For Immediate Release
William and Corinne Heiligbrodt, Jackpot Farm, and Whispering Oaks Farm’s Booth (Mitole -Sophia’s Song, by Bellamy Road) led the slate of stakes-winning OBS graduates this past weekend when he scored a gate-to-wire victory in the six-furlong $250,000 Whitmore Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park March 15, his second consecutive stakes victory.
Booth’s Whitmore triumph came on the heels of his front-running 4 ¾-length victory in the $145,000 Commodore Overnight Stakes Feb. 24 at Oaklawn.
“I think it’s like his daddy (Mitole) – with time, with time,” trainer Steve Asmussen told the Oaklawn Park media relations team of Booth. “It’s his 4-year-old year, which was when Mitole became Mitole. Those are two really impressive races against some very nice sprinters.”
Booth was purchased for $225,000 by the Heiligbrodts and Jackpot Farm at the 2023 OBS March Sale from the consignment of Wavertree Stables after breezing in :10 flat. (Under Tack Video)
At Gulfstream Park March 15, Leon Ellman, Glassman Racing and Laurie Plesa’s Epona’s Hope (Adios Charlie – Alotofappeal, by Trippi) extended her win streak to three races with a front-running 1 ¼-length triumph in the $115,000 Captiva Island Stakes. Trained by Eddie Plesa, Jr., the bay filly was purchased by her owners for $295,000 from the Ocala Stud consignment at the 2023 OBS March Sale after breezing in :21 1/5. (Under Tack Video)
At Turfway Park March 15, Lithe Spirit (Speightstown – Spooky Woods, by Ghostzapper) ran her win streak to four straight when she captured the $125,000 Queen Stakes for an ownership group that includes Bradley Thoroughbreds, Gainesway Stable, et al. Trained by Steve Asmussen, the filly was purchased by Bradley Thoroughbreds for $485,000 from the Scanlon Training & Sales consignment at the 2023 OBS Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training after breezing in :9 3/5. (Under Tack Video).