NY Stallion Series- Staten Island ($125.000 Purse)
AQU- For Fillies and Mares Three Years Old and Upward Foaled In NY
Seven Furlongs on the Dirt
November 23, 2024

My dead heat trifecta would conclude Saturday in the Staten Island as Lil Sunshine and Prosecutor, the top two choices of the betting public, would finish in a dead heat. Lil Sunshine is trained by Threshold and had M Franco along for the ride. It’s the first win in the stake for the trainer, and second for the jockey. Prosecutor is trained by D J C Racing Stables and was ridden by L J Luzzi. D J C has been good in this, as he wins the race for the fourth time. His previous wins came in 2014, 2016, and 2019. It’s the first Staten Island win for L J Luzzi. Congratulations to them! This is the first time that the Staten Island has been won in a dead heat. The time of the win was 1:22.12, which isn’t one of the better such times, but was all the was needed. Let’s take a look at it now:

(1/4 Mile- :22.97)- One of our co-winners. Prosecutor will be the early leader of the race, and the D J C Racing Stables entry has a half-length advantage over Jireh’s I Made A Decision early in the backstretch. Behind them, we have a group of three, with our other co-winner, this being Threshold’s Lil Sunshine, running third on the rail. Jamaican Coffee is beside her for Night Rider Stables, and running three wide is TwinTowersRacing’s Long Term Parking, Sandrine (Onlineracingclub.com) is a length behind them, and the trailer is Nora (Royalty Stables).

(½ Mile- :46.31, Top of Stretch, 1.8F To Go)- Prosecutor has little difficulty as the field moves down the backstretch and moves around the turn. Her lead is about a length and a half for at this point of the race, and the one that had been with her, I Made A Decision, began to back up pretty quickly. This would give the second position to Lil Sunshine, and that filly would pull away from the two that she had been running with after a quarter a mile and could set her sights on the leader in the stretch. Long Term Parking could not be written off yet but had a wide trip in the turn. Jamaican Coffee was also backing out, but Sandrine was making progress and would be one to watch. Nora continued to trail.

(Finish- 1:22.12)- Prosecutor looks to hang on in the stretch and will run well to the wire. Lil Sunshine did not make a massive move but just crept a little bit closer with every stride, especially in the final furlong. At the end, we would have a photo finish, and a dead heat will be declared between them. But wait, there’s more! We have a dead heat for third as well as Sandrine’s late bid drew her even with Long Term Parking. Not in a dead heat were the final three: Jamaican Coffee, Nora, and I Made A Decision.

About The Winners:
Lil Sunshine, trained by Threshold and ridden to victory by M Franco, is a three-year-old filly by Sunshine Scooter and is out of Lil Rattla. She was bred in New York by Broken Spoke Stables as a yearling and was acquired by Threshold on Christmas of 2022 for $25.000 while she was still unraced. Congratulations to the connections! The win is her fifth in 14 starts, and second stake win. Her career earnings are now $498.800.

Prosecutor, trained by D J C Racing Stables and ridden to victory by L J Luzzi, is a three-year-old filly by Lawful and is out of Accuser. She was bred in New York as a second quarter two-year-old by D J C Racing Stables, the only trainer for which she has ever known. Congratulations to the connections! The win is her third in 13 starts, and her first stake win. Her career earnings are now $153.720.

Track: Fast
Time: :22⁴  :46¹  1:10  1:22

$2 Mutuel Prices:

$1 Exacta: 2 – 5 Paid 7.20, 5 – 2 Paid 5.80
$1 Trifecta: 2 – 5 – 1 Paid 8.40, 2 – 5 – 6 Paid 12.80, 5 – 2 – 1 Paid 5.60, 5 – 2 – 6 Paid 10.60

Scratched: None

— NS

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