Turf News

Treasure Beach passed the $1.8 million mark in 2019 progeny earnings and moved up to fourth place on the Florida active sire list when Celtic Treasure went wire-to-wire racing a flat mile at Penn National last night.

With Jevian Toledo riding, the 3-year-old gelding bred by Irish Eyes Stable set solid fractions of :23.23 and :46.91, reaching the wire 1 1/2 lengths in front in a final time of 1:37.31. He paid $4.20 as favorite and earned a check for $11,460, increasing Treasure Beach’s earnings for the year to $1,809,156.

Celtic Treasure has won two of his last three, the last an 8 1/4-length score at Delaware Park on Sept. 11. He’s 3-1-1 in 12 starts with earnings of $61,605.

Beach Treasure broke his maiden at Penn National last night, becoming the 48th winner for Treasure Beach in 2019, and propelling the son of Galileo close to the $1.8 million mark in progeny earnings.

With Inoel Beato aboard, the 4-year-old gelding tracked the leaders in fourth place on the inside in the six-furlong race, moved outside at the quarter pole and proved best in the stretch, defeating the 6-5 favorite by three-quarters of a length. Beach Treasure, owned and bred by Mary K. Haire, paid $7.80 and earned a check for $10,200.

Emiterio, who had previously won Gr. II and Gr. III races this year, added a Gr. I victory at San Isidro yesterday, giving Treasure Beach his fifth Gr. I winner in Argentina in 2019.

The 3-year-old colt left from the No. 1 post and was sent off at 8/5 with regular rider Cristian Velasquez in the race at about 1 1/2 miles. Emiterio sat in eighth place until the final turn, when Velasquez swung him to the center of the course for the stretch run, and the colt made up 10 lengths, getting up to win by one-half length in a driving finish. Milione, another Treasure Beach colt, finished fourth.

Emiterio was clocked in 2:28.28 and for the Gulfstream West patrons who wagered on him, he paid $5.20, $2.60 and $3.40. His record is now 4-4-1 in 10 starts.

In the previous race, also simulcast to Gulfstream West, the 4-year-old Treasure Beach filly Mirta finished third in the Gr. II Premio Clasico Los Haras for fillies and mares at 2000 meters.

After Total Treasure won the first race at Gulfstream West yesterday, the tote board looked very much like the exploding right field lights when Roy Hobbs hit his famous home run in ‘The Natural.‘ The 4-year-old daughter of Treasure Beach lit up the board to the tune of $115.40, $45.40, and $16.20.

In an unusual twist, there were three Treasure Beach fillies in the field for the 1 1/16ths-mile race on the grass, and the other pair finished third and fourth. With Sand Drift getting third (missing second by a neck), the 50-cent trifecta paid $2,148.70, and with Gia Lia Joe fourth, the 10-cent superfecta paid $1,345.69.

Total Treasure went wire-to-wire with Albin Jiminez for her third victory, earning a check for $11,000 and raising her bank account to $65,445.

Wowee broke her maiden at Meadowlands, and Seattle Treasure earned his third career victory at Woodbine, both at 1 1/16 miles on the grass, and Treasure Beach added his 46th and 47th winners of 2019 to his ledger yesterday.

Wowee, a 2-year-old making her second start, went wire-to-wire under Jomar Torres on a turf course labeled ‘good’ and won by nearly two lengths. Off the board in her first try, the filly bred by Ed Seltzer, Beverly Anderson and Joe and Helen Barbazon was sent off at 25-1 and paid a generous $53, while collecting a check for $9,600.

Seattle Treasure stalked the pace in fourth place along the rail down the backstretch with Rafael Hernandez, made a bold move on the turn, took the lead entering the stretch, then held off the closers by one-half length. The twice stakes-placed gelding boosted his earnings to $120,898.

Venezuelan Forever added her name to the list of Treasure Beach’s $100,000-plus earners with a strong come-from-behind victory at Gulfstream West yesterday.

