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Kitten’s Joy’s Domain Expertise Gets Up in Florida Oaks

Jouster shot to the front as Domain Expertise settled in the second half of the field heading into the first turn. Residing in the two path while covered up midpack down the backstretch, the 5-1 chance took aim at the front approaching the quarter pole and was fanned four wide around the final turn. Picking up the tempo but with seemingly too much to do as Jouster was free-running in early stretch, the Chad Brown runner proved undeterred as Antonio Gallardo asked for more and his charge responded, reeling in the frontrunner late and pegging her rival at the wire.

“I think I had a pretty good trip,” said Gallardo. “She felt comfortable all the way around. Really, when I put her in the clear, she exploded. She exploded like a good filly. I was trying my hardest and you're not thinking about [whether you're going to catch Jouster, the pacesetter], you're thinking about riding your horse and trying to catch her.”

Runner up in her career debut at Saratoga last September, the Klaravich Stables runner was seventh over the yielding Pimlico turf in the Selima S. Oct. 3, but rebounded to win in a Tampa maiden Dec. 5. Sent off at 7-1 last time out, the chestnut finished third, beaten two lengths, in Gulfstream's GIII Sweetest Chant S. Jan. 30.

Pedigree Notes:

With Saturday's victory at Tampa, Domain Expertise became the 102nd black-type and the 50th graded winner for her sire, Kitten's Joy. The $200,000 KEENOV weanling purchase is the fourth foal out of MSP Teroda, who is also responsible for Sombeyay (Into Mischief), winner of the GIII Sanford S. at two before adding the GIII Canadian Turf S. the following season. The 13-year-old mare produced a Bolt d'Oro filly in 2020 and was bred back to Mendelssohn.

Saturday, Tampa Bay Downs
FLORIDA OAKS-GIII, $152,500, Tampa Bay Downs, 3-6, 3yo, f,
1 1/16mT, 1:41.12, fm.
1–DOMAIN EXPERTISE, 117, f, 3, by Kitten's Joy
                1st Dam: Teroda (MSP, $171,033), by Limehouse
                2nd Dam: Leza, by Strawberry Road (Aus)
                3rd Dam: Goldenley (Arg), by Farley (Arg)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($200,000
Wlg '18 KEENOV). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-J D Stuart,
Mueller Farms, Inc. & Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey (KY);
T-Chad C. Brown; J-Antonio A. Gallardo. $90,000. Lifetime
Record: 5-2-1-1, $125,700. *1/2 to Sombeyay (Into Mischief),
MGSW, $412,650. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click
for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Jouster, 119, f, 3, Noble Mission (GB)–Playtime, by Street Cry
(Ire). 'TDN Rising Star'. ($360,000 Ylg '19 FTSAUG). O-Starlight
Racing; B-St. Elias Stables, LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.
$30,000.
3–Oyster Box, 119, f, 3, Tapit–Starformer, by Dynaformer.
O-Gainesway Stable (Antony Beck); B-Juddmonte Farms Inc
(KY); T-H. Graham Motion. $15,000.
Margins: NO, 2HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 5.40, 0.70, 5.50.
Also Ran: Mia Martina, Queen of the Green, Be Sneaky, Flight to Shanghai, Forever Boss, Big Band Luzziann, Alex's First. Scratched: Big Bad Diva, Hindsight.
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Perseverance Pays Off As Jockey Antonio Gallardo Celebrates 2,000th Winner At Tampa

Antonio Gallardo didn't throw in the towel after getting passed in deep stretch aboard 5-year-old mare Do What It Takes in today's fourth race at Tampa Bay Downs.

The jockey's perseverance paid off in career victory No. 2,000, as Do What It Takes rallied on the inside to post a nose victory from Exceed the Goal in the 7-furlong claiming race for older fillies and mares.

The 33-year-old Gallardo, who has won five riding championships at Tampa Bay Downs, received enthusiastic applause from spectators after his No. 5 was posted on the tote board.

“I love it,” Gallardo said, moments after being joined by his wife Polliana and their two children for photographs in the winner's circle. “(Exceed the Goal) blew past us, but I could see her ears were back and she was stopping. I said to myself 'I think I can get it,' and thank God my horse gave me a little bit more and got to the wire first.”

