Multiple horses with strong bloodlines in maiden event

The pedigrees of the 3-year-old fillies in the eighth race here at Gulfstream Park on Sunday, a 6 1/2-furlong maiden race, don’t get much richer.

Among the field of 13 are first-time starters Pin Up, a Tapit filly whose dam, Cara Rafaela, produced the great racehorse and sire Bernardini; Regia Marina, a Medaglia d’Oro filly whose dam, Fleet Lady, produced 2008 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Midshipman; and Fast Moon, a fast-working first foal from a mare whose female line includes Inside Information and Educated Risk.

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Also, Spirit, whose unraced dam is a half-sister to Dream Rush; Bridle Fashion, whose unraced dam is a half-sister to Eddington; Fine Instincts, whose second dam produced Archers Bay and Nashinda; Delightful Melody, a Tapit filly whose dam, Bending Strings, earned $870,612; Chiding, whose dam, Sangrita, was a graded winner and a half-sister to Offlee Wild; and Casco Passage, a Medaglia d’Oro filly from one of those long-standing Phipps/Janney equine families dotted with stakes winners.

Good luck if you’re making selections based on bloodlines.

◗ Only one minor stakes is featured here next weekend, and that’s the $75,000 Allen Jerkens, a two-mile turf race on Saturday.

However, a number of 3-year-olds will ship across the Florida peninsula for the Grade 3, $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes next Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs. Last year, all eight of the Davis starters came from this circuit, with Todd Pletcher running one-two with Vinceremos and Harpoon.