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Juan Reviriego Returns To Training After 12-Year Absence

Juan Reviriego, who trained Argentine Group 1 winners Lady Sprinter and Fitz Flag and trained in California from 2004-'09, is campaigning a small stable of horses at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., for the Spring/Summer Meet

Reviriego, who saddled Lady Sprinter for a start in the 2004 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), saddled Meteorito ($2.60) for a victory in Sunday's first race for Charlotte Racing Stable while notching his third winner of the meet.

A third-generation trainer, Reviriego galloped horses for Hall of Fame trainer Horatio Luro's stable and worked at Chantilly before going back to his native country in 1974. He became a leading trainer with horses like triple Group 1 winner Poitiers in 1975-76.

Reviriego, whose horses are stable at Palm Meadows Training Center, has returned to training for the first time since 2009. Ironically, his last starters before this spring came in South Florida, where he saddled Lady Sprinter for a sixth-place finish in June of that year in the $75,000 U Can Do It Handicap at Calder Race Course.

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‘We Didn’t Lose, We Learned’: Jesus’ Team Exits Dubai World Cup Sixth In Good Order

Jose D'Angelo was understandably disappointed with Jesus' Team's sixth-place finish in Saturday's $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1), but the 30-year-old trainer has returned to South Florida with a wealth of knowledge and experience.

“We didn't lose, we learned,” said the Venezuela-born trainer, who has been training in the U.S. for less than two years. “We learned a lot of little things. In this sport, a lot of little things make big things happen.”

Grupo 7C Racing Stable's Jesus' Team, who earned a trip to Dubai with a second-place finish in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park, raced evenly in traffic to finish sixth of 12 starters in the Dubai World Cup.

“In the mornings he showed life, in the race he showed different,” D'Angelo said. “I don't know what happened. One thing is a horse in the morning and the other thing is a horse running between 12 horses in the afternoon. The most important thing is Jesus came back perfect. He came back from the race like he does for a gallop, not tired.”

Jesus' Team is scheduled to fly to Chicago Thursday and will be in quarantine for three days before to returning to D'Angelo's stable at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream Park's satellite training facility in Palm Beach County.

“When he comes back, he'll get all the time he needs,” said D'Angelo, who was the leading trainer in Venezuela before he ventured to the U.S. “When he does come back, he will have an impact.”

Jesus's Team captured a $25,000 claiming race at Gulfstream Park while making his first start for D'Angelo last May. The 4-year-old son of Tapiture went on to finish third in the Jim Dandy (G2) at Saratoga and Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico and second in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Keeneland before returning to Gulfstream to win the Claiming Crown Jewel and finish second in the Pegasus.

D'Angelo drove the truck towing Jesus' Team's van for each of his major stakes engagements before the trainer and his overachieving horse traveled separately to Dubai.

“For me, it was the first time traveling with a horse outside the USA,” D'Angelo said. “It was an amazing experience. I would like to go back next year.”

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Prevalence Has Final Wood Memorial Prep For Walsh: ‘This Will Answer Our Questions’

Godolphin's Prevalence registered his final work before shipping to New York for Saturday's Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino, posting a half-mile breeze in 47.60 seconds Sunday at his home base at the Palm Meadows Training Center in Boynton Beach, Fla.

Trainer Brendan Walsh said he's been pleased with the Medaglia d'Oro colt's training and will see him ship to New York on Wednesday, when the draw for the 100-40-20-10-point Kentucky Derby qualifier at Aqueduct racetrack will occur.

Prevalence, unraced as a juvenile, is 2-for-2, recording a 8 1/2-length debut victory on January 23 at Gulfstream Park and following with a three-length score stretched out to a mile on March 11 at the same track.

“He worked here this morning at Palm Meadows and it went very well and he's flying up there on Wednesday. It looks like he's going into the race in good shape,” Walsh said. “It's another step now, so we'll find out if he can go the two turns as well. This will answer our questions and be a good test for him.”

