NEW Year’s Eve was a good day for the connections of Goodyearforroses, but it could have been even better. The Irish-bred daughter of Azamour landed the Listed Robert J Frankel Stakes at Santa Anita, but the race was downgraded from Grade 3 status after it was transferred from the turf to the dirt. This is the normal practice in the USA when races are moved due to a change in weather conditions.

The race was run and won on the eve of Goodyearforroses turning five and this was her second stakes victory. Earlier last year she captured the Flaming Page Stakes at Woodbine in Canada and she was placed there also in the Grade 3 Maple Leaf Stakes.