Jun Park and Delia Nash's Sibelius is scheduled to return to action in the $120,000 Smile Sprint July 6 at Gulfstream Park. Sibelius, who captured the 2023 Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1), is the most accomplished name on the list of 13 nominated to the Smile, a six-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and up.
The 6-year-old son of Not This Time , who scored a four-length victory in the Mr. Prospector Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream during the Championship Meet, has been freshened since finishing sixth in this year's Dubai Golden Shaheen March 30.
"He's going to run," trainer Jerry O'Dwyer said at Gulfstream June 27. "He's been training great. We gave him a bit of time in Kentucky for a bit of fresh grass after Dubai. We freshened him up and brought him back here to South Florida. He's been training steadily forward in preparation for the Smile."
Sibelius has had a series of four breezes since returning to training at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream Park's satellite training facility in Palm Beach County.
Other prominent nominees to the race include Tom Durant's Run Classic, who finished seventh in the Dubai Golden Shaheen, and Blanco Stable's Carmel Chip, who finished sixth in the Godolphin Mile (G2). Trainer Jose D'Angelo trains both.
C2 Racing Stable's Mish and Arindel's Octane are others nominated.
