Hallandale Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Juan and Bina along with Brother Bobo, both second in their last starts, are among nine 3-year-olds entered in Saturday’s $100,000 Mucho Macho Man Stakes at Gulfstream Park.<\/p>\n
Formerly the Gulfstream Park Derby, the Mucho Macho Man is a mile stakes that begins Gulfstream’s stakes series for 3-year-olds leading to the $1 million Florida Derby on March 28.<\/p>\n
Juan and Bina is the 5-2 second choice in the morning line behind 2-1 favorite Mawthooq with Brother Bobo the 9-2 third pick. The three favorites will break from outside posts 7, 9 and 8, repsectively.<\/p>\n
Juan and Bina, who will be ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado, is coming off a second in the one-mile Smooth Air Stakes on Nov. 29 at Gulfstream Park West, formerly Calder Race Course. Trained by Gustavo Delgado, the colt won his debut effort on Sept. 26 at a mile.<\/p>\n
Brother Bobo, trained by Jason Servis, was second by a neck at Gulfstream Park West in the six-furlong Buffalo Man Stakes on Nov. 29, just over a month after scoring in his debut start over 5 1\/2 furlongs. Gabriel Saez has the mount for the second straight time aboard the chestnut colt.<\/p>\n
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin will saddle Mawthooq with Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez riding. The chestnut colt, making his third lifetime start, is owned by Shadwell Stable.<\/p>\n
“He’s had a couple of nice works. He’s a nice colt and ready to go,” said McLaughlin. “We’ll see how we stand.”<\/p>\n
Mawthooq got his career underway at Belmont Park on Oct. 11 with a distant second going six furlongs. On Nov. 26 at Aqueduct the colt ran away to win a mile race by 10 1\/2 lengths with Cornelio Velasquez riding for the second time.<\/p>\n
“We hooked a very nice colt the first time out who we finished second to,” McLaughlin said. “The next out he won easy on a wet track, so you never know, but he’s a really nice horse.<\/p>\n
“He always trained good. He’s straightforward. He was a little keen early in his last race, but Cornelio (Velasquez) did a nice job trying to slow him down early. He’s done everything right since that race. Ask me April 15th how we like him, but right now we like him a lot.”<\/p>\n
Here is the field for the Mucho Macho Man in post position order: Dekabrist, Oriel Chavez, 30-1; Ami’s Flatter, Luis Contreras, 15-1; Bluegrass Singer, Javier Castellano, 5-1; A. Rod Again, Julien Leparoux, 6-1; Twotwentyfive A, Jesus Rios, 20-1; Honest, Paco Lopez, 10-1; Juan and Bina, Edgar Prado, 5-2; Brother Bobo, Gabriel Saez, 9-2 and Mawthooq, John Velazquez, 2-1.<\/p>\n
Post time for the Mucho Macho Man Stakes will be approximately 5:01 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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