Friday, April 11, 2025
11 fillies will race 4 1/2 furlongs . . .
    HALLANDALE BEACH - Juvenile racing returns to Gulfstream Park for the first time this season with an overflow field of 11 2-year-old fillies entered in a Thursday, April 17 maiden special weight sprinting 4 ½ furlongs on the main track.

    Freshman sire Essential Quality – a two-time champion, four-time Grade 1 winner including the 2021 Belmont and earner of nearly $5 million in purse money – is represented by MHM Stables and JWS Racing’s Bohemian. Since fetching $85,000 at the OBS March sale, the Jack Sisterson trainee has had two three-furlong breezes at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream’s satellite training facility in Palm Beach County, for her unveiling.

    Palm Meadows-based Drama and Mythical will both run for owner-breeder Arindel. Trainer Jorge Delgado saddles Mythical, by St Patrick’s Day, who had 4-year-old filly Lady Patrick’s graduate in a maiden claimer going 6 ½ furlongs Thursday. Trainer Carlos David will send out Drama, by perennial leading Florida sire Brethren.

    Bred, co-owned and trained by Mary Lightner, Tosca is a daughter of another freshman sire, Chance It, winner of the 2019 Florida Sire Dr. Fager and In Reality and 2020 Mucho Macho Man, who went on to place in the 2021 Smile Sprint (G3) and Forego (G1). Jackie Couture’s Instapurchase debuts for sire Instagrand, winner of the 2018 Best Pal (G2) and third in the 2019 Santa Anita Derby (G1).

    Amanda Hernandez’s Willow Case races off the Ocala-based farm for trainer Ramon Minguet and her sire Neolithic. Though never a stakes winner, Neolithic banked more than $2.2 million placing in 10 of 12 starts including thirds in the $12 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) and $10 million Dubai World Cup (G1) as well as the Woodward (G1) in 2017.

    Drawing the rail was Super Super Stable’s Goldie Glory, an Ohio-bred son of Flameaway, whose five stakes wins included the 2017 Bourbon (G3) and 2018 Sam F. Davis (G3).

    Also entered are Rumpus in Paradise (by Rumpus Cat), A Rose for Skyler (Battalion Runner) and Deborahaprophetess, whose stablemate, Ruth the Moabitess, is the lone also-eligible. Both fillies are by Holy One of Israel.

Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $650,000

    The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot, unsolved for a 10th consecutive racing day today, will have its jackpot pool estimated at $650,000 when the Royal Palm Meet resumes with a 10-race program Saturday. Post time is 12:50 p. m
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Four grads earn Gr. I victories . . .
    Under heady handling by jockey Connor Beasley, Sultan Ali’s Dark Saffron (Flameaway -Meadow Saffron, by Military) scored a massive upset over a field that included male sprint champion Straight No Chaser to take the $2 million Group 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen at Meydan Racecourse on April 5 and headline a weekend that saw four OBS graduates earn grade/group victories.

    Trained by Ahmad bin Harmash, Dark Saffron fended off Nakatomi and Tuz charging late to become the eighth OBS sales graduate to capture the Dubai Golden Shaheen and first 3-year-old to win the race. The son of Flameaway has been campaigned exclusively in Dubai during his eight-race career and has $1,260,616 in earning
s.

    “He’s one of them, he’s just kept improving and he was in up against good competition on the turf,” Beasley told the Dubai World Cup publicity team. “He’s got speed to burn and to do what he’s just done is incredible. The way he’s done it, it’s just fantastic.”

    Consigned by Julie Davies, Dark Saffron was purchased by Harmash Racing for $120,000 out of the 2024 OBS April sale after breezing in :9 4/5
.

    The undercard of the $12 million, Gr. I Dubai World Cup produced another highlight when Gr. 1 winner Raging Torrent (Maximus Mischief-Violent Wave, by Violence) held off France's King Gold and Kazu Petrin for Japan to take the $1 million, Gr. II Godolphin Mile and give trainer Doug O'Neill a second consecutive win in the race.

    Owned by Great Friends Stable and Mark Davis, Raging Torrent previously captured the $300,000, Gr. I Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita Park on Dec. 26. He was purchased by Davis for $75,000 out of the 2023 OBS April sale from the consignment of Randy Bradshaw after breezing in 10 flat.


    At Santa Anita on Saturday, Baoma Corp.’s Tenma (Nyquist – Amagansett, by Tapit) cemented her status as one of the leading contenders for the Kentucky Oaks when she captured the $200,000, Gr. II Santa Anita Oaks to earn her fourth graded stakes win.

    Tenma prevailed by 2 1/4 lengths over stablemate and fellow OBS graduate Silent Law to lead a Bob Baffert-trained exacta. The daughter of Nyquist now has 108 qualifying points for the Kentucky Oaks on May 2. She was purchased by Baoma for $850,000 out of the Wavertree Stables consignment at the 2024 April Sale after breezing an eighth in :9 4/5.

