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Tod Marks 2 The Saratoga Special Sunday, August 6, 2017 here&there... at Saratoga BY THE NUMBERS 25: Garments on The Special’s “Tom Law contribution” office garment rack, not counting ties (those are accessories).

2: Lost FedEx boxes delivered somewhere around the sales grounds. If you received a coffee maker and 1,000 K Cups, please return to Anna Seitz.

1: Blown kiss from East Avenue to The Special.

1: Guy with a small duffel bag who cleaned out The Special’s paper box of Hall of Fame editions Friday (somebody watch eBay for us).

300: Dollars spent on Uber to take a visiting Marylander out on the town in Saratoga Friday night.

1: Clown who put a pizza box on top of our newspaper box Saturday evening. NAMES OF THE DAY Another Genius, fifth race. The 4-year-old filly, owned by Everythings Cricket Racing, is by Einstein.

Silly Sister, fifth race. Lady Sheila Stable and Edition Farm’s 3-year-old filly is by Broken Vow out of Giggly.

Royal Inheritance, ninth race. Joseph Bulger’s 3-year-old filly, from the barn of Dave Cannizzo, is by Regal Ransom.

Tasteful, ninth race. Godolphin comes up with a good one here – the 3-year- Tod Marks old filly is out of Kinda Spicy. Nice job, Dan Pride. Rise and Shine. Hip 224 (a colt by ) gets ready for the buyers at Fasig-Tipton.

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Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 3 QUOTE OF THE DAY here&there... at Saratoga “Even in my own house I’m the smallest now.” REPEATING Retired jockey Richard Migliore “People told me they sent me some horses because they were worried I wasn’t going to make it. I was working so hard and not getting anywhere.” Horseman Webb Carroll, on making it in racing (and anything, really)

“You’re the paper boy?” Special graduate Catlyn Spivey, as Sean Clancy handed her a paper Thursday morning

“The Secret Life of Animals.” 800-523-8143 Title of an article on trainer Jonathan Sheppard’s desk

“That’s a pew from the old chapel.” Sales consignor Andrew Motion, who has the best bench Allan in Saratoga at his Old Chapel Farm consignment “I have it written, I just have to write it.” Lavin The Special’s Tom Law, staring at a blank screen “There goes the night.” Bloodstock Law as Annise “Fargo” Montplaisir, walked into the office at 8:34 Friday night ALLAN G. LAVIN, JR. “Imagine you’re in a talent show, or you have to be in a talent show, what would you do? There’s got to be something.” allanlavinbloodstock.com The Special’s Joe Clancy, trying to talk Chappy Motion [email protected] into choosing his life skill; he’s still working on it and it’s not boxing (502) 773-0043

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Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 5 Country Life Foal Patrol “I’m a MD-bred filly by elite turf sire here&there...at Saratoga Kitten’s Joy. My mom’s name is Broken Trust Fund, but the lucrative MD-bred WORTH REPEATING program will help replenish that fund if you “Did you start the coffee?” buy me at F-T November and race me on The Special’s Joe Clancy to Tom Law as he tried to get to the bottom of a Friday evening power outage at the office Laurel’s world-famous turf course! My mom is now in foal to Mosler, a son “Never did make my coffee.” of War Front. Another of the The Special’s Tom Law, looking at the coffee maker a few hours after power was restored cutting edge Raise You Broodmare Partnerships for “If they named it Hillary it would have been 4-5 and it would have lost.” Overheard after Trumpi’s win in the fourth race Saturday at 22-1 Country Life Farm.” ELLEN B. PONS B. ELLEN Taking care of little things since 1933 www.CountryLifeFarm.com • 410.879.1952 “When you stand her up, take a step back and let the shank go slack. They already know how good looking you are.” Advice to a young showman at the sale

“So, you get everything sorted yet?” Godolphin’s Dan Pride, on his third visit to The Special office Saturday afternoon

“No.” Special’s staffers – Joe Clancy, Sean Clancy, Tom Law and Linzay Marks – in unison

“When you run eighth in a Grade 1 at Saratoga, they say, ‘Don’t cry over spilled milk, but here’s some Chips Ahoy.’ ” Trainer Chad Summers, enjoying some chocolate-chip cookies on the way out of the track after Chanel’s Legacy ran in the Test Saturday

“Efficiency is not what Saratoga is all about.” Racegoer, speaking for all of us while walking to the track Saturday

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Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 7 Every day at Saratoga, The Special with presents an exclusive Stable Tour Jeremiah Englehart with a Saratoga trainer. Jeremiah Englehart hit the sales main track) for that and he’s doing well. He grounds a little midway through Sat- likes Saratoga so I wanted to try at least to get urday morning, scouting future pros- one race into him up here. He’s been strug- pects after he wrapped up training of gling with a foot issue but now he’s doing a several current prospects he’s excited lot better.” to run later in the Saratoga meeting. Missbigtimes: An $85,000 buy at last A majority of the group bedded year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred down in his usual spot on the Okla- sale, the daughter of Flatter finished behind homa Training Track are 2-year-olds subsequent stakes winner Pure Silver in June. and many should find races in the “She’s a real nice filly, ran once at Belmont and third condition book to wrap up was third. Had a lot of traffic trouble. We had the meet. Englehart is off to another her pegged as one of our nicer 2-year-olds. strong start with three wins through It seems like in her next race she should be Saturday, including impressive juve- tough. Going to run on the 18th.” nile Aveenu Malcainu for supportive I Still Miss You: Gold Star Racing Sta- shaft won for $40,000 tag going 7 furlongs Indy’s Lady: Two-year-old filly by Take client Al Gold’s Gold Square. ble’s, Matthew Hand’s and Brian McKenzi’s July 22. “I thought that day Jose (Ortiz) did a Charge Indy cost DiRienzo and Southfield “Our young horses are running 2-year-old daughter of Majestic Warrior beat nice job of taking advantage of what the track Farm $150,000 at Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May well,” Englehart said. “I was a little New York-breds in her debut then topped was. We had an inside post, speed, there was sale. “This filly, Travis Durr and I picked her nervous this year because I had a lot open company in the Astoria at Belmont June kind of a lack of pace in the race.” out of Timonium sale in May and she’s been more 2-year-olds to run up here than 8. Second last time in the Lynbrook against working really nice. She’s a New York-bred in years past. I’ve still got a dozen or so Fixedincome Larry: Gold Square home- state-breds, she’s worked once at Saratoga. Take Charge Indy and she’s got speed and “She looks like she’s going to be a really nice left to run before the end of the meet. bred 2-year-old by Flatter finished third in de- she’s got gears. It looks like she could be a filly as well. I’m going to probably point her to “Overall I’ve been very happy, but going 5 1/2 furlongs at Belmont July 8. real nice filly if we can get her there. Second the Seeking The Ante (Aug. 25). Originally it three wins so far and hopefully we’ll “He’s going to run on the 12th. He’s another book, third book.” was going to be the Spinaway but after watch- for Al Gold we have high hopes for. I didn’t get some more before the end of the ing Chad’s filly (Separationofpowers) run the think he’d be a 2-year-old but all along he’s meet. Everything’s going pretty well.” Miss Aliphant: A $75,000 buy for Gold other day I think I’m going to stay away from advanced the way you want to see them come The barn received a boost last week Square at this year’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic her right now.” when Hall of Fame football coach Bill along. He’s by Flatter, a Pennsylvania-bred.” May sale, daughter of Violence shows four Parcells decided to transfer his Au- works at Saratoga that include half in :49.54 Trade The Pick: August Dawn’s 2-year- Purrfect Miss: The barn’s first starter near- gust Dawn Farm horses to Englehart. on the main track July 29. “Cosmetically she old son of Exchange Rate cost $70,000 as a ly lit up the tote board when second at 53-1 wasn’t perfect, I think that’s why I got her for Seven joined his Saratoga stable with yearling. “He’s a little immature but you can in 5 1/2-furlong maiden for 2-year-old fillies. 75 but she’s just a real striking, good-looking tell he’s got the makeup for probably turf. He three more at the farm expected soon. Orlando DiRienzo and Southfield Farm bought filly. She’s big, she’s working very well. Hope- Before getting started with his looks like a horse that is going to be a nice daughter of Discreet Cat for $20,000 at 2016 fully the third book, possibly Belmont.” colt, just needs to get it together.” yearling inspections Saturday morn- Fasig-Tipton October yearling sale. ing Englehart sat down with The Spe- “We kind of liked her and she ended up be- Circle The Bases: Gold Square spent Mrs. Ramona G.: A $250,000 purchase cial’s Tom Law. ing precocious like we thought. She had some $130,000 for 2-year-old daughter of Orb at this year, 2-year-old by Kantharos is owned by trouble out of the gate. If she didn’t have that Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May sale. She worked Gold Square and shows one work at Saratoga. Aveenu Malcainu: One of the barn’s three trouble she might have won. The other filly in company with Miss Aliphant last time on “I believe she’s going to be turf and seems like winners, 2-year-old Into Mischief colt broke (Southampton Way) had a race under her, that the main track. “Same thing, she’s pretty tal- a very talented filly. He named that filly after his maiden in July 28 debut for Gold Square. helped, and the track was pretty tiring.” ented and maybe the third book. She might his wife, so she better be good. If not I’m in “He’s a colt I have high hopes for, he doesn’t be grass and she’s an Ontario-bred so I might a lot of trouble. She’ll probably be third book, remind me of a New York-bred, he’s a big, Homerun Maker: Kindred Stable bought play with that, Woodbine in a small stakes. I’ll maiden special weight on the grass.” good looking Into Mischief colt. We don’t 2-year-old Into Mischief colt for $205,000 at know when I get to start galloping her more know whether we’re going to run in the Hope- Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May sale. Worked a on the turf but she’s precocious enough where Moves Like Ali: Ohio-bred 3-year-old son ful next or the . One of those two half on the main track in :49.34 July 30. “At she’s going to make this meet.” of Maclean’s Music for Loooch Racing and races. He’s good enough where I can have that first he was real immature but he’s starting to Imaginary Stables, he’s been off since finish- option. He seems like he’s better than just a show that the light bulb turned on a little bit. Cadeyrn: Tom O’Grady’s 4-year-old Malibu ing third in the Grade 3 Futurity last October at New York-bred.” He worked with a nice horse last time and he Moon colt has been off since winning 6-fur- Belmont. “He’s back up here, might not make stayed with him. He’s a horse that maybe by long allowance at Belmont May 18. “He’s a race here. My original goal was third book Alex The Terror: The barn’s first winner, the third book he’ll be ready to go. He’s going going to run in the Tale Of The Cat Aug. 11, but he just started working a couple weeks Loooch Racing Stables’ 5-year-old by Mine- to be a nice colt.” worked this morning (half in :48.02 on the ago. He’s doing very well and I’d run him in

