Aba Dabbler first winner for Star Dabbler

Bill and Vicki Poston’s Aba Dabbler tracked the pace in second before drawing off to a three-length win in the third race at Penn National Race Course on Thursday night to become the first winner for Central Kentucky-based freshman sire Star Dabbler.

Trained by Timothy Keefe, the two-year-old filly covered five furlongs in :59.03 on a track rated as fast under jockey Craig Gibbs. He is the first starter out of the unraced El Corredor mare Restless Summer.

A seven-year-old by Saint Ballado out of stakes winner Meadow Silk, by Meadowlake, Star Dabbler stood the 2010 season for an advertised fee of $5,000 at Richland Hills in Midway, Kentucky. He has 44 two-year-olds in his first crop.

Star Dabbler had three wins, three seconds, and one third in seven career starts and earned $319,936 in one season. He closed his career with a victory in the 2006 Indiana Derby (G2), where he finished in a dead heat with Cielo Gold. He also finished second to Henny Hughes in the King’s Bishop Stakes (G1).

Richland Hills Farm Stallion Star Dabbler's Half Sister Brings $525K At OBSMAR

Gulf Coast Farms principals Jerry Bailey and Lance Robinson had to wait a bit to show a profit on the mare Meadow Silk (Meadowlake), but they made up for lost time at OBSMAR Wednesday. Meadow Silk was bought while in foal to More Than Ready at the 2005 OBSOCT sale; a Gulf Coast homebred by More Than Ready, the first foal out of the mare to go through the ring since her purchase, lit up the board in Ocala, bringing $525,000 from Steven W. Young, agent. The filly is a half-sister to GSW Star Dabbler (Saint Ballado) and SW Run Production (Saint Ballado), from the family of champion Speightstown (Gone West).

Watch Star Dabbler run in the 2006 Indiana Derby.

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