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FOR ADVERTISING Honey I’m Good Holds INFORMATION or to subscribe, please call on to Win Regret After Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or Starting Gate Gaffe email: [email protected] BY BROCK SHERIDAN______In This Issue: Honey I’m Good burst from post four Ce Ce Takes Princess Rooney twice Saturday. Miles Ahead Wins Smile by a Neck Before the start of the $75,000 Regret at Max Player with Suburban Win Monmouth Park, Honey I’m Good broke Truth Hurts Captures Perfect Sting through her starting stall prematurely as the Knicks Go Wins Cornhusker six fillies and mares were loading for the Derbe Glass Notches First Career Win six furlong test. But the assistant Delaware Oaks to Crazy Beautiful starters reloaded the Florida-bred mare Gulfstream Park Charts and regardless of her Track Results & Entries mishaps moments before, she responded by breaking best of Florida Stallion Progeny List all in the race to carry jockey Gerardo Florida Breeders’ List Corrales to an early lead they would never Wire to Wire Business Place relinquish. Let go at 6-1 with Grade 3 Bed of Roses Featured Stakes third-place fin- isher Bayerness the Advertisers heavy favorite at 2-5, Honey I’m Good took Big Lick Farm advantage of her fast start to produce a clear Equistaff Inc. lead down the back- Florida-bred Honey I’m Good/BILL DENVER / EQUIPHOTO Florida Department of Agriculture stretch. Bayerness and and-a-half in front. 7-2 choice Bronx Beauty, who was second Honey I’m Good extended her lead to FTBOA to Florida-bred Miss Auramet last time out two lengths around the far turn to quickly in the $76,000 Politely Stakes at complete the half-mile in :44.94 as Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply Monmouth on May 30, ran together in sec- Bayerness tried to close the gap with a ond as Honey I’m Good finished the first Seminole Feed quarter-mile in a fast :22.29 and a length- See MONMOUTH on page 3 Wire to Wire July 5, 2021 Back to Top Page 3 Monmouth Continued from COVER three-wide move that left Bronx Beauty four lengths back turning for home. Honey I’m Good contin- ued to lead by two lengths in deep stretch before Bayerness began to close on the outside. Bayerness was able to get within a neck before running out of ground as Honey I’m Good finished in 1:09.28 on the fast track. Bronx Beauty was five lengths farther back in third followed by Sonar, She’smysunshine and Oceano Rosso. Alandra was scratched by the trainer. “I was worried when she Geraldo Corrales/COADY PHOTO broke through the gate. I knew I needed to break on top,” Corrales said. “That’s where she is at her best and it was the best way to beat [Bayerness]. My horse was very comfortable. I saw [Bayerness] coming at us late but my filly had enough left.” Honey I’m Good paid $14.40 to win. Honey I’m Good is trained by Steve Asmussen for Almost Heaven Stables. “I don’t think [Honey I’m Good] cared for the track in her last start and she needed to settle in here a little bit to train,” Asmussen assistant Mitch Dennison said. “She has been working well here, calm and quiet, and that’s important with her because she can be a nervous filly—as we saw when she broke through the gate before the start today. “She was a little more nervous than we’d like her to be but she settled in and handled the track well.” It was the second start of the year for Honey I’m Good, who was sixth in the Politely in her only start since finishing second to Honor Way in the $100,000 Garland of Roses going six furlongs at Aqueduct on Dec. 6. In three other starts last year, Honey I’m Good won the $80,000 Honey Lodge Stakes at Belmont Park on June 5 over a muddy six furlongs and split a pair of second con- dition, $62,500 optional claiming allowance races. She was sec- ond to Piedi Bianchi on Jan. 26, 2020 in her first race of last year before winning on March 13, 2020, both going six furlongs at Aqueduct. Bred in Florida by Ann Fostock, Honey I’m Good is by Shackleford out of American Queen, by Quiet American and she won for the sixth time in 13 starts. She also has two seconds and three thirds with earnings of $302,053 including her $45,000 first-place check for winning the Regret.
