Another Miracle Returns to Dirt in Inaugural Stakes
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Another Miracle at Santa Anita Park
After rallying to a third-place finish Nov. 1 in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2T) at Santa Anita Park, Another Miracle will return to dirt racing Dec. 7 in the $100,000 Inaugural Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.
The Inaugural has attracted a field of seven 2-year-olds on a Saturday card that includes the $100,000 Sandpiper Stakes for juvenile fillies.
In the Inaugural, Leonard and Jonathan Green's Another Miracle will go six furlongs on the main track after three consecutive turf starts—a stretch that included a victory in the Skidmore Stakes at 5 1/2 furlongs at Saratoga Race Course in August and his Breeders' Cup effort, where he rallied from sixth early.
Though Another Miracle impressed on turf, the son of American Pharoah twice flashed dirt potential by finishing second in his debut July 4 at Belmont Park and scoring a front-end victory in an off-the-turf maiden race July 24 at Saratoga.
Since the Breeders' Cup, Another Miracle has strung together three works for trainer Gary Contessa. The most recent breeze was Nov. 30 at Tampa Bay, where he completed a half-mile in :48—the second-fastest move of 66 at the distance.
Godolphin homebred Breckenridge will make his first start on dirt after opening his career with three starts on the synthetic track at Arlington International Racecourse, where he earned a maiden win in his second start and finished fourth in the Arlington-Washington Futurity.
The son of Elusive Quality is trained by Michael Stidham, who earned his 2,000th win Nov. 27 at Tampa Bay. Breckenridge worked three times locally in November in preparation for Saturday's six-furlong test.
In the Sandpiper, Gary Barber's Two Sixty will return to the Sunshine State after taking a shot in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) Nov. 1 at Santa Anita, where she finished ninth. Before that effort, the Florida-bred daughter of Uncaptured competed in all three legs of the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes for juvenile fillies, earning a third-place finish in the six-furlong Desert Vixen division and rolling to a 6 1/4-length score in the My Dear Girl division.
Trained by Mark Casse, Two Sixty has prepared for Saturday's six-furlong race that has attracted eight entries with a pair of works at Casse Training Center in Ocala, Fla.
The field also includes Vince Campanella and Nation's Racing Stable's Campy Cash, a daughter of Race Day who enters off a runner-up finish in the Sept. 22 Hollywood Wildcat Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Tampa Bay Downs, Saturday, December 07, 2019, Race 3 Tampa Bay Downs, Saturday, December 07, 2019, Race 9Entries: Inaugural S.
PP
Horse
Jockey
Wgt
Trainer
M/L
1
1Cajun Casanova (FL)
Alonso Quinonez
124
Michael Yates
4/1
2
2Breckenridge (KY)
Pablo Morales
118
Michael Stidham
6/1
3
3He's Smokin Now (FL)
Ademar Santos
118
Gerald S. Bennett
30/1
4
4Zaino Boyz (AR)
Daniel Centeno
118
Robert A. Raymond
6/1
5
5Another Miracle (KY)
Antonio A. Gallardo
124
Gary C. Contessa
6/5
6
6Valiant Virtue (FL)
Leslie Mawing
118
Dennis Ward
20/1
7
7No Getting Over Me (FL)
Samy Camacho
118
Gerald S. Bennett
3/1
Entries: Sandpiper S.
PP
Horse
Jockey
Wgt
Trainer
M/L
1
1Lucrezia (KY)
Daniel Centeno
118
Arnaud Delacour
5/2
2
2Mintchocolatechip (IN)
Raul Mena
120
Randy L. Klopp
15/1
3
3Campy Cash (FL)
Angel Suarez
118
Keith Nations
4/1
4
4Takestwotowiggle (FL)
Dick Cardenas
118
Steve Budhoo
20/1
5
5Bridge Dancer (KY)
Willie Martinez
118
Timothy E. Hamm
5/1
6
6Willoughby Gap (KY)
Alonso Quinonez
118
Timothy E. Hamm
8/1
7
7Delta Hutch (FL)
Wesley Henry
118
S. Tony Bennett
20/1
8
8Two Sixty (FL)
Antonio A. Gallardo
124
Mark E. Casse
2/1
