Scorching Rod Honey grew to become the preliminary stakes winner for Ocala Stud’s first-crop sire Roadster with a putting 4 1/4-length victory within the $96,500 Sharp Susan Stakes July 3 at Gulfstream Park.
The darkish bay/brown filly stalked the tempo in third over the opening quarter-mile of the 5 1/2-furlong race earlier than shifting into second on the flip. Advancing up the rail, she reeled within the drifting-out chief Colombina inside the furlong marker and powered clear late beneath Leonel Reyes. Scorching Rod Honey hit the wire in a ultimate time of 1:06.24 following fractions of :22.17 and :45.90 established by Colombina on a quick foremost observe. The winner, now 2-for-2, paid $6 for a $2 wager.Scorching Rod Honey, dk b/br, 2/f
Roadster — Go Collectively, by Unified
Proprietor: Troy Johnson, Wendell Yates and Robert Fritts
Breeder: Property of Brereton C. Jones (FL)
Coach: Carlos A. David
Jockey: Leonel Reyes
Info offered by Equibase at time of entry.
Pedigree Notes
Roadster stands at Ocala Stud.
Sale Historical past
KEENOV2024 • $27,000 • Consignor: Airdrie Stud • Purchaser: Weston Thoroughbreds, agent for Troy Johnson.
Colombina held second, 2 lengths forward of Elegante Miz in third. Favored Boots ran fourth.
Scorching Rod Honey and @LeojockeyReyes in entrance within the Sharp Susan Stakes for coach Carlos David. #GulfstreamPark #RoyalPalmMeet pic.twitter.com/8H5wGRENxO— Gulfstream Park (@GulfstreamPark) July 3, 2026
Carlos David trains Scorching Rod Honey for house owners Troy Johnson, Wendell Yates and Robert Fritts. She was bred in Florida by the property of Brereton C. Jones out of the unraced Unified mare Go Collectively.
Weston Thoroughbreds, agent for Johnson, purchased her as a weanling for $27,000 from the Airdrie Stud consignment to the 2024 Keeneland November Breeding Inventory Sale.
Roadster, the fourth-leading first-crop sire in North America and Florida’s main freshman sire by means of July 2, received the 2019 Santa Anita Derby (G1) in his prime racing achievement. He was additionally runner-up in three graded stakes, together with the 2019 Malibu Stakes (G1), and was third within the 2018 Del Mar Futurity (G1).
He stood for $7,500 earlier this yr at Ocala Stud.
Video: Sharp Susan S. (BT)
