Pin Up Betty wins the Anchorage Overnight (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire)
Churchill Downs Press Release
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Three Diamond Farm’s 4-year-old homebred filly Pin Up Betty won her second consecutive stakes race when she rallied in the stretch to defeat Duvet Day (IRE) by three-quarters of a length in Sunday’s fourth running of the $152,900 Anchorage Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs.
Ridden by Luis Saez for trainer Mike Maker, Pin Up Betty covered over 1 1/8 miles on “firm” turf in a stakes record 1:48.16, which bested Walkathon’s 2024 mark of 1:49.69.
After the race, the former D. Wayne Lukas assistant Maker said, “This one is for D.W.L,” referring to the Hall of Fame trainer who passed away at age 89 on Saturday night. Dallas Stewart said the same after Will Take It won the $296,000 Hanshin.
This was the third stakes victory of her career, and all were over the course at Churchill Downs. At 3, she won the $275,000 Regret (GIII) and on June 1 she prevailed in the $250,000 Old Forester Mint Julep (GIII).
Generous Lover dictated the terms in the cast of seven fillies and mares through fractions of :23.43, :47.09 and 1:11.57 with Pin Up Betty racing well back in fifth down the backstretch. Pin Up Betty began her rally into the far turn, tipped out five-wide at the top of the stretch and collared Long Ago (GB) inside the sixteenth pole and had enough to fend off rallying Duvet Day (IRE).
#7 PIN UP BETTY ($3.78) makes it two in a row with a win in the $175,000 Anchorage Stakes at @ChurchillDowns. The 2x graded stakes winner by @WinStarFarm's Constitution is now 2-for-3 in 2025. @luissaezpty was in the irons for trainer @trainerMMaker. pic.twitter.com/5IeYq0AhzJ
— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) June 29, 2025
Pin Up Betty paid $3.78, $2.52 and $2.12 as the odds-on 4-5 favorite. Duvet Day (IRE), at 9-2 under Flavien Prat, returned $4.18 and $3.12. Long Ago (GB), ridden by Ben Curtis, was another head back in third and paid $4.20 to show.
Sparkle Blue, Charlene’s Dream, Everland and Generous Lover completed the running order. Adrasteia and Faith Understood were scratched.
Pin Up Betty improved her record to 4-6-1 in 17 starts and the $105,836 first prize jumped her earnings to $880,427.
She is a daughter of Constitution out of the Into Mischief mare I’m Betty G and was bred in Kentucky by her owner Kirk Wycoff.
The Anchorage honors the suburb of Louisville, a heavily shaded city in eastern Jefferson County, Ky.