Do What It Takes is owned by Carole Star Stables and trained by Jose H. Delgado.

It was the 45th victory of the meeting for Gallardo, who trails only Samy Camacho in the 2020-2021 Oldsmar standings.

Gallardo, a product of Jerez de la Frontera in Cadiz, Spain, has won 837 races at Tampa Bay Downs. Only Daniel Centeno and Mike Manganello, with six apiece, have won more meeting titles here.

“Tampa is home for me. It's given me so much, and you feel great doing something like this at home,” Gallardo said. “I have to thank my family, all my agents, the trainers and owners and the fans who have supported me. This is something I never thought of doing when I first came to the United States.

“I just have to keep going.”

Gallardo also touched base with his parents in Spain, Paqui and Antonio, through FaceTime on Polliana's phone in the winner's circle. Children Carlos, 12, and Christa, who turns 7 next week, gave Dad a poster sign of congratulations they made at home.

Gallardo, who is the track's single-season record holder with 147 winners, set during the 2014-2015 meeting, has also won four riding championships at Presque Isle Downs in Erie, Pa. The jockey has won nine graded stakes, topped by his victory in the Grade I United Nations Stakes on the grass at Monmouth Park in 2018 on Funtastic, owned by Three Chimneys Farm and trained by Chad Brown. Gallardo won back-to-back editions of the Grade II Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes on Hotshot Anna in 2018 and 2019.

Gallardo's career in the United States started slowly, with only seven winners from 175 mounts in 2009. By 2014, he was in full flight, riding 268 winners. He finished second in North America with 320 winners in 2015 and was second in 2016 with 332.

Gallardo has won five races on a single card at Tampa Bay Downs a record six times. Only Richard DePass, with seven in 1980, and Edwin Gonzalez, with six in 2017, have won more races on a single Oldsmar card.

Gallardo is one of 11 active Oldsmar jockeys with 2,000 or more victories. The others are Scott Spieth, 4,880; Jose Ferrer, 4,533; Ronnie Allen, Jr., 3,819; Daniel Centeno, 3,016; Roberto Alvarado, Jr., 2,750; Jesus Castanon, 2,610; Ricardo Feliciano, 2,288; Dean Butler, 2,287; Mike Allen, 2,099; and Huber Villa-Gomez, 2,083

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Missed Start In Kentucky ‘Blessing In Disguise’ For Sam F. Davis Contender Boca Boy

Gulfstream Park-based trainer Cheryl Winebaugh and her assistant, husband Ken Winebaugh, hope their decision to bring their 3-year-old gelding Boca Boy to Tampa Bay Downs earlier this week translates to their advantage in Saturday's Grade 3, $250,000 Sam F. Davis, one of four stakes – three graded – on Festival Preview Day 41 Presented by Lambholm South at the Oldsmar, Fla., track.

“We wanted to get him a little experience over the ground and get him used to the sights,” said Ken Winebaugh. “We didn't want to throw everything at him at once.”

Friday's workout on the Oldsmar main track with jockey Antonio Gallardo in the saddle went as well as the couple could have hoped for, as Boca Boy breezed five furlongs in 1:01 4/5, the fastest of 11 works at the distance. “We had heard the (dirt) track here was a little deeper and cuppier (than Gulfstream), and Antonio said he handled it real well,” Ken said. “He came out of it great, and I think he's ready for a really good race.”

Undoubtedly, he will need it. Boca Boy is expected to face eight or nine rivals in the Sam F. Davis, which awards Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the first four finishers and is likely to draw horses from the barns of such training behemoths as Todd Pletcher, Bill Mott, Christophe Clement and Dale Romans.

The Sam F. Davis is one of four stakes, three graded, on Saturday's card, which offers stakes purse money of $750,000. Entries for the entire card will be taken Wednesday.

Also scheduled Saturday are the G3, $175,000 Lambholm South Endeavour Stakes, for fillies and mares 4-years-old-and-upward racing a 1 1/16 miles on the turf; the G3, $175,000 Tampa Bay Stakes, for horses 4-and-up at 1 1/16 miles on the turf; and the $150,000 Suncoast Stakes, for 3-year-old fillies racing a mile-and-40-yards on the main dirt track.

The Suncoast Stakes awards Longines Kentucky Oaks qualifying points to the first four finishers on the same 10-4-2-1 basis as the Davis.

