Requite, Dearest, and Awesome Banner were the three marquee names on Saturday’s Summit of Speed Preview card at Gulfstream Park, and all three delivered in their preps for more significant assignments on the Summit of Speed card July 2. Requite earned a career-best 98 Beyer Speed Figure in cruising to victory in the Parrot Key Stakes, his first start since a second-place finish in the Grade 2 Amsterdam last summer at Saratoga. Trainer George Weaver was extremely pleased after the race, noting that he didn’t think Requite was 100 percent fit for his return after missing some training this spring due to a temperature. Weaver remained undecided as to whether Requite would return for the Grade 2 Smile Sprint on July 2, although he said that would be his most likely option. Requite is being shipped to Saratoga this week. Dearest returned from a three-month freshening to dominate her six rivals as the 1-5 favorite in the Royal Palm, receiving an 85 Beyer. The win was the third in four career starts for the daughter of Midshipman. Her only setback was a third-place finish behind Kentucky Oaks winner Cathryn Sophia in the Grade 2 Davona Dale going a mile at Gulfstream on Feb. 27, her most recent start prior to the Royal Palm. Gilberto Zerpa, who trains Dearest for Gelfenstein Farm, said Dearest had no issues coming out of the Davona Dale. He just wanted to give her some time off before pointing her for the Royal Palm and her next major goal, the Azalea Stakes here July 2. “She’s an excellent filly. We’ve thought so right from the start, but I do think she may have distance limitations,” Zerpa said by phone Monday through an interpreter. “I think anywhere from six to seven furlongs will most likely be her best game. She’s the kind of filly who has speed but can sit where you want her to, wait, and then kick on like she did Saturday.” Zerpa has 28 horses stabled at Gulfstream Park, the majority for Gelfenstein. “If all goes well in the Azalea, we’ll take her to Saratoga for the big 3-year-old filly races up there this summer,” he said. Awesome Banner snapped a two-race losing streak and proved conclusively that he’s a much better horse around one turn than two, registering a 2 3/4-length victory over Wildcat Wish in the 6 1/2-furlong Big Cypress, which serves as a prep for the Grade 3 Carry Back on July 2. But the Big Cypress lost some of its luster and perhaps much of its competitiveness when Major League was scratched about 10 minutes prior to post. Major League shipped to south Florida from Kentucky for trainer Wayne Catalano after winning both of his starts at six furlongs and was the second choice in the wagering when he was taken out of the race. “He got loose on the way to the paddock,” Catalano said. “They were putting the shirt with the number on it on top of the groom’s head, the horse went up in the air and got loose. It’s very frustrating because you go through the whole process – shipping him there, getting the licenses done – feel like you have a really big chance in the race, and then something like that happens. He shipped from Kentucky on the same van with the winner, and it looked like strictly a two-horse race to me.” Catalano said Major League has been shipped back to the farm of his owners, Gary and Mary West, in Ocala, Fla. He’ll make a decision on whether to bring him back to Gulfstream for the Carry Back. ◗ Emisael Jaramillo, who rode Dearest to her easy win, was the riding star Saturday, capturing three of the seven stakes on the card. He was also aboard Susie Bee for trainer Mike Maker in the Amelia Island and rode My Miss Venezuelan to an upset in the Sea Lily, a prep for the Grade 2 Princess Rooney on July 2. Jaramillo picked up the mount on My Miss Venezuelan for trainer Bruno Tessore after his first call in the race, likely favorite Best Behavior, was scratched that morning. ◗ The carryover counter for the Rainbow 6 will be set back to zero when racing resumes Wednesday after the bet was hit for $307,207 on Sunday. The winning ticket was purchased at an unidentified account-wagering site for $4,218, according to track officials. Zero Out, the final winner in Sunday’s Rainbow 6 sequence, was ridden by apprentice Lane Luzzi, his first win since relocating to south Florida from Maryland earlier in the week.