Celebrity chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay was interested in leading the Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets (G1) candidate We who impressive winner of 10 1/4 lengths of Peter Pan Stakes (G3) in his most recent warm-up.
Flay joins an ownership group that includes WinStar Farm, CMNWLTH and Siena Farm, and he hopes that the expanded partnership can create another winning formula for the third jewel in the US Triple Crown. He bought it Creator against Belmont 2016 and celebrate the close victory Destin with partner WinStar Farm. Nature came to Belmont with a victory in the Arkansas Derby (G1) before an incorrect finish in the Kentucky Derby (G1).
“I’m so excited to be joining the We the People team,” Flay said. “I’ve been an admirer of this pony since he started his career earlier this year. I want to thank Lisa and Kenny Troutt of WinStar for giving me this exciting opportunity. 2016 Belmont winner with Creator will be a moment that me and my family will never forget.”
WinStar President, CEO and Racing Director, Elliott Walden said, “We appreciate that Bobby wants to work with us again. He’s been great for the business and is a great person. a great partner.”
Coached by Rodolphe Brisset, We the People overwhelmed his opponents under Flavien Prat to win Peter Pan as he plunged in the final 70 yards. WinStar’s 3-year-old pony Structure Produced from mare Tiznow Letchworth, half-sister with graded stake winner Stratford Hill and winners bet and bet by classification Armistice Day . This is also the family of ranked multi-stakes winners and millionaires Harmony Lodge and Arkansas Derby (G1), winners Graeme Hall and Moon Magnum .
Bred in Kentucky by Henley Farms, We the People has three wins from four starts this year. He broke his maidenhood at Oaklawn Park on his career debut in February when he won 5 3/4 length. He then entered a $106,000 subsidized race at Oaklawn in which he entered 5 races. This pony was eliminated in the Arkansas Derby but regrouped for the Peter Pan race, in which he won near-gate fashion and won 101 Equibase Speed Figures for the show. his acting. We the People did his final piece on June 4 before the 1/2 mile Belmont Stakes, spanning four feathers at: 47.59. His job was the ninth fastest out of 66 at the same distance that day.
WinStar bought We the People for $230,000 at the Fasig-Tipton 2021 The Gulfstream Sale, where Eddie Woods deposited the pony. We the People has clearly been an impressive individual since he was a pony, having sold for $110,000 to Machmer Hall at weaning from Taylor Made Sales Agency consignment at Sale Keeneland’s November 2019 livestock stock and then a yearning during the Keeneland September Celebration Sale that Bradley Thoroughbreds bought him from Machmer Hall for $220,000.
