Teresa Haupt and breeder Charles Blanford’s Beautiful Blome brings the lone stakes win and is tied for the most starts among nine entrants in Saturday’s $125,000 Busanda, a nine-furlong test for sophomore fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack.

The Busanda awards the top-five finishers a respective 20-10-6-4-2 qualifying points towards the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks on May 2 at Churchill Downs.

Trained by Anthony Pecoraro, Beautiful Blome won the one-mile White Clay Creek two starts back on October 9 at Delaware Park. The Blofeld chestnut traveled off the pace around the two-turn mile configuration before a rail-skimming surge to win by 8 1/4 lengths.

“It’s emotional,” Blanford said at the time. “I’m just a small guy with big dreams. I have all my own homebred mares, and I’m just breeding them, and they’re producing.”

Beautiful Blome exited to run a last-out distant sixth in the one-turn mile Listed Tempted on November 2 at Belmont at the Big A. There, she traveled in last-of-nine early and had far too much work to do as eventual winner Stunner led through splits of 22.92 seconds, 45.87 and 1:10.76 on the fast dirt.

“I think she needs two turns. I don’t think one turn justifies her,” said Pecoraro. “She doesn’t like to be rushed, or anything like that. It [the Tempted] was too fast for her. It was more like a sprint that race. They went 45, that’s rocking. Those horses were more difficult than this group, I’d assume.”

Pecoraro said Beautiful Blome has an experience edge through a 6-2-0-2 record, which includes a stakes placing when third in the restricted Small Wonder sprinting six furlongs in September at Delaware. Busanda contender Carmen’s Candy Jar also has six starts but was cross-entered in a Friday state-bred optional-claimer for Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, who also sends maiden-winner Ruth.

“I think you’ll get a couple of horses in here that just broke their maiden, who will be on or close to the lead. My horse has a little seasoning in her,” said Pecoraro. “She comes from behind, if it sets up for her, it’ll be perfect.”

Pecoraro believes the stretch out to nine furlongs is more ideal for Beautiful Blome than the one-turn mile.

“That wasn’t her thing at all. She’s had a couple of months off and is nice and fresh. I just hope she is good enough that’s all,” Pecoraro added. “She’s slowly getting better each time she runs, if you watch and look at her numbers, we’ll see.”

Bred in Maryland by Blanford, Beautiful Blome is out of the winning After Market mare Best Mom Ever. Eric Cancel has the call from post 2.

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