Beau Choix colt shows no trace of quit

Gulfstream Park’s handicappers are not getting rich wagering on Beau Trace. After breaking his maiden by 2 1/4 lengths at odds of 1/5 on June 2, the 3-year-old Beau Choix colt came right back to start the second half of the 2019 season by making it two straight, this time at 2/5.

Tyler Gaffalione was aboard Beau Trace, who stalked the pace in third down the backstretch in the one-mile test. Gaffalione sent him after the lead heading for the turn, and entering the stretch it appeared as though he didn’t have enough to catch Lawyer Drill. But Beau Trace dug in and gamely out-fought the pacesetter to the wire to win by a neck.

The colt bred by Oliver B. Brooks Jr. is 2-1-1-3 in nine starts and the $13,500 winner’s check brought his earnings to $51,930.