BloodHorse
By Karen M. Johnson
October 7, 2023
On a miserable day weather-wise at the Belmont at the Big A meeting Oct. 7 there wasn't a cloud in the sky in the eyes of Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, owner George Krikorian, and jockey Junior Alvarado, who teamed up to win back-to-back grade 1s and Win and You're In events as part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series with War Like Goddess in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1T) and Just F Y I in the Frizette Stakes (G1).
Krikorian bred the 3 3/4-length Frizette winner, who earned a fees-paid berth to the Nov. 3 $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Santa Anita Park. The 2-year-old daughter of Justify was making just her second career start after winning on debut a six-furlong maiden special weight Aug. 26 at Saratoga Race Course by a head under Alvarado. Making the jump to one mile in the $400,000 Frizette, Just F Y I raced off of the pace in the six-horse field before swooping to the lead in the stretch on the sloppy and sealed racing surface. She completed the distance in 1:37.59,
Krikorian said. "That's pretty special, for sure. And Just F Y I is a horse I bred, so that makes it extra special." "Going a longer distance, we were hopeful that distance was going to be helpful to her, which it turned out to be," Krikorian said. "With the bad weather and everything, you never know how the horses are going to do. She handled it all well and she handles everything well."
