In her second start, three-year-old Rachae Leigh won a six-furlong maiden special weight race at Golden Gate Fields by 1 1/4 lengths on February 8 for owners Mona and Jim Hour and trainer Larry Ross. The daughter of Stormin Fever-Striking Scholar, who was bred in Washington by Char Clark Thoroughbreds, is a half-sister to Washington champions and fellow sale alumni Stryker Phd and Madame Pele.

In her second start, Todd and Shawn Hansen’s three-year-old Sweet Renata won a mile, $75,000 maiden claiming race at Santa Anita on February 5. Bred in California by Stormy Hull and Ginger Samples and trained by Craig Dollase, the filly is a daughter of Stormin Fever and one of two winners from foals – the other being Barbara Shinpoch Stakes winner Sweet Saga –  out of the winning Cahill Road mare Cielo Dulce. Finishing a half-length behind her in second was Dan Agnew, John Xitco and William Branch’s Vow Me Over, a daughter of Broken Vow trained by Mark Glatt. Agnew, Xitco and Branch also race I B Mike, a five-year-old California-bred son of Sky Terrace who won a 5 1/2-furlong allowance/$20,000 optional (N) claiming race at Santa Anita by 2 1/2 lengths on February 8. Claimed by the trio out of a third place finish in a $25,000 claiming event at Golden Gate in late December, I B Mike, who is also trained by Glatt, has a lifetime record of 5-3-5 from 19 starts and has earned $111,718.

2014 Washington claimer of the year Touch the Sun was claimed by trainer/owner Kenneth A. Person for $8,000 out of his February 7 win at Turf Paradise. The now seven-year-old gelding by Bertrando-Sweethrtofsigmachi, by General Meeting, has a record of 16-8-8 from 51 starts and has earned a total of $136,883. Bred by Dr. Duane and Susan Hopp, he had most recently raced for Charles Garvey and TG Racing LLC and was trained by Robertino Diodoro.

Four-year-old Articulate earned her second victory for Dr. Rodney Orr in a mile $12,500 claimer at Golden Gate on February 7 by one length. The Kentucky-bred daughter of Dunkirk-Mia Gatto, by Cat Thief, has earned $22,614.

Lotta Attitude scored her second 2015 victory after she took a $40,000 claiming sprint at Santa Anita by 5 3/4 lengths on February 15. The four-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Sharp Humor-Kickin’ the Clouds, by Dixieland Band – who was haltered out of the impressive win by trainer Ted West for Gulliver Racing LLC – improved her record to 4-3-2 from a dozen starts and is only $57 away from the $100,000 mark.

WTBOA Sale poster boy and multiple Grade 1 winner Smiling Tiger’s first reported foal is a colt out of 2002 Washington Breeders’ Cup Oaks winner Erica’s Smile, a multiple graded stakes-placed daughter of  Williamstown. Born on January 29, the foal is owned by Phil Lebherz, who campaigned the $1.4-million earner with Alan Klein and stands him at Harris Farms in California.