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Wire to Wire July 5, 2021 Back to Top Wire to Wire July 5, 2021 Back to Top Page 5 Ce Ce Becomes a Millionaire with Princess Rooney Tally Victory Gives Espinoza Summit of Speed Sweep
Ce Ce/LAUREN KING PHOTO BY GULFSTREAM PRESS OFFICE ______HALLANDALE BEACH, FL—Bo Hirsch LLC’s Ce Ce stormed from off the pace to capture the $350,000 Princess Rooney Invitational (Grade 2) at Gulfstream Park, providing jockey Victor Espinoza with a sweep of Saturday’s Summit of Speed graded-stakes fea- tures. Eight fillies and mares went to the post for the seven furlong Princess Rooney which also offered a $25,000 win bonus for reg- istered Florida-breds presented by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association. The multiple Grade 1-winner’s triumph in the Princess Rooney came one race after Espinoza made the best of a last-minute catch mount aboard Miles Ahead, who was victorious in the $200,000 Smile Sprint Invitational (G3). Ce Ce earned a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Del Mar Oct. 30 after running seven furlongs in 1:21.94 as the 5-2 second choice in the ‘Win and You’re In’ Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series event. The Michael McCarthy trainee settled along the rail in mid- pack on the backstretch as Florida-bred Heiressall set a quick early pace, closely pressed by Pacific Gale during a :22.55 first quarter of a mile. Pacific Gale, a two-time graded-stakes winner during the Championship Meet, took over on the far turn, quickly joined by Florida-bred Sound Machine to her outside. Estilo Talentoso, the 6-5 favorite who got away slowly, made a sweeping move into contention on the turn into the homestretch, only to be joined to her inside by Ce Ce to her inside. After splitting horses, the 5-year- old daughter of Elusive Quality sprinted away on fresh legs to score by three-and-a-quarter lengths. “She’s pretty impressive. She loves this track. It’s a little differ- ent than what she’s been running at,” Espinoza said. “Today, she ran her race. They were rolling, the ones in front of me. I know they’re going to get tired turning for home, so I just gave her enough time to split the horses.” Estilo Talentoso edged Florida-bred Sound Machine by a head for second. They were followed in order by Hallawallah, Pacific See PRINCESS ROONEY on page 7
Wire to Wire July 5, 2021 Back to Top Wire to Wire July 5, 2021 Back to Top Page 7 Miles Ahead Wins Smile by a Neck BY GULFSTREAM PARK the lead entering the stretch before driving PRESS OFFICE______to victory. Espinoza picked up the ride on Miles HALLANDALE BEACH, FL –Miles Ahead Ahead when named jockey Edwin has been slow to develop, but the patience Gonzalez was forced off his mounts after trainer Eddie Plesa Jr., has shown with the being thrown in the previous race. 4-year-old colt is starting to pay in a big “It was nice that I was on the outside way. and I was able to control the race the whole Three-wide entering the far turn under way and see what the inside horses wanted jockey Victor Espinoza, Miles Ahead drove to do,” Espinoza said. “It worked out per- to the lead entering the stretch to win fect. It was a pretty talented horse I rode.” Saturday’s $200,000 Smile Sprint “We gave $175,000 for him [as a 2- Invitational (Grade 3) by a half-length year-old],” Plesa said. “I worked him he ahead of Florida-bred Chance It. Diamond never showed anything. I put him on the Oops