Spendthrift Farm’s freshman sire Best Honour sired his first winner July 6 when his daughter Best Pleasure gained her racing debut by 1 1/4 lengths at Presque Isle Downs.
Best Pleasure is a homebred for Divine Mild Therapeutic Ministries, which is related to Gail Rice of Reddick, Fla. The chestnut filly is educated by Kevin Rice, who put her in a 5-furlong check on Presque Isle Downs’ all-weather monitor. Jockey Gaddiel Martinez gave her a stalking journey after which kicked clear for the win in deep stretch at 10-1, the best odds on the board. The ultimate time was :59.97.
Divine Mild Therapeutic Ministries bred Best Pleasure out of the successful Freud mare Rossellini, who’s a half sister to grade 1 winner Crimson Knight (Pure Prize) and a number of stakes winner Macagone (Artie Schiller ). Rossellini was bought for $4,000 through the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Combined Sale by consignor Thomas J. Gallo III Gross sales Company to an entity named Chilly Snacks.
Best Honour was bred and raced by Don Adam’s Courtlandt Farms. He turned a winner at 2 after which gained the Holy Bull Stakes (G3) and Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) in his first begins at 3. He went on to run third within the Florida Derby (G1) with coach Shug McGaughey. He added a positioned end within the Ghostzapper Stakes (G3) to his résumé earlier than retiring with a 3-1-4 report from 10 begins and $446,440 in earnings.
Best Honour stands for $7,500.
