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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
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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!
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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.”
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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. save ground and when she found that hole, ings to $248,792. From there, Going Global ran like a she was very impressive. She has a great Last to the quarter pole, Golden rallied wild horse to the wire in a performance turn of foot and yes, that was a pretty good three-wide into the stretch and out-finished that could well have national implications. race for her, her best race so far.” Midnight Diva by a half-length for second. “I think that she’s a filly that is just blos- Owned by CYBT, Michael Dubb, Saul Midnight Diva was two-and-a-quarter soming before our eyes right now,” Gevertz, Michael Nentwig and Ray lengths better than Quattroelle in fourth.
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Back to Top Page 9 Noble Drama Ekes Out Victory in The Name’s Jimmy BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE ______HALLANDALE BEACH, FL—Harold Queen’s Florida- bred Noble Drama made a triumphant return from a four-month layoff, closing from last to eke out a victory in Saturday’s $60,000 The Name’s Jimmy Overnight Handicap at Gulfstream Park. Out of Queen Drama, by Burning Roma, a half-sister to 2010 Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Big Drama and full sister to multiple Grade 1-winner Sheer Drama, Noble Drama showed his class while rallying off a pedestrian early pace to prevail by a nose over Glory of Florida in the mile overnight handicap for 3-year-olds and older. “He gives you 150% every time,” said trainer David Fawkes, who conditioned Big Drama and Sheer Drama, both Queen Florida, homebreds. Unraced since finishing second in the Jan. 16 Sunshine Classic at Gulfstream, the homebred 6-year- old gelding dropped back to trail the six-horse field as Florida-bred Noble Drama/LAUREN KING PHOTO Pro Quality showed the way during a first quarter of a mile in :24.59 on his way to half-mile in :47.85. Emisael Jaramillo (Grade 3) in 2019, Caribou Club, a 7-year-old gelding by City Zip asked Noble Drama for some run leaving the backstretch and the out of Broken Dreams, by Broken Vow trained by Thomas Proctor son of Gone Astray responded with a four-wide rally to enter con- and ridden by Edwin Gonzalez, covered a firm five-furlong turf tention at the top of the stretch. The Florida-bred veteran kicked course in :55.01. in through the stretch to narrowly prevail over a rail-rallying Glory Caribou Club, who raced only three times in 2020, has now of Florida. won 10 of 26 starts on the turf. “Emisael said it took him a little time to get him moving, but Caribou Club has won 10 of 26 starts with three seconds and where he was sitting going into the turn, I was comfortable, four thirds while earning $741,753. although he did have to go four wide,” Fawkes said. “I wasn’t so comfortable right there [at the finish line].” Noble Drama, the 6-5 favorite who carried highweight of 122 pounds, ran a mile in 1:36.39 to claim his sixth career stakes vic- Florida-breds tory and boost is career bankroll over $700,000. “Look at the weight he’s gained. We gave him three months off, Make Florida Racing brought him in and breezed him four times, and he won,” Fawkes Did you know Florida-bred thoroughbreds said. “He’s such a neat horse.” won 36.8% of races run at the recent Tampa Florida-bred Glory of Florida, who was ridden by Samy Bay Downs season? Camacho, finished a neck in front of pacesetter Pro Quality and jockey Miguel Vasquez to complete a Florida-bred trifecta. They were followed by Florida-bred Quenane, Extraordinary and Ournationonparade. This demonstrates Noble Drama is by Gone Astray and has now won eight of 26 how vital Florida-breds starts with seven seconds and three thirds while earning $669,687. are to the success of He paid $4.40 to win. Tampa Bay Downs. Additional good news for Caribou Club Tops Florida-bred Sweep in Florida breeders—72% of those Sunny Isles Florida-bred winners during the Tampa Bay Meeting were sired Glen Hill Farm’s Caribou Club, coming off a year layoff, drove by Florida stallions. to the lead down the stretch to win Saturday’s $60,000 Sunny Isles overnight handicap over Harry’s Ontheloose. Tiger Blood was third and Old Chestnut was fourth to complete a Florida-bred Florida-breds: sweep of the top four. Romario, Florida-bred R Mercedes Boy and Florida-bred Yes I Race ‘Em or Am Free completed the order of finish. Chase ‘Em! Winner of the 2019 Baltimore-Washington International Turf
