HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. (White Abarrio, 1st): “It was a big performance. We were ahead of schedule all the time and then he got sick and we missed two works. We ended up going from being ahead of schedule to being behind. Quality horses overcome those things.”
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Leading rider Luis Saez won three of Gulfstream Park’s five graded stakes races Saturday afternoon. Saez won the $100,000 Claiborne Farm Swale (G3) with My Prankster ($4), the $100,000 Forward Gal (G3) with Girl With a Dream ($12.80), and the $100,000 Sweetest Chant (G3) with Opalina.
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Jim Bakke and Gerry Isbister’s Girl With a Dream provided trainer Brad Cox with a little bit of consolation Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Robert and Lawana Low’s My Prankster earned his first stakes victory Saturday at Gulfstream Park, rallying from off the pace to win the $100,000 Claiborne Farm Swale (G3).
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Teneri Farm and J Stables’ Opalina came with a steady run around the far turn and powered through the stretch to reel in 25-1 long shot leader Myfavoritedaughter and win Saturday’s $100,000 Sweetest Chant (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Whisper Hill Farm homebred Grand Sonata found racing room when he needed it, surging through an opening in deep stretch to run down stablemate Royal Spirit and win Saturday’s $100,000 Kitten’s Joy (G3) by a neck.
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – In Due Time made a sweeping move to the lead at the top of the stretch and drew off to a 5 ¾-length victory in Friday’s well-stocked featured race for 3-year-olds at Gulfstream Park, stamping himself as a horse to watch on the Road to the Triple Crown in the process.
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – West Point Thoroughbreds and Albaugh Family Stable LLC’s Giant Game is set to make his 3-year-old debut in Saturday’s $250,000 Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream Park a bigger and, hopefully, better racehorse.
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – King Cab made an eye-catching return from a five-month layoff Thursday at Gulfstream Park, scoring a 7 ¼-length triumph in a seven-furlong allowance race for Florida-bred 3-year-olds in Race 3.