OBS graduates celebrated New Year’s Day at Gulfstream Park by winning all three stakes races on the holiday card.
Lea Farms, LLC’s Super Chow rang in the new year with his fourth straight stakes win, a frontrunning one length victory in the $100,000 Limehouse Stakes. The newly turned 3-year-old graded stakes placed Lord Nelson colt, trained by Jorge Delgado, is now 6-5-0-1 and has earned $297,230 to date. He was purchased for $75,000 out of the Eisaman Equine consignment at the 2022 OBS Spring Sale after breezing an eighth in :10 flat at the Under Tack Show. watch his under tack video Spring Sale walking video
Diamond 100 Racing Club, LLC’s Infinite Diamond pressed the pace from the inside in the $100,000 Cash Run Stakes, took charge turning for home and drew away with ease to score by 2-1/4 lengths. It’s the first stakes win for the 3-year-old daughter of Bee Jersey, now 5-2-1-0 with $103,189 in earnings for trainer Patrick Biancone. Consigned to the 2022 OBS Spring Sale by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, she was sold for $120,000 after turning in an Under Tack quarter in :21 flat. watch her under tack video Spring Sale walking video
Aldana Gonzalez Racing LLC, Lisa Ballou and Steve Ballou’s Dreaming of Kona, third to Super Chow in Tampa Bay’s Inaugural Stakes in his last start, picked up his first stakes win via disqualification in the $150,000 Mucho Macho Man Stakes. Tracking fellow OBS graduate Legacy Isle (April ’22) into the stretch, he was carried out by that one a sixteenth out and forced to settle for second, beaten by half a length. The now 3-year-old colt by Fast Anna was purchased by Steve Ballou for $50,000 out of the Hoppel’s Horse & Cattle Co. consignment at the 2022 OBS June Sale after turning in an Under Tack quarter in :21 1/5. Trained by Aldana Spieth, he’s now 3-2-0-1 and has earned $113,420. watch his under tack video June Sale walking video