Highland Sky's little sister earns some black type of her own
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Well-bred sophomore filly Highland Glory rallied
to capture the $100,000 Sanibel Island by a neck at Gulfstream Park on Saturday.
Owned by Steadfast Stable and bred in Kentucky by Bonner Young, the Sky Mesa
bay out of Kristi With a K earned an 81 Beyer Speed Figure.
The well-related filly is a full-sister to multiple stakes
winner Highland Sky, who captured the 2016 Woodhaven at Aqueduct and 2019
John's Call in August at Saratoga.
Highland Glory's third dam, Highland Mills, produced Grade 1-winners Miss Josh and Royal Mountain Inn; and her second dam, Kristi B, produced Grade 1-winner Bit of Whimsy.
Barclay Tagg said he has enjoyed training the entire family, including Miss Josh, Royal Mountain Inn and Bit of Whimsy.
"Highland Glory is by Sky Mesa and out of one of Bonner's mares," said Tagg. "She's always bred back to the same bottom line. Highland Glory is a full-sister to Highland Sky, who is a fairly nice turf horse, and she's coming along now and doing well.
"Bit of Whimsy was very nice," said Tagg. "It's all part of the same family. Miss Josh was the first one and she was a Grade 1-winner. Royal Mountain Inn was a Grade 1-winner, but they all came from the same foundation mare."
Tagg said he is cautiously optimistic about adding another Grade
1 winner to the decorated family.
"We'll see how things fall from here, but I'll likely run her back in a stakes race for 3-year-old fillies," Tagg said.
Highland Glory's third dam, Highland Mills, produced Grade 1-winners Miss Josh and Royal Mountain Inn; and her second dam, Kristi B, produced Grade 1-winner Bit of Whimsy.
Barclay Tagg said he has enjoyed training the entire family, including Miss Josh, Royal Mountain Inn and Bit of Whimsy.
"Highland Glory is by Sky Mesa and out of one of Bonner's mares," said Tagg. "She's always bred back to the same bottom line. Highland Glory is a full-sister to Highland Sky, who is a fairly nice turf horse, and she's coming along now and doing well.
"Bit of Whimsy was very nice," said Tagg. "It's all part of the same family. Miss Josh was the first one and she was a Grade 1-winner. Royal Mountain Inn was a Grade 1-winner, but they all came from the same foundation mare."
"We'll see how things fall from here, but I'll likely run her back in a stakes race for 3-year-old fillies," Tagg said.
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