Lynch-Trained Jimmy’s Dailys. (Lauren King)
Donald Dizney LLC’s Homebred Has Kept Best of Company
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Brian Lynch confirmed Wednesday that Donald Dizney LLC’s Jimmy’s Dailys will make his next start in the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park March 29.
“We’re going to run him in the Florida Derby,” Lynch reported.
Jimmy’s Dailys is slated to make his stakes debut in the Curlin Florida Derby, the premier prep for the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1), but the 3-year-old son of Vekoma has certainly kept the very best of company in his three starts at Gulfstream during the 2024-2025 Championship Meet after a six-month layoff following an unplaced June 23 debut at Churchill.
Jimmy’s Dailys made his return to action with a fourth-place finish behind Tappan Street, who went on to finish second in the Feb. 1 Holy Bull (G3), in a Dec. 28 seven-furlong maiden race, in which Multiverse finished third before going on to break his maiden and finish second in the Hutcheson.
“After his first start at Churchill, he had an unusual injury that we had to give him time for. He’s owned by the Dizneys, so we sent him down here to their farm in Florida,” Lynch said. “He probably wasn’t in the form that we’d have liked, but we wanted to try to get him on the Derby program. So, he probably wasn’t as ready for his first start as he could have been, but he’s really come on from that.”
The Dizney homebred was certainly ready for his second Gulfstream start in a seven-furlong maiden special weight race on the Jan. 25 Pegasus World Cup (G1) undercard, drawing clear by 1 ¼ lengths after closely stalking the pace. Disruptor, a $1.15 million purchase finished third in that race, before going on to graduate by 9 ¼ lengths for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher on the March 1 Coolmore Fountain of Youth (G2) undercard.
Jimmy’s Dailys subsequently made his first start around two turns in a 1 1/16-mile optional claiming allowance Feb. 27, setting the pace before finishing second behind Pletcher-trained Grande, who is undefeated in two career starts, both at Gulfstream.
“I thought he ran very gritty his first start around two turns,” Lynch said. “He got inside pressed after breaking from the 1 hole – he was committed. He was pressed by that horse of Todd’s, who got the jump on him. I liked the way when he got to the outside of that horse that he boxed on and tried to make up ground. It gave me some confidence that he can go a little bit further. You have to think second time around two turns he’s going to get better.”
Joel Rosario, a 2024 Hall of Fame inductee, will have the mount aboard Jimmy’s Dailys for the 1 1/8-mile Curlin Florida Derby, in which Godolphin LLC’s Sovereignty, a most impressive winner of the Coolmore Fountain of Youth for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, is scheduled to return.
Jimmy’s Dailys is also on course to meet former rivals Tappan Street and Disruptor in the Curlin Florida Derby.
