixth-place finish in the Grade 1 Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer on August 9 at Saratoga.<\/p>\n \u201c100 percent,\u201d Clement said of going to the Joe Hirsch. \u201cHe\u2019s doing very well, and I just want to give him a few easy weeks. He got a bit light after the Sword Dancer I thought. He\u2019s doing much better now and I intend to only give him two works on the grass at Saratoga at Saratoga between now and then.\u201d<\/p>\n The earner of more than $2.3 million is among the leaders of the older turf division with wins this year in the Grade 3 Pan American at Gulfstream Park and Grade 2 Man o\u2019 War at Belmont at the Big A ahead of a neck third in the Grade 1 Resorts World Casino Manhattan in June and a three-length score in the Grade 2 Bowling Green on July 12 at Saratoga.<\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Paulick Report<\/a> on Sep 1, 2025, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Paulick Report as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trainer Miguel Clement said Moyglare Stud Farm\u2019s Irish homebred Bellezza is likely Breeders\u2019 Cup bound after securing a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[110192,80266,110191,110196,124225,135462,1071,74580,79,135461,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-390858","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-bellezza","9":"tag-breeders-cup","10":"tag-christophe-clement","11":"tag-flower-bowl","12":"tag-mare-turf","13":"tag-moyglare-stud-farm","14":"tag-racing","15":"tag-saratoga-race-course","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-trainer-miguel-clement","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115132528344265003","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}