HALLANDALE BEACH - Juvenile racing returns to Gulfstream Park for the first time this season with an overflow field of 11 2-year-old fillies entered in a Thursday, April 17 maiden special weight sprinting 4 ½ furlongs on the main track.

    Freshman sire Essential Quality – a two-time champion, four-time Grade 1 winner including the 2021 Belmont and earner of nearly $5 million in purse money – is represented by MHM Stables and JWS Racing’s Bohemian. Since fetching $85,000 at the OBS March sale, the Jack Sisterson trainee has had two three-furlong breezes at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream’s satellite training facility in Palm Beach County, for her unveiling.

    Palm Meadows-based Drama and Mythical will both run for owner-breeder Arindel. Trainer Jorge Delgado saddles Mythical, by St Patrick’s Day, who had 4-year-old filly Lady Patrick’s graduate in a maiden claimer going 6 ½ furlongs Thursday. Trainer Carlos David will send out Drama, by perennial leading Florida sire Brethren.

    Bred, co-owned and trained by Mary Lightner, Tosca is a daughter of another freshman sire, Chance It, winner of the 2019 Florida Sire Dr. Fager and In Reality and 2020 Mucho Macho Man, who went on to place in the 2021 Smile Sprint (G3) and Forego (G1). Jackie Couture’s Instapurchase debuts for sire Instagrand, winner of the 2018 Best Pal (G2) and third in the 2019 Santa Anita Derby (G1).

    Amanda Hernandez’s Willow Case races off the Ocala-based farm for trainer Ramon Minguet and her sire Neolithic. Though never a stakes winner, Neolithic banked more than $2.2 million placing in 10 of 12 starts including thirds in the $12 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) and $10 million Dubai World Cup (G1) as well as the Woodward (G1) in 2017.

    Drawing the rail was Super Super Stable’s Goldie Glory, an Ohio-bred son of Flameaway, whose five stakes wins included the 2017 Bourbon (G3) and 2018 Sam F. Davis (G3).

    Also entered are Rumpus in Paradise (by Rumpus Cat), A Rose for Skyler (Battalion Runner) and Deborahaprophetess, whose stablemate, Ruth the Moabitess, is the lone also-eligible. Both fillies are by Holy One of Israel.

Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $650,000

    The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot, unsolved for a 10th consecutive racing day today, will have its jackpot pool estimated at $650,000 when the Royal Palm Meet resumes with a 10-race program Saturday. Post time is 12:50 p. m comments powered by Disqus