finished third followed by Florida- turf because he never showed anything and bred Willy Boi, Double Crown, Frosted he got beat 30 lengths. I dropped him in for Grace, Ournationonparade and Florida- $12,500 and he won the length of the bred Shivaree. stretch. He’s been an over-achiever since In addition to the $200,000 purse, the then.” Smile offered a $25,000 win bonus for reg- Miles Ahead, a winner of eight of 16 istered Florida-breds presented by the starts with two seconds and a third, has Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and now earned $260,000. He is by Owners’ Association. Competitive Edge out of Jennie R., by Owned by David Melvin, Leon Ellman Awesome Again. and Laurie Plesa, Miles Ahead covered the Miles Ahead/RYAN THOMPSON PHOTO The Smile is named in honor of the six furlongs in 1:09.61 on the fast track. champion sprinter of 1986 bred and owned The Smile was one of 12 races compris- come around nicely.” in Florida by Frances A. Genter Stable. ing Saturday’s Summit of Speed card high- Entering the race off a second-place fin- Smile was a Grade 1 winner whose first lighted by the $350,000 Princess Rooney ish behind Diamond Oops in the $60,000 seven races were at Calder Race Course for (G2), a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In,” Hollywood Lakes, Miles Ahead raced three trainer Frank Gomez. also won by Espinoza aboard Ce Ce. wide down the backstretch just off the The last Florida-bred to win the Smile “[Miles Ahead is] an improving horse. pacesetting Willy Boi, who went the open- was X Y Jet in 2018 who finished off a [He is] one of those horses you have to ing quarter-mile in :22.55 and the half in three-year run by Sunshine State natives. have patience with,” Plesa said. “Some of :45.16. But around the turn, Espinoza Other winners in that streak were Imperial these horses are late developers and he’s made his move on Miles Ahead and took Hint (2017) and Delta Bluesman (2016). Princess Rooney Continued from page 5 Gale, Laura’s Light and Florida-breds find a track that was suitable for her. She Heiressall and Thissmytime. was running on tracks in California that McCarthy, who watched the Princess were a little bit deep and a little bit loose. Rooney at Los Alamitos Race Course in She wants one that is a bit firmer and Southern California, was pleased with how faster, and we found that today.” the race set up for Ce Ce. Ce Ce’s victory was a second big-race “I thought we were in a good spot. I was success at Gulfstream for McCarthy, who hoping to have a bit of a target to run at. I told saddled City of Light for a dominating vic- Victor not to get in a hurry and not rush her tory in the $9 million Pegasus World Cup out of there and ride her where she was com- Invitational (G1) in 2019. fortable. We were hoping for a nice stalking McCarthy said Ce Ce is likely to show trip, and that we did. Around the turn it up at Saratoga for her next start. looked like we had plenty of run. It was just “We’ll bring her back to California, and a matter of trying to get outside and finding see how she comes out of this race,” he our best stride, and we did that today.” said, “Everything is on the table.” Last year, Ce Ce won the Beholder Mile Bred in Kentucky, Ce Ce is by Elusive (G1) at Santa Anita and the Apple Blossom Quality out of Miss Houdini, by Belong to (G1) at Oaklawn Park back to back before Me and now won six of 13 starts with a going winless in four subsequent starts. second and two thirds. The first place “I thought she was overlooked last year. check of $197,000 pushed her into the mil- She won two Grade 1 races back-to-back,” lionaire club with a total career bankroll of McCarthy said. “After that we just couldn’t Victor Espinoza/COGLIANESE PHOTO $1,113,100.
