Daniel Alonso’s Ford Roadster registered a determined victory in his career debut on Sunday, April 19, winning a 4 ½-furlong maiden special weight at Gulfstream Park, becoming the first winner for Ocala Stud’s Roadster.

Ford Roadster broke alertly and tracked prohibitive favorite Strike, also a son of Roadster, through the early stages. Ford Roadster ranged up outside of Strike around the turn and edged away in deep stretch to score by a half-length at the finish. Strike finished second, completing an exacta for the freshman sire. Trained by Ramon Minguet, Ford Roadster is produced from the winning Corfu mare She Nailed It. Ford Roadster was bred in Florida by Juvenal Lopez Diaz.

Roadster, a son of perennial leading sire Quality Road, captured the 2019 Santa Anita Derby (G1), defeating stablemate Game Winner—the previous year’s Eclipse Award-winning 2-Year-Old Male Champion. In addition to his signature win, Roadster finished second in the Malibu S. (G1) to Omaha Beach, was second in the San Carlos S. (G2), and was runner-up to Grade 1 winner Mucho Gusto in the Affirmed S. (G3). 

Out of the stakes-winning and stakes-producing Silver Ghost mare Ghost Dancing, Roadster is a half-brother to Grade 1 winner and Keeneland track-record setter Ascend. Roadster was sold by his breeder—Arthur Hancock III’s Stone Farm—at the Keeneland September Sale for $525,000.

Roadster’s first 2-year-olds in the auction ring this year at OBS have commanded up to $625,000, $425,000, etc. He stands this season for $7,500 S&N. For more information, contact David O’Farrell at (352) 237-2171, or visit www.OcalaStud.com.