ftboa.com • Tuesday & Wednesday • April 28 & 29, 2020 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or email: [email protected] In This Issue: The King Is On The Grounds Oaklawn Splits Arkansas Derby Hop Kat Skips to Victory Tacitus Returns in Oaklawn Handicap Anthony James Partners Joins NTRA Groups Ask to Guard Against Further Ag Consolidation USDA Leadership Update Stakeholders Gulfstream Park Charts Kaufy Bean/LAUREN KING PHOTO Tampa Bay Downs Charts Kaufy Bean Splashes Home Track Results & Entries Florida Stallion Progeny List to Win Second Straight Florida Breeders’ List BY BROCK SHERIDAN _____________ half in :46.08 while a half-length in front Wire to Wire Business Place of 4-5 favorite Azrael in second. Marco Thoroughbred Corp.’s Kaufy Kaufy Bean began to make a winning Bean made a sweeping move around the move from the four path around the bend Featured Advertisers far turn to take a clear lead turning for and was four lengths in front turning for home and won by daylight in Gulfstream home with 2-1 choice Wild Baoma Corp. Park’s sixth race Sunday, a first level, Medagliad’oro and Tyler Gaffalione giv- $20,000 optional claiming race for ing chase in second. Journeyman Stud Florida-bred 3-year-olds and older. Kaufy Wild Medagliad’oro could not get clos- Bean was the best of a six-horse field who er than two-and-a-quarters lengths from Bloodstockauction USA went a mile on the main track for a purse Kaufy Bean at the finish but was more FTBOA of $41,000. than 11 lengths ahead of Mozo Bella in Ridden by Hector Barrios for trainer third as they posted a final time of 1:38.06 Florida Department of Agriculture Herbert Miller, Kaufy Bean raced a close on the sloppy and sealed track. up fourth down the backstretch as 34-1 Azrael, Totono and Unlockthepotential Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply longshot Totono clicked off fractions of Seminole Feed :23.02 for the first quarter-mile and the See GULFSTREAM on page 3 Back to Top Page 3 Gulfstream Continued from COVER completed the order of finish. Because the race was originally scheduled for the turf, there were several scratches including Ambassador Jim, Lagoon Macaroon, Over the Channel, Resident Liberal and Rhythmia. Kaufy Bean returned $11.20 with odds of 9-2. It was the second consecutive win for the 3-year-old Kaufy Bean, who dominated a $50,000 claiming race at Gulfstream going a mile on the turf, winning by six lengths on March 29. By Ocala Stud stallion Adios Charlie out of Kaufy Queen, by Indian Charlie, Kaufy Bean has earned a check in each of his eight career starts with his worst finishes coming three times when fifth including in his career debut in July after acting up in the starting gate and in the $75,000 Juvenile Sprint won by As Seen On Tv at Gulfstream Park West in November. More importantly, he has also won three times in his short career while earning $85,832. He has provided a good return on investment as he was purchased for $20,000 by Aubrey Muragh out of the 2019 Ocala Breeders’ Sales March Sale for $20,000 where he was consigned by Ocala Stud. He was bred in Florida by Dr. Edward Weist and Oakleaf Farm. Other Florida-bred winners on the Gulfstream Park card were Go Gone Gone, who took the first race at the $16,000 claiming level; Chinomadito, winner of the second race, a $25,000 maiden claiming; R Kiss Em Goodbye, who is also by Adios Charlie and the winner of $16,000 claiming event carded as the fourth race; Jeana’s Gem, a daughter of Oakton Farm stallion Big Drama who won a maiden special weight in the day’s fifth race; and Roddick, by Arindel stallion Brethren and the winner of a $12,500 claiming race in the day’s ninth race. Florida-bred winners at Tampa Bay Downs included second- race, $16,000 maiden claiming-winner Bati Bati; Bucky’s Drama, by Big Drama and a four-and-a-quarter-length winner of a first level, $75,000 optional claiming event that went as the sixth race; Jost Dreamy, who took the days seventh race, a $10,000 maiden claiming; and Wild Wiggin Jack, a son of Ward Ranch stallion Iqbaal who took a $5,000 claiming race in the day’s last race. Florida breeders were also represented by Oaklawn-winner Final Form, who took a $20,000 waiver claiming that went as the seventh race. CLICK HERE for the latest The Florida Horse ONLINE Back to Top Pioneerof the Nile – Littleprincessemma, by Yankee Gentleman 2020 Fee: $5,000 S&N A Group-placed full-brother to Triple Crown Winner American Pharoah Half-brother to Grade 