Central aisle not matching Frank’s Rockette the first two times they followed each other on the track.
This is not the case. December 18 at Gulfstream Park, as Center Aisle engages her archenemy and goes on to win the $100,000 Sugar Swirl Stakes (G3) prize.
“She did it pretty impressively,” said winning driver Luis Saez.
Center Aisle connections have always put high hopes on the little girl after she convincingly broke her girlhood during her first attempt at Gulfstream in March 2020 for coach Chad Brown. But four straight losses followed, including a pair that finished third the same year to Frank’s Rockette in the Victory Ride Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park and Prioress Stakes (G2) at Racecourse Saratoga. Then, OXO Equine owner Larry Best decided to move the Aisle Center out for a year.
.’s 4-year-old daughter Into Mischief was back in great style for coach Paulo Lobo, winning a catch-up race with the subsidized company at Keeneland and Churchill Downs ahead of Saturday’s win in the six-feather Long Distance Spiral.
“She is ready to go into the race from two very beautiful races,” said Lobo.
With Frank’s Rockette engaged in a duel with three other members of the eight-horse school, Saez guided the Aisle Center outside into a stalking position after a dull opening inning time of 21.72 and to His riding head is in front for a half in: 44.18. Center Aisle and Frank’s Rockette then dueled each other.
“That filthy dog ran pretty fast,” Saez said. “But I had a lot of horses, and when we got to the top of the ramp, she kicked me again. We knew we had a fighting horse, and she did it.”
Lobo says he’s never worried when Center Aisle and Frank’s Rockette duel in some advance.
“I feel good because of Saez’s body language, she looks so comfortable,” Lobo said.
Aisle Center watches six span the main road fast in 1:09.54. She returned $6.20 for the win.
Bronx Beauty is a distant third, five lengths behind Frank’s Rockette.
Lobo said the plan is to bring Center Aisle back to his base at the Thoroughbred Center in Lexington for a refresh before taking her back to South Florida for a seven-part, $200,000 Inside Information Stakes (G2) fare. la at Gulfstream on January 29.
Center Aisle has won half of its eight career starts with earnings of $263,190.
She was the third and best-selling teen at The Gulfstream Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s curated 2-year-olds during the Florida training sale, in 2019 when purchased for $1.5 million dollars from shipper Tom McCrocklin, agent, in her third. trip through the ring. Larry Best signed the ticket for the dirty man after she crossed a quarter of a mile at: 20 3/5 during the skim show.
Bred in Kentucky by Breffni Farm, the Center Aisle is outside the Empire Maker Horse Specification, being half-sister to two-time winner Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) Skimming. Specification is the beating of five winners from six ponies to race and deliver a pony by Gold Coins This year. She was bred with Vino Rosso for the year 2022.
Videotapes: Sugar Swirl S. (G3)
Dance d’Oro Wires Rampart
Dance d’Oro scored her first bet win earlier on the card in the $100,000 Rampart Stakes (G3), leading throughout and leading to a two-time stretch win first Don’t accept Khozy .
Dance d’Oro wins Rampart Stakes at Gulfstream Park
Jockey Emisael Jaramillo rides his 4-year-old daughter Medaglia d’Oro through the first part comfortably in a one-mile stake, leaving the person uncertain with plenty of reserve over time.
“We feel comfortable in front, good pace,” said Jaramillo. “When I asked her to run, she ran easily, because the first part of the race was easy for her.”
Dance d’Oro, coached by Ralph Nicks for Whisper Hill Farm owner/raider, made her debut in the 11th race of her career. After three months of layoffs, the driver claimed a 9 1/4 length victory in the September 24 allowable option rights race at Gulfstream Park, followed by a third-place attempt. in the November 21 handicap race on Hallandale Beach, Fla., Oval.
Nicks said: “Her first race was amazing, and she probably jumped a little bit because it was so hard running. “Today was another big effort.”
Dance d’Oro took the lead and scored early: 23.92 and: 45.97 before opening two gaps on the field in the second leg for the home team. Don’t Get Khozy ran late, but there was no competition for a winner. Valuable , the favorites 8-5, came first out of the trough and finished third, 2 1/4 of the length behind the runner-up.
Miracle’s International Trading’s Marie’s Dream , who finished second in last year’s Rampart race, was in the process of being dragged down the lane when she didn’t have Junior Alvarado racer past the eighth column. She was vandalized after the race.
Alvarado walked away and rode his remaining mounts on the card.
Final time for mileage on the fast track was 1:35.92. Second-picked 2-1 in the six-man field, Dance d’Oro paid $6.80 for the win.
“It has to be maturity,” says Nicks of the fat man’s improvement. “She’s always had talent, but it’s been missed. She’s getting a little bit more settled.”
Nicks said he’s likely to keep Dance d’Oro, who made $157,660 and has a 4-4-1 record, in South Florida during Gulfstream’s Championship Meeting before making a decision. about upcoming races.
“We’ll stay here through the winter and watch from there,” Nicks said.
Dance d’Oro is the daughter of AP Indy mare shares Dance Quietly, who comes from a family of two Horses of the Year in Saint Liam and Gunman , as well as students who won first prize Funtastic and Buster’s Ready. Dance Quietly was purchased while carrying a Dance d’Oro for $950,000 from Three Chimneys Ranch consignment at Keeneland’s November 2016 Breeding Sale. Prior to that sale, the now 13-year-old mare was sold to Besilu Stables for $2 million at the November 2011 Keeneland sale when consigned by Lane’s End following her retirement. Dance Quietly produced three winners from six starters. Her youngest progeny includes a coveted Arrogate puppy, who sold for $40,000 to Three Amigos Racing Stables in Timber Town consignment at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, and a weaning foal milk of Evenly . She was bred with Real for the year 2022.
Videotapes: Rampart S. (BT)
