Mandella’s Forbidden Kingdom heads Friday’s $100,000 Speakeasy Stakes
At 2h29, on October 1, 2021 • By SANTA ANITA
An impressive first-out winner on dirt, Richard Mandella’s Forbidden Kingdom merits top billing on grass in Friday’s $100,000 Speakeasy Stakes at Santa Anita which has attracted a field of seven juveniles, including three fillies. To be contested at five furlongs on turf, the Speakeasy is a Breeders’ Cup “Win & You’re In” Challenge Race qualifier to the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint Nov. 5 at Del Mar.
A chestnut colt by American Pharoah, out of the Five Star Day mare Just Louise, Forbidden Kingdom was purchased for $300,000 out of the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Showcase Sale and is owned by MyRacehorse and Spendthrift Farm, LLC. With a solid 79 Beyer Speed Figure in-hand, Forbidden Kingdom will hope to act on turf as well with Juan Hernandez back in the saddle.
