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Bahamian Squall Gelding Controls the Action from the Start at Tampa

Bahamian Squall has had just 13 runners compete so far this season, but they have produced six winners, for an excellent 46 percent. No. 6 is Raydar Control, who went wire-to-wire under veteran Jose Ferrer racing six furlongs at Tampa Bay Downs.

The 4-year-old gelding bred by D. Michelle Landry shot to the lead out of the gate and continued on in front through swift fractions of :22.70 and :45.89. In the stretch, Raydar Control put it in another gear and drew off to score by 4 1/2 lengths, clocked in 1:11.60. He paid $3.80 and the $14,585 winner’s check raised his career bank account to $32,438 on a record of 2-1-0 in six starts, all of them in Oldsmar.