For Immediate Release
Baoma Corp.’s Tenma (Nyquist – Amagansett, by Tapit) launched herself atop the Road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) leaderboard when she scored a 6 ½ length win in the $100,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park Feb. 2 to lead the slate of stakes-winning Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company graduates this past week.
The victory earned Tenma 20 additional qualifying points for this year’s Kentucky Oaks, improving her total to 33 points overall. In addition to leading a 1-2 finish for OBS grads in the Las Virgenes, she won her debut in August at Del Mar last year then scored in the Del Mar Debutante (G1) and Starlet Stakes (G2) to close out her juvenile season.
The daughter of Nyquist was purchased by Baoma for $850,000 out of the Wavertree Stables consignment at the 2024 OBS Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training after breezing an eighth in :9.4.
On Feb. 1, My Way Racing’s El Potente (Temple City – Charmsil, by Silver Charm) notched his first career graded stakes win when he rolled to a three-length victory in the $100,000 Thunder Road Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita. El Potente was purchased by McMahon and Hill Bloodstock, agent for $35,000 out of the Nice and Easy Thoroughbreds consignment at the 2021 OBS June Sale after breezing in :10.1 (Under Tack Video).
On Jan. 31, Chancheng Glory (Mor Spirit – Solid Scam, by Consolidator) earned the biggest win of his career on an international stage when he prevailed in the HK$4.2 million Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap at Sha Tin. The Iowa-bred gelding was an RNA at the 2022 OBS March Sale where he was offered by Pike Racing and breezed in :10 flat (Under Tack Video).
Other stakes winners included D. J. Stable LLC and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Vixen (Vekoma – Top Mission, by Noble Mission (GB) making an impressive 2025 debut when she took the $165,000 Sweetest Chant Feb. 1 at Gulfstream Park. The Mark Casse trainee was purchased by D. J. Stable for $200,000 out of the SGV Thoroughbreds at the 2024 OBS Spring Sale after breezing in :10.1.
At Aqueduct on Feb. 1, Bran Jam Stable and David Clark’s Volleyballprincess (Mo Town – Prom Dress, by Stephen Got Even) netted her first stakes victory in the $125,000 Ruthless Stakes over fellow OBS Grad Ourdaydreaminggirl. The North Carolina bred filly was sold for $17,000 by RiceHorse Stable to Louis Linder Jr. at the 2024 OBS March Sale after breezing in :10 flat.
At Oaklawn Park Feb. 1, Kaleem Shah’s Benedetta (City of Light – Tessie Flip, by Grand Slam) earned her fourth consecutive victory when she delivered in the $150,000 American Beauty for older female sprinters. She was purchased for $750,000 at the 2023 OBS March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training by KSI out of the Top Line Sales consignment after breezing in :9.4 (Under Tack Video).
At Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Feb. 1, Gentry Farms’ Accomplished Girl (Street Boss – Dazzle, by Twirling Candy) earned her second stakes victory of the meet when she annexed the $100,000 Robert “Bobby” Kelly Memorial. The daughter of Street Boss was purchased for $275,000 by Gentry Farms/Saffie Joseph out of the Grassroots Training & Sales consignment at the 2022 OBS Spring Sale after breezing in :9.3 (Under Tack Video).
At Delta Downs Feb. 1, Rand S. Metoyer’s Wonderrand (Cloud Computing – Laughing Saint, by Vindication) took the $125,000 LA Bred Premier Night Distaff Stakes. She was purchased for $30,000 out of the 2023 OBS Spring Sale from the Grassroots Training and Sales consignment after breezing in :10.1 (Under Tack Video).