Photo by Angelo Lieto/NYRA

It’s fitting that a mare named BEACH BOMB (SAF) would love South Florida…and Cayton Park Stud’s talented 5-year-old demonstrated her affinity for Gulfstream Park with her second consecutive graded stakes victory in today’s Orchid Stakes-G3.

It was a stakes-laden card on Florida Derby Day, and Luis Saez was back aboard for the 1 1/2 mile effort on the turf comprised of a small but quality field of six.  Beach Bomb, out sharply, again led wire to wire and withstood a hard-charging Silvology and La Mehana (FR) to win by a head.

The Orchid was the longest route Beach Bomb has attempted since coming to Herringswell 10 months ago. Graham indicated in his post-race interview that the distance was the one question he had, but she responded with a resounding “yes” today.

Congratulations to Cayton Park and breeders Drakenstein Stud on another outstanding win!

Photo by Lauren King/NYRA