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FLORIDA’SDAILYRACINGDIGEST Essential Quality One to FSS Yearling Deadline Reminder Beat in Kentucky Derby 147 May 15 - $250 Medina Spirit and Soup and Sandwich Represent Florida Click here for form Click here to check eligibility BY BROCK SHERIDAN__ Toyota Blue Grass (G2)- In This Issue: winner Essential Quality and Santa Anita Derby Por Que No Set for Stakes Debut in (G1)-winner Rock Your Saturday’s Honey Ryder World will become the thir- ty-first and thirty-second Into Mystic Holds off Change of Control horses to take an undefeated to Take Unbridled Sidney record into the starting gate before the annual Run for Champion Digital Age to Take on the Roses as the two sopho- Colonel Liam in Turf Classic mores top a cast of 20 soph- omore thoroughbreds in the Mayor Guinn Makes Derby Wager with 147th running of the Mayor of Louisville Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve at Gulfstream Park Charts Churchill Downs Saturday. The Kentucky Derby offers Tampa Bay Downs Charts a purse of $3 million and the large field will compete at Florida Stallion Progeny List the classic distance of a mile-and-one-quarter. Florida Breeders’ List Essential Quality is the 2-1 morning line favorite Wire to Wire Business Place and Rock Your World is the 5-1 second choice. Each will try to become only the Featured Advertisers tenth undefeated Kentucky Derby winner behind Essential Quality/COADY PHOTO Florida Department of Agriculture Regret, a filly who won the Derby in 1915; of Louisville, Ky., to win the Derby. Cox FTBOA Morovich (1922), Majestic Prince (1969); has two chances Saturday as he will also Journeyman Stud saddle Juddmonte Farms’ Mandaloun, who Seattle Slew (1977); Smarty Jones (2004); Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply Barbaro (2006); Big Brown (2008); is listed at 15-1 in the program. Nyquist (2016); and Justify in 2018. Essential Quality is also the second Ocala Stud Should Essential Quality win, he would undefeated horses in the last three years to Pete Smith Equine Hospital also make trainer Brad Cox the first native Seminole Feed See KENTUCKY DERBY on page 3
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Continued from COVER be ridden by Luis Saez in the Derby. In 2019, Saez crossed the finish line first on the unbeaten Maximum Security but he was dis- qualified for interference during the running of the race and placed 17th. Essential Quality will face a rematch in the Derby with Highly Motivated, who tested him in a stretch-long battle to the finish in the Grade 1 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland on April 3 in the most recent race for both. Essential Quality finished a neck bet- ter than his rival that day and should he win Saturday, Essential Quality will become the 24th Derby Rock Your World/BENOIT PHOTO winner to use the Blue Grass as their final preparation race. That would tie the Blue Grass with the Florida Derby (G1) as the most productive Derby prep race for 3-year-olds with the Wood Memorial producing 20 winners of the Kentucky Derby while the Santa Anita Derby has 19. The Champagne (G1) and the Hopeful (G1) have produced 23 and 20 winners respectively, but both race are for 2-year-olds. With a victory Saturday, Essential Quality would also become the first Derby winner since Nyquist in 2016 to take the Kentucky
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Back to Top Page 5 Kentucky Derby page 3 Continued from Derby after being named the 2020 champion 2-year-old male in the previous year. Last year, Essential Quality finished his campaign by the winning the Grade 1 TVG Breeders’ Cup Juvenile pre- sented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance at Keeneland in November. The last to pull off that double was also Nyquist. Since winning the Breeders’ Cup, Essential Quality has just two starts having taken the Grade 3 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn on a sloppy track on Feb. 27 and the Blue Grass. He is by Tapit out of Delightful Quality, by Elusive Quality and in five career starts has amassed $2,265,144. Street Sense (2007), California Chrome (2014), American Pharoah (2015) and Nyquist (2016) are the only horses that entered the Kentucky Derby with at least $1 million in career earnings and won the race. A total of 52 millionaires have started in the Derby