Peter Miller
Joseph Talamo
Barber, Barber or Stanford Stable
Madera Thoroughbreds
Solid Wager |
Birdonthewire | Proud Birdie |
| Silk and Wrapper | ||
| G Ma | Valid Wager | |
| Perfected |
| Sale / Hip / Type | Buyer / Consignor | Price |
|---|---|---|
BAROCT2012Hip 83 | Yearling |
|
$3,000 |
A few strides into the $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar, champion sprinter Drefong dropped jockey Mike Smith to the main track. Even though he was ineligible to win after that point, the colt had an undisputed impact on who won the race.
If not for his gray stablemate's late-season ascension, Baoma Corporation's Drefong would have been the brightest rising star of 2016.
When the hard-knocking Mor Spirit earned a 6 1/4-length win in the $1.2 million Mohegan Sun Metropolitan Handicap (G1), it marked the fourth victory on the day for Bob Baffert and fifth triumph for Mike Smith.
Mor Spirit and Mohaymen, on the Triple Crown trail a year ago, look to establish a new specialty as milers when they contest the Metropolitan Handicap against Sharp Azteca and Awesome Slew
Grade 1 winner Denman's Call will make his first start out of California when he faces a field of 14 going seven furlongs in the $500,000 Churchill Downs Stakes (G2) May 6.
