BY BROCK SHERIDAN
Stakes-placed Florida-bred Beef Winslow returns off a four-month break Thursday at Horseshoe Indianapolis for a second condition, $50,000 optional claiming for 3-year-olds and older. Ten have entered to go a mile-and-one-sixteenth on the turf in pursuit of the winner’s share of the $49,000 purse.
Owned by Peter Proscia’s Paradise Farms Corp. of Garden City, New York, Beef Winslow goes for an additional $3,000 Export Incentive with an out-of-state victory at this level. Capped at $1 million in 2026, the Export Incentive program is administered by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association.
A winner of a $40,000 claiming and a $50,000 claiming in consecutive starts in October and January, both on the Santa Anita grass, Beef Winslow has two races since, both going a mile on the turf.
He was fourth, beaten just two-and-a-quarter lengths by Crazy Cavalier in a first condition, $50,000 claiming on March 15 at Santa Anita then was fifth in a $75,000 claiming won by Florida-bred Seminole Chief on June 17 at Churchill Downs.
The 7-year-old gelded son of Honor Code is trained by Bob Hess Jr., who claimed Beef Winslow for $50,000 at Del Mar in July of last year. He has since earned $62,565 with two wins and a third in five races. For his career, Beef Winslow has $307,545 in revenues from seven wins, three seconds and seven thirds in 26 starts.
A two-time graduate of Ocala Breeders’ Sales, Beef Winslow was a $125,000 selection by Two Dolla Coffee out of the Paul Sharp consignment at the 2021 Ocala Breeders’ Sales June Sale. He did not meet his reserve as a yearling at Keeneland September nor at OBS October.
Beef Winslow is out of Conquest Sweetride, by Candy Ride (Arg) and was bred in Florida by Alfonso and Nora Figliolia’s Westbury Stables LLC located in Reddick.
Alexander Crispin rides Beef Winslow from post two and they are 4-1 on the morning line.
Wadsworth enters off a layoff having last raced on July 11 in the $102,000 Jonathan B. Schuster Memorial won by Seminole Chief at Horseshoe Indianapolis.
Multiple stakes-placed for trainer brad Cox, the Godolphin homebred last won in consecutive starts on the Ellis Park grass last year, taking the $200,000 Kentucky Downs Preview Dueling Grounds Derby in August and the Listed American Derby at Ellis a month earlier.
The 6-year-old son of Quality Road has four wins, four seconds and a third in 16 lifetime races with earnings of $694,437.
Fernando De La Cruz will get the leg up on Wadsorth, who is the 3-1 morning line choice, and they have post six.
Also set to line up are Sea Singer (Ire) with Victor Carrasco named to ride, Theismann has Amir Mendoza taking the riding assignment, V Max will have Dylan Machado in the irons, Exosome will have Adam Beschizza up, Marcelino Pedroza, Jr. has the call on Out of Deductions, Sing Sing teams with jockey Joseph Ramos, Zambezi will be guided by Orlando Mojica. First Bid is entered under main track only conditions.
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