Victoria’s Ranch’s King of Dreams led a 1-2-3 sweep of Saturday’s $65,000 Showing Up Stakes at Gulfstream, taking over after turning for home and drawing off down the stretch to a three length victory over Fighting Force (April ’20), with Sigiloso (April ’20, October ’19) checking in third. It’s the first stakes win for the 3-year-old colt by Air Force Blue, now 11-4-1-0 for trainer Juan Carlos Avila with earnings of $157,656. At the 2020 OBS Spring Sale, he sped an Under Tack quarter in :21 1/5 and was purchased for $180,000 out of the Scanlon Training and Sales consignment. watch his under tack video Spring Sale walking video
Kaleem Shah, Inc.’s Bella Vita stalked the leaders early going of the $100,000 Betty Grable Stakes on Sunday at Del Mar, took command at the top of the stretch and cruised from there to victory by a length and a half. That’s two stakes wins for the graded stakes placed 4-year-old daughter of Bayern, who breezed an Under Tack eighth in :9 4/5 and was purchased for $400,000 by Ben McElroy, Agent for KSI, out of the Harris Training Center LLC, consignment at the 2019 OBS Spring Sale. Trained by Simon Callaghan, she’s now 13-4-5-1 and has earned $346,722. watch her under tack video
Louis Lazzinnaro LLC and Michael Dubb’s General Ken is two for two and a stakes winner after swinging out for the drive in Belmont’s $100,000 Awad Stakes on Friday and getting up in the last jump to score by a nose. Trained by Chad Brown, he’s earned $77,800 to date. The 2-year-old colt by Violence was purchased for $20,000 out of the Top Line Sales consignment at the 2021 OBS Spring Sale after turning in an Under Tack eighth in :10 3/5. watch his under tack video