Irish-Bred Dynamic Pricing Gives Chad Brown Initial Triumph In Edgewood

Ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., Dynamic Pricing was wide throughout the 1 1/16 miles of the Edgewood, run over yielding turf. But the daughter of Night of Thunder rallied past Way to Be Marie a few jumps from the finish to secure the victory by a half length.

Owned by Seth Klarman's Klaravich Stables, Dynamic Pricing covered the 1 1/16 miles on yielding turf in 1:44.10 and paid $19.82 on a $2 win bet.

Way to Be Marie, who took over the lead from pacesetter Maxisuperfly at the top of the stretch, held second by one length, with Dancing in Dixie flying late to be third. Maxisuperfly, who set most of the pace through fractions of :22.96, :47.90, 1:12.93, and 1:37.64, finished fourth. She was followed by Mo Fox Givin, Buchu, Pink Polkadots, Kalispera, Hard to Justify, Scalable, and Band of Gold. Pounce, Simply in Front and Ragtime Lady were scratched.

Bred by Epona Bloodstock Ltd., Dynamic Pricing was produced from the Dutch Art mare, Shemda, a seventh generation mare from the Thoroughbred breeding operation and the Aga Khan and Aly Khan. She was purchased at Tattersalls as a yearling at the Tattersalls October yearling sale for about $204,000.

Dynamic Pricing debuted with a nose victory at Aqueduct one day after Hard to Justify's Breeders' Cup victory, then returned to be third, beaten a half-length, in the G3 Sweetest Chant at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 3. She came off a disappointing seventh-place performance in the G3 Florida Oaks at Tampa Bay Downs, then trained at Payson Park training center in Florida until shipping to Churchill Downs in late April to prepare for the Edgewood.

Inaugurated in 1983, the Edgewood was contested on dirt in its first 13 runnings, then moved to turf in 1998. The distance was changed from one mile to 1 1/16 miles in 2004 and has been run at that distance every year since, with the exception of the pandemic year in 2020 when run at a mile in September. It became a Grade 3 race in 2015 and upgraded to Grade 2 in 2020. Dynamic Pricing earned $291,400 for the victory, her second in four starts.