Imprimis Tries Troy Again After DQ Last Year
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Thursday • August 5, 2021 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION www.wiretowire.net FLORIDA’SDAILYRACINGDIGEST FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or email: [email protected] In This Issue: Spotlight On: FHBPA Board Member Chester Bishop Cavalier Cupid Captures Keswick Stakes Moretti Looks to Defend Title in Birdstone Track Results & Entries Florida Stallion Progeny List Florida Breeders’ List Florida-bred Imprimis/LAUREN KING PHOTO Imprimis Tries Troy Wire to Wire Business Place Again After DQ Last Year Featured Advertisers BY BROCK SHERIDAN _____________ presented by Horse Racing Ireland (G3) at five-and-a-half furlongs on the turf. Florida-bred Imprimis crossed the finish Owned by Michael T. Hall and Sam Big Lick LLC line two-and-a-quarter lengths the best in Ross in the name of their Breeze Easy LLC, Florida Department of Agriculture the Grade 3 Troy Stakes last year at Imprimis comes into the Troy after another Saratoga, only to be disqualified for inter- difficult circumstance having finished sec- FTBOA ference in the stretch and placed third. ond, a nose shy of winner and Troy rival Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply The 7-year-old gelding trained by Bound for Nowhere, in the Grade 2 Shak- Joseph Orseno will try to avenge that ertown Stakes at five-and-a-half furlongs Seminole Feed mishap Friday at Saratoga as he is among a on the grass at Keeneland on April 3. Stonehedge Farm South large and deep field of 12 sprinters, 4-years- old and older, entered in the $200,000 Troy See IMPRIMIS on page 3 Wire to Wire August 5, 2021 Back to Top Page 3 Imprimis Continued from COVER Prior to the start of the Shak- ertown, Imprimis uncharacteris- tically false broke and hit and popped open the doors of his post in the starting gate and in- jured himself. “When he came out of the gate in the Shakertown, he broke a bone in his nose. We took pre- cautions over it, but he’s been fine and ready to run,” Orseno said. “The Troy has been on our radar since that race. I was think- ing about the Jaipur and decided to skip it, but he’s ready to go. He’s a very good fresh horse.” Michael T. Hall/COGLIANESE PHOTO Hard luck also hit Imprimis in November at Keeneland, when he appeared to be making a potential winning move in deep stretch of the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1), only to be impeded and forced to check by jockey Irad Oritz Jr., finishing 13th behind win- ner Glass Slippers (GB). However, when Imprimis has been allowed a clear path, he has been dangerous with victories in the Grade 3 Runhappy Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs over six furlongs on the grass on Sept. 12 and winning the $75,000 Janus Stakes at five furlongs on the turf at Gulf- stream Park on Jan. 1. In one other start this year before the Shaker- town, the 7-year-old son of Broken Vow was second to The Critical Way in the $80,00 Turf Dash at Tampa Bay Downs on Feb. 24. In a well-traveled career, Imprimis has won six career stakes over five different tracks including victories in the Jim McKay Turf Sprint in May of 2018 at Pimlico and the Wolf Hill two month later at Mon- mouth Park before winning the 2019 Silks Run at Gulfstream Park. “He’s never been the kind of horse that needed a track,” Orseno said. “Last year, I took him [to Saratoga] off a ten month layoff and his first race back was the Troy. He handled it fine and did what he was supposed to do. Unfortunately, they took him down, but he ran his race. It’s kind of the same pattern we’re trying to follow.” Out of the Florida-bred mare Shopper’s Return, by the Sunshine State-bred sire Put It Back, Imprimis has amassed nine career wins from 19 starts with two seconds and two thirds. Bred by Craig L. Wheeler, Imprimis has earnings of $865,983 so a victory Friday would push him near the million dollar mark. Irad Ortiz, Jr. will ride Imprimis from post seven. Conditioned by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, Casa Creed arrives at the Troy off his best performance yet, displaying a devastating late turn-of-foot to capture the Grade 1 Jackpocket Jaipur on Belmont Stakes Day June 5 at Belmont Park, where he earned a career best 105 Beyer Speed Figure. The triumph was the 5-year-old son of Jimmy Creed’s first start at six furlongs since his July 2018 career debut when sixth over the Saratoga main track. Casa Creed has seen a considerable cutback in distance after See IMPRIMIS on page 5 CLICK HERE for the latest The Florida Horse ONLINE Wire to Wire August 5, 2021 Back to Top Wire to Wire August 5, 2021 Back to Top Page 5 Imprimis Continued from page 3 two seasons of campaigning primarily around one mile, a distance where he has found prosperity capturing the Grade 2 Hall of Fame in August 2019 at Saratoga. He also has been graded stakes placed three times at one mile, including a third-place finish to Halladay in last year’s Grade 1 Fourstardave at the Spa. It was a cut back to seven furlongs in the Elusive Quality on April 24 at Belmont Park two starts ago where Casa Creed recap- tured winning form for the first time since the Hall of Fame, ending a seven-race losing streak. “We backed him up to six furlongs and that was okay, five-and- a-half is a bit of a different race on a different type of course,” Mott said. “It’s a tighter course here so we’ll have to see how he negotiates that.” Jockey Junior Alvarado has been aboard Casa Creed for both of his graded stakes wins and returns to the irons from post 12. Mott also saddles Wachtel Stables, Pantofel Stables and Jerold Zaro’s Chewing Gum, who made a late rally to complete a Mott- trained exacta in the Jaipur. The 6-year-old son of Candy Ride seeks his first trip to the winner’s circle since besting allowance optional claiming company going six furlongs in June 2020 at Belmont Park. Jockey Jose Ortiz will ride from post two. Trainer Wesley Ward will saddle Bound for Nowhere, the lone millionaire in the field with a record of seven wins, two seconds and three thirds from 16 starts. Owned by his trainer, the lightly-raced 7-year-old son of The Fac- tor returns to action with a redeeming agenda after setting a swift tempo and relinquishing to third in the final furlong of the Jaipur. In his prior effort in the Grade 2 Shakertown on April 3 at Keeneland, Bound for Nowhere was forced to switch tactics and Casa Creed/SCOTT SERIO ECLIPSE SPORTSWIRE PHOTO come from off the pace after an awkward start, but overcame ad- versity with a late-closing narrow win, which netted a 105 Beyer. Bound for Nowhere also captured the 2018 Shakertown, when best- ing talented turf sprinters Bucchero, who is now a popular stud in FTBOA Member Discounts Florida at Pleasant Acres Stallions, and Disco Partner by four lengths and registering a career best 107 Beyer. www.ftboa.com Jockey Joel Rosario rides from post 11. Go to MEMBER BENEFITS tab, then DISCOUNTS for details —Ryan Martin of the NYRA Press Office also contributed to this story. 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