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Danny A. Eplin’s Dreamfyre (Flameaway – Appreciating) took the lead at the start of the $201,000 Sorrento Stakes (G3) at Del Mar on Saturday, set the pace, the drew away to score by 3-1/2 lengths over OBS 2023 March graduate Benedetta (City of Light – Tessie Flip), who rallied to be second. O. J. Jauregui trains the 2-year-old filly by Flameaway, a stakes winner in her debut and now two for two with $165,000 in earnings. Consigned by S G V Thoroughbreds LLC (Steven Venosa), Agent to the 2023 OBS Spring Sale, she was sold for $140,000 after turning in an Under Tack eighth in :9 4/5. watch her under tack video

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Leon King Stable Corp.’s Bentornato (Valiant Minister – Her Special Way) is two for two and a stakes winner after leading from gate to wire and taking the $90,000 Proud Man Stakes at Gulfstream Park by 4-1/4 lengths. A two-time OBS graduate, the 2-year-old Florida-bred son of Valiant Minister was sold by Stuart Morris at the 2022 October Yearling Sale and then purchased for $170,000 out of the Golden Rock Thoroughbreds consignment at the 2023 March Sale. Trained by Jose Francisco D’Angelo he has earned $98,830 to date. watch his under tack video

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Orpen Horses, LLC., Jack Hardin Towell Jr., and Alan Griffin’s Grannys Connection (Connect – Granny’s Drink) got the weekend off to a good start, going right to the lead in Friday’s $215,000 Union Avenue Handicap at Saratoga and never looking back en route to a 1-1/2 length victory. It’s the first stakes win for the 4-year-old daughter of Connect, trained by Thomas Morley, now 7-5-2-0 with $268,050 in earnings. At the 2021 OBS March Sale, she was purchased for $57,000 out of the Eddie Woods consignment after breezing an Under Tack eighth in :10 flat. March Sale walking video   under tack video