Four-year-old
retires with 13 wins and nearly $250,000 in earnings
VERNON, NY (November 5, 2014) – Following a brief
comeback attempt from sickness this summer, world champion trotting mare
Perfect Alliance has been retired from racing by majority owner Jeffrey Gural
of Little E, LLC. The four-year-old daughter of leading stallion Credit Winner,
retired with 13 wins from 33 career starts and earnings of $249,788. She last
raced last Saturday in the Muscle Hill Mare Trot at Vernon Downs.
Perfect Alliance had an 11-race winning streak to start her
2014 season, including sweeps of the Charles Singer Memorial Series at the
Meadowlands and the Bobby Weiss Series at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Her win
during a leg of the Miss Versatility at Woodbine made her a world record holder
with a time of 1:51.2. In her next start, she established a new track record at
Mohawk Raceway when she won an elimination of the Armbro Flight Stakes in a
time of 1:51.4.
“Perfect Alliance gave me and my partners some real thrills
as owners, none bigger than her world record in Canada,” said Gural. “I only
wish we could’ve seen her come back to her early season form, but now we’re
looking forward to her second career as a mother.”
Gural purchased Perfect Alliance for $75,000 at the 2011
Lexington Selected Yearling Sale. Bred by Deo Volente Farms, she is a daughter
of the Andover Hall mare Yalta Hanover. Bob Bencal trained Perfect Alliance
until the end of her three-year-old season when Julie Miller took over training
duties for the mare’s four-year-old season.
