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12/31/2015

Gulfstream News & Notes: Thu 12/31

The undefeated gray or roan son of Tapit breezed a half-mile in :49 3/5 over the main track at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream Park’s satellite training facility in Palm Beach County, for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. “He looked great,” McLaughlin said. “He was gre

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12/30/2015

Gulfstream Today 12.30

Starlight Racing’s Itsaknockout was a winner in all three of his starts last winter at Gulfstream including the Feb. 21 Fountain of Youth, where he was promoted from second following the disqualification of Upstart for interference. A son of multiple Grad

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12/30/2015

Awesome Speed Seeks Third in Row in Saturday’s Mucho Macho Man

The promising career of Awesome Speed hardly got off to an auspicious start Aug. 31 at Parx Racing, where he finished a distant seventh after never being in contention. “That was puzzler,” Goldberg said. “We had expected a pretty good race. He was doing w

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12/30/2015

Auntie Joy & Lira Lead Competitive $100,000 Ginger Brew

“We really liked her and always thought she was pretty talented,” Walsh said. “We weren’t expecting her to win first time, but it certainly wasn’t a surprise. She’s got a lot of talent, and hopefully we’ll see some more of that on Saturday.” Since shippin

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12/29/2015

Big Business looks to repeat in Alex M. Robb

Still looking to get back on track following an eight-month layoff earlier this year, Big Business will be making his first start for new connections while facing state-bred competition for the first time in three races. The gelded son of Eddington kicked

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12/29/2015

Michael Straight Making Strides into Gulfstream’s Winner’s Circle

Straight will be welcomed into the winner's circle by Hall of Fame riders Angel Cordero Jr., Alex Solis, Jose Santos, Walter Blum and Edgar Prado. The riders will sign autographs, and t-shirts will be available for purchase. Once Straight is welcomed into

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12/27/2015

Green Gratto grabs Gravesend; Extinct Charm upsets Damon Runyon

Green Gratto, who in November held off a classy field to win the Grade 3 Fall Highweight, shook off an early challenge from Jake N Elwood after an opening quarter in 22.53 seconds over the fast inner track. Edging away from the field under jockey Kendrick

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12/23/2015

Juveniles take center stage on Sunday at the Big A

A packed field of 13 colts and geldings eligible for the NYSS was entered in the six-furlong Great White Way, with the Todd Pletcher-trained entry of Spooked Out and the multiple stakes-winning Sudden Surprise tabbed as the 4-5 favorites in the featured e

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12/23/2015

Dogwood Trail Seeks Second Graded Success in G3 Sugar Swirl

The 3-year-old daughter of Awesome of Course captured her graded-stakes debut July 5 at Gulfstream Park while posting a front-running 1 ½-length score in the Azalea (G3) on Summit of Speed Day. “It means a lot to Jacks or Better as a breeder. Certainly a

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12/21/2015

Fall Highweight trio meet again in Saturday’s Gravesend

Set to enter stud duty next year, Palace has proved a shrewd claim for trainer Linda Rice and owner Antonino Miuccio since the pair haltered the son of City Zip for $20,000 in October 2012. Now 6-years-old, Palace has won 12 of 29 career starts for earnin

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