SANTA MARGARITA S. (gr. I ), Santa Anita Park , March 16, 2013 , $300,000 Guaranteed , value of race $300,250 , 4 yo's & up , 1 1/8 miles , 1:49.53 Dirt FT .

Joyful Victory exemplified her name and became racing’s newest millionaire with her easy, front-running score in the March 16 Santa Margarita Stakes (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park.

The well-traveled, 5-year-old daughter of Tapit, who has raced at nine different tracks across the country during her 17-start career, is now two-for-two in 2013, having also captured the Jan. 26 Houston Ladies Classic Stakes at Sam Houston Race Park for trainer Larry Jones and Rick Porter’s Fox Hill Farms.

Now a three-time graded stakes winner, Joyful Victory was a $60,000 yearling. She was acquired for $400,000 by Fox Hill at the 2010 Fasig-Tipton Florida March 2-year-old sale from Cary Frommer, agent.

Joyful Victory has been campaigned in all her starts by Porter, who outside of racing runs his family’s Porter Automotive Group. He is represented by other graded victors Round Pond, Hard Spun, Eight Belles, Jostle, and Kodiak Kowboy. Porter also raced 2011 Horse of the Year Havre de Grace, who fetched $10 million from Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm at the 2012 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November mixed sale.

Bred in Ontario, Canada, by Bill Graham, Joyful Victory is out of the winning, Wild Again mare Wild Lucy Black, whose dam, Lucy Black (by Alydar), is a half sister to 1982 champion 2-year-old male Roving Boy (by Olden Times) and to grade I producer Sally’s Ride (by Inverness Drive).

Joyful Victory was raised at Graham’s Windhaven Farm near Lexington. Farm manager Tim Beeson described the Santa Margarita winner as “a nice foal” and “very athletic.”

Graham has raced several stakes winners over the years under the Windhaven banner, including grade III winner Cotton Carnival. As a breeder, he is represented by other graded victors River Seven, Uncaptured, and Vice n’ Friendly. Beeson said Graham decided to sell Joyful Victory because Tapit’s foals were being well received at the time in the auction ring.

Wild Lucy Black was most recently sold for $80,000 to SF Bloodstock at the 2011 Keeneland November breeding stock sale through Eaton Sales, agent. Her last named offspring is the unraced 4-year-old Whywhywhy filly Why Lucy Why, who produced a Trappe Shot colt Jan. 16. Wild Lucy Black’s 2012 Congrats foal died. She was bred to Trappe Shot for 2013.

Tapit is the sire of 40 stakes winners, including other 2013 added-money victors Flashback (gr. II), Honorable Dillon (gr. II), and Tapicat (gr. IIIT). Tapit stands for $125,000 at Antony Beck’s Gainesway near Lexington.—E.M.

SIXTY SAILS H. (gr. III ), Hawthorne , April 20, 2013 , $200,000 Guaranteed , value of race $200,000 , 3 yo's & up , 1 1/8 miles , 1:50.19 Dirt FT .

John Greathouse of Glencrest Farm admitted that while Sixty Sails Handicap (gr. III) winner Disposablepleasure may have not been the most glamorous prospect at the 2010 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale, she fit the criteria he was looking for at the time.

“She was a filly I could afford, she had some female family, and she was a good, correct filly that was going to fall through the cracks,” said Greathouse of the daughter of Giacomo, whom he bought for $45,000 from Bluewater Sales, agent.

Greathouse, who campaigns Disposablepleasure in the name of his family’s Midway, Ky.-based Glencrest Farm, has now been rewarded in numerous ways by the 4-year-old filly. She also won the 2011 Demoiselle Stakes (gr. II) at Aqueduct Racetrack in her stakes debut and placed in three additional graded stakes, including the 2012 Mother Goose Stakes (gr. I).

Trained by Todd Pletcher, Disposablepleasure holds an overall record of 4-3-1 from 13 starts, for earnings of $515,460.

“Brushed by a Star, who finished second (in the Sixty Sails) is a nice filly, so I was glad to get the jump on her,” added Greathouse, who has been represented by numerous other stakes winners over the years, including grade I victors Devil May Care, Panty Raid, and Honey Ryder. “We’ll scratch our heads and see where we’ll go next (with Disposablepleasure), but I’m glad to have her back doing what we thought she could do at 2.”

Disposablepleasure was bred in Kentucky by Doug Branham, who owns Hurricane Hills Farm in Central Kentucky.

She is out of the With Approval mare My Canada, who is a half or full sister to three stakes winners, including graded victor Riley Tucker (by Harlan’s Holiday). Other prominent female family members include grade II winner Hey Hazel (by Ascot Knight) and Brazilian group I victors Pura Classe (by Grand Slam) and Secret Ridge (by Choctaw Ridge).

In addition to Disposablepleasure My Canada is also the dam of stakes winner and graded stakes-placed runner Romantic Hideaway and two other winners. Her youngest offspring is a 2-year-old unraced Old Fashioned colt named Fashion Seeker. My Canada aborted a foal by Elusive Quality in 2012 and was bred to Medaglia d’Oro for 2013.

Giacomo is the sire of 12 stakes winners, including other 2013 added-money victors Tiz Gianni, Fancy Cruz (in Argentina), and Giacom (in Argentina). Giacomo stands for $5,000 at Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs near Paris, Ky.—E.M.