Mattingly wins Hollywood Beach Stakes, adds to Bucchero’s stature

Mattingly captured the $90,000 Hollywood Beach Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Saturday and accomplished the following: he became the third stakes-winner for Bucchero this year, second-best among Florida sires behind Jess’s Dream, who has four; boosted Bucchero into fifth place on Florida’s general sire list with 2023 earnings of $1,777,010; and moved into first place among all Bucchero runners with earnings of $147,028, which is second best among all of Florida’s 2-year-olds this year.

With Samy Camacho in the irons, the 2-year-old colt bred by Lance Colwell stalked the early pace down the backstretch in the race at five furlongs over the Tapeta surface, swung wide turning into the stretch, and proved to be much the best at the wire, scoring by nearly two lengths. He was clocked in :56.67, just 1 1/2 seconds off the Tapeta record for the distance, and collected a check for $64,000.

Owned by Ironhorse Racing Stable and Bucchero’s owner, Harlan Malter, Mattingly raised his record to 2-2-0 in four starts. His resume includes second-place finishes in the Royal Palm Juvenile Stakes at Gulfstream and the Victoria at Woodbine. He was a $70,000 OBS March 2-year-old.