TDN RISING STARS

June 29, 2008 - Hollywood Park, Race 9, Msw, USD $48,000, 5 1/2f

S. S. Stone, C, 2008, by Birdstone

1st Dam: Sing And Swing (MSW, $228,941), by Dixieland Band
2nd Dam: Sun And Snow, by Hawaii
3rd Dam: Alpine Peak, by Olympia

Owner: Robert V LaPenta
Breeder: Marylou Whitney Stables (KY)
Trainer: Doug F O'Neill

Let go at 13-1 to become the first winner for his GI Belmont S.-winning sire (by Grindstone), S. S. Stone shadowed the pacesetters early. He was forced to wait for running room at the top of the lane as Speight the Halo (Speightstown) spurted to a clear lead with a three-wide move in upper stretch, but the gray colt bravely forged between foes and closed determinedly to overtake Speight the Halo en route to a one-length victory. A $135,000 KEESEP yearling who RNA'd for $300,000 at FTFFEB, S.S. Stone is a half to Got That Swing (With Approval, SP, $168,225). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $28,800.