Heiresstray vaults Gone Astray within sight of $15 million

It took Leonel Reyes one race – and a sixth-place finish – to get acquainted with Heiresstray, a 3-year-old Gone Astray filly owned and bred by Purple Haze Stable.

In her second try with Reyes at Gulfstream yesterday, Heiresstray rocketed to the lead out of the gate, opened up daylight on the backstretch through fractions of :22.30 and :45.30, then coasted through the stretch to win by six lengths in 1:11.55 for the six furlongs as announcer Pete Aiello bellowed, “Heiresstray has run them off their feet.”

She became winner No. 48 for Gone Astray this year and was worth $12,800, which raised the stallion’s lifetime progeny earnings to $14,957,819.