March 11: Sophomore colt TALK OF THE NATION (’20 c. Quality Road / She’s Not Here) earned his first black-type on Saturday when he won the Columbia Stakes at Tampa Bay.

Sent off as the favorite, TALK OF THE NATION stalked the pace before beginning his winning move around the three-eights pole and drawing clear to win by two and a half lengths. Trained by SHUG McGAUGHEY and owned by JOSEPH ALLEN LLC and CHC. INC., the dark bay or brown colt now has a career record of 4.3.0.0 and earnings of $107,770

Congratulations and much continued success!

March 11: In  her first start of  2023 FLURRY RACING’S four-year-old daughter of Classic Empire, INTERSTATEDAYDREAM (’19 f. Classic empire / Babcock) ran a gutsy rail-skimming trip to finish third in the Azeri Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park on Saturday behind winner Secret Oath and runner-up Clairiere.

INTERSTATEDREAM was purchased by owner FLURRY RACING at the 2021 OBS April Sale for $175,000. Trained by BRAD COX the filly has hit the board in all of her eight lifetime starts. The multiple graded stakes winning filly also owns five triple-digit Equibase speed figures. She has earned $531,725.

Best of luck to this talented filly!

March 11: Making just hid third lifetime start REDDAM RACING LLC’s three-year-old colt I DON’T GET IT (’20 c. Cloud Computing / Flat Out Gettin It) turned in a  very professional performance Saturday at Santa Anita winning the sixth race, a maiden special weight contest. Sent off the favorite in a field of seven sophomores, the DOUG O’NEILL trainee sat fourth just off the pacemaker, moved to the three-path and took control at the eighth pole. He was piloted to victory by jockey MARIO GUTIERREZ.

Congratulations to this promising colt and all his connections.

March 11: GET HER NUMBER (’18 h. Dialed In / Fancier) added another Graded Stakes credential to his resume when finishing third in Saturday’s Grade 3 San Carlos Stakes at Santa Anita.

Trained by PETER MILLER and owned by GARY BARBER the 5-year-old horse has now hit the board nine out of seventeen starts and bankrolled nearly $750,000. The graded stakes-winning GET HER NUMBER was a $45,000 purchase by PETER MILLER at the 2020 OBS April Sale.

March 5 : MY SWEET AFFAIR (’20 f. Twirling Candy / Illicit Affair) made her first start a winning one on Sunday at Gulfstream Park. Sent off as the favorite in an 11-horse maiden special weight contest, the filly sat a pace-stalking third until mid-stretch when she found another gear and easily cleared the field to win by 2 ½ lengths.

MY SWEET AFFAIR was purchased by GATSAS STABLE for $72,000 out of last years OBS April Sale. She races for the partnership of R.A. HILL STABLE and GATAS STABLE and conditioner GEORGE WEAVER.

We wish this talented filly and her connections all the best in the future.