Second Summer sold, headed overseas

DEL MAR, Calif. – Second Summer, the winner of the Grade 2 Californian Stakes at Santa Anita in May, was recently sold and will be sent to a Persian Gulf country to continue racing, former trainer Peter Eurton said.

Eurton said Second Summer was shipped to Kentucky this week to undergo quarantine. Eurton said he was not told who bought Second Summer or where the 4-year-old gelding would eventually be based.

By Summer Bird, Second Summer has won 4 of 14 starts and earned $270,955. The Californian Stakes is Second Summer’s only stakes win. He was seventh in the Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita on June 25 and has not had a workout since that race.

“I tack-walked him in the month of July,” Eurton said.

The purchase price was not disclosed. Second Summer was previously owned by Sharon Alesia, Marc Ferrell, Joe Ciaglia, and Slam Dunk Racing.