Hard Not to Love (foaled May 11th, 2016) is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2019

La Brea Stakes The La Brea Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt track held annually in late December at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, USA. The event currently off ...

Career

Hard Not to Love's first race was on February 16, 2019, at Santa Anita, where she came in first in a Maiden Special Weight Race. The horse then got her second straight win two months later in an April 13, 2019, Allowance Optional Claiming race. On May 4, 2019, she competed in the listed $75,000 Angels Flight Stakes. She was seen as the second favorite at 9:5 odds behind the 8:5 horse, Sneaking Out. She ended up finishing in 2nd after the original winner, Sneaking Out was disqualified for bumping My Miss Rose. She picked up another win in an October 25, 2019, Allowance Optional Claiming race at Santa Anita Park, and then won her first stakes race - the Grade-1

. She came in as the 11:1 underdog and defeated the 3:5 favorite

Bellafina Bellafina (foaled April 29, 2016) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2018 Del Mar Debutante Stakes. Career Bellafina's first race was on July 4, 2018, where she came in 2nd place at Los Alamitos. Bellafina's next race w ...

by 2 1/4th lengths. The win netted Hard Not to Love $301,404. On February 15, 2020, she started out her 2020 season with another stakes win. This time, she won the won Grade-2 2020

Santa Monica Stakes The Santa Monica Stakes is an American Graded stakes race, Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late January/early February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to Filly, fillies and Mare (horse), mares age four and older, i ...

. She came in as the 3:5 favorite and delivered, giving her 5 wins in 6 starts. On March 14, 2020, she competed in the Grade-1

Beholder Mile Stakes The Beholder Mile Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three and up. It is run over a distance of one mile on the dirt each year in March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. History The event was ...

. She came in as the 3:5 favorite but was beaten by 3 1/4th lengths by

Ce Ce Ce Ce (foaled March 5, 2016) is an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2020 Apple Blossom Handicap and 2021 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. Background Ce Ce is by Elusive Quality out of Bo Hirsch's home-bred Belong t ...

. On May 31, 2020, she competed in the Grade-2

Santa Maria Stakes The Santa Maria Stakes is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late May at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A race for fillies and mares age four and older, it is contested on Pro-Ride synthetic dirt over a distanc ...

. she came in as the 2:1 second favorite but was defeated, along with

by 10:1 longshot Fighting Mad by 3 1/4th lengths.

Pedigree

References

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