Leon King Stable Corp.’s Bentornato (Valiant Minister – Her Special Way) battled for the lead from the start of Saturday’s $400,000 Gallant Bob Stakes (G2) at Parx Racing, surrendered the lead a quarter mile out then came again late and scored by a neck. It’s the first graded stakes victory for the four-time stakes winner trained by Jose Francisco D’Angelo, now 8-5-1-2 with $791,830 in earnings. The 3-year-old Florida-bred colt is a two-time OBS graduate, sold by Stuart Morris at the 2022 October Yearling Sale then purchased for $170,000 out of the Golden Rock Thoroughbreds consignment at the 2023 March Sale after turning in and Under Tack quarter in :20 4/5. watch his under tack video October Sale walking video
OBS March graduate Ecoro Sieg (Twirling Candy – Lily Pod) could be on his way to Del Mar from Japan for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1) after a 2-1/2 length record breaking win at Nakayama on Saturday. The 2-year-old colt by Twirling Candy took over after a quarter and was never threatened on his way to victory in a track and Japanese 2-year-old record 1:07.2 for six furlongs. Unbeaten after two starts, the colt by Twirling Candy, trained by Hideyuki Mori for Mastatoshi Hakamura, was purchased for $250,000 by his trainer out of the GOP Racing Stable Corp. consignment at the 2024 March Sale after speeding and Under Tack eighth in :9 4/5. breeze/walk video Race Video
Winning Move Stable, John C. Oxley, Lady Sheila Stable, Rideau Racers LLC and Sanford H. Robbins LLC’S With the Angels (Omaha Beach – Sister Margaret) is two for two by a combined 22 lengths after a frontrunning 9-3/4 length victory in the $125,000 Joseph A. Gimma Stakes at Aqueduct on Sunday. Trained by Linda Rice, the 2-year-old daughter of Omaha Beach has earned $118,250 to date. At the 2024 OBS Spring Sale, she breezed an Under Tack eighth in :9 4/5 and was purchased for $350,000 out of the Wavertree Stables consignment. breeze/walk video
JD Thoroughbreds LLC and Joey Keith Davis’ Henro (Collected – Street Minstrel) was last of six early in Churchill’s $300,000 Harrods Creek Stakes, but came running in the stretch, took command a sixteenth from home and won going away by a length and a quarter. It’s the second stakes win for the 3-year-old son of OBS graduate Collected, trained by Chris Hartman, now 9-4-1-0 with $545,889 in earnings. At the 2023 OBS March Sale, he was purchased for $45,000 out of the de Meric Sales consignment after breezing an Under Tack eighth in :10 1/5. watch his under tack video March Sale walking video