First two winners by Bodexpress are Californians

At the 2023 California Thoroughbred Breeders Association yearling sale, breeder Richard Barton, under the consignor name Richard Barton Enterprises, sold a Bodexpress filly to Randy Morris for $8,000. At the same sale, in partnership with Robert Traynor, he sold a Bodexpress filly to John E. Parker for $6,500.

What were the odds that the two California-bred fillies would both make their career debuts on June 22, at tracks separated by 793 miles, with post times an hour and eight minutes apart. Parker’s filly, now named Her Blind Side, went to the gate at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington at 2:14 and with Alex Cruz in the saddle, broke her maiden in a race at 4 1/2 furlongs. She won by a neck in :53.17, paid $8.66, and earned a check for $7,695.

Filly no. 2 is now named Coracoracora, and her debut came at the Pleasanton Fair in Pleasanton, California, in a maiden special at five furlongs that went off at 3:22. With Alexander Chavez aboard, she came from just off the pace to score by 3/4’s of a length in :59.23, paid $22.40, and collected a check for $19,500.

With the two winners, Bodexpress is tied for the early lead among Florida’s freshman sires of 2024. His runners have earned $52,199.