Glass Ceiling earned her first graded stakes victory on Saturday afternoon at Laurel Park with an ultra-game effort in the Barbara Fritchie S. (G3). The win was the first graded score for the 5-year-old daughter of Constitution, who has won four of her last five starts, including the Garland of Roses S. at Aqueduct in December.
Constitution, last year’s leading Third-Crop sire, has already accounted for eight stakes horses in 2022 and leads the Fourth-Crop list in that category, as well as by winners and graded stakes horses.
Glass Ceiling was off a beat slow in Saturday’s seven-furlong race, but quickly recovered to be just a half-length behind Jakarta after a quarter-mile in :23.08. The duo would be nearly inseparable the rest of the trip, with Jakarta holding the edge until midstretch, when Glass Ceiling took a slim lead. At the wire, she was a half-length in front of her foe to stop the timer in 1:23.82 on a fast main track.
“The distance was the main thing why we came here. I was looking for a graded stake while she was running good, and this was the obvious race,” trainer Charlton Baker said. “It was close. She’s a fighter, so I was confident.”
Glass Ceiling has a solid record of 7-6-4 in 25 lifetime starts and has earned $531,012. She is owned by her trainer along with Michael Foster.
Pedigree Notes from the TDN
Bred by Twin Creeks Farm, Glass Ceiling is the 19th graded winner by Constitution. Her stakes-placed dam Fighter Wing is out of MGSW Lakenheath, who also produced SW & GISP The Truth or Else and GSW Decorate Soldier.
