437:. On 15 March, she started 3/5 favorite for the Grade II Azeri Stakes, and won by one and a quarter lengths from Magic Union, having taken the lead soon after the start. Four weeks later, she started 7/10 favorite for the Grade I Apple Blossom Handicap, in which she was opposed by On Fire Baby, a five-year-old mare who had won the race the previous year. Close Hatches led from the start and won by one and a quarter lengths from On Fire Baby. After the race Rosario said, "She's really classy. I was always confident. She's the kind of horse that's always honest. She tries hard every time. I was just concerned with making sure she didn't go too fast, so she'd have something left at the end, and she did. She's a great horse."
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Dreaming of Julia.
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Midnight Lucky, finishing second, beaten six and a quarter lengths. At the same track four weeks later, Close Hatches was the second choice in the betting, behind the 1/5 favorite
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Personal Ensign Stakes at
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favorite for an allowance race over one and one sixteenth miles at the same course and led from the start to win by one and a quarter lengths from
Kimberly Jean. On April 16, the filly was moved up in class for the Grade II
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1016:"Juddmonte's Close Hatches is Top Older Female"
991:"Untapable Powers to Breeders' Cup Distaff Win"
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627:My Charmer
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