Components Racing’s Steve and Denise Smith, together with NBS Secure’s John Ballantyne, spend the remainder of the weekend having fun with their 3-year-old mare’s daring victory. scary dance On March 4 on the Herecomesthebride Stakes (G3T) Gulfstream Park.
Saturday’s win, which only established their business at the end of 2020, which includes a 75-acre breeding operation (Mesingw Farm in Lexington), gave the Smiths their first win on the level.
For Steve, this was a feat he sought for years after meeting racing for the first time in 1984. After a 20-year hiatus from the industry, she says she feels lucky to have had such success so early since her return, especially with this one. The filly for himself and Ballantyne, a mere $55,000 purchase from Tom McCrocklin’s shipment to the 2022 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company Two-Year-Old Children in Education March Sale.
Steve Smith said, “(We) are lucky, very lucky. You have a mare like him and you get him for $55,000 on a 2-year sale, you don’t do it every day,” said Steve Smith. “There are people in the industry who probably haven’t done this their entire lives. We’re blessed and we know it.”
Steve and Denise Smith at Mesingw Farm
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Ballantyne, who has campaigned for horses under her own name in numerous partnerships with the NBS flag, including the 3rd place winner spooky channel He remembers the accidental incident of his daughter’s abduction. army mule at home early last year
“It was kind of an afterthought. It was (trainer) Kelsey Danner. We saw a lot of horses and she was talking to Tom McCrocklin and he said he was one of the overlooked ones,” Ballantyne said. “Everything came together very quickly and Kelsey contacted me and said, ‘The Elementals and I like this filly, would you like to come in?’ she said.
“At that price point and it was a short career, I thought I loved Army Mule, so I thought, ‘Sure, yes.’ There are others I can say I was absolutely committed to the acquisition process but it was just a coincidence. Credit really goes to Kelsey and Elements. “
mare started her career Churchill Downs Under Danner’s tutelage in June 2022, he finished second in special weight first to go five furlongs on the ground. A month later he moved onto the grass for his next start. Colonial Downs where she easily broke her maiden and finished the five-and-a-half long distance in three lengths in front of nine opponents.
Danse Macabre offends her daughter at Colonial Downs
Later, he stepped into stakes company. Saratoga Raceway finishing in second place in August Love Reign At the Bolton Landing Stakes before the redemption run in the September 13 Untapable Stakes Kentucky Downs He clinched the victory by coming face to face with jockey Adam Beschizza for the first time since his debut. 3rd in the October 8 Matron Stakes (G3T) Belmont in Big A closed his junior year.
“When I was walking out of Matron after winning Untapable, there was a discussion about the Breeders’ Cup, but that would have been against the men,” Smith said. “We said, ‘Look, it went through the bells and whistles, hard sales to get through as a 2-year-old in training.’ We knew we had a talented mare and we wanted to keep him, so we gave him some time off and looked at what he did at the age of 3. So that’s where we came from.”
WATCH: Smith on Danse Macabre’s Herecomesthebride Triumph
While Herecomesthebride will be the mare’s first try in two rounds with the added pressure of a layoff, it was the right time to test her skills.
“Look at the pedigree of the Army Mule and grandfather Friesan Fire, they all sprint,” Smith said. “With the blame side and (dam) Sylphide gives you some hope. Kelsey was actually an exercise rider for Sylphide so she knew him very well. There was a big argument between our trainer, our partner and. so we thought we might find out what it’s made of.
Danse Macabre certainly answered and delayed the call on Saturday at the Hallendale Beach oval. Papilio , Cairo Wife And revalita stretching wildly to add the win to his résumé, which rose from six starts to 3-2-1. He has now earned over half a million for his connections and is a prime bet winner for his father.
Biscuit! @ABeschizza Received Herecomesthebride Stakes (GIII) with #9 DANSE MACABRE ($26.80) for coach @kelseyjdanner and owned by NBS Secure and Components Racing. pic.twitter.com/kcKqfXHNvE
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“We’re going again from the bench that we have truly completed, to see if he can get that ground, win that manner. … You possibly can’t educate the center. He has a ton of braveness, a ton of braveness,” Ballantyne mentioned. “The monitor may need helped carry him a bit, however boy, does not he let too many horses cross by, that is all I am going to let you know.”
Different races that could be on the playing cards for the Kentucky-raised mare embody the Limestone Stakes on April 14. KeenelandCould 27 Hovering Softly Stakes (G3T) Belmont ParkCaress Stakes (G3T) at Spa on July 23 and Mint Women’ Run (G2T) at Kentucky Downs in September.
“You check out the health log and see what’s subsequent, however the first telephone name within the morning is, ‘Is it on feed? Is it strong and effectively out of the race?’ And he ate effectively, effectively,” Smith mentioned. “We will speak to Kelsey and John and put our heads collectively and see the place we’re going. Now we all know we are able to make two turns, which positively opens up some potentialities.”
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