Bucchero’s 5th winner this week is a thing of beauty

Beauty of the Sea scored her second victory in a row on Saturday and gave sizzling Bucchero his fifth winner in the span of seven days.

The 3-year-old filly bred by Shade Tree Thoroughbreds finished fifth in her only try last year, but now has two victories and a second in her three 2023 starts at Gulfstream. With Edgar Perez aboard in yesterday’s race at 5 1/2 furlongs on the Tapeta course, Beauty of the Sea was off third from the rail, stalked the leaders until the turn, then split horses in early stretch and went on to score by two lengths. She was clocked in 1:04.19 and received an Equibase ‘E’ speed figure of 81.

Beauty of the Sea earned a check for $25,800, raising her four-race total to $58,960.