Saturday,
Jan. 14
Pasco Stakes
– Tampa Bay Downs
Win:
Champions Dream
This three-year
colt was bred in Kentucky and he races for Rosedown Racing Stables, LLC.
Champions Dream finished off his juvenile campaign with a victory in the Grade
3 Nashua Stakes at Aqueduct in Nov. 6. This race cover one mile on dirt in
1:39.17 over Full Moon Madness and Prove Right.
Sired by
Justify, he also finished first in a seven-furlong sprint at Saratoga on Sept.
3 in a Maiden Special Weight race. Champions Dream will make his three-year
debut on a high note at Tampa Bay Downs.
Place:
Handsome Playboy
Bred in Florida,
Handsome Playboy took second at the Inaugural Stakes (Dec. 3) and first at an
Allowance race (Dec. 21) to close out his juvenile season at Tampa Bay Downs.
The gelding finished first or second in three of four races as a two-year old.
He ran on turf at Monmouth Park and Presque Island Downs in his first two races
that season.
As a son of
Handsome Mike, he was bred to handle the dirt at Tampa Bay in a sprint.
Handsome Playboy has not gone over a mile on dirt or turf while racing for
trainer Gerald Bennett.
Show:
Armstrong
Trained by Mark
Casse, the three-year colt comes into this year only racing at Woodbine in
Toronto, Canada. He is also making the change to dirt after racing on the
synthetic turf of that track.
As a son of
Mucho Macho Man, Armstrong finished in the money at Woodbine in three races as
a juvenile. He won the Clarendon Stakes on turf, turning in a time of 1:11.61
over Poulin in OT and Paramount Prince om Dec. 9 in 2022.
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