ftboa.com • Tuesday & Wednesday • Dec. 8 & 9, 2020 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION FLORIDA’SDAILYRACINGDIGEST FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or email: [email protected] In This Issue: Bodexpress Retires Wednesday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $400K Carmouche, Clement Earn AQU Titles Holiday Toy Drive Benefits Boy & Girls Club of Marion County Kentucky Derby Leaderboard Honor Way Secures Second Straight Stakes Win in Garland of Roses Gulfstream Park Charts Track Results & Entries Florida Stallion Progeny List Florida Breeders’ List Proud Emma/BENOIT PHOTO Wire to Wire Business Place Proud Emma Rolls Click for Holiday Hours in Bayakoa Stakes Featured Advertisers BY LOS ALAMITOS PRESS OFFICE _ ing for the sidelined Hall of Famer Mike Florida Department of Agriculture Smith—for trainer Peter Miller and owners FTBOA CYPRESS, CA—Returning to dirt and get- Gem, Inc. and Tom Kagele, Proud Emma Gulfstream Park ting the waiting ride she prefers, Proud Emma was reserved off of the early pace set by Journeyman Stud rallied to defeat Message and four others fil- Miss Stormy D and Stellar Sound, rallied Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply lies and mares in the $100,0000 Bayakoa outside and out-finished Message in the Ocala Stud Stakes (Grade 3) Sunday at Los Alamitos. Seminole Feed Ridden by Juan Hernandez—substitut- See BAYAKOA on page 3 Back to Top Page 3 Bayakoa Continued from COVER final sixteenth to prevail by a half-length. Message was six lengths in front of third place-finisher Stellar Sound, who was fol- lowed in order by Miss Stormy D, Blue Diva and Donut Girl. The win was the sixth in 16 starts for the daughter of Include and the Proud Citizen mare Debutante Dreamer. Her first success in a graded stakes increased her earnings to $304,658. The 9-2 fourth choice in the field of six, Proud Emma paid $11.20 on a $2 win ticket while completing the mile-and-one-six- teenth in 1:42.40. Message finished second, six lengths clear of Stellar Sound, who rushed to battle for the lead and opened up two lengths after a half mile despite breaking last. “She ran great,’’ Kagele said. “We’ve been trying to get a grad- ed stakes with her and she finally did it for us today. She likes to sit off it and it set up very nicely for her. We were confident she would come running. She shows up everytime, but this was awe- some. We plan to keep her in training in 2021.’’ This was Hernandez’s first collaboration with Proud Emma, whose most recent win came when she finished in a dead heat with Message in the Tranquility Lake Stakes Aug. 28 at Del Mar. “[Miller] told me to just sit behind the speed and she’d give me a strong run. She relaxed perfectly, then really responded when I asked her to get by [Message].’’ Racing resumes Thursday at Los Alamitos. Post time is 1 p.m. PST, 4 p.m. EST. Los Alamitos Statement Regarding Horses Shipping In From Outside of Southern California During Los Angeles County Fair Meet Horses having been trained outside of Southern California coming to compete at the Los Al Meet must be placed in barns of trainers presently having horses in Southern California and must be placed under the exclusive care of a Southern California trainer and his/her personnel. The California Horse Racing Board has advised that when horses coming from outside of Southern California are entered to run at the Los Al Meet, the horse’s original trainer will be consid- ered for purposes of entry and in the racing program as the trainer and the trainer whose barn the horse is stabled will be reflected as the substituted trainer. As to a trainer having horses both in Southern California and at Golden Gates Fields, it is expected that such trainer will self-quar- antine in accordance with Center for Disease Control Guidelines if he/she has been exposed to Covid-19. In any event, trainers having been outside of Southern California during the month of November will be denied access to the Los Alamitos grounds in the absence of proof of a timely negative Covid-19 Test. Jockeys and valets who have not been riding/working at the Los Alamitos Quarter Horse Meet but have been working/riding in Southern California must present proof of a timely negative Covid-19 Test prior to participating/working at the Los Al Meet. Because of the existing circumstances, jockeys and valets at the Los Al Meet will be restricted to those who have been riding/working in Southern California. Los Alamitos existing protocols regarding Covid-19 will con- tinue to be strictly enforced. Those on the Los