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Birdonthewire, also at Gulfstream. He also won the 2017 Grade 3 Carry Back Stakes, placed second in the 2017 Grade 2 Swale Stakes, and was third in the 2017 Grade 2 Xpressbet Fountain of Youth Stakes, all at Gulfstream. He finished his career with earnings of $971,825 Noble Drama, who is out of Queen Drama, by Burning Roma, won the 2018 FTBOA Silver Charm Florida Sire Stakes, the 2018 FTBOA Florida Sire Wildcat Heir Stakes, the 2020 Sunshine Millions Classic Stakes, and the 2020 Benny The Bull Stakes. As of early December, he had career earnings of $742,837. Gone Astray also produced stakes-winners Starship Bonita and Shifty She. Starship Bonita won the 2017 FTBOA Florida Sire Susan’s Girl Stakes, the 2018 Sheer Drama Stakes, and the 2021 Sheer Drama Stakes just last month. Her career earnings through early December are $577,237. Shifty She won the 2021 Powder Break Stakes, the 2021 Ginger Punch Stakes and
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the 2021 Grade 3 Noble Damsel Stakes. Her career earnings through early December are $335,995. n
Livingmybestlife Wins Second Consecutive Stakes in Seashell Livingmybestlife took her second added-money event in as many starts Nov. 3 at Del Mar when the Florida-bred daughter of The Big Beast won the $103,750 Seashell Stakes by a length-and-a-half. Ridden by Juan Hernandez, Livingmybestlife defeated four other 3-year-old fillies going a mile on the main track. Miss Fia, a 14-1 longshot, broke best of all from post four but was quickly overtaken by Livingmybestlife, who went straight to the lead from the outside post five. Livingmybestlife quickly cleared her rivals into the clubhouse turn and shifted to the two path where she put a two-length margin on Miss Fia in second with 2-5 favorite Moonlight d’Oro, who stumbled at the start, racing another length farther back in third. Livingmybestlife finished the first quarter-mile in a controlled :23.16 before leading by a length-and-ahalf down the backstretch with Moonlight d’Oro and Paige Anne racing together in second just before they finished the half-mile in :46.38. Livingmybestlife continued to show the way with a clear lead around far turn as Paige Anne took second while racing two wide and a length ahead of Moonlight d’Oro in third on the rail. Livingmybestlife extended her lead again to two-anda-half lengths turning for home as Moonlight d’Oro
moved into second while passing Paige Anne on third. But Livingmybestlife was in full stride down the stretch and was never challenged by the favorite as Clockstrikestwelve moved into third. Livingmybestlife finished the distance in 1:36.53 on the fast track and was a still a length-and-a-half clear under the wire. Moonlight d’Oro was second, three-and-aquarter lengths faster than Clockstrikestwelve in third. Paige Anne was fourth followed by Miss Fia in fifth. Livingmybestlife paid $7.40 to win as the 5-2 second choice. Trained by John Sadler, Livingmybestlife also won the $75,000 Lucky Spell Stakes at Los Alamitos Race Course going six furlongs on Sept. 24, also with Hernandez aboard. Livingmybestlife broke her maiden in her second start by a neck at Oaklawn Park on April 24 before returning to her base in Southern California to win a $50,000 optional claiming starter allowance at Santa Anita by two lengths after five-and-a-half furlongs on June 18. She then finished fourth behind winner Forest Caraway and second to future Betty Grable Stakes-winner Bella Vita in two first level, $40,000 optional claiming races at Del Mar in August before winning the Lucky Spell. Livingmybestlife is out of Wall Street Lady, by Speightstown and she was bred in Florida by Alex Leiblong and JoAnn Leiblong of Conway, Ark. Livingmybestlife is the second foal out of Wall Street Lady, who also produced an unnamed full brother by The Big Beast in 2017. She also has an unnamed weanling colt by Bal a Bali (Brz) and was bred to Unbridled Express in 2021. Wall Street Lady went through the 2019 Winter Mixed Sale at Ocala Breeders’ Sales in foal to The Big Beast where she was purchased by Maccabee Farms from the Kelli Mitchell consignment for $32,000. Livingmybestlife has now won four of seven career starts with two seconds while earning $209,970. n