and 17 have been post time favorites. (The millionaire filly Serena’s Song was the post time favorite in 1995 while being couple with Timber Country.) Although Rock Your World is expected to get plenty of support through the mutuel windowns, the lightly-raced colt has but three lifetime starts, two of which came on Hot Rod Charlie (left) and Florida-bred Medina Spirit (right)/SANTA ANITA PHOTO grass including his first career race against special weight Corby come in sixth in 1993. maidens going six furlong on the turf at Santa Anita on Jan. 1. He In his three starts, Rock Your World has earnings of $546,600. also won the $100,000 Pasadena Stakes going a mile on grass at He has post 15 and Joel Rosario will ride. Santa Anita on Feb. 27. Rosario will be looking for his second Kentucky Derby victory Rock Your World is trained by John Sadler, who is not won the after winning with Orb in 2013. Derby in four previous tries with his best finish coming when See KENTUCKY DERBY on page 7
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Continued from page 5 Among the 14 trainers with horses in the 2021 Kentucky Derby, only Bob Baffert, Doug O’Neill and Todd Pletcher have hoisted the trophy for the Kentucky Derby-winning trainer. Baffert is tied with Ben Jones as the all-time leader with six Kentucky Derby wins having won with Florida-bred Silver Charm (1997), Real Quiet (1998), War Emblem (2002), American Pharoah (2015), Justify (2018) and last year with Authentic. O’Neill won with I’ll Have Another (2012) and Nyquist (2016); and Pletcher saddled Derby win- ners Super Saver (2010) and Always Dreaming. This year Baffert comes into the Derby with Florida-bred Medina Spirit, who is listed at 15-1 in the program and will race in the red, white and blue colors of Zedan Racing Stables. In his last race, Medina Spirit finished second to Rock Your World in the Santa Anita Derby and was second to stablemate Life is Good, who has been sidelined with a minor injury, in the San Felipe (G2) at Santa Anita on March 6.
In 1997, Baffert came to Louisville with Silver Florida-bred Soup and Sandwich/LAUREN KING PHOTO Charm, a Florida-bred who had also finished sec- But since 1966, Florida breeders have produced 110 Derby ond in the Santa Anita Derby and San Felipe and represented only starters with four winners, five seconds and seven thirds. In addi- the third starter for the now Hall of Fame trainer. tion to Needles and Carry Back, the Florida-bred Kentucky Derby Medina Spirit, who was bred in the Sunshine State by Gale winners are Foolish Pleasure (1975), Affirmed (1978), Unbridled Rice of Ocala, has been a two-time bargain purchase at Ocala (1990) and Silver Charm. Affirmed also won the Triple Crown. Breeders’ Sales having sold for $1,000 as yearling to Christy The six Florida-breds Derby winners compares favorably to all Whitman from Francis and Barbara Vanlangendonck’s other states, provinces and countries save Kentucky with their 112 Summerfield consignment. Whitman then consigned him to the winners. They out-number California Chrome (2014), Decidedly OBS Open Sale in June of 2020 where Zedan picked him up for (1962), Swaps (1955) and Morvich (1922) for California; and Sea another bargain price at $35,000. Hero (1993), Pleasant Colony (1981), Secretariat (1973) and A son from the first crop of Protonico out of Mongolian Reigh Count (1928) for Virginia, who are next in the rankings at Changa, by the Florida-bred stallion Brilliant Speed, Medina four each. Spirit has since earned $315,200 while winning two of five starts Doug O’Neill will saddle TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby including the Grade 3 Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita on (G2)-winner Hot Rod Charlie, who was also a tenacious third to Jan. 30. Medina Spirit in the Robert B. Lewis. He has named Flavien Prat John Velazquez, who won the Derby with Animal Kingdom in to ride. Prat was aboard eventual victor Country House in the 2011 and Always Dreaming, will ride Medina Spirit from post 2019 Derby after Maximum Security was disqualified. eight. Hot Rod Charlie is by 2013 Preakness (G1)-winner Oxbow out The other Florida-bred set for the Derby Saturday is Soup and of Indian Miss, by Indian Charlie and he has won two of seven Sandwich, for Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak Plantation located in races with earnings