12/26 (TAM): Gasparilla S., Pasco S.
 

7th (3:20) Gasparilla S.

7 Furlongs | Fillies | 2 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $100,000

1 1 Queen's Ready Whitacre G Dorochenko Gennadi 116 L 20-1
2 2 Huasca Jara F Loza, Jr. Efren 116 L 4-1
3 3 Chilly Start Rodriguez E D Cataldi Sandra 116 L 15-1
4 4 Colonel Dettwiller Carstens D Werneth Robert A 116 20-1
5 5 A. P.'s Glory Homeister R B Jr DiVito James P 120 L 3-1
6 6 Irish Jasper Carmouche K Ryan Derek S 116 6-1
7 7 R Sassy Lass Gallardo A A Ziadie Kirk 120 L 5-1
8 8 Coco's Wildcat Carmouche K O'Connell Kathleen 120 L 6-1
9 9 Title Winner Hill C Catalano Wayne M 116 L 5-1
10 10 Blue Eyed Babe Garcia Luis O'Connell Kathleen 116 L 15-1

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9th (4:18) Pasco S.

7 Furlongs | Open | 2 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $100,000

1 1 Takechargecopeland Pedroza B McBride Barbara I 116 L 20-1
2 2 Dekabrist Whitacre G Dorochenko Gennadi 120 Blk-On L 15-1
3 3 Drama King Cruz M R Gatis Christos 116 L 5-1
4 4 Catalina Red Centeno D E Stewart Chad J 120 L 3-1
5 5 X Y Jet Gallardo A A Navarro Jorge 116 L 5-2
6 6 Charlie's Brother Vega H Scace Lynne M 116 12-1
7 7 Wake Up Joe Homeister R B Jr Dini Mike 116 L 4-1
8 8 Vakeesh Garcia Luis Rodriguez Arturo 116 L 20-1
9 9 Big Family Prado E S Delgado Gustavo 116 L 6-1

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The track certainly had a definitive closing bias early in the card with only one (much the best) winner wiring the field.

DRF reporting Track variant for races 2,5,6,7,9 is 7 (Sprints);for races 3,8,10 is 12 (Turf) ;for races 1,4 is 23 (Routes) .

Not buying it. The track was slow all day including only 1 wire job by a much the best Maiden (I Zoom -2yo MSW, race 6) in a field of future lifetime conditioned claimers.

XY Jet, stellar in defeat, held off CR through the stretch to a 1:08:80 3/4 mile mark (which would have been a track record if the race had been 6F) Before Catalina Red got the best of him in the end, setting a Course record ~ 1:21:20 for 7F.

Call it an 88 BSF, I don't particularly have an ounce of interest one way or the other. I know what I saw, and the fact that this horse has set records in both spins over this track tells me all I want to know.

I hope Stewart goes to the Hutchinson with him next, but wouldn't be shocked if he keeps him here to try him at 2 turns in the Sam Davis (though still contend he looks like a miler at best at this point.)

If you heard the offer he turned down on that horse, you wouldn't believe it. He would have to win 20 more Pasco's!