Cool Coal Man won the $350,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park, putting himself squarely into the muddled mix of Derby hopefuls. A half-hour later, his barn mate War Pass — last year’s juvenile champion — made his 3-year-old debut by essentially jogging to a 7 1/2-length win in an allowance race.

Both are trained by Zito and owned by Robert LaPenta, who, like the trainer, was exuberant afterward.

Cool Coal Man finished in 1:51.85 and returned $16.60, $8.40 and $6. Elysium Fields paid $8 and $4.40, while Court Vision rallied from way back to get third, albeit about 6 lengths from the front, and paid $3.40.

War Pass was officially sent off at 1-9 on the Gulfstream toteboards and 1-20 overall. There was $763,758 wagered on the race, virtually all of it on War Pass — who returned the absolute minimum, $2.10 for the win.
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