One breeder with 12-for-12 winners – it’s bizarre

It’s hard to find a word to describe it, but bizarre may be the right one.

Last year, in his first crop, Bodexpress had eight winners, all California-breds, six bred by Richard Barton and two by Barton and Richard Traynor in partnership. This week, the stallion by Bodemeister, now making his second stand at Pleasant Acres, added his fourth winner of 2025, Inxpress, bred in California by Richard Barton, as were two of the others. The fourth was bred by Barton and Traynor. That’s 12-for-12, all with Barton alone or with his partner. That’s bizarre.

Inxpress, a $5,000 Fasig-Tipton California yearling owned and trained by Jacque Guerra, won at Turf Paradise in her sixth start. With Daniel Vergara in the saddle in the race at about one mile on the turf, the 3-year-old filly came from mid-pack with a four-wide move on the backstretch and into the lane, and won by 1 1/4 lengths. She was clocked in 1:39.93 and paid $11.20. The check for $12,390 lifted her total to $17,780.