If it weren’t for luck, English Bee there won’t be much. Since winning the Virginia Derby (G3T) and Parx Fall Derby consecutively in the summer and fall of 2019, the 7-year-old gelding has raced 18 times with two wins and was beaten by five distances or less in 10 level -piles.
Two of those losses occurred at Gulfstream Park in the $150,000 Canadian Turf (G3T) Bet, half-length beaten for the first time Sombeyay in 2020 and then four lengths when from Tuesday to Mira’s Mission last year. Coach Graham Motion is hoping a third time is his chance for the English Bee.
“I’m very pleased with his comeback race. I think this kind of track really suits him. I think he prefers solid tracks,” Motion said. “I feel good about him and I think it’s a great position for him. I want to give him plenty of time to get through that race and I think this race makes sense.”
Other contestants include WellSpring Stables’ Safe behavior winner of the Queen’s Plate Stakes of 2021. Hall of Fame coach Todd Pletcher entered the pair. Emmanuel his second pitch begins this year, and stable on , who will launch his/her classified shares. Reeves Thoroughbred Racing Triple Bet Winner Gold Dakota ; multi-stakes winner California fun ; Tale of the Cat Stakes Winner 2022 Fort Washington ; Foxbrook Farm Good governance ; 12 times champion shadow sphinx ; and 3rd place by Bruno Schickedanz Collective soup end this field.
Item: Canada Turf S. (G3T)
Gulfstream ParkSaturday, March 4, 2023, Race No. 8
- Class IIIT
- 1 1/16m
- pitch
- $150,000
- 4 years old and up
- 2:29pm (local)
The winners are classified Belief in Humanity and Talking about the Devil Returning Brown in Honey Fox (G3T)
The waiting game is over for coach Chad Brown when it comes to a pair of his long-absent female athletes.
Klaravich’ stables Faith in humanity 4 years old Lope de Vega dirty, and Peter Brant’s Talk about the devil 6 year old Wootton Bassett mares, will return to races on Saturday when they represent Brown in the $150,000 Honey Fox Stakes (G3T).
Faith in Humanity Wins 2022 Pebbles Stake in Belmont at Big A
Faith in Humanity, who will be ridden by Joel Rosario for the first time, has not been seen since winning $150,000 Pebbles Stakes (G3T) at aqueduct on September 18. Speak of the Devil, who got top Gulfstream driver Irad Ortiz Jr. for the first time, has been out for even longer. Her last race was $500,000 Just a Game Stakes (G1T) at Belmont on June 11, where she placed fourth as the even-money favorite.
Brown said Speak of the Devil needed surgery after Just a Game and that put her on the equestrian disability list. Belief in Humanity, Brown says, has a small problem after Pebbles—it doesn’t require surgery—and it takes time.
“I am cautiously optimistic that both of these fillings will have good harvests,” says Brown. “Just wanted to keep them healthy. They’re a cute pair of fillings.”
Hall of Fame Coach Bill Mott was one of nine trainers who brought horses to Honey Fox to challenge Brown; he will secure Gainesway Stable’s white frost . Purebred Dewberry’ Princess theorem hit the board in six of her 11 field starts for coach Brendan Walsh. Trevor Harris’ Sweet enough will be looking to bounce back after finishing last in the Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational Stakes (G3T).
Also entered as Kahiko , you are delicious , Miss Yearwood , class contact , As fast as flying And sweet dani girl .
Item: Honey Fox S. (G3T)
Gulfstream ParkSaturday, March 4, 2023, Race 11
- Class IIIT
- 1m
- pitch
- $150,000
- 4 years and older Fillies and Mares
- 4:05pm (local)
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