Fitz Right powers home in Wonder Again, stays unbeaten in 2026

Fitz Right did more than win the Grade 2 Wonder Again Stakes at Saratoga. She answered the question that follows every promising young turf filly: can she do it when the pace is honest, the favorite looms and the field turns for home? On June 5, she did exactly that, surging late from third to run down Lion Lake and stay unbeaten in 2026.

The 3-year-old Charlatan filly has been building toward this, but the way she finished made the step forward unmistakable. She settled kindly behind the early pace, waited while Coach Mazzula carved out sensible fractions of :24.42, :48.48 and 1:11.61, then launched when the race began in earnest. Lion Lake, the 13-10 favorite, took over in upper stretch, but Fitz Right responded immediately when Flavien Prat asked. She first put a head in front, then kept driving to the wire, stopping the clock in 1:40.39 for 1 1/16 miles on firm turf.

The margin was a length over Lion Lake, with Time to Dream finishing third. That matters because this was not a loose-lead or pace-collapse win. Fitz Right had to produce a measured, sustained burst, the kind that separates a useful turf filly from one with graded-stakes range. The race confirmed the profile she had hinted at in earlier starts, but had not yet fully cash in: patient, efficient, and still getting stronger when the pressure rises.

For trainer Chad Brown, the victory was his record-extending seventh in the Wonder Again, a race that has become one of Saratoga’s most dependable proving grounds for turf fillies. Brown’s previous winners in the race include Lady Eli, New Money Honey, Cambier Parc, Consumer Spending, Prerequisite and Segesta, and Fitz Right now joins that line as another filly with a real summer ceiling.

The ownership group of Michael Dubb, William Lawrence, The Elkstone Group and Michael Kisber now has a graded stakes winner with a classic late-running style and obvious options ahead. Fitz Right did not just remain unbeaten in 2026. She ran like a filly ready for bigger turf targets, and the division has to account for her now.