C R K Stable LLC’s Skinner (Curlin – Winding Way), unhurried in the early going of Saturday’s $100,500 Native Diver Stakes (G3) at Del Mar, rallied three-wide to reach contention on the turn, caught the leaders a furlong from home and was best by a length at the wire. Fellow OBS graduate Mixto (Good Magic – Musical Mystery) settled for third. It’s the first stakes win for the grade one stakes placed 4-year-old colt by Curlin, trained by John Shirreffs, now 12-2-3-3 with earnings of $377,300. After turning in an Under Tack eighth in :10 1/5 at the 2022 OBS Spring Sale, he was purchased for $510,000 out of the de Meric Sales consignment. watch his under tack video Spring Sale walking video
Al and Bill Ulwelling’s Mansetti (Collected – Gidget Girl) joined the growing roster of 2024’s stakes winning 2-year-old OBS graduates on Sunday with a victory in Woodbine’s $150,000 Clarendon Stakes. The son of OBS graduate Collected took the lead at the start, opened daylight in the stretch and coasted home a winner by a length and a quarter. Trained by Kevin Attard, he’s now 3-2-0-0 and has earned $104,022. Consigned to the 2024 OBS Spring Sale by Eddie Woods, Agent, he was sold for $40,000 after breezing an Under Tack quarter In :20 4/5. walk/breeze video
OBS graduates captured a pair of weekend stakes races at Fair Grounds.
Maggi Moss’ Hay Jude (Aurelius Maximus – Sweet Alice Benbow) is two for two and a stakes winner after relaxing off the pace in Friday’s $100,000 Joseph R. Peluso Memorial Stakes, finding room between horses a sixteenth out and surging late to score by three quarters of a length. The two-time OBS graduate was sold by KP Sales at the 2023 Winter Mixed Sale and then purchased for $70,000 out of the Old South Farm consignment at the 2024 June Sale after turning in an Under Tack in :10 1/5. Trained by Tom Amoss, he has earned $87,000. breeze/walk video
Delanie J. Calais, Jr.’s Cosmic Train (Klimt – Cosmic Emergency), last early in Saturday’s $100,000 Jacob V. Morreale Memorial Stakes, swung out to rally on the turn, sustained his run down the stretch and was up late to win by a head. It’s the second stakes victory for the 5-year-old son of OBS graduate Klimt, consigned by Grassroots Training & Sales to the 2021 OBS Spring Sale where he went through the ring after breezing an Under Tack eighth in :10 4/5. Trained by Jerry Delhomme, he has compiled a 29-6-4-5 career record and earned $319,200. watch his under tack video Spring Sale walking video