Rendon bounces back with win

Some 48 hours after escaping serious injury in a Friday spill on the Gulfstream turf, jockey Jairo Rendon was back in the winner’s circle.

Rendon booted home a 3-year-old gelding named Temple in the ninth race Sunday after taking off Saturday to nurse his sore shoulder. He fell in Friday’s sixth race when his mount, Little Christina, broke down in midstretch as an odds-on favorite. The 5-year-old mare had to be euthanized.

Rendon, a 36-year-old native of Colombia, rode with success in Panama and Saudi Arabia before moving to the United States in 2016. His first winner in this country came in January 2017 in a Gulfstream maiden race aboard the eventual multiple stakes winner Morticia.

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Rare Wednesday card

Gulfstream Park typically runs five days a week during the winter, when an influx of horses from New York and elsewhere makes races easier to fill during the four-month championship meet. A four-day schedule is in effect for other meets – except for this week at the South Florida track.

An eight-race card that includes three turf allowances is on tap for Wednesday, when first post is 1:15 p.m. Eastern. Longstanding state regulations that require Florida tracks to run a specific number of dates is the reason the oddball card was scheduled.

The allowances are carded as races 2, 4, and 8 on the abbreviated program. The Rainbow 6, which offers a carryover of $356,444, spans races 3-8. The Rainbow 6 jackpot has not been swept by a solo winning ticket since July 6.

The five-day week will be highlighted by the first two legs in the annual Florida Sire Stakes on Saturday. The $100,000 Desert Vixen for fillies and the $100,000 Dr. Fager for colts and geldings are the opening races in the $1.4 million series for 2-year-olds.

◗ Gunnevera, pointing to the Grade 1 Woodward on Aug. 31 at Saratoga, was sent through his second breeze since getting a short break on Saturday, going five furlongs in 1:01 over a wet-fast surface at Gulfstream West. The earner of more than $5.5 million has healed from a minor foot bruise that forced a five-week break between works.