Cory Gal to Challenge Pacific Gale in Hurricane Bertie
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ftboa.com • Friday • March 19, 2021 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: Practical Joke Filly Tops March Sale’s Second Session Clairiere, Travel Column Resume Budding Rivalry Colonel Liam the Star of the Show in Muniz MATT WOOLEY/ECLIPSE SPORTSWIRE PHOTO Tampa Bay Downs Florida Cup Tickets Cory Gal To Challenge Pacific Available On Line ‘Right to Farm’ Expansion Gets House Gale in Hurricane Bertie Report Former Racing Executive Latta Passes BY BROCK SHERIDAN _____________ races for a 24% winning rate with a 45% in-the-money record, Cory Gal had a three- Paradise Farms Corp.’s Cory Gal is race winning streak from August through Gulfstream Park Charts among seven 3-year-fillies, including three October before her first and only race thus other Florida-breds, that will try to upset far in 2021 when second, just a half-length Florida Stallion Progeny List Holly Hill Stable’s Pacific Gale in the off of Hurricane Bertie opponent Sonar in $100,000 Hurricane Bertie Stakes at a second condition, $62,500 optional Florida Breeders’ List Gulfstream Park Saturday. claiming allowance race going six furlongs The Hurricane Bertie is set to go six- at Gulfstream on Feb. 28. Cory Gal was the Wire to Wire Business Place and-a-half furlongs on the main track and even money favorite that day and Sound shares the card with the $75,000 Melody Machine, who finished third, was the 5-2 of Colors Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at second choice to Sonar at 14-1. So both Featured Advertisers five furlongs on the turf and the $75,000 Florida-breds will try to avenge the upset Texas Glitter for 3-year-old going five fur- in the Hurricane Bertie. Baoma Corp longs on the grass. Cory Gal finished 2020 with a two-and- Also representing the Sunshine state is a-quarter-length victory against first-level, Florida Department of Agriculture Lowwood Farm LLC and trainer Fernando $25,000 optional claiming allowance fil- FTBOA Abreu’s Royal Meghan, Arindel’s home- lies, including Sonar in third, on Aug. 20 bred Sonar and e Five Racing before a dominating eight-and-a-half- Journeyman Stud Thoroughbreds’ Sound Machine. length win after an awkward start at the Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply Trained by Peter Walder, who is having same level over a sloppy six-and-a-half an exceptional season at Gulfstream Park’s furlongs on Sept. 20 when trained by Ocala Stud Championship Meet winning 15 of 63 Seminole Feed See HURRICANE BERTIE on page 3 Back to Top Page 3 Hurricane Bertie Continued from COVER Robert Dibona. Walder claimed Cory Gal out of the Sept. 12 victory for $25,000 and then promptly won with her against second condi- tion, $62,500 optional claiming allowance fillies on Oct. 4 at Gulfstream Park West in a race in which she also monopolized with a six-length winning margin. Cory Gal also had a three-race winning streak earlier in 2020 at Gulfstream beginning with a five-length win against $25,000 claimers on March 25, a five-and-a-half-length victo- ry ahead of Royal Meghan in second in first condition, $16,000 optional claiming allowance on April 12 and a first condition, allowance race on May 3. The 5-year-old daughter by Corfu out of With Elan by Offlee Wild sports a solid record of seven wins from 26 starts with six seconds and two thirds with earnings of $255,137 but has never won against stakes-level competition. Her only start at the added-money level came in 2019 when fifth to winner Lovesick in the $75,000 Liza Jane Stakes, also at Gulfstream. Peter Walder/ COGLIANESE PHOTO Bred in Florida by Eric J. Wirth, Cory Gal has post five and will carry jockey Corey Lanerie in the Hurricane Bertie. Pacific Gale drops in class for the Hurricane Bertie after win- ning the Grade 2 Inside Information by two-and-three-quarter lengths at Gulfstream on Jan. 23 in her last start. However, that was only the second stakes win for the 6-year-old mare who also took the 2017 Sorority Stakes at Monmouth Park in her third career start. See HURRICANE BERTIE on page 5 FTBOA Maintains Office Building Drop Box For Official Business While the FTBOA offices remain closed to visitors and mem- bers doing business as a precaution due to the Coronavirus pan- demic, be advised that all services provided by the Association and its related companies remain on going. Most business can be conducted via mail, email or telephone and a drop box has been installed near our side entrance of the