8 The Saratoga Special Sunday, August 6, 2017 A.G. VANDERBILT ALICIBIADES ARLINGTON MILLION AWESOME AGAIN Stable Tour – BELMONT DERBY BREEDERS’ CUP TURF BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC BREEDERS’ Continued from page 8 CUP FILLY AND MARE TURF DONN HANDICAP a 1x, a nice easy start. He’s battling back from pneumonia and I’ll tell you, Bruce JacksonDUBAI and WORLD CUP FRIZETTE FOREGO FRANK KILROE MILE GARDEN CITY his crew down at Fair Hill did an amazing job with him. Just getting him back to whereGRAND he is NATIONAL HURDLE HASKELL INVITATIONAL HOLLYWOOD TURF CUP now I owe a lot of thanks to Bruce.” IROQUOIS HURDLE JOE HIRSCH TURF CLASSIC Square Shooter: Gold Square’s 3-year-old Trappe Shot colt won his first two starts atKING’S Parx BISHOP LONESOME GLORY HURDLE MAKER’S 46 MILE MANHATTAN for Michael Lerman then finished sixth in Grade 3 Withers at Aqueduct in early February. He suf- MAN O’ WAR MATRIARCH METROPOLITAN MILE STAKES fered a severe cut on his left front leg after being struck but another horse’s shoe in that race. “I PRIORESS QUEEN ELIZABETH II SHADWELL TURF MILE SPINAWAY picked him up for Gold Square, got him off the farm and maybe looking at the third bookSPINSTER or the SWORD DANCER TEST UNITED NATIONS VANITY HANDICAP WHIT- first at Belmont. He’s just coming back but do- ing very well.” NEY HANDICAP WOOD MEMORIAL A.G. VANDERBILT ALICIBIADES ARLINGTON

Sandlot Star: Mark Stanley paid $210,000 MILLION AWESOME AGAIN BELMONT DERBY BREEDERS’ CUP TURF for son of Shanghai Bobby at Fasig-Tipton Mid- lantic May sale. He breezed in :48.45 fromBREEDERS’ the CUP CLASSIC BREEDERS’ CUP FILLY AND MARE TURF DELAWARE gate Wednesday on the Belmont training track. “He’s another one, looks like his last workHANDICAP was DONNWinning HANDICAP DUBAI when WORLD it CUP matters FLORIDA DERBY. FRIZETTE really nice out of the gate. I’m kind of excited about him. He’ll be third book up here, NewFOREGO FRANK KILROE MILE GARDEN CITY GRAND NATIONAL HURDLE York-bred.” Fair Hill Equine Therapy Center horses HASKELL INVITATIONALinclude HOLLYWOOD 43 individual TURF Grade CUP 1 winners IROQUOIS. HURDLE JOE Indy Union: Robert Hahn’s 2-year-old Union Rags filly finished fourth in maiden here JulyHIRSCH TURF CLASSIC KENTUCKY DERBY KING’S BISHOP LONESOME 27. “She came from Webb Carroll’s training center and she ran well. She’s long, leggy,GLORY looks HURDLE MAKER’S 46 MILE MANHATTAN MAN O’ WAR MATRIARCH like she wants to run all day, I ran her 5 1/2 in Just some of the races they’ve won… an off-the-turf race that was a pretty nice METROPOLITANlittle MILE NEARCTIC STAKES PRIORESS QUEEN ELIZABETH II race. She came flying to finish fourth, just got beat a nose for third. When she stretches out SHADWELL TURF MILE SPINAWAY SPINSTER SWORD DANCER TEST she’s going to be a really nice filly.” UNITED NATIONS VANITY HANDICAP WHITNEY HANDICAP WOOD MEMORIAL Dirty?: “He’s not named yet but he’s a Ma- clean’s Music out of Martini. We bought him,A.G. VANDERBILT ALICIBIADES ARLINGTON MILLION AWESOME AGAIN Travis Durr and I, for $120,000 at Timonium and he looks like he’ll be a nice precociousBELMONT colt, DERBY BREEDERS’ CUP TURF BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC BREEDERS’ probably ready by the third book. I like him, seems like he’s doing OK right now.” CUP FILLY AND MARE TURF DELAWARE HANDICAP DONN HANDICAP

Scatjack: Homebred Pennsylvania-bred for DUBAI WORLD CUP FLORIDA DERBY FRIZETTE FOREGO FRANK Gold Square, 2-year-old by Scat Daddy out of Brilliant Katie, by Gone West. “He looksKILROE like he’ll MILE GARDEN CITY GRAND NATIONAL HURDLE HASKELL INVITATION- probably be turf. He actually could be this book or the third book, he looks like the 5 1/2 on the AL HOLLYWOOD TURF CUP IROQUOIS HURDLE JOE HIRSCH TURF turf will really suit him well.” CLASSIC KENTUCKY DERBY KING’S BISHOP LONESOME GLORY HURDLE Foreset: Neal Allread’s Forestry gelding won three times since being claimed last yearMAKER’S for 46 MILE MANHATTAN MAN O’ WAR MATRIARCH METROPOLITAN $40,000 “He’s a 4-year-old who has won three of six since we claimed him up here at Saratoga.MILE NEARCTIC STAKES PRIORESS QUEEN ELIZABETH II SHADWELL TURF He’ll be pointed for an a-other-than.” MILE SPINAWAY SPINSTER SWORD DANCER TEST UNITED NATIONS Small Bear: Runner-up in the Curlin for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy | AquaPacer | Cold Saltwater Spa | Dry Salt Room | Vibration Therapy | Training Center August Dawn won off-the-turf allowance JuneVANITY HANDICAP WHITNEY HANDICAP WOOD MEMORIAL A.G. VANDER- 24 and finished third in Paradise Creek on the 721 Training Center Drive, Elkton, Maryland 21921 grass May 27. “We’ll probably look for a raceBILT at ALICIBIADES ARLINGTONPhone: 610-496-5080 MILLION www.fairhilletc.com AWESOME AGAIN BELMONT DER- the end of the meet here or at Belmont. He’s one when I first saw him I thought he’d be turf,BY El BREEDERS’ CUP TURF BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC BREEDERS’ CUP FILLY Prado on the bottom side, and by Macho Uno, who can do both. For as good as he ANDran last MARE TURF DELAWARE HANDICAP DONN HANDICAP DUBAI WORLD CUP time on the dirt it’s hard to make the change.”FLORIDA DERBY FRIZETTE FOREGO FRANK KILROE MILE GARDEN CITY Sunday, August 6, 2017 GRAND NATIONAL HURDLEThe Saratoga S HASKELLpecial INVITATIONAL HOLLYWOOD TURF9 CUP WHITNEY STAKES RECAP Gun Blazing Asmussen star rules G1 BY SEAN CLANCY Steve Asmussen walked out of the paddock, put his left arm around his oldest son, Keith, whispered a few words, 3-5 odds of Gun Runner hovered from above the betting windows to the left. Asmussen zigged past Reggie and the Red Hot Feetwarmers, and kept walk- ing the long, meandering walk of an expectant horse trainer through an expectant crowd. A man standing on a cooler yelled A-s-m-u-s-s-e-n-n-n-n like it had 20 syllables, not that Asmussen heard him. Father and son rode the escalator, as a beer-carrying Tod Marks Continued On Page 12 Gun Runner and Florent Geroux look for a spot after breaking from the gate in the Whitney.

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Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 11 feet and hugged her husband, Keith and Erik high-fived each other and fell Whitney – into a hug with Cash. Steve Asmus- Continued from page 10 sen, subdued, watched motionless and emotionless (at least visually) as Gun fan asked his beer-swigging friend, Runner ripped past the wire, then he “Is he going to get off the duck?” Not stood, kissed his wife, his brother, his that Asmussen heard him as he turned boys and grabbed his mother’s hand left and walked across the back of the to walk toward the winner’s circle, grandstand, turned right at the ATM high-fiving Three Chimneys’ Grant machines and down the steps of sec- Williamson on the way. Three $2 bet- tion C of the clubhouse box seats, tors stood and clapped, Asmussen, folding into the center of a front-row allowing for acknowledgment that box, seven panels down from the six- he couldn’t muster minutes before, teenth-pole, his wife Julie to his left, waved and thanked them. Amazing Keith and his youngest son, Erik, set- what a winner will do. tled to his right, his brother, Cash just “He’s incredible. He’s just so fast. behind his left shoulder. The rest of His action is so beautiful,” Asmussen his family, including his mother, Mar- said, as he entered the winner’s circle ilyn, filled the box to his left. Asmus- for the first time all meet. sen leaned forward on the ledge of the Owned by Winchell Thorough- box, elbows taking the brunt, and set- Tod Marks breds and Three Chimneys Farm and Owner Ron Winchell gets a hug from assistant trainer Scott Blasi. tled in to watch Gun Runner do what ridden by Florent Geroux, the 4-year- he does best. old son of Candy Ride stalked long- “To come here to Saratoga and win I also know from history in horse rac- And, wow, did Gun Runner do shot Cautious Giant, took over with the Whitney is an unbelievable thrill,” ing, you don’t want to count on that what he does best, trouncing six over- ease and powered to a 5 1/4-length said Ron Winchell from the winner’s win until it happens.” matched rivals with a flawless score in score over second-choice Keen Ice circle. “It’s one of those races that you It happened. the Grade 1 Whitney, the feature on and fifth-choice Breaking Lucky. would love to win, it’s a very difficult Gun Runner broke crisply from a star-studded Saturday at Saratoga. Making his 14th consecutive start in race to win, but with Gun Runner, he stall 6 as second-choice Keen Ice stum- So flawless, the Asmussen celebra- a graded stakes, Gun Runner won for gives you confidence that you’re com- bled from post 5. Geroux glanced to tion started as Gun Runner ripped the ninth time and increased his earn- ing in with a very consistent horse Continued On Page 14 past the eighth pole. Julie leapt to her ings to $5,288,500. and winning is a good probability, but

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Sunday178071-Bridlewood-training-V2-SarSpec.indd, August 6, 2017 1 The Saratoga Special 8/4/17 4:41 PM13 Whitney – Continued from page 12 his left three times, seeing Cautious Giant, the rab- bit for War Story, and Breaking Lucky staking their spots inside the favorite. Paco Lopez pressured Cautious Giant to the lead as Luis Contreras eased out of the fray, settling Breaking Lucky in third through the first quarter mile in :23.89. Gun Run- ner loped easily outside Cautious Giant through a half in :48.31. Into the turn, Geroux allowed Gun Runner to take over, gliding past Cautious Giant and opening up quickly on Breaking Lucky. By the middle of the turn, through 6 furlongs in 1:11.37, Gun Runner had the Whitney at his mer- cy as Breaking Lucky churned with an impossible hand and 2015 Travers winner Keen Ice chipped at an impossible margin. Passing the quarter pole, Gun Runner lowed into another gear (perhaps, sec- ond to third) as Geroux pumped aggressively, hand riding the chestnut colt past the eighth pole. Geroux switched his un-cocked whip from his right hand to Tod Marks his left, pulling it through cocked, smacking Gun Gun Runner leads the way through the stretch in Saturday’s Whitney. Runner once and then turning it back down as fast to go to the lead, he can take it. If somebody wants Gun Runner won his debut at as he had picked it up. With a stray horse shoe to go, he is fine. If nobody wants to go, it’s fine,” in September 2015. He came back a month later to dangling in his tail, Gun Runner strolled under the Geroux said. “Many people say he’s been going win an allowance race at Keeneland. He finished wire, clicking off 9 furlongs in 1:47.71. on the lead and honestly I’ve ridden him in his last his juvenile season with a fourth in the Kentucky “He’s just incredible. He does everything so 10 starts I’ve probably ridden him seven different Jockey Club. He opened his 3-year-old season by perfect. He always breaks sharp, he always takes ways. On the lead, off the pace, inside, outside, all Continued On Page 16 a good position. He relaxes off horses. If he wants kinds of different scenarios.”

