DENALI STUD RECORDS FOURTH GRADED STAKES WINNER OF THE YEAR FROM SALES PROGRAM

ORCHESTRATOR, sold by Denali at the 2008 Keeneland September Sale, scored an upset to win her first stakes, the Grade III Bourbonette Oaks run on the Lane’s End undercard. Trained by Kenny McPeek, ORCHESTRATOR tracked the pace three deep, made her bid between horses through the second turn, forged a narrow lead entering the stretch and fought gamely to maintain the advanctage over Age of Humor, who finished over two lengths ahead of Midway Holiday.

“She ran super,” trainer Ken McPeek offered. “Alex (Solis) did a great job getting her out of the gate. She’s been pretty flawless on the Poly up to now. In California we had a hard time finding a race for her, so we nominated her here. I’m not sure about the Kentucky Oaks. I’d prefer to run her back on synthetic somewhere.”