Towser reboots in allowance

Refreshed and regrouped, the Into Mischief filly named Towser will make her first start in nearly 10 months Friday at Gulfstream Park when facing five other 3-year-old fillies in the only allowance on a nine-race twilight card.

Towser shows a strong series of workouts, including a pair of bullets, at the Palm Meadows training center since being moved into the barn of Saffie Joseph Jr., easily the leading trainer at the current spring-summer meet at Gulfstream in South Florida.

Bred in Kentucky by her owners, Ed Seltzer and Beverly Anderson, Towser was a winner in her second career start last September at Laurel Park when still in the care of Justin Nixon. She then was overmatched in her only subsequent start, the Myrtlewood at Keeneland in late October, before ultimately changing hands.

Jockey Edgard Zayas, with whom Joseph is winning at a 31 percent rate (with a positive ROI) in 2021-22, has the call on Towser, who will be treated with the bleeder medication Lasix when breaking from the outside post in the feature, which goes as race 6. The seven-furlong race is governed by a first-level condition and a $75,000 claiming option when offering a $51,000 purse, including $7,000 in bonuses to eligible Florida-breds.

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If Towser isn’t ready to run her best off the layoff, other win possibilities include Maryquitecontrary (post 2, Luca Panici) or either of the fillies entered for the optional tag, Chitienne (post 4, Kevin Krigger) and Rapturous (post 5, Edgar Perez). Maryquitecontrary most recently was second in the Azalea on July 16 in just her second start, while Chitienne and Rapturous both are multiple winners with peak Beyer Speed Figures to make them very competitive in this spot.

First post for a nine-race Friday card is 2:55 p.m. Eastern, with race 6 going at 5:46 p.m.

The feature is part of the Rainbow 6, which spans races 4-9 and is expected to have a guaranteed pool of at least $50,000. The Rainbow 6 jackpot was forced out last Saturday after going unswept for five weeks, with each 20-cent winner returning $72,766.

Gilligan with a new stable

Patrick Gilligan, who trained in his native England, is restarting his career with a string of about 14 horses at Palm Meadows for the Glockenburg LLC of Russian owner Vladimir Kazakov.

Russian Alphabet, a longshot in the seventh race Friday, will be the first starter in North America for Gilligan, who several years ago authored “Around Kentucky With the Bug,” a book focusing on the apprenticeship of his son, jockey Jack Gilligan.

Patrick Gilligan, 56, has lived in recent years in Kentucky and New Orleans while working some of that time as an assistant to Kenny McPeek. He said Gulfstream is a logical venue for the Glockenburg runners because most are Florida-breds, adding he might take some horses in November to Fair Grounds, where his son rides each winter.

Nice weekend for Dobles

Elizabeth Dobles enjoyed one of the best weekends of her training career when Pudding won the $65,000 Benny the Bull last Saturday at Gulfstream and Don’t Get Khozy captured a $55,000 overnight handicap the following day.

Dobles, 31, won her first race in October 2016. Her younger sister, Samantha, opened her own stable last winter. Both grew up in Farmington, N.Y., and got their starts at Finger Lakes.

Pudding was ridden by Leonel Reyes, who on Sunday won the $200,000 Ellis Park Derby in western Kentucky aboard Steal Sunshine for trainer Bobby DiBona. Reyes trails only Miguel Vasquez atop the jockey standings at the current meet.

◗ The highlight of the coming weekend at Gulfstream is the $65,000 Sharp Susan, to be run Saturday at 5 1/2 furlongs on the Tapeta. A small field was expected when entries were taken Wednesday, given that only 11 2-year-old fillies were nominated.