From a Maryland Jockey Club release
Miss Behaviour powers home to win the Miss Preakness. Photo by Jim McCue, Maryland Jockey Club.
Cal MacWilliam and Neil Teitelbaum’s Miss Behaviour was quickest down the backstretch, around the turn and through the lane to capture the $100,000 Adena Springs Miss Preakness Stakes for 3-year-old fillies Friday at Pimlico Race Course.
Sheldon Russell rode the daughter of Jump Start for trainer Phil Schoenthal. She won by 1 3/4 lengths over Stormy Novel, with post time favorite Jojo Warrior taking third. The Laurel Park-based winner covered the six-furlong distance in 1:10.85 and paid $12.
“She really has a lot of speed,” Russell said. “She broke sharp today and just carried me all the way around the track.”
As a 2-year old, Miss Behaviour won both the Sorority at Monmouth and the Matron (G2) at Belmont Park. But the Pennsylvania-bred daughter of Jump Start had lost her last three starts.
“There’s a lump in your throat, a little trepidation,” Schoenthal said. “But she beat some nice horses today.”
