Inmate breaks maiden at San Isidro; Treasure Beach surpasses $4 million lifetime

Saturday’s Gulfstream Park simulcast followers got to watch another Treasure Beach winner at San Isidro in Argentina when Inmate broke his maiden in impressive fashion late in the day.

Racing 1 1/4 miles on a turf course labeled ‘good,’ the 3-year-old colt tracked the leader in second place down the backstretch, and when Juan Villagra let him run on the turn, Inmate took the lead heading into the long stretch, then won the race to the wire by 2 1/2 lengths. Under 123 pounds, he was clocked in 2:01.19 and paid $4.00, $4.60 and $3.00. Riadhis, another Treasure Beach colt, made a good late run to finish fourth.

With statistics compiled through Dec. 22, Treasure Beach is the second-leading sire on both the turf and overall Global Sire Rankings in Argentina. On the turf list, he’s just one point behind Equal Stripes (995-994), and on the overall list, he’s five behind Fortify (994-989).

In addition, Treasure Beach’s U. S. runners on Friday and Saturday earned enough money to push his lifetime progeny earnings to $4,001,886.