Bar Of Gold took the lead on the far turn and was never threatened as she cruised to a one-and-a-half-length victory in the eight-furlong Critical Eye Stakes at Belmont Park.
The four-year-old daughter of Medaglia d’Oro, who has been knocking on the door in Graded Stakes company, notched her first Stakes victory in the Critical Eye. As a three-year-old, Bar Of Gold was second in the G1 Test Stakes, G2 Prioress, and G2 Raven Run.
Bar Of Gold was bred in New York and races as a homebred for Chester and Mary Broman Sr. She is out of the Lemon Drop Kid mare, Khancord Kid, winner of the G3 Herecomesthebride Stakes. Bar Of Gold’s second dam is Confidently, a full-sister to Stakes winner Yankee Gentleman.
Medaglia d’Oro is the sire of 86 Stakes winners, including 2016 G1 winner Songbird, last year’s Eclipse Award winner, and Mshawish, now a G1 winner on both dirt and turf. No sire in North America has more G1 winners this year. Medaglia d’Oro’s lifetime number of Group or Graded winners totals 44, a number that also includes Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra and 2016 G1 Golden Slipper winner Vancouver.
Medaglia d’Oro will stand the upcoming breeding season at Kelvinside at a fee of $110,000 inc. GST.
