Four winners for Gone Astray; he has 24

It’s been a successful past few days for Gone Astray, who had a pair of winners at Monmouth Park, another at Thistledown and a fourth in Puerto Rico. The four earned $38,850 and raised Gone Astray’s progeny earnings for the year to $680,360, even though he had several seasons prior to his arrival at Pleasant Acres when he wasn’t advertised or in any stallion register, which severely limited his recent foal crops.

GIVE IT A GO – The 4-year-old gelding bred by Shade Tree Thoroughbreds, Geoff Roy and Tom Fitzgerald became winner No. 23 for his sire in 2023 with a 3 1/4-length score at Monmouth under talented Madeline Rowland. He won by making a four-wide rally on the turn and paid a juicy $40.80 after getting six furlongs in 1:12.74. He earned $12,000.

MARSICO – One of two of the winners bred by SJT Racing Stable, the 4-year-old gelding is winner No. 24 for Gone Astray and contributed $9,300 to the total. He broke his maiden at Thistledown in his 11th start with a wire-to-wire effort under Fernando Salazar Becerra, scoring by three-quarters of a length, paying $3.00 and getting six furlongs in 1:13.22.

CHIQUIRIN – The second Monmouth winner and the second bred by SJT Racing Stable, the 4-year-old gelding raised his record to 3-1-2 in 16 starts, with two victories this year, and beat his best previous Equibase ‘E’ speed figure by 13 points – 84 to 71. With Samuel Marin up, he came between horses on the turn and continued on gamely to the wire, getting six furlongs in 1:11.66 and paying $14.60. His contribution to the four-win Gone Astray total is $13,200.

SHE’S CLASSY – The 5-year-old mare bred by Craig Wheeler has won two in a row at Camarero Race Track and boosted her record to 6-4-9 in 31 starts; she’s earned $109,613. Carrying highweight of 123 pounds, including Javier Santiago, she battled up front the entire trip and won by a head with six furlongs in 1:13.67.