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56: Congratulatory text messages to Graham and Anita Motion after Bullsbay won the Whitney Saturday. Name of the Day Goldispretty, eighth race. The Gold Token gelding gets right to the point. Gold IS pretty. Weather Today: Scattered thunderstorms. High of 73. Tonight: Scattered thunderstorms. Low of 69. Tod Marks Tomorrow: Scattered thunderstorms. High of 87. Jose Lezcano sponges off Maram after the horse won the John Hettinger stakes.
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Sunday, August 9, 2009 5 The running of the Bull Motion, Bullsbay collect Grade I by Sean Clancy Whitney Handicap recap Graham Motion has two sayings af- cho Again. Commentator went the first ter he runs a horse. quarter in in 23.49 seconds and the half If they lose, “I’m out of the game.” in 46.38. Last year, he won the Whitney If they win, “I’m back in the game.” after fractions of 24.16 and 47.73. The After a tepid first week at Saratoga, second quarter got him. Motion felt out of the game. Then in Commentator shook off Smooth a minute and 48 seconds, Bullsbay put Air and Tizway after three quarters the trainer back in the game by winning in 1:10.11 (last year, it was 1:11.80). the Whitney Handicap. That’s about the time Bullsbay swooped Bullsbay picked up Motion’s first win in like a buzzard after roadkill. Rose of the meet and, more importantly, his put Bullsbay in high gear as he streaked first Grade I stakes win on the dirt when inside the faders and around Commen- he shocked five foes in the $750,000 tator. The 5-year-old son of Tiznow stakes. Jeremy Rose utilized Bullsbay as opened up turning for home and need- the perfect balancing pole in the 9-fur- ed to quell only one danger as Macho long Whitney. Commentator, going for Again swept past horses on the outside. his third Whitney victory, possessed Bullsbay and Macho Again made simi- killer speed on the lead. Macho Again lar moves, but Bullsbay had the jump came in as the stone closer. There was on him and made it stick, winning by a no in between for either Grade I winner. comfortable 1 1/2 lengths over Macho On the other hand, Bullsbay could do Again. Commentator, as game as ever, the in-between, and that’s exactly where held tough to finish third. Bullsbay fin- Rose put him. ished in 1:48.12. Commentator shot to the lead like “We were traveling comfortably the he always does but that jig was up long whole time. There was no doubt in my ago and Tizway and Smooth Air tracked mind that they were flying up front and him like bloodhounds. Bullsbay came I just tried to hold him off them for as next, 10 lengths off the leaders, then Tod Marks came the closers, Dry Martini and Ma- See Whitney page 8 Bullsbay (3) and the rest of the field break from the gate.
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Tod Marks Awesome Gem (Gr. l placed) Bullsbay takes the lead on Saturday. Buddy’s Humor (Gr. III) of the year, the most of any horse in the race. Whitney – On his way to the Trustees’ Room, Dashing Debby Continued from page 6 Motion was asked how long he had kicked himself for venturing to Califor- Little Nick long as I could,” Rose said. “My horse nia. wanted to go after them but waited long “A long time,” Motion said, “until Forty Thieves enough where we still had some run at right about now, actually.” the end. I didn’t want to explode on Bullsbay rebounded from the coast- them, I wanted to just pick them up one to-coast trip and had Motion confident Sky Mystic at a time, but he was just moving so fast about the decision to test the waters on them turning for home.” again in the Whitney. Ten Most Wanted (Gr. l) Owned by Steve Mitchell’s Mitchell “I felt really good about running this Ranch, Bullsbay has been as consistent horse in here just because of how he Stately Character (Gr. I) as shaken paint, other than two major was doing. He worked with Better Talk flops when he was eased in the Donn Now last weekend and he worked really Handicap Jan. 31 and when he finished well,” Motion said. “He came up here Hopeful Image (Gr. II) 10th in the Hollywood Gold Cup July and did great, I couldn’t believe how 11. Motion can explain the Hollywood much weight he put on since Califor- Toccet (Gr. l) Gold Cup, Bullsbay didn’t handle the nia. He seemed pretty tucked up after synthetic track. The Donn still has him the California race, then in the last two flummoxed. weeks, he did really well. He came up Soto (Gr. ll) “I still don’t understand what hap- here, and I was like, ‘I can’t believe how pened,” Motion said. “I was thinking good this horse looks.’ He trained great, Coach Jimi Lee (Gr. II) of running him there and then going to acted great, I just had a good feeling.” Dubai so it’s not like we didn’t think a Mitchell convinced Motion to run in Bella Bellucci (Gr. l) lot about the horse.” the Whitney, told him to wipe the Cali- Motion wheeled Bullsbay back in fornia race from the slate and try again the Campbell at Laurel two weeks later in the Grade I. Fagedaboudit Sal where he finished second and then won “Steve was right. For this horse to two stakes, the Harrison Johnson at win a Grade I is such a big deal,” Mo- Galloping Grocer Laurel and the Alysheba at Churchill tion said. “He told me to look the horse Downs. Tried in a Grade I, he finished in the eye and tell him to run his ass Mazhilla (Gr. lll) fourth to Macho Again in the Stephen off.” Foster and then went bust in California. Motion didn’t do it, but the horse Acey Deucey (Gr. l) The Whitney was Bullsbay’s eighth start did. Moon Catcher (Gr. l) Since founding McMahon Bloodstock in 2000, Mike McMahon has purchased: CRUPI’S NEW CASTLE FARM 39 stakes horses, which include 11 graded stakes horses. 4625 N.W. 110th Avenue Ocala, FL 34482-1833 27 mares which became stakes producers after purchase Phone: (352) 840-5400 including 16 who became graded stakes producers. Cell: (352) 427-1600 Yearling purchases from 2003-05 have earned over $8 million. Fax: (352) 840-0661 Available to represent clientele at all East Coast auctions. Contact Jim Crupi Pinhooking / Racing Partnerships also available. 1 (866) 313-5400 (859) 983-7617 www.newcastlefarm.com [email protected] McMAHON www.mcmahonbloodstock.com BLOODSTOCK LLC
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Sunday, August 9, 2009 9 High Beam Godolphin’s Test Stakes recap an early lead over heavily favored Cat Flashing surges to Moves in the 7-furlong Test. The good- looking chestnut continued to draft capture Grade I behind the early leader as Heart Ash- ley slowed things down on the engine by brian nadeau through a half-mile in a manageable 45.31 seconds. Flashing must have known the lights Cat Moves, the undefeated Grade I were on. Prioress winner, turned up the pressure With the upper echelon of Godol- as the field entered the far turn while phin Racing’s brass in attendance Sat- Flashing began to rev up for the stretch urday, the daughter of A.P. Indy picked run. Heart Ashley looked comfortable the right time to notch her first Grade I as she cut the corner and turned for win when she drew clear in deep stretch home with a 2-length lead while Cat to take the $300,000 Test for 3-year-old Moves began to struggle to keep pace. fillies. Migliore guided Flashing to the outside “She stepped and showed today that of the leading pair while deep closers she’s a Grade I-type filly,” Darley’s Jim- Pretty Prolific and First Passage began my Bell said, while flanked in the win- to wake at the back of the eight-horse ner’s circle by Godolphin’s head trainer field. Saeed bin Suroor, bloodstock manager The Test’s seventh furlong is often John Ferguson and Suroor’s U.S. assis- the deciding factor. Saturday’s 84th tant Rick Mettee. “To win the Test with renewal reinforced why. Heart Ashley, a 3-year-old filly, it’s one of the biggest who shook off a tiring Cat Moves and that you can get. These are tough rac- looked like a Grade I winner through the es up here and you need a special filly first 6 furlongs could not close the deal with a lot of class to get it done, and she as she hit the sixteenth pole. Migliore showed to be that kind of filly today.” and Flashing passed Cat Moves, took Flashing broke alertly under new aim at Heart Ashley and proved strong pilot Richard Migliore and settled in fourth as Heart Ashley jumped out to Tod Marks See Test page 11 Flashing crosses under the wire to win the Test.
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10 Sunday, August 9, 2009 Test – Continued from page 10 through the lane to post a 1 1/2-length win over a closing Pretty Prolific (Robby Albarado), who necked out resolute Cat Moves (John Velazquez) for the show. Heart Ashley, spent from her early ex- ploits, finished fith. “I was very confident the whole way. The thing about her is she’s a filly that doesn’t run the turns that great,” Migliore said. “When they didn’t get away from me around the turn, where I didn’t have to really get after her and I was able to maintain my position I knew when she got to her right lead she’d find more. If you watch any of her races and even when she works, when she jumps to her right lead she finds more. I knew she would find more than 4 lengths in the stretch. She’s a sweetheart, I abso- lutely love her. I’d go by and get on her every day, she’s just that classy.” Migliore could run for mayor of Sara- toga Springs and would likely go unop- posed on the ballot. He’s more popular than Red Bull. But popularity doesn’t necessarily mean afternoon business. He entered Saturday with just one win at the meet. He also entered brimming with confidence. “I kind of had an idea I was going to ride her when I was working her at Bel- mont. Rick asked me to come out and she really went well for me in the morn- ing,” Migliore said. “Then I got up here and I worked her again. God, as good as she went at Belmont, she went twice Tod Marks See Test page 12 Saeed Bin Suroor leads Flashing and Richard Migliore into the winner’s circle.
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Sunday, August 9, 2009 11 Migliore climbed aboard Flashing for the first time in July and put her Test – through a pair of Belmont breezes. Af- Continued from page 11 ter a solid 5-furlong work over the Spa’s main track Aug. 2 he was convinced the as good up here, which really bolstered pace of the Mother Goose was Flash- my confidence. Then when the - over ing’s undoing. Godolphin was too, and night came out, I felt really good about they aimed for redemption in the Test.” it, really good about it.” “It’s one of those things that worked Flashing followed the prototypical really well. She had gone too fast and Darley/Godolphin blueprint. She made gotten out in her last race and that can her debut as a 2-year-old in the barn of be indicative of something that is bug- Tom Albertrani and won at Aqueduct ging a horse so Richard came out and in November. Stretched to two turns in worked her a few times and she went her next start, she disappointed in the straight and true,” Mettee said. “He Busanda in January, checking in eighth thought her work over this track was and then heading to the sidelines for even better than her work at Belmont two months. so when he told me that I was confident She returned and won a pair of op- we would get a good run out of her. We tional claimers at Aqueduct in March weren’t sure if it was good enough to and April and tried her first graded beat Cat Moves or some of the others, stakes in the Grade III Nassau County. but we were confident we had a filly Flashing battled for the early lead, that would run well.” dropped 2 lengths behind and then Bell agreed. In a day when million-dol- surged late to win the 7-furlong stakes lar horses flop more often than your aver- by 1 1/4 lengths. age European soccer star, Flashing earned As is the custom for the best of her keep in the Test, which has been won Sheikh Mohammed’s American-based by some of the sport’s finest fillies. horses, Flashing moved to Godolphin “All these horses have a license to do and Mettee’s Belmont barn shortly af- something, but you don’t know. If you ter the Nassau County. Godolphin aims look back at her form she did win her high and Flashing made her first start first start and in the big leagues it takes in royal blue against Rachel Alexandra a pretty good individual to do that no and Malibu Prayer in the Grade I Moth- matter where you are,” Bell said. “She er Goose at 9 furlongs June 27. had definitely shown talent and we were To say nothing went right would be Dave Harmon impressed with the run in the Nassau like saying the Great Depression was a Flashing and Richard Migliore cross the finish line on Saturday. County, so that gave us the confidence minor inconvenience. Flashing dueled to step up here. And like Rick said, on the lead with Malibu Prayer through “Strange things happen in three-horse didn’t seem to go the wrong way off of fields when you go 1:08 and change it and Richard seemed to get along well sometimes three-horse races just don’t a torrid 44 3/5-second half-mile and work out. The race fell apart on us that finished third, 31 1/2 lengths behind su- and have Rachel Alexandra sitting in with her in the mornings so we decided behind,” Mettee said. “But luckily she to point for the Test.” day but she came back and showed the perstar filly Rachel Alexandra. type of class that she has.”
