William DeCoursey and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ INFINITE PATIENCE won the Sadie Diamond Futurity Saturday at Hastings Park by six lengths at 1 to 20 odds.
The filly paid $2.10 across the board for her fourth win in as many starts.
The filly was bred by DeCoursey and is a daughter of Sungold – Montero by Louis Quatorze. Sungold is a son of A.P. Indy and he was a winner at Hastings. The dam Montero is a stakes winner who has produced multiple BC stakes winner Raider.
DeCoursey sold a share in the filly to NHL hockey player Nugent-Hopkins who races at R N H Stable.
Nugent-Hopkins, who plays for the Edmonton Oilers, bought his first racehorse about seven years ago and his horses are trained by Barbara Heads.
From Derby Bar & Grill – Nigel Reid: …racegoers at Hastings have been fortunate enough to see some very good juvenile fillies in action during the past few seasons, and many of us will remember where we were when we saw another female flying machine toy with what had appeared, at first glance, to be a competitive-looking field in the $100,000 Sadie Diamond Stakes.
The Barb Heads-trained Infinite Patience was certainly not allowed… Read more including a Saturday re-cap from Hastings Park.
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