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ftboa.com • Monday • May 24, 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: Royal Ascot-Bound Extravagant Kid Works at Keeneland Streaking Going Global Impressive in Honeymoon Noble Drama Ekes Out Victory in The Name’s Jimmy Sconsin Scores in Winning Colors Get Smokin Fires in Gate-to-Wire Seek As Time Goes By (inside)/BENOIT PHOTO Again Triumph As Time Goes By Wins Santa Gulfstream Park Charts Maria As Heavy Favorite Florida Stallion Progeny List BY SANTA ANITA PRESS OFFICE ___ inside and then faced the challenge of This Tea to her immediate outside, with well- Florida Breeders’ List ARCADIA, CA—A runaway nine-and-a- regarded Ce Ce unable to mount a chal- quarter-length winner of her most recent lenge four-deep turning for home. Grade 2 stakes assignment, As Time Goes “I told Mike, we’ve been going easy on Wire to Wire Business Place By was all-out to prevail by a nose ahead her, not too hard for this race,” Baffert said 23-1 longshot This Tea in Saturday’s after registering his meet-leading 14th $200,000 Santa Maria Stakes (G2) at Santa stakes victory. “Today, this is the first time Featured Advertisers Anita. Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden she’s come back really blowing. That filly by Mike Smith, As Time Goes By stalked that ran second, ran a big race. “[As Time Berrettini Feed the early pace Saturday and got a mile-and- Goes By’s] heart and true grit made her Florida Department of Agriculture one-sixteenth in 1:43.77. hang in there. We knew Miss Stormy D Breaking from the outside of a four- was quick, and you could tell turning for FTBOA horse field of fillies and mares three and home that my filly wasn’t doing it that eas- Journeyman Stud up, As Time Goes By was content to track ily.” speedster Miss Stormy D to the far turn, When asked what might be next for As Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply where she took charge by a neck at the Time Goes By, Baffert responded, “Right Ocala Stud three furlong pole. From there, she had to now, with the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar, work to shrug off Miss Stormy D to her Seminole Feed See SANTA MARIA on page 3 Back to Top Page 3 Santa Maria Continued from COVER we wanna keep her here and run her here in the fall.” A scintillating gate to wire winner of the Grade 2 Santa Margarita Stakes going a mile-and-one-eighth on April 24, As Time Goes By was off at 2- 5 and paid $2.80. “They ran good, you know, my hat’s off to the filly that finished second, she ran a huge race,” Smith said. “The Lakers don’t always blow every team out, every now and then you gotta fight it out, and that’s what she had to do today. “She’ll get more out of Mike Smith and As Time Goes By/BENOIT PHOTO this race. After she ran the last time out, they kind of backed off her a little bit. She’s a big mare with a big frame and she’ll tend to gain some weight and I could tell she was a little more stocked today. She got a little tired, but she’ll get a whole lot out of that.” Owned by Michael Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier and Derrick Smith, As Time Goes By, a 4-year-old filly by Baffert’s 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, out of the Dehere mare Take Charge Lady, notched her second stakes win and improved her overall mark to four wins, two seconds and a third in seven starts. With today’s winner’s share of $120,000, As Time Goes By increased her earnings to $380,600. This Tea, who was second to As Time Goes By in the Santa Margarita, came within a nose of turning the tables in a huge effort while finishing eight lengths clear of Miss Stormy D. Ce Ce, ridden by Victor Espinoza, was off at 3-2 but tired badly through the lane while never threatening. Florida-breds Make Florida Racing Did you know Florida-bred thoroughbreds won 31.5% of races run at the recent Gulfstream Park Championship Meet? This demonstrates how vital Florida-breds are to the success of Gulfstream Park throughout the year—not just during the Spring/Summer season. Additional good news for Florida breeders—66% of those Florida-bred winners during the Gulfstream Park Championship Meet were sired by Florida stallions. Florida-breds: Race ‘Em or Chase ‘Em! Back to Top Back to Top Page 5 Royal Ascot-Bound Extravagant Kid Works at Keeneland BY KEENELAND PRESS OFFICE____ :11.80, :24, ;36, :49.60 and 1:02.20. “He worked great. He’s doing good,” LEXINGTON, KY—DARRS Inc.’s Florida- Walsh said about Extravagant Kid, who bred veteran Extravagant Kid, who last won would be the trainer’s first starter at Florida-bred Extravagant Kid (outside)/COADY PHOTO the $1 million Al Quoz Sprint (Group 1) Royal Ascot. “Looks like he came out of sponsored by Azizi Developments (Group the race in Dubai good and got back in of Pretty Extravagant, by With Distinction. 