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14 Sunday, August 9, 2009 All In Speedy sprinting shippers headline tough Grade II by brian nadeau Reade Baker shipped Fatal Bullet 380 miles from his Woodbine base in Toronto; Larry Jones loaded up Kodi- ak Kowboy and drove 296 miles north from Delaware Park; Todd Beattie or- chestrated Fabulous Strike’s 312-mile journey from Penn National. Saturday morning the trio stood 12 feet Vanderbilt from each other at the Saratoga stakes barn, preview casting perilous glanc- es and looking for weaknesses that could play out in Sunday’s 6-furlong Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap, the best sprint race on the year so far. “The gang’s all right here,” Beattie said. “They’ve gotten a chance to look at each other over the past few days, as have the trainers, so we’ll send them out on Sunday and see what we have.” Beattie has Fabulous Strike, the Connie Bush See Vanderbilt page 16 Kodiak Kowboy is one of the sprinters that will be headed to the gate for the Vandebilt today.
Sunday, August 9, 2009 15 post we have,” Beattie said. “It’s go- he could find. ing to allow us to break and assess how “He lost 58 pounds after the hard Vanderbilt – things are developing and then we can seven-eighths in the Carter, which was a Continued from page 15 go from there. He’s got a lot of speed stretch for him. It took a lot out of him but doesn’t have to be on the lead, so and that’s why we like to give him that most accomplished 6-furlong horse in that should be a plus Sunday. Ramon extra time to fill back up and get back training. knows the horse well and we don’t on his feet,” Beattie said. “It seems like Walter Downey’s 6-year-old has won have to dictate things.” when I start him back in four weeks it’s 10 of 15 starts at the distance, includ- The True North was Fabulous a stretch for him, so we like to space ing his last start in Belmont’s Grade II Strike’s lone 2009 win, but his ledger his races out. So I’m bringing a fresh True North Handicap, when he blitzed is not without an asterisk. He ran sec- horse over there that has been training Sunday rival Benny The Bull by 1 1/4 ond in his first two starts – the Grade great over the track.” lengths in an absurd 1:07 4/5. Fabu- II General George at Laurel and Grade Bear Stable’s Fatal Bullet (Eurico da lous Strike, with Ramon Dominguez I Carter at Aqueduct – both at 7 fur- Silva to ride, 120 pounds) is another aboard, starts on the outside as the longs. In the latter, he dueled on the 6-furlong specialist, with five wins 123-pound highweight and horse to lead, spurted clear in deep stretch from six starts, but the 4-year-old has beat in the Grade II, $250,000 stakes. and fell a head short to Kodiak Kow- much to prove in the Vanderbilt. The Beattie brims with confidence. boy. Beattie regrouped, gave Fabulous son of Red Bullet has won eight career “I wouldn’t change anything with Strike plenty of time to recover and races – all on synthetic surfaces – and Connie Bush how he is doing; he’s as good as he’s looked for the biggest 6-furlong stakes See Vanderbilt page 18 Fabulous Strike is part of the Vanderbilt mix. ever been and obviously I love the Sleep in when you’re at home... Only a few are able to enjoy Saratoga in the morning. Sovereign Stable invites you to join our team for a morning. Call to schedule an appointment.
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Sunday, August 9, 2009 17 by a comfortable 2 1/4 lengths. Baker ly poor one at that, handicappers may sterdam last summer. has an eye on a return trip to the Breed- be quick to dismiss Fatal Bullet. Baker Kodiak Kowboy picked up his first Vanderbilt – ers’ Cup but after Fatal Bullet worked is confident, however. career Grade I score in the Carter, Continued from page 16 in 59 2/5 seconds on Woodbine’s dirt “When he ran in the Woody Ste- when he closed from seventh to just nip training track the Vanderbilt became phens last year it was 97 degrees and Fabulous Strike. The son of Posse owns his lone dirt try resulted in a disap- an attractive spot. we hooked J Be K, who’s a very fast a 2-for-4 record at 6 furlongs, but with pointing eighth in Belmont’s Grade II “He worked great the other day and horse. When (jockey) Edgar (Prado) the Grade I, 7-furlong Forego looming Woody Stephens in June 2008. everything is positive so we decided saw he wasn’t going to win, he just here Sept. 5, Kodiak Kowboy could be Fatal Bullet came to hand last sum- to come here. I certainly would rather wrapped up on him nearing the wire a race away from his best. Still, Jones mer and fall for Baker, winning a trio be running on the Polytrack and have and took care of him,” Baker said. “I knows there’s a few things in his favor of stakes, including the Grade III Ken- two more weeks but you can’t always don’t think that race was a true assess- on Sunday. tucky Cup Sprint over 3-year-olds at get what you want,” Baker said. “This ment of how he can handle the dirt and “He likes the track, always has and Turfway Park in September. He shipped is a good test for him to see where he so I have no reservations about leading some of the others are an unknown west for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint and stands and if he runs good here we can him over on Sunday.” over it,” Jones said. “While the trip is ran huge, setting a 43 4/5-second half- have a few more options for prep races Not only can Kodiak Kowboy (Ga- not his best, he likes to go a tad far- mile before ultimately finishing second leading up to the Breeders’ Cup. This briel Saez) handle the dirt, but he can ther, it does look like there will be a to repeat winner Midnight Lute (and race gives us a nice race to build back handle Saratoga as well. Vinery Stable lot of pace in there, and that’s the only ahead of Fabulous Strike). to Santa Anita later in the year.” and Fox Hill Farm’s 4-year-old enters thing we have that will help us in this Fatal Bullet got the rest of the season With just one dirt race showing in with a 2-for-3 record at the Spa, in- spot. Maybe we’ll have a lot of them off and returned July 19 at Woodbine, his past performances, and an extreme- cluding a fast score in the Grade II Am- that will want to get it on early. I have where he won the Bold Venture Stakes a feeling they’re going to be pushing hard out there.” Kodiak Kowboy will also benefit from a fast track. He started his year off in the sloppy Kenner at Fair Grounds in A job well done, March and finished second, then was a disappointing seventh in the sloppy Webb Carroll a name you can rely on. Grade II Churchill Downs Handicap May 2. In his last start, the 7-furlong TRAINING CENTER LeVine Memorial at Philadelphia Park, *°"°Ê ÝÊÓÓ{]Ê-Ì°Ê >ÌÌ iÜÃ]Ê- ÊÓ£ÎxÊUÊnäÎÈxxxÇÎnÊvwViÊUÊnäÎÈxxxÓÓ£Êv>ÝÊUÊi>\ÊÜVÌVÃV>ÀJ>°V Kodiak Kowboy returned to form with an easy 4-length win. See vanderbilt page 19 In 2008, Webb Carroll graduates landed in the winner’s circle 205 times, Small-Group Racing Trips (Paris/Arc trip closes August 11) with 21 2YO winners (26 wins). Trip dates: September 28-October 5 (800) 261-0499 Four graded stakes winners in 2009— www.racing-europe.com PARTNER OLD FASHIONED, PAYTON D’ORO, RAVALO Your Source For and JUST JENDA. The Best Of Saratoga 2008 2-YR-OLD WINNERS WEBB CARROLL TRAINING CENTER GRADUATES
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18 Sunday, August 9, 2009 Vanderbilt – Continued from page 18 “We did that (at Philly) without having to ask him a lot so we feel like we’re bringing a fresh horse not only into Sunday’s race but the rest of the MARK YOUR year as well,” Jones said. “Right now he’s as good as I’ve seen him and that’s not a bad thing at all.” Benny The Bull (Edgar Prado, 122) was the Champion Sprinter in 2008 af- � � � � ter compiling a perfect 4-for-4 record. CATALOGUES! The son of Lucky Lionel was retired last summer after suffering an ankle chip but was put back into training earlier this year with Rick Dutrow. Saratoga Hip 225 – ROCK HARD TEN colt Owned by a partnership led by IEAH Stable, Benny The Bull has run out of a SPR by SEATTLE SLEW second in both 2009 starts – the True North and Grade II Smile Handicap at Calder behind Sunday rival Eaton’s Gift. Though he may not be the horse he was last summer, the 6-year-old sports an 8-for-13 record at 6 furlongs and has a devastating late kick that could be flattered by the Vanderbilt’s early pace. Eaton’s Gift enters off the best performance of his 12-race career, a 1 1/2-length win in the Smile when trained by Dale Romans. Ahmed Zayat switched the 4-year-old son of Johan- nesburg to Chad Brown’s barn shortly after the Smile and Eaton’s Gift looks to build on his perfect 3-for-3 record at 6 furlongs. Jose Lezcano, aboard for the Smile score, will attempt to harness Eaton’s Gift’s early speed while saving some run for the stretch. Go Go Shoot (John Velazquez, 115), who enters on the heels of two straight 6-furlong stakes wins at Mon- mouth Park for Bruce Levine and Re- pole Stable, looks for his first graded stakes win. The 4-year-old son of Son- gandaprayer brings some serious speed and should be on the pace from his rail draw. Go Go Shoot wired the Longfel- low June 6, running the first half-mile in 43 3/5 seconds and drawing off to a 9 1/2-length win. In his last start he pressed a 44 1/5 half and battled to a Important Updates: half-length win in the Mr. Prospector. • Half brother by DISTORTED HUMOR broke maiden by 14 1/2 on July 6 for trainer Todd Pletcher • Half sister by SONGANDAPRAYER in training with Steve Asmussen • ROCK HARD TEN: First starter is a SW BARN 4
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Sunday, August 9, 2009 19 Keep The Peace gets Game is afoot rematch with Pletcher filly by Karen M. Johnson A tough trip and a very tough rival in Game Face resulted in Keep The Peace finishing second in the Grade I Princess Rooney Handicap at Calder last month. Game Face is again the horse to beat in today’s Honorable $150,000 Honor- able Miss Handi- Miss cap. Keep The Peace will take stakes another run at preview Game Face in the 6-furlong Grade II, which drew a six-horse field of fillies and mares. Eddie Kenneally, Keep The Peace’s trainer, acknowledges that Game Face was the best horse the day she rambled to an easy victory in the 6-furlong Prin- cess Rooney. Gary and Mary West’s Keep The Peace finished second, but perhaps a smoother trip would have resulted in a closer finish. “Our filly didn’t have the best trip at Calder,” Kenneally said. “A horse ran up on her heels and caught her hind ankle. We lost some momentum going into the turn because of that. She lost her stride and her momentum more than anything. With an ideal trip, she probably could have run better at Calder. Game Face was still the best horse in the race.” See Honorable Miss page 21 Tod Marks Porte Bonheur, who won the Victory Ride last season, returns to action today.
