In an impressive career debut, Danny Eplin's Dreamfyre made short work of her rivals in winning the $75,000 Everett Nevin Stakes at the Alameda County fair meet in Pleasanton, Calif., on July 9, to become the first stakes winner and fourth winner, overall, for Darby Dan Farm's Flameaway, currently the No. 3-ranked First-Crop Sire.
Trained by O.J. Jauregui, Dreamfyre took command of the 5 ½-furlong event at the break and set a fast pace to the far turn, rattling off an opening quarter in an eye-catching :21.77 and a half in :44.27. Under jockey Francisco Duran, she shook free at the head of the lane and drew clear in the stretch to score by a dominating 3 ½ lengths, stopping the clock in 1:04.51.
Bred in Kentucky by John Oxley, Dreamfyre was acquired by Eplin for $140,000 out of the SGV Thoroughbreds consignment at this year's OBS Spring Sale where the dark bay or brown filly breezed an eighth in :09 4/5 at the sale's under tack preview. Darby Dan Farm sold Dreamfyre originally as a yearling at the 2022 Keeneland September Sale where she was purchased by Lehigh for $130,000. Dreamfyre is produced from the graded stakes-placed Sky Mesa mare Appreciating and is a half-sister to Grade 1-placed Nasreddine.
Flameaway's first 2-year-olds at auction have lit up the board this year and they include a filly that sold to Justin Casse, agent, for $370,000, the highest-priced horse by a freshman sire at the OBS June Sale and the highest-priced filly of the sale overall. All told, he has had 36 2-year-olds in training sell from 42 offered for total sales of $2,330,000, good for an average of $64,722.
For more information on Flameaway, contact Stuart Fitzgibbon at Stuart@darbydan.com, or visit darbydan.com.
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