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Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 15 behind Arrogate in the Dubai World Cup. Three months later, Gun Run- Whitney – ner trounced rivals in the Grade 1 Ste- Continued from page 14 phen Foster at Churchill Downs. “He has incrementally gotten winning the Risen Star and the Lou- better, which is the best scenario in isiana Derby before finishing third in the world, he was a talented-as-hell Success is no the Kentucky Derby. 2-year-old, a very good 3-year-old,” “I never thought he would lose a Asmussen said. “Florent said it best, race,” Asmussen said. “On Derby ‘Every time I’ve gotten off him, I’ve morning, we thought we were win- gotten off a better horse.’ How awe- ning the Derby.” some is that? That’s what separates Accident... Undeterred, Gun Runner bounced them.” out of the Derby to win the Matt Like he’s done all year, Asmussen Winn, then finish fifth in the Haskell, credited the owners, first, for bringing GUN RUNNER third in the Travers, second in the Gun Runner back for his 4-year-old Pennsylvania Derby. With a choice of season and, second, for their steady the Breeders’ Cup Classic or the Dirt hand at the helm. Mile, connections chose the latter “The owners have had the ultimate where Gun Runner finished second. confidence without the arrogance of Three weeks later, he earned his first needing to to anybody right ORB Grade 1 win, dominating the Clark now. That’s their approach, they Handicap at Churchill Downs. don’t overreact when it doesn’t go Asmussen always marvels at the your way, like the Haskell, they just tasks given top horses, every time stay the course. What? What?” As- PALACE MALICE they produce a strong effort, they’re mussen said. “When they made the rewarded with a sterner test. decision to come back at 4, you run “That was nice, now, can you jump in the Mile, knowing it won’t knock CUPID higher?” Asmussen explained. you out, you come back in the Clark For his 4-year-old campaign, the for his Grade 1 and you’re secure. All jumps were raised as Gun Runner that has helped us get here. They de- TWISTED TOM won the Grade 3 Razorback at Oak- serve to have him and be in this posi- lawn Park in February before travel- tion because at no point did they not ON LEAVE ing to Dubai to finish a gallant second have the faith.” CARRUMBA KATHRYNTHE WISE KOBE’S BACK HUNTER O’ CARINA MIA

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Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 17 RECAP Grade 1 Justice Speedy American Gal scores for Callaghan BY JOE CLANCY Back in March, California-based trainer Simon Callaghan watched Abel Tasman walk out of his barn and into Bob Baffert’s – and then watched her reel off consecutive Grade 1 triumphs in the Long- ines Kentucky Oaks and Acorn Stakes. Two weeks ago, she added the Grade 1 Coach- ing Club American Oaks at Saratoga Race Course – a track Callaghan had never even been to. Saturday, Callaghan got some revenge as he en- Tod Marks gineered a victory in the Longines Test Stakes with American Gal powers away from the field to win Saturday’s Grade 1 Test. Continued On Page 20

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Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 19 nia shipper Faypien held second over the late-running Tequilita. Test – In a corner box four rows from the Continued from page 18 track and just past the finish line, the Shah family erupted as a more sub- former Baffert trainee American Gal dued Callaghan rooted his filly home – who stormed off the turn four wide with a tight squint and a few subtle and out-kicked the Baffert-trained fist pumps. Faypien to win by 4 lengths in 1:22.26 “At the quarter pole I was like for 7 furlongs. The $500,000 race ‘Show me what you got’ and she drew a field of 10, but turned into a showed it,” said Shah. “She had one-horse romp for the Kaleem Shah worked well and Simon said if she homebred. runs to her works she’ll get it done. Callaghan was overjoyed, but phil- It was thrilling, believe me. This was osophical. my first Grade 1 at Saratoga. You are “Those situations, as a trainer hoping for this type of performance you’re going to go through the ups but until it happens you are just hold- and downs,” he said. “I was obvi- ing your breath.” ously very disappointed when it hap- American Gal took plenty of pened and I felt it wasn’t totally justi- breath away in the paddock, flashing fied but, having said that, it’s life. You win some, you lose some. It’s nice to a powerful hind end and a “What, me pick up this filly and very gratifying to worry?” attitude as the crowd closed pick up this race.” in at the far end of the saddling stalls. Just 34, he collected a Saratoga Callaghan saw both of those when Grade 1 with the first horse he ran she walked into the barn, and contin- here while also getting a proper look ues to admire the Kentucky-bred. at the historic track (he’d been to the “She was just always a classy filly Fasig-Tipton sales grounds) for the and everything we ask her to do she first time. just does effortlessly,” he said. “She’s “It’s a pretty satisfying thing,” he amazing, she does everything right. In said after a long pause. “For sure.” this environment, she walked around Satisfaction could be American the paddock like she owned it, and Gal’s nickname. Shah bred his stallion then went out and did it on the track. Concord Point (a son of Tapit who That’s what separates the good from won the 2010 West Virginia Derby) the exceptional ones.” to his mare American Story (who won Shah retired Concord Point to Hill three races in 2010 and 2011) and got ‘n’ Dale Farm, which stood the gray a runner. The bay filly won her debut son of Tapit for six seasons before he last summer at Del Mar, added the was sold to South Korea late last year. Anoakia Stakes at Santa Anita and “He was one of my first graded finished third in the Breeders’ Cup stakes winners,” said Shah. “He had Juvenile Fillies. She closed her juve- good bloodlines, by Tapit, so it made nile season with a second (to Abel sense to give it a shot. Unfortunately IRISH BREDS WON OVER $15 MILLION Tasman) in the Grade 1 Starlet at Los the first couple of years if you don’t Alamitos. get runners, you know, it dries up. It’s IN PRIZE-MONEY IN NORTH AMERICA IN 2016, THE BEST Freshened over the winter, Amer- tough. We sold him. I wish we had AFTER USA & CANADA ican Gal returned to the races for him. I didn’t sell him for much mon- OBVIOUSLY (IRE) PURCHASED AT GOFFS Callaghan last month at Belmont ey.” Park and dismantled four others in The victory also completed a bit of FEBRUARY SALE FOR €2000 the Grade 3 Victory Ride. She battled a roundabout prediction for Baffert, FIND YOUR NEXT LEGEND AT THE IRISH YEARLING SALES for the lead throughout that race, but who trained such Shah standouts as took a slightly different tack Saturday. Bayern and Dortmund. American Gal broke to her right “When he bought the moth- from the outside post for Jose Ortiz er ($400,000 as a 2-year-old at and set up outside and just off the Fasig-Tipton Florida) he told me pace of Chalon, Vertical Oak and Fay- that she was going to win the Test,” pien through an opening quarter-mile said Shah. “I’m just so glad that the in :22.42. Still fourth (and wide) after daughter came through. Simon and a half in :44.53, the winner followed his team do a wonderful job, and me WHERE THOROUGHBREDS BECOME LEGENDS Faypien around the corner and struck and Bob parted as good friends. I still +353 45 443000 [email protected] WWW.ITM.IE for real in mid-stretch. By the furlong wish him well. I’ll always be a Bob pole, the outcome was not in doubt Baffert fan, but we move on.” and she drew off late. Fellow Califor- As does Callaghan.

20 The Saratoga Special Sunday, August 6, 2017 Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 21 2017 September Meet Stakes Schedule September 15 - October 1

POCAHONTAS (GII) 2017 “Win and You’re In Juvenile Fillies Division” 2018 Kentucky Oaks Points Race Runs Sat., Sept. 16 Closes Sept. 2 $200,000 ($200 nomination fee) Fillies, Two Years Old 1 1/16 Miles

IROQUOIS (GIII) 2017 “Win and You’re In Juvenile Division” 2018 Kentucky Derby Points Race Runs Sat., Sept. 16 Closes Sept. 2 $150,000 ($150 nomination fee) Two Year Olds 1 1/16 Miles

LOCUST GROVE (GIII) Runs Sat., Sept. 16 Closes Sept. 2 $100,000 ($100 nomination fee) Tod Marks Fillies & Mares, Three Years Old & Up 1 1/16 Miles Zennor heads for home, all alone, in the Lure.

OPEN MIND Runs Sat., Sept. 16 Closes Sept. 2 $100,000 ($100 nomination fee) Fillies & Mares, Three Years Old & Up 6 Furlongs

DOGWOOD (Listed) Runs Sat., Sept. 23 Closes Sept. 9 Big Blue $100,000 ($100 nomination fee) Fillies, Three Years Old 7 Furlongs Godolphin finds winner’s circle,

ACK ACK (GIII) once again, as yearling sale looms Runs Sat., Sept. 30 Closes Sept. 16 BY TOM LAW LURE STAKES RECAP $100,000 ($100 nomination fee) Some things are an absolute cer- Three Year Olds & Up 1 Mile tainty when sales week rolls around They were there again Saturday, every summer in Saratoga. along with some of the brass from LUKAS CLASSIC (GIII) Horse trailers stack up on East Godolphin’s Kentucky base at Jon- Runs Sat., Sept. 30 Closes Sept. 16 Avenue like planes on the tarmac at abell Farm, after Zennor upset the $200,000 ($200 nomination fee) LAX the night before Thanksgiving. $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Lure Stakes. Three Year Olds & Up 1 1/8 Mile The line at the Spring Street Deli is The 5-year-old son of Medaglia longer morning, afternoon and night. d’Oro extended Godolphin’s run of a Khakis, pressed button downs and JEFFERSON CUP (Listed) win the weekend before the Fasig-Tip- navy sport coats are out in force in ton Saratoga sale to three years, along Runs Sat., Sept. 30 Closes Sept. 16 the paddock at the races. Sperry’s is with Frosted in the Grade 1 Whitney $100,000 ($100 nomination fee) that much more crowded in the eve- last year and Bay Of Plenty in the Al- Three Year Olds 1 1/8 Miles Turf nings. And the royal blue colors of the ydar in 2015 among other winners. Maktoum family’s Godolphin Racing Horses owned by either Godolphin or Racing Secretary operation – or the maroon and white Darley have won at least one race the Dan Bork Stakes Coordinator: 502.638.3806 • [email protected] of Darley before that – find a way to weekend before the sale every year Fax: 502.636.4479 the winner’s circle at Saratoga Race Course. Continued On Page 24

