A profitable Saturday for Gone Astray at Gulfstream

There were two runners by Gone Astray entered at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, and Emisael Jaramillo was aboard on both. In the seventh race, the $150,000 Gil Campbell Memorial Handicap, Jaramillo brought multiple stakes-winner Noble Drama home third, and four races later, he guided Rubysa to her second victory, and first of this year.

Noble Drama has been a cash cow for breeder Harold Queen since making his debut as a 3-year-old in January of 2018. He came from well off the pace to get third, but had too much ground to make up late. The 7-year-old gelding, co-owned with Queen by trainer David Fawkes, is now a sensational 9-7-5 in 33 starts, and his check for $15,760 lifted his career earnings to $763,157. All of his races have come at the three Florida tracks, so aside from his sizeable bank account, there have been a slew of breeder’s awards.

Rubysa, a 4-year-old filly, raced just once at two and twice at three, and came into this mile and 70-yard race on the Tapeta surface with three seconds, two thirds and a fourth in her last six tries. She went off at 2-1, stalked the pace in second, moved on the turn and opened up late to win by nearly six lengths with announcer Pete Aiello adding one of his best lines,”Rubysa bids this field good evening.” She’s 2-3-3 in 12 tries and her check for $12,200 raised her earnings to $46,850.