Ermine is a 4-year-old filly by Exchange Rate out of the Thirty Six Red mare Red Mischief. Trainer Ronny Werner brought Ermine along nicely for her 3-year-old campaign in 2006 and Ermine steadily rose to the top of the division. After an outstanding second to Lemon's Forever in the Grade One Kentucky Oaks, defeating Wait A While, she regressed in the Grade One Acorn to finish fifth behind the winner Bushfire. Ermine rebounded in November to defeat a green Ginger Punch under second level allowance conditions and then captured the Grade Two Fall City, defeating Joint Effort.
Ermine then reached the top of her game in the Grade One Santa Maria, narrowly losing to Sugar Shake, and in the Grade One Santa Margarita was edged out by division leader Balance. Finally in the Grade One Apple Blossom, Ermine was a winner by virtue of defeating Take D Tour and Round Pond. Those three superlative efforts took a little out of Ermine.
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She finished fourth in the Grade Two Fleur De Lis and last in the Grade One Go For Wand, which was won by Ginger Punch. Now she's running on grass and Ermine really isn't bred for it. It's suspicious when a horse is suddenly switched from a surface h'e having trouble with to a new surafce. And this was the case with Ermine. In the Grade 2 First Lady Stakes, on the Keeneland lawn, Ermine finished a well beaten seventh. Let's hope this turf experiment is over soon. Now an experienced 4-year-old filly, Ermine's best puts her in the hunt for the Breeders Cup but the 2007 Distaff Division is extremely deep.
Ermine's Fall From Breeders Cup Contender Status
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