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RACE 0591_2017 Saratoga Stakes Ad.indd 1 7/17/17 10:14 AM Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 23 bet because of it, but he used to work with Frosted.” Lure – Zennor finished fifth that day at Continued from page 22 3-2, beaten 6 1/2 lengths by Bold Conquest. The result was disappoint- but one since 2006. Those victories ing for the Godolphin team, who were include Flashing in the 2009 Test, excited for the debut after watching Burmilla in the 2007 Honorable Miss Frosted, Imperia and Zennor train on and Carnera in the 2006 A In Sociol- the main track leading up to the race. ogy. “We joke about it, we had the Ortiz “It’s a good weekend to show up, brothers and Rajiv on them, all three isn’t it?” said Jimmy Bell, president of worked from the gate and everybody Godolphin’s American operation at said, ‘oh Zennor,’ or ‘no, Frosted,’ or Jonabell Farm. ‘no, Imperia.’ They were three pretty Zennor, who won the Lure in his nice 2-year-olds.” stakes debut, contributed to that run Frosted went on to a career high- of success for the Maktoum family lighted by victories in the Grade 1 with a victory in a 1-mile turf maid- Wood Memorial, Grade 1 Metropoli- en during the Whitney Day Saturday tan Handicap and Grade 2 Pennsylva- card of 2015. nia Derby, along with a runner-up ef- A year before Zennor broke his fort to Triple Crown winner American maiden in his second start on the grass Pharoah in the . He he made his debut in the Godolphin occupies a coveted spot in the Darley colors in a 6 1/2-furlong maiden for stallion barn at Jonabell, earned after 2-year-olds on the main track. Word a six-win and $3,972,800-earning ca- was out that the gray colt out of the reer. Night Shift mare Zelanda could run. Imperia also went on to stakes suc- “He used to work with Frosted cess after finishing second in a Sarato- and Imperia,” Zennor’s trainer Ki- ga maiden race a week after Zennor aran McLaughlin said. “He actually made his debut. He won the Grade was the first runner for Godolphin as Tod Marks a 2-year-old, and he was way over- Continued On Page 25 Zennor (3) gets rolling early in the Lure.

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Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 25 Narrow Win California shipper Estrechada wins turf marathon for Puype BY BRANDON VALVO WAYA STAKES RECAP As badly as Slugo Racing’s Steve Gasparrelli wanted to be at Sarato- worked out for us so far. We’ve gotten ga to see his horse run in Saturday’s along. He’s like a member of the fami- Grade 3 Fasig-Tipton Waya Stakes, ly, he’s a friend.” his day job as a driver of top alcohol Estrechada broke smoothly in the funny cars on the National Hot Rod $200,000 Waya, the first of five stakes Association circuit kept him away. Saturday. As Apple Betty felt pressure As the field went to post for the from Suffused in the opening furlong, Waya, Gasparrelli could only listen to Estrechada rated for jockey Javier his wife’s narration of the race on the Castellano. The pair dropped in be- phone as he was in Kent, Washington, hind the frontrunners and Summer- preparing for an afternoon race in the sault raced to Estrechada’s outside. Northwest Nationals. On the first turn, Summersault bore Near the end of the call, Gaspar- in and Castellano checked his mount relli listened as his wife’s voice broke sharply before shifting to clearer run- Tod Marks apart and started to cry. In the blind, ning on the outside. Estrechada finishes off a win in Saturday’s Waya. he feared the worst for Estrechada. Apple Betty clicked a quarter in “His wife was relaying it to him :24.36 and raced into the stretch for over the phone,” said Ral Ayers, as- the first time in the 1 1/2-mile mar- sistant to the mare’s trainer Mike athon. Much of the Whitney Day Puype. “He said his wife started cry- crowd roared to life as the horses ing and he couldn’t tell what she was passed the line for the first time, the saying. He thought something bad running order unchanged through a happened.” :49.60 half and 6 furlongs in 1:14.34. To the contrary, Gasparrelli’s wife As Apple Betty and Suffused scam- cried tears of joy as she watched Es- pered away to a 4 1/2-length advan- trechada hold on to give Slugo Racing tage up the backstretch, Castella- PERFORMER its first stakes win and first victory in no started to rouse Estrechada. His of Saratoga. arms moved like pistons, pumping on the “I wish he could have been here,” the 6-year-old mare. Each push was WEEK Ayers said. “He’s only had horses for stronger than the last as he worked on three years. This is really big for him. her from the half-mile pole. I really wish he could have been here. Apple Betty and Suffused were the He’s just so involved in the game. He’s first to face the Whitney crowd, which a player. He plays the races every time awakened again as the field came into he’s there. Very involved, comes out the stretch. Castellano went to the in the mornings a lot. He just loves right-handed stick and delivered two every aspect of it.” smacks before continuing to pump Gasparrelli is a lifelong racing fan. away. The leaders continued their Growing up in Southern California, battle, but their strides shortened. In he frequented the races and learned the final furlong, Estrechada reached Tod Marks how to bet. He met Puype through a out and ran past them as Castellano mutual friend, found him a natural fit continued his right-handed urging. PAUSEFORTHECAUSE posted an impressive debut victory going all the way on the lead to and he took the plunge into racehorse Although Lottie sprinted at her late, win a 6-furlong maiden special weight Wednesday. Bred and owned by Chester and ownership. His stable now boasts she couldn’t reach Estrechada, who Mary Broman, Pauseforthecause is a 2-year-old daughter of Giant’s Causeway out of the about 18 horses. won by a half-length in 2:27.49. Sum- graded stakes-placed Touch Gold mare Spritely. She’s trained by Kiaran McLaughlin and “He grew up around Santa Anita she earned $43,800 for her victory in 1:11.62. mersault finished third. and some mutual connections pointed Continued On Page 27 him in our direction,” Ayers said. “It’s 26 The Saratoga Special Sunday, August 6, 2017 tance is the biggest key, so we talked Thursday, so nothing to complain Steve into doing it.” about.” Waya – Estrechada came to Puype’s barn Gasparrelli’s day didn’t end with Continued from page 26 from Argentina as a group stakes- his Waya victory. After spinning off placed runner last fall. After finishing the line in his drag race, he quick- A 6-year-old daughter of Offlee ninth beaten 51 lengths in the Grade ly got his Camaro back in gear and Wild, Estrechada’s Waya win is the 2 Marathon Stakes, her connections thundered away from rival Annie fifth of her 20-race career. The victo- decided to leave the mare with Puype. Whiteley to win his Northwest Na- For 40 years, ry boosted her earnings to $227,842. Gasparrelli acquired the mare more tionals qualifier. He reached a top The Waya was her first success in recently, buying her from Rivica Inc. speed of 248.71 miles per hour and Engel Law Offices North America and her first on turf before her race at Belmont. completed the quarter-mile in :6.107. has represented horsemen after finishing sixth in the River “Those same connections brought Memories last time out at Belmont those horses into his barn for the with their legal issues, Park July 9. Breeders’ Cup and they left her with “Last time she was in tight and us instead of taking her back,” Ayers and continues to do so. couldn’t get out,” Ayers said. “We said. “We ran her from there the first were going ‘oh no!’ When she got out, three times at Santa Anita and just Licensing she ran right past them, but the race previous to the race at Belmont, Slu- was over.” go Racing bought her. They bought Partnership Formation Puype and Ayers convinced Gas- her literally three days before she parrelli to ship Estrechada to Sara- shipped.” Gaming Comm. Hearings toga because of the Waya’s distance. Estrechada’s victory is Puype’s sec- Other Legal Matters Unable to find a comparable race in ond win at Saratoga in as many starts. California, Gasparrelli agreed. His only other runner, Turbulent De- “We just couldn’t find the dis- scent, won the Grade 1 Test Stakes on “Lengths ahead of the field” tance on the West Coast,” Ayers said. Whitney Day in 2011. It was Ayers “We came last time, she ran a great first trip to Saratoga. Here for less race, she had a troubled trip, so we than a week, he’ll return to Del Mar 518-430-0005 thought, let’s double down and see Tuesday with a graded stakes winner. if we’ve got something. There was a “First time. It’s great. 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Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 27 DE LA ROSE STAKES RECAP No Sale Thundering Sky rallies in time to win for Weaver, Schera

BY TOM LAW Thundering Sky’s 3-year-old campaign was winding down and after she won a small stakes at , Matt Schera figured it was time to sell the daughter of Sky Mesa. George Weaver thought otherwise. “Matt, she’s a Grade 1 filly,” Weaver told his owner. Heeding his trainer’s advice, Schera brought Thundering Sky back for another season. Dave Harmon Continued On Page 29 Thundering Sky prevails in Saturday’s De La Rose, the last of five stakes on the card.

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28 The Saratoga Special Sunday, August 6, 2017 Sent off as the 13-1 sixth choice in the field of “When I asked her in the stretch she really gave eight – reduced by the scratches of Sassy Little Lila, in a good kick,” Maragh said. “It’s my first time De La Rose – Freudie Anne, Puca and Boreale from the body of riding her, they told me she has a tendency to do Continued from page 28 the race – Thundering Sky raced in fourth in the that (carry her head high). Today she was doing it early stages as Kendrick Carmouche gave Proper a little and I just tried to keep her focused. She was Three unplaced races later and before Saturday’s Discretion her head, opened up 3 1/2 lengths on the loafing a little bit but now that I’ve got a feel for $100,000 De La Rose Stakes doubt crept in. This field early and clicked off a quarter-mile split in a her I think I can do even better with her next time.” time it was Weaver who wavered, thinking there soft :24.37. They still led through the half in :48.07 The De La Rose marked Maragh’s second win at might be a better spot for the filly than the Whitney with Sky My Sky just ahead of Thundering Sky, On the meet as he continues his comeback from a spill Day 1-mile turf stakes. Leave and Light In Paris. that nearly ended his career in July 2015 at Belmont. “George, we have excuses for all of them,” “My filly was running good all the way, I just Schera told his trainer. “Let’s just run and see. You Schera collected his second win at the meet from just wanted to be patient with her because I think she his fourth starter, while Weaver won his fourth. thought she was a Grade 1 filly last year, you can’t has one sharp run at the end,” Maragh said. give up so fast.” Thundering Sky improved to 3-for-15 and pad- Maragh kept Thundering Sky down on the inside ded her bankroll to $316,790. She failed to finish in Weaver said he hadn’t given up, and went ahead up the backstretch and into the far turn. They were the top three in her other starts this year, the most in the De La Rose instead of a two-other-than al- still down on the fence as a peloton of six started recent effort a sixth after making the lead early in lowance on the grass next week. to bunch up past the quarter-pole and through 6 the Grade 3 Dr. James Penny Memorial at Dela- “No, no, I believe in her,” Weaver told his own- furlongs in 1:11.51. er. Proper Discretion started to weaken turning for ware Park July 4. Thundering Sky validated the belief of her owner home with Sky My Sky just to her outside. Mara- “She really just has been hard luck,” Weaver and trainer in the De La Rose, coming out on top of gh found a small seam between those two, pushed said. “We’ve had three races in a row; the first race a five-way scrum to the finish under Rajiv Maragh Thundering Sky into the hole and she responded. I ran her a little bit short and she was keen, the next for her second stakes victory and first win of the They quickly took the lead with a furlong to run, race her and Manny (Franco) were just fighting and year. Thundering Sky won by a neck over odds-on repelled a challenge first from Sky My Sky before I think it took the run out of her. She’s really better favorite On Leave, with Bar Of Gold another half- opening up a 1-length lead just before the wire at a mile, I don’t like her at a mile and a sixteenth. length back in third, Elysea’s World a nose back in about 30 yards from home. “It’s just one of those things with the right dis- fourth and Sky My Sky another nose back in fifth. On Leave, winner of the Riskaverse last summer tance, we got the right trip and a great ride by Ra- “Today she showed what she has and I think at Saratoga and the Grade 2 Sands Point at Bel- jiv. Just the fact that she won the Pebbles last year we’re going to move up from here,” Schera said, mont Park as a 3-year-old, continued her run but the way she did, I know when she runs her race sipping a cold cocktail handed to him by a friend was too late on the wire. Carrying her head high that she can run with these fillies. Today everything just outside the Curlin Bar on the first floor of the all the way down the lane, Thundering Sky won in came together finally.” clubhouse. 1:35.42. Additional reporting by Ben Gowans.

