Keeneland: Frost Point rallies late to take Doubledogdare

Godolphin’s homebred Frost Point, surged past longtime leader Hidden Connection in the final 30 yards to post a three-quarters of a length victory in the 28th running of the Grade 3, $300,000 Doubledogdare (G3) for fillies and mares on Friday at Keeneland.

Trained by Bill Mott and ridden by Flavien Prat, Frost Point completed the 1 1/16 miles over a fast track in 1:43.95. The victory is the second in the race for Mott, who won the 2009 running with Indescribable.

Mott said the 5-year-old daughter of Frosted has blossomed in her last several races.

“Over the summer, she put on weight and started looking better," the Hall of Famer said. "She’s come back very well. She’s three-for-three now (beginning Dec. 30 at Aqueduct in her first start since May). This was a very good race, and she beat a really solid field.”

Hidden Connection won the race to the first turn and led the field of six through uncontested fractions of :24.03 and :48.26 while being tracked by Green Up.

Frost Point is a 5-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Frosted out of the Timber Country mare Balletto. The victory, her third in a row and first in a graded stakes, was worth $183,675 and increased her earnings to $446,235 with a record of 11: 5-3-2.

Frost Point returned $11.06, $5.86 and $3.76. Hidden Connection, ridden by Rey Gutierrez, returned $8.46 and $4.40 and finished 1½ lengths in front of Green Up, who paid $3.44 to show under Irad Ortiz Jr.

Favored Interstatedaydream was another half-length back in fourth and was followed in order by Shotgun Hottie and Traverse.