Mon, 03/03/2025 - 12:23

Pletcher runners both look capable in co-feature

Blueberry Hill wins maiden at GP Jasn 30 2025
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Blueberry Hill wins her career debut by 5 3/4 lengths going seven furlongs. She stretches to 1 1/16 miles on Thursday.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Blueberry Hill was the only first-time starter in a field of seven when she won her maiden by 5 3/4 lengths going seven furlongs on Jan. 30 at Gulfstream Park.

Thursday, Blueberry Hill will be the only second-time starter in a field of seven 3-year-old fillies attempting to navigate 1 1/16 miles in a first-level allowance/optional $75,000 claiming race that serves as the co-feature on a nine-race Gulfstream card that begins at 12:50 p.m. The program includes a first-level allowance/optional $75,000 claimer for 3-year-old fillies sprinting on turf.

Mon, 03/03/2025 - 11:15

Sadler seeks first stakes win of meet with Alpha Bella

Debra A. Roma
Alpha Bella was second in the Grade 3 La Canada Stakes at Santa Anita on Jan. 19 behind the undefeated Cavalieri.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Trainer John Sadler will be after his first stakes win since early November when Alpha Bella starts in Saturday’s Grade 1 Beholder Mile for fillies and mares at Santa Anita.

Alpha Bella was withdrawn from the Grade 2 Buena Vista Stakes on turf at Santa Anita last Saturday. A 5-year-old, Alpha Bella worked a half-mile in 47 seconds on Sunday for the $300,000 Beholder Mile.

“She looked beautiful,” Sadler said. “She’s run well on both surfaces and we wanted to look at both races.”

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Fri, 02/28/2025 - 14:58

Rainbow 6 mandatory payout makes quick return with Tiffany Gold possible single

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Tiffany Gold should catch an honest pace as the Rainbow 6 gets underway.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Remember the good old days, when the Rainbow 6 carryover at Gulfstream Park reached into the millions? It peaked at nearly $6.7 million when hit in legendary fashion by Daniel Borislow on May 25, 2014. That came just one day before a mandatory payout that was the talk of the racing world and would have offered a final pool somewhere in the vicinity of $20 million.

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Fri, 02/28/2025 - 14:04

DeVaux turns attention to Madison with Justique

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After winning the Carousel Stakes at Oaklawn, Justique will be pointed toward the Grade 1 Madison at Keeneland.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Justique, who won the $150,000 Carousel last weekend at Oaklawn, will likely make her next start in the $650,000 Madison at Keeneland, according to her trainer, Cherie DeVaux.

In the Carousel, Justique closed from last for a half-length win. She covered the six furlongs for fillies and mares in a sharp 1:09.96.

Fri, 02/28/2025 - 14:00

Thorpedo Anna on track for 4-year-old debut in Azeri

Barbara D. Livingston
In her seasonal debut, Thorpedo Anna will meet Alpine Princess in the Azeri at Oaklawn.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Thorpedo Anna, the reigning Horse of the Year, remains on schedule to make her 4-year-old debut in the Grade 2, $400,000 Azeri on March 8 at Oaklawn, trainer Kenny McPeek said. She has been prepping for the 1 1/16-mile stakes at Fair Grounds.

“She’s got one more work here and then she’ll come up,” McPeek said Thursday.

Brian Hernandez Jr. has the mount on Thorpedo Anna, who is coming off a win in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff.