Glinda The Good magical in Island Fashion Stakes

Sent off as the heavy favorite, Hard Spun's Glinda The Good proved worthy of her price in the Island Fashion Stakes at Sunland Park February 26. In the one mile event Glinda The Good was in between horses in third. Going well, she angled her run entering the stretch to travel wide and put them away by an easy three lengths.

At two, the Hard Spun filly placed in the G2 Pocahontas Stakes at Churchill Downs. This was her first start of her three-year-old campaign.

Glinda The Good is a homebred for Stonestreet Stables LLC. She is out of Magical Flash, by Miswaki, who has produced seven Stakes horses to date. They include Graded Stakes winner/G1-placed Take The Ribbon and Stakes winners Bright Magic and Hot War, among others. The mare is a half-sister to G1 winner Magical Maiden and G2 winner Magical Mile.

Hard Spun leads all US sophomore sires currently and is the sire of six Stakes winners thus far. They include G2 Superlative Stakes winner Red Duke. Just one day ago, his daughter Sweet Seventeen proved much the best in the Busher Stakes at Aqueduct. He is the sire of a strong six Graded/Group horses to date from his first crop of runners.

Hard Spun stands for $40,000 at Darley USA.