Doesn’thurttoflirt races for the partnership of Housatonic Stables, Oh Happy Days Stable, Steve Crabtree, and trainer Kelly Rubley’s KMR Racing Stable. She broke her maiden by a dozen lengths in her 2YO finale going 1-1/16 miles on dirt at Laurel in her 4th start, then made it two-in-a-row with a late-running victory by a head over older mares in her first start at 3, going 7-1/2 furlongs on turf at the Fair Grounds. She scored a starter optional win at the Fair Grounds back against straight 3YOs going a mile on the grass. Campaigned across the Mid-Atlantic during the summer, she ran into some tough fields and had some bad luck while always giving a good account of herself, including when becoming our first black-type starter in Delaware Park’s Christiana Stakes.
After a freshening, Doesn’thurttoflirt scored her fourth career victory in a Maryland-bred allowance in her 4YO debut at Laurel on May 24, 2025, taking her lifetime earnings over $100k, and was subsequently 2nd in a $90k allowance race at Colonial in July. She concluded her 4YO season with a troubled 3rd-place finish in an open company “a other than” at Laurel in November, and will vacation this winter at Timbercreek Farm in Virginia before returning to Kelly Rubley’s barn for a 5YO campaign in 2026.
Doesn’thurttoflirt was foaled March 8, 2021, at Murmur Farm, and is a Maryland-bred by our favorite veteran Kentucky stallion Include, out of the Broken Vow mare I’m Engaged, who is herself a half to G2W Fiery Pursuit, and whose dam is a half to Flanders. I’m Engaged is the dam of five other winners: Postnup, A Ring Thing, Big Stick, Work For Peace and I’m With Miller. You can read about the Housatonic Recommended Mating that produced Doesn’thurttoflirt here.
She received her early lessons at Middleburg Training Center with Zoe Valvo.
You can find more photos of Doesn’thurttoflirt here.
Doesn’thurttoflirt scores in a MD-bred allowance in her 4YO debut
Doesn’thurttoflirt beats older mares in her turf debut at the Fair Grounds
#11 Doesn’thurttoflirt closes under @james_d_graham at 24/1 in R7 at Fair Grounds for trainer Kelly Rubley! 🍀💰
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— TwinSpires Racing 🏇 (@TwinSpires) January 4, 2024
Doesn’thurttoflirt breaks her maiden at Laurel
