Lea Farms 3rd place winner Larry light take the lead and push back the challenge from the defending champion Gatsby at the top of the track to crown the 2 and a half long pre-run victory on January 14 in the $75,000 Sunshine Sprint at Gulfstream Park.
The six-stage Sunshine Sprint for kids ages 4 and up is the second of two Florida-breeded stakes that serve as co-headlines on the following Saturday card sweet dani girl of the $75,000 Sunshine Filly and Mare Turf winners.
Discarded by Jose Morelos to coach Jorge Delgado, Lightening Larry, 4 ($7) overcame six feathers at 1:12.61 on the fast main track with a favorite 5-2. . It was his third bet score and the first time he returned to the winner’s circle since a 12-1 loss to Chick Lang Stakes (G3) in 2022 in May at Racecourse Pimlico.
Lightening Larry suddenly jumped off his rail post and was led by Morelos, going the first quarter of a mile with a score of 22.46 with Gatsby, unapproachable and boca boy compete for the rear position. Lightening Larry was still going strong after the first half with a score of 46.85, when Gatsby was dropped onto the tracks by driver Luis Saez to make their bid.
Lightening Larry has a lot more to offer with Gatsby, which then opens as winner Dr. Fager Staking in 2021 Cajun’s Magic closed strongly in the middle of the track to take second place. Gatsby holds the third place to complete the trilogy.
Bred by Michelle Redding out of victory malibu moon mare The moon and the sun Lightening Larry graduated with maiden conditions and stipend before finishing second in the Ocala Stud Minors Sprint Stakes at Gulfstream and in the Inaugural Stakes at Tampa . Bay to limit its underage campaign. He won the Limehouse Stakes in January 2022 at Gulfstream before going on to score his biggest win at Chick Lang four months later. He was undefeated in the next three starts, finishing third against the older horses in the six-stroke option claim on November 26 at Gulfstream in the run. previously broadcast.
“For me, he’s always been like that. I’ve never lost hope with him,” Delgado said. “He was a great horse. Sometimes, they had bad rides. Sometimes, things went their way. He was a great horse and he showed it. today.”
Delgado said the ultimate goal is to retry the classified company, but he hopes to give Lightening Larry another confidence boost before that.
“I’ll plan a different handicap or another bet (Florida bred) and then I’ll go back to the big dogs with him,” he said.
Lightening Larry improved his record to 5-4-1 from 13 starts, with a win of $363,360. A purchase of Lea Farms’ $50,000 from Pick View’s shipment for the Ocala Breeders’ March 2021 Sale for 2-year-olds in training, he is the second foal. Year out of her dam, con has produced three winners in five starts and is her first winner of classified bets. Her most recent pony, 2022 Gunnevera pony, died last year. She also has an unnamed 2-year-old pony. attractive .
Videotapes: Sunshine Sprint S. (BT)
Sweet dani girl burns fresh on the bench
In Sunshine Filly and Mare Turf, jockey Joel Rosario celebrated his 38th birthday with a landslide victory aboard the J and J Stable and Sweet Dani Girl hybrid at Nicholas Vaccarezza’s home ($8), the last time. her first departure after 8 months.
Assistant Reynaldo Abreu saddled coach Carlo Vaccarezza, Sweet Dani Girl was crushed by Crystal coast over a quarter mile in :24.92 and half in :48.84 with sonar Third place and runner-up Filly and Mare Turf last year fix the road clearly in fourth place.
Sweet girl Dani wins Sunshine Filly and Mare Turf . bets
Sugar Fix and jockey Tyler Gaffalione move forward to challenge for the lead on the far bend and keep an eye on Sweet Dani Girl, but her 4-year-old daughter Jessie’s Dream responded by finding another device and achieving separation throughout the stretch.
Mona Stella favorite game 9-5, overtook Sugar Fix in second place with Sonar completing the trio in third place.
“I had a very good trip,” Rosario said. “She was abrupt and Reynaldo told me to just let her stride and go from there. It looked like we were going to take the lead but the horse outside (Crystal Coast) had a bit of a pace. My little one was already in. and she was able to carry on to the end. She eventually dug into it and got better.”
The second pony of the unrated Scat Daddy mares My Sweet Dani Girl, Sweet Dani Girl improved her record to three wins and a third win after six starts, with earnings of 209,565 dollars. She’s the only winner of her three dam departures, the most recent of which includes an unnamed 2-year-old foal by goodbye Charlie and a Dak Tan ponies a year. She was bred to Honor code for the year 2023.
Videotapes: Sunshine Filly and Mare Turf S. (BT)
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