Whereas Run Basic and Sibelius have been operating within the March 30 Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1), Comedy City was settling into Saffie Joseph Jr.’s steady after being claimed for $25,000 two weeks earlier.
Saturday, the 6-year-old gelding blasted previous Run Basic and Sibelius within the stretch to tug off an 11-1 upset within the $120,000 Smile Dash at Gulfstream Park.
Owned by Joseph and Two Twenty Racing, Comedy City was making his very first begin on a quick dust floor in his 26-race profession. The son of Speightstown ran on Tapeta in his first begin for his new connections earlier than successful an elective claiming allowance on slop in his main-track debut final trip.
“He was working good on dust every week after we claimed him. He ran his first race on Tapeta, and he did not run that good. I made a decision to offer him an opportunity on the dust. Final time when he gained it was a sloppy monitor,” Joseph mentioned. “He was coaching properly, and in the present day he was tremendous spectacular. He sat off horses, he glided by some good horses. Sibelius gained a bunch 1. He proved he’s legit and he confirmed a brand new dimension.”
Comedy City settled off a scorching tempo contested by Joseph-trained Swirvin and 6-5 favourite Octane, with Sibelius poised to pounce three-wide after a half-mile in 44.97 seconds. Comedy City sudden loomed boldly whereas in full stride underneath jockey Drayden Van Dyke on the flip into the homestretch. Sibelius took the lead on the high of the stretch, however Comedy City surged previous him on his strategy to a 1 1/4-length victory. Run Basic closed mildly to complete second,1 1/2 lengths forward of Sibelius. Swirvin completed fourth 3 1/2 lengths farther again.
Comedy City, one in all 4 winners saddled by Joseph on Saturday’s 10-race program, ran six furlongs in 1:10.03.
“He broke good. Regarded like a very powerful race on paper. Saffie simply mentioned if my different horse breaks good sit off of him. If I break good, simply do not kill one another. I ended up being proper behind the velocity,” Van Dyke mentioned. “I used to be in a position to get exterior across the 3/eighth pole and I used to be pleasantly stunned how loaded I used to be going into the flip. I used to be excited to let him do his factor down the lane and fortunately we had sufficient to get it executed.”
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