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Wire to Wire July 5, 2021 Back to Top Page 9 Max Player Punches Breeders’ Cup Classic Ticket with Suburban Win
BY BRIAN BOHL, Stakes 13 months ago, Max NYRA PRESS OFFICE ___ Player broke from post five under Ricardo Santana Jr. as ELMONT, NY—After regis- Moretti led the six-horse tering a slew of respectable field through the opening efforts in the sport’s biggest quarter-mile in :23.72, the races for sophomores, Max half in :47.67 and three-quar- Player won his first effort as a ters in 1:11.60 over a sloppy 4-year-old, outdueling 4-5 and sealed main track that favorite Mystic Guide in the was deluged by earlier rain. final furlong to win by a neck Godolphin homebred in Saturday’s $400,000 Mystic Guide, making his Suburban (Grade 2) at first start since winning the Belmont Park. $12 million Dubai World The 135th running of the Cup (Group 1) in March, Suburban, for 4-year-olds and made a strong move in the far older going a mile-and-a-quar- turn under jockey Luis Saez, ter, earned Max Player an challenging the pacesetter automatic entry to the Grade from the inside. 1, $6 million Longines In the stretch, Mystic Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) in Guide held the advantage, November at Del Mar by cap- Max Player/JOE LABOZZETTA PHOTO but Max Player made a furi- turing the “Win and You’re In” ous bid to his outside. contest. The Honor Code colt, Running stride-for-stride, owned by George E. Hall and SportBLX Thoroughbreds, was the Max Player pulled ahead shortly before the Secretariat pole and only horse in 2020 to compete in all three legs of the Triple Crown, completed the course in 2:01.95 to earn his first win since the running third in the Belmont Stakes (G1) won by Tiz the Law that Grade 3 Withers in February 2020 at Aqueduct Racetrack. was contested as the first leg before posting back-to-back fifth-place “He was training really well,” Santana said. “If you saw him in efforts in the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) the paddock, he was looking unbelievable. He always runs well on won by Authentic and Swiss Skydiver’s Preakness (G1), respectively. this track. He always tries hard. Today, he broke well and put me Max Player also earned black type in the Grade 1 Travers, running right there. I took the spot and no one wanted to go. As soon as he third behind winner Tiz the Law in the “Mid-Summer Derby.” felt him inside, he kept on fighting until the end.” Returning to the Big Sandy for the first time since the Belmont See MAX PLAYER on page 10
Gulfstream Park Spring/Summer Florida-bred and Florida Sire Stakes Races and Bonuses Date Race Conditions Distance Purse July 31 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Dr. Fager 2yo colts and geldings 6 fur. $100,000 Closed July 31 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Desert Vixen 2yo fillies 6 fur. $100,000 Closed Aug. 14 Benny the Bull (Fla.) 3yo and older 7 fur. $75,000* Aug. 1 Aug. 21 Proud Man 2yo 7 ½ fur. turf $75,000** Aug. 8 Aug. 21 Sharp Susan 2yo fillies 7 ½ fur. turf $75,000** Aug. 8 Aug. 28 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Affirmed 