Bahamian Squall

    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 …

    It’s anybody’s guess how many people know that Rillito Park is in Tucson, Arizona, but that’s where Bahamian Squall had Taino House become his seventh winner of 2023, and the first to win twice.      The 6-year-old gelding recorded his best career Equibase ‘E’ speed figure, an 87, with a nearly six-length …

    Hay Hay Paula came from so far back, and was so late, that track announcer Pete Aiello didn’t have enough time to give her the old “from last to first” call in the sixth race at Gulfstream Park yesterday.      With Emisael Jaramillo aboard in the 5 1/2-furlong test over the Tapeta …

    Grumpy’s Buddy broke his maiden at Charles Town yesterday in his fourth try under jockey Arnaldo Bocachica. The 3-year-old gelding is owned and was bred by Newbourne Farm, and is a rare West Virginia-bred son of Bahamian Squall.      Grumpy’s Buddy became winner No. 6 this year for his sire, following Takhi, …

    Bahamian Squall kicked off the New Year with the Don Dizney-bred mare Sierra Diamond winning at Mahoning Valley on Jan. 4, and the 5-year-old Unnoted . bred by J D Farms, scoring his fourth victory on Jan. 8 at Camarero Race Track in Puerto Rico. Yesterday, the stallion by Gone West doubled his …

    It took apprentice Madeline Rowland one race to get acquainted with Bahamian Moon, a second-place finish at the Meadowlands on Oct. 8. Her second try aboard the 5-year-old mare came yesterday at Gulfstream Park, and resulted in a 1 1/4-length victory, the seventh in the career of the daughter of Bahamian Squall.    …

    A pair of similar victories by Island Magic and Hay Hay Paula added $39,400 to the account of Bahamian Squall, increasing the stallion’s 2022 progeny earnings to nearly $1.1 million.     The similarities: Both are 4-year-old fillies, both won at Gulfstream Park by two lengths, both came from off the pace, both …