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Mastery Represented By First Winner at Gulfstream

Up Her Sleeve (Mastery) benefited from a perfect trip to become the first winner for her well-regarded Claiborne Farm-based sire (by Candy Ride {Arg}) in the Gulfstream opener Saturday afternoon.

Sent off at 19-1 off a distant last of four in a rained-off maiden on debut June 30, the bay filly was one of the first away, but came back to Wilmer Garcia to sit third rounding the first turn, as odds-on Royal Rocker (Noble Bird) led them along. Hugging the rail down the backstretch, she was asked for a bit of speed and pinched ground at the fence, popped away from the inside under a ride off the home corner and reeled in the pacesetter with a sixteenth to go, scoring by 1 1/4 lengths. Second-timer Castle Born (Vancouver {Aus}) rallied to be up for second.

Up Her Sleeve, who sold in utero for $160,000 at Keeneland November in 2018, is out of a half-sister to Cash Out (Street Cry {Ire}), graded-placed on turf and dirt as a juvenile; and to MSP Pretty Fancy (Lemon Drop Kid). Her third dam produced MGISW Clear Mandate (Deputy Minister), who was responsible for MGSW & MGISP Newfoundland (Storm Cat) and GISW Strong Mandate (Tiznow). Pocket of Aces is the dam of a yearling Tapwrit filly and a colt foal by the 2017 GI Belmont S. winner.

1st-Gulfstream, $51,000, Msw, 7-17, 2yo, f, 7 1/2fT, 1:32.10, gd, 1 1/4 lengths.
UP HER SLEEVE (f, 2, Mastery–Pocket of Aces, by Harlan's Holiday) Sales history: $120,000 Wlg '19 KEENOV; $30,000 2yo '21 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $29,250. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-Constance Wickes & Brian Hanley; B-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd & Bridlewood Farm LLC (KY); T-J Kent Sweezey.

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Gulfstream Park: $400,000 Jackpot Guaranteed In Friday’s Rainbow 6

Gulfstream Park's weekend of racing kicks off Friday afternoon with a $400,000 guaranteed pool in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 and a 12-race program Saturday featuring the $75,000 Mr. Steele for 3-year-olds and up on the turf.

First race post Friday is 2 p.m. and Saturday 12:20 p.m.at the Hallandale Beach, Fla., track There will also be a Super Hi-5 carryover into Friday's first race of $11,452.52.

After each of the last five races Friday, two names will be selected to win $100 betting vouchers. XB Reward members and those who join XB Rewards in Silks will be eligible.

Friday's Rainbow 6 begins with Race 4, a maiden special weight event for fillies and mares at five furlongs on the turf. Ventriloquist, a 3-year-old daughter of Nyquist owned by Magic Cap Stables, makes her debut for leading trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. Gary Barber's Baby Mo, a daughter of Upstart, cuts back in distance second time off the layoff.

Race 6, the third leg of the sequence, is a maiden special weight event for 2-year-old fillies also at five furlongs on the turf. Zen, an Irish-bred daughter of Zoffany is one of two entered by trainer Mark Casse along with Fulminate. Saturday Nite Girl will make her debut for Glen Hill Farm and trainer Thomas Proctor.

Saturday's 12-race program includes five turf races, three maiden special weight events and the $75,000 Mr. Steele, a race at 1 1/16 miles on the turf with three of the seven entered for the turf trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. Joseph will send out Renaisance Frolic, second in the Appleton (G3) over the winter, and two horses claimed earlier this year in Noble Indy and Max K.O.

Glen Hill Farm's Caribou Club, a graded stakes winner back in 2018 and winner of the Sunny Isles here in May, and Vow Me Now, second to Chuck Willis in the Golden Glades May 31, are also entered.

Joseph, Zayas Atop the Leader Boards
Joseph continues to hold an impressive lead in the trainer standings with 49 wins, 32 more than Carlos David and Antonio Sano with 17 each. Mark Casse has 16 wins heading into the weekend and Kathleen O'Connell and Juan Carlos Avila have 14 each.

The jockey standings are much tighter with Edgard Zayas holding a 76-74 lead over Emisael Jaramillo. Injured rider Edwin Gonzalez has 59 wins and Miguel Vasquez 58.

