Fitzsimmons Mile, Gold Cup top Friday’s 4-Stakes card at Turf Paradise

The $75,000 Cotton Fitzsimmons Mile and the $75,000 Phoenix Gold Cup top a four stakes agenda on an 8-race card Friday, March 12 at Turf Paradise. The Fitzsimmons Mile drew a field of eight for the 8-furlong turf test. The Gold Cup, the track’s premier sprint race at 6 furlongs, lured a select field of six sprinters, including two previous winners for the 6-furlong sprint.

The two supporting stakes are the $50,000 Turf Paradise Derby at 1 1/16 miles, which attracted a field of 11 and the $50,000 Arizona Oaks at one mile with a field of eight.

Among the Fitzsimmons field of eight is Ohio a two-time consecutive winner (2019-20) of this race who is seeking an unprecedented three peat. Following his 2019 Fitzsimmons win, the Brazilian bred Ohio won the Grade 1 Frank Kilroe Mile at Santa Anita, before returning to become the first two-time winner in 2020 of the Fitzsimmons Mile.