Poiema wins Gulfstream overnight handicap

Poiema took over as Neolithic’s leading money-winner of 2023 after collecting the $36,000 for her wire-to-wire victory in the $60,000 Stormy Embrace overnight handicap at Gulfstream Park.

The 4-year-old filly bred by Cheryl Janine and James Patrick McGuire raised her current-year earnings to $92,250; overall, she’s 5-5-2 in 22 starts with a bank account of $241,685.

Edgar Perez was aboard the $14,000 OBS June 2-year-old in the 6 1/2-furlong handicap and put Poiema on the lead leaving the gate. She passed the furlong markers in :23.19 and :46.30 while opening up daylight over her pursuers and sprinting away to score by 5 1/2 lengths in 1:18.09. She paid $3.