Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman’s Speed Boat Beach pressed the pace in Sunday’s $101,500 Cecil B. DeMille Stakes (G3) at Del Mar, took a short lead a quarter mile out and held on gamely to score by half a length. Fellow OBS graduate First Peace (June ’22) checked in third. It’s the second stakes win for the 2-year-old Florida-bred colt by Bayern, bred by Richard Heysek at Caperlane Farm, a two-time OBS graduate. He was sold by Stuart Morris, Agent, at the 2021 October Yearling Sale, then sped an Under Tack eighth in :9 3/5 and was purchased for $200,000 out of the Really and Truly Thoroughbreds consignment at the 2022 March Sale. Now 4-3-0-0 for trainer Bob Baffert, he has earned $178,000 to date. watch his under tack video March Sale walking video October Yearling Sale walking video
Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC and Willis Horton Racing LLC’s millionaire Bankit was much the best in Sunday’s $121,250 New York Stallion Series Stakes at Aqueduct, taking command on the turn and cruising from there to a 3-1/4 length victory. That’s seven stakes wins for the graded stakes placed 6-year-old son of Central Banker, consigned to the 2018 OBS March Sale by SGV Thoroughbreds LLC (Steven Venosa), Agent, where he breezed an Under Tack eighth in :10 2/5 before he was purchased by Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC for $260,000. Now 36-8-11-5 for trainer Steve Asmussen, he has earned $1,258,405 to date. watch his under tack video
Lea Farms, LLC’s Super Chow went right to the front in Saturday’s $100,000 Inaugural Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, turned back a challenge in the stretch and drew away to a 2-1/2 length victory. Fellow OBS graduate Dreaming of Kona (June ’22) settled for third. It’s the third straight win for the graded stakes placed 2-year-old colt by Lord Nelson, purchased for $75,000 out of the Eisaman Equine consignment at the 2022 OBS Spring Sale after breezing an eighth in :10 flat at the Under Tack Show. Trained by Jorge Delgado, he’s now 5-4-0-1 and has earned $235,850. watch his under tack video Spring Sale walking video