Vexatious (horse)

Vexatious
Sire	Giant's Causeway
Grandsire	Storm Cat
Dam	Dream of Summer
Damsire	Siberian Summer
Sex	Mare
Foaled	April 9, 2014
Country	USA
Breeder	James C. Weigel & Giant's Causeway Syndicate, LLC.
Owner	Calumet Farm
Trainer	Jack Sisterson
Jockey	Jose Lezcano
Record	22:3-3-7
Earnings	$448,985
Major wins
Personal Ensign Stakes (2020) Dowager Stakes (2018)

Vexatious (foaled April 9, 2014) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2020 Personal Ensign Stakes.^[1]

Career

Vexatious's first race was on October 28, 2016, at Santa Anita, where she came in third. She picked up her first win in a Maiden Special Weight race on November 26, 2016, at Del Mar.^[2]

She started competing in stakes races during the 2017 season. Through five stakes races, her best results were 3rd-place finishes at the Grade-2 April 1, 2017 Fair Grounds Oaks and the April 14th, 2017, Grade-3 Fantasy Stakes.^[1]

Vexatious did not pick up another win until August 15, 2018, when she won the listed August 15, 2018, CTT and TOC Stakes (Black Type) at Del Mar.^[1]

On October 21, 2018, she won her first graded stakes race when she won the Grade-3 2018 Dowager Stakes after Beach Flower was disqualified.^[3] Vexatious came into the race at 4:1 odds and received $75,000 for the victory. She followed the victory up with a 3rd-place finish at the November 22nd, 2018, Grade-3 Red Carpet Handicap to close the 2018 season.

She had a disappointing 2019 season going winless. Her best results were 2nd-place finishes at the Grade-3 July Modesty Handicap and the August Summer Colony Stakes.^[1]

Her 2020 season did not start out much better, as she was only able to manage a 5th-place finish in an Allowance Optional Claiming Race, a 3rd-place finish in an Allowance race and a 2nd-place finish at the Grade-2 Ruffian Stakes. Her luck finally changed though on August 1, 2020. At 9:1 odds, she defeated favorite Midnight Bisou and captured her first ever Grade-1 victory by winning the Personal Ensign Stakes.^[4][5]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Vexatious (USA), 2014^[6]

Sire Giants Causeway (USA) b. 1997	Storm Cat (USA) b. 1983	Storm Bird	Northern Dancer
			Bricks and Mortar
		Terlingua	Secretariat
			Crimson Saint
	Mariah's Storm (USA) b. 1991	Rahy	Blushing Groom
			Glorious Song
		Immense	Roberto
			Imsodear
Dam Dream of Summer (USA) b. 1999	Siberian Summer (USA) b. 1989	Siberian Express	Caro
			Indian Call
		Mia Karina	Icecapade
			Basin
	Marys Dream (USA) b. 1990	Skywalker	Relaunch
			Bold Captive
		Proper Mary	Properantes
			My Mary

References

1. "Vexatious". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
2. "Vexatious' Bumpy Ride to the Oaks". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
3. "Vexatious Elevated to Victory in Rood & Riddle Dowager". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
4. "Vexatious Upsets Midnight Bisou in Personal Ensign". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
5. "Giant's Causeway's Vexatious Gets Better of 'Bisou' in Personal Ensign". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
6. "Vexatious". Retrieved 9 January 2020.