Nacho Problem Becomes Waiting's First Winner

Nacho Problem broke her maiden June 29 at Belmont at the Big A and with it gave her sire, Waiting, his first winner. Breaking from the outside in a field of eight 2-year-old fillies, the chestnut led throughout the six-furlong turf challenge for New York-breds. Jockey Christopher Elliott rode her three-wide, building a 3 1/2-length lead after a quarter-mile. Nacho Problem controlled the pace, and even as rivals closed the gap between them, maintained her focus down the stretch. She stopped the clock in 1:09.62 for a 3/4-length victory. The Arindel homebred won in her third attempt. She is 1-0-1 with $59,600 in earnings. Nacho Problem is trained by Amelia Green. Her sire, Waiting, stands for $2,500 at Irish Hill & Dutchess Views Stallions near Stillwater, N.Y. He began his stud career in 2022. Waiting is an unraced son of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. His dam is Wait No More, by Medaglia d'Oro. Wait No More was the sale topper at the 2012 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Sale, bringing a final bid of $1,575,000 from trainer Todd Pletcher. Wait No More's dam, Wait a While, who was trained by Pletcher and owned by Arindel, was the 2006 champion 3-year-old filly. She twice (2006, 2008) competed in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1T). Despite never finishing better than fourth in that race, she has three grade 1 wins to her resume.