105822-EddieWoods-HalfPg-SaratogaSpecial.indd 1 8/4/09 3:07:48 PM 20 Sunday, August 9, 2009 Calder race in mind and she responded Chace (Jose Lezcano) enters the Hon- gan with his first graded stakes win in well, and has trained well since then.” orable Miss off a win in the ungraded last year’s Grade III Victory Ride on Honorable Miss – Pending the payment of entry and Saylorville Stakes at Prairie Meadows in the Travers undercard. The daughter of Continued from page 20 starting fees, Game Face already earned June. The 4-year-old daughter of Tiznow Hennessy has more than held her form an automatic starting berth to the Breed- has hit the board in each of her six starts since, winning two of four starts, includ- Keep The Peace (Julien Leparoux) ers’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint by win- this year. ing the Grade II First Flight Handicap at has been ultra-consistent in 11 lifetime ning the Princess Rooney. Pletcher noted “I like her; she’s a nice filly that tries Belmont Park in June. starts, and she brings a record of 3-6-1 the 4-year-old hasn’t run yet on a syn- hard every time,” Margolis said. “She’s Ramon Dominguez, aboard for Porte into the Honorable Miss. On six occa- thetic surface – something she would en- got to run a little faster to win, with Bonheur’s two wins at Saratoga last year, sions, the 4-year-old daughter of Touch counter at Santa Anita. Todd’s horse and [Porte Bonheur] in has the mount. Gold has finished in the money against “I think she has shown she is that there, but I think we belong. We come in P.S.U. Grad (Kent Desormeaux) graded company, but has yet to break type of quality [to go to the Breeders’ off a stakes win and have a lot of confi- makes his first start for trainer Bob Baf- through with a win. Cup],” Pletcher said. “Of course, we dence. She’s a nice big Tiznow filly that fert, who will be inducted into the Hall Kenneally’s speedy filly drew the rail. haven’t tried her on the synthetic sur- could sit a nice trip. She might step up in of Fame Friday. P.S.U. Grad finished “It might not be ideal,” Kenneally face. We’ll see how this race goes and there and run a big one and aside from third in the Saylorville, beaten a length said of Post 1. “It is what is. It’s a short maybe the race at Presque Isle [Presque Game Face we stack up well. And that by Lady Chace. field and there is some speed in there.” Isle Downs Masters, Sept. 12] might filly might not want to win in there with All Giving (Jonathan Joyce) is the Zabeel Racing International’s Game make some sense in terms of getting a some bigger goals down the road so we most seasoned runner in the field with Face will take some beating. The daugh- race on a synthetic track. That might tell expect to run well.” 33 career starts, and 12 victories. ter of Menifee, trained by Todd Pletcher, us which way to go from there.” Porte Bonheur (lucky charm in overwhelmed six rivals in the Princess The Steve Margolis-trained Lady French) provided trainer David Dug- Additional reporting by Brian Nadeau. Rooney, a “Win and You’re In” Breeders’ Cup Challenge qualifier for the $1-mil- lion Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Filly and Racehorses in your Blood? Offering a Total Range Mare Sprint at Santa Anita Nov. 6. The Princess Rooney was Game of Coverage, including: Face’s third graded stakes win this year, s ,IVESTOCK -ORTALITY and fifth overall. She also won this year’s Grade III First Lady and the Grade II s 0ROSPECTIVE &OAL AND Inside Information at Gulfstream Park. "ARRENNESS For those efforts, she is the 122-pound Oklahoma Trackside residence on Fifth Avenue has highweight and concedes five to eight Thoroughbreds running past you every day! Enjoy s h.O 'UARANTEEv pounds to her rivals. the kitchen with granite counters & island. Guests MUIRFIELD #ONVERSIONS Game Face (Edgar Prado) entered the will enjoy privacy in the “west wing” with master Princess Rooney following two losses as suite & two add’l bedrooms. 2nd floor master NSURANCE NC retreat will more than please w/ spa bath,sitting I , I . s #ARE #USTODY AND the favorite (sixth in the Grade I Huma- room w/ FP, balcony overlooking track. $929,000. na Distaff at Churchill Downs and fifth A Full Service Control in the Grade II Vagrancy at Belmont Dark Tuesday Open House, Noon-2 p.m. Equine Insurance Agency s 3TALLION !VAILABILITY Park). Janet Besheer (518) 265-9575 Contact: Michael T. Levy or Jamie Hill )NFERTILITY “I don’t think she cared for the sloppy Angela Brady (518) 428-1775 surface at Churchill. And I think I ran 1019 Majestic Dr., Suite 310, Lexington, KY 40513 s &ARM 0ACKAGES her back too soon at Belmont off that,” Phone (859) 253-1114 Fax (859) 253-1490 Pletcher said. “I freshened her up with the www.muirfieldinsurance.com s ,IABILITY
Sunday, August 9, 2009 21 Sunday’s Saratoga entries Sunday, August 9. Post Time 1 p.m. Entries with program number, post 6th (3:41) Finney S. 5 1/2 Furlongs (Turf) F&M 3&Up Purse: $70,000 Don’t Just position, jockey, trainer, and morning-line odds. 1 1 Tar Heel Mom...... Prado E S...... Hough Stanley M....20-1 2 2 Jazzy (ARG)...... Garcia Alan...... Hennig Mark...... 12-1 1st (1:00)1 Mile (Inner turf) 3&Up allow NY Bred Purse: $49,000 3 3 Ahvee’s Destiny...... Velazquez J R...... Rice Linda...... 4-1 Be a 1 5 Pegasian...... Desormeaux K J.... Serpe Philip M...... 8-1 4 4 Mohegan Sky...... Arroyo N Jr...... Rice Linda...... 15-1 1A MTO Theartofcompromise.. Lezcano J...... Serpe Philip M...... 8-1 5 5 Eletro Nuclear (BRZ)..Maragh R...... Lobo Paulo H...... 20-1 2 1 Onzain...... Velazquez J R...... Donk David...... 10-1 6 6 Sly Storm...... Lezcano J...... Proctor Thomas F...12-1 3 2 Pegasus Tommy D.....Albarado R J...... O’Brien Leo...... 7-2 7 7 Song Cat...... Migliore R...... Delozier, III J W...... 50-1 Spectator, 4 3 Karakorum Legend.....Dominguez R A..... Rice Linda...... 3-1 8 8 Karakorum Elektra...... Desormeaux K J.... Rice Linda...... 6-1 5 4 Winloc’s Saint Ray.....Coa E M...... Miceli Michael...... 20-1 9 9 Captivating Cathy...... Luzzi M J...... Grusmark Karl M....30-1 6 6 Gamblin Fever...... Espinoza J L...... Ortiz Paulino O...... 15-1 10 10 Smart and Fancy...... Dominguez R A..... Dutrow Anthony...... 7-2 7 7 Woodrunner...... Velasquez C...... Tagg Barclay...... 5-1 11 11 Secret Gypsy...... Albarado R J...... Werner Ronny...... 4-1 Be an 8 8 Joey’s Chance...... Bridgmohan S X.... Kelly Patrick J...... 6-1 12 12 Meriwether Jessica....Velasquez C...... Rice Linda...... 6-1 9 9 Burnished Copper...... Prado E S...... Bush Thomas M...... 8-1 13 AE Masada (IRE)...... Leparoux J R...... Clement Christophe...20-1 10 10 Conquer the Fear...... Garcia Alan...... Morrison John...... 15-1 14 AE Life Lesson...... Lezcano J...... Matz Michael R...... 15-1 Owner 11 AE Tobruk...... Leparoux J R...... Sciacca Gary...... 5-1 15 MTO Are We Dreamin...... Maragh R...... Persaud Randi...... 12-1 12 AE Munition...... Velasquez C...... Jacobson David...... 8-1 16 MTO Cape Cod Girl...... Prado E S...... Dutrow, Jr. R E...... 8-1 13 MTO Papa Jerry...... Leparoux J R...... Aquilino Joseph...... 8-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Super (.10), Pick 3 Races (6-8), Pick 6 Races (6-11) 14 MTO Hoist the Gala...... Velazquez J R...... Imperio Joseph...... 6-1 Daily Double 15 MTO Jaystone...... Persaud Randi...... 15-1 A-Coupled: Pegasian and Theartofcompromise 7th (4:14) 6 Furlongs 2YO Maiden Purse: $55,000 Exacta, Trifecta, Super (.10), Pick 3 Races (1-3), Daily Double 1 1 Middle of the Nite...... Garcia Alan...... McLaughlin Kiaran...4-1 2 2 Captain Stone...... Castanon J L...... Arnold George R...... 6-1 2nd (1:32) 1 1/8 Miles (Turf) F&M 3&Up Maiden Purse: $51,000 3 3 Hudson Landing...... Borel C H...... Hough Stanley M....12-1 1 8 Joyous...... Castanon J L...... Arnold George R.....20-1 4 4 Gun Rock...... Dominguez R A..... Tagg Barclay...... 3-1 1A AE Queen of Empire...... Luzzi M J...... Arnold George R.....20-1 5 5 Lonesome Street...... Bridgmohan S X.... Maker Michael J.....12-1 2 11 Toocleverforwords.....Prado E S...... McGaughey C R.....15-1 6 6 Ice Box...... Leparoux J R...... Zito Nicholas P...... 8-1 2B MTO Pardon...... Dominguez R A..... McGaughey C R.....15-1 7 7 Solid Steel...... Luzzi M J...... Benzel Seth...... 15-1 3 1 Gold d’Oro...... Desormeaux K J.... Mott William I...... 4-1 8 8 Henry’s Time...... Theriot H J II...... Lukas D Wayne...... 20-1 4 2 Upper Gulch...... Samyn J L...... Kelly Patrick J...... 6-1 9 9 I’ve Got the Fever...... Arroyo N Jr...... Contessa Gary C.....20-1 5 3 West Court...... Maragh R...... Clement Christophe.....5-1 10 10 Aikenite...... Velazquez J R...... Pletcher Todd A...... 5-1 6 4 Sealaunch...... Coa E M...... Horgan Roger A.....30-1 11 11 Rein King...... Maragh R...... Terranova, John.....10-1 7 5 Sister Dyer...... Borel C H...... Wilkes Ian R...... 20-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Super (.10), Pick 3 Races (7-9), Grand Slam Races (7-10) 8 6 Minishaft...... Garcia Alan...... McLaughlin Kiaran...3-1 Daily Double 9 7 Cruisin’nthebridle...... Leparoux J R...... Maker Michael J...... 8-1 10 9 Beyond Our Reach (IRE).. Velazquez J R...... Pletcher Todd A...... 10-1 8th (4:48) 1 1/8 Miles 3&Up Allow OC NY Bred ($25,000) 11 10 To the Point (ARG).....Lezcano J...... Donk David...... 20-1 Purse: $76,650 12 12 Top Mast...... Dominguez R A..... Albertrani Thomas.. 15-1 1 5 Tall Poppi...... Coa E M...... Tagg Barclay...... 4-1 13 AE Mew’s Victory...... Morales S...... Verdecanna-Isomoto V...50-1 1A 10 Groomedforvictory.....Dominguez R A..... Tagg Barclay...... 