All Come True capable of better in second U.S. start
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – It’s not too often that the feature is the last race of any given program, except for mega-events such as the Breeders’ Cup Classic or Pegasus World Cup being run so late because of television.
So it’s something of an anomaly that Gulfstream Park will save the only allowance on a 10-race Thursday card for last. It’s a $51,000 first-level turf mile that drew a near-capacity field of fillies and mares, with All Come True among the more interesting prospects in a well-matched group.
All Come True turned in a dismal performance in her North American debut in early December, but trainer Graham Motion said the French-bred filly is capable of far better.
“She just walked out of the gate that day,” Motion said early this week from Palm Meadows. “You can’t get away with that, not down here. It was pretty much a disaster.”
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All Come True won at first asking in France in October 2019, and following a private purchase, she had not raced again until that Dec. 6 return in a similar first-level turf mile at Gulfstream. What’s worth noting, however, is that she was the 5-2 favorite in that race following 10 promising workouts at Motion’s Fair Hill base in Maryland and a Palm Meadows breeze two days beforehand.
“Hopefully she’ll get away better this time and show what she can do,” said Motion. “She can be a bit keen, so I’d like to see her break and settle.”
All Come True will have Javier Castellano aboard as one of 11 in the feature, although one of those, Lavi, is a main-track-only designate. Castellano was scheduled to return to action here Wednesday following a three-month layoff due to his recovery from elective surgery on his right leg near the hip.
Besides All Come True, other top contenders in the Thursday finale include Get Rewarded, who’s in for an optional $25,000 claiming tag after winning for this same condition earlier in the meet for Brian Lynch, and Hotsy Totsy, back following a nearly eight-month layoff for Christophe Clement.
The feature concludes the 20-cent Rainbow 6, which spans races 5-10 and is expected to offer a guaranteed pool of about $300,000, assuming the jackpot was not emptied Wednesday by a solo winning ticket. The Rainbow 6 was forced out again Saturday, with winning tickets returning $17,215 apiece on new handle of more than $5.8 million.
Two Florida-bred allowances (races 8 and 9), each with a $44,000 purse, directly precede the last-race feature. Two starter allowances (race 3 and 6) also are part of a busy card that starts at 1:10 p.m. Eastern. Post time for the last race is 5:48.
After a couple of days with intermittent rain in the local forecast, dry conditions were expected to emerge for Thursday, with a projected high of 82. Six of the 10 races are scheduled for turf.