If racing awarded a daily prize for the biggest turnaround of the day, yesterday’s would have had to go to Bella Romance. In fact, if there was an all-time award in that category, the 2-year-old filly by Bahamian Squall might have that one wrapped up, too. Bella Romance made her career …
Bahamian Moon won yesterday at Gulfstream Park for her third victory of 2021, Luca Panici guiding her to a comfortable 5-length main track score in a race that was originally scheduled for the grass. The 4-year-old filly by Bahamian Squall battled for the lead between horses out of the gate, then …
Jockey Walter De La Cruz couldn’t have been disappointed when he found out that there were two scratches from the eighth race at Prairie Meadows last night, and his mount, Island Magic, had to face just three rivals. The 3-year-old filly by Bahamian Squall made it even easier for her rider, …
Sharp handicappers who pay close attention to the tote board no doubt made a good score at Presque Isle Downs yesterday via the maiden-breaking Stretch Runner, who more than lived up to his name with a six-furlong romp under Erin Walker. Based on his record coming up to the race, there was …
At the 2020 OBS July sale, Don Dizney dipped in and took the Bahamian Squall filly Running Memories for $20,000, a price that looks like a greater bargain every time she sets foot on the track. The 3-year-old filly gained her first stakes-placed finish yesterday in the $100,000 Incredible Revenge Stakes …
Sierra Diamond was the longest price on the board at 15-1 in the third race at Thistledown yesterday, but one would never have guessed it based on her performance in the 5 1/2-furlong race. The 3-year-old filly by Bahamian Squall jumped out of the gate on top from the No. 1 post under Yarmarie Correa, …
It was an afternoon to remember for Double Diamond Farm at Gulfstream Park yesterday, with Bahamian Moon lighting up the tote board in the third race, followed by Don Dizney’s Years Ago breaking her maiden in her career debut in the fourth. With Angel Arroyo up, Bahamian Moon scored a major surprise in a race …
Bahamian Squall moved within a stone’s throw of the $500,000 mark in 2021 progeny earnings when Bahamian Beauty broke her maiden in the third race at Gulfstream Park yesterday, leaving a 1/5 shot in her wake. In a field reduced to five after three scratches, the 3-year-old filly stumbled leaving the gate from the No. …
When Lovielee broke her maiden on March 27 of 2020 in her 3-year-old career debut at Tampa Bay Downs, she paid $38.00, $26.20 and $9.60 across the board. Yesterday, nine races later, the Bahamian Squall filly won for the second time and paid $2.60, $2.20 and $2.10 in a race that rain forced off the …
Double Diamond’s bargain 2-year-old purchase, Running Memories, gave Bahamian Squall his second $100,000-plus earner at Monmouth Park yesterday with another stylish wire-to-wire performance. The 3-year-old filly bred by Courtney L. Meagher, a $20,000 OBS July buy in 2020, collected a check for $28,500 from the purse of $47,500 in the 5 1/2-furlong allowance race on …