1) during the March 27 Dubai World Cup good shape.” He has won 15 of 50 career starts and he card, is preparing to compete at another The fact that Extravagant Kid handled was bred in Florida by Vicino Racing prestigious international racing event: the trip to and from Dubai so well gave his Stable. Royal Ascot in England. The 8-year-old connections confidence in sending him to Another Saturday worker at Keeneland gelding, who has won 15 of 50 starts and Royal Ascot. for Walsh was Godolphin’s Maxfield, who earned $1,581,610, is being considered for “If it worked out good going to Dubai, was clocked in :49.80 for a half-mile in his two races at Royal Ascot: the five-furlong why wouldn’t it work out going to England?” first work since winning the April 30 King’s Stand (G1) on June 15 and the six- Walsh said. “He shows that he’s good enough Alysheba (G2) Presented by Sentient Jet at furlong Diamond Jubilee (G1) on June 19. to take on those kind of horses.” Churchill Downs. The 4-year-old son of Trained by Brendan Walsh, Extravagant Walsh said Ryan Moore, who rode Street Sense is scheduled to make his next Kid on Saturday turned in his third work at Extravagant Kid to his Dubai victory, will start in the June 26 Stephen Foster (G2) at Keeneland since his Dubai performance, ride the gelding at Royal Ascot. Churchill. covering five furlongs in 1:02.20 in com- Extravagant Kid is to accompany the con- “Maxfield is doing great,” said Walsh, pany with stakes-placed winner Lontano tingent of horses trained by Wesley Ward who has around 40 horses stabled at over a fast dirt track. on the flight from Indianapolis. Keeneland. “He worked nice, and we’re Clockers caught him in fractions of Extravagant Kid is by Kiss the Kid out back on the go and on to the next spot.” Back to Top Back to Top Page 7 Streaking Going Global Impressive in Honeymoon BY SANTA ANITA PRESS OFFICE ___ D’Amato said “Each performance, I thought was better than the next and this ARCADIA, CA—In one of the most one I thought, was many lengths better impressive performances of the entire 64- than the last. It’s just exciting to have a day meeting, the Phil D’Amato-trained filly like this going into Del Mar and hope- Going Global (Ire) split horses turning for fully, the sky’s the limit. home and rocketed to a four-and-three- “For a three-year-old filly at this time of quarters-length win in Saturday’s $100,000 the year, she’s probably the best filly I’ve Honeymoon Stakes (Grade 3) at Santa ever had. I’ve had a lot of good Grade I Anita. Ridden by Flavien Prat, Going winning mares, but this early on in their Global got a mile and one eighth on turf in career, I’d say she’s definitely the best 1:46.37 and registered her fourth consecu- three-year-old filly.” tive North American stakes win. A winner of three turf stakes dating Taken in-hand out of the gate, Going back to her U.S. debut, the Grade 3 Sweet Global had two horses beat while fifth, Life Stakes on Feb. 14, Going Global came about eight lengths off pacesetter Pizzazz off a hard-fought neck win in the Grade 3 heading into the clubhouse turn. Fifth in a Providencia Stakes at today’s distance and field of seven sophomore fillies, about was 4-5 favorite this afternoon, returning Going Global (Ire)/BENOIT PHOTO four lengths off the lead while under $3.60. Pagano, Going Global is now unbeaten in restraint mid-way around the far turn, Prat “We had a good pace and she relaxed four stateside starts and has five wins from angled out turning for home, shooting a very well,” Prat, who’s been aboard in all eight overall races. With today’s winner’s gap between Pizzazz and longshot of her local starts, said. “We were able to share of $60,000, she increased her earn- Midnight Diva.

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