ftboa.com • Saturday & Sunday • May 29 & 30, 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: Gulfstream Park Relaxes Protocols Saffie Joseph Looking for Fast Start with Winds of Change in Mr. Prospector Paris Lights in Shawnee Stakes Bombard and Law Abidin Citizen Rate Top Billing in Daytona Outadore Seeks Third Stakes Win in Sunday’s Paradise Creek Florida-bred His Glory/COADY PHOTO Soothsay Heads Summertime Oaks His Glory Takes Speed to Texas Best Kept Secret Provides Harr with First Stakes Win for Memorial Day Sprint Gulfstream Park Charts BY BROCK SHERIDAN _____________ a sloppy and sealed track taken off the turf Track Results & Entries on April 14. Florida Stallion Progeny List Florida-bred His Glory heads to Texas That was a welcome effort for the over the Memorial Day weekend to take on daughter of Mineshaft out of Glorious Sky, Florida Breeders’ List five rivals in the $100,000 Memorial Day by Aldebaran who in three previous starts Sprint at Lone Star Park. The Memorial had off-the-board finishes against stakes Wire to Wire Business Place Day Sprint, for fillies and mares 3-years- horses in the Jan. 23 Pippin won by old and older, is set for six furlongs. Getridofwhatailesu at Oaklawn, in the Feb. His Glory is one of five Florida-breds 13 Albert M. Stall Memorial won by Featured Advertisers set to travel to the Grand Prairie, Tex., oval Dalika and March 20 Tom Benson to compete in four of the five stakes Memorial won by Summer in Saratoga, Berrettini Feed offered on the holiday card. both at Fair Grounds. Equus Inn Ocala C Z Rocket and Warrior’s Charge have In fact, His Glory will be trying for her Florida Department of Agriculture entered the $400,000 Steve Sexton Mile first added-money victory in the Memorial FTBOA (Grade 3), Summering is in the $200,000 Day Sprint to go along with her previous Journeyman Stud Ouija Board Distaff while It’s My House is five wins from 19 starts with earnings of Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply set for the $300,000 Texas Derby. $232,665. Ocala Stud Trained by Joe Sharp for His Glory was bred in Florida by Farm RiceHorse Stable MyRaceHorse.com, His Glory will try to III Enterprises and will break from post Seminole Feed repeat the winning effort in her last race one with Florent Geroux aboard. Six K’s Training & Sales against third condition allowance horses at It appears Brad Cox will have the horse Keeneland going a mile-and-a-sixteenth on Woodford Thoroughbreds See HIS GLORY on page 3 Back to Top Page 3 His Glory Continued from COVER to beat in Mundaye Call for owner OXO Equine LLC. The 4-year-old filly takes a step down in class after finishing fifth, beaten three lengths by winner Kimri in the Grade 1 Madison Stakes at Keeneland going seven fur- longs on April 3 in her first start of the year. Last year, Mundaye Call won the $100,000 Runhappy Audubon Oaks at Ellis Park on Aug. 9 and was fourth in the Eight Belles (G2) won by Sconsin at Churchill Downs on Sept. 4. She finished the year with another fourth-place finish in the Grade 3 Miss Preakness won by Wicked Whisper at Pimlico on Oct. 3 in her last start of the year. Joe Sharp/COADY PHOTO Mundaye Call is by Into Mischief out of Reve d’Amour, by Warrior’s Reward and she has won three of eight career starts with on second and earnings of $192,360. Joel Rosario will ride Mundaye Call from post three. Steve Asmussen, who is the all-time leading trainer at Lone Star Park, will saddle Palio Flag for the Memorial Day Sprint. The 4-year-old daughter of Curlin out of Private Ensign, by A.P. Indy comes into the Memorial Day Sprint off of a disappoint- ing sixth in the $75,000 Miss Houston Stakes at Sam Houston on April 3 won by Raven’s Cry (Ire). She was more successful for owner Stonestreet Stables LLC in her two previous tries having won a high caliber, $40,000 optional claiming allowance going a mile on a muddy surface at Oaklawn on Feb. 11 and against first condition allowance fillies and mares at Churchill Downs going a mile on Nov. 14. Palio Flag has won half of her six career starts with two sec- onds while banking $173,540. She will be ridden by Ricardo Santana Jr. from post six. The remainder of the field from rail out includes Ain’t No Elmers, Misty Day and Our Iris Rose. Palio Flag/COADY PHOTO Back to Top Back to Top Page 5 