Mark Grier Stake Winner Candidate undefeated in three grass-court starts, stepping up to where the graded company is looking to extend its winning streak to four races on Feb. 4. $175,000 Kitten’s Joy Stakes (G3T) at Gulfstream Park.
The chestnut son of the 2016 Preakness Stakes (G1) winner exaggeration The candidate started his or her career last fall at Laurel Park Saturday’s run in the first special weight class 1 1/8 mile was originally designed for grass but competed on the main track sloppily. He recovered with a 2 1/4-length front-run victory in a similar position going 1 1/16 mile in the grass.
Applicants who have not lost since, switch to 4 1/2 long optional claim allowance points on December 7 at Tampa . Bay to close out her underage season and kick off her sophomore campaign with a 1 3/4 win in the Jan 7 Dania Beach Stakes at Gulfstream, also in gate style.
“When you go a mile and an eighth for the first time on a track that’s sloppy for a 2-year-old, there’s a lot to ask. He was really rushing in the quarter-post. I wish he had. He’s going to hang on for a little longer, but he was impressive on Tapeta in Fair Hill when we got him there. Coach Arnaud Delacour said.
“He can be a stronger horse over time. He’s only a May pony and we’re only in February, so it’s early. He has time to improve. I think he He’s been so effective on the pitch right now that I wouldn’t change anything,” he added. “We definitely like him and what he’s achieved in the last three months has been pretty amazing.”
The candidate was sent off 7-1 in Dania Beach, but was able to control the pace and take a three-minute lead with plenty of time left to stave off a late rally. the words Major . Tyler Gaffalione returned from the rails in an eight-man field.
“He’s not under pressure, which is always helpful. When it comes to saying that he keeps going and he gallops very well, so I don’t think the extra 16 miles will be a problem but we do. hope to have a good performance,” Delacour said. “He’s doing really well right now. He’s just won three times in a row and he likes the track there. I don’t know if we can set up like last time but he should compete at that position.”
Spendthrift Farm’s Major Dude returns in Kitten’s Joy as one of two Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher’s horses, along with Three Diamonds Farm’s. Brother N Colorado . Major Dude started his career on the ground, winning his debut and finishing third in Sapling in his first three starts before winning 1 1/16 mile Pilgrim Stakes (G2T) in a power course. rate at Aqueduct race track in his pitch debut.
From there, Major Dude was assigned to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T), where he raced in middleweight before finishing ninth, and started his season in second place as a winner. favorite in Dania Beach.
Bred in the UK, Dude N Colorado is back on the field after winning the women’s special off-court 3 1/4 run on Dec 24 at Gulfstream, competing on Tapeta Road in all weather. He will launch his stake, after finishing third in an early event on the Aqueduct in mid-October.
“I think he ran well in his debut and has improved, even though it’s a mixed game. We feel he likes the surface and we feel with the way he trains, he does. deserves a chance there,” Pletcher said. “For him, it doesn’t seem like you see a lot of online winners on Tapeta, so that’s good.”
Irad Ortiz Jr. rides on Major Dude from Lesson 4, while Luis Saez will ride Dude N Colorado from Lesson 6.
Hall of Fame Coach Mark Casse joins Boppy O and limelight . Tami Bobo and Lugamo Racing Stable’s Congruent Dare To Dream Stable’s Cat Moon and by R. Larry Johnson Souzak complete this field.
Item: The joy of kitten S. (G3T)
Gulfstream ParkSaturday, February 4, 2023, Race No. 9
- Class IIIT
- 1 1/16m
- pitch
- $175,000
- 3 years old
- 3:46 pm (local)
‘Filly of the Future’ Malleymoo steps up in the sweetest hymn
Call her a ‘filler for the future’, the stakes’ relationships are set maleymoo is set to prop her up during her season and first graded a $175,000 Sweetest Chant Stakes (G3T) bet on Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
Rockingham Ranch, David Bernsen, Talla Racing, and JWS Racing’s Malleymoo were the famous winners of their debut debut last fall in the all-weather surface seven-feathers special weight class at Dundalk in Ireland, a year after raking in $112,000 on longing at Fasig-Tipton’s October Kentucky annual sale.
The Daughter of a Lawn Champion English Channel her state debut on December 10 in a 7 1/2-second Wait a While Stakes on Gulfstream, hesitated at halftime but unlocked a late rally that left her Run second for a long distance to be undefeated Junipermarshmallow .
Coach Jack Sisterson said: “She came out of the race in great shape. “We just feel like she’s a future slut and we don’t want to get over her early on in her campaign, so we let her adapt more. Sometimes you saw those European horses run fine the first time off the plane and had a little bounce the second time, but we gave her time to get over that and she’s doing great.
“We just ran for her once under our care, but she won out of speed in Dundalk and she’s probably a slob that will outrun, but maybe not as far as last time,” he added. “Usually, Europeans can miss the first break in the country, and that’s what happened to her. Julien (Leparoux) rode her perfectly, didn’t panic, kept her hold. position and let her finish well. really happy with the way she ran.”
Despite the loss, Sisterson was encouraged by the effort of Malleymoo, who would maintain Leparoux’s service, surpassing Lesson 3 in field nine.
“It was a great post,” Sisterson said. “There seems to be a bit of speed in there. I’m sure Julien will know that last time she broke she was a bit slow but won’t try to get her out there. He’ll leave her at ease. .” break and don’t fall back as far as the previous race.”
While Hall of Fame coach Todd Pletcher was keeping Junipermarshmallow in the cage, he entered the Alpha Bella and Cairo’s consort . Don Alberto Stable’s Alpha Bella brilliantly won the women’s one-mile special weight class on December 11 at Gulfstream in her fourth and first grass-court start.
“Last time was a good win, so we decided to step up and give her a chance here,” Pletcher said. “We almost had (terrain) in mind. She pretty much has a place in her pedigree and she seems to have accepted that. Distance doesn’t matter.”
Cairo Consort acquired the Catch A Glimpse Share and placed second in the Natalma (G1T) Share in Honeysuckle last summer and fall before being purchased separately by Repole Stable and Town and Country Racing and only attending the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T), where she finished third. The Prince Cairo chubby was the famous half-length winner of the January 7 Ginger Brew Stakes at the Gulfstream at the hands of jockey Irad Ortiz Jr.
Cairo Consort (orange hat) wins Ginger Brew Stakes at Gulfstream Park
“I think that’s good. Irad seems to think he still has a little bit of something left in the end,” Pletcher said. “It was a good effort and hopefully she’ll take it one step further. She continues to be an outspoken and professional person.”
Ortiz rode the Cairo Consort back from Station 7 and Luis Saez got a call on Alpha Bella from Station 5.
Rounding out the field is the Miacomet . Farm heavenly sunday launched her bet after winning the first two games by a score of 9 3/4 aggregate length; Bulsara the ultimate winner on Race Parkall-weather surfaces in mid-December; metaphysical first winner off the field on December 26, second in the grass allowed section on January 12, both in Gulfstream; Padma , made her on-court debut as runner-up in the January 1 mile Cash Run Stakes competition at Gulfstream; many stakes placed Stephanie’s charm , ranked second behind Cairo Consort in half-length Ginger Brew; and Sweetlou’sgotaces winner of the mile-long Tepin Stakes on the Aqueduct on November 27 in her most recent start.
Item: The sweetest hymn S. (G3T)
Gulfstream ParkSaturday, February 4, 2023, Race 11
- Class IIIT
- 1 1/16m
- pitch
- $175,000
- 3 year old sister
- 5:01 pm (local)
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