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Silent Runner Graduates To Stakes Winner In Frost King At Woodbine

In a quick turnaround from his last-out win on Nov. 12, Silent Runner bested a field of six other Ontario breds to win the Frost King Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack. The 2-year-old son of Silent Name (JPN) gives his sire another stakes victory at the Toronto, Ontario racetrack, after Ya Mar won the South Ocean Stakes earlier on the card.

After an even break, Where's Neal showed his head first, taking a half-length lead over J M R Best of Turf and Silent Runner down the backstretch. Around the turn, jockey David Moran took Silent Runner to the outside of Where's Neal, the two dueling at the top of the stretch.

Down the Woodbine straight, Silent Runner dug in to pass Where's Neal midstretch, with Sir for Sure and Gatling Gun driving late. Silent Runner had too much momentum, hitting the wire thre-quarters of a length in front of Sir for Sure, who passed Gatling Gun in the race's final strides. Where's Neal held on for fourth.

The final time for the six furlongs over the Tapeta track at Woodbine was 1:16.96. Find this race's chart here.

Silent Runner paid $8.70, $4.50, and $2.80. Sir for Sure paid $7.40 and $4.40. Gatling Gun paid $3.40.

“He's a lovely little horse,” jockey David Moran said after the race. “He's a real ATM machine. I was a little worried coming back so quick with him (a winning performance on November 12). So, he broke really fast and I was there to take him back and get him in behind the speed. He settled lovely and then as you saw, when I asked him, he ran right to the wire. He's a lovely little guy.”

Bred in Ontario by owner C Scott Abbott Racing Stable, Silent Runner is out of the Bold n' Flashy mare Flashy Consort. Trained by Michael Doyle, the 2-year-old colt has three wins and three seconds in seven starts for career earnings of $166,177.

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Rager Posts Upset In Oakland Stakes At Golden Gate Fields

4-year-old gelding Rager produced a powerful kick from midfield and defeated six other foes in the feature race on Saturday at Golden Gate Fields in Berkley, Calif., the $50,000 Oakland Stakes for 3-year-olds and upward. Veteran jockey Frank Alvarado guided the son of Into Mischief to victory.

Sent off at odds of 8-1, Rager sat in midfield before starting a move midway on the far turn. Swinging for home, he was within three lengths of the lead before picking off rivals, hitting the front with a sixteenth of a mile to go, and finishing the job for a length score. He stopped the clock for six furlongs on Tapeta in 1:09.19.

Runner up finished Italiano completed a pricey exacta while Southern California shipper Ultimate Bango ran third. In Our A, sent off at post time as the 8-5 favorite, hopped in the air at the start and lost significant ground from the onset. He passed runners down the stretch and hit the wire fourth. Border Town, Papa's Golden Boy, and I'mgonnabesomebody completed the field.

Rager continues a phenomenal fall meet for trainer Tim McCanna, who has won with 11 of 27 starters. Rager paid $19.00 to win, $9.00 to place, and $4.60 to show. Italiano returned $18.80 to place and $8.40 to show while Ultimate Bango paid $3.40 to show. With the stakes win, Rager improved his lifetime record to four wins, three seconds, and four third-place finishes from 19 lifetime starts, with career earnings of $187,010. In August, McCanna and owners Jethorse LLC claimed Rager for $40,000 out of an allowance race at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif. Since then, he was run twice for Team McCanna: a win in the Oakland Stakes and a runner-up finish behind high-level claimers last month.

Live racing resumes at Golden Gate Fields on Sunday afternoon with a nine-race program. First post is 12:45 pm PT. Next week, Golden Gate offers four live race days: a Thanksgiving program with an early first post of 11:15 AM, and Friday-Sunday cards with first post at the standard 12:45 pm time slot. The feature race on Friday, the $50,000 Golden Gate Debutante, overfilled and has been split into two divisions. The marquee race on Saturday is the signature race of the meeting, the $100,000 Grade 3 Berkeley Handicap for three-year-olds and upward at one mile and a sixteenth. Both stakes will be run on the main track Tapeta.

