Picozza Graduates at Gulfstream

8th-GPX, $39,000, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/8mT, 1:47 4/5, fm. 
PICOZZA (c, 3, More Than Ready–Casuarina, by Menifee), runner-up as the favorite in a pair of 8 1/2-furlong local events Jan. 1 and Feb. 8, finally earned his diploma while stamping himself a horse to watch in this summer’s big grass races. The Starlight colorbearer, at 4-5, angled in from post nine to secure a rail spot while pressing the pace in second. He put a nose in front of frontrunner Four More (Bernardini)–to his outside–as they went into the far turn, then burst clear in upper stretch en route to a 5 1/2-length win. V. E. Day (English Channel) completed the exacta. Sales history: $195,000 wlng ’11 KEENOV; $225,000 yrl ’12 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 4-1-2-0, $42,650. Click for the brisnet.com chart orVIDEO. 
O-Starlight Racing. B-Respite Farm Inc (KY). T-Todd A Pletcher.