light dancer certainly caused the school of 12 horses for $250,000 Palisades Stakes to question their strength as he turned the winner down Keeneland lawn on April 16.
Speed tracking is in fifth place under 3-year-old Tyler Gaffalione City of light the pony was in the back Bushido , who took the lead to beat the opening quarter on: December 21. Still leading the team with the score: 44.43, the samurai began to give way when both No Nay Hudson And Crispy cat Move up to join. Reaching the distance in: 56.40, the Gaslight Dancer overtakes that pair — driving forward to win the 1 1/2 length and finish the 5 1/2 in 1:02.71 event .
“He broke through soberly and had a nice spot on the fence. We were able to give our best and he really kicked home,” Gaffalione said.
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two of a kind rallied from behind under Julien Leparoux to finish second, and Chiringo under Irad Ortiz Jr. went from 11th to third from the three-quarter pole to the rope.
As many other horses have done, Gaslight Dancer used the Keeneland Spring Encounter to refresh after his final bout at the World Championships, where he finished sixth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf ( G1T) for coach Mike Maker and a partnership of Paradise Farms, David Staudacher, Skychai Racing, and Angelo Carlesimo.
“We gave him a break and then we had some delays in Florida because of Palm Meadows etc. “I think (if) 5 and a half is too short, at least we do,” Maker said. maybe there’s a race under his belt to stretch him out. After that impressive race we might have to rethink that.”
After the Palisades, the foal improved his record to 2-1-0 in five starts and increased his earnings to $282,554. One of the highlights of his career was finishing second Nagirroc in Futures Shares (G3T) last year at Belmont at Big A.
Bred in Kentucky by Springhouse Ranch, the foal was purchased by Maker for $260,000 from Julie Davies’ shipment at Ocala Breeders’ Spring Sale 2022 for 2-year-olds. are being trained. He was the first pony out of Medaglia d’Oro Raindrops Droptops mare also has a 2 year old baby Munnings The pony’s name is Moon Raid. The dam was sent to McKinzie for this year.
Maker says he’s happy to have Gaffalione in the race, who rode the Gaslight Dancer in his first start at Churchill Downs last August and planning another start for the pony will be fairly straightforward given the many options.
“(There are) all kinds of options. I was originally thinking of American Turf but 3-year-old sprint week (Kentucky) is a possibility if he needs more time. How hot is Tyler, we’re there? always confident every time you meet him looking up.”
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