WHILE Spanish Mission was landing the Jockey Club Derby Invitational Stakes, another overseas challenger was capturing the inaugural Jockey Club Oaks Invitational Stakes at Belmont. Alain de Royer-Dupre saddled the three-year-old Kitten’s Joy (El Prado) filly Edisa to land a winner’s prize of $400,000 in the latter.

Edisa was adding to her summer success in a listed race at ParisLongchamp and she was runner-up twice in a pair of Group 3 races in the interim, the Prix de Malleret and Prix de Psyche. She is the first foal of her dam Ebiyza (Rock Of Gibraltar) who has a juvenile filly Ebaiyra (Distorted Humor) and a yearling filly by More Than Ready (Southern Halo).