OBS grads posted a pair of graded wins on Saturday at Santa Anita.
Kretz Racing LLC’s Cabo Spirit is now a millionaire, going to the front at the start of the $750,000 John Henry Turf Championship Stakes (G2) and leading all the way, holding on gamely to score by a length. It’s the second graded stakes win for the 5-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile, consigned to the 2021 April Sale by Eddie Woods, Agent, and purchased for $575,000 by Gayle Van Leer, Agent, after speeding an Under Tack quarter in :20 4/5. He’s now 27-5-3-6 for trainer George Papaprodromou, and earned $1,035,336. watch his under tack video Spring Sale walking video
Rancho Temescal LLC, Red Baron’s Barn LLC and Rodney E. Orr’s First Peace, off the pace in the early going of the $750,000 Eddie D. Stakes (G2), rallied on the inside, took the lead a sixteenth out and was best by a length and a half at the wire. It’s the third stakes win and first graded victory for the 4-year-old colt by Funtastic, trained by Mark Glatt, now 15-5-5-2 with $778,520 in earnings. He was purchased for $75,000 out of the Lucan Bloodstock (Karl Keegan) consignment at the 2022 OBS June Sale after breezing an Under Tack quarter in :21 flat. watch his under tack video June Sale walking video
True North Stable and Bloom Racing Stable’s (Jeffrey Bloom) Dresden Row (Lord Nelson – Elle Special) sat just off the pace in Saturday’s $135,000 Durham Cup Stakes (G3) at Woodbine, rallied to the lead between horses at the head of the stretch and held on gamely to score by a neck. It’s the first stakes win for the 3-year-old son of Lord Nelson, purchased out of the Little Farm Equine consignment at the 2023 OBS Spring Sale after speeding an Under Tack quarter in: 21 2/5. Trained by Lorne Richards, he’s now 7-4-1-2 and has earned $183,527. watch his under tack video Spring Sale walking video
David S. Romanik and Ronald B. Spatz’s Most Handsome (Neolithic – Precious Lady) is two for two and a stakes winner after taking Saturday’s $95,000 Hollywood Beach Stakes at Gulfstream Park. After pressing the pace, he took charge on the turn, opened daylight in the stretch and held off a late charge to win by a head, with fellow OBS graduate Noble N Magical (Noble Bird – Magical Holiday) checking in third. Trained by Ron Spatz, the 2-year-old Florida-bred son of Neolithic has earned $98,650 to date after breezing an eighth in :9 4/5 and going through the ring, consigned by On Track, Agent, at the 2024 OBS March Sale. breeze/walk video
OBS graduates captured a pair of stakes races at Remington Park on Sunday.
West Point Thoroughbreds’ Jaxon Traveler (Munnings – Listen Boy) is the latest OBS millionaire after a frontrunning 3-1/2 length victory over fellow OBS graduate Run Classic (Runhappy – Pledge Pin) in the $100,000 David M. Vance Stakes. That’s nine stakes wins for the 6-year-old graded stakes winning son of Munnings, trained by Steve Asmussen, now 33-11-8-5 with $1,017,798 in earnings. After breezing an Under Tack eighth in :10 flat at the 2020 OBS Spring Sale, he was purchased for $140,000 out of the Grassroots Training & Sales consignment by L.E.B., Agent for West Point Thoroughbreds, Inc. watch his under tack video Spring Sale walking video
Resolute Racing’s Dana’s Beauty (Not This Time – City Siren) led a 1-2-3 OBS sweep of the $75,000 Ricks Memorial Stakes, taking over on the turn and drawing away to victory by 6-1/4 lengths. Colors of the Wind (Constitution – Wellington Beauty) was second with Gastown (Vancouver (AUS) – Tex Appeal), running third. It’s the third stakes win for the 6-year-old mare by Not This Time, a two-time OBS graduate, sold first by Bobby Jones Equine at the 2019 October Yearling Sale then sold for $70,000 by Blue River Bloodstock, Agent, at the 2020 Spring Sale after working an Under Tack quarter in :21 3/5. Now trained by Mike Maker, she has compiled a 41-10-5-8 career record and earned $633,033. watch her under tack video