Beldame Stakes
Ashado was then upset in the Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga in late August, this time by Shadow Cast. "She never seemed to fire", said Pletcher. "She was never dragging Johnny along the way she normally does. She left there flat and ran flat the whole way." She rebounded in the Beldame Stakes at Belmont, moving to the lead turning into the stretch and then holding off a late charge from Happy Ticket to win by half a length.