Fans who have been following this
season’s two-year-olds in South Florida will have a chance for some
handicapping fun in Thursday’s fifth race at the Gulfstream Park West meet.
It is 7 ½ furlongs on turf for
2-year-old fillies, with a $28,000 purse and $35,000 optional claiming price. The
scheduled post is 2:37 p.m.
Several of the eight entrants have
recent wins or other strong showings on turf. Most notable are Takin It Easy, Shack Up and Deputy Dora.
We will have coverage during the afternoon
on our blog.
First post is 12:35 p.m. for the
nine-race card at Calder, the site of the GP West meet.
The dirt track is listed as fast and
the turf is listed as firm. Five races
(the odd-numbered ones) are scheduled for turf with the rail at ten feet. The Weather Channel forecast is for just a
ten percent chance of rain during racing hours.
Thursday
Carryovers
On the first race there is an
overnight carryover of $1,087.06 on the Super Hi-5.
The carryover on the Rainbow 6 has grown
to $47,124. It is on races four
through nine.
Wednesday
Results
Blame
It On Dixie beat her stablemate My Life by a length in Wednesday’s eighth and feature
race.
Both are two-year-old fillies trained
by Todd Pletcher. The race was a $34,000 maiden special weight at one mile on
turf.
First-time starter My Life was ridden by Edgard Zayas and led until deep stretch when Blame It On Dixie caught and passed her. Eddie Castro
rode Blame It On Dixie who
won in 1:40.75, solid for a maiden race,
on the course listed as firm.
Sugar
and Te finished third, a neck behind My
Life in the nine-horse field. Emisael
Jaramillo rode Sugar and Te for trainer Bill Mott.
--Jim Freer
Blame It On Dixie was the 2-1
favorite. Sugar and Te was the 5-2 second betting choice, and My Life was 7-1.
It was the second start for Blame It
On Dixie, a daughter of Blame, and
for Sugar and Te, a daughter of Galileo. My Life is a daughter of Quality Road.
The $2 exacta paid $49.20. The $2
trifecta paid $193.20—a rare high return
for a Pletcher-Pletcher-Mott trifecta, especially in a maiden turf race.
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