GULFSTREAM PARK
Saturday February 06, 2010 - Race 10
Donn H. - Grade: 1
Purse: $500,000
Distance/Restrictions: 1 1/8M, Dirt, 4 Year Olds and Up, STAKES
Winning Time: 1:47.49 Pgm Horse Win Place
Show
4 Quality Road 2.80 2.40 2.10
5 Dry Martini 6.20 4.20
10 Delightful Kiss 4.80
Times in 100ths: :23.21 :46.02 1:09.87
1:34.78 1:47.49Unplaced horses listed in order of finish.
Also ran: Mambo Meister, Helsinki, Past the Point, Kiss the Kid,
Duke of Mischief, Dubai Gold
Scratched: You and I Forever Mike
Welsch
Daily Racing Form 1/30/2010
Dry Martini,
breezed five
furlongs in 58.88 seconds under exercise rider Kristen
Troxell.
Dry Martini posted fractions of 24.08,
35.32, and 47.16 before
completing six figures in 1:11.58 around the clubhouse
turn to the one-mile pole.
Barclay Tagg had also
considered the Sunshine Millions
Turf for Dry Martini, who finished fourth, beaten two lengths
by Duke of Mischief, in the Ft. Lauderdale.
" He ran a big
number, a 5, on the sheets, so we felt the extra week would
do him good," said Tagg. "We know
we're up against it with Quality Road in the race but our horse
likes this track and he's doing well and when they're doing well
you've got to run, especially in a race like this with so much
prestige.
If Quality Road has an off day and our horse has a
good day it should be a good race.
" A field of from
six to eight is expected for the Donn. Delightful Kiss
and Helsinki
appear definite to start while the connections
of Kiss the Kid and Mambo Meister are considering both
the Donn and the Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Turf, which will
also
be decided
here Saturday.
According to racing secretary Dan Bork,
other potential starters include Le Grand Cru, You and
I Forever,
Timber Reserve, and Friesan Fire.
Nancy took
these on 11-28-09. The last set of pics from Belmont before
Barclay goes to Florida.
PLEAD...11-28-09..2nd race Aqueduct..2-year-olds maiden 1 mile
dirt..finished 7th
ELAROSE
KINDERGARTEN KID
RADICAL SABBATICAL
STORM ON THE MOON
WELL EXCUUUZE
Groomedforvictory wins 3rd straight mile effort in Study Hard S.
November 22, 2009. by
Rab Hagin.
Scoring his third consecutive one-turn mile victory in nine weeks, Sure Thing Stables' homebred GROOMEDFORVICTORY tallied by 3-1/4 lengths as the 1.20-to-1 favorite among eight starters in Aqueduct's Study Hard Stakes for New York-bred three-year-olds and up on Sunday, November 22. The five-year-old gelding has entered a whole new dimension since being reintroduced to eight panels at one turn -- under which condition he has four wins in six outings and has never been unplaced -- just prior to the autumn equinox. He immediately took the early lead in his fifth consecutive outing under Aqueduct meet-leading jockey Ramon Dominguez but seemed unperturbed when 2.50-to-1 second choice Be Bullish seized command along the rail and set the opening quarter-mile fraction of 24.19. A lead-swapping duel ensued to the crest of the turn off an accelerated second quarter-mile split in 23.81, after which Groomedforvictory put his head in front for good and began to draw clear, gaining a two-length advantage at mid-stretch.
