ftboa.com • Monday • May 31, 2021 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION FLORIDA’SDAILYRACINGDIGEST FOR ADVERTISING Sound Machine Heard INFORMATION or to subscribe, in Musical Romance please call Antoinette BY BROCK SHERIDAN ______________________ at 352-732-8858 Second to Pacific Gale two starts back in the or email: Grade 3 Hurricane Bertie at Gulfstream on [email protected] March 20 going six-and-a-half furlongs, Sound Machine relished the easier competition to win Saturday’s $75,000 Musical Romance Stakes at the same distance. The Musical Romance is for Florida- In This Issue: bred fillies and mares, 3-years-old and older and also offered a $25,000 win Improving Fulsome Defeates O Besos bonus for Florida Sire Stakes eligible run- in Matt Winn ners as presented by the Florida Sainthood Wins First Stakes by Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Capturing Pennine Ridge Association. Sound Machine is not eligi- ble for the bonus. Award Winner Springs Upset in Charles Breaking from post one with Edgard Whittingham Zayas aboard, Sound Machine broke well and was hustled into contention Wind of Change Splashes to Easy along the rail as recent allowance-win- Mr. Prospector Win ner Bramble Berry and longshot Gulfstream Park Charts Starship Bonita sprinted to the lead to her outside. Track Results & Entries Moving into the turn after a quarter- mile in :22.49, Loriloupies moved up Florida Stallion Progeny List to join the top two in the fight for the Florida Breeders’ List lead as Sound Machine raced patiently behind them while saving ground and Wire to Wire Business Place Heiressall took up a striking position on the outside in fourth. After a half-mile in :45.14, Bramble Featured Advertisers Berry continued to show the way before Sound Machine and Zayas cut the corner Berrettini Feed and shot to the front as they hit the top of Equus Inn Ocala the stretch. Bramble Berry gave chase in Florida Department of Agriculture second with Heiressall making a four-wide FTBOA move in the middle of the track but Sound Journeyman Stud Machine remained in control in the run for home to finish two-and-three-quarter lengths Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply in front of Bramble Berry in second with Ocala Stud Merseyside third. The final time on the fast RiceHorse Stable track was 1:17.74. Seminole Feed Completing the order of finish were Six K’s Training & Sales Woodford Thoroughbreds Florida-bred Sound Machine/RYAN THOMPSON PHOTO See SOUND MACHINE on page 3 Back to Top Page 3 Sound Machine Continued from COVER Heiressall, Starship Bonita, Our Fantasy, Ms Meshak and Loriloupies. Sound Machine paid $6.40 to win as the 2-1 favorite. “She had a little trouble in her last race, but she didn’t fire her best race either. Today, we had her back in form. Early on it looked like she would get beat, but Edgard found room,” trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. said. “Today, she showed a new dimen- sion. She kicked in and showed a lot of determina- Edgard Zayas/COGLIANESE PHOTO tion. Normally, she’s a lit- tle fragile, mentally, she can’t handle that adversity. I was proud to see could handle it today.” It was the second career stakes victory for Sound Machine, who won the $75,000 Glitter Woman Stakes in January of 2020. Most recently, she was fourth, beaten two lengths by winner Compensate in a second condition, $62,500 optional claiming allowance race going six furlongs at Gulfstream on April 26. She has now won three of 14 career starts with four seconds and two thirds while earning $218,139 for owner e Five Racing Thoroughbreds. Sound Machine is out of Ava Pie, by Distorted Humor and she was bred in Florida by Vincent Perez in the name of his Farm III See SOUND MACHINE on page 5 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 Sound Machine page 3 Continued from located in Morriston, Fla. She was a $500,000 yearling at Keeneland September in 2018 where she was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency and purchased by Mike Ryan as an agent. Jesus’ Team Back on Work Tab with ‘Nice, Easy Breeze’ Grupo 7C Racing Stable’s Jesus’ Team returned to the worktab at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream Park’s satellite training facility in Palm Beach Country, Saturday morn- ing for the first time since finishing a troubled sixth in the March 27 Dubai World Cup (Grade 1). The multiple Grade 1 stakes-placed 4-year-old breezed three