Sunshine Millions Preview Day offered at Gulfstream
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The inaugural Sunshine Millions Preview Day, scheduled for Saturday at Gulfstream Park, features eight stakes for Florida-breds totaling $1 million. The program replaces the old Florida Millions program held in recent years at Calder. A field of seven has been entered for the $150,000 Millions Classic Preview over 1 1/16 miles. Grade 1 veteran Jackson Bend, winless since taking the 2012 Carter Handicap at Aqueduct, is the marquee name in the lineup. Despite being in the midst of a lengthy losing skid, the six-year-old has been competitive at times this season, placing in the Forego, Smile Sprint Handicap and $115,000 Housebuster. Souper Speedy, elevated to first in the downgraded Jaipur at Belmont in June, is another dropping in class. The Live Oak homebred was recently fourth in the Kelso Handicap at Belmont, a race that also included Jackson Bend. Grade 3 winner Cash Rules, who makes his second start off an extended layoff, might be the one to beat. The six-year-old gelding won the Carl G. Rose Classic, Calder's equivalent of this race, last season, and later finished a clear second to Ron the Greek in Sunshine Millions Classic in January. |
The three-year-old Sr. Quisqueyano, a three-time stakes winner this year,
comes in off a wire-to-wire score in the $100,000 Quality Road over this course
and distance.
Cash Rules was cross-entered in the $125,000
over 1 1/16 miles on the grass. Bad Debt, who captured the Calder equivalent of
this race, the Bonnie Heath Turf Cup, in 2011 and 2012, is the likely favorite.
The $125,000
Millions Distaff Preview, for fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles, features My
Pal Chrisy, who's captured the $113,000 Paseana and $115,000 Musical Romance
since joining the Marty Wolfson barn over the summer. Multiple stakes winner
Awesome Belle is the main threat in a small field of five.
Awesome Belle was also cross-entered in the $125,000
and Mare Turf Preview at 1 1/16 miles. If she chooses this option, she would
face the three-year-old Silsita, who captured the Bourbonette Oaks and $100,000
My Princess Jess at Saratoga earlier this year for Todd Pletcher. Local stakes
veterans Millennia, Parranda, and Nicki Starshine are other leading contenders.
Field sizes are obviously larger for the two juvenile turf events, the
Juvenile Turf and $100,000
Filly Turf, both at one mile. Here's Johnny, runner-up in the Kentucky Downs
Juvenile before winning a Keeneland allowance, is the likely favorite in the
Juvenile Turf, while the Juvenile Filly Turf features Saratoga maiden winner and
Jessamine third Courtesan, and Calder turf allowance winner Super Fantasy.
Cross-entered in the Juvenile Filly Turf and the $125,000
Juvenile Filly Sprint at 6 1/2 furlongs are Secret Kitten, undefeated winner
of the Cassidy and Catcharisingstar at Calder, and Brave Raj winner Holiday
Drama. Other major contenders include Monmouth debut winner Puddifoot, Lindsay
Frolic winner Flat Out Charming, and Yes Liz, runner-up in the Sorority at
Monmouth.
The $125,000
Sprint over 6 1/2 furlongs features Juvenile Turf cross-entry My Brown Eyed
Guy, who captured the Dr. Fager and Affirmed divisions of the Florida Stallion
Stakes this summer. However, the favorite might be Wildcat Red, two-for-two
following maiden and allowance scores over the Gulfstream strip this fall.
Birdonthewire winner Pachanga Party and recent Calder allowance scorer Bolita
Boyz are other contenders.
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