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ftboa.com • Thursday • September 10, 2020 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or email: [email protected] In This Issue: Authentic Ascends to the Lead in NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll Jolting Joe & Harvey’s Lil Goil Favored at Kentucky Downs Jackie’s Warrior Remains Undefeated with Impressive Runhappy Hopeful Score NYRA Successfully Completes Unprecedented Saratoga Meet Authentic with trainer Bob Baffert/COADY PHOTO Clayton, Curlin’s Voyage Face 12 Rivals in Compelling Edition of Queen’s Plate Preakness Could October OBS Sale Catalog Now Online Set Up as Rematch for Gulfstream Park Charts Track Results & Entries Authentic, Tiz the Law Florida Stallion Progeny List BALTIMORE – Spendthrift Farm, rescheduled and the order adjusted starting MyRaceHorse Stable, Madaket Stables and with the Belmont (G1), typically the final Florida Breeders’ List Starlight Racing’s Authentic, upset winner leg, from June 6 to June 20. The original of Saturday’s Kentucky Derby (G1), and dates for the Derby and Preakness were Wire to Wire Business Place beaten favorite Tiz the Law could be headed May 2 and May 16, respectively. for a rematch in the 145th Preakness Stakes “I couldn’t believe it. I thought he’d be a (G1) Sat., Oct. 3 at Pimlico Race Course. little tired, but the track was in really good Featured Advertisers Trainer Bob Baffert said Sunday morning shape and it was fast and he got over it real- that Authentic emerged from his front-running ly well,” Baffert said. “They were planning Florida Department of Agriculture one-and-one-quarter length triumph in good on leaving tomorrow for California but shape and would remain in Kentucky with fel- being that the Preakness is a few weeks FTBOA low Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas to prepare away, I thought it might be a little too hard for the Preakness, presented this year as the for him to go back. Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply final jewel in a refashioned Triple Crown. “We’ll just run him out of here,” he added. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pan- “If he’s working well and all is going well, Seminole Feed demic, all three Triple Crown races were See PREAKNESS on page 3 Back to Top Page 3 Preakness Continued from COVER then he’ll go to the Preakness. We want to give him every opportunity.” Baffert said that 2020 Robert B. Lewis (G3) and 2019 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) winner Thousand Words is also being pointed to the Preakness. Albaugh Family Stables and Spendthrift’s Thousand Words flipped in the paddock after being saddled for the Derby and was scratched. “We’re planning on sending both if they’re doing well,” Baffert said. “He didn’t even have a scratch on him. He fell on his side, so we were fortunate.” Authentic won the Sham (G3), San Felipe (G2) and Haskell (G1) and was second in the Santa Anita Derby (G1) this year. The Kentucky Derby was the first time in six career starts that the bay Into Mischief colt didn’t go off as the favorite. That role was filled by Sackatoga Stable’s Tiz the Law, who had been unbeaten during his 3-year-old season with wins in the Holy Bull (G2) and Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park over the winter, the Belmont and most recently the mile-and-one-quar- ter Travers (G1) Aug. 8 at Saratoga. Trained by Barclay Tagg, Tiz the Law got within a head of Authentic with a half-mile to run but was never able to get by. Tiz the Law’s only two losses in eight starts have come at Churchill; he was third by less than a length over a sloppy track in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) last fall. “I haven’t seen a speed figure but it sounds like he bounced a lit- tle bit off the big Travers effort, and Barclay has a question that maybe he just really doesn’t like the racetrack,” Sackatoga managing partner Jack Knowlton said Sunday. “Watching him finish, he said he was kind of swimming a little bit maybe coming down the stretch. But he ran the race that we were looking for. He got the trip. [Jockey] Manny [Franco] gave him a great ride and he just didn’t beat one horse. There’s no shame in running second in the Kentucky Derby.” Knowlton said Tiz the Law is scheduled to fly back to Belmont Park on Tuesday. While he is leaning toward going on to the Preakness, the final decision will come after talking to Tagg and ultimately rest with the horse. “He ran good and came out of it great. I was over at the barn this morning and all is well,” Knowlton said. “I’ll have that dis- cussion with Barclay and we’ll take a little time to see. My