Tag: Kodiac Wintergreen (Ire)

Omaha Beach’s Hot Beach Runs Them off Their Feet in Limestone

After the FanDuel Limestone S. was taken off the grass, Hot Beach (Omaha Beach) did not mind a wet main track one bit as she rolled home a winner at Keeneland on Friday.

The dark bay began her career last summer at Ellis Park with a runner-up finish and then won the Debutante S. at the Pea Patch in mid-August. A well beaten third behind 'TDN Rising Star' V V's Dream (Mitole) in the GIII Pocahontas S. at Churchill Downs a month later, Hot Beach was last seen running second to MGSP Youalmosthadme (Oxbow) in the Myrtlewood S. at Keeneland in late October.

Well-backed at the windows as the 4-5 choice here, the Brian Lynch trainee broke like a shot out of the gate and set the tone up the backstretch. With the field unable to reel her in, Hot Beach continued to make every pole a winning one and she kept finding down the lane to secure her second black-type win.

“I tried to follow my good buddy (trainer) Wesley Ward's instructions over the years: Leave there running,” said Lynch. “I hope (she's gotten better); I hope she makes this transition from two to three (years old). She had a great little 2-year-old campaign, and Jose worked her a bit during the winter, so I felt very comfortable with him up on her today. It was a good result. It's a lovely race to win here in the spring.”

The winner's unraced dam last year produced a filly by Charlatan and she foaled a colt Feb. 13 named Flip Flop Freak (Life Is Good). Hot Beach's second dam, GSP Elusive Heat (Elusive Quality), is out of champion 3-year-old filly and GI Prioress S. heroine Xtra Heat (Dixieland Heat).

FANDUEL LIMESTONE S., $244,563, Keeneland, 4-12, 3yo, f, 5 1/2f (off turf), 1:05.70, sy.
1–HOT BEACH, 118, f, 3, by Omaha Beach
                1st Dam: Hot Water, by Medaglia d'Oro
                2nd Dam: Elusive Heat, by Elusive Quality
                3rd Dam: Xtra Heat, by Dixieland Heat
($160,000 Wlg '21 KEENOV; $400,000 Ylg '22 FTSAUG). O-Boardshorts Stables, LLC; B-Cobalt Investments, LLC (KY); T-Brian A. Lynch; J-Jose L. Ortiz. $149,188. Lifetime Record: GSP, 5-2-2-1, $320,883. *1/2 to Tracksmith (Street Sense), SW & GSP, $282,133, Scalding (Nyquist), MGSW, $325,800 and Hot and Sultry (Speightster), GSW & GISP, $621,620.
2–Zoe's Prime, 118, f, 3, Bolt d'Oro–Petunia, by Into Mischief. ($20,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $38,000 2yo '23 OBSAPR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Chris S. Aulds and Keith F. Johnston; B-Jumping Jack Racing LLC (KY); T-Jose M. Camejo. $48,125.
3–Kodiac Wintergreen (Ire), 118, f, 3, Kodiac (GB)–Humble And Proud (Ire), by Pivotal (GB). (€160,000 Ylg '22 GOFOR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Bregman Family Racing LLC; B-Patrick Grogan (IRE); T-George R. Arnold, II. $19,250.
Margins: 4, 1, 1 3/4. Odds: 0.99, 5.04, 10.06.
Also Ran: Big Trouble, Antique Silver, Midnight Angel, Foxxy Cleopatra, Greavette. Scratched: Amidst Waves, Crimson Advocate, Nice as Pie, Pipsy (Ire), Toupie, Xtreme Diva.
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Sales history: $160,000 Wlg '21 KEENOV; $400,000 Ylg '22 FTSAUG. O-Boardshorts Stables, LLC; T-Brian Lynch; B-Cobalt Investments (KY).

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Kodiac Wintergreen Could Be Home Run For Alex Bregman

Edited Press Release, Mike Kane/Kentucky Downs

All the essential timing elements for Sunday have dovetailed for Houston Astros star third baseman Alex Bregman and his very promising filly Kodiac Wintergreen (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}).

