Bahamian Squall edged a little closer to his first million-dollar season when Island Magic made a stunning “first to last” run to win the second race at Gulfstream Park yesterday. Red-hot Miguel Vasquez, who is the best in South Florida at getting his mounts to the finish line first from seemingly …
It took a change of venue after four starts in Florida for Bahamian Dude to reach his best form. Since arriving in Canada, the 4-year-old gelding bred by Don Dizney has recorded two victories and a second, including yesterday’s score at Fort Erie in which he achieved his best Equibase ‘E’ speed figure …
In an era where so many jockeys think that swinging their mounts four and five wide on the final turn is a formula for success, Addiel Ayala showed them yesterday that the shortest way to the finish line is on the rail. Ayala was aboard Bahamian Park in a 6 1/2-furlong …
In the 1963 song ‘Hey Hey Paula,’ Paula’s first words to Paul in the No. 1 hit that sold two million records are, “I’ve been waiting for you.” That might have been trainer John Vinson’s words to Hay Hay Paula while he was saddling the 4-year-old Bahamian Squall filly who was making her …
The problem of short fields continues to plague the sport at many venues, but it hasn’t necessarily impacted the quality of racing. The second race at Thistledown yesterday was a prime example as a pair of scratches resulted in a field of four going six furlongs over the main track. Island …
There was no doubt that Spirit Wind was up against it when the Jacks or Better Farm filly was entered in yesterday’s $300,000, G. II Princess Rooney Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The daughter of Bahamian Squall had to face Ce Ce, a six-time graded stakes-winner, earner of more than $2 million, and winner …
Bahamian Squall picked up his 17th winner of 2022 when Bahamian Captain broke his maiden yesterday at Tampa Bay Downs in his fourth career start. The 3-year-old colt bred by Donald Dizney had Marcos Meneses aboard for the $21,900 maiden special at five furlongs on the grass, and he sent Bahamian …
It’s always intriguing when a horse lives up to its name, and Stretch Runner lived up to his in spades at Presque Isle Downs yesterday. The 5-year-old gelding by Bahamian Squall was aided by a pair of scratches in the six-furlong race over the all-weather track, with less traffic making it …
Assertiko’s racing campaign in 2020 ended with a three-race winning streak, the last victory coming on July 3. Then, the Bahamian Squall gelding owned by attorney David Romanik, trainer Ron Spatz and breeder SCF Inc. went to the sidelines until he returned with a fifth-place finish at Gulfstream Park on March 11 of …
Bahamian Squall missed attaining his first million-dollar season in 2021 by about $95,000. Thanks to a pair of very different winners yesterday, the son of Gone West is well on his way to reaching that milestone this year; with less than six months gone, he’s up to $610,836 and is seventh among active …