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Vequist, with Joel Rosario aboard, winning the Juvenile Fillies
Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable and Swilcan Stable s Vequist, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2020, is set to launch her highly anticipated sophomore season against 11 rivals in Saturday s $200,000 Davona Dale (G2) at Gulfstream Park.
The 34th running of the one-mile Davona Dale is part of a blockbuster 14-race program featuring nine stakes, eight graded, worth $1.475 million in purses anchored by the $300,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth (G2) for 3-year-olds on the road to the $750,000 Curlin Florida Derby (G1) presented by Hill n Dale Farms at Xalapa March 27.
First race post time is 11:30 a.m.
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Racing at Gulfstream Park
The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $950,000 Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
Saturday s 12-race program, which will be highlighted by the $100,000 Suwannee River (G3) and the $100,000 Ladies Turf Sprint, will get underway at 12:10 p.m. ET.
The Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the eighth straight racing day Friday, when multiple tickets with all six winners were each worth $5,691.58.
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.
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Mandaloun wins an allowance race at Churchill Downs on Nov. 28
Catch him if you can. From New Orleans to Hot Springs to Boynton Beach, trainer Brad Cox is logging plenty of frequent flier miles this winter while overseeing a stable that has him in contention to not only win him his first career Eclipse Award as Outstanding Trainer, but raise the bar even higher in 2021.
Front and center at Fair Grounds where he is the four-time defending training champion, Cox has Mandaloun and Divine Comedy pointing to a pair of stakes on the Jan. 16 “Road to the Derby Kickoff Day,” for what he hopes will be the start of the path to the April 30 Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) and May 1 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) later this spring at Churchill Downs.
Calumet Farm Tops North American Breeders By Earnings In 2020 Sponsored by:
Entrance to historic Calumet Farm in Lexington, Ky.
Calumet Farm has topped the individual breeders list in North America for the second year in a row with $9,768,957 in earnings in 2020, according to statistics released today by The Jockey Club Information Systems. Calumet Farm bred 479 starters with 336 wins, 289 seconds, and 346 thirds out of 2,587 starts.
WinStar Farm, LLC was second with earnings of $9,234,344 with 149 wins out of 1,137 starts.
WinStar Farm, LLC topped the breeders list that includes partners with $11,713,732 in earnings and 254 wins from 1,851 starts. Calumet Farm came in second with $9,869,125 in earnings and 343 wins out of 2,619 starts.