Septemberten is like the gift that keeps on giving

At the 2017 OBS October sale, OBS financial officer Randell Edwards and his wife, Lucy, sold a Gone Astray yearling for a disappointing $3,500. Five years later, they have more than made up for it in the way of breeders’ awards via Septemberten’s outstanding performance at the track.

The now 6-year-old gelding has started 41 times, has never left South Florida, and after his heart-stopping victory at Gulfstream Park yesterday, has posted a record of six wins, seven seconds and 10 thirds. At award percentages of 10-3-2 (with a few subtractions for the season when the FTBOA stopped paying for second and third), the $3,500 sale is long forgotten.

Yesterday’s purse in the seven-furlong allowance optional claimer was $43,000, adding $4,300 to the breeders’ award account. Samuel Camacho Jr. took Septemberten away sixth from the rail and the gelding remained there until the final turn. Then Camacho swung him about five wide and Septemberten closed like a fire engine on the way to a blaze, getting up at the wire by a nose in 1:23.87 and adding $25,800 to his earnings, which now stand at $251,800.