Two route winners keep Treasure Beach on top of ‘average winning distance’ category

Treasure Beach added a pair of maiden-breaking winners on the turf yesterday, one coming at a mile and one-sixteenth and the other at a flat mile, and the son of Galileo leads the top 25 Florida sires in the “average winning distance” category. He has an AWD of 8.42 furlongs, nearly a furlong better than the current runner-up.

Cool O Toole was the 1 1/16-mile winner at Tampa Bay Downs, coming from eighth place at the half-mile pole, making a strong run on the inside on the final turn. and splitting horses at the top of the stretch. She then held off four others to the wire to score by half a length. The 3-year-filly bred by Joe and Helen Barbazon won in her fifth start, paying $14.40 and earning a check for $9,740. She was clocked in 1:46.46 for the trip under Tomas Mejia.

At Gulfstream Park, Treasure Run scored a major upset for owner/co-breeder Jody Veitch. The 5-year-old gelding went wire-to-wire with Marcos Meneses, winning by two lengths over 2-1 favorite Big Perm, and paying a juicy $53.20. His initial victory went in 1:36.76 for the mile and was worth $14,100.

The duo became winners five and six for Treasure Beach this year.