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01/14/2015

Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf Draws Diverse Field

A 5-year-old Freud mare, Effie Trinket has finished first or second in eight of her last 10 starts but endured a winless 2014 that included one second and four thirds. In her lone try at Gulfstream Park, she led for much of last winter’s Honey Fox (G2)

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01/14/2015

Wildcat Red, East Hall Set to Renew Rivalry in Sunshine Millions Classic

The late-developing East Hall should prove once again to be a formidable opponent in Saturday’s $250,000 Sunshine Millions Classic, but trainer Jose Garoffalo is optimistic that Wildcat Red can come out on top again with a return to Gulfstream Park, the

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01/14/2015

Bad Debt Tries Again in $100,000 Sunshine Millions Turf

Bad Debt, owned by Robert Leibner and trained by Mike Trombetta, kicks off his season in the 1 1/16-mile Turf, an event he finished third in 2014 and 2012 and fourth in 2013. “I hope this is his year,” Trombetta said. “Hopefully, he’s a good fit i

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01/14/2015

Toasting Looks for Redemption in Sunshine Millions Distaff

But the 5-year-old mare might be as difficult to read as she is talented. Scattered among her stakes wins and graded stakes placings are well-beaten efforts in both graded and ungraded races, including a puzzling sixth place finish in last September’s B

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01/14/2015

Happy My Way Back on Favorite Track in Sunshine Millions Sprint

Trained by Joe Orseno, Happy My Way won three of four starts over Gulfstream’s main track after being switched from turf to dirt last season, capturing a pair of optional claiming allowance sprints and the $100,000 Sir Shackleton Stakes. The son of Wilk

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01/14/2015

Dutrow Charts Course for Grade 1 Winners

Owned by Dutrow’s major client, Alex and JoAnn Lieblong of Conway, Ark., The Big Beast hasn’t started since winning the $500,000 King’s Bishop Stakes (G1) Aug. 23 at Saratoga. The Big Beast subsequently underwent surgery to remove a tiny bone chip f

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01/13/2015

Stakes Advances: Louisiana Stakes

The late Jim Tafel’s 5-year-old Louisiana defending champion Fordubai has also served notice in the mornings that he may be a force with which to reckon on Jan. 17. A notoriously slow workhorse, the son of E Dubai shot out an uncharacteristic bullet on

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01/11/2015

SAN PASQUAL STAKES QUOTES

VICTOR ESPINOZA, APPEALING TALE, SECOND: “He got caught a little wide. The (nine) horse (Blue Tone) in front of me drifted out a little, but I was already there so there wasn’t much I could do; I just had to go with it. He ran great though. Coming off

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01/11/2015

SHAM STAKES QUOTES

VICTOR ESPINOZA, ROCK SHANDY, SECOND: “He went very nice. I think he’s going to be a nice colt; he’s still trying to figure it out, he’s still green. I think he’ll be better on the dirt rather than the turf. The way he works in the morning, I’

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01/05/2015

Miami Shores Stakes

Ol Donyo and Flores Island are the two most prominent horses of the Wolfson contingent and are fully expected to start. Ol Donyo finished a fast-closing third behind Merry Meadow in the six-furlong Sugar Swirl (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Dec. 13. “She di

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