{"id":11649,"date":"2025-07-21T00:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T00:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/11649\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T00:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T00:03:08","slug":"grade-1-winner-howard-wolowitz-could-launch-comeback-at-saratoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/11649\/","title":{"rendered":"Grade 1 Winner Howard Wolowitz Could Launch Comeback At Saratoga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grade 1 Winner Howard Wolowitz Could Launch Comeback At Saratoga<\/a> originally appeared on Paulick Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Before putting them on a van headed out of South Florida, trainer Jose D\u2019Angelo worked a trio of his stable stars on the all-weather Tapeta course Sunday at Gulfstream Park.<\/p>\n

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Abraham Gold\u2019s Grade 1 winner Howard Wolowitz, unraced since a trip to Saudi Arabia in late February, continues to impress D\u2019Angelo as he works toward making his comeback. The 4-year-old Munnings colt breezed four furlongs in 44.36 seconds, fastest of 17 horses, in his second work since finishing 10th the 1351 Turf Sprint (G2) Feb. 22 at King Abdulaziz Racecourse.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was sharp today. He worked pretty good,\u201d D\u2019Angelo said. \u201cIt was his last workout before going to Saratoga with the ultimate goal to run at Kentucky Downs in September. I\u2019m very happy with the way he\u2019s doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Howard Wolowitz graduated second time out with a 7\u00be-length maiden special weight romp last June at Gulfstream. His next four starts came in stakes, marked by victories in the Franklin-Simpson (G1) at Kentucky Downs and Holiday Cheer at Turfway Park to cap his sophomore campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe came back from Saudi and we gave to him some time off. He ran hard all last year. I think that was the key because the horse is doing very well,\u201d D\u2019Angelo said. \u201cWe\u2019ll see if he\u2019s ready and if he can have one run at Saratoga before Kentucky Downs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Leon King Stable Corp.\u2019s Grade 2 winner Bentornato breezed four furlongs in 48.86 seconds on the Tapeta after turning in four three-furlong moves on the main track at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream\u2019s satellite training facility in Palm Beach County.<\/p>\n

Bentornato won the FSS Dr. Fager and Affirmed in 2023 but was denied a sweep of the series for 2-year-old Florida-breds, finishing third in the In Reality. Last year he was third in the Saudi Derby (G3) and second in the Robert Hilton Memorial prior to winning the Gallant Bob (G2) and finishing second in the Breeders\u2019 Cup Sprint (G1), his most recent start.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe worked good, too. We gave him time off after the Breeders\u2019 Cup and he\u2019s doing very well, also. We\u2019re looking forward to running him at Saratoga,\u201d D\u2019Angelo said. \u201cI don\u2019t have him fit enough yet so I\u2019m waiting to see when he will be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soldi Stable and Qatar Racing\u2019s Gabaldon went five furlongs in 57.26 seconds. A gelded 3-year-old son of Gone Astray, he was scratched from an open 5 \u00bd-furlong allowance on the Gulfstream synthetic July 13 which would have been his first start since a third in the March 22 Texas Glitter.<\/p>\n

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Gabaldon raced twice at 2, winning Gulfstream\u2019s Royal Palm Juvenile in debut to earn a trip to England for the prestigious Royal Ascot meet, where he ran second in the Windsor Castle Stakes. He is slated to make his graded debut in a 5 \u00bd-furlong turf sprint for 3-year-olds Aug. 10.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe looked good today,\u201d D\u2019Angelo said. \u201cHe\u2019s running in the Mahony [G3] at Saratoga next month.\u201d<\/p>\n

Howard Wolowitz, Bentornato and Gabaldon are scheduled to leave Monday for Saratoga along with Arindel\u2019s Monster, a popular nine-length maiden special weight winner going five furlongs on the turf May 23 at Gulfstream, his third start. Monster went a half-mile in 48.30 seconds Saturday at Palm Meadows, third-fastest of 75 horses, and is being pointed to either the Aug. 2 Tyro at Monmouth Park or Aug. 16 Skidmore at Saratoga, both sprinting on the grass.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are all going to leave tomorrow,\u201d D\u2019Angelo said. \u201cNice truck.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Paulick Report<\/a> on Jul 20, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grade 1 Winner Howard Wolowitz Could Launch Comeback At Saratoga originally appeared on Paulick Report. Before putting them…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[7565,7568,7564,7562,7567,7566,3004,7563,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-11649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-dangelo","9":"tag-furlongs","10":"tag-gulfstream-park","11":"tag-howard-wolowitz","12":"tag-jose-dangelo","13":"tag-kentucky-downs","14":"tag-racing","15":"tag-saratoga","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}