St Elias Stable

MONIQUE EN VOL (f, 2, Flightline--Monique's Candy, by Candy Ride {Arg}), debuting here for owner/breeder St. Elias Stables, came home under a confident ride from Florent Geroux to graduate from the maiden ranks at first-asking during the lucrative Kentucky Downs meeting. Unhurried after the jump as Compass Sixty (Liam's Map) stepped out to control the tempo, she was content to watch the action unfold from seventh while enjoying a ground saving trip just off the fence in the two path. Steadily improving her position as the pacesetters began throwing out...

1st-DMR, $100k, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 5:00 p.m. ET Just two weeks ago, KAS Stables and trainer John Sadler sent out Inshallah (Flightline) to a 'TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard' debut at Del Mar. The Saudi-based operation will again team up with Sadler with another debuting son of Flightline, Ala Sawab, who faces four rivals in the opener at Del Mar Saturday. The colt, who has been working strongly at the oceanside oval, was a $400,000 purchase by bloodstock agent Pedro Lanz at the Fasig-Tipton October sale last fall. "We...

6th-SAR, $115K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 2:47 p.m. ET. RED POPPY (Omaha Beach) fills an entry box for Spendthrift Farm and trainer Todd Pletcher. The 2-year-old was initially a $400,000 Fasig-Tipton October buy before running thorough the OBS April sale for $900,000 (see Summer Breezes). Red Poppy's extended female family includes SW Praetereo (Giant's Causeway) and GI Central Bank Ashland Stakes winner Percy's Bar (Upstart). TJCIS PPS 1st-SAR, $115K, Msw, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 11:45 a.m. ET. Team Valor bred and will race U.S.S. Valor (War of Will) who is...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - After settling into his summer digs at Saratoga Race Course for the last week, Golden Tempo (Curlin) got back to work on Sunday. The GI Kentucky Derby and GI Belmont Stakes champ had his first ever work at the Spa. With jockey Jose Ortiz on his back and under the watchful eye of trainer Cherie DeVaux, Golden Tempo stepped onto the main track just after 7 a.m. He worked four furlongs in company with stablemate Being Myself (Curlin), a 4-year-old filly, in :48.51 (42/138). He was...

Kentucky Derby hero Golden Tempo (Curlin) will stand at Lane's End Farm at the conclusion of his racing career, the farm announced Friday morning. Hailing from an accomplished female line as a homebred for Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stables, the son of Curlin put himself on the Derby trail via Louisiana's point race series, including a win in the GIII Lecomte Stakes, and placings in the GII Risen Star and GII Louisiana Derby. He returned on the first Saturday in May to make history as not just his venerable...

While a decision on Golden Tempo (Curlin)'s participation in the May 16 GI Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park is still to be determined, Vinnie Viola's St. Elias Stable, co-owner of the GI Kentucky Derby winner, has another colt waiting in the wings for the second leg of the Triple Crown in GIII Gotham Stakes winner Iron Honor (Nyquist). Viola co-owns the 3-year-old, most recently seventh in the GII Wood Memorial, in partnership with William Lawrence and Glassman Racing. "He's a nice, nice horse," St. Elias racing and bloodstock manager Monique...

Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable's Golden Tempo (Curlin) shipped back to Keeneland Sunday morning, a day after his dramatic late-running victory in the GI Kentucky Derby. Connections will be taking a wait-and-see approach to his participation in the May 16 GI Preakness Stakes, trainer Cherie DeVaux confirmed Sunday. DeVaux made an emotional first stop the morning after the Derby at the former Churchill Downs barn of the late trainer Chuck Simon, a full-circle moment after the biggest win of her career. "He meant a lot to me and my...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Friday evening wasn't the only 'Ladies Night' at Churchill Downs this weekend. Cherie DeVaux became the first female trainer to win the GI Kentucky Derby, saddling Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable homebred Golden Tempo (Curlin) to a last-to-first upset at odds of 23-1 in the 152nd renewal on an unseasonably chilly first Saturday in May. The 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' stormed home down the center to narrowly outkick the unlucky Renegade (Into Mischief), slammed hard at the start from his rail draw, by a...

Fulleffort (Liam's Map), winner of the GIII Jeff Ruby Steaks, will scratch from Saturday's GI Kentucky Derby field because of a left-hind ankle chip, according to Daily Racing Form on Thursday morning. The defection will allow maiden Ocelli (Connect), third in the GII Wood Memorial last time out, to move into the lineup. "Back about a month ago, we were 30 (on the Derby leaderboard)," trainer Whit Beckman said of Ocelli, who galloped Thursday morning. "The way things have gone the past couple of years, you think you might have...

Fulleffort (Liam's Map), a rallying second in both of the local preps, punched his ticket to the Kentucky Derby with a powerful win in Saturday's GIII Jeff Ruby Steaks at Turfway Park. Favored at 9-5, the Leonatus S. and John Battaglia Memorial S. runner-up raced in ninth through fractions of :23.18 and :47.16. The gray began to wind up beneath Irad Ortiz, Jr. on the far turn, came rolling up four wide approaching the quarter pole and kept on motoring down the stretch, finishing up in a field-best :12.99 to...

Big-figure debut winner Iron Honor (c, 3, Nyquist--Orencia, by Blame) fought past the Ohio-bred Crown the Buckeye (Yaupon) in the stretch to make it two-for-two in Saturday's GIII Gotham S. at Aqueduct, good for 50 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Right to Party (Constitution) was third. Favored at 4-5 off the strength of a 95 Beyer Speed Figure earned sprinting first out over two next-out winners at the Big A Dec. 13, Iron Honor battled with Crown the Buckeye through fractions of :23.09 and :46.30 in the...

2nd-GP, 84K, Msw, 3yo, f, 6f, 11:30 a.m. Kicking off a loaded Pegasus World Cup card at Gulfstream Park, St. Elias Stable homebred BENEFICENCE (Into Mischief) makes her debut for trainer Todd Pletcher. The daughter of Playtime is a half-sister to GSW Jouster (Noble Mission {GB}), a mare who brought $1.5 million from Katsumi Yoshida at Keeneland November in 2022. Playtime herself is a daughter of Eclipse-winning 2-year-old filly Storm Flag Flying, meaning the family also includes MGISW My Flag. Quick on the work tab, Beneficence has put up four...