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Lopez Wins Four Straight on Thursday Card at Gulfstream
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL (Fri., March 26, 2010) – Jockey Paco Lopez was on a roll Thursday afternoon at Gulfstream Park winning four straight races from the second through fifth events and none of the winners was favored, returning $9.40, $14.20, $11.00 and $41.20 for $2, respectively.
A 24-year-old native of
Castellano is among the large contingent of jockeys based at Gulfstream this winter that will be out of town this weekend and will make limited appearances here during the rest of the meet that closes on Sat. Apr. 24. Lopez is expected to ride out the session along with Elvis Trujillo, fourth in the standings with 39 wins, before both move on to summer headquarters in the mid-Atlantic at
Castellano rides at Fair Grounds Friday and Saturday while Velazquez made the trip to
Bold Start & Arson Squad Prominent on Skip Away Roster
Lawrence Carroll’s 6-year-old Bold Start and Jay Em Ess Stable’s 7-year-old gelding Arson Squad both shipped out of Gulfstream Park to finish one-two last out in the Challenger Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on Mar. 6 and could meet again in next Saturday’s $125,000 Skip Away Stakes (G3).
The two veteran campaigners are among 20 older horses nominated to the 1 3/16 miles test as is Circle E Racing and partners’ 6-year-old Timber Reserve, who also made the trip to Tampa Bay from trainer John Kimmel’s Palm Meadows base to finish third in the Challenger after winning a Gulfstream allowance on Jan. 18 in his first start this year.
Arson Squad is a son of Brahms trained by Rick Dutrow and has earned $932,000 with six wins from 25 career starts and was in Dubai at this time last year finishing 11th behind Well Armed in the World Cup.
Arson Squad bounced back to finish a close-up fourth in the Stephen Foster Handicap (G1) in June, beaten only 1 ¼ lengths for it all by Macho Again, and didn’t run again until a good third-place effort in a one-mile allowance e race here on Feb. 3 before the Challenger.
Bold Start has won nearly $600,000 and went wire-to-wire to win the Challenger by 4 ¼ lengths in track record time for 1 1/16 miles. Trained by Ken McPeek, the son of Jump Start was impressive winning a one-mile allowance over the Gulfstream track on Feb. 21 in his previous start.
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