25-1 Beauté Cachée shocks field in Grade 1 Jenny Wiley

Call her the other, other, other Chad Brown.

Beauté Cachée, a 25-1 long shot, grabbed the lead shortly after the start and never trailed the rest of the way in posting a 1 1/2-length victory over favored English Rose on Saturday afternoon in the 36th running of the Grade 1, $511,250 Jenny Wiley Stakes for fillies and mares. It was a record-extending seventh training win in the race for Brown.

Owned by Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb and Louis Lazzinnaro and ridden by Frankie Dettori, Beauté Cachée carried the longest odds among the four entrants trained by Brown. She completed the 1 1/16 miles on a turf course rated good in 1:42.90 and rewarded her backers with a race record $53.68 win payoff for $2.

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“She didn’t surprise me that she was able to win,” Brown said. “She surprised me that she went wire to wire. Leaving the paddock, Frankie said, ‘You know, I plan on being very forward in here.’ I thought about it for a minute, and then I thought, ‘I’m not going to tell him what to do.’ ”

It was the second Keeneland stakes victory for Dettori, who expected to have company on the early lead, especially with Pegasus Filly and Mare Turf (G2) winner Didia in the field.

“I was surprised,” Dettori said. “I thought (Didia) had speed. She won the Pegasus in front, but Chad left it to me. She broke well, and I was able to get to the front on my own terms. Nobody pestered me.”

English Rose was first out of the gate, but by the time the field reached the first turn, Dettori had Beauté Cachée in front. Beauté Cachée maintained a daylight advantage over English Rose through fractions of 24.18, 48.65 and 1:13.85 with Didia third and Surge Capacity fourth.

The running order stayed that way to the finish as no runners threatened from the back of the field.

“When I got to the quarter pole and let her loose, the only thing on my mind was that she hadn’t run for four months, so I hoped she had the legs to get to the line. But she never stopped,” Dettori said. “Never any doubt. Obviously she’s trained by a master trainer. I just did what I had to do, and it was pretty easy.”

Beauté Cachée returned $53.68, $17.30 and $11.10. The winning mutuel broke the previous record of $53.40 established by Misspitch in 1994.

Second-place English Rose, ridden by William Buick, returned $4.12 and $3.32 and finished 1 3/4 lengths in front of Didia, who finished third under José Ortiz and paid $3.98.

It was another length back to Surge Capacity in fourth with Walkathon, Fluffy Socks, Gina Romantica, Star Fortress, Elusive Princess and Embrace Me following in that order.

With a French name that means hidden beauty, Beauté Cachée is a 5-year-old daughter of Literato out of the Hurricane Run mare Sign and Seal. It was the first graded-stakes victory for Beauté Cachée, who improved her record to 18: 4-5-2 and increased her earnings to $539,462 with Saturday’s $290,625 check.

The victory continued a remarkable run in the Jenny Wiley for Brown. He has saddled the winner of the race seven times, won the past three runnings and six of the past seven. His previous winners in the race are Ball Dancing in 2015, Sistercharlie in 2018, Rushing Fall in 2019 and 2020, Regal Glory in 2022 and In Italian last year.

“The horses may change, but the people working and making it happen haven’t, so it’s really their win,” Brown said. “They did all the work.”