4-1 A-Coupled: Joyous and Queen of Empire 2 1 Almighty Silver...... Borel C H...... Baker James E...... 5-1 B-Coupled: Toocleverforwords and Pardon 3 2 Stopbluffing...... Luzzi M J...... Carroll Del W II...... 8-1 Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Super (.10), Pick 3 Races (2-4) Pick 4 Races 4 3 Western Deed...... Maragh R...... Schettino Dominick.10-1 (2-5), Daily Double 5 4 That’srightofficer...... Prado E S...... Schosberg Richard...3-1 6 6 Goldispretty...... Espinoza J L...... Ortiz Paulino O...... 20-1 3rd (2:04) 7 Furlongs 3&Up Allowance Purse: $52,000 7 7 Freddy the Cap...... Morales S...... Barrera Oscar Jr.....20-1 1 4 Senor Fuego...... Dominguez R A..... Pletcher Todd A...... 7-2 8 8 Pretty Boy Freud...... Velazquez J R...... O’Brien Leo...... 7-2 1A 9 Join in the Dance...... Velazquez J R...... Pletcher Todd A...... 7-2 9 9 A Zero Trap...... Leparoux J R...... Pletcher Todd A...... 8-1 2 1 Redding Colliery...... Maragh R...... McLaughlin Kiaran...8-1 A-Coupled: Tall Poppi and Groomedforvictory 3 2 Girolamo...... Garcia Alan...... bin Suroor Saeed.....3-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Pick 3 Races (8-10), Pick 4 Races (8-11), Daily Double 4 3 Mag Shot...... Theriot H J II...... Werner Ronny...... 8-1 5 5 Early Star...... Castellano J J...... Jenkins Rodney...... 15-1 9th (5:22) Honorable Miss H. (G2) 6 Furlongs F&M 3&Up 6 6 Charlott Humor...... Prado E S...... Hough Stanley M...... 4-1 Purse: $150,000 7 7 Map of the World...... Albarado R J...... Stall Albert M Jr...... 4-1 1 1 Keep the Peace...... Leparoux J R...... Kenneally Eddie...... 5-1 8 8 Speight of Hand...... Lezcano J...... Brown Chad C...... 8-1 2 2 P. S. U. Grad...... Desormeaux K J.... Baffert Bob...... 10-1 A-Coupled: Senor Fuego and Join in the Dance 3 3 Game Face...... Prado E S...... Pletcher Todd A...... 1-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Pick 3 Races (3-5), Daily Double 4 4 Porte Bonheur...... Dominguez R A..... Duggan David P...... 3-1 5 5 Lady Chace...... Lezcano J...... Margolis Steve...... 9-2 4th (2:36) Geyser Spring S. 6 Furlongs Fillies 3YO Purse: $70,000 6 6 All Giving...... Joyce J...... Stites Flint W...... 15-1 1 1 Speculation...... Borel C H...... Bond H James...... 30-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Pick 3 Races (9-11), Daily Double 2 2 Simplify...... Bridgmohan S X.... Asmussen Steve...... 8-1 3 3 Rumor Control...... Castellano J J...... Maker Michael J.....12-1 10th (5:56) Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. (G2) 6 Furlongs 3&Up 4 4 Slam the Cat...... Lezcano J...... Kimmel John C...... 12-1 Purse: $250,000 5 5 Trix in the City...... Garcia Alan...... Rice Linda...... 12-1 1 1 Go Go Shoot...... Velazquez J R...... Levine Bruce N...... 15-1 6 6 Luster...... Albarado R J...... Stall Albert M Jr...... 6-1 2 2 Kodiak Kowboy...... Saez G...... Jones J Larry...... 3-1 7 7 Northern Belle...... Velasquez C...... Margolis Steve...... 8-1 3 3 Benny the Bull...... Prado E S...... Dutrow, Jr. R E...... 5-2 8 8 Elusive Heat...... Maragh R...... Penna Angel Jr...... 3-5 4 4 Eaton’s Gift...... Lezcano J...... Brown Chad C...... 10-1 Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Super (.10), Pick 3 Races (4-6), Daily Double 5 5 Fatal Bullet...... Da Silva E R...... Baker Reade ...... 4-1 6 6 Fabulous Strike...... Dominguez R A..... Beattie Todd M...... 2-1 5th (3:08) 1 Mile (Inner turf) 3&Up Allow OC ($100,000) Exacta, Trifecta, Daily Double Purse: $62,000 1 3 Broadway Producer....Dominguez R A..... Terranova, John.....15-1 11th (6:30) 5 1/2 Furlongs (Turf) F&M 3&Up Maiden NY Bred 1A MTO True Resurgence...... Maragh R...... Terranova, John.....15-1 Purse: $44,000 2 1 R J’s Brigade...... Molina V H...... Preciado Guadalupe..... 10-1 1 1 Sandy’s Honor...... Wilsey J A...... Cronk Lance...... 30-1 3 2 Ready Set...... Lezcano J...... Matz Michael R...... 15-1 2 2 Better Than Swiss...... Maragh R...... Dutrow Anthony...... 3-1 4 4 Crested (GB)...... Albarado R J...... Dollase Wallace...... 10-1 3 3 Meese Rocks...... Chavez J F...... Barker Edward R....10-1 5 5 Bribon (FR)...... Garcia Alan...... Ribaudo Robert J.....3-1 4 4 Lady At the Lake...... Garcia Alan...... Morrison John...... 6-1 6 6 Tizdejavu...... Leparoux J R...... Fox Gregory...... 10-1 5 5 Jabbar...... Castanon J L...... Mcgillycuddy K L....30-1 7 7 Tam Lin (GB)...... Castellano J J...... bin Suroor Saeed.....5-2 6 6 Devilishameye...... Morales S...... Hertler John O...... 30-1 8 8 Inca King...... Bridgmohan S X.... Asmussen Steve...... 4-1 7 7 Idle Gossip...... Velazquez J R...... Martin Carlos F...... 8-1 9 9 Riversrunrylee...... Gonzalez P...... Camilo Juan...... 30-1 8 8 Point to Royalty...... Espinoza J L...... Campo John P Jr....30-1 10 10 Steve’s Double...... Theriot H J II...... Werner Ronny...... 10-1 9 9 Lateday Edition...... Prado E S...... Weaver George...... 7-2 11 MTO More Than a Reason..Maragh R...... Persaud Randi...... 15-1 10 10 Won Token...... Velasquez C...... Tagg Barclay...... 10-1 12 MTO Tend...... Albarado R J...... Stall Albert M Jr...... 6-1 11 11 Royal Valentine...... Castellano J J...... Aquilino Joseph...... 12-1 13 MTO Mint Lane...... Coa E M...... Jerkens James A...... 3-1 12 12 Song for Pupcake...... Dominguez R A..... Schettino Dominick...5-1 A-Coupled: Broadway Producer and True Resurgence 13 AE Nick Cam Cat...... Herkova L...... Kopaj Paul...... 30-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Super (.10), Pick 3 Races (5-7), Daily Double Exacta, Trifecta, Super (.10) Wagers
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22 Sunday, August 9, 2009 Hip 167... Filly by European Sire sensation Monsun. Sire of undefeated French Oaks winner Stacelita.
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MAJOR UPDATE AT EATON SALES HIP 80 COLT BY SMART STRIKE, OUT OF BLOOMY
HALF-BROTHER SPRING OF FAME, OWNED BY GODOLPHIN, WON THE PRIX DE TOURGEVILLE, LISTED STAKES AT DEAUVILLE ON AUGUST 5
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26 Sunday, August 9, 2009 the Power grid John Brian Pete Gaile John Race # Panagot Nadeau Fornatale Fitzgerald Shapazian
Tobruk Theartofcompromise Gamblin Fever Karakorum Legend Woodrunner 1 Woodrunner Woodrunner Burnished Copper Serpe Entry Karakorum Legend Pegasus Tommy D. Onzain Pegasus Tommy D Pegasus Tommy D. Pegasian West Court Pardon Gold d’Oro Cruisin’nthebridle Pardon 2 Gold d’Oro Minishaft West Court Minishaft Minishaft Minishaft Gold d’Oro Toocleverforwords Gold d’Oro Gold d’Oro Pletcher entry Charlott Humor Map Of The World Early Star Girolamo 3 Charlott Humor Senor Fuego Speight Of Hand Charlott Humor Charlott Humor Girolamo Girolamo Senor Fuego Pletcher Entry Map Of The World Elusive Heat Elusive Heat Elusive Heat Elusive Heat Elusive Heat 4 Northern Belle Luster Simplify Luster Luster Luster Northern Belle Northern Belle Trix In The City Rumor Control Tam Lin Steve’s Double Ready Set Bribon Tam Lin Bribon Bribon Crested Tam Lin Bribon 5 Inca King Tam Lin Bribon Broadway Producer Inca King Smart And Fancy Smart And Fancy Smart And Fancy Smart And Fancy Cape Cod Girl Ahvee’s Destiny Ahvee’s Destiny Ahvee’s Destiny Ahvee’s Destiny Smart And Fancy 6 Meriwether Jessica Meriwether Jessica Eletro Nuclear Secret Gypsy Ahvee’s Destiny Gun Rock Gun Rock Aikenite Gun Rock Middle Of The Nite Captain Stone Aikenite Captain Stone Rein King Gun Rock 7 Middle Of The Nite Captain Stone Gun Rock Captain Stone Aikenite Almighty Silver Pretty Boy Freud That’srightofficer Pretty Boy Freud That’srightofficer Pretty Boy Freud Groomedforvictory Pretty Boy Freud That’srightofficer Pretty Boy Freud 8 That’srightofficer Almighty Silver Tagg entry Stopbluffing Tagg Entry Game Face Game Face Porte Bonheur Porte Bonheur Game Face Porte Bonheur Porte Bonheur Game Face Game Face P.S.U. Grad 9 Lady Chace Keep The Peace Lady Chace P.S.U. Grad Lady Chace Fabulous Strike Benny The Bull Kodiak Kowboy Fabulous Strike Fabulous Strike Kodiak Kowboy Fabulous Strike Eaton’s Gift Benny The Bull Kodiak Kowboy 10 Benny The Bull Kodiak Kowboy Fabulous Strike Kodiak Kowboy Benny The Bull Song For Pupcake Better Than Swiss Lateday Edition Better Than Swiss Better Than Swiss Won Token Lady At The Lake Better Than Swiss Lateday Edition Idle Gossip 11 Lateday Edition Lateday Edition Lady At The Lake Song For Pupcake Lateday Edition
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SUNday’s detailed analysis By Brian Nadeau
Race 1: WOODRUNNER stretches back out to two turns, he’ll go Race 5: Not crazy about the draw, but STEVE’S DOUBLE seems FORVICTORY can get 9 furlongs but if he can the rest are running favored, though I wouldn’t take too short of a number. ONZAIN poised to run big. Should benefit from some swift early splits and for second. ALMIGHTY SILVER drew well and should appreciate exits a maiden score at Belmont and seems to have some upside. might get the jump on Met Mile winner BRIBON, who hasn’t run the drop into state-bred company. PEGASUS TOMMY D. has been knocking on the door but can’t on the turf in ages and is obviously prepping for something bigger. seem to find the right key to step inside. If on dirt: Theartofcom- He’s formidable, but at a short price I’ll try and beat him. TAM LIN Race 9: Tough to pick against GAME FACE, even if she does promise, Hoist The Gala, Pegasian. rates the best of the early speed but it’s going to be tough to win regress off her Grade I Rooney win. Obviously prepping for the this on the engine. If on dirt: Bribon, Tend, Mint Lane. Grade I Ballerina later in the meet but still seems a cut above what Race 2: MINISHAFT meets a pretty soft crew and should finally she faces here. PORTE BONHEUR is classy and in good form and break her maiden after threatening several times. GOLD D’ORO Race 6: Win machine SMART AND FANCY goes out for white-hot upset a heavy favorite in a graded stakes here last year. The logical has been freshened and was close to the top choice earlier in the Tony D. and that’s really all you need to know in Saratoga these alternative to the favorite. KEEP THE PEACE chased the top pick year; drew well on