DEL MAR, Calif. (Oct. 27, 2025) — Majestic Oops will attempt to become the first California-bred to win Saturday’s $2 million Grade I Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff for fillies and mares at Del Mar.
Majestic Oops is by Majestic Harbor, out of the Olmodavor mare Miss Oops, was bred by William Dory, Sandy Dory, Gary Kropp & Janet Kropp, is owned by Medallion Racing, Trommer, Evan, Agave Racing Stable and Regan, Sheila and trained by Dan Ward. she will break from post position No. 9 with jockey Umberto Rispoli.
She has seven wins in 32 starts, earnings of $616,559 and is coming off a fourth in the Sept. 28 Delaware Handicap for fillies and mares.
Majestic Oops ran for a $12,500 claiming tag at Golden Gate two years ago, but her form dramatically improved last year and she posted back-to-back stakes wins this summer at Oaklawn Park and Monmouth Park.
Runner-up in a 6-furlong starter allowance at Oaklawn in January, the 5-year-old was fifth stretching out to 1 1/16 miles facing allowance company in Hot Springs on Feb. 1 before coming up a neck short at odds of 24-1 in Oaklawn’s Trivista Overnight Stakes on Feb. 23.
A winner of her next two of three starts at that venue, including the 1-mile Dig a Diamond Stakes on April 26, the bay mare made it three straight for trainer Dan Ward in a sloppy renewal of the Lady’s Secret Stakes (Listed) at Monmouth Park June 14.
Facing Grade I winner Randomized in the Molly Pitcher Stakes (G3) when returning to the Oceanport track July 19, Majestic Oops finished second, beaten 3 lengths by the race favorite.
Cutting back to 7 furlongs while trying Grade 1 company for the first time in her career in Saratoga’s Ballerina Stakes on Aug. 23, the California bred finished third, 6 lengths behind winner Hope Road in the “Win and You’re In” event for the PNC Bank Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Del Mar.
In her next start, the 1 1/8-mile Delaware Handicap (G3) on Sept. 28 at Delaware Park, Majestic Oops found the muddy conditions not to her liking. Second early on in the field of five, Majestic Oops tired in the stretch and finished fourth 11 1/2 lengths behind the victorious Regaled.