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Sweet Lips Aims for Sunshine Distaff Repeat

Mary and Gary West's 5-year-old Florida-bred mare Sweet Lips won the Sunshine Millions Distaff at Santa Anita last year for trainer Bobby Frankel and has been training at Gulfstream since early December for a title defense in Saturday's $500,000 Ocala Breeders' Sales Distaff.

 Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Filly Pesci Could Lose Eye after Race Mishap

The lightly raced Pesci, whose part owner and namesake Joe Pesci is an Academy Award-winning actor, was hit in the right eye by a rock or a clod of dirt during the Ocala Breeders' Sales Distaff Saturday at Gulfstream Park.

 Sunday, January 25, 2004

Longshot Secret Request Stuns OBS Distaff

Overlooked at 74-1 odds, J D Farms' Florida homebred Secret Request split horses in deep stretch and got up for a three-quarter length upset victory in the $500,000 Ocala Breeders' Sales Distaff at Gulfstream Park on Saturday.

 Saturday, January 24, 2004

Shake You Down Returns in Sunshine Millions (See Post Positions Here)

When entries were drawn Monday morning for the four races that will comprise the Gulfstream Park half of the Sunshine Millions, two of the events drew full 12-horse fields.

 Monday, January 19, 2004

Pesci, the Actor and the Horse, at Gulfstream Park Saturday

Joe Pesci, the Academy Award-winning actor, plans to be at Gulfstream Park on Saturday to watch his namesake, Pesci, compete in the $500,000, 1 1/16-mile Ocala Breeders' Sales Distaff on the Sunshine Millions program.

 Monday, January 19, 2004

Ivanavinalot Seeks Turnaround in Millions' Distaff

Last year's Sunshine Millions Oaks runner-up Ivanavinalot will try to put a disappointing 2003 campaign behind her when she goes in Saturday's $500,000 Ocala Breeders' Sales Distaff at Gulfstream Park.

 Sunday, January 18, 2004

130 Pre-Entries Named for Sunshine Million

A total of 130 horses, including several major stakes winners, have been pre-entered for the second running of the $3.6 million Sunshine Million at Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita Park on Jan. 24.

 Friday, January 16, 2004