Boca Boy's previous start on Sept. 26 resulted in a virtual gate-to-wire victory on a sloppy Gulfstream surface in the $400,000 Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association Florida Sire In Reality Stakes. The two-length victory was achieved in a time of 1:46.34 for 1 1/16 miles, the same distance as the Sam F. Davis.

The Winebaughs and Boca Boy's owner, Kenneth Fishbein, hoped to start him in the G2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes on Nov. 28 at Churchill Downs. But when he popped a splint bone (an injury similar to shin splints in runners) during an Oct. 24 workout, the connections put on the brakes.

Ken Winebaugh thinks the setback might have been a blessing in disguise. “He has really grown up since then. He's filled out and gotten taller, so instead of being a baby, he looks more like a racehorse,” he said. “He has matured a lot, and he has already shown he can handle racing around two turns. He has a lot of heart, and I have high hopes for him.”

Gallardo is expected to ride Boca Boy on Saturday.

Smiley Sobotka, who finished second in the race Boca Boy missed, the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, is expected to compete for owner Albaugh Family Stables and Romans.

Other probables for the Sam F. Davis include Candy Man Rocket, owned by Frank Fletcher Racing Operations and trained by Mott; Broadway, owned by Robert S. Evans and trained by Clement; Known Agenda, owned by St. Elias Stables and trained by Pletcher; and Lucky Law, owned by Sanford Bacon, Mrs. Paul Shanahan, Horse France America and Patrick L. Biancone Racing and trained by Biancone, who won last year's Sam F. Davis with Sole Volante.

Also, Hidden Stash, owned by BBN Racing and trained by Victoria Oliver; Ricochet, owned by Whiskey Hollow Thoroughbreds and trained by Kelsey Danner; and Runway Magic, owned by Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings and Bruce Lunsford and trained by George “Rusty” Arnold, II.

On that list of probables, Boca Boy is the lone stakes winner, and also the only Florida-bred. He is a son of Prospective – who finished second in the 2012 Sam F. Davis and won the G2 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby – out of the Gimmeawink mare Baliwink.

“I think this race will be a step up (in competition), but all he has to do is finish well and show he is not outclassed and he will go on from here,” Winebaugh said.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Tampa Bay Downs is limiting general-admission attendance for the Festival Preview Day 41 Presented by Lambholm South card to 2,500 spectators. Tickets, which are $10 each plus a service fee, are being sold online through Eventbrite.com and at the program stands.

Horsemen, box-seat holders and season-ticket holders do not need to purchase tickets, but must present their passes at the gate to gain admittance.

Seating will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis unless patrons have prior arrangements in the Skye Terrace Dining Room, Sports Gallery, Clubhouse Carrels or Legends Bar, but the purchase of a general-admission ticket is still required to gain admittance.

The track is also selling a limited number of tables in the Backyard Picnic Area for $50 each plus a service fee; that price includes admission for six people.

Here is the link for Festival Preview Day 41 tickets and picnic-area seating:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/festival-preview-day-41-presented-by-lambholm-south-tickets-135338604409

Everyone will be required to wear masks or face coverings and maintain appropriate social distancing.

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Antonio Gallardo Rides Five Winners On Tampa Bay Downs Program

Five-time leading Tampa Bay Downs jockey Antonio Gallardo rode five winners at the Oldsmar, Fla., track for a record sixth time on Saturday, including four consecutive winners beginning with the fifth race.

Gallardo's outstanding afternoon began in the fifth race on Melancholy Blues, a filly owned by Charles D. Nielsen and trained by Jon Arnett. Melancholy Blues was claimed from the race for $16,000 by trainer Tony Wilson for new owner Happy Tenth Stable.

Gallardo next won the sixth on the turf on Domain Expertise, a filly owned by Klaravich Stables and trained by Chad Brown. He added the seventh race aboard Mi Cleopatra and I for owner David Gruskos and trainer Jose H. Delgado.

Twice more, with feeling: Gallardo won the eighth race, the Lambholm South Race of the Week on the turf, with the colt Night Things, owned by Mt. Brilliant Farm and trained by Michael Stidham. He added the 10th and final race on the Godolphin homebred filly Frost Point, trained by Bill Mott.

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