Noble Drama, Caribou Club Make Victorious Returns At Gulfstream Sponsored by:
Caribou Club came back from a one-year layoff to win the Sunny Isles
Harold Queen s Noble Drama made a triumphant return from a four-month layoff, closing from last to eke out a victory in Saturday s $60,000 The Name s Jimmy Handicap at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
Out of a half-sister to 2010 Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Big Drama and full sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Sheer Drama, Noble Drama showed his class while rallying off a pedestrian early pace to prevail by a nose over Glory of Florida in the mile overnight handicap for 3-year-olds and up.
Despite On-Track Limitations, Tampa Bay Downs Enjoys Strong Betting Season Sponsored by:
Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fla.
When Richard Grunder called the 37,587th and final race of his marvelous 37-year Tampa Bay Downs career on May 2, it was as if a giant balloon whished into another dimension, never to be recaptured.
While 21st Century technology permits fans to revisit Grunder s greatest calls, such as the riveting Street Sense-Any Given Saturday duel in the 2007 Tampa Bay Derby, the Fan Appreciation Day card earlier this month was fraught with the reminder that change is inevitable in all avenues of life.
That truism had been reinforced when the 2020- 21 Oldsmar oval meeting resumed back on Nov. 25, slightly more than eight months after the COVID-19 pandemic turned everyone s world upside down. No one was certain how Thoroughbred racing fans would respond to temperature checks, mandatory face coverings and strict social distancing. Attendance was limited to about 3
Mandatory Rainbow 6: Fulmini, Hot Blooded Clash During Saturday’s English Channel Sponsored by:
Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
Trainer Carlos David will be represented by Bell Racing LLC s Fulmini and Palm Beach Racing Partnership s Hot Blooded in Saturday s $75,000 English Channel at Gulfstream Park, a key sequence in Saturday s mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6.
But don t bother asking David which horse he may prefer in the 1 1/16-mile turf stakes that drew a full field of 12 3-year-olds.
“I really like both horses coming into this race, for sure,” David said.
Fulmini, who was stakes-placed twice in off-the-turf stakes last year, was claimed for $50,000 out of his Jan. 21 debut, in which he finished sixth for trainer Michael Maker. After Bell Racing LLC transferred a pair of horses to his stable, David was asked to look for a young, relatively high-priced horse to claim.
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Equibase Analysis: King Of Dreams Best Chance To Upset Candy Man Rocket In Tampa Sponsored by:
Candy Man Rocket and jockey Junior Alvarado winning the Sam F. Davis Stakes
This Saturday s Grade 2, $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby provides 12 aspiring colts and geldings the opportunity to earn their share of the 85 points awarded (50 to the winner) on the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” as well as the winner s share of the purse.
Leading the field is Candy Man Rocket, winner of the Grade 3 Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs last month, with third place finisher Hidden Stash hoping to improve and potentially turn the tables on Candy Man Rocket this time around.