Firenze Fire Heads Field of 10 for Gallant Bob

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Firenze Fire romps in the Dwyer Stakes at Belmont Park

Mr. Amore Stable's homebred Firenze Fire heads a field of 10 3-year-olds for the $300,000 Gallant Bob Stakes (G3) Sept. 22 at Parx Racing.

The son of Poseidon's Warrior  turns back to six furlongs after a third-place finish going seven in the Aug. 25 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes Presented by Runhappy (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. Before that run at the Spa, he won the one-mile Dwyer Stakes (G3) by nine lengths July 7 at Belmont Park, his first start off an 11th-place finish in the May 5 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) for trainer Jason Servis.

Firenze Fire should display his speed from the outside post under Irad Ortiz Jr. and is the morning-line favorite at 2-1.

West Point Thoroughbreds' Seven Trumpets looks to break through his recent streak of runner-up finishes for trainer Dale Romans after he fell short behind stablemate Promises Fulfilled in the H. Allen Jerkens. His previous effort left him as the distant runner-up behind Firenze Fire in the Dwyer.

Trainer Chad Brown will send a pair led by the Into Mischief  colt Engage, the 2017 Futurity Stakes (G3) winner who is in search of his first graded stakes victory this year off a fourth in the H. Allen Jerkens for Woodford Racing. Also entered for Brown is Klaravich Stables' Earned Success, who has displayed a strong late turn of foot through four starts and will face graded stakes competition for the first time after he won two consecutive allowance events at Monmouth Park.

Maryland-bred Still Having Fun ships in from Laurel Park with the hopes of adding a second graded stakes win to his credit for Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable, and Terp Racing. The Old Fashioned colt won the June 9 Woody Stephens Stakes Presented by Mohegan Sun (G2) by 1 1/4 lengths, but he needs to rebound from a fifth in the H. Allen Jerkens for trainer Timothy Keefe.

War Giant will look to remain undefeated this year. He broke his maiden May 3 at Gulfstream Park before adding an optional-claiming allowance victory and the June 30 Carry Back Stakes for trainer Oscar Gonzalez. The Data Link  colt, now trained by Jorge Navarro, races for owner Wilfredo Agusti Jr.


Entries: Gallant Bob S. (G3)

Parx Racing, Saturday, September 22, 2018, Race 9

  • Grade III
  • 6f
  • Dirt
  • $300,000
  • 3 yo
  • 4:14 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Still Having Fun (MD) Joel Rosario 122 Timothy L. Keefe 12/1
2 2Forced (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Edgar S. Prado 118 Miguel Vera 6/1
3 3Seven Trumpets (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Robby Albarado 118 Dale L. Romans 12/1
4 4Engage (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jose L. Ortiz 120 Chad C. Brown 4/1
5 5Smooth B (PA) Frankie Pennington 120 Robert E. Reid, Jr. 15/1
6 6Earned Success (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Luis Saez 120 Chad C. Brown 10/1
7 7War Giant (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Emisael Jaramillo 118 Jorge Navarro 8/1
8 8Noble Commander (FL) John R. Velazquez 120 Mark E. Casse 15/1
9 9Whereshetoldmetogo (MD) Jeremy Rose 120 Anthony Pecoraro 10/1
10 10Firenze Fire (FL) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 124 Jason Servis 2/1