Golden Kernel Racing Stable’s Yes I am free go right ahead and take control throughout the 11th of february at Gulfstream Park is on track to successfully defend her title in the $125,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint (G3T).
The Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint, a five-mile sprint for older horses, was supported in Saturday’s 12-race program by the $100,000 Ladies Turf Sprint, a five-stage sprint. for older mares and mares.
Yes I Am Free ($8.60) rushed out of the starting gate and led the way for half a mile with fractions :21.75 and :44.33 with horse wagon And Shekky Shebaz are pursuing. The seven-year-old gelding boy trained by Laura Cazares went on to score the winning goal in the first half against a determined Carotari. The son of uncaught ran five stretches with a ratio of:55.71 on a solid court while swiftly carrying out his title defense duties under Miguel Vasquez.
“We have two ways that we think it’s going to go: get out, get ahead, try to get to the rails and save some ground, get ahead and keep the lead. Or , if anyone else like that wants to go forward, step back a bit, let the speed increase and do the approach.” Cazares said. “I said to Miguel, ‘Do what you need to do. You know what the race is going to be out there. I don’t want to tell you too much. Here are our two game plans and picks. whatever.'”
Carotari, the favorite 7-5 riding by Joel Rosario, finished second three-quarters ahead of Shekky Shebaz.
Yes I Am Free was fired for 5 months to win an optional claim benefit after a tough fight on Jan.
“His last race was a very difficult one and we were very nervous,” Cazares said. “He hasn’t run in a while and we knew he would need a race to get out of the sack but he fought hard. He didn’t give up. He showed a lot. heart.”
Saturday’s win was Yes I Am Free’s 11th win in 25 career starts, the most memorable being last year’s win at the Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint.
“It feels great because I’ve never won a level 3 race before, I haven’t really won any stake races before, so this guy has done a lot for me,” Cazares said. and (owners)”. “It was their first horse and look what he did for them. He did a lot for all of us. All the horses did a lot for all of us but the guy. This has done the most to date. It’s great.”
Bred in Florida by Sherry R. Mansfield & Kenneth H. Davis in addition to winning Yes It’s True mare Yes It’s Valid, the Yes I Am Free was a $135,000 purchase by Justin Casse, the dealer, from the consignment. Hawk’s Nest to Ocala Breeders’ Sales Sale for 2-year-olds and race-age horses in June 2018. He’s the only classified winner among his batters, who also produced Black Nikee Kan production. The mare has a 2 year old foal great rotation colt has a pending naming application and is reported to have been bred with girvin for the year 2023.
Videotapes: Sprinting on Gulfstream S. (G3T) Park
An identity becomes a stake winner
Lawson’s racing stable an identity in her fourth race out of claim and second in a row on the field, overtook well-timed driver Paco Lopez to become the first bet winner with a half-way win. Charlie T. in the $100,000 Women’s Field Sprint.
Trained by Rohan Crichton, the 4-year-old One Identity ($8.20) covered five feathers for: 55.92 in the mare and mares 4 years old test.
Claimed for $35,000 last summer at Gulfstream, One Identity passed a bid for third place in a grant that claimed a January 18, five-mile sprint option, the launch of on her turf, defeated less than two miles away. That race was won in two races for Uncaptured’s daughter, both wins taking place on the Gulfstream’s all-weather Tapeta surface.
An Identity that Wins the Women’s Lawn Sprint Stake
Crichton said: “When she last ran, Paco admitted they were going too fast and he wanted her to relax a little bit so he did. “It went well for us.”
Lopez tackles One Identity in fourth save with a 35-1 long shot epochal war crossed the quarter-mile opening at: 21.42, pressed outside of her by Charlie T. Lopez. Lopez patiently waited for clearance until the field ran straight toward home, splitting War of Ages and Charlie T at the top of the ramp and passing a determined Charlie T into the rope.
Mamba Wamba was thrown into the field with a score of 2-1, completing the trio.
“Paco sat and had a good ride. He decided to go inside,” Crichton said. “He gave way to the garden outside, but the track opened up and she passed.”
Bred in Florida by Laurie Plesa, David Melin and Leon Ellman in addition to Leroidesanimaux mare Exchange Identity, One Identity was the first black type winner among mares, who produced two winners from three starts . The mare has an unnamed 2-year-old foal Jessie’s Dream and has been reported to be bred with Uncle Chuck for 2023. One Identity won three of the seven starts before being claimed and finished second in the Any Limits last winter’s six-mile dirt track sprint at Gulfstream. She has now won three of her four starts for Crichton, who has said he has looked no further than the Women’s Field Sprint for an identity.
“One dream at a time,” he said. “She’s getting better and better, that’s for sure.”
Videotapes: Sprint S. Women’s Lawn (BT)
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