Bucchero’s a top 10 on frosh sire list with third winner in 17 days

Bucchero gained his third winner in a span of 17 days with the overpowering wire-to-wire debut performance of Gemma’s Curls at Gulfstream Park yesterday.

The filly bred by Ponder Hill jumped out of the gate with Chantal Sutherland, opened up a quick two-length lead, and extended it to five lengths at the wire without a challenge. She passed the furlong markers in :21.96 and :45.11 en route to a final clocking of :58.81 for the five furlongs.

A $25,000 OBS April purchase by Lea Farms, Gemma’s Curls paid $6.00 and earned $23,050, lifting Bucchero’s first-year total to $79,790. He’s in 10th place among all North American freshman sires.