Fiftyshadesofhay

Fiftyshadesofhay (foaled April 14, 2010 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. The daughter of Pulpit beat Marathon Lady in the mile and an eighth Grade II $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 17, 2013. Two-year-old season Fiftyshadesofhay began her racing career on September 1, 2012, in a $70,000 Maiden Special Weight at Del Mar racetrack at five and a half furlongs on synthetic. In that race, she broke fifth under jockey Rafael Bejarano and finished fourth. In her next race, on September 29, 2012, she competed in a $47,000 maiden event at six furlongs at her home track at Santa Anita Park on the dirt. Fiftyshadesofhay broke ninth in a field of eleven, steadily advanced to fourth on the backstretch, and finished third. On October 28, 2012, she started in another $47,000 maiden race at Santa Anita and finished second after being steadied near the mile marker. In her fourth attempt at a Maiden Special Weight race, on November 22, 2012, she ran at a distance of one mile and one sixteenth at Hollywood Park Racetrack for $45,000. Under jockey Rafael Bejarano, Fiftyshadesofhay broke fourth and within half a dozen strides took the lead. She maintained her lead of a half length around both turns a bit off the rail. In the stretch, Bajarano gave her some urging, and she won by three and one quarter lengths.