the rail. WEST COURT stretches out and should days. Got the tightener out of the way in the last and should be home at Calder and would be dangerous if she can slow it down be involved from the opening bell. If on dirt: Pardon, Sister Dyer, ready to roll. AHVEE’S DESTINY is 3-for-4 over the course and up front. Joyous. goes out for Linda Rice, who owns these turf sprints. Stablemate MERIWETHER JESSICA drew poorly but has enough speed to se- Race 10: Undoubtedly the best sprint race of the year. There’s a Race 3: CHARLOTT HUMOR gets the call in what might be the cure position into the turn. If on dirt: Secret Gypsy, Tar Heel Mom, big chance BENNY THE BULL is not the horse he once was, but best two-lifetime allowance I’ve seen. Tests winners for first time Are We Dreamin. with the set up he gets in here, factored in with the honest price, but maiden score hinted at serious potential. SENOR FUEGO found I’ll take the bait to find out. No chance over a speed favoring strip a mile a bit too far when he chased potential Travers runner Blame. Race 7: Barclay Tagg usually likes to give them a trial run but on Belmont Day and they went too slow to come back to him at GIROLAMO returns wearing Godolphin’s royal blue, which usually GUN ROCK cost 500k as a 2yo in training, nearly 50 times his Calder. His only excuse today would simply be that he’s not good means a big run is in store. Won here off works last year. sire’s stud fee. Also worth noting this appears to be one of Tagg’s enough anymore. FABULOUS STRIKE is a 6-furlong monster and first runners for Rick Porter, so a favorable first impression might drew outside the speed, which gives him a big advantage over Race 4: ELUSIVE HEAT lays over this field in every handicapping be in the cards. AIKENITE is another pricey 2yo in training and is his pace rivals. Just hoping he gets softened up enough to prove aspect. Sit back, pass on 1-5 and watch what could be a breath- bred to win early. CAPTAIN STONE goes first-Lasix and has the vulnerable in the lane. KODIAK KOWBOY, like the top choice, will taking performance by a filly with an abundance of talent. LUSTER benefit of a run. be motoring late but he’s never beaten this kind going 6 furlongs won’t be anywhere near the favorite early, which means she can and has eyes on the Grade I Forego later in the meet. let the other gals get softened up and rally into the exacta. NORTH- Race 8: PRETTY BOY FREUD has the look of a runner and meets ERN BELLE is another that will benefit from hot early splits. a pretty soft cast. Tough post but he should have enough speed Race 11: BETTER THAN SWISS had a ton of trouble at Belmont to get some position entering the first turn. No idea if GROOMED- yet just missed by a neck. LADY AT THE LAKE struggled in at 5 ½ furlongs but her previous two would put her right there. LATEDAY EDITION ran big in her debut and would be no surprise. If on dirt: To see today’s entries turn to Page 22 Idle Gossip, Jabbar, Won Token.
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Connie Bush Hip 40 serves as an example during the seminar Saturday. Class on class Experts shed light on the process at seminar BY joe clancy horses like a business. “I spend a lot of 2 o’clocks in the If Hip 40 grows up to become a morning looking at pedigrees and race Saratoga stakes winner, he will have videos,” he said. “Set goals, make a plenty of fans. plan, but be reasonable. Winning the The Bluewater Sales yearling played Kentucky Derby is way harder to do model horse Saturday as part of a semi- than winning the lottery. Want to win nar about the process a Thoroughbred a race at Saratoga? How about running takes from breeding farm to racetrack. at Saratoga?” The bay son of Empire Maker stood, Lukas, once a basketball coach, put posed, let Bluewater’s Meg Levy brag on one of his patented pep talks for the about his conformation and helped crowd, though training horses can’t win over a healthy-sized group of fans be summed up in 15 minutes. He said Andre Pater (Polish-American, Born 1953) ‘Watermelon Jockey’, at the Humphrey S. Finney Sales Pavil- almost anyone could become a trainer Pastel, 36” x 24” ion. – get horses fit, feed them right, hire Organized by Fasig-Tipton, Thoro- a good blacksmith, find veterinary ad- Fan, NYRA, and the New York vice and so on. But there’s more to hav- August 1 - 30, 2009 Thoroughbred Breeders, the seminar ing success at the profession. featured Levy, Case Clay of Three “You have to have an intuitive Fasig-Tipton Chimneys Farm, Hall of Fame trainer awareness of what (the horse) needs Wayne Lukas and owner Bobby Flay. every day,” Lukas said. “Some people Humphrey S. Finney Each talked about his or her part in the never get that, but if you have that, you framework that gets a horse from mat- could be successful. The key is to find Sales Pavilion ing to the racetrack. out early what they do best and help “It begins with a pen and a piece of them do that – there’s no how-to book, Saratoga Springs, NY paper,” said Clay. “You consider all this is a hand-me-down, tradition- the factors – conformation of the stal- bound sport.” lion, pedigree, racing career and how Saturday’s audience included a mix it compares with the mare’s. Then you of the Thoroughbred world – from cur- 9am- 2pm daily, worry about marketability if you want rent owners to fans in town for the day. to sell, price and everything else. The Someday, an owner or a trainer may 9am - 5pm during sales week beautiful part is when the foal is born, come from the group but mainly the
and you don’t ever forget that.” event was created as an introduction, a f As a sales consignor, Levy called her- window into the process. self a first grade teacher who watches “A big part of what we’re trying to and waits as her pupils progress. do is to become a more integral part “There is pressure and worry and of the community so people under- concern going through the process,” stand what we do,” said Fasig-Tipton’s she said. “It’s a lot of risk management. Dan Pride. “Even though we’re only You want to allow them to be as natural here for two weeks, we’ve got to have Lexington, KY 40508 as they can be, but also keep them from a year-round commitment to the town getting cut, scraped, bruised, hurt.” and things like that are part of it.” 859.421.3436 | 518.583.2605 Flay, best known as a television chef e-mail: [email protected] Organizers got what they wanted. and restaurant owner, bought his first “I thought it would be a nice way Thoroughbred a few years ago as a hobby. Now, he says he manages the See Seminar page 32
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90698.VIN.MTR.SSpcl.8-9.indd 1 8/6/09 4:22:10 PM Sunday, August 9, 2009 31 Seminar – Continued from page 30 to start the day,” said Scott Mittleman, who attended the seminar with his family before going to the races. “Ev- erybody enjoyed it, everybody learned a little bit about the industry and it was very well done.” Mittleman lives in Miami, Fla. most of the year but owns a home in Sara- toga and is a racing fan. He’s never owned a racehorse, but that could change someday. “I never really seriously consid- ered purchasing a horse,” he said. “My father, who is long gone, always dreamed of having a horse and when I was a kid he once took me to a sale at Hialeah, and I remember that very much. I haven’t been back to one since, but I think I will try to come Monday or Tuesday night just to check things out.” Capping off the day, Mittleman’s daughter won four clubhouse seats for the races Saturday. Levy and Hip 40 closed the session with a brief demonstration. The robust bay looked the part but also played it well – calmly surveying the crowd, lis- tening to Levy talk and showcasing himself and his sport. Levy talked about the horse’s balance – the angle of his shoulder, the hip line, the straight lines Connie Bush down through his hocks. She also went Bobby Flay shares some of his knowledge, about horses, with the crowd. intangible with a nod to a large, intel- parallel gait to the gallop so you can then went for it – saying he fit some- sonality for the big stage. ligent eye, “elasticity” and a big jaw. see how they are going to move, but where in the middle. He’s got some “He could run classic distances,” “We’re trying to determine how ath- it’s not easy.” speed in his pedigree, she said, he’s got Levy said. letic they are going to be,” she said. Asked what Hip 40’s forte might be the size of a horse who could run lon- Remember where you saw him “You watch them walk; the walk is a on the racetrack, Levy hesitated and ger distances and he surely has the per- first.
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Sunday, August 9, 2009 33 Calm after the storm Seven Storm Cats grace Spa as part of stallion’s finale by Michele MacDonald It’s not often that life allows the luxu- ry of observing the passage of a remark- able era. Epochs usually just fade away, their meaning and value not recognized until long after they are gone. But this year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale will serve as the begin- ning of a poignant public farewell to the mightiest stallion ever known to the Thor- oughbred commercial marketplace when seven members of the last sizable crop by Storm Cat are set to file through the Hum- phrey S. Finney Sale Pavilion ring. Even though the global economic gloom is so pervasive that it has over- shadowed this moment, the reign of Storm Cat as the sire of more seven-fig- ure yearlings than any other stallion in history could be extended even further. With Storm Cat, anything has been pos- sible when it comes to yearling sales. At the time the now 26-year-old son of Storm Bird was pensioned last May due to declining fertility, it was reported Tod Marks See Storm Cat page 35 Hip16 is part of the final significant crop from Storm Cat.