of $1,005,700. He has drawn post nine. Ocala, Fla. Soup and Sandwich was also bred in the name of her Todd Pletcher will bring to the Churchill Downs saddling pad- Live Oak Stud. dock four starters for the Derby including Florida Derby-winner Soup and Sandwich has only three career starts with the last Known Agenda; JR Steaks (G3) runner-up Sainthood; and Resorts coming when second to Know Agenda in the Grade 1 Curlin World Casino Wood Memorial (G2) first and second place-finish- Florida Derby presented by Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm at Xalapa (G1) at ers Bourbonic and Dynamic One respectively. Gulfstream Park on March 27. The remaining starters in post position order are Like the King, Trained by Mark Casse, who will also saddle Tampa Bay Derby Brooklyn Strong, Keepmeinmind, O Besos, Midnight Bourbon, (G2)-winner Helium for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, Soup and Hidden Stash, King Fury and Super Stock. Sandwich broke his maiden by seven-and-a-half lengths on Jan. 28 at Gulfstream before easily winning a first level, $75,000 optional claiming allowance at Tampa Bay Downs on Feb. 24. By Into Mischief out of the Florida-bred mare Souper Scoop, It’s FTBOA Membership Time! by Tapit, Soup and Sandwich will be ridden by Tyler Gaffalione from post 19 and will try to add to his bankroll of $203,875. Churchill Downs began keeping state-bred records on Derby New to the Florida thoroughbred industry? starters in 1966, so their statistics don’t count Florida-breds Don’t have a Florida-bred yet? Needles (1956) nor Carry Back (1961) among the Florida-bred records. You can still join FTBOA at FTBOA Member Forms
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BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE ______HALLANDALE BEACH, FL—Fano Racing’s Por Que No is sched- uled to make her stakes debut in Saturday’s $75,000 Honey Ryder at Gulfstream Park with a solid foundation that includes four straight victories. The daughter of Wicked Strong will take on eight other Championship Meet-caliber 3-year-old fillies in the Honey Ryder, a mile-and-one-sixteenth stakes on turf that will co-head- line Saturday’s program with the $75,000 Big Drama, a seven- furlong sprint for Florida-bred 3-year-olds and older that also offers a $25,000 win bonus for horses eligible for the Florida Sire Stakes. Por Que No was slow to develop, but the Kentucky-bred filly has certainly made up for lost time for trainer Kent Sweezey. Por Que No may have tested another trainer’s patience, but Sweezey was willing to give her as much time as she needed. “If you look at her workouts, she must have worked three- eighths 10 times, just waiting for her to start picking her feet up and getting her body right. I was taking forever for her to come JIM MCCUE PHOTO around, physically,” Sweezey said. “Mentally, she’s always been finishing second in the Sweetest Chant (G3). In the Feb. 27 cool. She’s been laidback and easy to train. Thankfully, they just let Herecomesthebride (G3), she added a graded-stakes victory to her me take my time with her.” resuming after being placed first via a disqualification of the first- Por Que No, who was purchased for $25,000 at the 2020 OBS place finisher. April sale for 2-year-olds in training, started to come around upon Pletcher will also be represented by Mathis Stable’s Coworth arriving at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream Park’s satellite training Park, who finished fifth in the March 27 Sanibel Island after win- facility in Palm Beach County, where she began showing promise ning a starter optional claiming allowance. while training on turf. Paco Lopez, who guided Con Lima to victory in the Ginger The Sweezey trainee debuted at Gulfstream Dec. 16 in a Brew, returns to the saddle, while Rajiv Maragh has the call on $50,000 claiming race for maidens on turf, racing forwardly before Coworth Park. fading in the stretch. Patricia Generazio’s Mischievous Dream is scheduled to make “She ran a pretty good race first time out, so I said, ‘Let’s run her 2021 debut in the Honey Ryder following a promising juvenile her for $25,000 because nobody’s going to take her and she’ll be campaign. The Christophe Clement-trained daughter of Into eligible for the starter [allowance] and I know that race always Mischief, won the Sorority at a mile on turf, in September. goes,’” Sweezey