He’s been with us since the very beginning.

Winning assistant trainer Miguel Clement (Gufo): “The whole stable is very fond of the horse. Looking back at it, I probably should have earlier, but that’s OK. We were not thrilled with the blinkers in his last two races last year. When he asked him to quicken on the outside, he was there for him. The idea is to go to the Man o’ War and we’ll go from there.” Cainelli who is a wonderful man, so I’m thrilled.

Winning trainer Christophe Clement (Gufo): “I thought it was very impressive. The victory improved Gufo’s career mark to eight wins in 15 career races and he remained at unbeaten at Gulfstream, where he is now 4 or 4. Abaan took over at that point, opening up a two-length lead.īut Gufo went storming past in mid-stretch, giving him his first victory since last August when he won the Sword Dancer (G1) at Saratoga. Gufo, the Christophe Clement-trained son of Declaration of War was ahead of just one horse most of the way as Tide of the Sea led the before tiring in the final turn. HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Otter Bend Stables’ Gufo saved his best punch for last, turning in a powerful finishing kick to chase down and overpower Abaan to win the $200,000 Pan American Stakes (G2).Īway from the races since early November when the 5-year-old was 10th in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, Gufo showed no signs of rust, settling toward the back of the pack in the 1 1/2-mile grass stakes before mounting a late charge to blow past Abaan and win in a hand ride under jockey Joel Rosario.

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