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34 Sunday, August 9, 2009 Storm Cat – Continued from page 35 that he had sired 88 yearlings that had brought final bids of at least $1 mil- lion at public auction. He immediately added to his total at last year’s Saratoga ur Graduates Make sale, with his son out of Grade III win- ner Get Lucky, by Mr. Prospector, top- O ping the proceedings at $2 million and his daughter out of Grade III winner To- an mpression temic, by Vanlandingham, fetching the next highest price, $1.5 million. Two more colts and one filly each crossed the magic $1 million threshold YearI after year, Four Star Sales graduates at the 2008 Keeneland September year- ling sale, each selling for $1.2 million. leave a masterful mark on racing While there has been little fanfare about the end of Storm Cat’s domin- ion – he has 61 yearlings this year (who are the last sired at his world record advertised fee of $500,000) and only three foals in his 2009 crop (sired on a $300,000 fee) – anyone who has seen his offspring light up sale boards in the past will have to feel glimmers of nos- talgia mixed with regret that this will be the last significant group up for bid. “It’s sad, but the fact that this is the last major crop of an important sire in the history of the breed has kind of got- ten lost in everything else that’s been Find your next masterpiece going on,” observed Ric Waldman, who managed Storm Cat’s stud career in our 2009 consignment at Overbrook Farm in Lexington, Ken- tucky, and who finds this goodbye to an era particularly painful. “I hate to see it happen, and having to relive something Saratoga Select that is a sad moment is not something August 10-11 Barn 4 you really try to look at, it’s something you try to put aside.” See Storm Cat page 36 Hip 15 HENNY HUGHES filly
Hip 61 HENNESSY colt Storm Cat yearlings in the Saratoga catalogue Hip 100 YES IT’S TRUE colt Hip 16, bay filly, the first foal out of Grade I win- ner Sharp Lisa, by Dixieland Band. Sharp Lisa is Hip 139 MORE THAN READY filly a half-sister to Grade I winner Spring At Last and Grade II winner Sharp Susan. Consigned by Para- mount Sales, agent. Barn 1 Hip 205 ROCKPORT HARBOR colt
Hip 50, bay colt out of Valle des Reves, by King- Hip 225 ROCK HARD TEN colt Horsephotos mambo, a half-brother to Group I winner Maids Causeway and from the family of Group I winner Vallee Enchantee and two European highweights. Hip 232 FOREST WILDCAT colt Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent. Barn 8-9
Hip 130, bay colt out of Get Lucky, by Mr. Pros- Hip 235 MEDAGLIA D’ORO filly pector, a full-brother to last year’s Saratoga sale- topping $2 million colt and a half-brother to grad- ed stakes winners Daydreaming and Accelerator as well as to the dam of Bluegrass Cat. Consigned by Pauls Mill. Barn 2-3-6
Hip 144, chestnut filly out of Happy Tune, by A.P. Indy, a half-sister to stakes winners High Cotton and Symphony Sid. Dam is a half-sister to cham- MUNNINGS pion Storm Song. Property of Stonestreet Thor- “Fastest 3-year-old in America”–Randy Moss oughbred Holdings. Barn 2
Hip 148, bay colt, the first foal out of Grade I winner and $1,171,105-earner Hollywood Story, by Wild Rush. Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent. Barn 2
Hip 204, On A Storm, dark bay/brown colt out of Onaga, by Mr. Prospector, a three-quarter brother to multiple Grade I winner Aragorn and from the family of Storm Cat’s European champion son One Cool Cat. Consigned by Lane’s End, agent. Barn 7C Kerry Cauthen | David Greathouse Hip 213, dark bay/brown filly out of Breeders’ Cup John T.L. Jones Jr. | Dan Kenny Juvenile Fillies runner-up Platinum Tiara, by Coz- 3604 Georgetown Road, Lexington, KY 40511 zene. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency. s WWWFOURSTARSALESCOM Barn 7A-C
Sunday, August 9, 2009 35 Storm Cat – Continued from page 36 Storm Cat benefited by “his ascen- sion mirroring the ascension of the market of the 1990s and early 2000s,” Waldman noted, but he asserted that the number of Storm Cat’s $1 million yearlings demonstrates his merit, along with the facts that he was twice leading sire and has sired nine champions. “That just shows you how important he has been in the commercial mar- ketplace – it’s not just hype,” he said. “The commercial market doesn’t seek to reward a stallion with a seven-figure yearling unless the market feels that stallion’s yearlings warrant that kind of money. Clearly, they have over the years. The success he had as a sire and the suc- cess he had as a sire of sires helped in the growth of the market and helped to make him a high profile and great sire at the end of the 21st century.” Four colts and three fillies by Storm Tod Marks Cat have been catalogued for the Sara- Fasig-Tipton Saratoga’s Hip 130 is one of the final offspring from legendary stallion Storm Cat. toga sale, including the full-brother to Eaton Sales, cautions that, generally dollar to buy one. But I think he prob- Under current market conditions, last year’s sale topper out of Get Lucky. speaking, Storm Cat yearlings have not ably represents really good value, and the Storm Cats will have to appeal to Consigned by Pauls Mill, Hip 130 is a been selling as well recently as they would I guess I’m going to sell more of them buyers physically, Waldman said. half-brother to graded stakes winners have been expected to in the past. than anybody, around a dozen, so we’ll “I think there will be pretty good Daydreaming and Accelerator as well “The interesting thing about Storm find out.” demand for them, but the yearling buy- as to the unraced A.P. Indy mare She’s Cat is that the market over the last Eaton is handling the dispersal of ers will have to like the individuals. I a Winner, the dam of Bluegrass Cat and two years has pretty much discounted Overbrook’s horses, and the farm is don’t think they’re going to reach for two other stakes winners. the horse, the same one who for many poised to offer seven Storm Cat year- any yearlings that they don’t like be- Eaton Sales also will offer a Storm Cat years was the one sire that everyone lings at the Keeneland September sale, cause the market is not going to lend colt. Hip 50 is a half-brother to English had to have. I would say there prob- Waldman said. Included in that group itself to any overreaching for less than Group I winner Maids Causeway and ably is pretty good value in the Storm are two fillies produced in foal-sharing the top yearlings,” he said. “Converse- is out of the unraced Kingmambo mare Cats in his last significant year,” Mc- arrangements with Juddmonte Farms, ly, we’ve had some pretty good years Valle des Reves, a half-sister to Europe- Donald said. “Whoever thought that one out of champion turf mare Wan- when the market did reach for less than an highweights Vetheuil and Verveine. Storm Cat would represent great desta and the other out of Fanzine, a stellar yearlings when the market was Yet Reiley McDonald, co-owner of value? You’ve always had to pay top full-sister to Mizzen Mast. on the ascension.”
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36 Sunday, August 9, 2009 Taking the long road back Dancer after 6 furlongs. Maram moved Breeders’ Cup past a tiring Striking Dancer and into a stretch battle with Bluegrass Princess, but dug in for a half-length triumph. The heroine Maram daughter of Sahm completed the mile in a speedy 1:34.75 with Bluegrass Princess returns to win hanging on for second over Kiawah Cat (Rajiv Maragh). Hettinger Stakes Maram broke her maiden at first ask- ing last August at Saratoga at 1 1/16 miles by Colin BEaury on the turf. From there Brown chose the Grade III Ms. Grillo Oct. 1 at Belmont, Patience is a virtue, one Chad Brown where his filly won by a neck. A shot at knows well. the Breeders’ Cup – and a million-dollar Making her first start since winning purse – was next for Maram, and she the Breeder’s Cup Juvenile Filly Turf last found herself in another duel, catching October, Maram (Jose Lezcano) reward- Heart Shaped by a nose. Maram had done ed her trainer for a well-deserved break everything Brown asked up to that point, from racing when she won The John and continued the trend in the Hettinger. Hettinger, a 1-mile turf stakes for 3-year- “I didn’t know how fit the other ones old fillies, Saturday. were, so I didn’t know about the win,” Owned by Saud Brown said, “but I knew I had her ready bin Khaled and Karen for a prime effort.” Saturday’s Woods, Maram raced The trainer won for the second time out of the gate alertly on the day, but more importantly was Racing and settled in fifth just reassured that his star filly was ready to recap off the steady pace of race once again after the lengthy break Striking Dancer (Rob- to rest an aching knee. by Albarado). Lezca- “My ex-boss [Bobby] Frankel and I, no remained there for we wait if they’re not ready; we don’t run a half-mile, content to let his filly save them, especially a young filly like this,” gas for a stretch run. Angled three wide, Brown said. “She had problems but no Maram began knocking off the leaders at surgery. She never visited a clinic; she nev- the quarter pole, trailing only Bluegrass Tod Marks Princess (John Velazquez) and Striking See Saturday page 38 Maram charges to the winner’s circle on Saturday.
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Sunday, August 9, 2009 37 when Afrikaner (Javier Castellano) dom- good horse.” at times; he’s got a little bit of a grass inated a 6 1/2-furlong maiden claimer for pedigree, but his numbers say he’s a dirt Saturday – state-breds. Johannesburg’s 4-year-old • Saturday was a good day for trainer horse, and the time to come back to the Continued from page 37 son finished second in his first three starts Bob Ribaudo. It started when he opened dirt for him was today. Everything set but was clearly the best in his fourth try, The Special and he found a picture of his up perfect for him; he benefited from the er left my barn since the Breeders’ Cup. which ended in a 12 1/2-length romp. grandson and continued when Brecciate real hot pace.” Karen Woods and Mr. Khaled were nice The gelding, owned by Richlyn Farm (Alan Garcia) came home a winner in the The race went just as Ribaudo had enough to pay the bills and leave her with and Tefft Thoroughbreds, took a narrow first, a 6-furlong claimer. hoped, but the highlight of the day had me. I didn’t want anyone else to touch her lead after a quarter-mile and held well at Owned by Marc Keller, the 4-year- already taken place. except for me. I consulted with Dr. Larry the half before drawing away from tired old gelding son of Rock Slide broke in “The picture of my grandson was more Bramlage, and he deserves a lot of credit. competition in the stretch. Argentinian the back of the pack but capitalized on important,” he said. He gets credit for the surgeries he does, (Maragh) came home a distant second a swift pace, cruising six-wide and draw- but this is one he didn’t do. A couple of and Spencerific (Jean-Luc Samyn) was ing away to a 4 1/2-length win. Longshot • Immortal Eyes (Cornelio Velasquez) vets said to do surgery on her knee, and third. Brown was pleased he found the Trigger’s Missile (Jesus Castanon) came prevailed in the fourth, a maiden claimer he said ‘don’t, just give it time.’” right spot. up late for second with Headache (Lez- at 6 furlongs. Trained by Angel Penna Jr., Maram’s impressive return made her “He’s had his problems, but we put cano) third. the 4-year-old gelding took second here vet look like a genius and her trainer a him where he belonged today,” Brown “This horse has had some problems, two years back when he was passed late good listener. said. “Coming off the long layoff, he’s nothing serious but enough to keep him in the stretch of a hotly contested 6-fur- had some injuries, he’s a tough horse to away from the races on and off.” Rib- long sprint. Making two starts in 2008, • Brown’s big day started in the fifth keep sound but when he’s right he’s a audo said. “We’ve had him on the grass the son of Greatness showed anything but, finishing sixth and seventh in two starts at Belmont. Nearly a year later, Immortal Eyes shined in his comeback when he wired the “Name a Race Horse, field in 1:10.98, clearing Futuristic (Edgar Prado) and Shareholder Dues (Velazquez) by 2 1/4 lengths. Castletop Stable’s Neal Win A Prize” Winick of was hopeful that Saturday’s race was a sign of things to come. “This is an old horse who had a lot at www.allplaystable.com of class here; he ran against some good horses,” Winick said. “We had a lot of problems with him, so we decided to run him where he could win and get a little confidence back.”
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38 Sunday, August 9, 2009 Saturday – Continued from page 38 The Paris Hill Thoroughbreds home- bred broke in the rear of the ten-horse field but settled in nicely. Castellano moved the filly five-wide and urged her up to the leaders, and Exclusive Scheme handled the rest, stealing the win from High Cry (Velasquez), with Ketubah up late for the show. The win was the filly’s third since transferring to Badgett’s barn in April. “She’s actually done very well since she’s been up here, but a lot of horses do,” Badgett said. “The last race I thought she was very competitive in, we had a little traffic trouble I thought maybe if she got out at the right time she would have won. She’s trained very well since she’s been here; very happy in the mornings.”