furlongs in :35.40. “It was a nice easy breeze,” trainer Jose D’Angelo said. “I’m very happy with him. We’ll take our time with him. Maybe he will run in July.” Prior to the Dubai World Cup, Jesus’ Team finished second behind Knicks Go in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Jan. 23 in his 2021 debut. During an eventful 2020 campaign, the son of Tapiture captured a $25,000 claiming race before finishing fourth in the Haskell (G1), third in the Peter Pan (G3) and Jesus’ Team/SCOTT SERIO / ECLIPSE SPORTSWIRE PHOTO Preakness Stakes (G1), and second in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) behind Knicks Go. He tuned up for the Pegasus with a victory in the Claiming Crown Jewel. It pays to breed Florida-breds! — Gulfstream Park Press Office RICEHORSE STABLE Brandon & Alexandra Rice 12110 N.E. Hwy 315 • Fort McCoy, Fla. 32134 Brandon: (352) 817-0943 Ali: (352) 572-5404 Back to Top Back to Top Page 7 Improving Fulsome Defeates O Besos in Matt Winn BY CHURCHILL DOWNS PRESS OFFICE _______________ LOUISVILLE, KY—Juddmonte’s rapidly-improving homebred Fulsome collected his second straight stakes win as he overcame a sluggish start and rallied to defeat Kentucky Derby fifth-place finisher O Besos by three-and-three-quarters lengths in Saturday’s 24th running of the $150,000 Matt Winn Stakes (Grade 3) for 3- year-olds at Churchill Downs. Fulsome clocked the mile-and-one-sixteenth over a fast track in 1:42.88 under Florent Geroux, who rode the winner for trainer Brad Cox. Fulsome broke slow in the field of seven and was rated in last down the backstretch as Tampa Bay Derby (G2)-winner Helium dictated the terms through fractions of :23.75, :48.69 and 1:13.26. O Besos tracked from fourth and pulled himself into contention with the leader around the final turn. When O Besos made his move, Fulsome quickly followed from the outside. The two appeared to be poised for a competitive stretch run but when they passed the final furlong marker together Fulsome took off and drew well clear for the win. “I was pretty confident he could take some dirt in his face and got him to relax early,” Geroux said. “I was just hoping they were going fast up front after the slow break. He was able to go past CHURCHILL See on page 9 Fulsome/COADY PHOTO # 9 C. Khozan o/o Verso a Verso # 355 F. Lookin at Lucky o/o Giant’s Accent # 17 F. American Freedom o/o Visions of Candy F. Maclean’s Music o/o Ginza # 75 F. Karakonite (JPN) o/o Alexandrite # 356 C. Flat Out o/o Million Gift ( JPN) # 137 F. Valiant Minister o/o Birthday Suit # 546 F. Tonalist o/o Rapid Rhythm # 246 C. American Freedom o/o Deep in December # 683 Back to Top Back to Top Page 9 Churchill page 7 Continued from those horses easily to win.” The victory was worth $91,140 and improved Fulsome’s over- all record to four wins and a second in seven starts with earnings of $373,854. The 3-year-old is now perfect in three starts on dirt after run- ning on turf in the first four starts of his career. Previously, Fulsome won the $300,000 Oaklawn Stakes in Arkansas on May 1 by a length-and-a-quarter. “He had two solid works here at Churchill after winning the Oaklawn Stakes,” Cox said. “We were very confident in him by the way he was training. He got off a step slow but he really fin- ished up fast today and was impressive doing so.” Fulsome returned $5.40 as the 8-5 favorite. O Besos finished a length-and-a-quarter in front of Helium. Southern Passage was another half-length back in fourth, and was followed by Ready to Pounce, Game Day Play and Sittin On Go. Hello Hot Rod was scratched. Fulsome, a son of Into Mischief out of the Distorted Humor mare Flourish, was bred in Kentucky by his owners. Gam’s Mission/COADY PHOTO The Matt Winn is named in honor of the famed Churchill Downs president that served as the driving force in the develop- Trained by Cherie DeVaux and ridden by Adam Beschizza, ment of the Downs and his beloved Kentucky Derby. Gam’s Mission covered the mile-and-one-eighth on the Matt Winn Turf Course rated “good” in 1:51.02. Gam’s Mission Wins Regret In the early stages of the race, Gam’s Mission’s stablemate Lazy F Ranch’s homebred Gam’s Mission rallied to defeat Postnup and Spanish Loveaffair led the field of eight 3-year-old favored Spanish Loveaffair by three-quarters of a length in the fillies through opening fractions of :24.55 and :49.56 with Gam’s $150,000 Regret Stakes (G3) for 3-year-old fillies at Churchill Mission rating in fifth.