Speedway Stables Adds Bernardini Filly to Roster at OBS

During the final session of the Ocala Breeders' March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training March 14, agent Marette Farrell signed for an $875,000 Bernardini filly for Speedway Stables. Consigned by de Meric Sales as Hip 613, she covered an eighth-mile in :10 last week during the under tack show.

"She's a beautiful filly, both Peter Fluor and K.C. Weiner were here themselves, and they really liked her," Farrell said. "We love the fact that she's by Bernardini and traces back to a really good family."

Bred in Kentucky by EICO Ventures, this was the first appearance in the sales ring for the bay filly out of Salamera . The Successful Appeal mare won the 2012 J J's Dream Stakes and ran second in that year's Adirondack Stakes (G2). She has produced three other foals of racing age, all runners, including winner Flying Drummer, who sold for $850,000 to agent Donato Lanni for Michael Lund Petersen during the 2021 OBS Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.

Second dam Autumn Music produced the 2005 Puerto Rico champion 2-year-old filly Vivaldi Girl as well as the stakes-placed Adore You, who produced grade 1-placed stakes winner Piedi Bianchi  and 2020 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) third Outadore .

Farrell noted that the filly will join trainer Bob Baffert on the West Coast and said, "She looks super athletic, and hopefully, she will come around quickly, and they will have a lot of fun with her."