HALLANDALE BEACH - Comebacking jockey Leonel Reyes continued his hot hand Saturday at Gulfstream, where he rode five winners, including four consecutive winners in Races 4 through 7. The 40-year-old two-time Venezuelan champion, who was sidelined for the entire 2025-2026 Championship Meet with a left-ankle fracture sustained in a Nov. 2 racing mishap, had won aboard six of his last 14 mounts heading into Saturday’s program.

    “I feel really good, 100 percent now. We want to keep going,” Reyes said.

    Reyes scored aboard Restock ($5.40) in Race 4, Valdero ($5.60) in Race 5, Army Salute ($10) in Race 6 and Private Thoughts ($5.80) in Race 7, before concluding his big day with an open lengths score aboard Nina’s Last Gift ($5.20) in Race 11.

    “It is a beautiful day. Everybody looks at the races on Saturday. I try to work hard every day and today things work out,” Reyes said. “I had 11 mounts but two scratched. All the horses I felt had a good chance and the results were there.”

    Reyes, who has established himself as a prominent year-round member of the Gulfstream jockey colony since arriving from Venezuela in 2016, notched his 1000th North American victory April 25, shortly after returning from his injury-imposed layoff.

    Reyes rode two of trainer Jose D’Angelo’s three winners on the program – Restock and Army Salute. D’Angelo-trained Vincey Girl ($9.80) won the featured $100,000 Powder Break in Race 9. 

    With the addition of a live card tomorrow, live racing at Gulfstream will now be offered on a Saturday, Sunday, Monday schedule through August 31.

            There will be a mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool Monday and every Monday going forward through August 31. In addition to ‘Mandatory Mondays,’ three new player-friendly multi-race wagers will be introduced Monday and will be offered every Monday during the summer season.

    The $1 Players Place Pick 8, a $1 base wager that challenges bettors to pick the winners or second-place finishers in each of the final eight races; the $3 Players Late Pick 3, a $3 base wager that requires bettors to buy a ticket with the winners of the final three races; and the $5 Players Late Double, a $5 minimum bet that calls upon bettors to have the winners of the final two races; will spice up the action on Mondays.

    HALLANDALE BEACH - Troy Johnson, Wendell Yates and Robert Fritts’ Hot Rod Honey turned on the afterburners in the Gulfstream Park stretch Friday to win the $100,000 Sharp Susan.

    Making her stakes debut in the 5 ½-furlong dash for 2-year-old fillies, the Carlos David-trained daughter of red hot first-crop Florida stallion Roadster followed up an off-the-pace debut victory with a gritty stretch drive to overpower loose-on-the-lead pacesetter Columbina to score by 4 ¼ lengths.

    “I loved the way she won when she broke her maiden, stalking the pace. When I saw that, I knew I had something good,” David said. “Today, she handled the heat well.”

    Hot Rod Honey broke cleanly from her rail post position to chase Columbina along the backstretch and around the turn into the stretch before turning up the heat on the pacesetter, who entered the stretch with a three-length lead. The David trainee responded to jockey Leonel Reyes’ urging to overwhelm Columbina, who drifted out while shortening stride in mid-stretch, and draw off without leaving the rail.

    “Leonel said he wasn’t worried about coming on the inside. She’s not shy,” David said.

    Hot Rod Honey raced 5 ½ furlongs in 1:08.08 as the 2-1 second betting choice. Columbina held second under Diego Herrera, two lengths head of third-place finisher Elegante Miz. Boots, Hot Rod Honey’s stablemate in the David barn, finished fourth as the 6-5 favorite after flashing early speed.

    Although not powerfully built, Hot Rod Honey certainly has shown a lot of potential in her two starts.

    “I think she’s going to be OK. I think she’s going to grow a little bit. She’s a little slim but she’s a good size, not too low to the ground,” David said.

    HALLANDALE BEACH - Sabine Langvad has been a frequent visitor to the Gulfstream Park winner’s circle after stakes as trainer Saffie Joseph Jr.’s longtime trusted assistant, but Saturday’s $100,000 Carry Back carried some extra special meaning.

    Steven Friedfertig and Shining Stables’ Langvad, named for the blond-haired native of Norway, jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, shaking off a challenge from One Hundred Kings and going on to a three-length victory in the seven-furlong race for 3-year-olds.

    Ridden by Micah Husbands for his third winner of the day, Langvad ($4.60) completed the distance in 1:23.23 over a fast main track to earn his third career win and first in a stakes after placing once in three prior attempts.

    “It’s pretty cool. You never know with any horse, but it’s pretty special when you have a namesake that turns out to be good,” Langvad said, flanked by her 4-year-old daughter, Savannah. “We’re so, so proud of him. I’m so happy.”

    Langvad broke alertly and outran program favorite Wayne’s Law to the front, quickly joined by One Hundred Kings through an opening quarter-mile in :22.41 seconds as Wayne’s Law settled in fourth behind 17-1 shot Sonic Surge.

    The half went in :45.10 as Wayne’s Law drew up alongside Sonic Surge on the far turn, but Langvad was too much as the Florida-bred son of Awesome Slew – sent off as the 6-5 favorite – opened up once straightened for home to register his second straight win. All three of his victories have come in front-running fashion.

    “He broke super sharp today,” Langvad said. “Sometimes he can be a little bit slow away from the gate, but Micah had a lot of confidence in him today.”

    One Hundred Kings stayed up for second, 1 ½ lengths ahead of Wayne’s Law, followed by Sonic Surge and Move Jesse Move. Moonstrocity, Ramajay and Demolition were scratched.

    Langvad graduated second time out against state-breds last November, then ran third to multiple stakes-winning stablemate and Fountain of Youth runner-up Solitude Dude in the Inaugural at Tampa Bay Downs. This year, Langvad was sixth in the Swale at Gulfstream and fifth in Tampa’s Sophomore Sprint before beating older horses in his prior start sprinting six furlongs May 23 in a Gulfstream allowance.

    Sabine Langvad joined Joseph’s stable as an exercise rider in 2017 and was elevated to assistant trainer in 2019. She spent some time working for trainer Chad Brown before rejoining Joseph in 2022.