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First Foal Is A Filly For Ocala Stud’s Win Win Win

Ocala Stud's Grade 1 winner Win Win Win sired his first reported foal when a filly was foaled at Ocala Stud on Sunday, Jan. 2, the farm announced today. Bred by Ocala Stud, the bay filly is produced from the winning Vindication mare Famous.

“We are ecstatic about Win Win Win's first foal,” said Ocala Stud's David O'Farrell. “She is grand-looking, just like her sire.”

Classically bred with record-setting speed, Win Win Win, an impressive winner of the Grade 1 Forego Stakes at Saratoga in his final start, banked $601,600 in a stellar racing career. In his sophomore bow at three, he set a new track record at Tampa Bay Downs in winning the Pasco Stakes, an early prep of the Grade 2 Tampa Bay Derby. He drew off powerfully in that seven-furlong test, stopping the clock in 1:20.89. He also annexed the Manila Stakes at one mile on turf at Belmont Park, getting the distance in 1:31.56, just one-fifth of a second off the course record set by Oscar Performance.

A Live Oak homebred, Win Win Win is by champion miler and Grade 1 winner Hat Trick (JPN) and is a descendant of the Halo sire line. The Florida-bred hails from a deep Live Oak family and his dam is the winning Smarty Jones mare Miss Smarty Pants, a half-sister to Graded stakes winner and multiple graded stakes-placed Unbridled Humor.

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Champion Sprinter Gamine Retired From Racing

Owner Michael Lund Petersen announced today that champion sprinter Gamine, the leading distaff earner of champion sire Into Mischief, has been retired.

One of the fastest horses of her generation, Gamine flirted with two of the most iconic records in the history of the sport set by the legendary Dr. Fager, believed by many to be the fastest horse of all time.

In her 18 3/4-length romp in the Acorn Stakes she blazed the mile in 1:32 2/5, which was one-fifth of a second off Dr. Fager's world record set 54 years ago, which remains unbroken on dirt. In her 6 1/4-length domination of the fastest fillies in the country in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, her track-record seven-furlong time of 1:20 1/5 equaled Dr. Fager's time in the Vosburgh Handicap that stood for 31 years. Finishing a distant second was Kentucky Oaks winner Serengeti Empress.

When she romped by seven lengths in the Test Stakes at Saratoga, her blazing time of 1:20 4/5 for the seven furlongs was only two-fifths of a second off the track record set 44 years ago, while not being asked in the stretch. The Equibase comment reads she won “at will.”

Now five years old, her connections felt she has nothing left to prove.

Trainer Bob Baffert said, “Gamine is the best filly sprinter I have ever trained. She defines greatness. She's a big, beautiful, elegant filly. She was all class. We knew we had something very special right from the start.”

Gamine's other Grade 1 victories include the seven-furlong Derby City Distaff Stakes presented by Kendall-Jackson Winery at Churchill Downs, run in a sprightly 1:21 2/5, and the Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga. She also cruised to a 10-length victory in the Grade 2 Great Lady M. Stakes at Los Alamitos and won the Grade 3 six-furlong Las Flores Stakes at Santa Anita by five lengths.

Her average margin of victory was seven lengths.

“Gamine is leaving the track happy and healthy. She gave me and my family the thrill of a lifetime,” said Lund Petersen. “We look forward to her next chapter.”

Gamine will reside at Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa Farm in Paris, Ky.

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Preakness Stakes Winner Rombauer Retired; Stud Plans Pending

Rombauer, the upset winner of the 2021 Preakness Stakes, has been retired from racing after his comeback was halted by a Dec. 31 training injury at Santa Anita Park, Daily Racing Form and Thoroughbred Daily News report.

The 4-year-old son of Twirling Candy had not raced since a third-place effort in last year's Belmont Stakes, after which he'd developed some ankle issues. He'd returned to work in October with trainer Michael McCarthy, but following what owner John Fradkin called a “bad step” during morning training, it was decided to stop on the horse.

Fradkin told the TDN that Rombauer's projected 2022 campaign included the Dubai World Cup, the Grade 1 Pacific Classic, and perhaps a try on turf.

Rombauer retired with three wins in eight starts for earnings of $1,040,500. He won on debut as a 2-year-old at Del Mar, and he finished second in the G1 American Pharoah Stakes later in the year before ending his season with a sixth-place effort in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Keeneland.

He returned at three with a victory in the listed El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields, which earned him a guaranteed spot in that year's Preakness Stakes. Before that, he finished third in the G2 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland, and his connections elected to skip the Kentucky Derby.

Rombauer came into the Preakness under the radar, with most of the attention going to Medina Spirit, Midnight Bourbon, and Concert Tour. However, his closing kick under jockey Flavien Prat engulfed the early speed of Medina Spirit and snuffed the stretch drive of Midnight Bourbon to win by 3 1/2 lengths at odds of 11-1.

The colt then finished third to Essential Quality in the Belmont Stakes in what would be his final start.

A homebred for John and Diane Fradkin, Rombauer is out of the unraced Cowboy Cal mare Cashmere, who is herself a Fradkin homebred.

Fradkin told DRF that stud plans were pending for the Preakness winner, acknowledging it was late in the commercial schedule to be making a deal on a new stallion and introducing him to the marketplace.

Lentenor, Full-Brother To Barbaro, Sold To Stand In Pennsylvania

Lentenor, a stakes-winning full-brother to Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, has been purchased by Ryan Campbell's RisenStorm Company from Calumet Farm and will stand the 2022 season at Cabin Creek Farm in Bernville, Pa. for a fee of $1,000 (stands and nurses).

“Lentenor has meant so much to my family for many years,” Campbell said. “It is hard to explain the excitement that my daughters and I are experiencing knowing that the horse we have loved for the entirety of his life will permanently be joining our family. I would like to thank Calumet for this opportunity and for the many years of his life while we had him in Indiana.

“We have chosen to send him to Cabin Creek Farm in Pennsylvania,” Campbell continued. “We have a longstanding friendship with Maria Vorhauer at Cabin Creek and know that Lentenor is in excellent hands to continue his stallion career with the greatest care possible. We will be announcing a breeding bonus program in the near future to give breeders added incentive to breed and race in Pennsylvania.”

Lentenor, the full brother to Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, has sired stakes winner Uphold ($276,281), as well as, April's No Fool ($150,020), and Cacahuete ($115,394) from a very limited crop of 31 foals.

A 15-year-old son of Dynaformer, Lentenor raced as a homebred for Roy and Gretchen Jackson's Lael Stables. Lentenor broke his maiden at Gulfstream Park in his third start and finished fourth in the 2010 Grade 1 Florida Derby, in his initial outing on dirt.

He set a course record of 1:40.95 for 1 1/16 miles at Tampa Bay Downs in December 2011. In 2012, He won the Kitten's Joy Stakes on grass at Colonial Downs and finished fourth in the G3 Cliff Hanger Stakes at Monmouth Park. Lentenor made 17 career starts, winning four times and finishing in the money 10 times, for total earnings of $184,406.

Lentenor is out of the Grade 2-placed Carson City mare La Ville Rouge. In addition to being a full brother to Barbaro, Lentenor is a full brother to stakes-placed Nicanor, stakes winner Margano, and he's a half brother to stakes winner Holy Ground.

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