Trainer Graham Motion’s two red-hot distaffers Gimme a Nother (Beverly D.) and Roja (Andy Guest) gave the barn a Colonial Downs stakes double.
Longshot Gata Brazil rallied late to nail favored Roja on the wire and win Sunday’s Stormy Blues Stakes at Laurel Park.
A field of 11 promising sophomore fillies is set to dash 5 ½ furlongs on the turf in Sunday’s $100,000 Stormy Blues Stakes at Laurel Park, and one filly getting a long look from the public will be Roja. Owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Madaket Stables, Roja burst onto the turf scene with a […]
Roja ran pretty well on the dirt. But her pedigree — and jockey Irad Ortiz — said turf was what she really wanted. They were right.