{"id":2020053,"date":"2025-09-13T21:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T21:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2020053"},"modified":"2025-09-13T21:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T21:37:08","slug":"royal-spa-becomes-millionaire-with-locust-grove-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royal-spa-becomes-millionaire-with-locust-grove-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Spa Becomes Millionaire With Locust Grove Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Breffni Farm&#8217;s homebred <span class=\"bloodhorse-horse\" id=\"horse-10770908\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/thoroughbred\/royal-spa\/2020\" title=\"Royal Spa - Horse Profile - BloodHorse.com\">Royal Spa<\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"tool\" data-tip=\"Click here to see detailed horse statistics.\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"contentIcon-premium\" data-fancybox=\"\" data-type=\"iframe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/horses\/card\/10770908\"\/><\/span><\/span> took charge at the start of the $395,000 Locust Grove Stakes (G2) Sept. 13 at <span class=\"bloodhorse-racetrack\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/racetracks\/10\/churchill-downs\" title=\"Churchill Downs | BloodHorse.com Track Profile\">Churchill Downs<\/a><\/span> and fought off all challengers to win her second career graded stakes.<\/p>\n<p>Ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, Royal Spa jumped to the lead of the 1 1\/16-mile dirt race and looked comfortable while setting early fractions of :24.48 and :48.42 atop\u00a0the field of six fillies and mares.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"article-highlight\">\n<p><strong>Royal Spa<\/strong>, dk b\/br, 5\/m<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nViolence \u2014 Bodacious Babe, by Mineshaft<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Owner<\/strong>: Breffni Farm (Rhonda O&#8217;Rourke)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<strong>Breeder<\/strong>: Breffni Farm (KY)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<strong>Trainer<\/strong>: Rodolphe Brisset<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<strong>Jockey<\/strong>: Tyler Gaffalione<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<small><em class=\"small\">Information provided by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.equibase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Equibase<\/a> at time of entry.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pedigree Notes<\/strong><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/stallion-register\/stallions\/166534\/violence\" target=\"_blank\">Violence<\/a> stands at Hill &#8216;n&#8217; Dale Farms for $30,000 (2025).<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<p><span class=\"bloodhorse-horse\" id=\"horse-10950417\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/thoroughbred\/our-pretty-woman\/2021\" title=\"Our Pretty Woman - Horse Profile - BloodHorse.com\">Our Pretty Woman<\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"tool\" data-tip=\"Click here to see detailed horse statistics.\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"contentIcon-premium\" data-fancybox=\"\" data-type=\"iframe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/horses\/card\/10950417\"\/><\/span><\/span> made a run on the far turn as the leader clicked off six furlongs in 1:12.07, but Royal Spa, a 5-year-old <span class=\"bloodhorse-horse\" id=\"horse-8869327\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/stallion-register\/stallions\/166534\" title=\"Violence | StallionRegister.com\" target=\"_blank\">Violence<\/a>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\" class=\"equinelineLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.equineline.com\/dotReportProductSelectionDisplay.cfm?horse_name=Violence&amp;YOB=2010&amp;breed_type=TB&amp;horse_type=I&amp;ASCID=1443262\" title=\"EquineLine Reports for Violence\" target=\"_blank\"><svg class=\"icon\"><use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/img\/symbol-defs.svg#icon-equineline\"\/><\/svg><\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"tool\" data-tip=\"Click here to see detailed horse statistics.\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"contentIcon-premium\" data-fancybox=\"\" data-type=\"iframe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/horses\/card\/8869327\"\/><\/span><\/span> mare, kept cruising out front.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Royal Spa broke free again in upper stretch, and that was when Full of Run Racing II and Madaket Stables&#8217; <span class=\"bloodhorse-horse\" id=\"horse-10946462\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/thoroughbred\/alpine-princess\/2021\" title=\"Alpine Princess - Horse Profile - BloodHorse.com\">Alpine Princess<\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"tool\" data-tip=\"Click here to see detailed horse statistics.