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Papetu Returns With Win In Carry Back At Gulfstream

Magic Stables LLC's Papetu fired off the layoff to win Saturday's $75,000 Carry Back at Gulfstream Park, victorious in his first start since finishing off the board in the March 27 Grade 1 Florida Derby.

The Carry Back, a seven-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds, headlined a 13-race program that also featured Competitive Speed's return to winning form in the $60,000 Hallandale Beach, an overnight handicap for 3-year-old fillies.

Papetu ($9.40) ran seven furlongs in 1:09.35 to prevail by 1 ¼ lengths under Leonel Reyes, who was also aboard Competitive Speed.

The son of Dialed In had earned his way into the Florida Derby with a runner-up finish in the Mucho Macho Man and a third-place finish in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth during the Championship Meet.

Papetu broke well from his far outside post position and settled several lengths behind the early pace, set by Moonlite Strike and stalked by Real Talk on the rail and Lauda Speed on the outside. Moonlite Strike, who captured the Roar Stakes in his most recent start, set fractions of :22.53 for the first quarter and :44.76 seconds for the first half mile, as Papetu made his way into contention on the turn into the homestretch.

Real Talk made a strong move to take the lead at the top of the stretch under Samy Camacho but proved no match for the wide stretch drive of Papetu, who claimed his first stakes victory.

“He ran a good race. He was training very good. I know that he wasn't 100 percent, but we had to start somewhere,” trained Antonio Sano said. “We would like to run him at Saratoga in August.”

Papetu was impressive while winning his first two starts of his career last year at Gulfstream before venturing to Saratoga to finish sixth in the Grade 2 Saratoga Special and fifth in the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes. The Kentucky-bred colt was competitive with the top 3-year-olds during the Championship Meet before enduring a five-wide trip from his far-outside post position and finishing seventh.

In the Carry Back, Real Talk finished second, three-quarters of a length ahead of a tiring Moonlite Strike.

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Competitive Speed Finds Winner’s Circle Again At Gulfstream Park

John Minchello's Competitive Speed closed from far back to capture Saturday's $60,000 Hallandale Beach at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., returning to winning form in her second start since a troubled run in the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

The Hallandale Beach, a seven-furlong overnight handicap for fillies and mares, was featured on a 13-race program that was headlined later in the day by the $75,000 Carry Back, a seven-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds.

Competitive Speed, who finished off the board in the April 30 G1 Kentucky Oaks after encountering hard bumping at the start, returned to finish second in the June 5 Game Face Stakes, in which she got off to a slow start before making a solid late run. The daughter of Competitive Edge was once again a bit slow leaving her rail post position Saturday, but that would not turn out to be a handicap this time.

Shea D Summer, who registered a front-running victory while defeating Competitive Speed by 2 ½ lengths in the Game Face, reared in the gate to miss the start of the Hallandale Beach as Restofthestory and Emunah broke alertly to contest the early pace. Competitive Speed saved ground in sixth along the backstretch several lengths off the pacesetters, who set fractions of :23.08 for the first quarter and :45.56 seconds for the first half-mile. Shea D Summer, the 6-5 favorite ridden by Emisael Jaramillo, made a strong recovery to make a three-wide sweep into contention on the turn into the homestretch.

Jockey Leonel Reyes angled Competitive Speed off the rail on the turn into the homestretch to launch a four-wide drive as Shea D Summer kicked on to take a brief lead in mid-stretch. The Carlos David-trained favorite, however, was no match for the fresh legs of Competitive Speed, the 2-1 second betting choice who drew away to a length victory. Coach Jer's Joy rallied widest of all under J. C. Diaz Jr. to finish second, a length ahead of Restofthestory and jockey Edgard Zayas. Shea D Summer shortened stride late to finish fourth.

Competitive Speed ran seven furlongs in 1:24.24.

“They set a good pace for her. She was a little farther back, but the track is a little deep today and she was getting too much dirt and she didn't like that,” trainer Javier Gonzalez said. “When she got to the outside, she did what she was supposed to do – what she likes to do.”

Competitive Speed had earned her way into the Kentucky Oaks field with a strong Championship Meet, during which she won the Glitter Woman Stakes and registered third-place finishes in the Grade 2 Davona Dale and the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks.

“I was sad with what happened to her in the Kentucky Oaks,” Gonzalez said “She dealt with that, and now she's been getting better and better every day. She has a big heart.”

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