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Omaha Beach’s Omaha Spirit Wins First Out at Colonial Downs

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OMAHA SPIRIT (f, 2, Omaha Beach–Lifting Spirit {Ire}, by Siyouni {Fr}) was well-supported at 7-5 odds for this unveiling, and caught a flier out of the gate to lead the field into the turn after an opening quarter in :22.85 which saw her build a clear advantage heading for home. Called on to keep her mind in the game, Omaha Spirit’s margin dwindled late, but Never Sleep (City of Light) was unable to close the final three-quarter-length gap on the wire.

The victress is the first to the races for Lifting Spirit (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}), a half-sister to multiple Group winner Duke of Hazzard (Fr) (Lope de Vega {Ire}). Omaha Spirit claims a pair of half-brothers–a yearling by Street Sense and a 2026 Oscar Performance.

The third dam Palace Weekend (Seattle Dancer) can claim a very productive broodmare career as the mother of Group 1 winner Palace Episode (Machiavellian) and the winning Adventure (Unbridled’s Song). The latter also enjoyed a fruitful second career in the breeding shed by way of her most famous daughter, GSW & MG1SP-Ire Laughing Lashes (Mr. Greeley).

Through that mare, Adventure’s branch of the family eventually yielded SW & GSP Sneaker (Oscar Performance). This is the distant female family of Canadian champion juvenile filly Spring in the Air (Spring at Last) and MGSW & GISP Tejano Run (Tejano).

4th-Colonial Downs, $67,700, Msw, 7-5, 2yo, 5fT, :57.37, fm, 3/4 length.
OMAHA SPIRIT (f, 2, Omaha Beach–Lifting Spirit {Ire}, by Siyouni {Fr}) Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $42,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Runnymede Farm, Callahan Equine, LLC, Jim Mastriani, and Edgar Harty; B-Peter J. Callahan, Catesby Clay & Runnymede Farm (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward.

Nice turf debut performance for in R4 @ColonialDowns.

Jockey @Pacolopez1018 piloted the 2-year-old daughter of @spendthriftfarm stallion Omaha Beach for trainer Wesley Ward.#TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/DtAmEKblAQ

— TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) July 5, 2026

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Flightline Colt Shonan Galleon Sets Class Record On Hakodate Debut

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Tetsuhide Kunimoto’s Shonan Galleon (Jpn) (Flightline) was all the rage as the 3-10 chalk facing four other rivals while making his career debut in an 1800-meter newcomers’ contest on the turf Sunday at Hakodate. He lived right up to his advance billing, taking command at will before edging effortlessly away while stopping the timer in 1:47.6 over a track rated good-to-firm and establishing a new 2-year-old course record in the process.

A ¥210 million (about $1,305,652) purchase as a foal at the 2024 Japan Racing Horse Association (JRHA) Select Sale on the island of Hokkaido, Shonan Galleon was the subject of a good deal of attention in the lead-up to this first appearance and was bet as if he couldn’t lose. The money and hype proved to be warranted.

Drawn gate one, Shonan Galleon was just beaten for speed and was settled in mid-field by jockey Katsuma Sameshima as the filly Danon Cube (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn})–purchased as a yearling for nearly $860,000 at last year’s Select Sale–showed the way through the opening 800 meters in a reasonable :48.1.

Danon Cube, the chief pari-mutuel protagonist at 5-1, opened up a sizable advantage in the hands of the legendary Yutaka Take down the backstraight, but Shonan Galleon was slipped a bit of rein and was poised to strike as the stretch loomed. Given a squeeze by Sameshima with about 200 meters to travel, Shonan Galleon easily gathered up the front-runner and raced clear under hands-and-heels encouragement. The winning margin was 2 1/2 lengths and the final time shaved 0.5 seconds off the previous 2-year-old record established last July.

“He has the makings of a star. I want to take good care of him,” said Sameshima, as quoted by Netkeiba on X.