1 and multiple stakes-winner Chasing Yesterday Broke his maiden at 2 in his 2nd start at Del Mar defeating G2 SW INSTILLED REGARD Also standing Fury Kapcori and Khozan Brent & Crystal Fernung, Owners LOUISE REINAGEL PHOTO LOUISE REINAGEL 5571 NW 100th Street, Ocala, FL 34482 | Office: 352.629.1200 | Fax: 352.629.1201 • [email protected] | www.journeymanstallions.com 45757 Back to Top Page 5 The King Is On The Grounds BY OAKLAWN PRESS OFFICE_________________________ HOT SPRINGS, AR—Tampa Bay Derby (Grade 2)-winner King Guillermo arrived in Hot Springs last week with trainer Juan Carlos Avila in advance of the $750,000 Arkansas Derby (G1) at a mile-and-one-eighth on May 2. Owned by five-time major league All-Star Victor Martinez, King Guillermo and stablemate Trophy Chaser will represent the first local starters for the Florida-based Avila, who amassed roughly 3,000 victories in his native Venezuela before saddling his first United States winner in March 2018. Trophy Chaser, who is owned by Avila, is pointing for the $600,000 Oaklawn Handicap (G2) for older horses, also to be run May 2. King Guillermo, a son of champion Uncle Mo out of Slow Sand, by Dixieland Band, is coming off a four-and-three-quarters- length victory in the $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2) March 7 at Tampa Bay Downs. Avila said he originally planned to train King Guillermo up to the Kentucky Derby, but like numerous horsemen across the country called an audible because of Covid-19. King Guillermo will still be running May 2, just not in the Kentucky Derby after it was moved to Sept. 5. “I didn’t have to change my training schedule,” Avila said after King Guillermo returned to the Heavenly Prize barn at Oaklawn. “He worked very well Wednesday, very nice, at Gulfstream. He’s ready to run.” King Guillermo covered a half-mile over a fast track in :48.18, his third published work at Gulfstream Park since winning the Tampa Bay Derby at odds of 49-1. King Guillermo won the Tampa Bay Derby in 1:42.63 for the mile-and-one-sixteenth, the third- fastest time in race history. King Guillermo and Trophy Chaser were vanned to Oaklawn Thursday, Avila said. “He’s a nice horse,” Avila said of King Guillermo. “The perspi- ration, the aerobic, it’s very nice. He seems like he can run two miles. It’s excellent. It’s amazing, this horse. I’ve only been in the United States three years. I worked for 30 years in Venezuela. I’ve never seen one horse like this. I have 3,000 wins and many won King Guillermo/COADY PHOTO many stakes internationally. This is an amazing horse.” Overall, King Guillermo has two wins from four lifetime starts and earnings of $240,350. Martinez purchased the colt for $150,000 at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training where he was consigned by Gene Recio. A late Triple Crown nominee, King Guillermo has 50 points to rank 10th on the Kentucky Derby leaderboard. The Arkansas Derby will award 170 total points (100-40-20-10) to the top four finishers toward starting eligibility for the Kentucky Derby. The Arkansas Derby was split into two 11-horse divisions Sunday with King Guilllermo drawing post four in the second division. Avila has given the riding assignment on King Guillermo to Samy Camacho. The morning line favorite in the second division is the Bob Baffert- trained Nadal at 5-2 with Joel Rosario named to ride from post five. Baffert will also saddle the program favorite in the first division in Charlatan, who has drawn post one with jockey Martin Garcia. Blackberry Wine completed major Arkansas Derby prepara- tions by working a half-mile in :48 over a good track Saturday morning. Shooters Shoot also breezed Saturday morning, cover- ing five furlongs in 1:00. It was the fastest of 10 works recorded at the distance. After the Kentucky Derby was moved to the fall, Oaklawn responded by shifting the Arkansas Derby from April 11 to May 2. Blackberry Wine (inside)/COADY PHOTO Back to Top Back to Top Page 7 Oaklawn Splits Arkansas Derby Both Divisions to Carry Full Kentucky Derby Points BY OAKLAWN PRESS OFFICE ______________ HOT SPRINGS, AR– In a move believed to be unprecedented in American racing history, Oaklawn will split the 84th running of the Arkansas Derby Saturday, May 2. Thanks to the cooperation of Churchill Downs, both divi- sions will carry the full 170 qualifying points for the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve. The Arkansas Derby was originally scheduled to have a purse of $1,000,000.