Lane’s Finish Farm’s freshman stallion Honor A. P. was represented by his first stakes winner Sept. 29 as Glee gained the $50,000 E. L. Gaylord Memorial Stakes at Remington Park.
Breaking on the rail with jockey Stewart Elliot, the Steve Asmussen trainee put the strain on her competitors early. Setting fractions of :22.36 and :45.73, the 2-year-old bay filly opened up down the lane. Finishing the 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:16.90, she embarrassed her rivals by 15 1/2 lengths.
Bred in Texas by No Escape Ranch, Glee is out of the unraced Bluegrass Cat mare Pink Tabby . She was bought by Mike Rutherford for $60,000 from the Highgate Gross sales consignment on the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale. She has now earned $79,440 and was beforehand runner-up within the Prairie Meadows Debutante Stakes.
A son of Honor Code bred by George Krikorian, Honor A. P. is out of a number of grade 1 winner Hollywood Story and was bought for $850,000 by C R Okay Steady on the 2018 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Choose Yearling Sale.
In 2020, he positioned within the San Felipe Stakes (G2) earlier than defeating eventual Horse of the 12 months Genuine by 2 3/4 lengths within the Santa Anita Derby (G1). He then positioned within the Shared Perception Stakes and completed fourth within the Kentucky Derby (G1), closing his profession 2-3-0 from six begins with earnings of $532,200.
Honor A. P. stood the 2024 season at Lane’s Finish close to Versailles, Ky., for an marketed payment of $10,000.
