PERFECT STING Bay Colt 3, by Always B Miki – Shebestingin – Bettor’s Delight

OWNERS: Brittany Farms LLC, Versailles, KY; Val D’Or Farms, Spring Lake, NJ BREEDER: Brittany Farms LLC, Versailles, KY; Val D’Or Farms, Spring Lake, NJ SALE: Homebred TRAINER: Joe Holloway DRIVER: David Miller

YEAR STARTS 1ST 2ND 3RD EARNINGS MARK 2021 4 2 1 1 $101,677 1:48.1 M 2020 10 10 0 0 $534,300 1:49.2 Lex LIFETIME 14 12 1 1 $635,977 1:48.1 M

• Finished third in his Pace elimination behind Southwind Gendry and Lawless Shadow on a sloppy track, only his second career loss. He has post one in the final at odds of 7-2 on the morning line.

• In a PASS division at The Meadows on June 26, prior to his Pace elimination, he finished second to Rockyroad Hanover, but was placed first when Rockyroad was disqualified for interference.

• “I believe (the race against older horses on June 19th at the Meadowlands) took a toll on him,” opined Miller. “He went to The Meadows the next week and he still finished second. It wasn’t like he stopped and finished fifth. He got beat a length. The horse had every right. I’m not disappointed in him at all, I think he’s a great horse.”

• “It’s time to start asserting his dominance, that for sure,” said Holloway. “It’s time for him to step up his game and move ahead of the class. I have confidence in him.”

• Took his mark of 1:48.1 against older horses at the Meadowlands on June 19th after being scratched sick on May 30 and winning a Big M qualifier on June 5 in a sizzling 1:48.4.

• Began his sophomore campaign with his first career loss, a second place finish to Abuckabett Hanover in a 1:50 division of PASS on May 16th at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

• As a freshman, he won his Breeders Crown elimination by three lengths and was involved in the first ever Breeders Crown deadheat for win in 1:50.2 with Summa Cum Laude. He romped in his elimination in 1:50.4.

• Perfect Sting carved out a perfect ten-for-ten freshman season in 2020. He swept the Kentucky Sires Stakes Series, took a division of the Bluegrass in 1:50 and took a mark of 1:49.4 in the International Stallion Stakes at The Red Mile.

• "The mare deserved to have a great horse," trainer Holloway said when asked to describe Perfect Sting. “He’s tougher than his mother, but he’s as fast as his mother. And he could live as long as his father,” Holloway said. “Miki had a big set of lungs. (Perfect Sting is a) pretty good combination of both of them.”

• “He’s all play. In the morning, he’s tough to handle because all he wants to do is play and he doesn’t get tired. He’s light on his feet. He’s got it all… He’s good-looking, he’s good-gaited, he’s sound and he’s fast and he’s tough.” - Holloway

• Hall of Fame driver David Miller is looking for his second Pace win. His previous win came in 2018 with Courtly Choice. 2021 marks the 26th anniversary of Miller’s first ever Pace drive in 1995 with Cinder Lane Sam, who rallied in :26 flat from post ten to finish fifth.

• Dave Miller added new chapters to his Hall of Fame legacy in 2020 by passing 13,000 career wins (fourth all time) and the $250 million career milestone (second all-time and current the richest active driver).

• In 2020, Miller guided Century Farroh to a career best $610,849 season, scoring major wins in the $225,000 Dan Patch Stakes and $500,000 Breeders Crown. He drove Papi Rob Hanover to a second-place finish from post nine in the Meadowlands Pace, and Our Majordan A pulled a 1:47.3 upset in the William Haughton Memorial Consolation. He delivered as the even money favorite in a $600,000 Breeders Crown with Lady Chaos in 1:54.4, and Perfect Sting remained a perfect ten-for-ten in the first win deadheat in Breeders Crown history in 1:50.2. Miller ranks second among active drivers in the series with 27 trophies. He also won the $323,600 Three Diamonds with Blue Diamond Eyes in 1:51.1.

• Joe Holloway, 65, finished second in the 2014 Meadowlands Pace with Always B Miki. He also campaigned Somwherovrarainbow, who won the

$371,400 Blue Chip Matchmaker Final at Yonkers Raceway, and Shebestingin, the fastest female in history by virtue of a 1:47 clocking at The Red Mile at age three in 2013.

• Joe Holloway reached a well-deserved pinnacle in 2019 when he was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame. He also passed 1,000 career wins and $33 million.

• Holloway from Freehold, NJ, has also trained three-time Dan Patch Award winner Jenna’s Beach Boy, She’s A Great Lady, Tooter Scooter, Florida Jewel, Always A Virgin and 2010 Hambletonian Oaks upset winner Bar Slide.

• Sire Always B Miki finished second in the 2014 Meadowlands Pace. He retired with $2.7 million in earnings and was the 2016 Horse of the Year. He set the world record of 1:46 in the Allerage Pace at The Red Mile.

• Always B Miki also is the sire of Pace contender Southwind Gendry, 2020 Governor’s Cup winner Always A Miki and 2020 Breeders Crown elimination winner JK Alwaysbalady.

• Perfect Sting’s dam Shebestingin was the fastest female pacer (1:47) until 2019 when Shartin N lowered the record to 1:46.4.

• Co-owner Brittany Farms won this race in 2001 with Real Desire.