said. Emisael Jaramillo has the call. Por Que No graduated Jan. 15 while scoring a front-running two- Sayjay Racing LLC and Greg Hall’s Cultured is slated to her and-a-half-length victory, before going on to capture a pair of starter stakes debut while coming off a most impressive debut victory allowances by three-and-a-half lengths and a half-length coming April 11 at Gulfstream. The Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained daughter of from off the pace. She went on to register a gate-to-wire victory by Tiznow broke somewhat slowly for the seven-and-a-half-furlong a length-and-a-half in an April 8 allowance at a mile on turf. maiden special weight race on turf before sweeping to victory by a “If the gate pops and she breaks, she can go right to the lead. If length. she breaks a step slow, you can tuck her in and let her relax,” Hector Berrios has been awarded the return call on Cultured. Sweezey said. “She’s really tactical. She’s a sweetheart.” Chad Schumer and Stephen Screnci’s Karakatsie, Mojallali Sweezey was serving as assistant trainer to Jimmy Jerkens, Stable’s Unshakable U, trainer Michael MacDonald and Kenneth when he trained Wicked Strong, the 2014 Wood Memorial (Grade Doyen’s Mia at Midnight and Dennis Smith and Daniel Walters’ 1) winner. Pens Street round out the field. “They look alike. She’s bay with a star and a snip on her nose. The long body and the athleticism is what we saw in her when we first looked at her,” Sweezey said. Miguel Vasquez has the return mount. Todd Pletcher-trained Con Lima is slated to drop from graded- stakes company for owners Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Joseph CLICK HERE for the latest Graffeo, Eric Nikolaus Del Toro and Troy Johnson. The daughter of Commissioner finished first twice and second three times in The Florida Horse five turf races before finishing fourth on dirt in the March 27 ONLINE Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2). Con Lima won the Jan. 2 Ginger Brew at a mile on turf before
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Back to Top Page 11 Into Mystic Holds Off Change of Control to Take Unbridled Sidney BY CHURCHILL DOWNS PRESS OFFICE ______LOUISVILLE, KY—G. Chris Coleman and Brad King’s Into Mystic turned the tables on Change of Control in posting a three- quarters of a length victory in the 11th running of the $150,000 Unbridled Sidney for fillies and mares Thursday at Churchill Downs. Trained by Brendan Walsh and ridden by Florent Geroux, Into Mystic covered the five-and-a-half furlongs on a Matt Winn Turf Course labeled as good in 1:05.89 to capture the Unbridled Sidney. Elle Z and Yes It’s Ginger dueled for the early lead with Into Mystic sitting in third next to the rail. Turning into the stretch, Into Mystic shot through an opening on the inside and quickly assumed and com- mand and held of Change of Control who had caught her late in the Giant’s Causeway at Keeneland three weeks ago. “She broke super sharp,” Geroux said. “I was able to keep her a little bit off the pace. Perfect trip. The rail was wide open so I took advantage of it turning for home. Into Mystic/COADY PHOTO She was waiting around at the end. I made the lead a little sooner than I wanted, but I just took advantage of victory at Churchill Downs in three grass starts. my position.” Trained by Brad Cox and ridden by Florent Geroux, Set Piece Into Mystic is a 5-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Into covered the mile in 1:38.26 over a Matt Winn Turf Course Mischief out of the Medaglia d’Oro mare Loveofalifetime. She labeled as good. It is the second victory in the Opening Verse for increased her career earnings to $457,923 with Thursday’s check Geroux who took the 2015 renewal aboard The Pizza Man. of $88,350 and improved her record to seven wins, five seconds Set Piece is a 5-year-old son of Dansili (GB) out of the and three thirds in 20 starts. Kingmambo mare Portodora. The victory improved his record to Into Mystic returned $7 to win. seven wins with a second and a third in 14 races and increased Change of Control was second with Winning Envelope rally- his earnings to $211,474 with Thursday’s $54,126 check. ing for third. She’sonthewarpath finished fourth and was fol- "He broke a step slow but he's never been a good gate horse, lowed in order by favored Oleksandra (Aus), Yes It’s Ginger, he's