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Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 29 Prep for the Woodward Multimillionaire Neolithic gets ready for Gr. 1 in allowance win A packed winner’s circle greet- SATURDAY RACING RECAP ed Neolithic after his victory in the Whitney Day finale. Cup. Dave Harmon “There’s probably five or six of the Neolithic (outside) prevails in Saturday’s finale. partners here,” said Jack Wolf of Star- “He was our Derby horse,” Wolf light Racing. “Of course, they’ve got said. “He had chips and we had to cally. It was pretty cool that he won.” strides to win by a neck over War- a hundred people with them, so that stop on him, I think in January or The 4-year-old son of Harlan’s rior’s Club. Owned by Qatar Racing and Star- was cool, too.” February of his 3-year-old year, so Holiday went off as the heavy fa- light Racing, Neolithic boosted his Fortunately, Neolithic is well used we knew he was a good horse then. vorite and gave his backers a thrill He’s come back; he’s run against the in a fast-closing finish. He raced to- earnings to $2,163,028 in winning to a large crowd by this stage of his ca- the deep allowance that included best horses. That was pretty game, wards the rear of the field under John reer. He entered Saturday’s 7-furlong graded stakes winner Mo Town and allowance off two thirds in the world’s the way he ran in this race. He had Velazquez before going five wide on graded stakes-placed Realm, Schiva- richest races – the Grade 1 $12 million a tough trip over there and back to the turn with plenty of work remain- relli and Warrior’s Club. Pegasus World Cup Invitational and Dubai, and I think everybody’s com- ing. Gaining down the center of the Continued On Page 31 $10 million Group 1 Dubai World mented on how good he looks physi- track, Neolithic got up in the final Hip 3 SARATOGA MONDAY • AUG. 7 Don’t Miss Her!

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30 The Saratoga Special Sunday, August 6, 2017 1:42.13. Mott also entered first-time starter Irish Territory, who finished Saturday – seventh. Continued from page 30 “(Trumpi) had a good trip, the oth- er horse I had in there didn’t break as BURKE EQUINE “The original plan was the Wood- well,” said Mott. “A lot of times with Veterinary Care & Rehabilitation ward. If he comes out of it in good the babies it all depends on how they order and trains well then we’ll prob- get away from the gate. In this par- www.burkeequinetherapy.com ably do that,” Wolf said. ticular case with him it was to his ad- – Madison Scott vantage. He looked like he was going easily enough, I liked the way he was • “Making racing great again,” traveling the whole way.” BURK“AE Spa at the Spa” shouted Peter Vegso, as he fist- Alvarado enthusiastically greeted pumped into the winner’s circle. Vegso as he leapt off Trumpi in the EQUINE Vegso’s homebred Trumpi en- winner’s circle. tered a moment later after his maid- “You’ve got a nice one there,” said en-breaking debut for trainer Bill Alvarado. “Even in the race some- Mott in the fourth, a maiden special times I would have to just kind of re- going 1 1/16 miles on the Mellon Turf mind him because he would be look- Course. ing around, playing around. He still “It’s fantastic,” said Vegso. doesn’t know, he’ll give me the run “Doesn’t get any better. We actually then will start looking around which just got here 20 minutes ago, so it’s is okay because he’s still got time. a pretty good welcome. His motto is He’ll put it together once and he’ll be ‘making racing great again.’ ” great.” While Trumpi’s connections – Shayna Tiller thought highly of him, the bettors did not. The Majestic Warrior colt was a • Al Stall Jr. started five horses longshot at 22-1 before the break. at the meet heading into Saturday’s “They overlook my 2-year-olds card, winning twice and finishing sec- sometimes,” said Mott. ond twice. Good vibes were certainly With Junior Alvarado aboard, the felt around the barn. colt broke to the front, leading by a “I just brought the right horses length as he went through early frac- and they’ve gotten ahold of the track tions of :23.59 and :48.39. The pack very well this year,” Stall said. “Some closed in going into the stretch and years are better than others. Good Alvarado asked for more. Trumpi responded to win by a half-length in Continued On Page 32 Targeted care to get your horse back in the game and better than ever.

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Hip 55 Hip 90 C. by Will Take Charge C. by Into Mischief o/o Self Rising o/o Un Blessed Tod Marks Behavioral Bias draws away in the second. Hip 67 Hip 215 C. by Hard Spun C. Uncle Mo in the entry process, that didn’t hurt o/o Street Interest o/o Jooma anything either.” Saturday – Behavioral Bias broke sharp- Continued from page 31 ly under Javier Castellano, stalked Come see them at Barn 3 the leaders down the backstretch, horses, right spots.” ranged up on the turn, and powered The good vibes continued for Stall away through the stretch, finishing with a win by Behavioral Bias in the 3 lengths in front and stopping the second, a 7-furlong maiden special. clock in 1:22. “I haven’t pulled my phone out “He’s big, strong,” Stall said as he yet but I’ve been feeling some vibes,” watched the replay in the clubhouse Stall said of messages from Evelyn with wife Nicole and children Albert Benoit of Brittlyn Stables, the owner and Greta. “He’s got a big lengthy of Behavioral Bias as well as the Stall- stride. I’m not sure what we’re going trained Louisiana-bred champion to do with him, but I’m not going to Star Guitar. worry about that now.” Benoit purchased the gelding by – Ben Gowans Shackleford privately after his career debut at Laurel in November, where he finished second. Behavioral Bias Saratoga Leaders finished third a month later in a Fair Trainer...... 1st Grounds maiden. Chad Brown...... 16 “Her son trained this horse down Todd Pletcher...... 13 at Fair Grounds,” Stall said. “He told Kiaran McLaughlin...... 8 me, ‘this is a Saratoga horse.’ He told Linda Rice...... 5 me that in January.” Jason Servis...... 5 Loyalty. Service. Consistency. The 3-year-old finished fourth in Danny Gargan...... 4

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Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 33 Unmatched SARATOGA RESULTS Saturday August 5. Breeder: Siena Farms LLC (KY). Late Scratches: Rahfee Town, Tap FIRST $78,000, NY-BRED AOC $40,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 5 1/2F Master. Time: 1:10.35 Success! 2 Grand Sky I. Ortiz, Jr. $7.30 $4.50 $3.70 Daily Double (5-11), $17.60; Exacta (11-4), $30.00; Superfecta (11- 1 With Exultation A. Arroyo $17.80 $11.60 4-8-9), $438.50; Trifecta (11-4-8), $208.50; Pic 3 (2-5-11), $453.00 5 Dr. Shane J. Rosario $9.10 B Gelding 2012, by Sky Mesa - Alfonsina by Grand Slam SEVENTH $100,000, - FASIG-TIPTON LURE, 4&UP, 1 1/16M TURF Owner: Dubb, Michael. Trainer: Jason Servis. 3 Zennor J. Bravo $30.60 $9.30 $6.20 45 Breeder: Michael Mandara (NY). Time: 1:01.68 1 Projected (GB) J. Castellano $3.10 $2.50 Stakes Winners Late Scratches: Mighty Zealous, Love That Jazz, Marriedtothemusic, 2 Takeover Target J. 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Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 35 Closer Mo Amoss pleased with Mo Tom’s second attempt at Saratoga run BY BEN GOWANS ALYDAR STAKES PREVIEW No matter his finish in today’s Aly- dar stakes, Mo Tom will have a better ran in Saturday’s Grade 1 Whitney. Saratoga meet this year than last. Mo Tom was considered a leading “He’s been over the track for a contender for the 2016 Kentucky Der- couple weeks now,” trainer Tom by after winning the Grade 3 LeCom- Amoss said before saddling a starter te Stakes, the first Derby prep held at in Saturday’s second race. “He seems Fair Grounds. Mo Tom won a Derby to handle the surface nicely which is last year, just not the Derby. Nearly good because last year we came up two months after the Kentucky ver- here with him, he didn’t like the track sion, Mo Tom won the Ohio Derby at all and that ended up causing us to impressively by 3 lengths with Javier have to leave.” Castellano aboard for the first time. The 4-year-old son of Uncle Mo “We’ve got high aspirations for owned by G M B Racing is one of Mo Tom, we still do,” Amoss said. six entered in the $100,000 Alydar, “We’re hopeful that tomorrow can contested at 1 1/8 miles on the main be a springboard to something else. Coady track. The field is expected to reduce Continued On Page 37 A 2016 Kentucky Derby contender, Mo Tom runs in today’s Alydar. to at least five after Breaking Lucky

