Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Warming (Global Campaign-Haute Style, by Unusual Heat) settled near the rear of the field and then shot through horses at the top of the stretch to win the Grade 3, $100,000 Autumn Miss Stakes on the turf at Santa Anita Park Oct. 26, leading the slate of stakes-winning OBS grads for the week.
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The Autumn Miss was the first graded stakes win for Warming, who bested second-place finisher and fellow OBS grad A Thousand Miles.
“Around the quarter pole, the horse in front of me dropped out and I saw the opportunity to shoot in between them,” winning jockey Juan Hernandez told Santa Anita publicity. “I asked my filly to go in through that hole and she did it. She just kept accelerating to the wire.”
Trained by Graham Motion, Warming was purchased by her owners at the 2024 OBS March Sale for $100,000 from the consignment of Blue Sapphire Stables after breezing in :10 1/5.
At Aqueduct Oct. 25, LSU Stables’ multiple stakes-winner Bank Frenzy (Central Banker-Storm Now, Tiznow) staved off a late bid from fellow OBS grad Doc Sullivan to capture the $250,000 Empire Classic during the annual Empire Showcase Day.
Trained by Rudy Rodriguez, Bank Frenzy earned his sixth career stakes victory – all coming in New York – as the 5-year-old Central Banker chestnut inched that much closer to millionaire status. The gelding opened his 2025 season with consecutive state-bred wins in the Stymie and Haynesfield at Aqueduct and also annexed the state-bred Commentator at Saratoga Race Course in June.
Bank Frenzy, the 2024 NYTB Champion Older Dirt Male, was purchased by Philip Harding for $110,000 out of the 2022 OBS April Sale from the Sequel Bloodstock consignment after breezing in :10 2/5.
The Empire Showcase card also saw David Staudacher and Paradise Farms Corp.’s The Wine Steward (Vino Rosso–Call to Service, by To Honor and Serve) prevail in the $200,000 Hudson Stakes.
Trained by Mike Maker, the 4-year-old Vino Rosso colt was purchased for $340,000 by Maker from the Sequel Bloodstock consignment at the 2023 OBS March Sale after breezing in :10 2/5.
At Gulfstream Park Oct. 25, Peachtree Stable homebred Spirit Doll (Tiz the Law-Pakhet, by Cairo Prince) had everything go her way racing first time on the grass and powered to a 6 ½-length victory over fellow OBS grads Vita Mia and Bayou Brigid in Saturday’s $75,000 Our Dear Peggy.
Trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., Spirit Doll became a first-time stakes winner. She was offered at the 2025 OBS April Sale by the Julie Davies consignment where she failed to meet her reserve after breezing in :10 2/5.
At Mahoning Valley Oct. 25, Crown the Buckeye (Yaupon–Feisty Tomboy, by Unbridled’s Song) made it two wins in a row with his victory in the $100,000 Best of Ohio Juvenile Stakes. Trained by Mike Maker and owned by Paradise Farms Corp., Staudacher, David and Hooties Racing LLC, Crown the Buckeye pulled away late to win by 4 ¼-lengths.
Bred by Pick View LLC, Paul W. Schaffer & William D. Pickerrell, the son of Yaupon was purchased by Sean S. Perl Bloodstock for $250,000 from the Grassroots Training & Sales consignment at the 2025 OBS April Sale after breezing in :10 flat.