Train to Artemus tests streak in $100,000 Captiva Island
At 0h30, on March 10, 2023 • By GULFSTREAM PARK
Approaching the milestone of 1,000 career victories, trainer Kelly Breen will send out M and W Stables’ claimer-turned-stakes winner Train to Artemus looking to extend her win streak to four races in Saturdays’ $100,000 Captiva Island at Gulfstream Park.
The Captiva Island for fillies and mares 4 and up sprinting five furlongs on the grass is part of a 12-race program that includes the $125,000 Hurricane Bertie (G3), also for older females, going 6 ½ furlongs on the main track.
Post time is 12:40 p.m. EST.
Breen, 53, stands at 997 wins with three starters on Thursday’s card at Gulfstream, one Friday at Laurel Park and another in Gulfstream’s fourth race Saturday prior to the Captiva Island, which goes off as Race 11 (5:35 p.m. EST). He is 7-for-38 during the Championship Meet that began Dec. 26.
I think it’s pretty awesome,” Breen said of 1,000 wins. “A bunch of the people that work for me are excited, guys that have been with me for a long time. I think it’s a testament to the whole barn and for us being a crew and putting in some hard work.
Train to Artemus has won four of five starts since Breen claimed the 5-year-old Tapizar mare for $35,000 out of a three-length victory last August at Saratoga. Two of those wins have come this winter at Gulfstream – a two-length score Dec. 18 in a race moved from the grass to the all-weather Tapeta, and a gusty nose triumph Jan. 18, both going five furlongs.
