100 Wins by the Numbers
Sweet Dani Girl’s win at Gulfstream Park marked the 100th win for America’s Pastime Stables. Here’s a closer look and how we got there. A full breakdown of our stats are available on the results page.
Sweet Dani Girl Delivers 100th Win
Sweet Dani Girl took home a convincing win in the Sunshine Filly and Mare Turf Stakes on January 14th at Gulfstream Park. Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. worked his way to the inside to save ground, staying a few lengths off the lead between 3rd and 4th place, until the stretch run. That’s when the outside opened up and Ortiz took Sweet Dani Girl out to the 4 path down the stretch and let her loose, overtaking Baby Steps in the final furlong and excelled to victory. The win was the milestone 100th for America’s Pastime Stables and it also marked many other notable moments. Not only was it our first stakes win at Gulfstream Park, it was also our first ever win at Gulfstream Park, as our 11th attempt ended in victory, and is now the 12th different track we’ve recorded a win at. On top of that, it was our first start and first win with trainer Christophe Clement and our 4th win with jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. The iffy forecast also panned out perfectly as the rain held off until after the race as the skies opened up immediately after the winner’s circle photo was taken which resulted in racing being taken off the turf for the remainder of the day.
Toni Tools Named APS Horse of the Year
2023 America’s Pastime Stables Horse of the Year
Highlighting our breeding program, our 2023 Horse of the Year is Toni Tools. A 9-year-old bay mare, Toni Tools made 10 starts on the track with 3 wins, including a Black Type New York Stallion Stakes win, 2 seconds and $193,339 of earnings. We acquired Toni at the Keeneland Sale in January of 2022 for $15,000 and stayed at the McMahon Farm in Saratoga where she gave birth to a colt sired by Solomini earlier this year. The big news was Toni Tools’ 2-year-old foal, Candied, who won its debut race at Saratoga this summer, then won the Grade I $600,000 Darley Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland and then finished 3rd in the $2,000,000 Grade I NetJets Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. In just 3 races, Candied has earnings of $595,800. In November, Toni Tools was sold at the Fasig-Tipton Night of Stars Fall Sale in November for $330,000. To date, that price now stands as the highest we’ve ever sold a horse for at auction.