Mark Davis’ Raging Torrent (Maximus Mischief – Violent Wave) set the pace in Del Mar’s $250,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes (G2) on Saturday, was headed by odds-on favorite The Chosen Vron on the turn but battled back down the stretch and proved best by a neck at the wire. That’s two straight stakes victories for the G1 stakes placed 3-year-old colt by Maximus Mischief, consigned by Randy Bradshaw, Agent, to the 2023 OBS Spring Sale, and sold for $75,000 after turning in Under Tack eighth in :10 flat. Now 10-4-1-2 for trainer Doug O’Neill, he exits the race with $467,400 in earnings. watch his under tack video
R and H Stable’s Mo Plex (Complexity – Mo Joy) is three for three with two stakes wins after leading a 1-2-3 OBS sweep of the $200,000 Funny Cide Stakes on Sunday at Saratoga. After a stumbling start, he raced wide down the backstretch, came four wide into the lane and got up at the wire to beat fellow OBS graduate Soontobeking (King for a Day – Swayed) by a nose. The Toner (Maclean’s Music – Ultimate Shopper) closed well to complete the OBS trifecta. A winner of Saratoga’s Sanford Stakes (G3) in his previous start, the 3-year-old colt by Complexity, trained by Jeremiah C. Englehart, has earned $247,500 to date. He was consigned by Hoppel LLC to the 2024 OBS Spring Sale and sold for $45,000 after breezing an Under Tack quarter in :21 1/5. walk/breeze video
R. A. Hill Stable and SGV Thoroughbreds’ Outlaw Kid (Violence – Calling Rhy Rhy) successfully defended his title win Woodbine’s $150,000 Vice Regent Stakes on Sunday, coming from off the pace, taking the lead a sixteenth from home and scoring in hand by 2-1/4 lengths. That’s two stakes wins for the 5-year-old gelding by Violence, trained by George Weaver, who has compiled a 16-6-4-1 record and earned $498,234. Consigned by S G V Thoroughbreds LLC (Steven Venosa), Agent, to the 2021 OBS Spring Sale, he was sold for $220,000 after turning in an Under Tack eighth in :10 flat. watch his under tack video Spring Sale walking video
A pair of OBS grads posted stakes wins on Saturday at Parx Racing.
R. Lee Lewis’ Gun Song (Gun Runner – Nicole H) was a wire to wire winner of the $200,000 Cathryn Sophia Stakes, drawing off late to win by 2-1/2 lengths. It’s the second stakes win for the graded stakes winning 3-year-old daughter of Gun Runner, trained by Mark Hennig, now 9-4-2-1 with $485,440 in earnings. She was purchased for $400,000 out of the de Meric Sales consignment at the 2023 OBS March Sale after breezing an eighth in :10 1/5 at the Under Tack Show. watch her under tack video March Sale walking video
Happy Tenth Stable’s Buccherino (Bucchero – Bellimbusto) took the early lead in the $75,000 Salvatore M. DeBunda Memorial Stakes, turned back a challenge on the turn and drew away from there to score by 6-1/2 lengths. It’s the first stakes win for the 3-year-old Florida-bred colt by Bucchero, sold for $75,000 by Blue River Bloodstock, Inc., Agent, at the 2023 OBS Spring Sale after breezing an Under Tack eighth in :10 flat. He’s trained by Alfredo Velazquez, has compiled a 9-4-1-2 and earned $186,000 to date. watch his under tack video Spring Sale walking video
Will Stroud’s Long Neck Paula (Uncle Mo – Take Charge Paula) tracked the pace in Saturday’s $100,000 Prairie Meadows Debutante Stakes, took over on the turn and romped home by 7-1/2 lengths for her first stakes victory. Third in Saratoga’s Schuylerville Stakes in her previous start, the 2-year-old daughter of Uncle Mo, trained by Wesley Ward, is now 3-2-0-1 and has earned $149,700. At the 2024 OBS March Sale, she turned in an Under Tack eighth in :9 4/5 and was purchased for $500,000 out of the Top Line Sales consignment. walk/breeze video
Peter Redekop B. C., Ltd.’s Avana (Vino Rosso – Revealing Moment) posted her fifth straight win on Saturday in the $98,000 Century Casino Stakes at Century Mile, overcoming a slow break, blowing past fellow OBS graduate Midnight Lady (Midnight Lute – Steal the Dance) turning for home and beating her by 4-3/4 lengths. It’s the fourth straight stakes victory for the 3-year-old filly by Vino Rosso, now 6-5-0-0 for trainer Barbara Heads with $114,038 in earnings. At the 2023 OBS March Sale, she was purchased for $150,000 by Mike Ryan, Agent, out of the Cary Frommer consignment after breezing an Under Tack eighth in :10 1/5. watch her under tack video March Sale walking video