Gulfstream Park Florida-breds Relaxes Protocols Make Florida Racing BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE _______________ Did you know Florida-bred HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park has announced it thoroughbreds won will reduce many of its COVID protocols beginning Friday when 31.5% of races run at the racing returns at 2 p.m. recent Gulfstream Park Championship Those include open access to outdoor areas, guests not being Meet? required to wear face coverings outdoors, and the return of free admission to the apron, walking ring and breezeway. This demonstrates how vital Florida-breds Gulfstream instituted strict COVID protocols in March of 2020 are to the success of Gulfstream Park for the health and safety of its employees, guests, and horsemen. throughout the year—not just during the Other changes in proto- Spring/Summer season. cols include the removal of most barriers and tempo- Additional good news for rary plexiglass, no temper- Florida breeders—66% of ature checks at entrances, those Florida-bred winners during and families with small the Gulfstream Park Championship children once again being Meet were sired by Florida welcomed to watch racing. stallions. Guests will be required indoors to wear Florida-breds: face coverings and prac- Race ‘Em or Chase ‘Em! tice social distancing. Seats inside Silks will remain free to Gold-and- be sold on a first-come basis. Those who have purchased seats to up XBRewards members. areas now open will have their seats reserved and payment refunded. Gulfstream Park/COGLIANESE PHOTO Any remaining seats will For more information go to GulfstreamPark.com. 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 Saffie Joseph Looking for Fast Start with Winds of Change in Mr. Prospector BY MONMOUTH PARK PRESS OFFICE____ making his second start for Joseph after four straight races in graded stakes company under for- OCEANPORT, NJ—If things go as well as he mer trainer Efren Loza, Jr. hopes over the next few weeks, it won’t take train- The horse’s first start for Joseph represented a er Saffie Joseph Jr. long to make his presence felt cutback in distance to six furlongs—the distance during his first year with a division at Monmouth of the Mr. Prospector—and was a sharp effort, Park. with Winds of Change finishing second. He was Joseph will jump right into stakes action dur- beaten three-quarters of a length by Miles Ahead. ing Saturday’s 12-race program when he sends “We thought he would win first time out and he out the speedy Winds of Change (Brz) in the ran second,” Joseph said. “It was a little disap- $100,000 Mr. Prospector, the headliner of pointing, but the horse that beat him is a credible Monmouth Park’s second day of live racing. horse. He is also pointing Ny Traffic, last year’s run- “Being stabled at Monmouth this year the Mr. ner-up in the TVG.com Haskell Stakes, to the Prospector looked like a good spot.” Grade 3 Salvator Mile on June 12. Winds of Change, sixth in the Salvator Mile a “We have 15 horses at Monmouth Park right year ago, struggled in graded stakes company now but we will be sending in more very soon,” Saffie Joseph Jr./LAUREN KINGPHOTO before his near-miss in his debut with Joseph. The Joseph said. “The location is ideal. That’s one of the reasons we son of Forestry-Academia Real by Banger’s Gold is seven-for-20 decided to come here. It’s good racing and the stakes program is lifetime. good—and we had a good experience on Haskell Day last year “He had some good races before we got him but he kind of [when Ny Traffic lost by a nose to Authentic]. tailed off,” Joseph said. “That’s why we decided to cut him back “All of the horses ran good that day and we really enjoyed it. in distance. We wanted to see if he had the speed to run six fur- That’s another reason we’re here.” longs. He has only tried six furlongs twice in America [in 10 U.S. Assistant Washonn Rochester will oversee Joseph’s barn at starts]. So we wanted to see if he could do it and he showed he Monmouth Park, though Joseph said he will make it to the Jersey could. So I think the distance is good for him.” Shore as often as his schedule permits. The prospect of rain isn’t an issue for Winds of Change either, Winds of Change, a 6-year-old who was bred in Brazil, will be See MR. PROSPECTOR on page 9 # 9 C.