Horologist Seeks Good Time in $150,000 Allaire du Pont
At 1h16, on May 13, 2021 • By PIMLICO
Five-time stakes winner Horologist will go after her fourth career graded triumph and third in six starts when she makes her Pimlico Race Course debut in Friday’s $150,000 Allaire du Pont (G3).
The du Pont returns to its traditional spot on Preakness weekend after being moved to late December amid the coronavirus pandemic and run as the last graded-stakes on the East Coast. Horologist can give Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott his second du Pont victory, following Ajinia – 1997’s champion 3-year-old filly – in 1998.
Horologist has raced once this year, winning the Top Flight Invitational April 10 at Aqueduct. It was the 5-year-old Gemologist mare’s third straight trip at 1 1/8 miles, after winning the Beldame (G2) and finishing off the board in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) to cap 2020. Other graded wins have come in last summer’s Molly Pitcher (G3) and 2019 Monmouth Oaks (G3), both at Monmouth Park, the latter for original trainer John Mazza.
