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Trio Of Graded Stakes Winners Top Nominees For Jan. 30 Holy Bull Stakes Sponsored by: Mutasaabeq works at Palm Beach Downs Grade 2 winner Mutasaabeq, who captured the Mucho Macho Man Jan. 2 in his season debut, and Grade 3 winners Pickin Time and Sittin On Go are among 22 sophomores nominated to the $200,000 Holy Bull (G3) Saturday, Jan. 30 at Gulfstream Park. The 30th running of the 1 1/16-mile Holy Bull is the next step for 3-year-olds on Gulfstream s road to the March 28 Florida Derby (G1), and headlines a program featuring five graded-stakes worth $600,000 in purses. Shadwell Stable s Mutasaabeq was a popular 1 ½-length winner of the one-mile Mucho Macho Man, his return to the main track after winning the 1 1/16-mile Bourbon (G2) on grass and finishing 10th in the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf (G1). The next four horses that finished behind him – Papetu, Awesome Gerry, Pickin Time and Ultimate Badger – are also nominated to the Holy Bull. ....
Sponsored by: Trainer Rodolphe Brisset WinStar Stablemates Racing s Gulf Coast, stakes-placed in one of two juvenile starts, will step up and stretch out for her sophomore debut in Friday s $75,000 Cash Run at Gulfstream Park. The one-mile Cash Run for 3-year-old fillies is among three $75,000 stakes on the New Year s Day program along with a pair of five-furlong turf sprints, the Abundantia for fillies and mares 4 and older and the Janus for 4-year-olds and up featuring the 7-year-old debut of multiple graded-stakes winner Imprimis. First race post time is 12:05 p.m. Gulf Coast, a bay daughter of 2012 Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Union Rags, will be racing beyond six furlongs for the first time in the Cash Run, her second straight stakes after running second in the Sandpiper Dec. 5 at Tampa Bay Downs, overcoming some early trouble to get within two lengths of the winner. ....