• Tutti Va Bene (Luzzi) won for train- er Gary Sciacca in the finale, a 5 1/2-fur- long claimer on the turf. Sciacca’s day started poorly when Piazza Di Spagna disappointed in the seventh, but things turned around late when the daughter of Ormsby outdueled Our Montana Dream (Norberto Arroyo Jr.) and Miss Dolan’s Rose (Lezcano). Owned by One Pond Stable and Giuseppina Piazza, the 3-year-old filly won for the second time for Sciacca, who was happy she salvaged the day. “It set up good for her, she just came off a mile race,” Sciacca said. “I was having a bad day today with Piazza [Di Spagna], I thought he would win; I really Tod Marks loved him. I was just worried about back The field goes past the clubhouse for the first time during the seventh race. luck, but she ran a good race.”
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Sunday, August 9, 2009 39 Saturday’s Saratoga results 1ST. 6 FURLONGS. 3&UP. CLM. PURSE $31,900. 7TH. 1 1/16 MILES. TURF. 3&UP. NY BREDS. AOC. PURSE $51,000. 9 Brecciate Garcia Alan 16.80 7.90 5.80 3 Gold Vendetta Coa E M 11.20 5.90 4.20 10 Trigger’s Missile Castanon J L 23.00 8.10 7 Bestowed Lezcano J 7.50 5.00 5 Headache Lezcano J 5.60 6 Missinglisalewis Velasquez C 3.70 Finish Time: 1:09.85 Finish Time: 1:40.87 Trainer: Bob Ribaudo. Owner: Marc Keller. Trainer: Alan Goldberg. Owner: Barry Weisbord. Ch. g. 4. Rock Slide-Ms. D.D. Walton, Known Fact. B. g. 4. Gold Fever-Wyetta Earp, Silver Deputy. Bred by Very Un Stable (NY). Bred by Barry Weisbord (NY). $2 Exacta (9-10) Paid $531.00; $2 Trifecta (9-10-5) Paid $3,942.00; $2 $2 Exacta (3-7) Paid $90.00; $2 Trifecta (3-7-6) Paid $301.00; $2 Daily Superfecta (9-10-5-6) Paid $13,906.00 Double (4-3) Paid $77.50; $2 Pick 3 (2-4-3) 3 Correct Paid $152.50; $2 Superfecta (3-7-6-2) Paid $5,450.00 2ND. 1 1/8 MILES. TURF. 3&UP. MSW. PURSE $51,000. 5 Andiron Garcia Alan 19.20 9.80 7.30 8TH. THE JOHN HETTINGER. 1-MILE. TURF. 3YO. FILLIES. PURSE 6 After Shock Velasquez C 12.60 7.50 $74,000. 4 Cross the Divide Maragh R 6.30 8 Maram Lezcano J 7.00 4.40 3.00 Finish Time: 1:47.05 5 Bluegrass Princess Velazquez J R 5.40 3.50 Trainer: Kiaran McLaughlin. Owner: Darley Stable. 1 Kiawah Cat Maragh R 3.10 B. c. 3. A.P. Indy-Zigemember, Danzig. Finish Time: 1:34.75 Bred by Stonerside Stable (Ky). Trainer: Chad Brown. Owner: Karen Woods, Saud bin Khaled. $2 Exacta (5-6) Paid $207.00; $2 Quinella (5-6) Paid $128.00; $2 Trifecta Dk. B. or Br. f. 3. Sahm-American Dreamer, Quest For Fame (GB). (5-6-4) Paid $1,384.00; $2 Daily Double (9-5) Paid $129.00; $2 Super- Bred by Palisades Investments, N V Inc. & Hair ‘Em Corporation (Ky). fecta (5-6-4-7) Paid $15,346.00 $2 Exacta (8-5) Paid $39.20; $2 Trifecta (8-5-1) Paid $105.50; $2 Pick 3 (4-3-8) 3 Correct Paid $323.00; $2 Daily Double (3-8) Paid $45.40; $2 3RD. 5 ½ FURLONGS. TURF. 3&UP. NY BREDS. MSW. PURSE $44,000. Superfecta (8-5-1-2) Paid $571.00 10 Fort McCoy Velasquez C 17.00 7.50 5.40 11 Elsie’s Warrior Coa E M 4.30 3.80 9TH. 7 FURLONGS. THE TEST. 3YO. FILLIES. PURSE $300,000. 9 Senegal Maragh R 6.00 6 Flashing Migliore R 11.20 5.50 3.50 Finish Time: 1:02.69 1 Pretty Prolific Albarado R J 10.00 5.60 Trainer: Linda Rice. Owner: Patsy Symons. 2 Cat Moves Velazquez J R 2.50 Dk. B. or Br. g. 4. Stormin Fever-Lucky Livi, Mr. Greeley. Finish Time: 1:22.40 Bred by Anstu Farm (NY). Trainer: Saeed bin Suroor. Owner: Godolphin Racing. $2 Exacta (10-11) Paid $77.50; $2 Trifecta (10-11-9) Paid $467.50; $2 Ch. f. 3. A.P. Indy-Morning Pride (Ire), Machiavellian. Pick 3 (9-5-10) 3 Correct Paid $1,885.00 Pick 3; $2 Daily Double (5-10) Bred by Gainsborough Farm (Ky). Paid $200.50 $2 Exacta (6-1) Paid $156.50; $2 Trifecta (6-1-2) Paid $363.50; $2 Pick 3 (3-8-6) 3 Correct Paid $237.50; $2 Daily Double (8-6) Paid $54.00; $2 4TH. 6 FURLONGS. 3&UP. MCL. PURSE $26,400. Superfecta (6-1-2-5) Paid $1,145.00 11 Immortal Eyes Velasquez C 10.20 5.70 4.20 4 Futuristic Prado E S 4.90 3.50 10TH. 1 1/8 MILES. THE WHITNEY. 3&UP. PURSE $750,000. 2 Shareholder Dues Velazquez J R 6.40 3 Bullsbay Rose J 39.60 12.00 5.90 Finish Time: 1:10.98 4 Macho Again Albarado R J 4.90 3.40 Trainer: Angel Penna Angel Jr. Owner: Castletop Stable. 7 Commentator Velazquez J R 3.20 B. g. 4. Greatness-Private Eyes, Private Terms. Finish Time: 1:48.12 Bred by Adena Springs (Fla). Trainer: Graham Motion. Owner: Mitchell Ranch. $2 Exacta (11-4) Paid $50.00; $2 Quinella (4-11) Paid $20.80; $2 Trifecta B. h. 5. Tiznow-The Hess Express, Lord Carson. (11-4-2) Paid $366.00; $2 Pick 3 (5-10-11) 3 Correct Paid $1,343.00; Bred by Brad Anderson (Ky). $2 Daily Double (10-11) Paid $104.50; $2 Superfecta (11-4-2-3) Paid $2 Exacta (3-4) Paid $179.50; $2 Trifecta (3-4-7) Paid $554.00; $2 Pick 3 $992.00 (8-6-3) 3 Correct Paid $705.00; $2 Daily Double (6-3) Paid $314.50; $2 Grand Slam (3/6/7-1/5/8-1/2/6-3) Paid $166.50 5TH. 6 ½ FURLONGS. 3&UP. NY BREDS. MCL. PURSE $24,200. 2 Afrikaner Castellano J J 3.20 2.60 2.20 11TH. 5 1/2 FURLONGS. TURF. 3&UP. FILLIES. NY BREDS. CLM. 5 Argentinian Maragh R 5.40 4.10 PURSE $29,000. 4 Spencerific Samyn J L 10.40 12 Tutti Va Bene Luzzi M J 40.40 16.40 9.70 Finish Time: 1:16.74 11 Our Montana Dream Arroyo N Jr 34.40 14.40 Trainer: Chad Brown. Owner: Richlyn Farm and Tefft Thoroughbreds. 4 Miss Dolan’s Rose Lezcano J 8.20 Ch. g. 4. Johannesburg-Out Of The Buggy, Miswaki. Finish Time: 1:03.15 Bred by Peter Georgiades (NY). Trainer: Gary Sciacca. Owner: One Pond Stable. $2 Exacta (2-5) Paid $16.20; $2 Trifecta (2-5-4) Paid $281.50; $2 Pick 3 Ch. f. 3. Ormsby-Hightimeforakiss, Kissin Kris. (10-11-2) 3 Correct Paid $239.50; $2 Pick 4 (5-10-11-2) 4 Correct Paid Bred by Anthony Piazza (NY). $2,520.00; $2 Daily Double (11-2) Paid $18.00; $2 Superfecta (2-5-4-11) $2 Exacta (12-11) Paid $903.00; $2 Trifecta (12-11-4) Paid $9,414.00; Paid $1,247.00 $2 Superfecta (12-11-4-1) Paid $87,726.00; $2 Daily Double (3-12) Paid $768.00; $2 Pick 3 (6-3-12) 3 Correct Paid $5,202.00; $2 Pick 4 (8-6-3- 6TH. 1-MILE. TURF. 3&UP. F&M. NY BREDS. ALW. PURSE $49,000. 12) 4 Correct Paid $27,824.00; $2 Pick 6 (4-3-8-6-3-12) 5 Correct Paid 4 Exclusive Scheme Castellano J J 15.60 7.00 4.70 $3,840.00; $2 Pick 6 (4-3-8-6-3-12) 6 Correct Paid $483,828.00 3 High Cry Velasquez C 30.00 12.20 7 Ketubah Garcia Alan 2.90 Saratoga Attendance: 39,568. Mutuel Pool: $5,220,268. Finish Time: 1:35.50 Trainer: Billy Badgett. Owner: Paris Hill Thoroughbreds. B. f. 3. Saarland-Pyramid Scheme, Distant View. Track: fast. Turf: firm. Bred by Paris Hill Thoroughbred Corp (NY). $2 Exacta (4-3) Paid $470.50; $2 Trifecta (4-3-7) Paid $2,292.00; $2 Pick Saturday’s Claims: 3 (11-2-4) 3 Correct Paid $163.50; $2 Daily Double (2-4) Paid $34.00; $2 Superfecta (4-3-7-5) Paid $7,010.00 1ST RACE: Global Effect by David Jacobson for Western Resources Rac- ing;
40 Sunday, August 9, 2009 Saturday’s Saratoga winners • Photos by dave harmon 1 Brecciate 2 Andiron 3 Fort McCoy
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42 Sunday, August 9, 2009 TRINIDAD VITAL STATISTICS Racetracks...... 1 Fixtures...... 38 Races...... 367 The Racing Road Racehorses...... 500 Stallions...... 29 Book excerpt takes fans to island of Trinidad Mares...... 350 Foals...... 165 BY NICK GODFREY town of Arima, where it is overlooked by the rainforest heights of the Northern Range. – All figures for 2005 Nick Godfrey, international editor of The Racing It was here that I witnessed the greatest clash in Post in England, sent along some excerpts of his book horseracing history. Kind of. On paper. If you left out on international racing. some salient points. Anyway, how about this for a field? Among the sev- Invidious as it is to resort to stereotypes, I cannot en runners for the nine-furlong Stud Farm Association talk about Trinidad and Tobago without reference to National Stakes were a pair of Triple Crown winners the cultural phenomenon of ‘liming’, said to be virtual- plus two further Derby winners and the best sprinter ly the official national pastime in the twin-island Carib- in the land. OK, I have omitted to mention that we the sand oval, plenty of claimers and free use of anti- bean nation whose inhabitants are renowned for their are talking about a very low standard of racing, and bleeding drugs. relaxed outlook on life, there to be enjoyed to the full. the three legs of the Trinidad Triple Crown – Guineas, Race distances, expressed metrically, had the cus- Anyone can learn to lime. All it involves is hanging Midsummer Classic and Derby – are all restricted to tomary uninspiring range on the day I visited, from out with friends for a chat over a drink, possibly the creole thoroughbreds (horses bred in the West Indies) 1,100 metres up to just 1,800 metres. All eight races local favourite Stag lager, marketed as “a man’s beer” and thus may not be the most competitive races in the were on the dirt because two scheduled for the inner in a region that wouldn’t be batting too high in the world. turf track were shifted when the rainy season hit with a political correctness XI. My preference was for the less Still, there were enough domestic stars in this collec- vengeance before racing. Mountains that were in plain gender-specific Carib. tion to get the crowd excited. There were cheers as the sight behind the Larry Gomes Stadium towering ma- Although sunseekers descend in their droves for the stalls opened; a rising hum throughout the race devel- jestically over the track minutes beforehand were sud- mellow vibe and the vast golden strands of Tobago, oped into fierce vocal encouragement as the favourite, denly hidden from view amid a torrential downpour this picture-postcard tropical paradise no longer has a 2003 Triple Crown winner Top Of The Class asserted that lasted nearly the whole afternoon. racecourse, so I gave it a miss in favour of its tougher two furlongs out after being taken on for the lead for Moving the first race on to the dirt required plenty of big brother Trinidad, which does. Even in high season, much of the race. He won convincingly from Glenn effort as the starting stalls were moved 50 yards up the between January and March, Trinidad’s unvarnished Mendez-trained stablemate Cardinal Messiah, the muddy straight, a manoeuvre that sounds easier than capital Port of Spain is not really geared up for tour- 2001 Triple Crown winner, who outstayed top sprinter it was given the marshy nature of the racing surface. ists. The rainy season had just started when I arrived Man Of Class for second. Drenched commentators dived for cover as the warm in June, and the city wasn’t so much laidback as coma- So what if it was only Trinidad? The chunky Men- tropical rain came down in sheets; the horses were ex- tose, denuded of life for the Labour Day bank holiday dez seemed to know what he was doing – and it was cused parade-ring formalities and sent straight out on weekend. The explanation was simple. They had all also a good day for winning rider Ricky Jadoo. With the track from saddling boxes, set behind a jockey figu- zipped off to Tobago to chill out. Trinidad number one Emile Ramsammy away riding in rine painted in the Derby winner’s maroon-and-navy Visitors stuck in Trinidad could also do a lot worse Canada, he bagged a treble. colours. They were partnered by jockeys who bombed than heading inland to Santa Rosa Park, the nation’s Although the Santa Rosa turf track was restored out of the weighing room after their pre-race prayers to only racetrack about half an hour’s drive on the East- in 2000, US-style racing dominated the programme, West Highway from Port of Spain to the busy market which involved mainly anti-clockwise races around See trinidad page 44
