Vaccarezza gets on the board with $58 winner

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Since moving his stable from South Florida to Kentucky, Carlo Vaccarezza took a while to warm up, going winless with his first 14 Churchill starters. But not only did Vaccarezza send out his first winner of the meet when Uncle Gregory scored at a $58.20 mutuel in the seventh race Saturday, but Parkland rallied stoutly to finish second at 68-1 in the final race the same day.

Parkland, by Midnight Lute out of Hay Jude, is a 4-year-old half-brother to Little Mike, a multiple Grade 1 winner who earned more than $3.5 million for Vaccarezza and his wife, Priscilla.

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Parkland, said Vaccarezza, “is the real deal. He’s had some problems, but we’re all set now. You’ll hear more from him.”

Vaccarezza, 68, moved to Lexington recently and has 30 horses stabled at Keeneland. He is in the process of establishing a new Frank & Dino’s in downtown Lexington, modeled after the restaurant by the same name he has owned for years in Boca Raton, Fla.