2yo colt and geldings 7 fur. $200,000 Closed Aug. 28 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Susan's Girl 2yo fillies 7 fur. $200,000 Closed Sept. 11 Sheer Drama (Fla.) 3yo and older, fillies and mares 7 fur. $75,000* Aug. 29 Sept. 18 Armed Forces 2yo 1 mi. turf $100,000** Sept. 5 Sept. 18 Our Dear Peggy 2yo fillies 1 mi. turf $100,000** Sept. 5 Sept. 25 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes In Reality 2yo colts and gelding 1 1/16 mi. $400,000 Closed Sept. 25 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes My Dear Girl 2yo fillies 1 1/16 mi. $400,000 Closed Sept. 25 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Wildcat Heir 3yo and older 1 mi. $125,000 Closed Sept. 25 Hollywood Beach 2yo 5 fur. turf $100,000** Sept. 12 (Fla.) = Restricted to Florida-breds * Plus $25,000 Florida Sire Stakes Win Bonus ** Plus $25,000 Florida-bred Win Bonus
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Page 10 Truth Hurts Captures Off-the-Turf Perfect Sting BY KEITH MCCALMONT, Summers said the equipment NYRA PRESS OFFICE ______change proved beneficial. “She was getting better and better ELMONT, NY—Truth Hurts, and we were just waiting for the right trained and co-owned by Chad time to put the blinkers on her,” Summers with J Stables, registered a Summers said. “We put it on her last dominant victory in Saturday’s week and at that point, we were $100,000 Perfect Sting for older fil- ready for an allowance race at lies and mares contested at one-mile Saratoga, but we saw the weather over a sloppy and sealed main track forecast here. We thought if it came at Belmont Park. off, we’d take a chance and then we The eighth running of the Perfect played the waiting game.” Sting was originally scheduled for Saez said he felt confident one-mile on the Widener turf course throughout. before inclement weather forced the “She broke pretty nicely. She was race to the main track, resulting in right there behind the speed,” Saez the scratches of Honey Cake, said. “At the three-eighths [pole], she Princess Grace, Sunset Kiss, Madita was very comfortable. She came out and 4-5 morning-line favorite of the stretch and responded really Viadera. well.” Truth Hurts, entered for the main- The 4-year-old Tonalist bay gradu- track only, added blinkers and the ated at first asking in December 2019 services of Belmont Stakes-winning at Aqueduct Racetrack and followed rider Luis Saez to secure her first with a smart optional-claiming win in Mighty Heart/MICHAEL BURNS PHOTO stakes win in her fifth attempt. January 2020 at the same track. Main-track only entrant Velvet Bred in Ontario by William D. Crush, the 3-5 mutuel favorite under Jose Ortiz, stalked the pace- Graham, Truth Hurts continued her 3-year-old year with off-the- setters from third position into the turn as Truth Hurts took over board efforts in the Busanda won by Harvey’s Lil Goil at the Big from Piedi Bianchi and established a three-length lead at the A and in Mundaye Call’s Runhappy Audubon Oaks at Ellis Park stretch call. ahead of a good third to winner Mizzen Beau in the Bison City at Truth Hurts, the longest shot on the board at 8-1, continued to Woodbine in September. Truth Hurts completed a busy sopho- find more down the lane and powered home a five-and-three-quar- more season with an eighth in the Grade 2 George E. Mitchell ters-length winner in a final time of 1:37.48. Black-Eyed Susan won by Miss Marissa at Pimlico. Piedi Bianchi completed the exacta, three lengths in front of A $35,000 Keeneland September Yearling Sale purchase, Truth Velvet Crush. Hogans Holiday, who trailed throughout, completed Hurts notched her first win in four starts this season. She banked the order of finish. $55,000 in victory and returned $18 for a $2 win ticket. Buy / Breed / Race / Sell Florida-breds! Max Player
