A trio of OBS graduates scored Saturday stakes victories.
C2 Racing Stable LLC, Kuehne Racing and Mark Corrado’s Andrea (Thousand Words – Photoplay) is two for two and a stakes winner after a 7-1/2 length wire to wire romp in the $95,000 Hallandale Beach Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Trained by Saffie Joseph, Jr., the 2-year-old daughter of Thousand Word has earned $66,750 to date. At the 2024 OBS Spring Sale, she sped an Under Tack quarter in :9 4/5 and was purchased for $105,000 out of the Eddie Woods consignment. breeze/walk video
Hooties Racing LLC, WSS Racing, LLC and 4G Racing, LLC’s Happy Is a Choice (Runhappy – Fast Alexia) came wide into the stretch of Churchill’s $300,000 Louisville Thoroughbred Society Stakes, wore down the leaders in the final yards and was best by a neck at the finish. It’s the first stakes win for the 4-year-old son of Runhappy, purchased for $160,000 out of the de Meric Sales consignment at the 2022 OBS Spring Sale after breezing an Under Tack eighth in :10 1/5. Trained by John Alexander Ortiz, he’s now 11-5-0-3 and has earned $561,580. watch his under tack video Spring Sale walking video
Redekop B. C., Ltd.’s Avana (Vino Rosso – Revealing Moment) took the $75,000 British Columbia Oaks at Hastings Racecourse, scoring her sixth straight stakes victory. Circling horses on the turn, the 3-year-old Vino Rosso filly reached the lead a furlong out and won by three-quarters of a length. She’ trained by Barbara Heads, she’s now 7-6-0-0 and has earned $144,292. After breezing an Under Tack eighth in :10 1/5 at the 2023 OBS March Sale, she was purchased for $150,000 by Mike Ryan, Agent, out of the Cary Frommer consignment. watch her under tack video March Sale walking video