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Con Lima Awarded Herecomesthebride Via DQ Of Spanish Loveaffair

Con Lima went from bridesmaid to bride Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., , where the Todd Pletcher-trained daughter of Commissioner finished second but was placed first in the $100,000 Herecomesthebride (G3) via the disqualification of first-place finisher Spanish Loveaffair.

The Herecomesthebride, a 1 1/16-mile turf stakes for 3-year-old fillies, kicked off a 14-race program with nine stakes worth more than $1.4 million, headlined by the $300,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth (G2), a key prep for the $750,000 Curlin Florida Derby (G1) presented by Hill n' Dale Farm at Xalapa.

Con Lima ($6), who finished second in the Jan. 30 Sweetest Chant (G3) after setting the early pace, rallied from well off the early pace to finish a well-beaten second behind Spanish Loveaffair, the 8-5 favorite who drew off to finish first by 2 ¾ lengths.

However, the stewards subsequently ruled following a lengthy inquiry that Spanish Loveaffair interfered with eventual fourth-place finisher I Get It leaving the backstretch, placing the Mark Casse trainee from first to fourth.

Mail Order set the pace under Junior Alvarado, producing fractions of 23.80 and 48.10 seconds for the first half-mile with Joy of Painting and Spanish Loveaffair in close attendance. I Get it advanced quickly on the rail along the backstretch to slip inside Spanish Loveaffair but dropped back several lengths after bumping with the favorite. Spanish Loveaffair would go on to sweep to the lead with a three-wide move into the stretch to prevail by a comfortable margin. Con Lima rallied four-wide on the turn to finish second, a length ahead of Joy of Painting, who finished a nose ahead of re-rallying I Get It.

“Our plan was to go to the lead but the filly, unfortunately, didn't break that good, said Irad Ortiz Jr. “After that I just had to go to Plan B. That wasn't even our Plan B. It was Plan C, I guess. She relaxed and just sat and waited for me. I had to start working on her a little early, but she performed well and kept coming. [Spanish Loveaffair] was a better filly today, but she's a very good filly.”

Spanish Loveaffair, who was making her first start since finishing sixth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, ran 1 1/16 miles over a firm turf course in 1:41.30.

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Feb. 28 Insights

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FULL-SIBLING TO CLASSIC EMPIRE DEBUTS

3rd-GP, $50K, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 1:08p.m.

China Horse Club and WinStar Farm's HARVARD (Pioneerof the Nile), a full-brother to champion Classic Empire, makes his career bow Sunday in Hallandale. Classic Empire was named champion juvenile colt of 2016 after victories in the GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity S. and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile. He captured the GI Arkansas Derby at three and was second in the GI Preakness S. before retiring to Ashford Stud. China Horse Club privately acquired his dam Sambuca Classica (Cat Thief) a short time later and her 2017 Candy Ride (Arg) filly summoned $775,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. Sambuca Classica is also the dam of stakes winners Uptown Twirl (Twirling Candy) and Anytime Magic (Fusaichi Pegasus); and SP Exclamation Point (Concord Point).

Klaravich Stables' Publicly Available (Liam's Map) debuts in this spot for Chad Brown. The $275,000 KEESEP purchase is out of a half-sister to Grade I-winning millionaire Dream of Summer (Siberian Summer), dam of Grade I winners Creative Cause (Giant's Causeway) and Vexatious (Giant's Causeway); and MGSW & GISP Destin (Giant's Causeway).

Robert and Lawana Low's $700,000 OBSOPN buy Dupuis (Distorted Humor) makes his second start in this test after finishing eighth in the slop over track and trip Feb. 6. TJCIS PPs

HALF TO COMMISSIONER MAKES CAREER BOW

6th-GP, $50K, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/16mT, 2:36p.m.

The well-related STATEN ISLAND (Carpe Diem) makes his first trip to the post in this event. Out of MSW & GSP Flaming Heart (Touch Gold), the chestnut is a half to MGSW & GISP Commissioner (A.P. Indy); GSW & GISP Laugh Track (Distorted Humor); GSP Intrepid Heart (Tapit); and the dam of champion Vino Rosso (Curlin). TJCIS PPs

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Anchored By Fountain Of Youth, Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Pool Guaranteed At $700,000

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $700,000 Saturday Gulfstream Park, where the $300,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth (G2) will headline a 14-race program with nine stakes, eight graded. (Race 1 post time is set for 11:30 a.m.)