always a little bit sluggish getting away from there,” Geroux Foxxy Belle, Lady Grace, Elle Z and A Bit of Both. said. “I just wanted to be able to save ground and take my time. It looked like on paper there was a bunch of speed horses in Set Piece (GB) Wins Opening Verse there, the one, two and three, so I thought they would go an hon- est pace. He ran a great race here last year in the spring so I was Two races prior to the Unbridled Sidney, Juddmonte’s Set confident with him." Piece (GB) won the 16th running of the $105,734 Opening Verse Set Piece returned $7.80. Overnight Stakes by a length-and-a-quarter for 3-year-olds and Snapper Sinclair rallied for second with Gray’s Fable finish- older. ing third. Sugoi finished fourth and was followed in order by Set Piece surged to the front in deep stretch to post his second Logical Myth, Captivating Moon, Sayyaaf and Spectacular Gem. It pays to breed Florida-breds Learn more about Breeders’ Awards www.ftboa.com Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association
Back to Top Page 12 Champion Digital Age to Take on Colonel Liam in Turf Classic BY CHURCHILL DOWNS PRESS OFFICE ______LOUISVILLE, KY—Klaravich Stables’ defending champion Digital Age (Ire) and Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1)-winner Colonel Liam headline a field of nine older runners entered for Saturday’s 35th running of the $1,000,000 Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (Grade 1). The mile-and-one-eighth grass test will go as the 11th race on Saturday’s 14-race Kentucky Derby Day program with a 5:27 p.m. (all times Eastern) post time. First post time Saturday is 10:30 a.m. Trained by Chad Brown, Digital Age will be attempting to join Divisidero (2016-2017), Wise Dan (2013-2014) and Einstein (Brz) (2008-2009) as the only back-to-back winners of the Turf Classic. Digital Age, who also won the American Turf (G2) here in 2019 in his only other start at Churchill Downs, will be ridden by Javier Castellano and exit post six. Brown will saddle another Klaravich runner in Domestic Spending (GB). A winner of four of five career starts, Domestic Spending will be making his first start since taking the Digital Age/COADY PHOTO Hollywood Derby (G1) over Thanksgiving weekend last fall at Del Mar. Flavien Prat has the mount and will exit post Robert and Lawana Low’s Colonel Liam has won his past five. three starts on the grass, following his victory in the Pegasus with a score in the Muniz Memorial Classic (G2) at Fair Grounds. Trained by Todd Pletcher, Colonel Liam will be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. from post three. The field for the Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic, with rid- ers from the rail out, is: Masteroffoxhounds (Joel Rosario), Count Again (Luis Saez), Colonel Liam (Irad Ortiz Jr.), Ivar (Brz) (Joe Talamo), Domestic Spending (GB) (Flavien Prat), Digital Age (Javier Castellano), Smooth Like Strait (Umberto Rispoli), Cross Border (Ricardo Santana Jr.), Ride a Comet (Tyler Gaffalione). Champion Gamine Heavy Favorite in Derby City Distaff
Michael Lund Petersen’s champion Gamine tops a field of six fillies and mares for the 35th running of the $500,000 Derby City Distaff presented by Kendall-Jackson Winery (G1) going seven furlongs on the main track. Trained by Bob Baffert, Gamine has won six of her seven career starts and capped off her championship campaign with a track record-setting romp in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Keeneland in November. Gamine opened 2021 with a 5-length victory in the Las Flores (G3) April 4 at Santa Anita. John Velazquez has the mount Saturday leaving post four. Her top challenger figures to be Bell’s the One who is seeking to become the first repeat winner of the race. Owned by Lothenbach Stables and trained by Neil Pessin, Bell’s the One has compiled a record of two win and two seconds in four starts at Churchill Downs. Regular rider Corey Lanerie Gamine/CAROLYN SIMANCIK/ECLIPSE SPORTSWIRE PHOTO See CHURCHILL on page 13
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page 12 Continued from has the mount and will exit post three. The field for the Derby City Distaff, with riders from the rail out, is: Estilo Talentoso (Javier Castellano), Sconsin (Irad Ortiz Jr.), Bell’s the One (Lanerie), Gamine (Velazquez), Hibiscus Punch (Luis Saez) and Unique Factor (Joel Rosario).
