Enedina comes good the second time
ENEDINA, a bay filly by Film Director out of the Bold Executive mare Yaella who failed to attract a buyer at the Yearling Sale, looks to be a good one in the making as she recovered from her debut defeat to capture the Sunnyside Stakes at Caymanas Park on Saturday, December 22, 2018.
Ridden on both occasions by Dane Nelson for owner, breeder and trainer Lorenzo Robinson, Enedina captured the maiden special weight contest for native-bred fillies going 5 ½ furlongs (1,100m) in a good time of 1:07.3, winning by two lengths.
After Enedina’s spanking win, an elated Robinson stated that he expects more from Enedina in the near future, especially with the native-bred three-year-old campaign on the horizon.
“We think highly of her but wanted to sell her at the sale but there were no takers, so we decided to keep her and this is who she is. She looks to be a nice filly. The first time she ran, she was just beaten by a head over the straight. However, the second time she delivered and delivered very well.
“She was lightly trained for her first start because we had our eyes focused on another race that was coming up, so we were taking it lightly with her. I thought we missed out on a half-mile work and that would have opened her up more for that race, but we thought that we would have gotten it as we just lost by a short head when she first ran.
“We are just taking it easy with her after this win, holding her off the track while putting her down for a rest to prepare her for the upcoming three-year-old campaign. I must say that I am most pleased with her performances, especially how she is training and with time, she will progress and I think she will continue to do well,” Robinson resolved.
Enedina got a very good break at the off in the 14-horse field and went straight to the lead. Running the half-mile (800m) turn, Enedina began to open up on rivals and although drifting out in the straight, the far-striding filly cruised home easily.
Crytocurrency (Oneil Mullings) came from far behind to get second place ahead of Reggae Gone Grammy (Jerome Innis) in third position.