Paco Lopez guided the 4-year-old filly to her sixth victory, and second in her last three starts, and the winner’s check of $12,800 boosted her career total to $112,310 on a record of 6-1-5 in 22 starts.

The filly bred by Orlyana Farm sat near the back of the pack for most of the 7 1/2 furlongs over the turf course, but when Lopez asked her to run, Venezuelan Forever made up 5 1/2 lengths in the stretch and won by three-quarters, paying $4.80. Beach Dreaming almost made it a Treasure Beach exacta, closing well to get up for third, and missing second by a head at odds of 12-1.

Love Daddy raised her record to 3-2-2 in 8 starts yesterday – all at Woodbine – using a strong stretch run to score a two-length victory at 1 1/16 miles. With Kazushi Kimura riding, the 3-year-old filly bred by Joe and Helen Barbazon tracked the early pace in fourth place along the rail, swung out for the stretch drive, and won going away, paying $4.10 as favorite.

Love Daddy is owned by Canadian resident Paul Mouttet, who has been the recipient of the filly’s Woodbine earnings of $86,367. Equibase lists the earnings for the daughter of Handsome Mike in U. S. dollars – $64,849.

Hidden Beach, who sports one of the most bizarre sets of silks in the hemisphere, gave Laurel simulcast bettors another come-from-behind heart-pounder at San Isidro yesterday. Lately, it’s been one Treasure Beach winner after another simulcast back to the U. S. from Argentina.

The 4-year-old stakes-placed colt carried co-highweight of 126 pounds and went off at 6/5 in the 1 1/4-mile race on the grass, with Lautaro Balmaceda aboard. Sitting in third or fourth place along the inside all the way, he was easy to follow due to silks that resemble a patchwork quilt – with sections of blue, yellow, red, green, orange, and both light and dark purple.

Balmaceda never took Hidden Beach away from the inside, and he slipped through to take the lead in mid-stretch, then drifted to mid-track and finished strongly to complete his 1 1/2-length victory in 2:03.22.

Treasure Beach’s runners seem to thrive down the long San Isidro stretch.

It was a little more heart-stopping than anticipated, but in the end Beachtreasuregirl didn’t disappoint the favorite players at Delaware Park yesterday. The 3-year-old filly bred by Joe and Helen Barbazon broke her maiden by one-half length after a spirited stretch battle going six furlongs with Robert Paz aboard.

With Beachtreasuregirl having been a contender in all but one of her previous six races, the $10,000 OBS March 2-year-old was sent off at odds of 1/5 and paid $2.40, while collecting a check for $9,000. She sports a record of 1-3-2 in seven starts and became winner No. 45 for Treasure Beach this year.

After a brief setback when she was no doubt asked to do too much in just her third career start, Raymundo’s Secret bounced back to the winner’s circle in style at Santa Anita yesterday.

The 3-year-old filly by Treasure Beach had romped in her debut by six lengths and in her second try by five when her camp decided she was ready for the $300,000, Gr. I Del Mar Oaks. For a filly with such minimal experience, it turned out to be a bit too ambitious. Raymundo’s Secret led all the way into the stretch in the turf race at 1 1/8 miles and weakened late to finish eighth, but only 4 1/2 lengths behind.

Entered in an allowance optional claimer yesterday, Raymundo’s Secret was sent off at 2/5 and justified the bettor’s confidence. She once again led every step of the way under Geovanni Franco in the one-mile race on the grass, passing the seven furlongs in 1:22.07, and cruised to the wire 2 3/4 lengths in front, clocked in a smart 1:34.19.

The filly bred by the veteran partnership of Ed Seltzer, Beverly Anderson and Joe and Helen Barbazon has now won three of her four starts by a combined total of 13 3/4 lengths, and the winner’s check for $30,600 raised her total to $61,571.

Barring any physical setbacks, it appears as though the sky’s the limit for this ultra-talented filly.