Apprentice Joseph Trejos continued to flash star quality at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., on Friday while producing a four-win day.
Trejos, who rode his first winner in the U.S. at Gulfstream April 18 after winning 44 races in Panama, has won 29 races during the Spring/Summer Meet.
A graduate of the Laffit Pincay Jr. jockey school, where he was selected as the outstanding rider in his December 2018 graduating class, Trejos swept both ends of the early double aboard Josefa ($15.20) in Race 1 and Mister Leonardo ($30) in Race 2, both of whom were saddled by Antonio Sano.
The 23-year-old five-pound apprentice followed up with back-to-back victories aboard R Calli Kim ($10.40) in Race 4 and Matraca ($6.40) in Race 5.
‘Yesterday’ Looks to Recapture Past in Sunday’s Portofino Bay
Yesterdayoncemore will look to recapture her winning form in Sunday’s $60,000 Portofino Baby, a 1 1/16-mile overnight turf stakes for 3-year-old fillies, at Gulfstream Park.
Trained by Patrick Biancone, the Irish-bred daughter of No Nay Never has gone winless in four starts since scoring in the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf in her Sept. 2, 2019, U.S. debut.
Owned by D P Racing LLC, Mrs. Paul Shanahan and Mrs. M. V. Magnier, Yesterdayoncemore, who ran five times in Ireland, broke her maiden in the Del Mar stakes. She finished off-the-board in her next three races before finishing an unlucky second while coming off a four-month layoff in a June 28 optional claiming allowance at Gulfstream Park. Luca Panici has the return mount aboard Yesterdayoncemore.
Arindel’s Onyx, a two-time stakes winner last year, will also trying to recapture her winning form after finishing well back in her three starts this year. Emisael Jaramillo, who was aboard for Onyx’s stakes success, has the return mount.
Mijet, Freret, Tournesol, Days of Spring – all winners in their most recent races, and Blue Mistress round out the main body of the field.
e Five Thoroughbreds’ Sound Machine, a stakes winner during the Championship Meet on dirt, is a prominent main-track-only entrant in the Portofino Bay. R U Royalty, Don’t Get Khozy and Money Never Sleeps are also main-track only entrants.
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