Jerry Garcia Racing scored a big double Sunday at Gulfstream Park,

winning both feature races; graded stakes for three-year-olds. His filly

Queen Lyphard won the $200.000 Grade II Forward Gal Stakes, then

in the very next race, colt Condottieri won the $400.000 Grade III Holy

Bull. On top of that, both Queen Lyphard and Condottieri set new

stakes records in their respected races.

Both these talented three-year-olds have more in common than just their

trainer, as both are homebreds by the Jerry Garcia Racing sire Il Miglio

Fabro. This multiple graded stakes winning son of The Maestro, stood

the last two breeding quarters for a reasonable stud fee of $15.000, and

for those breeders who got a cover, consider yourselves lucky. His value

no doubt shot up after his two foals Sunday won graded stakes races just

twenty minutes apart, and it's a safe bet we will not see Il Miglio Fabro's 

stud fee at that price again anytime soon.

After the scratch of the 4 horse, Larkhill Lucille, a field of six started in

the Grade II Forward Gal Stakes, and Queen Lyphard reigned supreme,

running a beautiful race for the win in stakes record setting time of 1:22.42

for the 7 furlong race over the fast Gulfstream dirt track. She ran just off the

pace in 2nd all the way until the 3/4 mark of the race, when she was took the

lead and was able to hold off the late closing Knights Princess who finished

2nd, and Flash Me Force who came home 3rd, one length back.

Summer Apple, who came into the race having won six of seven career

starts, four of those graded stakes, seemed to succumb to the high weight

of 125 pounds she carried, which was four more than the rest of the field.

After the quarter pole, she was beginning to tire, and by the 1/2 mile had

dropped back to trail the field, then finished last, five lengths back in 6th.

Queen Lyphard trained by Jerry Garcia Racing, is a three-year-old filly by

Il Miglio Fabro, and for ger Grade II Forward Gal Stakes win, she earned

$120.000, giving her lifetime earnings of $643.470, and a race record that is

now 7-3-0-2.

Knights Princess finished 2nd, taking home $40.000 in her first start for

trainer Pan Farms, while Flash Me Force trained by Ekli Stables came in

3rd, leaving with earnings of $32.000.

Official Order of Finish:

Scratched: Larkhill Lucille

How the race was run:

6   Queen Lyphard: Won by 1/2 of a length, in a stakes record

     setting time of 1:22.42. After breaking sharply, was taken up

     to run in 2nd, where at the quarter pole, she was 1/2 a length

     off the leader, the 7 horse. By the 1/2 mile had moved within

     a neck of the leader, where she continued to run until taking

     the lead after the 3/4 mark, and pulling to a 1/2 length win.

    -Ran a flawless race here, getting a great start, and sitting

     just off the leader, then taking the lead and holding off the

     fast closing Knights Princess for the win. As she has in her

     last few starts, looks like she can go further, and expect we

     will se her run at a mile or a little longer next time out. Very

     impressive Sunday.

2   Knights Princess: Finished in 2nd, just 1/2 a length from the

     winner. After the break, dropped back to trail the field in 6th,

     where at the quarter pole, she was two lengths off the leader,

     and by the 1/2 mile pole had passed the 3 and 5 horses to be

     4th, still two back. Before the 3/4 mark had moved into 2nd,

     and then passed the tiring early leader, the 7 horse to take

     2nd, where she finished 1/2 a length behind Queen Lyphard.

    -Ran a great race here Sunday in her first start for Pan Farms,

     who purchased her on 1/16/12 for $828.010 from Australia Wide.

     She closed beautifully and had the race been a little longer, she

     very well could have won. Looks like around a mile might be her

     best distance, and expect she will go longer next time out.

1   Flash Me Force: Finished in 3rd, one length from the winner.

     Settled in 4th early, where at the quarter pole, she was two

     lengths from the leader, and before the 1/2 mile pole, she had

     passed the 5 horse to run in 3rd, still two back. Dropped back

     to 4th briefly before the 3/4 mark, but was able to pass the 7

     horse late to take back 3rd, where she finished a length back.

    -Really ran a nice race here, and refused to give up. Unlike her

     recent starts, where she has gone to the lead, or run just off the

     lead, she looked more mature here, sitting off the pace early

     and closing. Off to a great three-year-old campaign, and if she

     can close again, may see her best races around a mile.

7   Red Jima: Finished 4th, one length behind the winner. After

     breaking sharply, she was hustled up for the lead, where at

     the quarter pole, she led by 1/2 of a length. Just before the 1/2

     mile mark, the 6 horse had pulled up to be a neck behind her,

     but Red Jima fought hard, holding the lead by a neck until just

     after the 3/4 mark when she tired, and was passed by the first

     three finishers to finish 4th, one length back.

    -Ran a great race early, setting some pretty fast fractions, but

     looked like she just wore herself out, as the distance go to be

     longer than she can go at this point in her career. Her trainer

     Kopites says she will cut back in distance next time out. She

     could be very dangerous in shorter races, so watch this filly.

3   Go Force:  Finished in 5th, two lengths behind the winner.

     After the break, Go Force settled back in 5th, and was two

     lengths off the leader at the quarter pole, and she continued

     to run two back in 5th the entire race, which is also where

     she finished.

    -Just looked a bit flat here, as she was never able to gain any

     position, or ground; staying two lengths back the entire race,

     but the good news is she did not lose any ground either. Ran

     well last time out in the Grade III Old Hat, but the competition

     was softer in that race than The Forward Gal Sunday, so think

     she may not quite be ready for graded stakes.

5   Summer Apple: Finished in 6th, five lengths behind the winner.

     Broke well and at the quarter pole was in 3rd, two lengths off of

     the lead. Just before the 1/2 mile mark, it looked like she was

     getting leg weary, and was passed by the 1, 2, and 3 horses,

     leaving her to trail the field in 6th, four lengths back. Then lost

     another length just before the wire, finishing five lengths back.

    -Only explanation I can see for her uncharacteristic race is the

     extra four pounds she carried Sunday. Previously the most

     weight she had carried was in her only career loss, the BC
     Juvenile Fillies race, where she carried 122 pounds. Here in

     The Forward Gal, the 125 pounds she carried, really seemed

     to bog her down, causing her to go slow and lose ground just

     after the quarter mile pole. She's proven she is a star filly, but

     think weight may be problematic for her.