Having earlier registered his seventh training victory in the GII Wonder Again Stakes courtesy of Fitz Right (Charlatan), Klaravich Stables’ lightly raced PORTFOLIO DURATION (GB) (f, 4, Night of Thunder {Ire}–Shemya {Fr}, by Dansili {GB}) took command from the opening bell of Friday’s GI New York Stakes and never relinquished the lead, just holding off French raider Cankoura (Fr) (Persian King {Ire}) to give Brown his sixth win in the 9 1/2-furlong contest.
It was a second graded winner on the card for Klaravich and Brown, who won the GII Bed O’ Roses Stakes with ‘TDN Rising Star’ Ways and Means (Practical Joke) and a third for Flavien Prat, who was also aboard Fitz Right.
Facing the starter for just the fifth time in her career, Portfolio Duration was well backed at odds of 4-1 and was put straight into play by Prat, as several of her rivals in behind were pulling and otherwise tugging for rein in a very messy run passing the stands for the first time.
The 4-year-old got the opening couple of furlongs in :24.39 and was still nicely within herself through a half in :49.21. Kathynmarissa (American Pharoah), who defeated former Brown stablemate Gezora (Fr) (Almanzor {Fr}) in last month’s GIII Modesty Stakes, had first crack at the pacesetter and drew right alongside, but having expended a minimum of energy for the opening six panels, Portfolio Duration swatted away that bid with relative ease. Cankoura, rank for the better part of the opening three-quarters of a mile while riding the rails beneath Clement Lecoeuvre, emerged as a rail three off the inside and looked every bit a winner. But Portfolio Duration was kept to her task by Prat and was saved by the wire.
Gezora, last year’s GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf winner, but recently transferred to the barn of Bill Mott, was also headstrong, traveled three wide the trip and gave way readily from three furlongs out.
Sales history: 185,000gns Wlg ’22 TATDEF; 150,000gns Ylg ’23 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 5-3-2-0. O-Klaravich Stables Inc; B-Michael E Wates CBE; T-Chad Brown
A Grade 1 breakthrough for PORTFOLIO DURATION!
She earns her first stakes win in the New York Stakes, giving both Flavien Prat and Chad Brown their third wins on the card. pic.twitter.com/v81nkKtdnk
— NYRA (🗽) (@TheNYRA) June 5, 2026
Friday, Saratoga
NEW YORK S.-GI, $750,000, Saratoga, 6-5, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 3/16mT, 1:52.50, fm.
1–PORTFOLIO DURATION (GB), 120, f, 4, by Night of Thunder (Ire)
1st Dam: Shemya (Fr), by Dansili (GB)
2nd Dam: Shemima (GB), by Dalakhani (Ire)
3rd Dam: Shemaka (Ire), by Nishapour (Fr)
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE I
WIN. (185,000gns Wlg ’22 TADEWE; 150,000gns Ylg ’23
TATOCT). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-Michael E Wates CBE
(GB); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Flavien Prat. $412,500. Lifetime
Record: 5-3-2-0, $630,400. *1/2 to Cormorant (Ire) (Kingman
{GB}), GSW-Ire, $124,421. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple
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2–Cankoura (Fr), 122, f, 4, by Persian King (Ire)
1st Dam: Candarliya (Fr) (MGSW & G1SP-Fr, $534,189),
by Dalakhani (Ire)
2nd Dam: Candara (Fr), by Barathea (Ire)
3rd Dam: Caribbeandriftwood, by Woodman
O-His Highness the Aga Khan’s Studs, Ltd.; B-Haras De S.A. Aga
Khan S.C.E.A. (FR); T-Francis – Henri Graffard. $150,000.
3–Kathynmarissa, 122, m, 5, by American Pharoah
1st Dam: La Dalila (Chi) (G1SW-Chi), by Milt’s Overture
2nd Dam: Top Diplomat (Chi), by Edgy Diplomat
3rd Dam: Top Shape, by Fit to Fight
($200,000 Ylg ’22 KEESEP). O-Michael J. Caruso and Michael
Dubb; B-Don Alberto Corporation (KY); T-Chad C. Brown.
$90,000. Upcoming Auction: OBS 2 YR OLD & HRA 2026, Hip
#519.
Margins: HD, 1HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 4.00, 8.75, 3.76.
Also Ran: City Girl (Fr), Pretty Picture, Laurelin (Ire), Speed Shopper, Gezora (Fr). Scratched: Bellezza (Ire). Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.