Josefa breaks her maiden at Gulfstream earning highest speed rating

The 3-year-old Treasure Beach filly Josefa showed she was moving in the right direction in her last race on June 21 when she finished third at Gulfstream Park and received a 72 ‘E’ rating from Equibase, easily her best in her first nine races.

Sharp handicappers who picked up on that statistic were rewarded with a $15.60 payoff yesterday when Josefa romped racing a mile on the turf course, breaking her maiden while earning a new high rating of 85.

With red-hot apprentice Joseph Trejos riding, Josefa sat a close-up third on the inside in the early going. Trejos sent her through an opening between the two leaders turning for home and from there to the wire, it was strictly no contest.

The filly bred by Eduardo Soto was nearly five lengths in front at the finish clocked in 1:35.80, and she collected a check for $12,800. Treasure Beach went over the $605,000 mark in 2020 progeny earnings and moved up to eighth on Florida’s sire list.