It was nearly three months before Hidden Lake was ready to race again, but she returned with a victory in the Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park on October 17. She was running on empty and found more to give". That was how much effort she put into winning that race. After the finish line, she actually collapsed from exhaustion. Her jockey, Richard Migliore, called the Go For Wand "one of his most memorable victories", saying, "From the recesses of her heart, Hidden Lake found a way to fight back and win. Flat Fleet Feet looked to have the advantage but Hidden Lake fought back and prevailed by a head. Hidden Lake went to the early lead but was challenged by Flat Fleet Feet, who moved alongside when they entered the stretch. She followed this up with a win in the Grade I Hempstead Handicap (now known as the Ogden Phipps), then shipped to Saratoga for the Go For Wand Handicap on July 27.
On May 24, she was shipped to Belmont Park for the Grade II Shuvee Handicap, which she won as an 8.8–1 long-shot by 4 lengths. Īt age four, she lost her first four starts of the year while traveling from Santa Anita Park to Oaklawn Park to Churchill Downs. She finally earned her first graded stakes win in the grade II La Brea Stakes on December 29. She started her three-year-old season with an allowance race win on January 6, 1996, at Santa Anita but then went on a six race losing streak that included third place finishes in the Santa Anita Oaks and Las Virgenes Stakes, both Grade I stakes. She showed some promise by finishing second in the Maker's Mark Stakes and Anoakia Stakes.
Career Īs a two-year-old, Hidden Lake won only once, in her second start on August 5, 1995, at Del Mar racetrack. Slow to mature, she went on to earn 1997 U.S. Hidden Lake (Ap– September 29, 2016) was a Kentucky-bred daughter of stallion Quiet American out of the Round Table mare, Friendly Circle.
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