Peachtree Stable’s Plum Pretty proved her 25 length win last time out in the Sunland Park Oaks was no fluke, taking the lead turning for home in the $1, 000, 000 Kentucky Oaks (G1), opening up daylight and holding on to win by a neck. It’s the second stakes win for the 3-year-old daughter of Medaglia d’Oro, sold for $130,000 by Kirkwood Stables, Agent, at the 2010 OBS March Sale. She’s now 5-3-0-2 with earnings of $761,200.
Last year’s Kentucky Oaks winner, Mark Dedomenico LLC, John Carver, Peter Abruzzo & Jerry Hollendorfer’s champion Blind Luck, returned to Churchill Downs on Friday, and after stumbling at the start, stormed from last to first to win the $333,900 La Troienne Stakes (G2) by half a length. Fellow OBS graduate All Due Respect (March ’09, August ’08, October ’07) checked in third. It’s the first win of the year for the 4-year-old daughter of Pollard’s Vision, consigned to the 2009 OBS April Sale by Omega Farm, Agent. The 2010 champion 3-year-old filly is now 19-10-7-2 and has earned $2,679,520.
Dogwood Stable’s Aikenite scored his second straight stakes win on Saturday in the $348,900 Churchill Downs Stakes (G2) on the Derby undercard, rallying down the stretch and getting up in the last jump to win his first graded stake by a nose. Two for three this year, the 4-year-old Florida-bred son of Yes It’s True is now 18-5-3-2 and has earned $688,635. He was sold first by Summerfield, Agent, at the 2008 August Sale before being purchased for $225,000 out of the Eisaman Equine consignment at the 2009 February Sale.
Spendthrift Farm LLC’s lightly raced Crown of Thorns was at his best on Saturday, taking the $147,000 Mervyn Leroy Handicap (G2) by a length and a quarter. It’s the second graded stakes win for the 6-year-old Florida-bred son of Repent, sold by Cloverleaf Farms II and Brent Fernung, Agent, for $300,000 at the 2007 OBS March Sale. The win gives him a 10-3-4-1 record and $777,080 in earnings.
David and Margaret Wimer’s Daring Reality was ignored at 23-1 in Belmont’s $60,000 Wanda Stakes on Sunday , but the 3-year-old filly by Include came from off the pace and scored her first stakes win by a length and a quarter. Sold for $25,000 by Eisaman Equine, Agent, at the 2010 OBS April Sale, she’s now 8-3-2-1 and has earned $116,100.