Spendthrift Farm's late multiple grade 1 sprinter Lord Nelson continued building on his legacy Nov. 25 when his daughter Navit became his first black-type winner.
Bred in New York by Sequel Thoroughbreds, Burleson Farm, and McKenzie Bloodstock, Navit also became the first stakes winner produced by her dam Vibrato, an unraced daughter of Unbridled's Song. The juvenile filly owned by VMH Stud won the seven-furlong Clasico Dia de Acción de Gracias Stakes, recognized as a grade 3 in Puerto Rico, in near gate-to-wire fashion on a sloppy main track at Camarero Race Track. She won by 1 3/4 lengths in a final time of 1:25.11.
Sequel New York offered Navit in 2020 at Fasig-Tipton's Selected Yearlings Showcase in Kentucky but she was bought back on a final bid of $19,000. Golden Rock Thoroughbreds offered her again at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale where C.H.P.R. bought her for $20,000. The filly has been no worse than second in four career starts, finishing as runner-up in her first two starts and getting her first win Nov. 5 in 6 1/2-furlong maiden special weight. Navit has now earned $58,914.
Lord Nelson was euthanized Oct. 7 after a long battle with laminitis. The three-time grade 1-winning son of Pulpit beat back the disease long enough to sire three crops. He also bred 136 mares this year.
