Gulfstream Park Races March 4-5, 2006

Older sprinters faced off in the Grade 2 $200,000 Richter Scale Breeders' Cup Sprint Championship. 9-2 third choice Mister Fotis challenged for the lead after stalking Middle Earth through 1/2 mile in 44.92, then drew 2 lengths clear in mid-stretch and easily held off the late charge of 3-1 second choice Sir Greeley, in a time of 1:21.73 for 7 furlongs. Even-money favorite and Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Silver Train had no response in the stretch and finished seventh. Winning trainer Marty Wolfson said, "If you look at his last race and just isolate on him, he gets eliminated out of the gate, and then he's 10-wide at the 1/4 pole. I knew he'd be in front today. 7/8 is his distance." Winning jockey Rafael Bejarano said, "He broke really good. I tried to hold him back, because there was so much speed in the race, but he was running good. At the top of the stretch I let him out a little bit, and when I saw that other horse (Sir Greeley) coming at me I let him out some more. He took care of everything from there."

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