The first words out of the mouth of announcer Pete Aiello when they sprung the gate for the fifth race at Gulfstream Park yesterday were: “Hay Hay Paula was off slow, but not as much as usual.” The 5-year-old daughter of Bahamian Squall was eighth and last after the break, and …
Hay Hay Paula has become the poster mare for track announcers who like to inject the popular “from last to first” into their race calls. The 5-year-old daughter of Bahamian Squall has raced 14 times at Gulfstream Park, and Sunday made it to the winner’s circle for the fourth time. In her first …
In a span of two days, Bahamian Squall picked up winners No. 15 and 16, both first-time starters who scored in convincing fashion and rewarded their backers with juicy mutuels. Tator Made – The 3-year-old filly bred by Taylor Smith made her debut in a $29,400 maiden special going 4 1/2 furlongs at Charles Town. …
Grumpy’s Buddy raced twice as a 2-year-old without hitting the board, but he’s taken care of that problem this season. The 3-year-old West Virginia-bred gelding by Bahamian Squall is now 2-3-1 in seven starts at three at Charles Town after his come-from-behind victory in a $30,500, 7-furlong allowance race. Arnaldo Bocachica …
It took Eightninego three seasons to get to the races, and just two preps with Emisael Jaramillo in the saddle to reach the winner’s circle. In his first start at Gulfstream Park on May 4, the 4-year-old gelding by Bahamian Squall finished second over the Tapeta course and received an Equibase …
After finishing ninth and fifth in her lone two races as a 2-year-old last year, Hear Me Knocking spent more than eight months on the shelf before returning over the weekend to break her maiden in a seven-furlong test over the Tapeta surface at Woodbine. Ryan Munger was aboard the 3-year-old …
Bahama Pearl returned to the track where she has enjoyed her greatest success yesterday, and it proved to be the right medicine for the daughter of Bahamian Squall. The 6-year-old mare bred by Shade Tree Thoroughbreds and Joyce Corwin spent last summer at Monmouth Park and never missed the top 3, …
He’s On the Fly lived up to his name yesterday at Presque Isle Downs. The 6-year-old gelding by Bahamian Squall jumped out to the lead leaving the gate and never looked back, winning the 5 1/2-furlong race over the all-weather track by 3 1/4 lengths and rewarding his backers with an $11.00 mutuel …
In five starts at ages two and three, Spirit Wind compiled a record of 3-2-0, which included a second in the Gr. II Princess Rooney Stakes and a victory in the Musical Romance. After the Princess Rooney in July, Jacks or Better Farm’s filly by Bahamian Squall took an enforced vacation of nine months, …
Bahamian Squall’s eighth winner of 2023 is Axcel, a first-time starter owned and bred by SCF Inc. who won at Tampa Bay Downs yesterday via a slick ride by Richard Bracho. The 3-year-old gelding was slow to begin from the No. 1 post and raced sixth and last going to …