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Back to Top Page 11 Sconsin Scores in Winning Colors BY CHURCHILL DOWNS and set quick fractions. We were able to sit PRESS OFFICE ______back and bide our time. When I put her out at the top of the lane she finished the job.” LOUISVILLE, KY—The 18th running of Just three week ago, Sconsin finished a Saturday night’s $150,000 Winning Colors game second to champion female sprinter (Grade 3) at Churchill Downs went according Gamine in the $500,000 Derby City Distaff to plan for Lloyd Madison Farms IV LLC’s presented by Kendall-Jackson Winery (G1) homebred Sconsin as she displayed her pow- on Kentucky Derby Day. erful closing kick to rush past early pacemak- “She’s a good filly,” Foley said. “She came ers Rising Seas and 3-5 favorite Frank’s out of the [Derby City Distaff] really good. I Rockette inside the final furlong to win the knew she was going to run well.” six-furlong sprint for fillies and mares by The victory was worth $93,000, which three-and-a-quarter lengths in 1:08.80. pushed the 4-year-old filly’s career earnings Tyler Gaffalione rode the winner for trainer to $546,512 from a record of four wins, three Greg Foley. seconds and a third in in 12 starts. Last Breaking from the rail in the compact field September, Sconsin defeated favorite Four of five, Rising Seas went straight to the front Graces to upset the $300,000 Eight Belles with Frank’s Rockette rushed to join after hes- presented by TwinSpires.com (G3) on itating at the start. Tipsy Gal also was in close Kentucky Oaks Day. pursuit with Sconsin comfortably tracking the “We gave her some time this winter just to leading trio after quarter-mile fractions of back off of her and have her ready for the :21.72 and :44.55. Sconsin was tipped to the spring,” Foley said. “That was the game plan outside after leaving the turn, rallied and flew and everything has gone great so far. She ran past those foes at the furlong pole to draw off a big race to Gamine [in the Derby City for the victory. Distaff] on Derby Day and made her run, any- “Everything set up like we thought it way. She loves Churchill and that’s why I would,” Gaffalione said. “The speed went on Sconsin/COADY PHOTO See WINNING COLORS on page 15 Get Smokin Fires In Gate-to-Wire Seek Again Triumph BY BRIAN BOHL, NYRA PRESS OFFICE ______ELMONT, NY—Entering the $100,000 Seek Again for 4-year-olds and older going one mile on Belmont Park’s Widener turf course, trainer Tom Bush said he was opti- mistic Get Smokin would benefit from a more compact schedule between starts. The ability to get in a rhythm paid off, as the Get Stormy gelding led the eight-horse field through every point of call and held off 9-5 favorite Flavius to post a three-quarters of a length score on Saturday. Get Smokin, who won the Grade 3 Tampa Bay going a mile-and-a-sixteenth on the Tampa Bay Downs turf on Feb. 6, ran eighth after a nearly two-month respite in the Grade 1 Maker’s Mark Mile won by Raging Bull (Fr) on April 9 at Keeneland. Bush said Get Smokin can better demonstrate his ability when wheeling back in just five or six weeks, and the schedule adjustment resulted in his Get Smokin/JOE LABOZZETTA PHOTO second win in three starts of his 4-year-old campaign. Get Smokin broke sharp under jockey Junior Alvarado, leading in a moderate :48.61 over the firm turf as the Chad Brown-trained the field through the opening quarter-mile in :24.25 and the half Flavius pressured the pacesetter from the second position. Out of the turn, Alvarado kept his charge alert, maintaining the edge as Flavius made a stretch-drive bid from the outside. But Get Correction Smokin did not wilt under pressure, finishing strong to the wire in On Page 3 of the Saturday, Sunday, May 22 and 23 issue of a final time of 1:33.96. Wire to Wire, we inadvertently published a photo of Samuel “He’s very quick,” Alvarado said. “If anyone else wants the Camacho Jr. instead of Samy Camacho. We regret the error. lead, they have to work very hard. He broke sharp today again, See SEEK AGAIN on page 17
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