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36 The Saratoga Special Sunday, August 6, 2017 Red Rifle has been running in turf marathons lately, but the 2014 Grade Alydar – 2 Hawthorne Gold Cup winner is no Continued from page 36 stranger to dirt success. “He’s an old veteran,” Pletcher Maybe that may sound like a lot, said. “He’s done a little bit of every- because he’s not going to be favored thing, he’s won stakes on three differ- tomorrow and it’s a good field, but ent surfaces. Seems like he’s sharp at that’s what our hope is.” the moment so we figured we’d give it Mo Tom began his 2017 campaign a try in what looks like is going to be with two dull performances against a short field.” graded company at Fair Grounds. He Mohaymen, another horse once ran an improved race against allow- on the Derby trail, drew post one in ance company at Churchill Downs the Alydar. Winless since the 2016 on this year’s Derby Day undercard, Fountain Of Youth Stakes, the son of finishing second. After a poor per- Tapit looks to get back on track in his Wrangle your next Stakes Star formance in the Grade 1 Stephen fourth start of the year. Foster, he improved drastically three Brendan Walsh will look to main- Hip 55 Hip 90 weeks ago when third by a head in the tain his strong start at the meet with $100,000 Michael G. Schaefer Me- Grade 3 Pimlico Special third-place C. by Will Take Charge C. by Into Mischief morial Stakes at Indiana Grand. finisher Conquest Windycity. o/o Self Rising o/o Un Blessed Amoss secured Castellano again for Mo Tom, who is 5-1 on the morn- ing line for the Alydar. Hip 67 Hip 215 “I like that a lot,” Amoss said. “He’s such a good rider and he’s so C. by Hard Spun C. Uncle Mo good at judging pace and that’s going o/o Street Interest o/o Jooma to be a help to us, even considering that Tom is a horse that needs things to set up for him a little bit, he’s go- Come see them at Barn 3 ing to be a closer. I’ll let Javier play it, I’m certainly not going to give him BLAKE ALBINA instructions.” THOROUGHBRED SERVICES Todd Pletcher will unleash two offers some of the finest members of his large arsenal in the SECURITY | SOLUTIONS | SERVICE Alydar. He sends out 8-5 favorite Ral- pedigreed New York-breds ly Cry and 4-1 Red Rifle. offered in 2017 on behalf of Rally Cry is unraced since a sixth NEWTOWNANNER STUD in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handi- Muirfield cap on Belmont Stakes Day. Three are cataloged in the “He’s a horse that’s always trained insurance really well and been promising,” Fasig-Tipton Pletcher said while watching horses Saratoga Select Sale train at his usual spot on the Saratoga Fillies by: backstretch Saturday morning. “We Curlin, City Zip & Pioneerof the Nile Securing the Finest took a big shot at the Met, and that didn’t work out. Looking forward to getting him stretched out around two Equine Assets turns. The only time we tried it before around was in the Gotham and things didn’t & Farms really go very well for him that day. the This could be his chance to hopefully World for 25 Years. live up to his training.” 859-253-1114 | muirfieldinsurance.com Michael T. Levy Earleen Ladnier Bryce Burton Kim Jackson President Vice President Property and Customer Relations Liability Specialist

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Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 37 World Traveler BC winner Mongolian Saturday visits 18th track for turf sprint BY SHAYNA TILLER TROY STAKES PREVIEW Mongolian Saturday stepped onto the main track at Saratoga Race the Mellon Turf Course. Course just as the break ended Satur- “This horse traveled to so many day morning, trainer Enebish Ganbat countries, more than some people watching from the rail. travel,” said Ganbat. The big bay gelding gazed left, as A native of Mongolia, Ganbat be- the Morning Line Kitchen bustled gan training horses for Mongolian with horses making their way to the endurance races. The races span 15 to freshly dragged course; then to the 30 kilometers – roughly 9.3 and 18.6 right, inspecting the immaculate turf miles – and are ridden by children course as clouds loomed over the ranging from five to 13 with hundreds grandstand in the distance and finally of horses in a field. took a deep breath. “One time my horse won out of With a toss of his head, he was off 721 horses,” said Ganbat. “We came jogging the wrong way around the to America with really big ambi- historic track. The 7-year-old is well tions.” traveled, but visits Saratoga for the Ganbat moved to the U.S. in 2010, first time to run in today’s $250,000 Continued On Page 39 Connie Bush Mongolian Saturday checks out Saratoga. Troy Handicap at 5 1/2 furlongs on

38 The Saratoga Special Sunday, August 6, 2017 said Ganbat. “After shipping to Keeneland, he was sick and had a high Troy – temperature, white blood cell chang- Continued from page 38 ing and he ran not good. We treated him for two months in Kentucky, and and took out a Thoroughbred train- when he came back we went to Parx er’s license the year after. Based at Arlington and Gulfstream, he has 10 graded stake and he was second. He horses in training for his single owner ran really good.” Mongolian Stable. Listed at 15-1 on the early line, the Purchased for $60,000 at the son of Any Given Saturday finished Keeneland September yearling sale second in his last start in the Grade 3 in 2011, Mongolian Saturday is a Parx Dash July 8. multiple graded stakes winner with “Then we decided to come here,” SARATOGA STARS Include 2017 Diana S. (G1) Winner $1,179,131 in earnings over 17 race- said Ganbat. “I chose two races, one tracks all over the world. His career is race at Mountaineer or one here. highlighted by victories in Keeneland’s “Mountaineer is closer to us, but Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint in this race the money is big and I want LADY ELI 2015 and Grade 3 Woodford in Oc- to see how he behaves with sprint tober. The connections have become leaders like Green Mask, Pure Sen- quite popular for sporting traditional sation, Holding Gold so after I can Mongolian National dress when they correct my training. I think we real- attend races. ly have to lead in this race, our horse “After Breeders Cup, Hong Kong likes to lead. The other horses are re- invited, Dubai invited, Royal Ascot ally strong, my God. These are some invited. Mostly we were invited be- top horses.” cause of our dress,” Ganbat joked. Brad Cox sends out 8-5 favorite “We met the Queen of England (at Green Mask, who won the Grade 2 Ascot for the Kings Stand). She likes Highlander at Woodbine and Grade horses and she said what a special 3 Twin Spires Turf Sprint at Chur- dress. We even met Sheikh Moham- med (at Newmarket for the Darley chill this year. Pure Sensation finished July Cup), he was in Western dress third in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Turf not National dress.” Sprint for trainer Christophe Clem- After a third in the Silks Run at ent, and beat Mongolian Saturday to Gulfstream March 11, Mongolian win his last start in the Parx Dash. Saturday shipped to Keeneland for Holding Gold starts for Mark Casse the Grade 2 Shakertown and finished after finishing third in the Grade 3 sixth behind Troy contenders Hold- Jaipur at Belmont June 10. ing Gold and Green Mask, who fin- Completing the field is Undrafted, ished first and second, respectively. Long On Value, Bold Thunder, and “This year, not so good because in main track only entries Doctor J Dub the spring this horse felt not good,” and Weekend Hideaway.

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Brown...... 12-1 4 ..... 4...... Honey Graeme...... J. Ortiz...... R. Violette, Jr...... 4-1 5 ..... 5...... Lucky Lotto...... M. Franco...... R. Handal...... 9-2 5 ..... 5...... Dessert Honeys...... J. Castellano...... E. Kenneally...... 6-1 6 ..... 6...... Are We Not Men...... J. Ortiz...... D. Jacobson...... 5-2 6 ..... 6...... Quick Quick Quick...... J. Leparoux...... I. Wilkes...... 6-1 7 ..... 8...... All About Ashley...... P. Lopez...... M. Nevin...... 12-1 7 ..... 7...... Smarty Smart...... J. Lezcano...... M. Trombetta...... 12-1 8 ..... 9...... Cocked and Loaded...... F. Geroux...... L. Rivelli...... 7-2 8 ..... 8...... Ornamental Iron...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... C. Summers...... 20-1 9 ..... 10...... Lyrical Miracle...... E. Cancel...... D. Donk...... 20-1 9 ..... 9...... Mockery...... J. Rosario...... K. McLaughlin...... 9-2 10..... 10...... History Supreme...... J. Velazquez...... K. McLaughlin...... 3-1 2ND (1:33PM). $83,000, MSW, 2 YO, F , 1 1/16M (TURF) 11..... AE...... Everybody Loves Me...... L. Saez...... J. Terranova, II...... 7-2 Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 4, Daily Double 12..... AE...... Princess Char...... M. Franco...... C. Baker...... 9-2 1 ..... 1...... Daddy Is a Legend...... M. Franco...... G. Weaver...... 8-1 13..... AE...... Lady Ivanka...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... R. Rodriguez...... 5-1 2 ..... 2...... Escapade...... J. Ortiz...... T. Pletcher...... 2-1 14..... AE...... Money Purse...... E. Cancel...... L. Jolley...... 20-1 3 ..... 3...... Matty’s Magnum...... J. Velazquez...... D. Donk...... 20-1 15..... AE...... Grand Tap...... L. Saez...... J. Mejia...... 20-1 4 ..... 4...... Wild and Funny...... J. Castellano...... M. Casse...... 5-2 16..... AE...... Norma’s Charm...... E. Cancel...... U. St. Lewis...... 15-1 5 ..... 5...... Golden Orb...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... C. Clement...... 5-1 6 ..... 6...... Emmport...... F. Geroux...... B. Cox...... 8-1 7TH (4:39PM). $47,000, CLM $40,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 6F 7 ..... 7...... Lady Margaret...... J. Bravo...... D. Lukas...... 15-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 5, Daily Double 8 ..... 8...... Reality Queen...... K. Carmouche...... M. Maker...... 12-1 1 ..... 1...... Diamond Jim...... J. Velazquez...... T. Pletcher...... 3-1 9 ..... 9...... Delta House...... J. Lezcano...... G. Contessa...... 20-1 2 ..... 2...... Reedini...... L. Saez...... D. Romans...... 15-1 10..... 10...... Soldat House...... E. Cancel...... M. Mareina...... 20-1 3 ..... 3...... Luminary Flight...... K. Carmouche...... J. Ryerson...... 15-1 11..... AE...... You People...... L. Saez...... W. Mott...... 7-2 4 ..... 4...... Asian’s Way...... D. Davis...... J. Toscano, Jr...... 8-1 12..... AE...... Oldfashioned Style...... R. Santana, Jr...... G. Contessa...... 12-1 5 ..... 5...... Saratoga Charlie...... R. Maragh...... L. Gyarmati...... 30-1 13..... AE...... Cyrielle...... J. Rosario...... H. Motion...... 6-1 6 ..... 6...... Legal Precedent...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... M. Trombetta...... 12-1 14..... MTO...... City Day...... Rider TBA...... C. Clement...... 3-1 7 ..... 7...... Holding Aces...... M. Franco...... C. Englehart...... 15-1 15..... MTO...... Moolah Schmoolah...... Rider TBA...... R. Rodriguez...... 9-2 8 ..... 8...... May Be a Diamond...... J. Rosario...... C. Baker...... 9-2 16..... MTO...... Critique...... Rider TBA...... T. Pletcher...... 5-1 9 ..... 9...... Bar None...... J. Ortiz...... M. Casse...... 8-1 10..... 10...... Main Road...... R. Santana, Jr...... R. Moquett...... 8-1 3RD (2:07PM). $100,000, STK - THE ALYDAR, 4 YO’S & UP, 1 1/8M 11..... 11...... Mutaraamy...... P. Lopez...... K. McLaughlin...... 7-2 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 1 ..... 1...... Mohaymen...... J. Alvarado...... K. McLaughlin...... 9-2 8TH (5:13PM). $75,000, ALW, 3 YO’S & UP, 1M (INNER TURF) 2 ..... 2...... Red Rifle...... J. Ortiz...... T. Pletcher...... 4-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 4, Daily Double 3 ..... 3...... Mo Tom...... J. Castellano...... T. Amoss...... 5-1 1 ..... 1...... Storm Prophet...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... L. Rice...... 2-1 4 ..... 4...... Conquest Windycity...... L. Saez...... B. Walsh...... 8-1 2 ..... 2...... Peculiar Sensation...... J. Rosario...... N. Esler...... 12-1 5 ..... 5...... Breaking Lucky...... L. Contreras...... R. Baker...... 7-2 3 ..... 3...... Ode to the Hunt...... J. Ortiz...... R. Violette, Jr...... 6-1 6 ..... 6...... Rally Cry...... J. Velazquez...... T. Pletcher...... 8-5 4 ..... 4...... Shiraz...... J. Castellano...... M. Maker...... 3-1 5 ..... 5...... Yummy Bear...... M. Franco...... D. Donk...... 15-1 4TH (2:41PM). $73,000, MSW, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/16M (INNER TURF) 6 ..... 6...... The Great Samurai...... J. Bravo...... D. Donk...... 20-1 Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 7 ..... MTO...... Jewel Can Disco...... J. Rosario...... G. Gullo...... 9-5 1 ..... 8...... Surface Strike...... J. Alvarado...... W. Mott...... 8-1 8 ..... 8...... Manifest Destiny...... E. Cancel...... B. Brown...... 15-1 1a ..... 10...... Silky Way...... J. Lezcano...... W. Mott...... 8-1 9 ..... 9...... E J’s Legacy...... J. Lezcano...... C. Englehart...... 5-1 2 ..... 1...... Summer Mischief...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... C. Clement...... 9-2 10..... MTO...... Bourbon Empire...... J. Alvarado...... M. Hennig...... 7-2 3 ..... 2...... Slewacandy...... M. Franco...... M. Nevin...... 12-1 11..... 11...... Nutzforboltz...... L. Saez...... R. Schosberg...... 6-1 4 ..... 3...... Ides of Arch...... R. Maragh...... L. Gyarmati...... 10-1 5 ..... 4...... Appealing Briefs...... J. Velazquez...... J. Toner...... 3-1 9TH (5:47PM). $85,000, ALW, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 6F 6 ..... 5...... Artic Storm Cat...... R. Santana, Jr...... G. Contessa...... 20-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 7 ..... 6...... Hoboe...... J. Ortiz...... D. Donk...... 9-2 1 ..... 6...... Tasteful...... J. Castellano...... K. McLaughlin...... 5-1 8 ..... 7...... Millies Party Boy...... C. DeCarlo...... J. Frangella, Jr...... 20-1 1a ..... 7...... Ladies Day...... L. Saez...... T. Albertrani...... 5-1 9 ..... MTO...... Prince Reigner...... Rider TBA...... T. Albertrani...... 6-1 2 ..... 1...... Bow Town Cat...... K. Carmouche...... P. Reynolds...... 20-1 10..... 11...... Follow the Signs...... J. Rosario...... C. Brown...... 5-2 3 ..... 2...... Libby’s Tail...... J. Ortiz...... R. Rodriguez...... 7-2 4 ..... 3...... Royal Inheritance...... M. Franco...... D. Cannizzo...... 5-2 5TH (3:15PM). $78,000, AOC $40,000, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 5 1/2F (TURF) 5 ..... 4...... Stormy’s Song...... J. Rosario...... B. Lynch...... 4-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 6 ..... 5...... Sheplaysthefield...... P. Lopez...... B. Lynch...... 6-1 1 ..... 3...... Startwithsilver...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... L. Rice...... 5-2 7 ..... 8...... Anna Rae...... R. Santana, Jr...... J. Englehart...... 12-1 1a ..... MTO...... 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40 The Saratoga Special Sunday, August 6, 2017 10TH (6:21PM). $250,000, STK - THE TROY, 3 YO’S & UP, 5 1/2F (TURF) Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Daily Double 1 ..... 1...... Undrafted...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... W. Ward...... 10-1 2 ..... 2...... Long On Value...... J. Rosario...... W. Mott...... 5-1 3 ..... 3...... Pure Sensation...... K. Carmouche...... C. Clement...... 9-5 4 ..... 4...... Green Mask...... J. Castellano...... B. Cox...... 8-5 5 ..... MTO...... Doctor J Dub...... Rider TBA...... J. Antonucci...... 4-1 6 ..... 6...... Holding Gold...... J. Velazquez...... M. Casse...... 9-2 7 ..... MTO...... Weekend Hideaway...... L. Saez...... P. Serpe...... 2-1 8 ..... 8...... Bold Thunder...... P. Lopez...... P. Farro...... 20-1 9 ..... 9...... Mongolian Saturday...... F. Geroux...... E. Ganbat...... 15-1

