Charlie’s Wish continued her upward climb on First Dude’s $200,000 list via an impressive score at Gulfstream Park with veteran Joe Bravo in the saddle.
In a $58,000 allowance optional claimer at a mile and one-sixteenth on the grass, the 5-year-old mare bred by Three Gin Guys Stable took up a comfortable slot not far off the pace and on the inside, swung out to the four path for the stretch run and ran by the leaders down the lane, winning by 1 1/2 lengths in 1:39.93, less than two seconds off the course record.
Charlie’s Wish paid $10 and collected a check for $34,200, which sent her total soaring to $454,099 on a sensational record of 6-7-5 in 25 starts. She sits in eighth place on the exclusive earnings list.
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