Sunday, January 27 2013
Itsmyluckyday Upsets Shanghai Bobby with Track Record in Holy Bull
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The result of the $400,000 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) had nothing to do with luck Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Itsmyluckyday earned his two-length decision over previously undefeated Shanghai Bobby fair and square.
A week after being honored as the Thoroughbred sport’s champion 2-year-old of 2012, Shanghai Bobby was the even-money favorite to win his sixth straight race in the Grade 3 stakes for Florida Derby and Kentucky Derby hopefuls. The Todd Pletcher-trained champion seemed to be well positioned in the No. 1 post to make a victorious 3-year-old debut in the 1 1/16-mile stakes, but the Eddie Plesa Jr.-trained Itsmyluckday unleashed an impressive performance that broke the favorite’s undefeated streak, as well as a Gulfstream track record.
GULFSTREAM TODAY - 1.26.13
The Lead: Gulfstream Park will have a 10-cent Rainbow 6 carryover starting at $732,619.04 for Sunday’s races.
First race post is 12:45 p.m.
The Rainbow 6 is paid out when there is only one unique ticket with all six winners. There was no unique winning ticket on Saturday’s final six races. Six of six winners Saturday returned $8,933.51.
$400,00 Holy Bull (G3) Quotes
Trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. (Itsmyluckyday): "Words can’t describe it. It’s something everybody should feel. Anybody in this game deserves to have this feeling. I wish them all to have this feeling sometime….just not today.
Saturday, January 26 2013
GULFSTREAM TODAY - 1.25.13
Lead: Trainer Todd Pletcher sent out Repole Stable’s Highestmaintenance as the 3-to-10 favorite in a field of six 3-year-old fillies in Friday’s fourth race allowance feature and led through most of the mile until the final 50 yards when Sienna Farm LLC’s Private Ensign breezed by to score by 1 ½ lengths under jockey Corey Lanerie.
Gulfstream News & Notes
Bern Identity Set for Rematch with Shanghai Bobby in Holy Bull
Discreet Marq Gets Slight Turn Back for Sweetest Chant
Csaba on Target for Donn Handicap
Top Jockeys in for Day-Night Double-Header Saturday
Friday, January 25 2013
GULFSTREAM TODAY - 1.24.13
The Lead: While undefeated champion Shanghai Bobby and promising stablemate Verrazano schooled during the second race Thursday afternoon at Gulfstream Park, another Pletcher-trained colt was winning his race debut.
Thursday, January 24 2013
Caroline Thomas Ready for Next Step in Sweetest Chant
Joyce Young’s 3-year-old Kentucky homebred filly Caroline Thomas, a regally-bred daughter of Giant’s Causeway out of the Grade 1 winner Bit of Whimsy, will try to earn some black type of her own when making her stakes debut in Sunday’s $100,000 Sweetest Chant Stakes at Gulfstream Park
Gulfstream Park News & Notes
Dewey Set to ‘Square’ Up Against Shanghai Bobby in Holy Bull
Tulira Castle On Track for Holy Bull
Rosario Gets Mount on Animal Kingdom
Champion Groupie Doll to be Turned Out for Three Months
Shanghai Bobby Returns to Spotlight in Holy Bull
BOYNTON BEACH, FL – Shanghai Bobby is set to run at Gulfstream Park Saturday wearing the figurative crown of a champion. Honored as the country’s outstanding 2-year-old of 2012 at last weekend’s Eclipse Awards ceremony, the Todd Pletcher-trained colt will begin a quest for a more elusive crown in the $400,000 Holy Bull (G3), a major prep on the Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) and, ultimately, the Triple Crown.
Tuesday, January 22 2013
Gulfstream Today 1-21-13
Lead: David Garner’s 3-year-old Kentucky homebred filly Twice Told Tale broke last of nine in Monday’s eighth race allowance feature going six furlongs at Gulfstream Park, but rallied around horses into the stretch to wear down Ice Wine Stable’s pace-setting Barisoff to score by a ha-length under jockey John Velazquez.
Gulfstream Park News & Notes
McPeek Leaning Toward Holy Bull after Frac Daddy Work
With Sugar On Top Looks Good in Return Victory
Trainer Not Happy with Groupie Doll’s Training
Mucho Macho Man Back to Training
Monday, January 21 2013
Gulfstream News & Notes
Clearly Now Joins Strong Field Expected for Holy Bull Saturday
Shanghai Bobby Gets Final Drill for Holy Bull Sunday
Majestic Hussar Possible Candidate for Fountain of Youth