    Also at Santa Anita, Dutch Girls Holdings and Irving Ventures’ Queen Maxima (Bucchero - Corfu Lady, by Corfu) went gate to wire under to earn her fourth-straight win for trainer Jeff Mullins with her victory in the $100,000, Gr. III Monrovia Stakes going about 6 ½ furlongs on the hillside turf course.

    Consigned by Blue River Bloodstock, the daughter of OBS graduate Bucchero was purchased by Michael Pender, agent, for $40,000 from the 2023 OBS June sale after breezing in :20
3/5.

    Ano stakes-winner on the weekend was LSU Stables’ Bank Frenzy (Central Banker- Storm Now, by Tiznow) who notched his fourth straight win and third consecutive stakes victory when he captured the $125,000 Haynesfield Stakes at Aqueduct. Trained by Rudy Rodriguez, Bank Frenzy was purchased by Philip Harding for $110,000 out of the 2022 OBS April Sale from the Sequel Bloodstock consignment after breezing in :10 2/5.
Friday, April 4, 2025
Postponed from last Sunday's cancellation . . .

    HALLANDALE BEACH - A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool has been rescheduled to Sunday, April 13 at Gulfstream Park.

    Originally scheduled for last Sunday, the multi-race wager’s mandatory payout was postponed due to heavy rains and windy conditions that forced the cancellation of the 2024-2025 Championship Meet’s closing-day card following Race 5.

    The Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the fifth day on Thursday’s Royal Palm Meet’s opening-day program. Today’s Rainbow 6 jackpot pool is expected to grow to an estimated $450,000.

    The sequence will span Races 4-9, featuring a 5 ½-furlong optional claiming allowance for fillies and mares on Tapeta carded as Race 7, in which Eddie Plesa Jr.-trained Time Passage will make her 2025 debut. The 5-year-old daughter of Tunwoo, who will run for a $62,500 claiming tag, has won three stakes on the all-weather surface. Kevin Rice-trained Ms. Tart enters the feature with a victory while cutting back to 5 ½ furlongs last time out.

Silks to Open at 9 a.m. for Dubai World Cup Card Simulcast

    The doors of the Silks simulcast center will open at 9 a.m. Saturday for the convenience of fans wishing to watch and wager on the $30 million Dubai World Cup Day program.

    Gulfstream will be represented by Il Miracolo, Super Chow and Steal Sunshine at Meydan Racecourse. Antonio Sano-trained Il Miracolo, a multiple graded-stakes winner who’ll be ridden by Hall of Famer John Velazquez, will run in the $12 million Dubai World Cup, the 1 ¼-mile feature that is scheduled to close out the action at 1:30 p.m. (ET).

    Jorge Delgado-trained Super Chow, a multiple graded stakes-winner who captured the Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint in his 2025 debut, will be reunited with jockey Chantal Sutherland in the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen, a six-furlong test for older horses with an 11:40 a.m. post time. Bobby Dibona-conditioned Steal Sunshine, a Grade 2 winner who will be ridden by Christophe Lemaire, will run in the $1 million Godolphin Mile, a stakes for older horses that is slated for 9:45 a.m.

Thursday, April 3, 2025
Features $1.785 million in stakes purses. . .
    HALLANDALE BEACH - The Royal Palm Meet at Gulfstream Park began today highlighted by the third running of the Royal Palm Juvenile and Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies, races that will once again offer automatic berths to one of six juvenile races at the upcoming Royal Ascot meet in England along with a $25,000 travel stipend.

    The meeting, which runs through August 31, will include $1.785 million in stakes purses and $910,000 in overnight handicaps. The Royal Palm Meet will run Thursday through Sunday through June 22 before going Friday through Sunday starting June 27. First race post is 12:50 p.m.

    The $100,000 Royal Palm Juvenile and $100,000 Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies, both run at five furlongs on the turf May 10, have been productive preps for the Royal Ascot races, with 2023 Juvenile Fillies victor Crimson Advocate winning the Gr. II Queen Mary and 2024 Juvenile winner Gabaldon finishing second in last year’s Windsor Castle.

    Today's eight-race, opening day program will featured two one- mile turf events and a maiden special weight for 3-year-old fillies at 5 ½ furlongs on Tapeta.  

    Stakes action begins Saturday with the $70,000 Go Cats Go for 3-year-olds and up at five furlongs on the turf. The field of 10 will include Xy Speed, a winner of 13 of 26 career starts at the distance as well as Silks Run winner Eamonn and runner-up Reef Runner.