函館5R、芝1800mの新馬戦は1番人気 #ショウナンガレオン が勝利！ 道中は折り合いをつけながら進み、直線では余裕たっぷりに抜け出して2馬身半差の快勝！
タイムは昨年のマルガを0.5秒上回る2歳コースレコード！
父はフライトライン。 pic.twitter.com/6QVAJgp56w

— 週刊Gallop（Weekly Gallop） (@gallop_keiba) July 5, 2026

Next up for the winner could be the G3 Sapporo Nisai Stakes (1800m) on Sept. 5, per NetKeiba.

Shonan Galleon is the third overall winner for his freshman sire (by Tapit) and his second from two starters in Japan, joining the impressive debut winner Demian, himself a $1.7-million Keeneland September yearling. The Feb. 13 foal is the first produce for his dam, Argentina’s champion 2-year-old filly of 2022, with Group 1 successes on both dirt and turf.

The bay shares interesting pedigree symmetry with Flightline‘s ‘TDN Rising Star’ presented by Hagyard Flight Command, as his dam sire Full Mast is a son of Mizzen Mast, whose exceptional daughter Stonetastic is also by the latter stallion and is the granddam of Flight Command.

Tan Gritona’s youngest produce are a yearling filly by leading sire Kizuna (Jpn) and a colt by Epiphaneia (Jpn) foaled Apr. 20 of this year. Neither is entered for this year’s Select Sale, which is scheduled for July 13 and 14.

5th-Hakodate, ¥14,880,000 ($92,211), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800mT, 1:47.6 (new class record), gd/fm.
SHONAN GALLEON (JPN) (c, 2, Flightline–Tan Gritona {Arg} {Ch. 2yo Filly & MG1SW-Arg}, by Full Mast) Sales history: ¥210,000,000 Fl ’24 JRHAJUL. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $48,337.
O-Tetsuhide Kunimoto; B-Northern Racing; T-Shizuya Kato.

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Omaha Beach’s Omaha Spirit Wins First Out at Colonial Downs

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OMAHA SPIRIT (f, 2, Omaha Beach–Lifting Spirit {Ire}, by Siyouni {Fr}) was well-supported at 7-5 odds for this unveiling, and caught a flier out of the gate to lead the field into the turn after an opening quarter in :22.85 which saw her build a clear advantage heading for home. Called on to keep her mind in the game, Omaha Spirit’s margin dwindled late, but Never Sleep (City of Light) was unable to close the final three-quarter-length gap on the wire.

The victress is the first to the races for Lifting Spirit (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}), a half-sister to multiple Group winner Duke of Hazzard (Fr) (Lope de Vega {Ire}). Omaha Spirit claims a pair of half-brothers–a yearling by Street Sense and a 2026 Oscar Performance.

The third dam Palace Weekend (Seattle Dancer) can claim a very productive broodmare career as the mother of Group 1 winner Palace Episode (Machiavellian) and the winning Adventure (Unbridled’s Song). The latter also enjoyed a fruitful second career in the breeding shed by way of her most famous daughter, GSW & MG1SP-Ire Laughing Lashes (Mr. Greeley).

Through that mare, Adventure’s branch of the family eventually yielded SW & GSP Sneaker (Oscar Performance). This is the distant female family of Canadian champion juvenile filly Spring in the Air (Spring at Last) and MGSW & GISP Tejano Run (Tejano).

4th-Colonial Downs, $67,700, Msw, 7-5, 2yo, 5fT, :57.37, fm, 3/4 length.
OMAHA SPIRIT (f, 2, Omaha Beach–Lifting Spirit {Ire}, by Siyouni {Fr}) Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $42,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Runnymede Farm, Callahan Equine, LLC, Jim Mastriani, and Edgar Harty; B-Peter J. Callahan, Catesby Clay & Runnymede Farm (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward.

Nice turf debut performance for in R4 @ColonialDowns.

