Splenda Gail has more than repaid OBS purchase price

It took her until start No. 14, but Splenda Gail’s victory at Evangeline yesterday was worth $13,800 to her bank account and she now has more than paid back the $70,000 price she sold for at the 2021 OBS June sale.

The 3-year-old filly by Neolithic bred by Joe and Helen Barbazon came from five lengths behind on the backstretch, looped the field on the turn, and out-finished the lone remaining contender by a neck at the wire. She was clocked in :58.63 for the five furlongs over a sloppy track after the race came off the grass.

The winner’s check raised the filly’s total to $76,830 on a record of 3-2-1 in those 14 tries for owner Norman Stables, which has owned Splenda Gail from the beginning. She paid $6.40 and has posted a record of 2-2-1 in her last six starts.