Old pro Noble Drama has shot to end losing streak

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – At the age of 9, Noble Drama has seen better days, although the old pro is not ready to throw in the towel just yet.

Coming off his best effort in more than a year from a Beyer Speed Figure standpoint, Noble Drama figures to be one of the major players in Sunday’s eighth race at Gulfstream Park, a $61,000 allowance/optional-claiming event going a mile on the main track. The race is the afternoon’s co-feature along with a similarly conditioned six-furlong dash for 3-year-old fillies that lured a field of eight, including the very impressive debut maiden winner Candy Gray, who will make her first start of 2024.

Noble Drama, a 10-time multiple stakes winner of more than $864,000, rallied to finish a well-beaten second behind the very promising Arthur’s Ride under similar conditions March 16 for which he earned an 87 Beyer Figure. A repeat of that effort could put him back in the winner’s circle Sunday for the first time since November 2022.

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Noble Drama will have to beat a couple of young rivals on the upswing, 4-year-olds Cacciatore and Bank Frenzy, the former having paired up 88 Beyers winning his last two starts by a combined margin of 13 3/4 lengths. Bank Frenzy will be returning to the races for the first time since dominating New York-breds by five lengths going 1 1/8 miles at Aqueduct last September.

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