By the time Kodiac Wintergreen goes to the starting gate for the $500,000 Global Tote Juvenile Fillies S. at Kentucky Downs at 5:28 p.m. (CT), the Astros's home game with the San Diego Padres should be long finished. His day's work on the diamond at Minute Maid Field done, Bregman will be parked in front of a television to watch how the 2-year-old filly handles the one-mile race, the biggest test of her young career.

Bregman expects Kodiac Wintergreen to emerge as the second standout in his nascent and fast-growing thoroughbred stable, Bregman Family Racing LLC. Trained by Rusty Arnold and to be ridden again by Jose Oritz, she is the 3-1 favorite on the morning line. So far, No Nay Mets (Ire) (No Nay Never), with two stakes wins on his resume, is the most accomplished Bregman runner. He will try for a third stakes victory Saturday at Colonial Downs in Virginia.

Two years after Bregman, his wife Reagan and his parents, Jackie and Sam, made their first purchases at auction, the stable is emerging as a player at major racetracks.

“My family has been in love with horse racing since my great grandfather and my grandfather,” Bregman said in a telephone interview. “Everyone has loved horse racing in my family. I used to go to Albuquerque Downs with my grandfather growing up and my dad as well.”

Since Bregman, 29, made his major-league debut in 2016, the Astros have reached the World Series four times, winning twice. He is a two-time American League All-Star.

Veteran bloodstock agent Mike Akers and Ciaran Dunne of Wavertree Stables in Ocala, Florida, have guided Bregman as he built his roster and helped him select trainers Arnold, George Weaver and Doug O'Neill.

The stable is handled by an enthusiastic racing manager.

“That's me,” Bregman said. “I love it. It's a passion of mine. It's something that I'll love forever and something that I want to be involved with forever. I want to build something special.”

While the baseball schedule keeps him away from the track, Bregman tries to see the races unfold live.

“I normally watch them with my whole team, and we yell at the TV hoping that we win,” he said.

As a result, he has become something of a racing ambassador to the Astros.

“Some of my teammates actually have owned parts of horses that we've owned,” he said. “It's been a blast. They love it now.”

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Making Waves: Kodiac Filly The Star Of Saratoga

   In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Kodiac Wintergreen in a maiden race at the Spa.

 

A Touch Of Frost At Saratoga

Alex Bregman's Bregman Family Racing, LLC's Kodiac Wintergreen (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) went one better than her Belmont debut to win a Saratoga affair on Thursday (video) for trainer Rusty Arnold.

Bred by Patrick Grogan, the April foal sold for €160,000 as a Goffs Orby yearling. She is a half-sister to a trio of stakes winners led by GI Sword Dancer S. hero Glorious Empire (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), and her latest half-sibling is a yearling colt by Mehmas (Ire). Crack sprinters Avonbridge (GB) (Averti {Ire}) and Patavellian (Ire) (Machiavellian) are under the fourth dam.

Tally-Ho Stud's Kodiac has been represented by 73 runners in the U.S. A total of 36 (49%) have won and seven (9%) are stakes winners. Two-time graded winner True Valour (Ire) is one of four American graded scorers for the 22-year-old.

 

 

No Nay Never Gelding Triumphs At The Spa

Lindy Farms and Ice Wine Stable's Monet Never (Ire) (No Nay Never) broke his maiden in his fourth try at Saratoga on Saturday (video) for trainer Phil Antonacci.

Bred by Lynch Bages, Ltd. and Lindy Farms, the February-born $160,000 Keeneland September yearling is the third foal, runner and winner for his dam, the Invincible Spirit (Ire) mare Last Jewel (Ire). Hinitsa Bay (Ire) is a juvenile full-brother to the winner, who also has yearling and weanling full-brothers by the Coolmore Ireland sire. Last Jewel is a half-sister to  the granddam of G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Homeless Songs (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), among others.

The 12-year-old son of Scat Daddy is well represented in the U.S., with 37 winners from 69 runners (54%). His nine stakes winners in that jurisdiction (13%) include GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Meditate (Ire), as well as another pair of graded winners.

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