ftboa.com • Friday • May 28, 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: Rebel’s Romance Works in Company for Belmont Stakes O Besos vs. Helium in Saturday’s Matt Winn at Churchill C Z Rocket, Warrior’s Charge Represent Florida in Sexton Mile Upstart Lambeau Make Stakes Debut in Triple Bend Florida-bred Chess’s Dream/COGLIANESE PHOTO Chess’s Dream Among Track Entries and Results Seven in Penn Mile Florida Stallion Progeny List Florida Breeders’ List BY BROCK SHERIDAN ____________ Penn Mile entrant Annex in the $100,000 Palm Beach Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Florida-bred Chess’s Dream returns Feb. 27 and to fellow Florida-bred Indy Wire to Wire Business Place to again face graded stakes company on Lyon in the $100,000 Equistaff turf Friday at Penn National as the Sophomore Turf on Florida Cup Day at Mike Maker trainee is among seven 3- Tampa Bay Downs on March 28, both at Featured Advertisers year-olds in the $300,000 Penn Mile a mile-and-one-sixteenth on the turf. (Grade 2). Chess’s Dream is owned by Michael Berrettini Feed The winner of the Grade 3 Kitten’s Joy Dubb, Steven Bouchy, Bethlehem Stables Equus Inn Ocala Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 30 LLC and Chester A. Bishop for whom he Florida Department of Agriculture going a mile on the turf, Chess’ Dream has won two with two seconds and two FTBOA was last seen finishing seventh, but only thirds from eight starts and earnings of Journeyman Stud four-and-a-half lengths behind winner $133,680. He is by Ocala Stud stallion Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply Du Jour in the Grade 2 American Turf Jess’s Dream out of Achalaya, by Ocala Stud Stakes at Churchill Downs going a mile- Bellamy Road and he was bred Loren and-one-sixteenth on May 1. Nichols. RiceHorse Stable Between the Kitten’s Joy and the His is an Ocala Breeders’ Sales alumni Seminole Feed American Turf, Chess’s Dream had two having sold for $20,000 to Reitman Six K’s Training & Sales third-place finishes including a loss to Woodford Thoroughbreds See PENN MILE on page 3 Back to Top Page 3 Penn Mile Continued from COVER Stables at the 2019 Winter Mixed Sale where he was consigned by Francis and Barbara Vanlangendonck’s Summerfield. He was also a $25,000 yearling at the Fasig-Tipon July Sale later that year where he was purchased by Sean S. Perl from the Woodford Thoroughbreds consignment. Jockey Kendrick Carmouche travels to Penn National from New York to ride and they have post four. Chess’s Dream is 5-1 in the morning line. Favored at 8-5 in the pro- gram is Outadore for trainer Wesley Ward and Breeze Easy LLC. The winner of the $65,000 Animal Kingdom Stakes over six-and-a-half furlongs on Turfway Park’s Polytrack main track on March 27, Outadore also won the $492,000 Juvenile Turf Sprint last year at Kentucky Downs also at six- and-a-half furlongs. Between those two starts, the gray or roan son of Outwork out of Adore You, by Tactical Cat Kendrick Carmouche/JOE LABOZZETTA PHOTO was third in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf won by Fire at Will and fifth to winner Senor Buscador in the $200,000 Springboard Mile going a mile on dirt at Remington Park on Dec. 18. Outadore has won three of five career starts with a third and has amassed $469,997 in earnings. See PENN MILE 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 Penn Mile page 3 Continued from Outadore will be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. and they are set to break from the outside post seven. Annex is the 9-5 second choice for Friday’s Penn Mile for trainer William Mott and owner L N J Foxwoods and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners. The chestnut son of Constitution out of You Make Me Sing, by Unbridled’s Song was undefeated in his first three starts including victories in the Palm Beach and in the $100,000 Cutler Bay going a mile on the turf at Gulfstream on March 27. He only loss came when eighth in the American Turf in his last race. Annex has drawn post three and Junior Alvarado will be in the saddle. Another rematch in the Penn Mile is between Chess’s Dream and Original, who was third in the Kitten’s Joy. Since, the John Terranova trainee has one start when third to winner Hard Love in the $100,000 Woodhaven Stakes at Aqueduct going a mile-and- one-sixteenth on turf on April 17. Original is owned by Eric Fein and he is by Quality Road out of Unforgettable, by Empire Maker. He has won one of five career races with two thirds while earning $72,530. Original was a $425,000 purchase by Tonja Annex/RYAN THOMPSON PHOTO Terranova as an agent at last year’s Ocala Breeders’ Sales listed at 8-1 in the morning line. Spring Sale where he was consigned by de Meric Sales. The remainder of the field includes Gershwin, The King John Velazquez will ride Original from post two and they are Cheek and Sibelius. 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 Rebel’s Romance Works in Company for Belmont Stakes BY NYRA PRESS OFFICE ___________________ ELMONT, NY—Godolphin’s Rebel’s Romance (Ire) gave his connections just what they were looking for in his final piece of serious preparation for the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets (Grade 1), with a sharp six-furlong work in 1:14.29 over the Belmont Park main track on Wednesday morning. The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival runs from June 3-5, and is headlined by the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes. The festival will encompass 17 total stakes, including eight Grade 1s on Belmont Stakes Day, capped by the "Test of the Champion" for 3-year-olds in the mile-and-a-half final leg of the Triple Crown. Under partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the low 70s, Rebel’s Romance worked in company with Rebel’s Romance (Ire) (outside)/FRANCESCA LE DONNE PHOTO stablemate Desert Peace, who is targeting the Grade 2, $300,000 by Emirates NBD at Meydan Racecourse last out, tracked to the True North on Friday, June 4. outside of Desert Peace as clockers caught the duo through splits The Charlie Appleby-trained pair took a walk through the pad- of :25.00, :36.80 and 1:00.58. Just past the quarter-pole, Rebel’s dock before heading out to the main track at 9:00 a.m. The two Romance established a slight advantage over Desert Peace and horses jogged clockwise in front of the grandstand and around the was coaxed along approaching the wire, completing his move in far turn before beginning their work down the backstretch. 1:14.29 while Desert Peace finished up in 1:14.61. Rebel’s Romance, winner of the Group 2 UAE Derby presented See BELMONT STAKES on page 9 # 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 Belmont Stakes page 7 been looking at the forecast and we might get some rain through Continued from Wednesday morning’s workout was a third breeze in one week the weekend, but after that it should dry by the time we get to the for both horses. In their previous two works, Rebel’s Romance Belmont. I’m not hoping for a sloppy track or anything like that.” was strategically placed right off Desert Peace, who would finish Appleby has conquered some of the largest races on a global off ahead of his stable mate. scale owning three Breeders’ Cup victories with Outstrip (2013 Sophie Chretien, traveling assistant for Appleby, said Juvenile Turf (G1)); Wuheida (2017 Filly and Mare Turf (G1)) Wednesday morning’s tactics were by design. and Line of Duty (2018 Juvenile Turf (G1)), as well as an Epsom “The plan was to make him work a little bit harder and push Derby (G1) with Masar and a Melbourne Cup win with Cross to the line to really get that strong piece of work,” Chretien said. Counter, both in 2018. The British conditioner will be racing “I’m very happy with the horse. He’s progressing very well. It’s against history as he seeks his first American classic victory, as ten days before the race, so this was the big work for him, and no foreign-based horse has won the Belmont Stakes since Go he’s going forward.