Medaglia d'Oro mare Devil By Design became her sire's 13th Graded Stakes winner with a victory in the G3 Chicago Handicap July 3 at Arlington Park. Already a Stakes winner at Saratoga, it was the first career Graded Stakes win for the five-year-old mare.
Settling to the inside just off the pace, Devil By Design went wide and picked up the pace with a determined move to draw clear in the seven furlong event.
The Medaglia d'Oro mare was bred in Kentucky by John Gunther and Fred Sahadi. She is out of the Stakes-placed mare Beauty's Due, by Devil His Due. Devil By Design is a half-sister to Santa Anita Stakes winner Kolo.
A top international sire, Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra is one of seven G1 winners for Medaglia d'Oro. He has sired G1 winners on all surfaces and at all ages. Two of these winners at the highest level came in 2011, with C. S. Silk's victory in the G1 Just A Game Handicap and Plum Pretty's impressive score in the G1 Kentucky Oaks. Medaglia d'Oro stands for $100,000 Stands and Nurses.
