Saturday, October 19, 2024
Jim and Susan Hill’s Highway Robber (Hard Spun – Yabba) is the latest OBS millionaire after taking the $300,000, Gr. III Sycamore Stakes at Keeneland in track record time for the mile and a half on the turf. The 4-year-old son of Hard Spun, well off the pace early, swung wide into the stretch, caught the leader a furlong from home and was best by a nose at the wire. Jim an
It’s the second stakes victory for the 4-year-old son of Hard Spun, now 11-5-2-1 with $1,001,063 in earnings for trainer Brian Lynch. Consigned by Vickers Racing to the 2011 OBS Spring Sale, he was purchased for $30,000 after turning in an Under Tack eighth in :10 2/5.
Tucci Stables’ Ecstasy (Paynter – Annihilation) pressed the pace in the $125,000 Ontario Damsel Stakes at Woodbine, took charge on the turn and cruised from there to a 1 3/4-length victory. Fellow OBS graduate Witwatersrand (Connect – Carta deOro) closed well and was up late for second.
It’s the first stakes win for the 3-year-old filly by Paynter, sold for $32,000 at the 2023 OBS June Sale by Triple J Equine Sales, Agent, after breezing an eighth in :10 1/5 at the Under Tack Show. She’s trained by Sid Attard and has compiled an 11-4-3-0 record with earnings of $188,742.
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