Alamitos grounds must wear face masks and practice social distancing. Admission to the grounds will continue to be subject to temperature checks and a health screening. Back to Top Back to Top Page 5 Bodexpress Retires BY BROCK SHERIDAN ______________________________ Bodexpress, the recent winner of the Grade 1 Clark Stakes presented by Norton Healthcare at Churchill Downs, has been retired from racing according to a tweet posted by trainer Gustavo Delgado late Sunday evening. “With great regret, we announce the retirement of Bodexpress. He suffered a career ending injury while winning the G1 Clark Handicap. A very talented colt, who finally showed his potential at CD. Thank you Bode for the journey & memories. To his fans, Thank you for your support!!!” the train- er said on his Twitter account. The 4-year-old son of Bodemeister out of Pied a Terre, by City Zip had several notable moments in his career including his qualification for the 2019 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) as a maiden after finishing second to Maximum Security in the Curlin Florida Derby (G1) just prior to the Run for the Roses that year. He is also infamous for completing the course without the benefit of jockey John Velazquez in the 2019 Preakness Stakes (G1), after tossing the Hall of Fame rider shortly after the start. He won his first career race following a five-month break Bodexpress/COADY PHOTO after the Preakness when he took a maiden special weight by three lengths at Gulfstream Park West on Oct. 14, 2019. In his next start, he set the track record for a mile on the main track at the Miami Gardens, Fla., track while completing the distance in Holiday Toy Drive 1:35.58 on Nov. 20, 2019. He was also third in both the 2019 Harlan’s Holiday Stakes Donate Now – ends December 8 (G3) and in the 2020 Hal’s Hope Stakes (G3); and fifth in the $3 million, Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) won by Mucho Gusto in January of 2020, all three of which were at Gulfstream Park. The consistent bay colt finished his career with four wins, four seconds and three thirds in 14 starts while earning $694,600 while competing many times against of the best of his class. Bodexpress raced for the partnership of Top Racing LLC, Global Thoroughbred and GDS Racing Stable and was bred in Kentucky by Martha Jane Mulholland. In a separate tweet, Delgado said Bodexpress is currently stabled on a farm in Ocala, Fla., while plans for a stallion career are being finalized. His popularity among fans was illustrated by the more than 40 comments, 169 retweets and 525 likes on the retirement Click to View tweet. Tampa Bay FSS Win Only Supplements Date Race Conditions Distance Purse 1-16 Pasco Stakes 3yo 7 fur. $125,000** 1-16 Gasparilla Stakes 3yo fillies 7 fur. $125,000** **Includes $50,000 Win Only Supplement for Florida Sire Stakes Eligible Horses, and $25,000 Win-Only Florida-bred Supplement **Closing Jan. 2 Back to Top Back to Top Page 7 Wednesday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $400,000 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool that it is at Gulfstream. will be guaranteed at $400,000 Wednesday at Gulfstream Park. “I believe in the past some people looked at it as a year-end First race post Wednesday is 12:35 p.m. EST. blowout. But I see it as the launch of a new year,” Hamelback said. The popular multi-race wager went unsolved for the fifth day “The Breeders’ Cup kind of wraps up the year. But because it’s at of the Championship Meet Sunday, when winners in the sequence Gulfstream, and the opening weekend of the Championship Meet, included Florida-bred Cajun Embers ($65.40), My Boy Blue I think it’s become the beginning of a new year. I think if it was ($23.80), Competitive Speed ($20.40) and Choate Bridge earlier in the fall or summer, you wouldn’t have the buildup or the ($25.20). quality you have. The job [vice president racing] Mike [Lakow], Multiple tickets with five [stakes coordinator] Eric Friedman and, of course [executive of six winners were each director of Florida racing operations] Billy Badgett did was worth $2,554.74. incredible.” There will also be a In the nine years the Claiming Crown has been held at Super Hi-5 carryover Gulfstream, handle on the day’s program has increased each year. Wednesday of $4,584.26. Prior to 2012, the largest handle on the previous 13 Claiming The jackpot pool is only Crown programs—Claiming Crown races only—was $4,906,096. paid out when there is a sin- On the nine Claiming Crown races held at Gulfstream Saturday, gle unique ticket sold with handle was $12,074,238.