Pasco, Gasparilla Attracts Hall of Fame Coach Interest

Hall of Fame coaches Todd Pletcher, Bill Mott and Mark Casse will be represented by the promising 3-year-olds on a Skyway Day card on January 15 at Tampa Bay Downs.

The $125,000, the Pasco 7 for 3-year-olds, and the $125,000, the 3-year-old 7’s are the features on the 10-race card, including the $50,000. la Wayward Lass, a 1/16 mile event for older mares and mares. The wallet for Pasco and Gasparilla includes $50,000 in funds for mixed Florida people.

Pasco Stakes, which could spur some starters to win $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3) on February 12, has drawn a field of seven ponies and geldings and will be contested like the fifth race. Among the top candidates was trained by Pletcher Provocative , who broke her maidenhood at Tampa to 4 and a half lengths in a six-time sprint on December 23.

Antonio Gallardo will ride the Provocateur again, son of Into Mischief owned by MyRacehorse and Spendthrift Farm. He is a full brother of Lining , winner of Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park in 2017.

Spendthrift is also a co-owner in a Ralph Nicks-trained organization Cattin with Corinne and William Heiligbrodt. The New stone colt won a six-feather long inaugural stake in Tampa on December 4.

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Joker Racing’s Cyberviking is another candidate, profiled 3 for 4 at Gulfstream Park for coach Jorge Delgado.

Gasparilla, a prep program for $150,000 worth of Suncoast Stakes, also on Feb. 12, drew eight people to fill and go as race Friday.

Casse is trained Strategy bird , 2 to 2 for owner Gary Barber, entered the race with a thrilling victory at the Sandpiper Stakes December 4, in which she ran six scissors in 1:10.05, faster than Cattin’s inaugural time. 85 seconds. Gallardo will be aboard the Strategic Bird again, daughter of Noble Bird .

Right behind her in Sandpiper is JD Farms’ Devine charger (Fees will be charged ), a slut trained by Jordan Blair, who came in second, was hit in the neck.

Mott has joined LNJ Foxwoods’ Faulty , One Minister Valiant the scumbag twice blew up Florida-bred stocks last year but hasn’t ranked since September.

Bringing a recognizable pedigree to the race is Pletcher-trained Goddess of Fire , One Mineshaft the younger half-sister from the 1st grade winning student Mind control . She broke her maiden first request on August 22 at Racecourse Saratoga before running a third far at Pocahontas Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs and then fifth in Temptation Stock at Belmont Park.

Most of the stake holders in Tampa will race against Lasix. Many 3-year-olds use a diuretic for the first time after not being treated with it, as are 2-year-olds. The drug, which is used to control respiratory bleeding in horses, is still approved by Tampa for use in stock races, while elsewhere in the state Gulfstream Park, the use of its shares is prohibited.