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South Carolina Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association
The first stride to the finish line begins in South Carolina
From July 22 to August 12, five horses who went through the breaking process or trained in South Carolina, crossed the finish line first in Stakes races. 

Twilight Dancer showed guts and determination winning the Hard Spun Stakes at Presque Isle Downs on July 22. He faced a traffic filled journey and in a hard fought stretch duel, prevailed by a head. Since then, Twilight Dancer finished first in an Allowance race making it 3 wins in a row. He learned his early lessons at Randy and Kala Rent’s training center in Erhardt, SC.

Little J P, also a Rentz Farm graduate, broke on top and never looked back in the Starter Stakes Sprint Series at Grand Prairie on July 28 winning by 4 lengths. This was Little J P’s third win in a row and his fifth win since May.

On August 4, Roanan Goddess was the best in the field for the Searching Stakes at Laurel Park. Last for the first ½ mile, she came up between horses before angling to the outside. Roanan Goddess was much the best pulling away from the field in the stretch crossing the finish line 6 ¼ lengths in front. This filly is trained by Hamilton Smith, brother of the Elloree Training Center owner, Franklin “Goree” Smith who prepared her for her racing career.

Dream Shake, a former student of Cary Frommer’s breaking program in Aiken, returned from a nine month layoff to capture the Van Clief Stakes at Colonial Downs on August 11. Racing mid-pack during the first half of the race, Dream Shake found a clear path at the top of the stretch and put in a strong rally to get up to win by ¾’s of a length.

On the steeplechase front, Exculpate quickly opened up a large lead in the Randolph D. Rouse Memorial Stakes. He took a breather letting his lead shorten before kicking in and drew away to win by 15 ½ lengths! Exculpate is trained by SCTOBA member Arch Kingsley and owned by the Kingsley family – Arch, Wendy and Taylor.
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