Under an ideal ride from Jose Ortiz, boarding for the first time, Diamond 100 Racing Club’s Infinite diamond started his 3-year-old season in style with a 2 1/4 win in the $100,000 Cash Run Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
Infinite Diamond ($9.20), who completed 14 1/2 of two back starts at Gulfstream, first time in race since Alcibiades (G1) 1 1/16 mile in October last year at Keeneland. The Bee shirt the girl ran a mile on New Year’s Day at 1:36.70 on a fast main track.
Two-time winner The star Arella knocked out 25-1, overcame seven of her competitors and ran an opening quarter-mile of : 23.47, with Infinite Diamond savings on the track and In Russia to her outside in third place.
Arella Star still leading after half-time with a score of 46.40, while Ortiz patiently waited for an opening as they headed home. Infinite Diamond took the lead at the beginning of the stretch and helped the home team win by 2 1/4 from the late running time Padma . Lynx Florida Sire Desert Vixen and Florida Sire Susan’s Girl winners last summer and fall, came in third.
“She broke really well. (Arella Star) broke a little bit better than me, so I just sat there,” Ortiz said. “There was a long way to go so I just left her there and ended up getting through five eighths (columns) to get to the halfway point, Miguel (Vasquez) was able to pass me and I just followed him. I was on the rails every step of the way.
“I felt like I could go out and push him a little bit because I have a lot of horses, but I don’t want to move soon. I waited for my time there, it opened up a little bit and she did. surpass her. on her own,” he added. “I didn’t even have to ask her. I felt like I could go out and win, but the horse did it on its own.”
Infinite Diamond raked in $120,000 last April at the Ocala Breeders Spring Sale for 2-year-olds and debuted two months later at Gulfstream, placing second in the special weight class for kids. maiden 5 1/2 long hair.
Ortiz said: “She was very impressive today and I think she can have a good track record this year. “There’s a lot of fun racing for her and she loves the track here. Patrick (Biancone) has coached her very well, so I know she’ll be ready when she gets to the starting gate.”
Videotapes: Limehouse S. (BT)
Super Chow wins in Limehouse stake
Lea’s Farm Super Chow Tinh Tri starting where he left off last year, sprinting to win his fourth straight and third straight in Limehouse. Removed by Chantal Sutherland for coach Jorge Delgado, Lord Nelson colt covered six feathers in 1:09.88 on the fast main track.
Super Chow wins Limehouse Stakes
Sutherland, now 4-0 on Super Chow, including Bowman’s Mill at Keeneland and Inaugurated at Tampa . Bay to the end of 2022, overtook the Super Chow to take the lead from Lesson 2, going the first quarter mile at: 22.31 while being squeezed by two of a kind . turbocharger winner of the October 29 Juniors Sprint at Gulfstream, took third place and rose to second after half-time with a score of 44.95.
The Super Chow took the lead on the long bend and left room for Turbo inside, and continued beyond the track but charged resolutely while racing wide and holding the Turbo for a long distance. for a fifth win after six starts. His only loss was when he finished third in the Saratoga Special (G2) last summer, the second time he was eliminated.
“The plan was to send the horse at all costs. Chantal tried to put the horse in a favorable position,” Delgado said. “He seems to get better with every race. I don’t know why, but when he’s running here, he drifts a little bit. He (didn’t) like something between three-eighths ( pole) and a quarter pole. That’s only happened to him here, but he put good fractions and he beat a good pack of horses.”
Delgado said targets for the Super Chow include Gulfstream’s $125,000 Swale (G3) on February 4 or Hutches’ $100,000 on March 18.
Videotapes: Running cash S. (BT)
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