think- ing is that we will, but we’ll have the horse dictate what’s going to happen. Certainly that would be my preference but we’ve just got to see how he comes out and see how he works when we have the next work in a couple weeks. We’ll have time for a couple works.” Trainer Bret Calhoun said following the Derby that Mr. Big News, who ran third at odds of 46-1, was likely headed to Baltimore. Mr. Big News earned an automatic berth in the Preakness by virtue of his victory in the April 11 Oaklawn Stakes at Oaklawn Park. Three horses that were scratched from the Derby the week of the race are also being pointed to the Preakness – Tampa Bay Derby (G2) winner King Guillermo, Blue Grass (G2) and Ellis Park Derby winner Art Collector, and Finnick the Fierce, third in the Arkansas Derby (G1) who beat Tiz the Law by a head when second in the Kentucky Jockey Club. Among other potential Preakness horses are Mystic Guide and Dr. Post, respectively first and fourth in Saturday’s Jim Dandy (G2) at Saratoga; Manitoba Derby winner Mongolian Wind, entered in Monday’s Gold Cup Stakes at Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg; Lebda, winner of the Miracle Wood and Private Terms at Laurel Park over the winter and most recently third in the Robert Hilton Memorial Stakes Aug. 28 at Charles Town; Pneumatic, last out win- ner of the Pegasus Stakes Aug. 15 at Monmouth Park and fourth in the Belmont for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen; and the Baffert-trained Azul Coast, winner of the El Camino Real Derby Feb. 15 at Golden Gate and second to Authentic in the Sham. Back to Top Afleet Alex 2005 Gate Dancer 1984 Affirmed 1978* *Triple Crown winner Codex 1980 Aloma’s Ruler 1982 Carry Back 1961 Silver Charm 1997 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ AND CONSUMER SERVICES AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION Nicole “Nikki” Fried, Commissioner Lonny T. Powell, CEO For Information: Jacqueline Basha, Tammy A. Gantt, Associate Vice President Division of Marketing and Development Membership Services & Events (850) 617-7286 – Direct Line 352-629-2160 • Fax: 352-629-3603 [email protected] 801 SW 60th Ave. • Ocala, FL 34474 www.FDACS.gov www.ftboa.com • [email protected] Back to Top Page 5 Authentic Ascends to the Lead in NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll BY ALICIA HUGHES/NTRA ________________ At every point of call in the 146th edition of the Kentucky Derby, Authentic found himself in front of his sophomore rivals. When the votes were tallied in the latest National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Three-Year-Old Poll, the son of Into Mischief was again the one who could not be caught as he takes over sole position of the No. 1 spot from longtime leader Tiz the Law. Authentic, who last held the top spot in the poll on March 23, captured the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby in front-running style, besting heavily favored Tiz the Law by one-and-one-quarter lengths. The victory not only provided Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert his record-tying sixth triumph in the 10-furlong clas- sic, it earned Authentic 21 first-place votes and 354 total points as he improved his overall mark to five wins from six career starts. Owned by Spendthrift Farm, My Racehorse, Madaket Stables, and Starlight Racing, Authentic previously annexed the Grade 1 Haskell Stakes on July 18 for his first top-level triumph. He and stable- mate Thousand Words, who was a late scratch in the Kentucky Derby after rearing and falling in the pad- Authentic/COADY PHOTO dock, are both expected to contest the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico With Authentic taking over the top spot in the sophomore Race Course on Oct. 3. ranks, Baffert now trains the No. 1 ranked horses on both weekly “If they're working well and all going well, they'll go to the polls as champion Maximum Security continues to hold down Preakness,” Baffert said from Churchill Downs on Sunday. “We're first place in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll. planning on both if they're doing well.” The 4-year-old son of New Year's Day earned 26 first-place The Kentucky Derby marked the first loss for Tiz the Law votes and 340 points to maintain the lead position in the wake of since last November but the Grade 1 Belmont and Travers Stakes his most recent triumph in the August 22 Grade 1 Pacific Classic winner didn't lose much regard among pundits. The son of Stakes. Constitution still earned 16 first-place votes and 349 points this Multiple Grade 1 winner Vekoma remains in second with 8 week as he dropped one spot to second.