Gimme a Nother returns with Eatontown Stakes victory at Monmouth Park
After nine months away, Gimme a Nother blasted clear in the Eatontown Stakes and earned an automatic path to the Matchmaker with a 3 1/2-length score.
Gimme a Nother returned from a nine-month layoff and looked every inch a live summer turf stakes mare, rolling to a 3 1/2-length victory in the $150,000 Eatontown Stakes (G3T) at Monmouth Park on June 13. The 6-year-old South African-bred mare settled just behind 113-1 front-runner Creative Stuff, then lengthened stride when Jorge Ruiz asked for more and put away the field in the final furlong of the 1 1/16-mile race for fillies and mares 3 and up.
The margin told only part of the story. Creative Stuff controlled moderate fractions of :50.42 for a half-mile and 1:14.83 for six furlongs on firm turf, but Gimme a Nother never looked flustered while tracking the pace. Once she tipped out, she quickened past the pack and opened daylight late, stopping the clock in 1:42.90 and returning $4.40 to win. Grayosh finished third behind beaten favorite Whiskey Decision, who had entered as a $1.5 million purchase for Alpha Delta Stables at the 2025 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.
The result mattered because it showed Gimme a Nother did not need a soft setup or a race under her belt to fire her best shot. It was her second graded stakes win in only six North American starts since she arrived in March 2025, and it came after she had already won the Grade 2 John C. Mabee Stakes at Del Mar on Sept. 6, 2025. At the time of the Eatontown, she had compiled a career record of 9 wins from 13 starts, a résumé that underscores how quickly she has adapted from her South African base to American turf racing.
Her pedigree fits the profile of a mare built for this stage. Equibase lists her as by Gimmethegreenlight (AUS) out of Nother Russia (SAF), by Tiger Ridge, and she was bred in South Africa by Wilgerbosdrift and Mauritzfontein. That international background has become part of the appeal: Gimme a Nother is not just a capable Monmouth Park winner, but another example of a South African-bred runner thriving in Graham Motion’s barn, where patience and placement often matter as much as raw ability.
The payoff extends beyond one afternoon. The top two finishers in the Eatontown earned free entry and start fees to the WinStar Matchmaker Stakes on July 18, giving Gimme a Nother an immediate next target and keeping her in the center of Monmouth’s summer turf picture. For a mare returning from a long break, the Eatontown was not just a comeback. It was a statement that her trajectory still points upward.
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