Jockey @Pacolopez1018 piloted the 2-year-old daughter of @spendthriftfarm stallion Omaha Beach for trainer Wesley Ward.#TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/DtAmEKblAQ

— TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) July 5, 2026

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Flightline Colt Shonan Galleon Sets Class Record On Hakodate Debut

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Tetsuhide Kunimoto’s Shonan Galleon (Jpn) (Flightline) was all the rage as the 3-10 chalk facing four other rivals while making his career debut in an 1800-meter newcomers’ contest on the turf Sunday at Hakodate. He lived right up to his advance billing, taking command at will before edging effortlessly away while stopping the timer in 1:47.6 over a track rated good-to-firm and establishing a new 2-year-old course record in the process.

A ¥210 million (about $1,305,652) purchase as a foal at the 2024 Japan Racing Horse Association (JRHA) Select Sale on the island of Hokkaido, Shonan Galleon was the subject of a good deal of attention in the lead-up to this first appearance and was bet as if he couldn’t lose. The money and hype proved to be warranted.

Drawn gate one, Shonan Galleon was just beaten for speed and was settled in mid-field by jockey Katsuma Sameshima as the filly Danon Cube (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn})–purchased as a yearling for nearly $860,000 at last year’s Select Sale–showed the way through the opening 800 meters in a reasonable :48.1.

Danon Cube, the chief pari-mutuel protagonist at 5-1, opened up a sizable advantage in the hands of the legendary Yutaka Take down the backstraight, but Shonan Galleon was slipped a bit of rein and was poised to strike as the stretch loomed. Given a squeeze by Sameshima with about 200 meters to travel, Shonan Galleon easily gathered up the front-runner and raced clear under hands-and-heels encouragement. The winning margin was 2 1/2 lengths and the final time shaved 0.5 seconds off the previous 2-year-old record established last July.

“He has the makings of a star. I want to take good care of him,” said Sameshima, as quoted by Netkeiba on X.

函館5R、芝1800mの新馬戦は1番人気 #ショウナンガレオン が勝利！ 道中は折り合いをつけながら進み、直線では余裕たっぷりに抜け出して2馬身半差の快勝！
タイムは昨年のマルガを0.5秒上回る2歳コースレコード！
父はフライトライン。 pic.twitter.com/6QVAJgp56w

— 週刊Gallop（Weekly Gallop） (@gallop_keiba) July 5, 2026

Next up for the winner could be the G3 Sapporo Nisai Stakes (1800m) on Sept. 5, per NetKeiba.

Shonan Galleon is the third overall winner for his freshman sire (by Tapit) and his second from two starters in Japan, joining the impressive debut winner Demian, himself a $1.7-million Keeneland September yearling. The Feb. 13 foal is the first produce for his dam, Argentina’s champion 2-year-old filly of 2022, with Group 1 successes on both dirt and turf.

The bay shares interesting pedigree symmetry with Flightline‘s ‘TDN Rising Star’ presented by Hagyard Flight Command, as his dam sire Full Mast is a son of Mizzen Mast, whose exceptional daughter Stonetastic is also by the latter stallion and is the granddam of Flight Command.

Tan Gritona’s youngest produce are a yearling filly by leading sire Kizuna (Jpn) and a colt by Epiphaneia (Jpn) foaled Apr. 20 of this year. Neither is entered for this year’s Select Sale, which is scheduled for July 13 and 14.

5th-Hakodate, ¥14,880,000 ($92,211), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800mT, 1:47.6 (new class record), gd/fm.
SHONAN GALLEON (JPN) (c, 2, Flightline–Tan Gritona {Arg} {Ch. 2yo Filly & MG1SW-Arg}, by Full Mast) Sales history: ¥210,000,000 Fl ’24 JRHAJUL. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $48,337.
O-Tetsuhide Kunimoto; B-Northern Racing; T-Shizuya Kato.

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