| GULFSTREAM PARK, Saturday February 13, 2010 - Race 9 | |||
| Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship S. - Grade: 2 | |||
| Purse: $150,000 | |||
| Distance/Restrictions: 7F, Dirt, 4 Year Olds and Up, STAKES | |||
| Winning Time:1:22.49 | |||
| Pgm | Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show |
| 5 | Munnings | Javier Castellano | 4.00 | 3.00 | 2.40 |
| 9 | Congressional Page | Carlos H. Marquez, Jr. | 9.60 | 5.80 | |
| 8 | Motovato | Elvis Trujillo | 4.00 |
Times in 100ths: :23.25 :46.22 1:09.90 1:22.49 Unplaced horses listed in order of finish.
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Race Comments: MUNNINGS pressed the pace outside BIKER BOY, moved to take over from that rival nearing the eighth pole, then was all out to prevail. CONGRESSIONAL PAGE chased the pace four wide around the turn, was outmoved by the leaders in early stretch, then responded to pressure and was gaining on the winner late while edging MOTOVATO for the place. The latter, outrun after breaking in the air, raced five wide around the turn and rallied to just miss the place. INKADO chased the pace along the rail, dropped back in early stretch, then finished willingly while just being edged for the place and show. BIKER BOY showed speed along the inside, responded when challenged by MUNNINGS on the turn, then was steadied to avoid coming out into that same rival inside the eighth pole and gave way. PRESTO CHANGE O raced with the pace three wide to nearing the stretch, then weakened. YOU AND I FOREVER rated off the pace, made a run five wide to join the leaders on the turn, then tired. PEACE CHANT was not a factor. SOLAR FLARE (ARG) broke a step slowly, saved ground around the turn and faltered. |
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| MUNNINGS 수 2006 USA 밤색 전적:11(4/2/4) G2  |
Speightstown 스페이츠타운 밤 1998 USA G1 16전(10,2,2) 1,258,256 USD 11 f, 0sw |
Gone West 곤웨스트 흑 1984 USA [I 1500] G1 815 f, 75sw 2.24 |
Mr. Prospector 갈 1970 USA *+{BC} LSB |
| Secrettame 밤 1978 USA SW | |||
| Silken Cat 밤 1993 CAN G1 4 f, 1 w, 1 sw |
Storm Cat 흑 1983 USA *[I] LS | ||
| Silken Doll 갈 1980 USA SW | |||
| La Comete 갈 1996 USA Unr 미전(0,0,0) 0 1 f, 0 w, 0 sw |
Holy Bull 홀리불 회 1991 USA {1600} G1 744 f, 36sw 1.65 |
Great Above 흑 1972 USA [B] G3 | |
| Sharon Brown 회 1980 USA {*DC} w | |||
| La Gueriere 밤 1988 USA G1 8 f, 6 w, 1 sw |
Lord At War 밤 1980 ARG [S] G1 | ||
| Lady Winborne 갈 1976 USA w |
Classy Munnings Wins Despite Layoff
By Jason Shandler
Updated: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:12 PM
Posted: Saturday, February 13, 2010 6:17 PM
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/55374/classy-munnings-wins-despite-layoff?source=rss
Even-money favorite Munnings shrugged off a more than four-month layoff and showed his class by recording a one-length score in the $150,000 Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship Stakes (gr. II) (VIDEO) Feb. 13 in South Florida.
Earlier on the card in the $125,000 Hurricane Bertie (gr. III) (VIDEO) for fillies and mares, Zayat Stables’ Kays and Jays held off Alex Rankin’s Tar Heel Mom for her first graded stakes victory. The 4-year-old daughter of Macho Uno won the 6 1/2-furlong contest by a half-length in 1:16.30 under Jose Lezcano.
Making his 4-year-old debut for Todd Pletcher, Munnings, a son of Speightstown , pressed the pace set by Biker Boy, took over nearing the eighth-pole, and held off the late charges of Congressional Page and Motovato, who broke slowly but finished well to miss second by a nose. The chestnut colt was ridden to victory by Javier Castellano. The final time for seven furlongs on the fast track was 1:22.49.
“He broke well out of the gate and there wasn’t much speed in the race, so I just found my spot and let him get comfortable with the pace,” Castellano said. “We weren’t going fast and he was taking everything real easy, and I took it from there. When I asked him for his run, it was actually pretty amazing, because he just took off and found another gear. It was a great feeling.”
The splits set by Biker Boy were :23.25 for the opening quarter and :46.22 for a half mile.
Munnings established himself as one of the nation’s top 3-year-old sprinters a year ago, winning the Woody Stephens Stakes (gr. II) and Tom Fool Handicap (gr. II), both seven-furlong sprints in New York. He also ran third to both champion sprinter Kodiak Kowboy in the Vosburgh (gr. I) and to Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra in the Haskell Invitational (gr. I).
A three-time graded stakes winner and five times grade I placed, Munnings has now earned $707,240 from 11 starts. Bred in Kentucky by Dan Tayloe and Glencrest Farm, he is out of the Holy Bull mare La Comete. He is owned by Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Derrick Smith.
“I was a little concerned that he might not be ready for his best as things didn’t go exactly as planned off the layoff, missing a prep in the Mr. Prospector (gr. III) when we scratched because of the wet track,” Pletcher said. “But he was good enough and classy enough to overcome it and win. We’ll consider the mile race here on March 13 (Gulfstream Park Handicap, gr. II) if he’s doing well and then maybe the Carter Handicap (April 3 at Aqueduct, gr. I) after that to get that elusive grade I win for him.”
Munnings paid $4, $3, and $2.40. The exacta (5-9) returned $45.60 and the trifecta (5-9-8) was $251.20.
Making her season debut in the Hurricane Bertie, Kays and Jays entered the race off a solid fifth-place effort in the Dec. 26 La Brea (gr. I) at Santa Anita when beaten less than three lengths by Evita Argentina. Prior to that, she won the Cascapedia Stakes in wire-to-wire fashion.
Making her first start at Gulfstream, Kays and Jays pressed a rapid pace for a half-mile set by Dr. Zic, took over shortly after that, and repelled a challenge from Tar Heel Mom, who made her bid on the outside under Alan Garcia as they straightened away. Warbling finished another 1 1/2 lengths back in third.
Kays and Jays shipped in from California for trainer Mike Mitchell and won for the fifth time in 11 lifetime starts. She has now earned $308,830. The bay filly was bred in Kentucky by Milan Kosanovich and is out of the Dixieland Band mare Lovin Spoonful.
“She’s a good filly on the synthetic tracks, but maybe a little better on dirt,” Mitchell aid. “She ran very well at Calder last summer (second in the grade III Azalea Stakes). We saw this race on the schedule. It’s a graded race and at the right distance, so we shipped her and gave her to Wesley Ward to look after. She’ll stay there now and run for Wesley in the future.”
Sent off as the slight favorite in a field of nine, Kays and Jays paid $7.40, $4.20, and $3.20. The exacta (4-10) returned $44.60 and the trifecta (4-10-5) was $125.40.
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