By Christina Bossinakis
Sent off the 9-5 favorite for his unveiling at Oaklawn Park on Sunday, D'code (Speightstown) ran off to an open-lengths victory over fellow firster Silver Prince (Cairo Prince) in this TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard-earning performance.
Exiting post 12 in this six-furlong test, D'code had his head as a host of juveniles prompted the issue to his inside through an initial quarter in :22 flat.
Easily dispensing with his nearest pursuer Reclamation (Caracaro) approaching the quarter pole, the grey showed his superiority late, drawing away under a hand ride to graduate by 8 1/4 lengths over Silver Prince. The 5-2 second choice Coming Soon (Munnings) rallied to get third.
The colt, who is trained by Ray Ashford Jr., is out of multiple winner Dos Vinos. Bred by Tom Durant, the Kentucky-bred brought $775,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in Training sale.
4th-Oaklawn, $100,000, Msw, 12-14, 2yo, 6f, 1:09.57, ft, 8 1/4 lengths.
D'CODE, c, 2, by Speightstown
1st Dam: Dos Vinos, by Twirling Candy
2nd Dam: Gatorette, by Distorted Humor
3rd Dam: Gigi's Skyflyer, by Skywalker
Sales history: $775,000 2yo '25 EASMAY. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $60,000. O-Tom R. Durant; B-Tom Durant (KY); T-H. Ray Ashford, Jr.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
D'CODE wins easy in R4 at Oaklawn Park, giving @cristiantorr64 another win on today's card! 🏇
Ray Ashford Jr. trains.
🎥 #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/LEeugpIDoE
— TwinSpires Racing 🏇 (@TwinSpires) December 14, 2025
Not a subscriber? Click here to sign up for the daily PDF or alerts.
