Emily Shields
Moonshine Memories, shown training at Belmont Park on June 8, is 1 for 3 this year.
DEL MAR, Calif. – Moonshine Memories, a two-time Grade 1 winner in 2017, on Thursday won for the first time in three starts this year, taking an allowance race for 3-year-old fillies at 6 1/2 furlongs at Del Mar.
The win confirmed plans to send her to Saratoga for the Grade 2 Prioress Stakes on Sept. 3. The $250,000 Prioress is run at six furlongs, a distance Moonshine Memories may prefer at this stage of her career, trainer Simon Callaghan said.
“I think six furlongs might be better for her than 6 1/2,” he said. “The way she is, she’s definitely more of a sprinter.”