J J Grey took the lead on the far turn and never looked back as he cruised through the stretch to win the Prairie Mile Stakes by three-and-a-quarter lengths at Prairie Meadows Racetrack on Saturday, 13 June.
The victory was the first Stakes win for the three-year-old Street Boss colt, who improved his record to four wins in nine starts.
Breaking alertly under jockey Glenn Corbett, J J Grey was forwardly placed through the early stages, content to stalk pacemaker Cardinal Cushing from second. J J Grey swept past Cardinal Cushing on the far turn and took the lead heading into the homestretch. From there he continued to pull away, eventually crossing the wire an easy winner. Canned Heat got up for second, with How About Bob third.
J J Grey was bred in Kentucky by Dermot Carty and is out of Norquay, a multiple Stakes-placed daughter of Fairbanks. Norquay is a half sister to Graded Stakes-placed Lookinatamiracle (Lookin At Lucky) and to Stakes-placed Patty Come Home (Came Home).
Street Boss is the sire of four Australian G1 winners this season, with Tentyris, Pericles and Green Spaces joining Tempted as having success at the elite level. Worldwide, Street Boss has sired 90 individual Stakes winners.
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