Zayas has big day as Night Jumper takes Showing Up Stakes

After winning his 2,000th race in the $70,000 Cellars Shiraz at Gulfstream Park on Friday, Edgar Zayas kept rolling with six wins at the Hallandale Beach oval Saturday including a victory aboard Night Jumper in the $70,000 Showing Up for 3-year-olds.

Night Jumper paid $16.40 and posted a final time of 1:41.29 in the mile-and-70-yards race contested over the all-weather Tapeta track.

Night Jumper broke alertly from post 5 in the seven-horse field, stalked from the inside of Grand David and Rumble Strip Ron. Zayas angled him outside of Grand David turning for home, drifted out midstretch before drifting back in nearing the wire, where he put Venezuelan Triumph and Grand David in tight.

Venezuelan Triumph was last early, moved into contention while going wide on the stretch, rallied between Night Jumper and Grand David but came up three-quarters of a length short. Grand David set the pace and held on well to finish a neck behind Venezuelan Triumph.

Following a steward's inquiry and claims of foul against the winner by the riders of the second and third finishers for an incident approaching the wire, the stewards let the result stand.

A homebred colt by Amira's Prince, Night Jumper races for Darsan Inc. He is trained by J. K. Sweezey.

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