Jean Elizabeth Rockets to Whimsical Win for Eight Straight
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ftboa.com • Tuesday & Wednesday • June 23 & 24, 2020 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or email: [email protected] In This Issue: Red King Rules San Juan Capistrano Blitzkrieg Leads to Win American Tamiami Has Bright FSS Future Warren’s Showtime Rolls to the Win Riding King Prat Focused on Winning Casino Grande Will Attempt Jackpot Bredenbury Gets First North American Win in Lady Shipman Siren Lure Stakes Won by Big Runnuer Track Results & Entries Gulfstream Park Charts Jean Elizabeth/BURNS PHOTO Tampa Bay Downs Charts Jean Elizabeth Rockets to Florida Stallion Progeny List Whimsical Win for Eight Straight Florida Breeders’ List Wire to Wire Business Place BY WOODBINE PRESS OFFICE _____ Richard Ravin and Patricia’s Hope LLC. Leaving from inside of her nine foes in TORONTO—Jean Elizabeth earned her the six-furlong sprint for older fillies and Featured Advertisers eighth consecutive stakes victory as she mares, Jean Elizabeth darted out for a dominated her rivals in the $125,000 quick three-length lead and set fractions of Bloodstockauction USA Whimsical Stakes (Grade 3) on the first :22.36 and :44.78 en route to victory in summer Sunday of the Woodbine meet. 1:09.86. Summer Sunday, Canada’s reign- FTBOA The popular shipper returned to the ing champion female sprinter, chased the Florida Department of Agriculture scene of her Sweet Briar Too Stakes and winner most of the way and finished third Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply Grade 3 Ontario Fashion Stakes wins that as Painting closed late to steal the runner- launched her current streak last fall for up honours. Seminole Feed trainer Larry Rivelli and co-owners See WOODBINE on page 3 Florida Equine Communications Back to Top Page 3 Woodbine Continued from COVER “She’s a rocket,” said winning jockey David Moran. “I wasn’t expecting her to be that quick with her ears pricked down the back.” Moran noted the speedy mare was just toying with her rivals. “She just pricks her ears and I think she just waits for a bit of company to go on again.” Jean Elizabeth, who set a stakes record last time out in February’s Lightning City at Tampa Bay Downs and is targeting the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1), paid $3.40 to win. The 5-year- old homebred daughter of Ocala Stud stallion Adios Charlie and Rooney Doodle, by Lit de Justice now boasts a career record read- ing 15 wins from 21 starts and more than $680,000 in purse earn- ings. Moran, who is a father of nine children with his wife Maria expecting in the coming weeks, took a moment after winning the first graded stakes of the meet to thank his kids for their Father’s Day cards and gifts and give a shout out to his own dad back home in Ireland. He also went on to dedicate the race to a special horseman. “I want to give a special mention today to Frank Forde—the backbone of horse racing here at Woodbine, one of the grooms— who passed away suddenly last week,” Moran said. “I’d like to dedicate this race to him.” Hard work pays off for Hoyte Jason Hoyte, a longtime respected exercise rider at Woodbine, celebrated his first Canadian win as he guided the 3-year-old filly French Charm ($3.30) to a maiden-breaking score in the Sunday opener. The daughter of Commissioner overtook longshot leader Classy n’ Silent down the stretch and held off Anita Grigio at the end of the five- and-a-half-furlong contest to win in 1:06.18 for trainer Ricky Griffith and owners Steve Duffield and Racing Canada Inc. “It means so much to me. It’s just a blessing come true. Hard work does pay off,” Hoyte said of his first Woodbine win. Hoyte began his race riding career in Barbados back in 2000, winning his first race Jason Hoyte/BURNS PHOTO with Tikashar at the Garrison Savannah racetrack. He arrived in Canada in 2004 and started gal- loping horses for Steve Owens then became the go-to morning rider for Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse for 16 years, breezing some of the biggest stars of the sport in preparation for the biggest races including the likes of Hall of Famers Tepin and Sealy Hill. Hoyte, who was inspired by his friend and fellow jockey Keveh Nicholls to return to racing action, made just his 13th start a win- ning one. 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Gantt, Associate Vice President Membership Services & Events Division of Marketing and Development (850) 617-7286 – Direct Line 352-629-2160 • Fax: 352-629-3603 • 801 SW 60th Ave. • Ocala, FL 34474 [email protected] • www.FDACS.gov www.ftboa.com [email protected] www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse 45959 Back to Top Page 5 Red King Rules San Juan Capistrano BY SANTA ANITA PRESS OFFICE______________________ ARCADIA, CA—Third in the race a year ago, Red King took cen- ter stage in the 81st renewal of the $100,000 San Juan Capistrano Stakes (Grade 3) on Sunday at Santa Anita, as he forged by odds on favorite Ward ’n Jerry at the top of the stretch en route to an impressive four-and-a-quarter-length win under Umberto Rispoli. Trained by Phil D’Amato, Red King, a 6-year-old horse by English Channel, navigated the marathon mile-and-three-quarters on turf in 2:46.67. Breaking from the top of Santa Anita’s Camino Real Turf Course, Red King was unhurried early and was fifth, about nine lengths off of dueling leaders Kershaw and Ward ‘n Jerry through a first quarter-mile in :23.21. Fifth, but only five lengths back off of a :46.66 half-mile as the field angled up the backside, Red King moved into third, about two-and-a-half lengths off the leaders midway around the far turn and wheeled three-deep turning for home, from where he inhaled Ward ’n Jerry approaching the fur- long pole. “Growing up here in LA, this was always one of my favorite races as a kid,” D’Amato said. “I remember I used to stand on the apron way past the wire and watch them come home in this race, just so I could take it all in. It’s an amazing race and it’s really cool Red King/BENOIT PHOTO to win it. has earnings of $278,115. “My horse won his last race and that picked his confidence up. “It was my first time going from the top of the downhill and it It looked like maybe the favorite moved a little soon and Umberto is beautiful,” said Italian native Rispoli, who was also riding Red was in the right spot.” King for the first time. “The grass is amazing, it’s a really good A first condition allowance winner going a flat mile on turf track. It’s been a long time since I’ve gone so far in a race because May 24, Red King was off at 7-2 and paid $9.80. in Europe, we used to go quite enough every day. But it was a Owned by Little Red Feather Racing Gordon Jacobsen and good feeling, obviously you need a horse like that.” Philip Belmonte, Red King, who is out of the A.P. Indy mare Youre Siberian Iris, the lone female in the lineup, rallied from far Speeding, picked up his first ever stakes win and his sixth win back for the place, finishing second, three quarters of a length in from 27 career starts. With the winner’s share of $60,000, he now front of Ward ’n Jerry in third. Longshot Blitzkrieg Leads Throughout to Win American Stakes BY SANTA ANITA PRESS OFFICE ____________________ (fifths) and galloped out in 1:12. He worked so good, we were tempted to put him back on the dirt, but we stuck to the plan and ARCADIA, CA—With a solid work under his belt and a post I’m glad we did. I told Victor that with Bolo drawn way outside, position advantage, the Doug O’Neill-trained Blitzkrieg was let’s go and I think maybe we can steal it. He’s back no question. hustled to the lead and made every pole a winning one as he This is the horse we thought we had all along.” took Sunday’s $100,000 American Stakes (Grade 3) by one Well beaten at 57-1 in the Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile here on length. Ridden for the first time by Victor Espinoza, the 5-year- May 25, Blitzkrieg was off at 7-1 in a field of nine 3-year-olds old gelding by War Front got a flat mile on turf in 1:33.46.