ftboa.com • Friday • June 26, 2020 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or email: [email protected] In This Issue: Morales Wins 2,000 Zayas Getting Boost from Pletcher OBS July Catalog Now Online Brown Attempts Fourth Straight Motion Trainee to Make Canadian Debut in Nassau Churchill to Allow Fans for Ky Derby Florida-bred Gatsby/LAUREN KING PHOTO Graded Stakes for Hello Beautiful Gatsby To Take Next Step Tiz the Law Favored in Future Wager Track Results & Entries in Bashford Manor Stakes Gulfstream Park Charts BY BROCK SHERIDAN _____________ early before being forced to steady going Tampa Bay Charts into the turn. Arindel homebred Gatsby will look to Jaramillo steered Gatsby to the outside Florida Stallion Progeny List continue his winning ways Saturday at of Golden Pal around the far turn and those Churchill Downs as the 2-year-old Florida- two entered the run for home on even Florida Breeders’ List bred colt is among seven juveniles entered terms while extending their lead on the Wire to Wire Business Place for the $100,000 Bashford Manor Stakes others to more than five lengths. (Grade 3) set to go six furlongs on the Gatsby got the best of his rival in deep main track. stretch and raced under the finish line a Featured Advertisers Gatsby, like all of his six rivals, won his length-and-three-quarters to the good of Berrettini Feed first and only career race and makes his Golden Pal in a final time of :52.36. FTBOA second lifetime start Saturday. Golden Pal finished three lengths ahead of Trained by Juan Alvarado, Gatsby took third-place finisher Just Right Mike. Florida Department of Agriculture the second race of the year for 2-year-olds Gatsby is by Arindel stallion Brethren Florida Equine Communications at Gulfstream Park on April 17 in a mild out of Star Recruit, by Aldebaran and de Meric Thoroughbred Sales upset of odds-on favorite Golden Pal. earned $43,000 for the victory. Eddie Woods Stables With Emisael Jaramillo riding in the Gatsby is the co-second choice at 4-1 in Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply four-and-a-half furlong maiden special the morning line for the Bashford Manor RiceHorse Stables weight, Gatsby sat second early, about two and will break from post three. Tyler Six K’s Training & Sales, LLC lengths off and to the inside of Golden Pal See GATSBY on page 3 Seminole Feed Back to Top Page 3 Gatsby Continued from COVER Gaffalione gets the mount. Favored at 8-5 in the morn- ing line is Cazadero from the Steve Asmussen barn. Cazadero is one of three Bashford Manor entrants, along with Hulen and County Final, with a win over the Churchill Downs surface. The bay son of Street Sense was impressive on May 29 when dominating a field of special weight maidens with a nearly nine-length victory over five furlongs. Cazadero is likely to be the one to catch in the Bashford Manor as well having won his debut while leading from start to finish after a speedy first two furlongs in :22.12. Cazadero is out of Wild Gams, by Forest Wildcat and earned $45,400 for owner Cazadero/COADY PHOTO Barbara Banke in the name of her Stonestreet Stables LLC. Banke also bred Cazadero as Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC. Cazadero has drawn post six and Ricardo Santana Jr. rides. Also at 4-1 in the program is Hyperfocus and jockey John Velazquez in post four. Trained by Todd Pletcher for Repole Stable, Hyperfocus won his first start by a length-and-a-quarter in a four-and-a-half fur- long maiden special weight at Gulfstream Park on May 9. A $100,000 yearling purchase at the 2019 Keeneland September Sale where he was consigned by South Point Sales Agency, Hyperfocus is by Constitution out of Discreet Meating, by Hat Trick (Jpn). Hyperfocus earned $24,000 for his victory. Shipping in from Southern California for the Bashford Manor is Herd Immunity for trainer Peter Miller and owner Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners. Herd Immunity won his first start by a length-and-three quar- ters at Santa Anita on June 20 in a five furlong maiden special weight. Look for Herd Immunity late in the Bashford Manor as in his first start, the chestnut colt raced mid-pack early in the eight- horse maiden race. Set at 9-2 in the morning line, Herd Immunity is a graduate of the 2020 Ocala Breeders’ Sales March Sale where Miller pur- chased him for $25,000 out of the Omega Farm consignment. Omega Farm II as an agent bought the son of Union Rags for $12,000 at the 2019 Keeneland September Sale where he was consigned by Legacy Bloodstock. Herd Immunity is out of Enhanced, by Malibu Moon and counts $30,000 in career revenues. Herd Immunity will break from post five and Brian Hernandez Jr. has been named to ride. The remainder of the field includes longshot and Mountaineer Park-shipper Crown and Coke; the Steve Asmussen-trained Hulen; and County Final, who broke his maiden going five-and- a-half furlongs on the grass at Churchill on June 5. 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He rode one race on May 8, but quickly year-old filly Leishlanick break her maiden for owner Wills Jarrett realized he had not recovered sufficiently to compete at the level to and trainer Angel M. Rodriguez. which he is accustomed. Given the circumstances surrounding his injury and the Determined to reach 2,000 before the current Tampa Bay COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic that has affected all aspects of Downs meeting ended, Morales set his mind to the task. daily life, Morales accepted achieving the feat in front of an empty “I dedicated myself for 10 days to strengthening the area, jog- grandstand, with his wife Erin and their two children, agent Paula ging a lot and doing a lot of Equicizer work,” he said, referring to Bacon and other relatives and friends watching from home. the mechanical horse controlled by a rider’s movement. “It definitely would have been sweeter with them here, but I “When I came back [on June 3], I felt such a difference.” really waited too long. I couldn’t care less if I was the only person Two dates extensions granted by the Florida Department of here,” he said, laughing. Business and Professional Regulation made it possible for But they were foremost in his thoughts beforehand and after- Morales to hit the milestone at Tampa Bay Downs, and he made ward. “Paula has made a big difference in my career, and I think I the most of his opportunity. The Lima, Peru product hit the mark have made a difference in hers,” he said. “We are a great team. I in Wednesday’s second race, a mile-and-a-sixteenth maiden spe- give all the thanks to my wife, my parents and my brothers and sis- cial weight contest on the turf, on 4-year-old filly Sanguine for ter, and my kids [Sophia and Camilo], who watch me every race. owner Augustin Stable and trainer Jonathan Thomas. My parents are in town with me, so we’ll go buy a steak after the After racing in fourth place early, Sanguine and Morales races and celebrate a little.” moved smartly to the lead nearing the far turn and held off a late Morales, a five-time riding champion at Presque Isle Downs in challenge from Aunt Dorothy to win by two-and-three-quarter Erie, Pa., plans to return there for the meeting beginning July 27. lengths. Sanguine paid $4.60 to win as the betting favorite. “I Morales is fourth in the 2019-2020 Oldsmar standings with 61 knew she was the best horse in the race,” Morales said of the victories. He has won two graded stakes, capturing the Grade 2 Super daughter of Quality Road. “I’m glad [Thomas] put the confidence Derby in 2005 at Louisiana Downs on The Daddy and the Grade 3 in me to ride her.” Sam F. Davis Stakes here last year on Florida-bred Well Defined.