On a dank, rainy afternoon in flood-soaked New York, Krikorian took down a pair of grade 1 races in the space of 30 minutes. First up was War Like Goddess , Krikorian’s veteran race mare who proved she has plenty left in the tank, bouncing back from a pair of losses to repeat in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes (G1T). It marked her second consecutive triumph in the Hirsch, in which she defeated males and earned her third grade 1 score.

In the following race, while another heavenly downpour soaked the Aqueduct dirt track, Krikorian’s 2-year-old homebred filly Just F Y I made her second career start a memorable one, spurting out of the pack to deliver in the Frizette Stakes (G1) to remain undefeated…

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