NEWS
Spanish Ice first winner for Spanish Steps
Posted: Friday, July 25, 2008 6:03 PM
Spanish Ice rallied four-wide approaching the stretch and posted a 1 3/4-length win in the fifth race at Del Mar on Thursday to become the first winner for freshman sire Spanish Steps.
Trained by Craig Dollase for owner-breeder Martin Stables Inc., Spanish Ice won the 5 1/2-furlong maiden claiming race in 1:05.40 on Del Mar’s synthetic Polytrack surface. The two-year-old filly is out of the unraced Sovereign Dancer mare Lemon Ice, a full sister to Double Orphan, a champion older horse in Puerto Rico.
Spanish Steps, an unraced full brother to 1995 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Unbridled’s Song, stands for $10,000 at Martin Stables South in Reddick, Florida. The Unbridled horse out of the winning Caro (Ire) mare Trolley Song has 63 two-year-olds in his first crop.
