Goodall

Spendthrift's Goodall Takes the Saratoga's Jersey Girl

Goodall (f, 3, Yaupon--Moon Over Mag Bay, by Malibu Moon) cut back after what seemed like a head scratcher to earn black-type in Thursday's Jersey Girl Stakes at the Spa. Breaking quickly from post 3, she settled just off 5-2 chance Carmel Coast, who carved out an opening quarter mile in :21.92. Joined by Mythical to her outside as the fillies ran past the quarter pole, Goodall began to inch closer to the pacesetter through the stretch, caught her nearing the sixteenth pole and drew off to win by 2...

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Six Speedy Females of the Week for Mar. 9 -16

6. NEXT GIRL, CNL, 3/12, Allowance, 1 1-16 miles (video) Beyer Speed Figure-91 (m, 5, by Divining Rod--Fleet and Fancy, by Touch Gold) O-WWCD. B-Country Life Farm and Fleet and Fancy (Md). T-W. Robert Bailes. J-Jeiron Barbosa. WWCD partners Konrad Wayson and Wade Meadows bought Next Girl as a weanling for $20,000 and have campaigned her through 28 starts and 8 wins, with this 3 1/2-length allowance romp as the high point. Her two best races have come on wet footing, but she'll surely never again encounter conditions like she...

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Goodall at Oaklawn
Yaupon's Goodall Takes the Purple Martin

Spendthrift's Goodall (f, 3, Yaupon--Moon Over Mag Bay, by Malibu Moon) made it two in a row Saturday, capturing Oaklawn Park's Purple Martin Stakes in authoritative fashion. Shipped in from Fair Grounds for the six-furlong test, Goodall was overshadowed in the wagering by 8 1/4-length track and trip debut winner River Wind (Lexitonian). The latter hopped at the break and settled in third, just to the inside of Goodall, who pressured the :21.53 and :44.70 pace set by You're in Heaven (Global Campaign) from the inside. Taken back off the...

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Uncoupled DeVaux Entry Packs A Powerful Pedigree Punch

6th-FG, $60k, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 3:30 p.m. ET A pair of Keeneland September acquisitions by Belladonna Racing and C R K Stable, each sold for better than a half-million dollars, debut for the in-form Cherie DeVaux barn in what appears to be a hot maiden on the Lecomte Stakes undercard. MOJACAR (Essential Quality) looks to become the fifth winner from as many to the races for dam Spanish Star (Blame), who is responsible for 2025 GI Test Stakes victress Kilwin (Twirling Candy); the crack Grade II-winning turf sprinter One Timer...

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