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Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 45 quaintance recommended Akindale. running in claiming races and earning like me, a mom with four kids, can “It was such a good fit with the just under $99,000 in four years on successfully adopt Thoroughbreds, O’Brien– horses there,” she said. “Heather the track. anybody that has a budget and a big Continued from page 44 Carlson, the trainer at Akindale, and O’Brien counsels patience for those heart can do it, too.” the other people there were so pa- considering a horse off the track, O’Brien will be in Saratoga for record of wins.” tient, and so helpful in matching rider given that retraining asks horses to both days of Equestricon, returning Despite that early introduction to to horse. I was never happier writing unlearn much of what they’ve been to town for the first time since she Thoroughbreds, O’Brien was wary a check to them, paying money that taught for their racing lives. visited here as a child with her father. of them, thinking them “hot and sort will go into rescuing more horses.” “It took about a year,” she said. “I love Saratoga,” she said. “And of crazy,” unsuitable as pleasure or She has adopted two Thorough- “He was used to running in one direc- this is such a big deal, the first con- show horses. breds from Akindale, Sedona and tion, and we had to teach him to pick vention and the opportunity to be at A former host of CNN’s American Aoja, the latter of a New York-bred up the right lead going in the other this amazing event.” Morning and Starting Point, O’Brien veteran of 52 starts and a record of direction. You have to make sure She demurs at the idea that she’s also worked as an anchor and cor- 6-5-12. that they’re not just around people the face of the event, despite perhaps respondent for a variety of media “He ended up being perfection,” from the track, because people will being the highest-profile participant, outlets, including Al Jazeera, HBO’s she said of the horse nicknamed Joey. make mistakes, pull on their mouths, at least outside the racing world. But Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, and “He came over to us and was incredi- make noises. We slowly brought him she hopes to impart a message that MSNBC. The CEO of Starfish Media, bly sweet immediately. In the first five around, and now he’s an absolute fa- will resonate well beyond the two she hosts Matter of Fact, a televised minutes, he was loving and nuzzling, vorite in the barn.” days of Equestricon. political magazine that airs locally and he shattered every stereotype Her experience with the Akindale “If you had said to me 10 years at 5 a.m. on Fridays on WNYT. She about off-track Thoroughbreds.” horses changed her mind about Thor- ago that I’d adopt a Thoroughbred lives in New York’s Hudson Valley, Bred by Bradley Browne, Aoja sold oughbreds, and as a result, she accept- off the racetrack, I’d have said, ‘Not a not far from Akindale Thoroughbred for $15,000 in 2007 at Fasig-Tip- ed with enthusiasm the invitation to chance,’ ” she said. “Now I’ve got an Rescue, established by John Hettinger ton’s Saratoga sale of New York- offer a keynote address on aftercare amazing horse that cost us very little, on his breeding farm in Pawling, N.Y. bred yearlings. By Lion Heart out of at Equestricon Monday, Aug. 14. The and I hope that I’m the face of how in 2006. the Judge T C mare Mandy Jud, he convention’s charity partner is the easy it is to do this. I hope that I’m the “I had driven by it a million times, raced throughout his career for Tefft Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. face of that. and it was an amazing property dot- Thoroughbreds, making his first start “I love the idea of putting aftercare “For someone who likes the sport ted with animals,” she said. “I had no at Saratoga in August 2008 and fin- front and center,” she said. “It’s so of racing and who has great memories idea that it was a horse rescue.” ishing second. Initially well-meant, he important. And I’m not a trainer, I’m of it, this is a pretty amazing conven- But when she was looking for a was soon off to Finger Lakes, where not an advanced rider; I don’t have tion, and I’m honored to be a part of 2017 DCTP Saratoga Special Stake Nomination Ad 4.625 x 4.75.qxp_Layout 1 7/20/17 4:24 PM Pa horse for her daughters to ride, an ac- he raced for the majority of his career, a farm in my backyard. If someone the very first one.”

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Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 47 theoutsiderail BY JOE CLANCY Voss Months ago, Mimi Voss asked me to make an didn’t, but that’s not the point. The disarming an- introductory speech about Tom Voss for his Hall swer was the point, and he was great with those. of Fame induction. I told her I’d be honored – then In 2002, I wrote a 3,000-word feature on him started sweating. It went off without a hitch (or for Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred and barely talked many hitches) Friday, but I pretty much stuck to the to him. I went to the farm, rode around in a dilap- abridged version. Here’s all of it, or most of it, from idated pick-up truck and watched horses train. He a Word doc on my computer labled simply, “Voss.” showed me the barn, the gallops, the indoor track. I left with a great impression of his operation, but not It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Tom Voss’ Hall much more. I had lots of notes about Gettysburg of Fame induction was supposed to happen 10 or and Bethany Beach, a little bit on the Titanic. 15 years from now, with him standing up here mak- I remember telling my editor, Lucy Acton, that ing a half-grouchy, half-funny speech after training I’d never finish that story. But I did and it’s one of another steeplechase champion or two and produc- my favorites even if it’s somehow not quite right. ing some more Grade 1 turf winners off the farm. There was literally one quote from him in it. His speech would have been difficult to under- For as much joy as he got from intimidating stand, and wouldn’t have lasted very long. He would Tod Marks adults , he was a star with children. I took my son Tom Voss and John’s Call lead a set back to the barn. have smoked a cigarette and chewed an Altoid be- Ryan, now 24, to the Elkridge-Harford Point-to- fore he came up here. He would have said he didn’t My relationship with Tom Voss went in many Point at the Voss farm one year. Ryan was proba- care about the award, then gotten very emotional directions. We started Steeplechase Times in 1994 bly 10 and about five minutes after arriving, Voss about it. He would have wiped his brow with a red and Sean and I used to flip a coin to figure out who had him out on the course helping start the races. bandana. He would have mentioned some cool old had to interview Voss. Sometimes I won, sometimes “Hold this flag,” Voss told him. “Don’t drop it until horses like Wild Sir, Mickey Free and Cookie, Bu- I lost. Most of the time, we struggled through an I drop mine.” Ryan kept nodding and saying, “OK, persrose, John’s Call and Quel Senor, Slip Away, interview. He’d talk, but it was usually about any- Mr. Boss,” but what a day he had. Ryan’s brother Florida Law and Welter Weight, Brigade Of Guards, thing other than his horses or himself. He’d talk Jack would get calls and texts in the middle of the The Looper, Sam Sullivan and Teb’s Bend . . . He about Bobby Frankel or the Civil War, movies, art, night about leaving the fans on in the horses’ stalls. would have thanked Mimi and Sam and Elizabeth, pretty much anything. He got to like the paper, and “Might get cool,” Voss would say. “Might get hot given some credit to Todd Wyatt, Jonathan Kiser what we were doing and when you got him going too.” When Voss died, they pretty much insisted on and a lot of people on the farm, mentioned some about his horses, he was a great interview. He once coming to the funeral. running buddies like Bob Witham, J.B. Secor and bought an ad that simply said, “The game is afoot.” Voss was well known beyond steeplechasing be- Patrick Smithwick and paid tribute to some mentors It’s a line from Sherlock Holmes and before that cause of John’s Call, who went from OK flat horse from way back like Paddy Smithwick. Shakespeare. Of course it is. to OK hurdle horse to world-class turf horse. He But here we are. Voss died in 2014, leaving all of I once hosted a panel discussion with steeplechase won the Sword Dancer here as a 9-year-old in 2000, us to figure it out. Make a speech in honor of Tom trainers and the question came up about how long it then added the Turf Classic and finished third in the Voss? Oh sure. I can see him scoffing at that notion took to convert a horse from flat racing to jump rac- Breeders’ Cup Turf. Nothing against Kalanisi, but right now. ing. Three trainers gave very careful answers about John’s Call should have been turf champion that “Clancy, making a speech about me? Come on. it all depending on the horse and how the initial year. Voss could tell John’s Call stories all day, espe- Nobody wants to listen to this stuff.” schooling sessions went. Voss said, “Twenty-nine cially to children. I had my son Nolan interview him Wednesday, I told NYRA valet Harry Rice that days.” Robert Perez sent Voss a horse on July 1 and one day by the rail of the Oklahoma. It went much this speech was one more chance for Tom Voss to he ran over jumps at Saratoga July 29. Voss said Continued On Page 49 make me uncomfortable. he won, but I looked it up the other night and he