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Sunday, August 9, 2009 43 round the edges but totally uncontrived. than the “elegantly”. It would be hard per’ of the Daily Express. His real name Keeping it real, you might say. to imagine a less stuffy environment to was Shammi Kowlessar, but pseudonyms Trinidad – The compact grandstand was divided watch a race meeting, although there were much favoured among the tipping Continued from page 43 into three floors. The bottom, which cost was one formality to which everyone clique, where his colleagues include ‘The nothing to enter, was a raw place, featur- adhered: the national anthem, played Guru’, Earl J and Mr Knowledge. mount them in the stalls. ing two rudimentary betting cages, beer before racing, was shown great respect ‘The Skipper’ exuded the self-confi- The racing surface took the rain outlets, a shark-and-bake stall, a Ken- by everybody. dent air of someone who was about to amazingly well. The conditions might tucky Fried Chicken franchise. It was While Trinidad’s racing programme is give me the trifecta in the next. “I’m go- have been excessive, but such other- rammed with people avoiding the squall. intermittent, punters can also bet daily ing to give you the trifecta in the next,” worldly storms are a hazard of the cli- As scruffy dogs roamed loose among on North American racing – and there he said, self-confidently. It paid just over mate in Trinidad, and Santa Rosa still discarded betting slips, a heavy security was extensive coverage of racing in Brit- 5-1. Grateful as I was to ‘The Skipper’, manages to race all year round, with a presence maintained a semblance of or- ain in the local daily newspapers, with it’s possible I might have found the win- limited programme, comprising meet- der among individuals whose charms previews, tips and reports. On-course ner Getdjobdone independently. Sent off ings on 50 per cent of Saturdays and were of the rough hewn variety. betting was exclusively pari-mutuel. 1-9 favourite, he was a US-bred three- Bank Holidays. You had to purchase a ticket for the Among many welcoming officials, year-old son of the Preakness Stakes A day’s racing there offered a min- other floors – Level 2’s Clubhouse even I found one with a distant expatriate winner Louis Quatorze who had com- iature version of Trinidad society as a had a dress code, “elegantly casual”, al- link. Steward Roy Podmore was a Liv- fortably won both his previous outings. whole. A diverse, multicultural crowd lowing no shorts, denim jeans, sandals erpudlian from Port Sunlight, who, in a “As he was bred in America, he’s of African, Indian and European descent or sneakers. No-one seemed bothered former life, was a jockey in Britain rid- not eligible for the Classic, but he could mixed in a down-to-earth environment. enough to worry about enforcing it; ing for trainers Peter Thrale and John be the best horse in Trinidad,” said It was basic and unfussy, a bit rough the emphasis was more on the “casual” Benstead in Epsom. “Where have you ‘The Skipper’. He certainly won as if left your car?” was his opening gambit. he was, Ricky Jadoo bolt upright like Just outside the front gate, I an- a stiff-backed Victorian gentlemen as swered. he crossed the line. The jockey wasn’t “That’s as good a place as anywhere showboating, having lost his irons two “Some stories simply must be told.” else. I just hope it’s still there when you furlongs out, much to the merriment – New Paltz Times get out.” of one happy soul among the rougher Now 63, Podmore has been in the necks on the ground floor who accosted Two elegant and often heart- Caribbean for 40 years. His stepson, me with a massive grin as he ran out into breaking tales filled with horses Joshua Stephen, was an apprentice. “He the rain to welcome the impressive win- should win the first, if he doesn’t mess it ner. as complicated and lively as up,” Podmore told me. “He ride backward and do the job,” their human counterparts. These Although he missed the break, Ste- my new friend told me. Pleased with are inspiring stories of courage phen didn’t mess up thereafter in a dis- himself, he said it again, “He ride back- play approaching competence to win on ward and do the job,” and then went and hope and the ways in which the 3-5 favourite Gray Admiral. It was off to impart his wisdom to a group of all love—even a horse’s— the first winning tip I had been given for his mates huddled nearby. They all had has the power to heal. a couple of months, and the bug was a good laugh about it over their tins of catching. beer, soaked to the skin. David Loregnard, an affable stewards’ You can’t let the weather get in the secretary with a vast knowledge of Brit- way of a good lime. ish racing, introduced me to ‘The Skip-
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Sunday, August 9, 2009 45 Two Continents . . . Making it Lord Shanakill, winner of the 2009 Group I Prix Jan Prat happen, still Applause. Photos. Signatures. Hugs. High fives. CUP OF COFFEE “Richard. No one deserves that more Funny Moon, winner of the than you, Richie. Best jockey in the coun- try, everybody knows that. The Mig. The By Mig. Richard. The best. Richie, Richie 2009 Grade I Coaching how about a photo, Richie? Can I have Sean Clancy your goggles? The man. You ride like a young man, Richie, a young man.” Club American Oaks Richard Migliore won the Test. The Grade I Test on Godolphin’s Flashing. “I’m sorry, Richie,” Velazquez said. “I It was his second win of the meet. Sec- was trying to put her behind so the dirt ond in 10 days. The 45-year-old veteran would hit her, then the hole opened . . .” is struggling; rides don’t come his way, “You came out so quick,” Migliore he split with his agent before the meet said. “I was like, ‘oh, no,’ but you got rolling, doesn’t have a go-to stable. straightened up in time. Thank you. You For a moment in time, Migliore walked stopped her before we crashed. Thank through the crowd after the Test and you.” things were good again. Rock star. All of It’s your peers that matter. New York’s hometown boy. “I’ve been here since last Thursday, “Hold it together. Hold it together. about 10 days, I’d venture to say I’m Hold it together,” Migliore said aloud, probably the first one here in the morn- but to himself. The tears had come. ing and I know I’m the last one to leave, Migliore is a fan’s jockey. He rides shaking the bushes,” Migliore said. “I hard, he speaks English, he’s been around want to ride, I don’t know how anybody longer than any jockey in the room. could get the perception that I don’t After finally making it to the jocks’ want to do anything but get my legs over room, he stopped in the chute between a horse. In this game, it’s not always real- his people and his people. ity, it’s perception.” Migliore is a jockey’s jockey Fights his So, what’s the perception? weight, rides short, gets on his belly and Old. Beat up. Jumped ship and went scrubs, will give anybody a look if they to California a few years ago. Talks too need it, knows the difference between much. Might move too soon. Tells too race riding and bad riding. Talented but many stories. Too vocal in the jocks’ not gifted. You might out-ride him, but room. you won’t out-hustle him. “All I’ve ever done in my career is The jockeys walked out to ride the show up and be professional every single Whitney Handicap, each with a big race day. I’m the guy who brings his lunch pail on their mind, then they saw their friend, and goes to work every day, maybe I’m their peer, their comrade. not flashy but I’ve done it for 29 years, Robby Albarado touched fists. Didn’t with my heart out there. I’m not cov- say a word. None needed. ered up,” Migliore said. “I love what I Both sold by Darby Dan Edgar Prado shook his hand and con- do, probably now as much as ever, it just gratulated him. seems like I get less opportunity, maybe Hip 119 Filly Jose Lezcano, 24, looked him in the I’m just part of the scenery, I don’t know. eye, boy to man. Went to California, I was a new face and John Velazquez, who rode favorite I was an instant hit. Here, I’m part of the by Forestry out of Entrusted Cat Moves, grabbed Migliore’s arm and scenery, I don’t know. Look I’m not say- apologized for crowding at the start. ing ‘woe is me.’ I’ve got it good.” Rick Mettee of Godolphin wanted Migliore’s insight into Flashing. Mettee Hip 200 Colt by Encosta de Lago asked Migliore to come out and work her after she finished a badly beaten third out of Nicole and Krista (IRE) behind Rachel Alexandra in the Mother Goose June 27. She dueled on the lead that day, drifted out and was beaten 31 1/2 lengths. Barn 3 “Rick appreciated the work I did with Afrashad, that was a rank horse. As rank as any horse you’d get on,” Migliore said. “This filly was becoming a little problematic getting out, he just wanted my opinion on her. To this mo- ment, honestly, she’s never got out on me. She drifted a little today but I even hit her left-handed. It’s never shown up for me.” 0ME'SBOLGPSU1JLF Migliore says he won the first stakes Godolphin ever won in America – the -FYJOHUPO ,FOUVDLZ New Castle at Delaware Park. That’s been awhile. “That’s all this game is about, the XXXEBSCZEBODPN horses,” Migliore said. “You get on the Dave Harmon right horse on the right day and anything Richard Migliore and Flashing can happen.”
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