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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.

Favored TENMA wins G1 Del Mar Debutante

TENMA took Del Mar’s top divisional race for 2-year-old fillies coming from off the pace to win the Del Mar Debutante-G1 on Sept. 7.  A 2-year-old daughter of Nyquist, TENMA raced fifth of seven down the backside.  As they headed into the turn, TENMA moved up along the rail, was shuffled back briefly, then, when asked, eased around horses and ran down the leader to win by a determined nose.

MILESTONE: 200 SWs Raised on Our Pastures

When WEST HOLLYWOOD won the 1 1/16-mile Saranac Stakes on Aug. 30 at Saratoga, he became the 200th Stakes Winner to have been raised in pastures at Stone Farm.  The 3-year-old son of Uncle Mo is out of the Galileo mare White Hot (IRE) and was bred by Bobby Flay’s B. Flay Thoroughbreds.  The colt races for Qatar Racing and is trained by Brad Cox. He has three wins and a second in his five starts to date.

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. 

WHELEN SPRINGS Wins G3 Iselin Stakes for Owner/Breeder Shortleaf Stable

A homebred racing for John Ed Anthony’s Shortleaf Stable, Whelen Springs won the 1 1/16-mile Iselin Stakes-G3 at Monmouth Park by a half-length after a contintious stretch.  Winner of two stakes at Oaklawn Park in 2022, the 4-year-old colt had run second in the Monmouth Cup Stakes-G3 last time out.  His victory in the Iselin marked his first Graded stakes win and also the first Graded stakes win for his trainer, Lindsay Schultz.