48 The Saratoga Special Sunday, August 6, 2017 Outside – Continued from page 48 better than my interviews. Voss was on John’s Call, by then a lead pony, and Nolan asked if he was ever tempted to kick him in the belly and see how fast he could go. Voss laughed, then proceed- ed to tell Nolan that the horse would probably love that, but it wouldn’t be very good for either of them. I think of that conversation every time they run the John’s Call Stakes here. My favorite Tom Voss story involves a horse most of you have never heard of. Florida Law. He was gray, gallant, old and divided his time between be- ing a foxhunter and a timber horse. He ran in the Maryland Hunt Cup seven times. It’s a 4-mile race, with 22 fences. A lot can go wrong. He never fell, but Florida Law endured some of the most hard-luck defeats you could dream up. In 1995, he lost by a nose when the winner broke the course re- cord by three seconds. The next year, while looking like a winner, his jockey came off at the last fence. In 1998, on his sixth attempt, he won – by a head. Voss beamed. He was so happy for his horse. Voss didn’t re- ally care about what he had achieved. It was all about the horse. Then he told me a story about doing a barn check the night before the race. Florida Law, Voss said, spoke to him. It was dark, just the two of them, alone. Maybe there was a dog or a barn cat, and there were surely other horses around, but Voss and Florida Law had a mo- ment. The horse told his trainer, who was probably holding a carrot, that he would win the Maryland Hunt Cup the next day. I remember the hair standing up on my arms when he told me that story and I believed every word. It wasn’t hocus pocus or some sort of tale to impress someone. I don’t think Florida Law literally talked, but he and Voss communicated that night, and probably others. And I think that’s why Voss trained horses as well as he did. He commu- nicated with them, and they to him. I asked trainer Jack Fisher, who worked for Voss way back when, what he learned from him. “Work hard and pay attention,” said Jack, sounding a lot like Voss. Voss worked hard and he paid atten- tion, all the way to the Hall of Fame. Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Saratoga Special 49 cupofcoffee BY SEAN CLANCY The Streak The world didn’t end, I didn’t get hit by light- next day asking for any information on a robbery ning, I didn’t blow the turn and wind up at Siro’s. cupofcoffee suspect. Despite the byline, “In the Paddock, by Tom Law,” BY SEAN CLANCY The Son I’ve written about a jump jockey getting his walked around the house, counting was when he was young, because I tried to keep to 12. He drove his car, counting to 12. He walked the weight off him, have him win by a half length,” to the jocks’ room, counting to 12. He walked out Eddie told his son. I wrote yesterday’s column in the spot. It was about of the jocks’ room counting to 12. Never 11. Never The owner wanted more. life together and was accused of writing fiction. 13. Always 12. “Eddie when are we going to show the world “If you can go an eighth of a mile in 12, you that he can really run?” du Pont asked Arcaro. Eddie Arcaro’s son, Bobby. Never fear, the Cup of know the time of the race. It’s your barometer,” Ar- He let the big horse run, winning the 1961 I’ve written about what was on my desk, that’s it, caro would say. “If you know how fast you’re going Woodward by 8 lengths, going 10 furlongs in 2 for that eighth, you got it. No one has to tell you. If minutes (yup, there are those 12s again). you do it often enough, it becomes an automatic. By Bobby Arcaro laughed at the memories. Coffee streak, going back to Wednesday, July 25, the way, if you go enough 12s in the mile, you go in “He had a scary moment on him one day,” Bob- a roll call of everything on my desk, yeah, that was 1:36 and you just win the race.” by said, then let his dad’s voice take over. Arcaro counted to 12 enough times before a race “I came around the bend and went to the lead, and after a race to become a master in the race. Ac- I started to ease up and I look up, Holy ****, 2001, is still intact. We rolled past 500 last summer, tually, that’s what they called him, the Master, as he a burner. there’s a horse out there, 10 lengths in front, All won 4,779 races, two Triple Crowns, a total of five Tod Marks Hands. That sucker dug in and went and got him, Kentucky Derbys, six , six Belmont Bobby Arcaro (center) catches up with some friends. just got him.” Stakes, 10 Jockey Club Gold Cups and rode 11 Hall next stop, 1,000. nailed All Hands by a neck in the Metro- I wrote one that was an entire collection of of Famers. All of those came to life Thursday morn- politan at Aqueduct in 1961. ing as Arcaro’s son, Bobby, held court at a picnic Bobby Arcaro heard all the stories about all the Of course, like all jockeys, there are the ones table at the Morning Line Kitchen. greats, with a little prodding, he began to roll out who got away. Look out, Cal Ripken. It took Ralph Theroux to introduce the son the champions, quicker than Ed Bowen at the Hall puns, ending with, “this column is so bad it’s not of a legend. of Fame induction Friday morning. “He won two Triple Crowns, he really thought “You’ll know who he is when you hear his “, he said he was just a push button he should have had three. He said he misrode Nash- name,” Theroux said. horse,” Bobby said. “When he went into the Derby, ua, he was running the race against , So the miscue went something like this… Like opening a door to Camelot. he said, ‘Am I really on the right one, Ben?’ Ben tracked him and got too far back behind Shoemaker even funny.” Growing up, Bobby Arcaro spent most summers Jones said, ‘Let me tell you, any time you want on ,” Bobby said, then let his dad’s voice take at Saratoga, eating hot dogs, drinking soda pop, to go get Coaltown, go ahead, Citation is just a over in a lyrical, natural kind of way. Let’s start with Editor in Chief, Joe. watching races from bales of hay on the back- better horse.’ ” “Shoe had Swaps on an easy lead and I pull up I’ve written about horses dying, jockeys getting stretch. He walked hots, groomed horses, went to Citation trounced Coaltown in the Derby and alongside him and Shoe says, ‘Hi, Eddie.’ the packed-house barn-against-barn softball games, won the Triple Crown (with the Jersey Stakes in was a great horse, a tough horse, he’d be working the boxing matches at the rec hall. He drove a between). Arcaro never asked again as Citation and he would turn around and look at me, just “Joe, what the hell happened to my column?” Corvair his dad gave him when he turned 16. He became his favorite horse, winning everything from look at me.” hurt and trainers struggling. I once wrote an apolo- shot woodchucks and caught bass from the ponds the 2-mile to the Sysonby The stories of a bygone era flowed on another at Yaddo, handing off his quarry to legendary Mile in, you guessed it, 1:36 flat. serene morning at Saratoga, a way of life came “I have no idea.” groom, Duck Butter. Then there was Allaire du Pont’s Kelso, who back to life. gy to Jimmy Toner after he thought I knocked Won- “He made sure we were having fun, with all the Arcaro guided to 12 wins in 14 tries at the begin- Asked if the Hall of Fame jockey, the legend, was traveling, he tried to include us,” Bobby Arcaro ning of an illustrious career that netted five Horse a good father, Bobby smiled. said. “I loved coming to the track, to Saratoga. He of the Year titles. “Oh yeah,” Bobby said. “And I know how to “Come on, man, you always know what hap- did pretty well up here and we always did well.” “A lot of people don’t realize how good Kelso count to 12.” der Again. I wrote a letter to Mike Freeman when pened.” he was in the hospital, I liked it and hated it all at Like turning the ignition, Joe explained the mal- the Paddock,” at least to Espinoza – Victor, not Jose. the same time. I wrote one about Garrett Gomez, function. Like giving a jockey a leg up in the paddock, about his struggles and his triumphs, that one still “I laid it out on the page, printed it out for there are a lot of variables from the time the story is hurts. proofing, it came back to me with some changes, written until the story is read. You can think you’ve I’ve written some from nothing and others I opened the pages again and it was blank. Blank. covered all bases and then you learn that you’re not from a lot. I’ve struggled with some and rejoiced in The ad was there but the copy was gone, the head- playing baseball. others. I’ve written veiled apologies to friends and line was gone, the thing that said ‘Cup of Coffee’ We managed to write and design a 52-page foes. I’ve cried while writing, cursed while writing, was gone. So I restarted my computer, put in a new paper that included five stakes previews, a Hall of laughed while writing and, yes, even fallen asleep column framework and started again. Obviously, I Fame recap, Friday race recaps, entries, results, here while writing. chose the wrong one. I didn’t print it out again be- and there and all the ads in between. We withstood When I check the word count incessantly, I cause they already had proofed it.” a power outage and brushed off walk-in visits from know I’m battling, the words are coming out like See, he always knows what happened. Robert Cutler, who does the laundry at Christophe dandruff, flecks without meaning, no pattern, a Further proving his alibi, Joe rifled through the Clement’s barn, to Annise Montplaiser, last year’s dusting. This one? A battle, I started checking the recycle pile under his desk and found the page in intern of the year, to Anna Seitz who came through word ticker at 127, knowing I had a long way to question from Friday night. He laid it on my desk. the back door looking for a pair of scissors. Like go to get to 800. I’ve consumed a cup of tea, a cup There it is in bold print – “The Son. Cup of Coffee always, we stopped and started like a Manhattan of coffee, and eaten a chocolate chip cookie, hop- by Sean Clancy.” bus, fielding calls about stray skunks and texts ing for a jolt. I’ve started and restarted, copied and At least I didn’t excoriate the interns for missing about weekend beds, writing articles and creating pasted, forced puzzle pieces into impossible holes. something so obvious and, believe, me, I never yell the newspaper in snatches, distracted, disjointed. I’ve walked outside, in circles. I’ve walked around at Joe. But, we wrote them and finished it. the office, in circles. Always in circles. Some days, And we thought we had dodged a bullet when Over the years, I’ve written some good ones and it’s like digging a ditch. Shayna Tiller noticed I had written Jose Espinoza, some bad ones, some sad ones, some funny ones, Tom Law, from the corner of the office, offers instead of Victor Espinoza, in the first paragraph of some mundane ones, some maudlin ones. 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