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Kyle Frey Reaches 1,000-Win Mark With Front-Running Score At Del Mar

Jockey Kyle Frey registered a head victory Friday in the third race at Del Mar aboard the 2-year-old gelding Tizlightning and in the process won the 1,000th race of his career.

Frey put Tizlightning on the lead out of the gate and stayed there throughout. He had to nurse the tiring horse through the last sixteenth of a mile but got it done. The bay son of Stanford is owned and was bred by Lori Gallegos and is trained by Steve Miyadi, a primarily Northern California-based trainer who had used Frey hundreds of times previously in the Bay Area. The winner paid $4.80 as the favorite in the starter optional claiming sprint after running six furlongs in 1:11.40.

The 29-year-old Frey, a Northern California native who has ridden at tracks from coast to coast, appears to have found a riding home in Southern California this past year and his recent marriage and the birth of his daughter have given him even more reason to stay in one spot.

Frey was the Eclipse Award winner as the nation's top apprentice in 2011. His career has started and stopped several times due to injuries, but he's riding in fine form now and has become one of the steady members of the Southern California colony.

Frey has followed in the footsteps of his late grandfather, Paul Frey, who was a talented jockey who rode in both California and Washington State.

“I feel great joy in this win,” Frey said afterwards in the winner's circle. “I was asked about the fuss of the pressure of reaching a milestone, but I really didn't feel that. I'm just real happy I got it done.”

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Mare In Foal To Gun Runner Tops Mixed Sale Session

De la Soul, a 3-year-old daughter of More Than Ready carrying her first foal by leading first-crop sire Gun Runner, sold to Jon Marshall for $205,000 to top Tuesday's seventh session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale in Lexington, Ky.

Consigned by Indian Creek, agent, De la Soul is from the family of Grade 1 winner Harmony Lodge and Grade 2 winners Diligence and Sparky Ville.

On Tuesday, Keeneland sold 299 horses for $9,455,500, marking an 80.61 percent increase from the corresponding session last year when 265 horses sold for $5,235,300. The average of $31,623 rose 60.07 percent from $19,756 in 2020, and the median of $23,000 was 91.67 percent higher than $12,000.

Through seven sessions of the 10-day November Sale, cumulative sales for 1,690 horses are $186,168,500, which is 32.77 percent higher than the same period last year when 1,512 horses grossed $140,214,700. The average of $110,159 is 18.79 percent above last year's $92,735, while the median of $60,000 is 42.86 percent above the $42,000 recorded in 2020.

Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, was the leading consignor Tuesday, selling 25 horses for $1,257,000.

Two horses consigned by Taylor Made brought $150,000 each.

Stony Pointe Farm paid the amount for the session's top-priced weanling, a colt by Not This Time who is a half-brother to stakes winner Wildcat Kate. Out of the winning Wildcat Heir mare Kombat Kitty, he also is from the family of Grade 3 winner Lance and stakes winners Katy Kat, Katy Now, Yaddo Cat and Dingdingdingding.

La Luna Latte, a 3-year-old daughter of Candy Ride (ARG) from the family of Grade 1 winner and sire Colonel John, sold to Jody Huckabay, agent, for $150,000. In foal to Dialed In, she is out of the Tiznow mare Kayce Ace and is a half-sister to Grade 3 winner Comical.

Taylor Made also consigned Motown Girl, a 4-year-old daughter of Uncle Mo in foal to Practical Joke who sold to Spring Ridge for $145,000. From the family of classic winner and sire Afleet Alex, Motown Girl is a full sister to Grade 3 winner Name Changer. She is out of the stakes-winning Northern Afleet mare Cash's Girl.

Leading buyer Wark Bloodstock spent $215,000 on two horses.

The November Sale resumes Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET with the eighth session, the first day of Book 5.

Friday's final session will conclude with a single dedicated portion of horses of racing age following the conclusion of breeding stock. A total of 290 horses of racing age have been cataloged to the closing day and will follow the total of 148 head of breeding stock in the catalog.

Click here for the online catalog for the horses of racing age in Session 10 of the November Sale.

The entire auction is streamed live on Keeneland.com.

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