March 31 – Canada’s Jambalaya has made it two-in-a-row in the Sunshine State.
The five-year-old captured the Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Breeders’ Cup on February 24, and on Saturday took the Grade 1, $150,000 Bulleit Bourbon Pan American Handicap over the same turf course, in Hallandale, Florida.
Trained by Catherine Day Phillips and ridden by Javier Castellano, the Kingfield Racing Stable star rated well off the early pace in the 1 ½-mile Pan American, and rallied into the stretch for a half-length victory over late-charging Hotstufanthensome.
Pacesetter Fri Guy was another 2 ¾ lengths back in third in the field of 11. The final time was 2:24:98 over the ‘firm’ course.
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The Ontario-bred won the Clarendon Stakes in his most recent start for Al and Bill Uwelling and trainer Kevin Attard.
A promising young Ontario-bred has a sharp debut and longtime Woodbine trainer Steve Owens wins at Gulfstream Park.
Kentucky-bred from champion Canadian mare wins Grade 1 at Santa Anita at 37-to-1 in her first race since April.
Woodbine's 2024 season recently ended, but already plenty of local horsepeople are back in the entries in tracks in the U.S.