Whitmore One to Beat in Churchill Downs
Robert LaPenta, trainer Ron Moquett and Head of Plains Partners’ Eclipse Award winner Whitmore looms large in a field of 13 for the 86th running of the $500,000 Churchill Downs pre- sented by Ford (G1) set for seven furlongs. Whitmore, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) last fall at Keeneland to earn champion sprinter honors for 2020, will be making his third start in the Churchill Downs. He was fourth in 2018 and fifth in 2019 that marked his most recent start at Churchill Downs. Whitmore will exit post nine and be ridden by Ricardo Santana Jr. Among the challengers to Whitmore is two-time Grade 1 win- ner Mind Control. Trained by Gregg Sacco, Mind Control returned from a three-and-a-half-month layoff with a runner-up finish in the Carter Handicap (G1) on April 3 to begin his 2021 campaign. Irad Ortiz Jr. has the mount and will leave post two. The field for the Churchill Downs, with riders from the rail out, is: Phat Man (Javier Castellano), Mind Control (Irad Ortiz Jr.), Basin (Jose Ortiz), Flagstaff (Luis Saez), Florida-bred Tap It to Win (John Velazquez), Attachment Rate (Joe Talamo), Shashashakemeup (Florent Geroux), Get the Prize (Miguel Mena), Whitmore (Ricardo Santana Jr.), Bango (Marcelino Pedroza Jr.), Hog Creek Hustle (Corey Lanerie), Endorsed (Joel Rosario), Lexitonian (Tyler Gaffalione).
Got Stormy Heads Churchill Distaff Turf Mile
My Racehorse.com and Spendthrift Farm’s Got Stormy head a field of seven fillies and mares for the 36th running of the $500,000 Longines Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (GI2). Jackie’s Warrior/DOM NAPOLITANO PHOTO Trained by Mark Casse and featuring earnings of more than $2 million, Got Stormy will be making her second start in this race four starts, a streak that included daylight victories in the having finished second in 2019. A Grade 1 winner against males Saratoga Special (G2), Hopeful (G1) and Champagne (G1). and females, Got Stormy opened her 2021 campaign with a nose Jackie’s Warrior finished third behind Essential Quality over a victory over Saturday rival Zofelle (Ire) in the Honey Fox (G3) sloppy track at Oaklawn Park in the Southwest (G3) in his lone Feb. 27 at Gulfstream Park. start of 2021. A six-time graded stakes winner, Got Stormy will be ridden by Joel Rosario has the mount and will exit post three. Tyler Gaffalione and break from post five. Figuring to be one of the main challengers to Jackie’s Warrior The field for the Longines Churchill Distaff Turf Mile, with is Godolphin’s homebred Prevalence. riders from the rail out, is: Jakarta (Luis Saez), She’s Got You Trained by Brendan Walsh, Prevalence started his career with (GB) (Javier Castellano), New York Girl (Ire) (John Velazquez), two blowout victories before finishing sixth in the Wood Zofelle (Ire) (Irad Ortiz Jr.), Got Stormy (Tyler Gaffalione), Memorial (G2) in his most recent start. Tyler Gaffalione has the Blowout (GB) (Flavien Prat), Abscond (Joel Rosario) mount from post five. The field for the Pat Day Mile, with riders from the rail out, is: Three Two Zone (Kendrick Carmouche), Ultimate Badger (Joe Jackie’s Warrior Looks for Pat Day Mile Talamo), Jackie’s Warrior (Rosario), Defunded (Irad Ortiz Jr.), Score Prevalence (Gaffalione), Starrininmydreams (Luis Saez), Whiskey Double (Ricardo Santana Jr.), Dream Shake (Flavien Kirk and Judy Robison’s two-time Grade 1 winner Jackie’s Prat), Sittin On Go (Corey Lanerie), Dreamer’s Disease (David Warrior tops a field of a dozen 3-year-olds for Saturday’s 97th Cohen), Noble Reflection (John Velazquez) and Joe Frazier running of the Pat Day Mile presented by LG&E and KU (G2). (Florent Geroux). Trained by Steve Asmussen, Jackie’s Warrior won his first See CHURCHILL on page 14
