Long shot Beautiful Blome brings the lone stakes win and is tied
for the most starts among nine entrants in this weekend’s $125,000 Busanda Stakes, a 1
1/8-mile test for sophomore fillies at Aqueduct.

The Busanda on Saturday at 3:39 p.m. EST awards the top five
finishers 20-10-6-4-2 qualifying points toward the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks on May
2 at Churchill Downs.

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Owned by Teresa Haupt and breeder Charles Blanford and trained
by Anthony Pecoraro, Beautiful Blome won the one-mile White Clay Creek two
starts back on Oct. 9 at Delaware Park. The Blofeld chestnut traveled off the
pace around the two-turn, mile configuration before a rail-skimming surge to
win by 8 1/4 lengths.

Beautiful Blome exited to run a last-out, distant sixth in listed
Tempted, a one-turn mile Nov. 2 at Belmont at the Big A. She traveled last of nine
early and had far too much work to do as eventual winner Stunner led through
splits of 22.92, 45.87 and 1:10.76 on the fast dirt.

“I think she needs two turns. I don’t think one turn
justifies her,” Pecoraro said. “She doesn’t like to be rushed or anything like
that. (The Tempted) was too fast for her. It was more like a sprint that race.
They went 45. That’s rocking. Those horses were more difficult than this group
I’d assume.”

Pecoraro said Beautiful Blome, who is 20-1 on the morning line, has an experience edge through
a 6: 2-0-2 record that includes a stakes placing when third in the restricted
Small Wonder sprinting six furlongs in September at Delaware Park.

“I think you’ll get a couple of horses in here that just
broke their maiden who will be on or close to the lead. My horse has a little
seasoning in her,” Pecoraro said. “She comes from behind. If it sets up for
her, it’ll be perfect.”

Pecoraro believes the stretch to 1 1/8 miles is more ideal than
the one-turn mile for Beautiful Blome.

“That wasn’t her thing at all. She’s had a couple of months
off and is nice and fresh. I just hope she is good enough, that’s all,”
Pecoraro said. “She’s slowly getting better each time she runs if you watch and
look at her numbers. We’ll see.”

Bred in Maryland by Blanford, Beautiful Blome is out of winning
After Market mare Best Mom Ever. Eric Cancel has the call from post 2.

Post	Silks	Horse / Sire	Rating	Trainer / Jockey	Last start / Next start	Morn. line
1		Sharp Smile Practical Joke	0.00	Brad Cox Manny Franco	1st, Aqu MSW (11/21/24-R1) 2025 Busanda	6-1
Last race Next race		1st, Aqu MSW (11/21/24-R1) 2025 Busanda
2		Beautiful Blome Blofeld	0.00	Anthony Pecoraro Eric Cancel	6th, 2024 Tempted 2025 Busanda	20-1
Last race Next race		6th, 2024 Tempted 2025 Busanda
3		Ramify Munnings	5.84	Chad Brown Jose Lezcano	1st, Aqu MSW (12/8/24-R1) 2025 Busanda	5-2
Last race Next race		1st, Aqu MSW (12/8/24-R1) 2025 Busanda
4		Bless the Broken Laoban	0.00	William Walden Ruben Silvera	7th, 2024 Demoiselle G2 2025 Silverbulletday	15-1
Last race Next race		7th, 2024 Demoiselle G2 2025 Silverbulletday
5		Carmen’s Candy Jar Vino Rosso	5.59	Todd Pletcher Kendrick Carmouche	3rd, AQU Alw OC (01/17/2025-R6) 2025 Busanda	8-1
Last race Next race		3rd, AQU Alw OC (01/17/2025-R6) 2025 Busanda
6		Ruth Uncle Mo	0.00	Todd Pletcher Jose Gomez	1st, GP MSW (12/13/24-R6) 2025 Busanda	8-1
Last race Next race		1st, GP MSW (12/13/24-R6) 2025 Busanda
7		My Sherrona Not This Time	0.00	Ray Handal Romero Maragh	2nd, Aqu MSW (12/8/24-R1) 2025 Busanda	9-2
Last race Next race		2nd, Aqu MSW (12/8/24-R1) 2025 Busanda
8		Bernieandtherose Accelerate	0.00	Domenick Schettino Katie Davis	1st, AQU Alw OC (11/24/2024-R4) 2025 Busanda	12-1
Last race Next race		1st, AQU Alw OC (11/24/2024-R4) 2025 Busanda
9		Running Away Gun Runner	0.00	Wesley Ward Sahin Civaci	1st, CD MSW (11/30/24-R2) 2025 Busanda	3-1
Last race Next race		1st, CD MSW (11/30/24-R2) 2025 Busanda