Continued from page 9 Max Player, trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, start- funny horse. He always has more, but sometimes he doesn’t give ed his 2021 campaign with a dull 11th-place effort in the Group it. He had a clear trip today and that helped so much. He finished 1 Saudi Cup won by Mishriff in February before returning to the well. He needed a little confidence builder and he got one today. United States to run sixth in the Grade 3 Pimlico Special won by He ran a nice race.” Florida-bred Last Judgement in May. Bred in Kentucky by K & G Stables, Max Player returned But Max Player relished the conditions in his first race on a $25.60 on a $2 win bet. He improved his career earnings to sloppy track since he broke his maiden at second asking in $717,500. December 2019 at Parx, improving his record to three wins with Mystic Guide finished two-and-a-half lengths clear of Happy a second and two thirds in 10 starts. Saver for second. Happy Saver bested stablemate Moretti by a “He’s been here since Pimlico and he had been doing really neck for third. Informative and Prioritize completed the order of well,” Asmussen assistant Toby Sheets said. “He’s kind of a finish.
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Saturday Charts Knicks Go Click Here to View Entries for Gulfstream Park Returns to !"# $ % $&'( ) #* + , $*-. %/012 - 34/2 32010/502'" 3 )( ) # +" ")$+/67 89$% $:$' Winning ;41< -.+/00-:= 1402- > = 7/2- = 47- = /7-> = /?7-> = 507-> = /677-> $ ( *44 - . :$ ?1*44-8:>8>$ /1*44 - .>$ @1*44 -> $ A/0*44 -> B$ @,/67/5*44 -B $ ! "# Form in !"#! $%& ' ( ) * + ,- ( . /$ "! 01 (1$ (1 2 3 4 5 6 $ 2"! 73 4 8 .6& 9 *+ # 9+ :(( ; :$ 9"*! Cornhusker '' 2 2+ 2 2 2+ (1' / *"#! 9 3 &6 ) 9 *+ # 9 #3 1;1< 2"*! /;10&61 .; # #+ * * < "! 97 , =>1)>1$? 6 5% # * 9 9 @ ; / 2"! ! "#$! %&'! (%$) ( ! "#%%! %&& ! (%" * #C( $ $. $ B*# >$> $ 8"# (" " $> - D B * ) -.$. # B8 * ) - 8$ # * B8 * ) ->:$ - A# B * ) -:$- * , ,; B8 * ) - B$ 7$ 6 % @' 9E F03G(4/C(6/1 9E 1$ /0 (/17$ 32 9E 40726 %'$ !" # "$ ! ! "%& ' #()*+ & ,-.% , ,-.% ,/(+0) 0+$, 1- %2 2-!-- 3 3 2 12 "14 + 5"6+ 75"(()8%(*&97" Knicks Go/COADY PHOTO 3 / *: & ;<2())& 96 */)+ &7=6 4(+ & ;=6 /4 &;76 (4 & =6 (>4 & =6 ?)4 & =" %// & 77 " >* %// & <" 1(* %// &7;'<7" @* %// &9;" A() %// &='<" @ -(84 ,(? %// BY BROCK SHERIDAN ______&'9" ! "#$% & '( !"# $ %&$ After finishing a four-race win ' ( )* +, + - ./012 $ 3%$ streak that culminated with victories in 4 ""+5, $ 3 6 7 8 6 79 : ; $ %$ the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile in 8 4 2/1+, - < =1 .# $ %$ November at Keeneland and a two- 3> 8 ?+@+ $ 3 6 ( A 1+! ! $ %$ and-three-quarter-length victory in the &B4 2/1* ;21+C 3 - - 6 69 #1;1#2 $ 3%$ Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup at 4 :15,1 3 3 3 3 1+! DD $ %$ Gulfstream Park on Jan. 23, Korea !"#$ %&%$'"()*+" Racing Authorities’ Knicks Go ,- ,. / ,/ 0./1 ," 2 ,."34 " 4 ,", 0." 56 regressed with two fourth-place efforts =B !. ="9 <" "9 . C 1! =" "; in his last two starts. He was fourth ; !. 