Allen Jerkens Stakes Tops Gulfsteam Christmas Eve Card

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Abaan breaks his maiden at Saratoga Race Course

The $100,000 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes tops a 10-race card on Christmas Eve at Gulfstream Park. In the Dec. 24 feature, a field of of nine contenders line up for the grueling two-mile turf test.

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Alex Daigneault's Abaan  makes his stakes debut for trainer Todd Pletcher while tackling four well-tried Mike Maker trainees.

A late bloomer, Abaan broke his maiden in his sixth try at Saratoga Race Course in September, wiring the field in a 7 1/2 length demolition. In his first start against winners, the son of Will Take Charge   was second by a half-length routing 1 1/2 miles in an allowance race at Belmont Park. Most recently, the gelding registered a decisive front-running victory in a 1 3/8-mile allowance at Aqueduct Racetrack, earning himself a 99 Equibase Speed Figure.

Luis Saez has the call on Abaan from post 3.

Maker has multiple graded stakes-placed Ajourneytofreedom , multiple stakes-placed stakes winner Bluegrass Parkway , Keeneland allowance victor Malthael , and recent Aqueduct allowance runner-up Jarreau  entered in the H. Allen Jerkens.

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Paradise Farms Corp. and David Staudacher's Ajourneytofreedom tops the Maker contingent. The 4-year-old son of Hard Spun   has been a consistent player in longer turf races and looks for a bit of class relief here as he steps down from graded stakes company. He was a solid fourth in the $1,000,000 Calumet Turf Cup (G2T) at Kentucky Downs two starts back.

Paco Lopez has the call from post 4.


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Gulfstream Park, Friday, December 24, 2021, Race 10

  • STK
  • 2m
  • Turf
  • $100,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 4:32 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1On Base (KY) Chantal Sutherland 122 Kevin Rice 20/1
2 2Malthael (KY) Junior Alvarado 122 Michael J. Maker 8/1
3 3Abaan (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Luis Saez 122 Todd A. Pletcher 4/1
4 4Ajourneytofreedom (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Paco Lopez 122 Michael J. Maker 9/2
5 5Nixon Joy (ARG) David Boraco 122 Luis Duco 30/1
6 6Jarreau (KY) Emisael Jaramillo 122 Michael J. Maker 5/1
7 7Cheyenne's Colonel (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Miguel Angel Vasquez 122 Marcy Brooks 20/1
8 8Bluegrass Parkway (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Edwin Gonzalez 126 Michael J. Maker 7/2
9 9Fantasioso (ARG) Julien R. Leparoux 124 Ignacio Correas, IV 3/1