Rewarding Claim Atthecrossroads Tries Cash Run

After making three promising starts following a $50,000 claim by trainer Carlos David, Bell Racing's Atthecrossroads  makes her stakes debut against Pure Pauline  and seven others in the $100,000 Cash Run Stakes Jan. 1 at Gulfstream Park. The one-mile race in the first stakes of the year for 3-year-old fillies at Gulfstream.

The Cash Run is among three black-type events on the New Year's Day program along with the $150,000 Mucho Macho Man Stakes and the $100,000 Limehouse Stakes, both for 3-year-olds

Atthecrossroads, a daughter of Practical Joke  , finished second in an open maiden special weight racing in her first start for David before graduating in dramatic fashion in an Oct. 28 maiden special weight race for Florida-breds, in which she scored by 17 1/4 lengths, and coming right back to score by 2 3/4 lengths in a Florida-bred allowance Dec. 2.  All six of her career starts have been at Gulfstream.

"When I claimed her, I scoped her. I don't think there was anything wrong with her throat function-wise. Apparently, there was an ulcer. The first time after I claimed her, she ran second. Then, we treated her after that race. That seemed to do the trick. She seemed a lot more comfortable after treating her for two months with the throat spray," David said. "Obviously, you can see the result. Little things can make a difference. They're just the same as humans. If something's bothering you, you're not going to perform the same."

Atthecrossroads is the third foal out of Midnight Magic , who also produced Midnight Stroll , the winner of this year's Delaware Oaks (G3).

David will also start Arindel's multiple-stakes winner Lynx  in the Cash Run.

Lynx will return from a three-month layoff following a third-place finish as the odds-on favorite in the $500,000 My Dear Girl, the 1 1/16-mile final of the Florida Sire Stakes series Oct. 1.  The homebred daughter of Brethren   had won her first three starts, including the $100,000 FSS Desert Vixen and the $200,000 FSS Susan's Girl.

"I think it was getting her. That was her fourth race as a 2-year-old running back month to month since August. That was a nice filly that beat her—Atomically ," David said.

Lynx has battled chronic sickness since the lucrative Florida Sire Stakes series but is reported to be in good form for the Cash Run.

Edwin Gonzalez has the return mount aboard Atthecrossroads, while Joel Rosario is scheduled to ride Lynx for the first time Sunday.

The David-trained duo will face seven other sophomore fillies Sunday, including Stonestreet Stables Pure Pauline, who finished fourth in the swift renewal of the Nov. 26 Golden Rod Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs that won by the promising Hoosier Philly .

Also in the lineup is Godolphin Padma , a 3 3/4-length maiden winner at Aqueduct Racetrack in her second career start for Hall of Famer Bill Mott.

The Cash Run goes as the seventh race, immediately following the six-furlong Limehouse, where stakes winners Super Chow  and Two of a Kind  are favored.

Entries: Cash Run S.

Gulfstream Park, Sunday, January 01, 2023, Race 7

• STK
• 1m
• Dirt
• $100,000
• 3 yo Fillies
• 3:09 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Miss Ucrania (KY)	Sonny Leon	118	Luis Duco	20/1
2	2Pure Pauline (KY)	Luis Saez	118	Todd A. Pletcher	3/1
3	3Lynx (FL)	Joel Rosario	122	Carlos A. David	9/2
4	4Looking for Hope (KY)	Edgard J. Zayas	118	Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.	12/1
5	5Padma (KY)	Junior Alvarado	118	William I. Mott	7/2
6	6Infinite Diamond (KY)	Jose L. Ortiz	118	Patrick L. Biancone	4/1
7	7Alma Rosa (KY)	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	122	Jorge Delgado	10/1
8	8Arella Star (KY)	Miguel Angel Vasquez	120	Roderick R. Rodriguez	20/1
9	9Atthecrossroads (FL)	Edwin Gonzalez	118	Carlos A. David	6/1

Entries: Limehouse S.

Gulfstream Park, Sunday, January 01, 2023, Race 6

• STK
• 6f
• Dirt
• $100,000
• 3 yo
• 2:39 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Turbo (FL)	Edgard J. Zayas	122	Juan Alvarado	3/1
2	2Super Chow (KY)	Chantal Sutherland	122	Jorge Delgado	9/5
3	3Cajun Dream (FL)	Jesus M. Rios	118	Michael Yates	12/1
4	4Two of a Kind (KY)	Luis Saez	122	Brian A. Lynch	3/1
5	5Dangerous Ride (FL)	Edwin Gonzalez	122	Carlos A. David	12/1
6	6X Y Point (KY)	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	118	Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.	7/2