A pair of OBS June Sale graduates posted stakes wins on Sunday, with the 2014 June Sale set to begin a four-day run on Tuesday, June 17.
Hronis Racing LLC’s Sky High Gal tracked the leader in the $82, 300 Mizdirection Stakes on the downhill turf course at Santa Anita, took the lead a furlong from home and edged away to a 1-1/4 length victory. It’s the third stakes win for the 4-year-old daughter of Leroidesanimaux (BGZ), now 9-5-1-1 with $232,533 in earnings. After an eighth in :10 2/5 at the Under Tack Show, she was sold by sold for $30,000 by Kenny Lejeune, Agent, at the 2012 OBS June Sale. watch her under tack video
Conquest Stables LLC’s Conquest Top Gun stepped into stakes company fresh off a maiden special victory in April at Keeneland, set the pace in Woodbine’s $128,843 Marine Stakes, and although narrowly defeated in a photo finish, was awarded his first stakes win via disqualification. Purchased out of the Eddie Woods consignment for a sale topping $525,000 last June after an Under Tack eighth in :10 1/5, the lightly raced colt by Pioneerof the Nile is now 4-2-0-1 and has earned $110,099. watch his under tack video