From spring to fall, from maiden victory to Breeders’ Cup runner-up, Randomized delivered an exceptional 2023 campaign worthy of Eclipse Award consideration as outstanding 3-year-old filly. Randomized raced from March to November in 2023, but it all started at the 2021 Keeneland September yearling sale. A filly by Nyquist bred in Kentucky by Cove Springs LLC, Randomized was purchased for $420,000 by Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Stables and later sent to trainer Chad Brown. Her only 2022 start was a third-place finish in a summer maiden race for 2-year-olds, after which Brown put her way. In her workouts prior to a March 2023 comeback at Aqueduct, Randomized touted herself. She ran accordingly and scored a highly rated (92 Beyer Speed Figure) maiden victory by more than five lengths. “Off that race, I jumped her all the way up into a Grade 1, which shows how much I thought of her,” Brown said. It was too much, too soon. Randomized finished sixth in the Acorn at Belmont. :: Full list of 2023 Eclipse Awards finalists, including profile stories “I was really scrambling afterwards, second-guessing myself,” Brown admitted, and lowered his aim for the filly’s next start at Saratoga. “We took her back into a listed race, and she got back on track, ran very fast in that race, and confirmed what I thought about her. We were on our way to [campaigning] her like a Grade 1 horse.” Following the 97-Beyer win in the Wilton Stakes, Randomized returned to Grade 1 company at Saratoga. The 1 1/4-mile Alabama Stakes for 3-year-old fillies would test her stamina and class. Randomized started at 7-1 and would employ her chief attribute – speed. Joel Rosario rode Randomized in the Alabama. She jumped to the lead, rated easily on a slow pace, and widened through the lane. She won by four lengths with another big figure, a 98 Beyer. The next challenge for Randomized was against older fillies and mares in the Grade 2 Beldame at the Belmont at Aqueduct meet. As it turned out, the race was not so challenging, after all. Only four entered, Randomized was the lone speed, and she coasted to an odds-on victory by nearly four lengths. :: Bet with the Best! Get FREE All-Access PPs and Weekly Cashback when you wager on DRF Bets. Randomized was on a roll, with three highly rated wins leading to the Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Santa Anita. However, her win streak was a series of slow-pace front-running trips. That was not likely in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff. On the other hand, Randomized was a 3-year-old with only six career starts. She had room to improve. Ridden by Irad Oritz Jr. in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff, Randomized made the lead while hounded by the older filly Idiomatic. Randomized fought back when collared and kept fighting after being passed. Randomized finished second by a half-length in an outstanding performance to cap an outstanding season in which she won four races and $930,750 from six starts. Plans call for Randomized to campaign as a 4-year-old in 2024. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.