Hot Girl Walk pulled away down the stretch to win the Generous Portion Stakes at Del Mar Sept. 2, giving Pleasant Acres' grade 1-winning freshman sire Bodexpress his first black-type stakes winner.
Stalking the early leaders, Richard Barton's homebred filly made her move at the three-eighths pole. Hot Girl Walk and jockey Antonio Fresu took control at the quarter pole where they then moved back inside coming around the turn. She hit wire 1 1/4 lengths ahead of In the Air Tonight and stopped the timer in 1:11.28. Hot Girl Walk is trained by Carla Gaines.
Barton, who started Bodexpress' sire career at his Barton Thoroughbreds farm in California, bred Hot Girl Walk who is out of the Awesome Again winner Awesome Mama, who is out of stakes winner and stakes producer Mama Nadine (A.P. Indy). Hot Girl Walk has now won two of three career starts and earned $117,000.
Bodexpress, an 8-year-old son of Bodemeister, won or placed in four graded stakes, including a victory in the 2020 Clark Stakes (G1) and a runner-up performance in the Florida Derby (G1). He compiled a 4-4-3 record from 17 starts and $694,600 in earnings.
To date, Bodexpress has sired six winners. He is among 11 North American freshman sires to be represented by a stakes winner.
Bodexpress stood this year at Pleasant Acres Stallions near Morriston, Fla., for $3,500.
