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Stone Farm raised PASS THE HAT Wins G3 Poker Stakes at Saratoga

Pin Oak Stud’s PASS THE HAT posed a determined win the Poker S.-G3 at Saratoga going one mile on the turf on June 7. A lightly raced 5-year-old, PASS THE HAT stalked the pace set by Zulu Kingdom.  He made his bid on the turn, then overtook that rival mid stretch and left off a late charge from stablemate Capital Hill to win by a nose. 

Belmont Preview Features Stone Farm Bred GROWTH EQUITY

The June 5 Belmont Preview in The Paulick Report featured Stone Farm graduate GROWTH EQUITY.  The colt earned his way into the Classic after posting a determined win Peter Pan S.-G3on May 9. Since the farm’s inception some 50 years ago, Stone Farm has been recognized for producing Classic horses.  Those horses include Classic winners Sunday Silence, Fusaichi Pegasus, Gato Del Sol, and Risen Star.  The later won the Belmont in 1988 and, like GROWTH EQUALITY, was bred, raised, and sold by the farm. 

Stone Farm Bred & Raise SWORE Leads Over All 16 Fences in Iroquois Stakes

Run over  a three-mile course, the the  $250,000 Calvin Houghland Iroquois Stakes (NSA-1)Iroquois is the longest high-level steeplechase race in the United States, and Stone Farm bred and raised SWORE lead the race right up to the wire.  In front over the previous 15 fences, SWORE was again in front going the last fence. Zabeel Champion, who had moved up to fourth, surged toward the front in the straightaway and needed nearly every yard to catch SWORE to win by a neck in the May 9 race at Percy Warner Park in Tennessee. 

Stone Farm Bred & Sold GROWTH EQUITY Wins the G3 Peter Pan Stakes

Klaravich Stable’s GROWTH EQUITY was a heavy favorite in a Maiden Special Weight at Aqueduct in March and rolled home with impressive  4 1/4- victory.  Making the jump to stakes company last Saturday in the $200,000 Peter Pan S.-G3, the 3-year-old colt proved his connections were correction in their assessment by winning the 1 1/18-mile feature by a comfortable two lengths.  After tracking the leaders into the far turn, GROWTH EQUITY was asked to run as they neared the quarter pole, and he went wide to make his bid.  Under mild urging, he took the lead at the head of the stretch and then drew clear from his rivals for his first graded stakes win.

“Exacta” for 1st Crop Sire ROADSTER in Gulfstream MSW

FORD ROADSTER and STRIKE, 2-year-olds representing 1st crop sire ROADSTER, finished one-two in a maiden race at Gulfstream on April 19.  The race was the racing debut for both colts and they battled with each other from the onset.  Daniel Alonso’s FORD ROADSTER prevailed by a half-lenth at the wire over favorite STRIKE, who races for Arindel.  The colts’ sire, ROADSTER, was bred and raced by Stone Farm. 

Growth Equity “Dominates” One-Mile Aqueduct Maiden Race

Klaravich Stable’s GROWTH EQUITY, a  3-year-old colt by Nyquist, was the heavy favorite in a one-mile Maiden Special Weight at Aqueduct on March 20.  The colt looked the part, going to the outside leaving the chute, then stalking the pace down the backstretch.  After taking the lead in the turn GROWTH EQUITY maintained it down the stretch, and then drew clear in the final sixteenth to post a 4 1/4-length win.

Stone Farm Foaled and Raised SHE FEELS PRETTY Named Eclipse Champion Female Turf Horse

Coming off back-to-back Grade 1 wins in 2024, Lael Stable’s SHE FEELS PRETTY did not make her 2025 debut until Kentucky Oaks day, when she won the Modesty S.-G3 on the turf at by a comfortable 2 1/4 lengths. She came back to win the New York S.-G1 at Saratoga in her next start, then finished second by a head in the hard-fought Diana S.-G1 at Saratoga.  She followed that with a narrow win in the E. P. Taylor S.-G1 at Woodbine, and then finished out the year with a second-place ffinish in the Breeders’ Cup Filly Mare Turf-G1.