    The Stanley Cup, won by the Florida Panthers last year, will be at Gulfstream Saturday afternoon for fans to take pictures with and enjoy. The Cup will be at Ten Palms beginning at approximately noon for 2 ½ hours.


    Gulfstream was forced to cancel the closing day of its Championship Meet, Sunday, March 30, due to heavy afternoon rains, cancelling the mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6. The wager, with a current carryover of $288,488, will now have a mandatory payout on Sunday, April 13.

    On Saturday, May 3, Gulfstream will host a Kentucky Derby Buffet and Watch Party in Ten Palms beginning at 11:30 a.m. Along with live racing at Gulfstream, fans will be able to watch and wager on the Kentucky Derby while enjoying mint juleps and other Derby favorites.
Monday, March 31, 2025
Big weekend for OBS grads . . .

    Mark Casse trainee and OBS graduate Sandman (Tapit-Distorted Music, by Distorted Humor) used the final Saturday in March to book his plans for the first Saturday in May when he rolled to a 2 1/2-length victory in the $1.5 million, Gr. I Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park, headlining a weekend that saw three OBS grads earn graded stakes victories.

    Sandman took advantage of wicked early fractions to unleash his closing kick and collected 100 Kentucky Derby qualifying points. The son of Tapit notched his third win in eight lifetime starts and improved his lifetime earnings to $1,254,595
.

    “I couldn’t believe it, actually (early fractions),” Casse told the Oaklawn publicity team. “I said: ‘Well, they’ll have to be superstars to keep going.’ The farther they went, the more confident I was."

    A $1.2 million purchase at the 2024 OBS March 2-Year-Olds in Training sale, Sandman races for D. J. Stable, St. Elias Stable, West Point Thoroughbreds and CJ Stables. He was consigned by Tom McCrocklin as part of a complete dispersal for his breeder, Lothenbach Stables.

    The busy slate of stakes across the country on March 29 also saw C2 Racing Stable, Gary Barber and La Milagrosa Stable’s White Abarrio (Race Day – Catching Diamonds, by Into Mischief) make a triumphant return from his victory in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational with a handy 5 ¼-length score in the $165,000, Gr. III Ghostzapper over fellow Gr. 1-winning OBS grad Power Squeeze at Gulfstream Park.

    White Abarrio, who had captured the Pegasus World Cup by 6 ¼ lengths, is scheduled to run next in the Gr. I Met Mile on June 7 at Saratoga. A two-time OBS graduate, White Abarrio was sold by Summerfield (Francis & Barbara Vanlangendonck), Agent, at the 2020 Winter Mixed Sale and then purchased for $40,000 out of the Nice and Easy Thoroughbreds consignment at the 2021 March Sale after breezing an eighth in :10 2/5.

    At Santa Anita Park, CSLR Racing Partners’ Pilot Commander (Justify-Rebuke, by Carson City) earned his first stakes win when he prevailed in the $100,000, Gr. III San Carlos Stakes going seven furlongs. A 4-year-old colt trained by Bob Baffert, he was purchased by his owners for $700,000 out of the 2025 OBS March sale from the consignment of Niall Brennan Stables after breezing in :9 4/5.

Other OBS graduates who earned stakes victories:

    March 29: Appleton Stakes: Brad Grady and David Grund’s Seminole Chief (Girvin – Secret Song, by Dunkirk) earned his second stakes victory when he annexed the $165,000 Appleton at Gulfstream Park. Trained by Jack Sisterson, Seminole Chief was consigned by Bobby Dodd, Agent, to the 2023 OBS June Sale and sold to HND Bloodstock for $80,000 after breezing in :10 1/5.


    March 30: Ocala Breeders’ Sales Sophomore Stakes: Macho Music (Maclean’s Music-Southern Girl, by Tapit) drew off to an 11 ¼-length victory over fellow OBS graduate P Four to take the $110,000 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Sophomore going seven furlongs at Tampa Bay Downs, lowering the former stakes mark of 1:22.13 set in 2011 by Manicero to 1:21.30. Macho Music is owned by Mark Fletcher Taylor, Rohan Crichton and Daniel L. Walters and trained by Crichton. The partners purchased him for $60,000 from the Pick View consignment at the 2024 Ocala Breeders’ Sales March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training after breezing in :10 2/5.


    Sophomore Fillies Stakes: Win N Your In (Win Win Win-Hello Rosie, by Yes It’s True) powered to a 7-length victory in the $110,000 Sophomore Fillies Stakes over fellow OBS graduate Bella Cleopatra at Tampa Bay Downs. The victory was the fourth from nine lifetime starts for Win N Your In, who is owned by Troy Johnson and Maritza Weston, and her third stakes victory. Trained by Carlos David, she was purchased by Johnson for $12,000 out of the Summerfield consignment at the 2023 OBS Winter Mixed Sale.