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Siena Farm LLC and WinStar Farm LLC’s Emmanuel finally found room to run and the 4-year-old son of More Than Ready was much the best in the $150,000 Canadian Turf (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
The current crop of sires with their first runners at the racecourse this year now include five freshmen sires located in Kentucky or Florida who have already been represented by a stakes winner: Justify (by Scat Daddy), Sharp Azteca (Freud), Good Magic (Curlin), Girvin (Tale of Ekati), and Free Drop Billy (Union Rags).
Jordan jumped into a sport he’d followed casually since he was a teenager: horse racing. Actually, it was a plunge into racehorse ownership.
Graded stakes winners Emmanuel and Annapolis breezed a half-mile in company in 48.04 seconds Friday over the inner turf in preparation for the Grade 1, $1 million Caesars Belmont Derby Invitational on July 9 at Belmont Park.
Fasig-Tipton's Gulfstream Sale was held in the sunny paddock at Gulfstream Park on Wednesday. A catalog of selected 2-year-olds in training yielded a bevy of fireworks, including competitive bidding on a record-setting filly from the first crop of Bolt d'Oro and a regally-bred colt from the first crop of Justify.