OBS graduates took a pair of stakes wins on Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs
Stephen Rousseau’s Nic’s Style (Uncaptured – Sense When) tracked the leaders from the inside in the $100,000 FTBOA City Of Ocala Florida Sire Stakes, battled to the lead a furlong out and was best by 2-1/2 lengths at the wire. That’s two straight stakes wins for the 4-year-old Florida-bred graded stakes placed daughter of Uncaptured, purchased by Stephen Rousseau for $25,000 out of the Summerfield consignment at the 2021 October Yearling Sale. She’s trained by Bill Mott and is now 6-5-1-0 with $328,400 in earnings.
Daniel L. Walters and Dennis G. Smith’s Big Martini (The Big Beast – Dirty Martini) scored his first stakes win with a frontrunning two length victory in in the $100,000 FTBOA Marion County Florida Sire Stakes. Rohan Crichton trains the 4-year-old Florida-bred son of The Big Beast, now 18-4-6-2 with $268,308 in earnings. He’s a two-time OBS graduate, sold first at the 2021 Winter Mixed Sale and then purchased for $87,000 out of the Blue River Bloodstock consignment at the 2022 June Sale after turning in an Under Tack eighth in :10 1/5. watch his under tack video June Sale walking video
Stonestreet Stables LLC and Peter Leidel’s Blue Fire (Aurelius Maximus – Mystic Blue) went to the front in Saturday’s $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Lassie Stakes at Fair Grounds, was headed from the inside past the eighth pole, then came again to score by a head. It’s the first stakes victory for the 2-year-old daughter of Aurelius Maximus, trained by Steve Asmussen, now 3-2-0-0 with $95,120 in earnings. She was purchased for $32,000 out of the Kaizen Sales consignment at the 2023 OBS Winter Mixed Sale.