\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"contentIcon-premium\" data-fancybox=\"\" data-type=\"iframe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/horses\/card\/10946462\"\/><\/span><\/span> emerged with her challenge, but the leader was resolute in stopping the timer in 1:42.53 over the main\u00a0track rated fast. Alpine Princess finished second, 1 1\/4 lengths back, and it was another 1 1\/2 lengths back to the third-place finisher, Ribble Farms and Front Page Equestrian&#8217;s <span class=\"bloodhorse-horse\" id=\"horse-10985628\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/thoroughbred\/regaled\/2021\" title=\"Regaled - Horse Profile - BloodHorse.com\">Regaled<\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"tool\" data-tip=\"Click here to see detailed horse statistics.\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"contentIcon-premium\" data-fancybox=\"\" data-type=\"iframe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/horses\/card\/10985628\"\/><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Trained by Rodolphe Brisset, Royal Spa scored her seventh victory in 21 career starts and pushed her earnings into seven-figure territory to $1,096,732.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-inline-dailysignup\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/daily\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for <span class=\"daily-signup\">BloodHorse <span class=\"daily-signup-daily\">Daily<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Royal Spa was bred in Kentucky and is out of the graded stakes-placed <span class=\"bloodhorse-horse\" id=\"horse-4966077\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/stallion-register\/stallions\/126547\" title=\"Mineshaft | StallionRegister.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mineshaft<\/a>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\" class=\"equinelineLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.equineline.com\/dotReportProductSelectionDisplay.cfm?horse_name=Mineshaft&amp;YOB=1999&amp;breed_type=TB&amp;horse_type=I&amp;ASCID=1443262\" title=\"EquineLine Reports for Mineshaft\" target=\"_blank\"><svg class=\"icon\"><use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/img\/symbol-defs.svg#icon-equineline\"\/><\/svg><\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"tool\" data-tip=\"Click here to see detailed horse statistics.\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"contentIcon-premium\" data-fancybox=\"\" data-type=\"iframe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/horses\/card\/4966077\"\/><\/span><\/span> mare Bodacious Babe. She had a full brother\u2014<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.keeneland.com\/sales\/2025\/2\/september-yearling-sale\/catalog-table\/?hip=1441&amp;tab=media\">Hip 1441<\/a>\u2014go through the ring at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Saturday afternoon with consignor Castle Park Farm. The colt initially was listed as a $120,000 buyback.<\/p>\n<p>Violence stands at Hill &#8216;n&#8217; Dale farms near Paris, Ky, where his stud fee was $30,000 during the 2025 breeding season. Violence&#8217;s 2-year-old son <span class=\"bloodhorse-horse\" id=\"horse-11334475\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/thoroughbred\/obliteration\/2023\" title=\"Obliteration - Horse Profile - BloodHorse.com\">Obliteration<\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"tool\" data-tip=\"Click here to see detailed horse statistics.\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"contentIcon-premium\" data-fancybox=\"\" data-type=\"iframe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/horses\/card\/11334475\"\/><\/span><\/span> won this year&#8217;s Sanford Stakes (G3) at <span class=\"bloodhorse-racetrack\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/racetracks\/24\/saratoga-race-course\" title=\"Saratoga Race Course | BloodHorse.com Track Profile\">Saratoga Race Course<\/a><\/span> and has since placed in the Saratoga Special Stakes (G2) and the lucrative Kentucky Downs Juvenile Sprint Stakes.<\/p>\n<h3><span>Video:<\/span> Fasig-Tipton Locust Grove S. 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Ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, Royal Spa jumped to the lead of the 1 1\/16-mile dirt race and looked comfortable while setting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2020054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[371093,371088,371089,22796,371091,371090,371094,371092],"class_list":["post-2020053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-breffni-farm","tag-churchill-downs","tag-hill-n-dale-farms","tag-kentucky","tag-locust-grove-stakes","tag-rodolphe-brisset","tag-thoroughbred-racing","tag-tyler-gaffalione"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Royal-Spa-Becomes-Millionaire-With-Locust-Grove-Win.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}