1 " behind winner Mishriff in the $20,000 & B 1 = % ! &7"77 1 1 !,1 =; % ! Saudi Cup at King Aldulaziz &="= 1 % ,1 =;7 % ! &"='& A! Racecourse in Riyadh on Feb. 20 then = % ! &<"9& % -! -,!3 =;7 % ! &;" ." 8 # $ 5D .4)*(* 5D (E" 1() %D E " .+ 5D ()+ #,$" fourth again in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Mile won by Silver State !"# $% & %'() # )# %*+ &,-./ + !0* !" !0* at Belmont Park on June 5. !1,/"2- 2/(!") #$! $ # ) $ $" # *3 % 4"/ 56%7"/ 86% ,,-9*,.+ :% But the 5-year-old multi-millionaire appeared to be at his best again Friday ; 1 .< +'3,--+ '7 .1-/ +8:'7 4,/ +'7 14 +5:7 ,4 + 5% ) *11 + 8===% >. *11 +=:==:% ,.*11 +8 % $?.*11 +''=% @,-*11 +': % night in winning the Grade 3 !"#$ % &' Cornhusker Handicap over a mile-and- !" ## $# one-eighth at Prairie Meadows against %& ' " ( ) ) * ## %$# a field of five other rivals. The &+ + ,,- . /. 0 11 23 14 ## $%# Cornhusker offered a purse of 56 -33 / ) 7 +* 8,89 ## #$# $300,000 to the field of six 3-year-olds %& : ;1 ) " " ## $5# and older. ! "#$%& '( )*+( ,,-( ). /,( )*00( ,,10( ),*2 Knicks Go and jockey Joel Rosario 0 ) #0 '% %' % broke with the speedy Florida-bred )$$ :% %' Last Judgment but went to the front :0 $"! % shortly thereafter. The gray or roan + A * + 5%: # ! : * +88%: # $* ! := * + %=+ @# * + %8 Knicks Go raced through controlled, B% 6 1 6% & ?( 6C 04,- $D 1C $, 6C ?- % ,- ;, --% 0/ 6C E,,- two furlong fractions of :23.33 and ),.4 &!(% See on page 12 Continued on next page CORNHUSKER Wire to Wire July 5, 2021 Back to Top
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Saturday Charts Cornhusker Continued from page 11 ! " # "$ !% & ! !&"'( #)*+, ( -' -' .), /* /,$ !% &0!! 0 &% 0 0% &%'1 %" 2 :47.02 while leading by a length ahead , 34"5, 64" ))*7')+( 8" of Last Judgment with Dinar another 9 . +: ( ;61)**( 65 +.*, (6;5 2), (;5 .2 (;85 )2 ( ;5 )<2 ( ;5 =*2 ( ;" '.. three lengths farther back in third. ( >;; " <+ '.. ( 6>66" )+ '.. (3 66" 0?+ '.. (8>@@" A)* '.. (8 @" 0? )72 )= '.. But Knicks Go began to draw away (63;@" ! "#$% & '( around the far turn and had a three ! length advantage after six furlongs in " #$%#$ & ' ( )*##+ '! 1:10.77 as the Last Judgment contin- , , -./+/% & ' ' 0 1 *2$.## '! ued to chase in second. However, 3 4$52$.. 67 ( 8 9$$.$.9 ! Knicks Go proved to be too much and , 56: +$.. ' '( -++:- ! went on to win by 10 ¼ lengths in a , 0 ;+5$6<: & ( ( ' '= >6$<$.9? @! 3 " A$$<-<+$.. 6<$+2% ! final time of 1:47.33 on the fast track. Last Judgment held on to finish sec- !"# !$# %# '()* ! +# !$ ,# (,# & $# '(!'- ond, a half-length better than Rated R 9!&!9!& @"6 "@ "@ Superstar in third followed by Tenfold, > %! & " @"@ Dinar and Modernist. 0''%! "@ ( B > ' !% (@"8 & ! > ' !% Knicks Go is trained by Brad Cox (8" 8 & 0' > ' !% (8"38( A!& and won for the seventh time in 21 > ' !% (63"( 0' ! !9 > 8 ' !% ( "; starts and improved his career earnings 2" # ?$ 4C +%C)=*,.= 4C %)., ." )* .D*=) " -, 4C ?2 .=) #EC$" to $4,833,995. Knicks Go is by Paynter out of Kosmo’s Buddy, by Outflanker. ! " !# $ !%&' "()*+ & ,% - ,% .(+-/) /+#- -01- - -01 $0%2 02 3 $ 3 Army Wife Wins Second 2-$2- 1!4-+ 5!6-+ 75!$.)/())-/. * ./+5! (()8%(*& 9(.& ./+5!"++()+:(5.)4(*.:4 Consecutive Stakes in Iowa Oaks *.(/(5).)4()*;-) (#"- $ 1 0 0- < 7 1#! Three Diamonds Farm’s Army Wife 3. *= & 2())& 76 *.)+&'76 4(+& 6 .4& 96 (4& 6 (>4& ! %..& ??! >*%.. took her second straight graded event & '?7! (*%.. &7'9 ! 1@*%.. &' 9A! B()%.. &' 7! ! "#$% & '( Friday night at Prairie Meadows as the ! "## $# daughter of Declaration of War won the %& ' ()( *$+$ , "- ./. "## 0$0# $225,000 Iowa Oaks by three and 0 1.2 3! 