Nicely bred Cash in a Flash steps up off maiden score

Cash in a Flash has the breeding to be a decent horse and it will be interesting to see if he’s ready to take the next step to what could be a bright future when he runs in a first-level allowance race for Florida-breds at Gulfstream Park on Friday. The mile and 70-yard race on Tapeta drew eight horses and goes at approximately 5:02 p.m. Eastern.

A Live Oak homebred by Uncle Mo, Cash in the Flash was heavily favored to win his juvenile debut, which came at Woodbine on Aug. 29, 2020. However, he got off to a poor start and never threatened in the 5 1/2-furlong dash on Tapeta.

It took the 4-year-old gelding a long time to make it back to the races and he was favored again when he returned last month in a $40,000 optional maiden-claiming race at Gulfstream. The chalk players were rewarded when he came from a stalking position to win the mile and 70 yards on Tapeta with Edwin Gonzalez riding.

Cash in a Flash is out of Cry and Catch me, who won the Grade 1 Oak Leaf running over a synthetic surface at Santa Anita. One of his siblings, Souper Escape, is a three-time Grade 3 winner on Tapeta at Woodbine.

“He’s a colt we were very high about early on,” said trainer Mark Casse of Cash in a Flash. “You can see he went off a short price at Woodbine. He hurt himself in that race and came back to train very well, so we were not surprised by his good effort in his return.”

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Cash in a Flash will break from post 3 with Gonzalez retaining the mount.

Meteorito, trained by Jorge Delgado, could end up favored. The 5-year-old son of Gone Astray is popular at the betting windows and at the claiming box as he has changed hands in each of his last three starts.

Meteorito is coming off a 10 1/2-length romp in a $12,500 claiming race for nonwinners of two for trainer Amador Sanchez on April 3. The 81 Beyer he was given is the best last race figure in the field.

Sanchez had taken Meteorito from Delgado for $6,250 on Feb. 26, when he came from a stalking position to finish second in a key race that produced three next-out winners. Acting on behalf of Donzella’s Racing Stable, Delgado had claimed Meteroito for $12,500 from his previous race Jan. 21 and then took him back for Joker Racing on April 3.

Meteorito is versatile so jockey Chantal Sutherland will have options depending on how he breaks from post 2.

I Believe in Magic takes on the boys following a runner-up finish against her own sex at the same level and distance on Tapeta for trainer Ronald Spatz on April 9. In her only other start, the daughter of Noble Bird won a $50,000 optional maiden-claiming race going seven furlongs on the main track Feb. 22.

Aztec, trained by Kathleen O’Connell, stretches out after winning his sprint debut on the main track in a $40,000 optional claimer April 22.