Walsh said he's optimistic Prevalence can handle the challenge of shipping in for a race for the first time, citing his demeanor and temperament.

“He's a very nice, quiet, easy-going horse and I don't think the travel will affect him at all,” Walsh said. “We'll see how he handles the track. He hits me as a horse who can handle any kind of surface.”

Walsh, who has registered 364 wins and earnings of more than $20 million, said the chance to compete in a prestigious race such as the Wood Memorial is a special one, especially with the 2020 edition not being able to run because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It's fantastic. This is why we're in the game; to be part of these races, and to bring a horse up there who should be a live one, it's very exciting,” Walsh said.

Jockey Tyler Gaffalione, aboard for Prevalence's first two starts, will have the return call in the Wood Memorial.

“It's always good when you can have continuity,” Walsh said. “It all helps. Tyler's a great rider, so we look forward to having him on board.”

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D’Angelo Relishing Every Moment With Dubai World Cup Contender Jesus’ Team

Dreams shape the future and for 30-year-old trainer, Jose Francisco D'Angelo, one might come true this Saturday, when his charge Jesus' Team (USA) lines up for the 25th anniversary of the $12m Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline.

The former leading Venezuelan handler found himself travelling across states during his first full year of training in the USA, him behind the wheel and his precious cargo, Jesus' Team in the back.

During the spring of 2020 the bold bay walked into D'Angelo's Palm Meadows barn and since then has taken the trainer, his team and owners to new heights.

“This horse has put me on the map,” D'Angelo said.

He provided trainer D'Angelo with a first ever starter in an American Classic race when 3rd in the 2020 Grade 1 Preakness Stakes, behind subsequent US Horse of the Year Authentic and champion 3-year-old filly, Swiss Skydiver.

That week was characterized by fresh experiences and an extensive amount of pressure, but also carried an introspective undertone. D'Angelo's grandfather had died mere weeks earlier.

“When my grandfather passed away I was driving the truck from Saratoga to Monmouth for the Preakness, it was the day after the (Grade 2) Jim Dandy. I heard whilst I was driving and I had to stop, it was too hard,” the trainer recalled.

“I dedicated the Preakness to my grandfather because I felt him with me. I couldn't go to his funeral in Venezuela because I was with 'Jesus' and because of the pandemic I couldn't travel.”

A scintillating performance at Pimlico was followed by a runner up finish in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Mile, behind Knicks Go, a win in the Claiming Crown Jewel Stakes and another second placing behind the aforementioned foe in the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational.

Foreign riches beckoned and connections started dreaming of greater goals by the end of the autumn, when the Dubai World Cup became a target. Groom Angel Ayala, regular rider Willo Mercado and trainer D'Angelo left for the United Arab Emirates in mid-March.

When watching the elite contenders during morning workouts it is the exuberant Jesus' Team, with his blinkers, draw reigns and free striding action, who always seems to catch the eye.

A spirited character, the Grupo 7C Racing Stable runner has taken to the Meydan dirt track and a customary trick or two suggests the dark bay to be in top condition.

“Jesus is a little bit like a baby. He looks like a professional on track, but in the barn he wants to play like a 2-year-old. Jesus is a very delicate horse. You have to be able to deal with him,” said D'Angelo.

Even though the preparation has gone exactly as hoped, with Jesus' Team improving every day, D'Angelo knows anything can happen in the lead up to the race itself.

Adrenaline was pumping through the veins of D'Angelo during the Dubai World Cup draw, but the nerves subsided after a satisfactory stall 9 was announced.

“I'm very nervous, I would like Saturday to come right now. But we can do this. I've gone to the stable at 10pm, 11pm, 12pm. Talking to him: 'Hey 'Jesus' you all good?' I check in on him, change the water. He makes a soup out of his feed, mixing it with water, so I have to clean it,” says a smiling D'Angelo.

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