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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Derby winner Mystik Dan, runner-up Sierra Leone and third-place colt Forever Young not expected for the Preakness Stakes
Kentucky native Elliott Logan's TEC Stable and his Woodbine trainer Martin Drexler won the Modesty Stakes on Kentucky Oaks day.
Second with top fillies in the Kentucky Oaks three times, Ken McPeek gets a victory with Thorpedo Anna, a $40,000 purchase.
Graded stakes-winning mares battle in the Saturday feature at Woodbine; track hosts Kentucky Derby party on May 4.
