2003 Sunshine Millions

Saturday, January 25, 2003

Continental Red Heads Classic Cal-breds

HALLANDALE, Fla. (Jan. 21, 2003) – Continental Red leads a California-bred contingent of four in Saturday’s $1 million Ocala Breeders Sales Co. Classic, the third and featured Sunshine Millions race on the Gulfstream Park card.

Continental Red is the 4-1 second choice on the morning line. He is a 6-year-old gelding by Flying Continental, out of the Glaros mare Sharp Looking Lady, was bred by Mr. and Mrs. Wes Fitzpatrick and owned by Sharon Fitzpatrick. Having won the Great State Challenge Classic in December, he has career earnings of $830,853, with six wins in 46 starts.

Long Gone Con will be looking for his first stakes win in the $1 million Classic. He is a 5-year-old gelded son of Restless Con, out of the Zein mare Very Much the Lady, and was bred by John Tobin. He has four career wins and earnings of more than $200,000.

Slippery When Bet, third in the California Cup Classic, is coming off a second-place finish in a Dec. 28 allowance race. He is a 5-year-old son of Russian Courage, out of the Miller’s Mate mare Slip With Me, and was bred by Robert Moreno.

Grey Memo has only two since July 2001, but they were big ones – the Godolphin Mile in Dubai and the Grade II San Diego Handicap. In the other 16 races over that span, he has been out of the money in 11 of those races. He is a 6-year-old by Memo, out of the Snow Chief mare B. Mozelle, and was bred by Ridgeley Farm.

Florida’s best hope in the Classic is lukewarm 7-2 morning-line choice Best of the Rest.