Gagetown Becomes Exaggerator's First Stakes Winner
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Photo: Coady Photography
Gagetown (outside) wins the Prairie Mile Stakes at Prairie Meadows
WinStar Farm's second-crop sire Exaggerator landed his first black-type winner when his 3-year-old son Gagetown prevailed June 4 in the Prairie Mile Stakes at Prairie Meadows.
Bred in Kentucky by SF Bloodstock out the winning Eltish mare Betty's Solutions, Gagetown unleashed a determined rally at the top of the stretch and edged stubborn favorite Flash of Mischief to win by a neck. The colt, trained by Brad Cox, has a 2-3-1 record from seven starts, which include two runner-up finishes in stakes, and has earned $134,262 for owner Rupp Racing.
Gagetown's win enhances a family already rich in black-type performers. Betty's Solutions is the dam of Mother Goose Stakes (G1) winner Include Betty (by Include ), grade 1-placed winner Blonde Fog (Divine Park ), and English stakes-placed winner Francesca d'Gorgio (Proud Citizen ), who is the dam of group 1-placed stakes winner Amazonas .
Betty's Solutions has produced 10 winners from 11 starters. She has a yearling colt by Always Dreaming that McMahon & Hill Bloodstock bought for $50,000 during this year's Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale out of Bedouin Bloodstock's consignment.
Exaggerator, an 8-year-old son of Curlin , won or placed in nine graded stakes, which include wins in the Preakness Stakes (G1) and betfair.com Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) and a second in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1). Through June 4, he leads his sire class by number of 2021 winners (27) and ranks seventh by progeny earnings ($1,051,962). He stands at WinStar for $15,000.