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SERIOUSLY DOUBLE Owner/Trainer: sipe Record: 74-26-10-13, $4,752,510
Win: Japan Mile-G1, Princess Di Cap-G1 (2x), RickHH’s Tribute to the Pastures of Green-G1, Bill Naskra Tribute-G1, Shoo Bee Handicap-G2, Distaff Breeder’s Bowl Cap-G2, X Stakes-G2, Pepperton Mile-G2, Good Vista Handicap-G3, Breeders’ Bowl Game-G3, Boon Turf Stakes-G3, Short Female Sprint-G3, Shawnee River Handicap-G3, Other Spa BB-G3, He’s A Charmer Stakes-G3, Arkansas 1901 Challenge Stakes, North Korea 1859 Stakes, California 662 Handicap, Florida 250 Special Stakes, Sour Croute Stakes, Virginia 201 Challenge, Sera Distaff. Place: Explosive Bet Stakes-G1, The Flat World Retirement Special-G1, Barbara Bush Stakes-G2, Damsel Stakes-G3, Victoria 565 Stakes, Dzurilla Filly Turf Appreciation Stakes, Utah 1880 Stakes, California 187 Handicap. Show: Japan Sprint-G1, Go for the Gold Stakes-G1, Ugly Breeders’ Bowl Distaff-G1, X Stakes-G1, Fu Man Chu Stakes-G2, Pepperton Mile-G2, Mrs. Cleaver Stakes-G2, Royal South Cap-G2, He’s A Charmer S-G3, www.doubledeposit.com Stakes-G3, A Plus Mile-G3, Sebastian’s Guess-G3, Hephaestus Olympic Stakes. Seriously Double quickly gave notice that she was a competitor to be taken seriously. The four year old romped to an easy victory in her debut, then was a game second in a stakes race behind Well the Fleets (future dam of Surf the Turf), both on the turf. Switched to the main track, the filly responded with another daylight win, then, back on the turf, Double notched her first career stakes win in Virginia. After that victory, she was somewhat surprisingly switched back to the main track, and tried routing for the first time. The big bay responded with a gutsy second, and cut back to a mile, unleashed a devastating performance in the Sour Croute Stakes, drawing further and further away from her competition to win by almost seven lengths, and posting a sizzling 1:33 4/5 (124 SF) despite being unchallenged the last quarter mile. It was time to try graded company, and the rising star aced that test as well, defeating Admiral’s Projects by a length. Seriously Double would switch surfaces yet again, showing that she didn’t care what she raced over, winning a turf route by 4 lengths. She would then shoot for G1 glory, contesting the 9 furlong Bill Naskra Tribute, the farthest she’d ever gone. It didn’t matter. The filly made her usual move from mid-pack on the backstretch, and once again was extending her lead at the wire, finishing three lengths ahead of Skilled Sum and graded stakes winners Sore Sea and Cheyenne Storm another ten plus lengths behind. After such a meteoric rise, a leveling off was inevitable, and the bay would finish off the board in her next two starts. A return to one mile seemed to do the trick, and she flew home a three length heroine in the G2 Shoo Bee Handicap with a 112 SF. A drop to allowance competition in her next start produced the slowest SF of her career, and she could only manage fourth. Returning to the turf, she responded with a G2 score, then was closing late for third in a G2 sprint. Stretched back out to 1 1/16 miles, Seriously Double turned in a sparkling performance in the G3 Other Spa BB, defeating One Attack by a length, and tossing out a 110 SF in the process. After finishing off the board behind dirt fillies and turf males, Double would rebound with a best of the rest second in the G3 Damsel Stakes, but couldn’t catch the free-running Rope Blush, who had sailed to a six length lead on the backstretch and never looked back. Next came another tilt against the boys, where Seriously Double would finish a gallant third, beaten only by Foggy A.P., who would go on to win on Breeders’ Bowl day, and Enough Knock. One Attack would turn the tables on her in the Dzurilla Filly Turf Appreciation Stakes. Seriously Double would return to the track one more time this season, and it was a disappointment, as she never threatened, and floundered home a distant tenth. However, this poor performance was almost worth it, because in her next start, the bay would unleash a devastating kick upon the boys to win the G1 Japan Mile, coming under the wire three lengths in front with a 115 SF effort, and besting a top-flight field that included Enough Knock, Lever Sparky, One Sky, Eric Roo and School Kris. The four year old had every excuse for a bounce when she arrived in Florida, especially at the end of a long campaign, but she scored once again, this time in the G3 He’s A Charmer Stakes, as the 3/2 favorite. Going back to Japan, Seriously Double would finish the year with a closing third in the G1 Japan Sprint, a race clearly too short for her, but was hardly disgraced behind La Hana and Enough Knock. The following year would see the bay embark on another arduous campaign. After failing to reel in Rope Blush once again in her seasonal debut, Seriously Double would defeat One Sky in the G3 Shawnee River Handicap. Two poor outings would follow, but