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LNJ Foxwoods’ undefeated Annex along with Stuart Janney III’s Scarlett Sky and John Oxley’s Palazzi, the one-two finishers in the recent Transylvania (G3) at Keeneland, top a field of 14 3- year-olds for Saturday’s 30th running of the $500,000 American Turf presented by Derby City Gaming (G2). The mile-and-one-sixteenth grass test serves as the ninth race on Saturday with a 3:40 p.m. post time. Trained by Bill Mott, Annex comes into Saturday’s race off victories in the Palm Beach and Cutler Bay at Gulfstream Park. Irad Ortiz Jr. has the mount and will exit post four. Trained by Shug McGaughey, Scarlett Sky ral- lied from far back to win the Transylvania by a half-length after being beaten by a head in the Palm Annex/COGLIANESES PHOTO Beach by Annex. Joel Rosario has the mount Saturday and will Winfromwithin (Luis Saez), Florida-bred Chess’s Dream (Jose break from post 13. Ortiz), Annex (Irad Ortiz Jr.), Du Jour (Flavien Prat), Royal Prince Palazzi, who took the Texas Turf Mile to start his 2021 cam- (Javier Castellano), Dyn O Mite (James Graham), Barrister Tom paign, is trained by Mark Casse and will be ridden by Tyler (Drayden Van Dyke), Holy Vow (Sophie Doyle), Next (John Gaffalione from post 14. Velazquez), Hidden Enemy (Ire) (Mike Smith), Lucky Law (Ire) The field for the American Turf, with riders and weights from (Florent Geroux), Scarlett Sky (Joel Rosario) and Palazzi (Tyler the inside, is: Excellent Timing (Umberto Rispoli), Gaffalione).
Gulfstream Park Spring/Summer Florida-bred and Florida Sire Stakes Races and Bonuses Date Race Conditions Distance Purse May 1 Big Drama (Fla.) 3yo and older 6 fur. $75,000* Closed May 29 Musical Romance (Fla.) 3yo and older, fillies and mares 6 ½ fur. $75,000* May 16 May 31 Soldier's Dancer (Fla.) 3yo and older 1 1/16 mi. turf $75,000* May 16 June 12 Ginger Punch (Fla.) 3yo and older, fillies and mares 1 1/16 mi. turf $75,000* May 30 July 3 Princess Rooney Invitational (G2) 3yo and older, fillies and mares 7 fur. $350,000** Invite July 3 Smile Sprint Invitational (G3) 3yo and older 6 fur. $200,000** Invite July 4 Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint 3yo and older 5 fur. turf $75,000** June 20 July 31 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Dr. Fager 2yo colts and geldings 6 fur. $100,000 Closed July 31 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Desert Vixen 2yo fillies 6 fur. $100,000 Closed Aug. 14 Benny the Bull (Fla.) 3yo and older 7 fur. $75,000* Aug. 1 Aug. 21 Proud Man 2yo 7 ½ fur. turf $75,000** Aug. 8 Aug. 21 Sharp Susan 2yo fillies 7 ½ fur. turf $75,000** Aug. 8 Aug. 28 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Affirmed 2yo colt and geldings 7 fur. $200,000 Closed Aug. 28 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Susan's Girl 2yo fillies 7 fur. $200,000 Closed Sept. 11 Sheer Drama (Fla.) 3yo and older, fillies and mares 7 fur. $75,000* Aug. 29 Sept. 18 Armed Forces 2yo 1 mi. turf $100,000** Sept. 5 Sept. 18 Our Dear Peggy 2yo fillies 1 mi. turf $100,000** Sept. 5 Sept. 25 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes In Reality 2yo colts and gelding 1 1/16 mi. $400,000 Closed Sept. 25 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes My Dear Girl 2yo fillies 1 1/16 mi. $400,000 Closed Sept. 25 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Wildcat Heir 3yo and older 1 mi. $125,000 Closed Sept. 25 Hollywood Beach 2yo 5 fur. turf $100,000** Sept. 12
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