Sweetest Chant & Kitten’s Joy 3rd grade grass test on February 5

Teneri Farm and J’ Barn Opalina The maiden winner opened her eyes on the course last fall, back Gulfstream Park managed to catch a losing streak in two races and land his first bet win in the February $100,000 Sweetest Song Prize (G3T).

Coach Roderick Rodriguez said the Florida-born Opalina had to practice a bit before making her second-year debut in the January 1 mile Ginger Brew tournament at the Gulfstream and dropped to third place after trailing the pace. degree in the first race since mid-October.

After a pair of sprints last summer to kickstart her career, Opalina was the 12-year-old girls special weight category winner ahead of her state peers in mid-September at Gulfstream. Racing beyond five laps for the first time, it was contested at the one-mile distance on a productive course.

“I had a lot of confidence in her that she would win like that. I beat her, it was not her game,” Rodriguez said. “It was her first time going a long, flat mile, so I had high expectations for that performance.”

Edward Seltzer’s Half-Blood Run legacy will begin her second career in Sweetest Chant. Daughter of Gunman was a quarter-length winner in his one-mile and 70-meter debut on Gulfstream’s Tapeta on December 9.

Coach Saffie Joseph Jr. “When she broke her maidenhood, she did it pretty well. Hopefully she’ll handle the pitch when we give her the chance,” said. “She’s a chubby, it looks like she wants to go twice and run all day. I think this is the right move. We could go subsidized but we feel like she’s equal to Gun Runner. and whether she can be graded or even won, that enhances her value. reason to try.”

Coach Chad Brown won the Sweetest Song six years in a row from 2012 to 2017 and is represented this year by Wonder Stables, Madaket Stables and Golconda Stable’s Miss You Ella after a mile-long, 70-yard women’s special weight victory over Gulfstream’s Tapeta on January 6.

Also emerging from an all-weather surface first victory are Wertheimer and Frere hybrids Ambitieuse who rallied for the three-quarter long 1 1/16 mile win on December 29 at Gulfstream.

Average Joe Racing Stables’ Myfavoritedaughter started twice this year, second in optional claim allowances on January 1 at Tampa Bay Downs and January 21 at Gulfstream. At the age of 2, she finished fourth in TVG Del Mar Debutante (G1) and also ran out of place in Darley Alcibiades (G1) on dirt road before returning to the pitch for Wait a while on 3rd of May. 12, opening day of the Championship Meet, ranked seventh.

Battle Charge ranked second by a top in the Presque Isle Debutante last October; Hal’s Dream a first-field winner exits the Golden Rod (G2) on the final court; recall whose Hall of Fame coach, Bill Mott, won last year’s Sweetest Song with White frost ; Ginger Brew Runner-up Ocean Safari ; and Almost like a diamond complete this field.

G3 Search Dirt winner pays out $100,000 Kitten’s Joy (G3T)
Unwinnable on two attempts since successfully finding ranked shares last summer in his turf debut, DJ Stable and Chester and Mary Broman’s Mint money will kick off its second season of the $100,000 Kitten’s Joy (G3T) at Gulfstream Park on February 5.

Hall of Fame coach Mark Casse hopes to find better racing fortunes for Coraction, son of Tapit bred in New York by the Bromans. He ran third after being hit and forced to settle early in Nownownow at Monmouth Park, then languished down to ninth after squeezing speed from column 12 in Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T). Both races came to a mile.

“At Monmouth, he had some trouble starting. He fell and couldn’t get out of it,” Casse said. “In Breeders’ Cup, it’s probably just about post position. When you’re walking around Del Mar go a mile and you paint the outside, that’s a bit brutal. He just had a rough ride. We’re just trying to get him back and hopefully he’ll have some luck this time. “

To his lordship, damn it Gold bar and grandson Medaglia d’Oro all class 1 winners on dirt track, Coding started his career sprinting on the main track, passing his first second and finishing third in Rick Violette, then in Racecourse Saratoga. In an effort to stretch him, Casse sent the Coins to the field within 1/16 mile With Anticipation (G3T), and he responded with a two-length victory running ahead.

“We felt, like the way he moved, that he would love the pitch. We worked with him on the grass a few times at Saratoga before we let him run and he loved it. love it,” Casse said. “He was impressive that day. I know he has a lot of potential, just need a good ride. He’s been damaged in his last two starts.”

Fellow Hall of Fame Coach Todd Pletcher joins the pair Grand Sonata and Royal Spirit . Grand Sonata Thoroughbred Whisper Hill Ranch escapes first bet win of his career, a top decision versus steady friend Chanceux at the mile-long Dania Beach on January 1 at Gulfstream.

Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable’s Royal Spirit will make a first graded appearance in Kitten’s Joy. The Into Mischief colt broke her maidenhood by 1 1/4 of her length in a 7 1/2-mile sprint on Gulfstream grass on January 2, after finishing her junior season on second in Nownownow — six stages before Coration — and fourth in Awad at Belmont Park.

“He’s got some betting experience. He’s second in the stake at Monmouth so we’re looking to get him into the winner’s circle. We’re happy to have the job done. there and we’ve been focused on this ever since,” Pletcher said. “He’s got tactical speed. I think he has the ability to put himself in a vantage point and go from there. He looks like he’s coming to it in the right way.”

Gentry Farm’ Prince of Eldon had a two-stakes winning streak last won at the Pulpit 7 1/2 that stretched on Gulfstream on Dec. 3. Before that, he won the grass-court mile-long Proud Man at Gulfstream. and an off-the-grass version of the Seven Winged Armed Forces, after September 18.

Boy Scouts said returned to Gulfstream after being headbutted in Pulpit for Motion and owner Aron Wellman’s Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners. He finished second in the fighting event after beating his maidenhood in the off-court girls special weight class last fall at Delaware Park.

“He’s the horse Aron Wellman bought privately after his Colonial (Downs) debut. Aron has a knack for finding these horses in sight,” said Motion, the inaugural Kitten’s Joy winner of the year. 2012 said. Awesome Howe . “He’s really done nothing wrong since we got him. I think he was a bit unlucky last time not to win. It’s a matter of a head. He’s a good horse. and try.”

Completing this field is a Silverton Hill Pulpit winner Red Danger ; ProRacing Stable’s Father Glado , Tuesday at Dania Beach; and Jim Bakke and Gerry Isbister’s Red knob ranked third in the Iroquois Stakes (G3) last fall.