Gibson excellent in the Jack Dudley Sprint Handicap at Calder for Bennett
The 3-year-old Gerald Bennett trained gelding, Gibson ran the race of his life in the Jack Dudley Sprint Handicap at Calder racecourse on 12 November, 2011, under jockey Daniel Centeno on the Florida Million card over at 6 furlong distance.
The son Gibson Country, out of mare Megan’s Cracker, Gibson was running over dirt since the time he broke his maiden at Tam Bay Downs on 22 April, 2011, under Angel Quinones over at five and a half furlongs, where he defeated other maiden claimer hopefuls
under a $7,000 claiming price where Kippy Cat and Western Slew who finished second and third respectively as Gibson covered the distance in 1 minute and 4.84 seconds.
Coming back to the Jack Dudley Sprint Handicap, Gibson controlled the race and asserted his command over the field throughout the race. This gave Gibson enough momentum to take into the stretch and actually go for a win of a huge margin over the Jack Dudley
Sprint Handicap caste.
The 3-year-old gelding succeeded in his mission as he steadily pulled away to extend his advantage and win the race by six and a half lengths over the favourite, Pashito the Che, who was unlucky to be in the same race as Gibson.
Gerald Bennett after the race said “He ran an awesome race, he’s been running against some nice horses at Presque Isle. He just wasn’t liking that Tapeta track, which they changed this season and which wasn’t playing too kind to speed horses.”
It was a perfect race for Gibson as he notched up his previous Beyer Speed Figure up to 19 points to register a whopping 95 Beyer in the Jack Dudley Sprint Handicap.
Gibson tried breaking his maiden at Tampa Bay Downs on 12 January, 2011, at his first attempt but failed miserably under W Galviz and finished eight after setting the pace but weakening when it really mattered.
The distance that time was six and a half furlong which suited the winner of the race, Chasing Moonlight who came off the pace to claim the prize with the winning time of 1 minute and 20.21 seconds.
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