FTBOA building at 801 SW 60th Avenue, Ocala, Fla. for mem- bers to use when dropping off time-sensitive documents. Forms may be found at this lo- cation or on our website at www.ftboa.com. Please call us at 352-629- 2160 if you have any questions or contact us at [email protected]. Back to Top Back to Top Page 5 Hurricane Bertie page 3 Continued from However, she has extended experience in stakes recently have made her last five and seven of her last eight starts in black type event. Her best recent effort before the Inside Information was three starts back when second to Honor Way in the $100,000 Pumpkin Pie at Belmont going seven furlongs on a sloppy main track on Nov. 1 before finishing third again behind Honor Way in the $100,000 Garland of Roses at Aqueduct going six furlongs on Dec. 6. Pacific Gale has won four of 28 career races with six seconds and five thirds and is the wealthiest Hurricane Bertie contestant with earnings of $510,170. She is by the Florida-bred sire Flat Out out of Pacific Whisper, by Forestry. Junior Alvarado will ride Pacific Gale from post four. Sonar is perhaps the most consistent of the Hurricane Bertie fillies with a record of four wins and three thirds from only 11 starts with earnings of $149,675. The 4-year-old daughter of Arindel stallion Brethren out of Silent Sighs, by Benchmark makes her first start for trainer Carlos David and Emisael Jaramillo will ride from post six. Sound Machine will be saddled by another trainer with a solid record at Gulfstream this season in Saffie Joseph Jr., who is second in the standings with 46 wins from 218 starters, behind only Todd Pletcher with 53 winners. Sound Machine will be trying to win for the first time since talking the $75,000 Glitter Woman Stakes at Pacific Gale/LAUREN KING PHOTO Gulfstream in January of last year and will have to conditions at the $25,000 optional claiming level by four lengths improve not only from her last start when third to Sonar and Cory in her last start, both going six furlongs at Gulfstream. Gal on Feb. 28, but also when eighth in the Inside Information She is by Uncaptured out of Royal Sighting, by Rahy and has won by Pacific Gale. been a good investment for Lowwood Farm, who purchased her The 4-year-old daughter of Into Mischief out of Ava Pie, by from the breeder and consignor Ocala Stud for $62,000 at the Distorted Humor should never be discounted however, has she has 2019 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Spring Sale. made eight of her 11 starts in stakes and two with three seconds Another 4-year-old with a consistent record, Royal Meghan has and two thirds overall. won three times with three seconds and two thirds in 11 starts with A $500,000 yearling purchase at Keeneland September, Sound earnings of $118,870. Machine has earnings of $151,564 and will break from post seven Javier Castellano will ride Royal Meghan for Abreu and she with Tyler Gaffalione. She was bred in Florida by Farm III. has post seven. Royal Meghan has a two-race winning streak coming into the The remainder of the field for the Hurricane Bertie is Saguaro Hurricane Bertie having won a first condition, $12,500 optional Row with jockey Paco Lopez, Reluctant Bride with Joe Bravo in claiming allowance by six lengths on Dec. 10 and under the same the irons, and Slam Dunk with Julien Leparoux aboard. Gulfstream Park Championship Meeting Florida-bred and Florida Sire Stakes Bonuses Date Race Conditions Distance Purse Mar. 27 Curlin Florida Derby Presented by Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms at Xalapa (G1) 3 yo 1 1/8 mi. $750,000** Mar. 27 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) 3 yo Fillies 1 1/16 mi. $200,000*** **Plus $100,000 Win Bonus for Florida Sire Stakes Eligibles and $100,000 Florida-bred Top 3 Bonus 70%-20%-10%. ***Plus $25,000 Win Bonus for Florida-breds and $25,000 Win Bonus for Florida Sire Stakes Eligibles Back to Top Back to Top Page 7 Practical Joke Filly Tops March Sale’s Second Session BY OCALA BREEDERS’ SALES ner Moonshine Memories. PRESS OFFICE____________________ Sean Flanagan paid $550,000 for Hip 504, a daughter of American Pharoah con- OCALA, FL—Hip 311, a daughter of signed by Eddie Woods as an agent. The Practical Joke consigned by Top Line Sales bay filly, who breezed a quarter in :21.20 LLC as an agent, went to Hideyuki Mori for on Saturday, is out of Forgotten Miss, by $750,000 to top the second and final session Afleet Alex, a half-sister to graded stakes- of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s winner Woodlander.