Thursday's Racing Insights: Champion Just F Y I Returns in Salty Optional Claimer at Gulfstream

Just F Y I | Benoit

6th-GP, $98K, OC 75k/C, 4yo/up, f/m, 1m, 3:29 p.m. ET.

Just F Y I (Justify), champion 2-year-old filly of 2023, kicks off her 4-year-old campaign in this stakes-quality field. The GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner and GI Kentucky Oaks runner-up was last seen finishing a well-beaten sixth in the GI Acorn S. at Saratoga June 7.

“We need to get started,” Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott said. “She's been away a long time and we decided to try an allowance race, although it's a very tough allowance race. It could be a stake, really.”

The field of six also includes GII George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan S. winner Gun Song (Gun Runner), narrow runner-up to Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) in last fall's GI Cotillion S. at Parx.

Trainer Jorge Delgado said that the rail-drawn 2024 GI Alabama S. winner Power Squeeze (Union Rags) would be scratched.

TJCIS PPS

Not a subscriber? Click here to sign up for the daily PDF or alerts.

Copy Article Link

Liked this article? Read more like this.

  1. Hundred Up: O'Brien Raises His Bat In Gold Cup For The Ages
  2. Royal Century For O'Brien As Scandinavia Strikes Gold In Epic
  3. Why Bernick Has His Mother To Thank For Breakthrough Royal Ascot Scorer Nola Soul
  4. Craig Bernick's Nola Soul Leads 1-2 For Justify In The Chesham
  5. 'You Can't Line Up a Better Race' – Baeza Set for Summer Showdown in Stephen Foster
X

Never miss another story from the TDN

Click Here to sign up for a free subscription.