In the final days of 2024, Stone Farm raised JENKIN won Oaklawn’s $175,000 Year’s End Stakes on December 29. The race was the first stakes attempt for the juvenile daughter of Mineshaft, and she ended the season with a three-quarter length win in the one mile race. JENKIN was coming off a maiden special win on December 6 also at Oaklawn, which marked the fiilly’s two-turn debut.
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Consecutive Grade 1 Wins for SHE FEELS PRETTY
Stone Farm raised and sold SHE FEELS PRETTY posted a comfortable 2 1/2-length win in the 1 1/4-mile American Oaks-G1 at Santa Anita on December 26. The victory marked her second consecutive Grade 1 win, and her impressive performance cemented everyone’s suspicions about her immense talent.
Another Augustin Homebred Wins Graded Stakes at Del Mar
Just days after MRS. ASTOR posted her first graded stakes win in the Red Carpet S.-kG2 at Del Mar, another Augustin Stables homebred won a Del Mar feature race when TRULY QUALITY posted a determined win the Hollywood Turf Cup-G2. Both horses were bred in the name of George Strawbridge’s Augustin Stable and both were raised at Stone Farm.
MRS. ASTOR Wins Red Carpet Stakes at Del Mar
Looking for her first graded stakes win in the 1 3/8-mile Red Carpet S.-G3, Stone Farm raised MRS. ASTOR settled off the pace, moved into contention in the turn, took the lead at the top of the stretch, and then held off a late challenge by favorite Forever After All to win by by a length.
SHE FEELS PRETTY Scores Grade 1 Win at Keeneland
Wearing blinkers for the first time, Stone Farm raised and sold SHE FEELS PRETTY rolled to an impressive win for owner Lael Stables in the G1 Queen Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Keeneland on Oct. 12. The 3-year-old daughter of of Karakontie chased the pace early in the 1 1/8-mile race, then blew by the leaders at the top of the stretch to win by an easy six lengths.
Stone Farm Consigns $2.1 Million Keeneland November Sale Topper
At at the recently concluded Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, Stone Farm consigned and sold the top priced mare of the sale for owner Bobby Flay. WHITE HOT (IRE), a 10-year-old daughter of top international sire Galileo, was bought by BBA Ireland for $2.1 million during the opening day of the sale and is in foal to perennial leading sire Into Mischief.
Stone Farm Raised SHE FEELS PRETTY Places In BC Juvenile Fillies Turf
Stone Farm raised and sold SHE FEELS PRETTY finished a strong third in the $1 Million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf -G1 on day one of the Breeders’ Cup World Championship at Santa Anita. Racing for Lael Stables, the 2-year-old daughter of of Katakontie finished behind HARD TO JUSTIFY and PORTA FORTUNA by a half-length and head. The race was the third career start for SHE FEELS PRETTY.
SHE FEELS PRETTY Wins Woodbine’s G1 Natalma Stakes in Second Start
Lael Stables’ SHE FEELS PRETTY unleashed a powerful kick in the stretch to post a 4 1/2-length win in the Grade 1 Natalma Stakes at Woodbine on Sept. 16. The 2-year-old daughter of Karakontie completed the mile on turf in 1:35.34 – a time slightly faster than colt Carson’s Run posted in the Grade 1 Summer Stakes on the same card. SHE FEELS PRETTY’s victory marked the first Grade 1 win for her trainer Cheryl DeVau.
Arthur Hanock Interviewed as Part of Equine Industry’s Oral History Project
Journalist Chris McGrath sat down with Arthur Hancock as a part of the on-going Equine Oral History Project entitled Life’s Work, which is a part of the Louis B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky. The Nunn Center has been recognized around the world as a leader and innovator in the collection and preservation of oral histories.
MR. FISK Deadheats With TAHOE SUNRISE for a win the Shared Belief S. at Del Mar
Sent off the favorite in the field of six, MR. FISK chased down front runner TAHOE SUNRISE to finish in a deadheat with that rival in the one-mile $125,000 Shared Belief Stakes at Del Mar on Sept. 3.