While Isabella Sings opened up a lengthy lead, reeling off snappy fractions of 23.17 and 46.37, Sandiva was sitting in a cozy position in fifth. She began to move up around the far turn and was angled to the outside as the field turned for home. Isabella
Dickey, who saddled a 5-year-old Flat Out for a victory in the 2011 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1), had saddled Flatlined for a photo-finish second-place finish under Joe Bravo in the El Prado Stakes at Gulfstream Dec. 17. “I learned a lot off his last race an
A 5-year-old son of Macho Uno sent off as the 5-2 favorite in a field of nine, Tommy Macho ($7.20) won for the first time since his dominant victory in the Fred Hooper (G3) last February at Gulfstream. He went unraced for eight months after coming up with
With the nation’s 2016 leading rider, Jose Ortiz, in the saddle, Terra Promessa broke sharply and secured the lead a few strides into the race, a position she never relinquished. The four-year-old filly proceeded through uncontested fractions of :23 3/5 a
Video link to California Chrome work: https://youtu.be/kd4Nwqvllsw “I’m really happy with that work. The track was a little deep, and he covered the ground well. I couldn’t be happier with him,” said Alan Sherman, trainer Art Sherman’s son and assistant.
Earlier this week it was announced that Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and West Point Thoroughbreds partnered with Breaking Lucky’s owner, Tom Keithley of Gunpowder Farms LLC, to run the 5-year-old in the $12 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gul
“She is booked [to be bred] to Mshawish this year, so we’ll get with team Al Shaqab to see if she will have one more run [in the Suwannee River Feb. 11] or go on to be bred.” Jockey Javier Castellano (Sandiva): “She’s a very straightforward classy horse w
Trained by Rudy Rodriguez for owners Michael Dubb and Bethlehem Stables, the daughter of Tiz Wonderful won her debut on July 2 at Belmont and followed with a fourth-place finish in the Grade 2 Adirondack this summer at Saraotga. Returning to run in the Gr
The Fifth Season would be a milestone victory in the 60-plus year training career of Von Hemel, who topped the Oaklawn standings in 1981. Von Hemel, 82, is credited with 2,516 victories since 1956, according to Equibase, racing’s official data gathering o
‘Breakfast at Gulfstream’ has been scheduled for an early start at 7:00 a.m. this Saturday only to mark the occasion and provide attendees with the opportunity to watch North America’s richest thoroughbred prepare for a highly anticipated start in the wor