The popular multi-race wager went unsolved Friday for the fourth straight racing day since a lucky bettor broke the jackpot for $712,824.06 Saturday. Multiple tickets with all six winners were each worth $1,688.00 Friday.

The jackpot pool is only paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70 percent of that day's pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

Saturday's Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 9-14 and will be kicked off by the $200,000 WinStar Gulfstream Park Mile (G2) and completed by the Fountain of Youth, the key prep for the $750,000 Curlin Florida Derby (G1) presented by Hill 'n Dale at Xalapa.

Shug McGaughey-trained Performer, who captured the Jan. 23 Fred W. Hooper (G3) at Gulfstream, is the 2-1 morning-line favorite in a field of eight older horses in the Gulfstream Park Mile. Danny Gargan-trained Tax, who finished off-the-board in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) after winning the Harlan's Holiday (G3) impressively, is rated second at 5-2. Steve Budhoo-trained Eye of a Jedi, who finished a neck behind Performer in the Hooper, will return in the Gulfstream Mile.

A 1 1/16-mile optional claiming allowance for older horses on turf, which will be designated as a 'spread' race by many bettors, follows in Race 10.

Mark Casse-trained Got Stormy, the popular multiple Grade 1 stakes-winning mare, will make her 2021 debut in the $125,000 Honey Fox (G3) in Race 11. Brendan Walsh-trained Zofelle, who captured the Jan. 23 Marshua's River (G3) at Gulfstream, will also get considerable support from bettors.

Champion Vequist will be widely viewed as a 'single' by many Rainbow 6 bettors when she makes her 2021 debut in the $200,000 Davona Dale (G2) in Race 12. The Butch Reid-trained daughter of Nyquist captured the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Keeneland Nov. 6.

The $125,000 The Very One (G3) in Race 13 will be contested by a very balanced field of older fillies and mares that may well prove to be the most testing leg of the sequence for bettors.

Greatest Honour, a 5 ¾-length winner of the Jan. 30 Holy Bull (G3), is rated as the 8-5 morning-line favorite in the Fountain of Youth, which also attracted Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) winner Fire At Will, Holy Bull runner-up Tarantino and Swale (G3) winner Drain the Clock in a deep field of 10.

WHO'S HOT: Jose Ortiz ride a pair of winners, scoring aboard Ray Arewethereyet ($4.40) in Race 1 and Thorover ($3) in Race 5.

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Impressive Allowance Winner Known Agenda May Target Florida Derby

St. Elias Stable's Know Agenda may have earned his way into the $750,000 Curlin Florida Derby (G1) presented by Hill 'n Dale at Xalapa field Friday after romping to a 11-length victory in the Gulfstream Park's featured Race 4, a 1 1/8-mile optional claiming allowance for 3-year-olds.

“We'll talk about it with Mr. Viola and Mrs. Viola and their team,” said trainer Todd Pletcher, who trains the son of Curlin for Vinny and Teresa Viola's St. Elias Stable. “We'll talk about it, but I think he ran well enough today that it's definitely in play.”

Known Agenda, who was sent to post as the 1-2 favorite in a field of six, rated off a solid early pace contested by Etched in Stone, Top Gun Tommy and Warrior in Chief during a half-mile in 47.89 seconds. Top Gun Tommy won the pace battle to take a clear lead into the stretch under Paco Lopez, but Known Agenda loomed large on the turn and quickly took charge at the top of the stretch and drew off under Irad Ortiz Jr.

The son of Curlin ran the Florida Derby distance of 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.47 while equipped with blinkers for the first time on the day before a field of 10 3-year-olds compete in the $300,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth (G2), a key prep for the March 27 Florida Derby.

“Johnny [Velazquez] recommended blinkers last time. We just needed to get him a little more focused. We know he's got a lot of talent. He's shown it in the mornings and hints of it in the afternoon,” Pletcher said. “We're just trying to get him a little more consistent. It looks like today the blinkers helped. He got into the race a little bit more and won impressively in the end.”

The St. Elias Stable's homebred colt finished fifth in the Feb. 6 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs after racing far back early. In his prior start, he finished a distant third in the Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct after getting bumped at the start.

Known Agenda's victory came two days after it was announced that Pletcher is among the 2021 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame nominees in his first year of eligibility.

“It's an honor to be nominated. I'm very thankful for all the opportunities we've had over the years,” Pletcher said. “We've been blessed to train a lot of great horses for a lot of great people and have a tremendous staff backing us up.”

Pletcher, who has saddled a record five Florida Derby winners, has saddled the winners of more than 5,000 races and $400 million in purses.

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