the star would rebound in the G3 Short Female Sprint after being given a clever ride by Wallace. Stretched out in a California dirt route, the bay would again win before faltering in her next start against graded competition. Back on turf, the Double would clash against some of the best in the division in the G1 Ugly Breeders’ Bowl Distaff. She would finish third, behind Shin Tootsie and Dynasea, but ahead of champions Rakida’s Road, One Attack and the talented Lil Pot. The five year old would add another graded stakes sprint to her tally, and once more parlay the turf sprint as the perfect prep for a dirt route. This time, it was the G1 RickHH’s Tribute to the Pasture of Green. Facing a top field, Seriously Double smoked them by 3 1/4 lengths, posting a 108 SF for the 1 1/16 miles. She would put up a comparable effort in the G1 Go for the Gold Stakes, but this time, it wasn’t good enough, as Seriously Double had to be content with third, behind First Ryder and L’Rod Songbirds. Back on turf, she would win her next two races. First came the G2 Pepperton Mile, where she romped home four lengths the best. The follow-up was the G1 Princess Di Cap, and for once, she switched riding tactics, alarming her fans as she shot to the lead. The mare wasn’t rank, simply dominant as she ran away with the race by six lengths, posting a monster 115 SF. You never would have guessed that graded stakes winners Texas Project, Lil Pot, Shin Tootsie Dynasea, Huge Slide and Pharsea Seattle were also in the field. The rest of the year would be something of a letdown, as the star would only earn a bronze in the Equinics, and then add two more thirds and two off-the-board finishes, including an unsuccessful tilt against males in the Breeders’ Bowl Mile. Still, with two more grade 1 wins, and seven victories total, it was still a successful campaign. 2001 would be a series of ups and downs. Seriously Double would lose her seasonal debut in a graded sprint, then stroll home an easy winner at odds of 7/10 an allowance. Next came another graded sprint, where the bay gave her usual solid kick, but it was good enough only for third. On the main track, she would finish a dull eighth, then run third again in the G3 A Plus Mile, behind Norevic. Things would turn around in the G3 Breeders’ Bowl Game in New York. After sitting behind the early speed duel of Dastardly Cat and Again With Jo Ann before assuming command and winning by a determined half-length over a grudging Dastardly Cat. The bay would earn a 112 SF for the performance. She would lose two straight, but the magic would be there once more, as Seriously Double returned to defend her title in the G1 Princess Di Cap. Once again, she would be posing in the winner’s circle after defeating a top flight field. This was the fifth, and as it would turn out to be, final G1 victory of this mare’s stellar career. After losing three straight, Double’s season finale would come on the (now defunct) SERA residency’s big day. The big mare would face Seattle West in that race, but neither would win, as Jerry’s Turks would loop the field to score a mild upset at 7/1, with Seriously Double having to settle for second. The star mare would be given an abbreviated campaign at age seven, making only nine trips to the post, all on the turf. The bay began the year with a smart three length score after collaring the free-running Poorly Verify in the stretch of the G3 Good Vista Handicap, earning a 104 SF for the nine panels. Seriously Double would then take on the boys yet again, in the G1 Explosive Bet, and while she couldn’t quite match strides with Making the Cat in the final furlong, the bay was clearly best of the rest, finishing more than nine lengths ahead of the third place runner, and posting a 112 SF. The next two starts would be an exercise in frustration, as the veteran mare would close stoutly, but get no better than the runner-up consolation prize. Seriously Double followed up her second in the Explosive Bet with a second in the G2 Barbara Bush Stakes, unable to catch Jo Ann Christmas, and lost a heartbreaker in the G1 Flat World Retirement Special, missing by the slimmest of noses to Fourth Broad, who put up a career-best performance while wiring the field. That loss apparently took its toll, as Seriously Double would manage no better than third the rest of the year, closing out her 2002 campaign with a distant third in the G3 He’s A Charmer Stakes, a race she had easily won two years ago. All in all, it had been a frustrating year. The gallant mare’s legs were becoming battle weary, but she still managed two stakes wins and a stakes second during a nine race campaign in 2003, her final season on the track. Seriously Double proved in her first two seasons that she was capable of anything: sprinting, routing, and didn’t need a particular track or surface to show her best. She was capable of beating the very best, regardless of age or gender. |
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