Tampa Bay: Starship Jubilee faces deep field in GII Hillsborough

By Rick Francis —-

TAMPA BAY DOWNS

Race 9) 1&1/8th Mile. (Turf) Hillsborough S. Grade II. Purse $225,000 FOR FILLIES AND MARES FOUR YEARS OLD AND UPWARDPost Time: ( 4:25)/ 3:25/ 2:25/ 1:25 ADVANCED FORECAST: Sunny, High 66, Low 47.

7) Starship Jubilee (Attard/Castellano); multiple Graded Stakes winning mare out of Indy Wind enters having won 4-of-5, two straight. She’s a 16-time winner, never off the board at this distance; anything close to even money, take it.

3) Magic Star (Brown/Velazquez); sent off as the race favorite, Scat Daddy filly found herself boxed in and never threatened Starship down the stretch in the G3 Suwanee River. Setting just off the pace as she does, 4-year-old could find herself in the same predicament, it’ll be incumbent for Hall of Fame jock Johnny V to get her clear early to have a chance for the top spot.

8) Beautiful Lover (Brown/Lopez); was a willing second to Starship in her last start; think the mile route will be her preferred distance, yet she has enough to include in exotics.

10) Jehozacat (Delacour/Centeno); Tapit 5-year-old enters on a two race win streak, including a hard fought G3 Endeavour here.

9) Hanalei Moon (Casse/Gallardo); off since finishing fifth in the G1 First Lady last October, mare by Malibu Moon has demonstrated she fire fresh off the bench.

Selections: 7, 3, 8, 10, 9