From DMTC Publicity
DEL MAR, Calif. (Oct. 31, 2025) – Favored Mohaven survived a stewards inquiry and scored a 4 1/4-length win in Friday’s $175,000 Golden State Juvenile Fillies Stakes for 2-year-old fillies on the Breeders’ Cup undercard at Del Mar.
Mohaven is by Yaupon, out of the Into Mischief mare Bahama Mischief, was bred by Richard Barton Enterprises, is owned by Legacy Ranch and trained by John Sadler. She has two wins in four starts, earnings of $182,750 and was coming off a second in the Sept. 1 Generous Portion.
After an early bid for the lead from Cashed (7-1) and Tyler Gaffalione, Mohaven tracked the pacesetter to the outside and launched a big bid down the lane, while slightly drifting into the leader down the stretch, straightened up to kick away. Cashed held on to second by half a length over another filly from the Sadler barn, Liberation (4-1) with Juan Hernandez up.
“This filly really impressed me today,” said jockey Hector Berrios. “She moved well at the three-eighths pole and she responded when I asked her to go after the leader (Cashed) at the top of the stretch. She did shift in a bit when she switched leads, but I didn’t think there was enough contact with Cashed for the results to be changed.”
Mohaven has raced exclusively at Del Mar and this was her first time going longer than 5 ½ furlongs. In her lone stakes try, the Generous Portions stakes in September, the filly was the runner-up by 3 ¼ lengths.
“She came in a little bit, the other one came out a little bit,” said Sadler. “They touched but then she straightened right up and won easily so it looked like a good call to me. This is the best draw she’s gotten. I know she was on the rail the last race down here (at Del Mar). She ran three good races here, two seconds and a win. Now we had a little time to freshen her and get ready for this one.”
Mohaven ran the seven furlongs in 1:23.88 as the 8-5 favorite.
