Jorge Ruiz Díaz and Super Chow: A Partnership That Rekindles Hope at Gulfstream Park

The Argentine rider will take center stage in the Mr. Prospector Stakes, partnering a proven speedster bidding for his 10th career stakes victory in what has shaped up as a banner season for the River Plate native

Super Chow and Jorge Ruiz Díaz Know the Winning Formula Together / ADAM COGLIANESE

HALLANDALE BEACH, Florida (Special to Turf Diario)— The outstanding run enjoyed by Jorge Ruiz Díaz in the United States adds another high-profile chapter Saturday at Gulfstream Park, where the Argentine will partner Super Chow in the Mr. Prospector Stakes (G3, $125,000), a demanding seven-furlong test drawing a deep and accomplished field.

For Ruiz Díaz—author of the finest season of his North American career—the assignment carries added weight. With 118 wins in 2025 and more than $5.5 million in earnings, the Argentine has cemented his standing as one of the circuit’s most reliable riders and reunites with a horse he knows inside out.

Super Chow, a 5-year-old gelding by Lord Nelson racing for Lea Farms LLC, will be bidding for his 10th career stakes victory and fourth at the graded level as he returns from a two-month freshening. Trained by Jorge Delgado, the speedster exits a below-par effort at Delaware Park, where he never factored and lacked his customary early zip—an effort the camp attributed to accumulated wear and tear.

“We gave him time after his last race and he’s coming back into himself,” Delgado said. “His morning works suggest we can expect a good performance.”

While most of Super Chow’s success has come at six furlongs, his trainer sees no issue stretching back to seven—particularly with Ruiz Díaz aboard. “He won a Grade III in New York at seven furlongs. Different track, different surface, but with the right trip there shouldn’t be a problem. And Jorge has won on him the only two times he’s ridden him, so he knows him very well,” Delgado added.

The form backs that confidence. Ruiz Díaz guided Super Chow to victory in the Gulfstream Park Sprint during the 2024/25 Championship Meet and previously teamed up for an allowance score at Pimlico in 2022. The pair share a proven rapport—often a decisive edge in races where margins are thin.

The Mr. Prospector also carries an added wrinkle with the possible participation of White Abarrio (Race Day). The multiple Grade I winner, trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., was entered as part of his build-up to the Pegasus World Cup Invitational, though a final decision will be made late. Should he not start, favoritism could shift to Knightsbridge(Nyquist), the Godolphin runner trained by Bill Mott.

Regardless of the opposition, attention from this side of the world centers on Ruiz Díaz, who continues to land prime stakes opportunities—and deliver. Each new assignment at this level reinforces that his name is now a fixture on the sport’s biggest days.

With Super Chow—a proven speedster and a partner built on trust—the Argentine will look to strike again in a season that has already been defining, and which still promises more notable chapters before the curtain falls.