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Help us with name suggestions for this strong colt (Oscar Performance-Balance), purchased at last month’s OBS 2YO sale. It’s obvious we love this family 💜
Hot off the press! We have officially named the 2YO More Than Ready-Eblouissante colt THE PROCESS. This half-brother to Confidence Game posted his first 4F work this week, and we are excited about his future.
While you’re handicapping the
#Belmont
card, help us come up with a clever name for this
#AmericanPharoah
colt out of Desert Isle (by Bernardini). He was the last one to join our group of 2YOs (EASMAY sale). 💜
BAYERNESS!! 💜 Well worth the wait after the weather delay, as she was the easiest of winners tonight
@ChurchillDowns
in the featured $160K Roxelana S.
We love watching each of our prospects grow and develop. We are excited to see this filly by Gunrunner out of Holiday Soiree ‘20 getting closer to her debut
#workingonhername
Could ZVEREV (Oscar Performance-Balance) be the sleeper in today’s 7th
@fairgroundsnola
(4:45 pm ET,
#4
, 9/2ML)? We have
@b_hernandezjr
up for this 8.5f turf maiden. Best of luck to our partners and Team
@reredevaux
.
We have named this colt “Wind Talker” which pays respect to the 6 Navajo code talkers in the
@USMC
. They developed and utilized a special code using their indigenous language to transmit sensitive information during World War II
“When do I get to race?” - Mindful to
@Abd_xoxo
…soon, baby, soon! She worked well this morning at the training center
@ChurchillDowns
, 4F in :48.8.
Meet KISMET, our
#2yoTuesday
feature this week. She is by Quality Road out of the Indian Charlie mare, Momentary Magic, who is a half-sister to the dam of Triple Crown winner Justify 👑
VAHVA is ready to face 9 challengers in today’s $1M Derby City Distaff-G1, the first of 3 million-dollar stakes on the Derby Day undercard (race 6, 1:14 ET, 3-1 ML second choice).
@iradortiz
has the return call for this 7F co-feature. We look forward to seeing our partners at CD!
From start to finish, VAHVA is all class. She finished a strong-closing 2nd in her first start since October and earned her first Grade 1 mark. What a blessing she is!
💜💜
This beauty 💜VAHVA 💜just dominated in the $750K Charles Town Oaks-G3 to earn her first graded stakes win! So happy for our partners and team
@reredevaux
Check out our YouTube channel to see how the 2 year olds are progressing. Link in our bio. Here is the handsome ‘21 Eblouissante from the family of the great
#Zenyatta
Goals achieved. One of our founders and managing partner Paul Manganaro sent
@reredevaux
his goals for his racing stable, this was back in 2018 when they first met and Cherie was just getting started. Vahva helped complete the top two tiers of the pyramid.
Our Goldencents-Weight No More 2yo filly posted her first official work (3F, :36
@keeneland
). This
half-sis to our own mult. SW Bayerness needs an exceptional name!
We fought hard and won the battle for this WAR FRONT filly (Hip 227, $550,000
@keenelandsales
). She hails from the family of Triple Crown winner Justify.
LEGALIZE earns the
#2yoTuesday
Spotlight with his impressive win in the Dec. 23rd Sugar Bowl S. We are excited to have our first male SW in this initial year of owning both colts and fillies. 💜
For this week’s
#2YOTuesday
we present THE PROCESS (More Than Ready), already a fan favorite being out of Eblouissante, a half-sis to the famous race mare
#Zenyatta
. His half-brother is Rebel S.-G2 wnr CONFIDENCE GAME (3YO, earnings at $785K), and he is training well at KEE.
It’s a big race day
@GulfstreamPark
but none bigger for us than the 9th race, the $125K Swale S. (4:08pm ET). LEGALIZE looks for his third consecutive win and will have
@luissaezpty
up for the 7F test. Best of luck to our partners and Team
@reredevaux
.
Exciting news- We have added this beautiful Decaration of War-I’m Engaged filly.
@dingordo
and
@reredevaux
went on a scouting trip last week in Ocala and came across her. She is headed up to
@MulcahyGeoff
tomorrow
The name THE PROCESS was submitted by Belladonna’s co-founding partner Paul Manganaro, shortening the key phrase “trust the process.” The process refers to how we purchase, train, develop, and work together with our Team and clients.
Eblouissante ‘21 (all black) arrived this week and is learning what race track life is about. Mean while 1/2 brother Confidence Game will break from post 4 this Saturday for his bid to run for the roses. Good luck we are rooting for team Confidence Game
LEGALIZE winning the Sugar Bowl S. two days before Christmas to become our first stakes-winning Colt ranks as our 2nd-most thrilling memory of 2023. 💜
@hodgesphoto
📸
We have named the War Front filly out of Egyptian Storm (by Pioneerof the Nile) SANDS OF WAR. She is the first foal out of a half-sis to JUSTIFY and has been training forwardly at KEE, most recently 4F from the gate in :49.2. Very exciting prospect for our stable!
#2YOTuesday
.
LEGALIZE delivered a fantastic gift today, running away in the Sugar Bowl to earn his first stakes win!! 💜💜 we are so happy for all our partners and the entire
@reredevaux
Team!
We have named the strong chestnut Munnings-Above the Crowd colt NORWICH, in reference to the Norwich School of Art that the painter Sir Alfred Munnings attended.
What a tremendous effort to win first-time out for BLISSFUL, our first 2yo to race this season. Always special to win
@TheNYRA
Saratoga, and we are thrilled for our partners and
@reredevaux
/Team!
Race day for our Not This Time filly BOUT TIME! She’s entered in the fifth race
@ChurchillDowns
(2:45 ET), a packed 5F allowance on turf.
@b_hernandezjr
has the call.
LEGALIZE, coming off his impressive maiden win at Churchill late November, makes his stakes debut today in the $100K Sugar Bowl S.
@fairgroundsnola
(4th race, 2:30 pm ET). Installed at 8/5 ML, he is
#4
of 6 juvenile colts going 6F, and
@b_hernandezjr
has the call.
We are starting a new series (trend?) called
#2YOTuesday
, and who better to begin with than yesterday’s purchase! Meet the ‘21 Desert Isle colt by American Pharoah. He’s the 1st foal out of his SW/NCR Bernardini dam who raced for G. Motion. (Continued)…
Wishing the happiest of birthdays to our trainer
@reredevaux
. She stays busy taking care of all her horses and we are so thankful for the individual attention that each of our horses receives on a daily basis 💜 Have a winning day!
We sent out our pair of MORE THAN READY 2yo colts for their first official works: DEPICTION (bay, out of Trensita) and the unnamed ‘21 Eblouissante (dark bay) went 3F in :36.6 (
#9
/27) today
@keeneland
.
The ‘20 Safwah-Empire Maker filly enjoying her after-training snack 😊. The employees
@reredevaux
barn are awesome giving individual attention to our girls!