Rich Stakes 2nds for Amira’s Prince and Bucchero

Pleasant Acres stallions added a pair of stakes-placed finishes to their ledgers yesterday – Sister Otoole finishing second in the $200,500, Gr. III Robert G. Dick Memorial at Delaware Park, and Toddchero doing likewise in the $122,200 Prairie Meadows Gold Juvenile Stakes.

Sister Otoole, a 5-year-old mare by Amira’s Prince bred by Joe and Helen Barbazon and making her 16th start, had to negotiate the rain and a soft turf course in Delaware. With Kendrick Carmouche riding, she was no match for Key Biscayne, by former Pleasant Acres stallion Brethren, but was easily second best in the race at 1-3/8ths miles, and collected a check for $40,000. That raised her earnings to $238,032, with $65,973 coming this year.

Toddchero, a colt by red-hot freshman sire Bucchero, came into his race after breaking his maiden in his debut and was sent off at 4-1. Lane Luzzi guided the $77,000 OBS April 2-year-old to his runner-up finish behind heavy favorite Tyler’s Tribe, and he earned $20,000, bringing his total to $39,740. The 5 1/2 furlongs went in a quick 1:03.64.