4/5 "## #$0# three-quarters-lengths ahead of Shesa 6 7/5 1 # " "' ' ( .!8 /9 "## "$"# 6 : ;*! " "<=!>3 ?7@ "## "$0# Mystery in second. "< (). 4) " " " 7 1!+* "## $# The Iowa Oaks saw a field of six 3- year-old fillies go a mile-and-one-six- !" #"$ $ "$ %"$ &'!( )" #$ "$ $ $$"$ %$'"$ &'&$* teenth on the main track. 9 1 -$ ?!7 '!' ! Army Wife and Joel Rosario raced ', 0,- !! !7 '! $ 0 $ -1 ! in fourth-place early in the Iowa Oaks & C 9' % 0 &' !9 $ 9' % 0 &9 !9 $ as 8-1 choice Sister Annie led through 1% 9'D % 0 &7!7& B$ '9 % 0 &99!' pedestrian fractions of :24.27, :48.18 0;!5.5! 8 " # 5E 2(*;+1.)81()8@. 5E 1:(2.)+5.E! () .(*(0()0! ,+ 5E +58)* "FE#! and 1:12.06. Turning for home, Shesa Mystery moved up from second to challenge Sister Annie but Army Wife ! " #$% & % '( )$ % * + &,-./ + " 0* "# " 0* "1,/ was also a threat on the outside from a #2- 2/("# " $3) #3 $3*4 3%5#/ 6%7#/ 86%$1-2,--# .,-. 9, 12/6% ,,-:*,.+!; & . length-back in third. 45 -/"1+; #$1 1-,//- 12-.(% <1 .= + '> 4,--+ ' 7 .1-/+8' 7 5,/+ 7 15+> 7 ,5+ ' 7 ,?5+ ' 7 @-5+ ' 7 ,:55+ ' %)*11 But Army wife was much the best + '; A!% ?. *11 + 8 ! % ,. *11 +A>A;;% 9. *11 +;!>!% B,- *11 +8!8>% 9 ,:5 ",@ *11 and went on to finish in 1:43.10 to win +!>% !"#$ % &' for the fourth time in nine starts with a !"#$ % &' second and two thirds. Trained by ( ) *#+,- . % % / )0 1#2!#3 % & Michael Maker, Army Wife now has ( / 4 1" 5 . . 0656 % &' earnings of $423,972. ( ) 4 78 . . ' / .) ./ . 9,:; % &< Shesa Mystery held on for second ( ) = 66 % %/ > #5+;; % %& with Pauline’s Pearl third. ( 4 -# 5 . ./ / % %?0 @AB+6C % &% One race earlier, Stilleto Boy led ( ) ? $D % ' ' '? '/> EB56 % <& F G#H" . ' 65+ C % &< from start to finish to win the $250,000 Iowa Derby by four-and-a-half lengths !" # $" %" $& " # '%" % (" ()* ahead of Flash of Mischief in second '* * C >%8 %! %' with Gagetown third. !D#E3 ) % %8 Stilleto Boy broke his maiden two 0 ) $ %8 + '! * 3 + ;%! ; $ " '! * 3 starts back at Oaklawn on April 17 +8 % $ * " '!A * 3 +8%!+ B$ going a mile-and-one-sixteenth but in !' * 3 + %! + * "< '!A * 3 +>'%! his next start was fourth in the $50,000 5% & 9(6F D,-:.-.F6F 0-,%,- G /1%0/ 6F ,-" &"(% See IOWA OAKS on page 13 Continued on next page Wire to Wire July 5, 2021 Back to Top
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Saturday Charts Iowa Oaks Continued from page 12 ! " #$ %$!&'( )*) $ + ,! %-./0 ,1 " 2+ "# " 2+ "3-0 #4. 40("# ")) 5* #5 5+6 5$ 7#0 Prairie Mile won by fellow Iowa Derby 8$9#0 18$3.4-..# /-./ :- 3408$ --.;+-/, ! % / 67.0"3, #3 3.-00). 34./($%)00-.0<-83.7- foe Gagetown with Flash of Mischief /3<7/3-4-8.3.7-./="-<"3.;(%# )) 55 third. "# "($ 3 /> ,1 6-.., !1 9 /3.0 ,11 9 7-0 ,? 9 37 , ! 9 -7 , 9 -@7 , 9 <.7 , $ * +33 But the Doug Anderson-trained son , AA& $ @/ +33 , &BB1$ -/ +33 ,A? !$ :/ +33 ,!! &$ C-. +33 ,1?!&$ : -;7 "-< +33 of Shackleford avenged that loss as ,1B1B$ !"#$ % &' Flash of Mischief finished second ! "" #" Friday night, two-and-a-half lengths $%& ' (( ) ) * + ,-./ "" #0" better than Gagetown in third. Jose )1" 2-34 . ) * * *5 67-! #0" Ortiz rode Stilleto Boy, who has now 8 32 7 (99 * * * /7/: "" #)" won two of seven starts with two sec- ";< = , 9'9 ( >-?@AB/ "" $#" ond and two thirds while banking C"& ** :9 7D7 ) ) ) E B-! "" $#" $249,675. F *G -9 H97I@ * ) . H: "" #)" !" # $" %& #'" # '%" %(#) !5 # 1$& $& $ D)"" $ $1 &E)5) * $ Derbe Glass , F ! + )5 ,!$? ! )" ! &