Coppola tallied his second stakes win in just over a month on Saturday when the 6-year-old son of Into Mischief went gate-to-wire in the $165,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint S.
The bay speedster, who led all the way in the Dec. 21 Janus S. over the same five-furlong distance, was full of run from the outset again on Saturday. He cleared the field from post 11, rolling through fractions of :20.82 and :42.67 before finishing up three-quarters of a length in front of Capture the Lion on the wire.
The final time was :54.43 on the firm turf.
“He’s a fast son of a gun,” said trainer Dale Romans. “They go :42 [for the half-mile]. I think that’s the fastest any horse of mine has ever gone in my life and I’ve run a lot of horses.”
Coppola has five stakes wins among his 10 career victories and has earned $845,536 for owners Hammer Time Stable LLC and Sport of Kings Racing Partners, LLC. He was bred in Kentucky by Fifth Avenue Bloodstock.
Coppola was purchased out of ELiTE’s Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age Sale in 2022 by Michael Kares for Hammer Time Stable LLC and Sport of Kings Racing Partners, LLC.
Article adapted from Spendthrift Farm: https://www.spendthriftfarm.com/news/coppolas-speed-overwhelms-foes-in-gulfstream-park-turf-sprint-s/
