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Year 20 • No. 14 Saturday, August 29, 2020 The aratoga 20 Once More Off DQ in Bowling Green, Sadler’s Joy eyes another Sword Dancer Tod Marks Tod 2 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2020 Jockey-Trainer. Brittany Russell (then Trimble) gets after Wheels Up en route to victory at Fair Hill in 2010. She runs Wondrwherecraigis in the Amsterdam today. Tod Marks Tod WORTH REPEATING here&there...in racing “If we can come up here and knock out a Grade 1 win every other year, we’ll take it.” Presented by Shadwell Farm Jonathan Thomas, who won the 2018 Travers with Catholic BY THE NUMBERS NAMES OF THE DAY Boy and goes for today’s Sword Dancer with Corelli 27: Browser tabs open on Joe Clancy’s computer at 7:06 p.m. Bird’s Eye View, second race. Ballybrit Stable’s 6-year-old “The good news is the crowd was already at a minimum.” Thursday. gelding is by Mizzen Mast out of Lavish Outlook. NYRA’s Andy Serling during Thursday’s downpour 47: Positive Covid-19 tests at Churchill Downs of staff, ven- Tied Up, fourth race. The 5-year-old mare is by Even The “That was not a good joke.” dors and horsemen from 1,823 administered tests Aug. 19-24. Score. And we’re going to overtime. NYRA’s Anthony Stabile responding to Serling 50: Jock’s fee paid to Barclay Tagg by Ruth Clancy to ride Puffery, fifth race. The 5-year-old mare, bred by Bill Parsons “I didn’t think quiet could get any quieter. But it has.” and David Howe, is by Flatter. Nalanx on Wednesday at Rolling Rock in 1971. Old Friends’ Michael Blowen in his lede to his newsletter Yaupon, seventh race. It’s got nothing to do with his pedigree, “Loved your column. Had been waiting for the classic, ‘Let the 60: Jock’s fee paid to Barclay Tagg by Ruth Clancy to ride but the 3-year-old colt is named for North America’s first caf- tape recorder run.’ Cue the song, ‘That’s what friends are for.’ ” Nalanx on Saturday at Rolling Rock in 1971. feinated beverage. Native Americans brewed it from the leaves Longtime reader Price Bell, after Sean Clancy’s column of the yaupon holly, a tree native to what is now the southeast- that included a long quote from teammate Tom Law 2: Starbucks gift cards sent to The Special’s Sean Clancy and ern United States. The drinking of yaupon goes back ancient Joe Clancy (thank you). times before Europeans arrived in North America. “I love that pic.” Retired jump jockey Robbie Walsh when seeing 4: Computers used by Joe Clancy – all within 15 feet of each Principal Dancer. We missed this one Friday. R&H Stable’s a photo of The Special’s Sean Clancy interviewing him other – at the home office Thursday. 4-year-old is by Central Banker out of Bunhead (a nickname for after winning the New York Turf Writers Cup eight years ago a ballerina). The gelding finished second. Thanks Steve Price. The Saratoga Editors/Publishers/Owners: Sean Clancy: (302) 545-7713. [email protected] Joe Clancy: (302) 545-4424. [email protected] Managing Editor: Tom Law: (859) 396-9407. [email protected] Writers/Copy Editors: Photography: Tod Marks. Handicappers: ST Publishing, Inc. 364 Fair Hill Drive, Suite F, Elkton, MD 21921. Paul Halloran, Terry Hill, Mary Eddy, Michael Trombetta Jr. Charles Bedard, John Shapazian, (410) 392-5867 Nolan Clancy, Ryan Clancy. Marketing: Samantha Loud. Rob Whitlock. thisishorseracing.com The Saratoga Special, thisishorseracing.com, Thoroughbred Racing Calendar, The Best of The Saratoga Special, 2020 publication dates: Wednesdays and Saturdays July 18-Sept. 5. New York Thoroughbred Breeders work, Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred and a whole lot more. Plus Opening Day July 16 & Season Wrap-up Sept. 12. Call us about your editorial needs. SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2020 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL 3 here&there...in racing Presented by Shadwell Farm WORTH REPEATING STALLION RACE “Couldn’t imagine being under that much pressure every day.” Leading stallions at the 2020 Longtimer reader John Fahey III after Saratoga meet (compiled by writing a postcard to Saratoga for The Special The Special using dutiful, if somewhat haphazard statistical “I feel for him inheriting this hard time. But some get analysis from free sources): strong in the broken places.” Singer songwriter Jamie Potter, after reading Sire........................ Wins Miles Clancy’s poem about today’s world Into Mischief .......................14 More Than Ready ..................9 “There was a moment there…” Hard Spun .............................8 Trainer Arch Kingsley after Kilronan ranged Central Banker .......................7 into contention before finishing fifth Saturday Maclean’s Music ...................7 Tapit ......................................6 “Hey, Scoop.” American Pharoah .................5 Herringswell Stable’s Johnny Mitchell, every time Cairo Prince ..........................5 The Special’s Joe Clancy walks in the barn; Candy Ride ............................5 every single time City Zip ..................................5 Freud .....................................5 “I could redneck it up a little.” Summer Front .......................5 Herringswell Stable’s Adrian Rolls, Uncle Mo ...............................5 on tricking out his new pickup truck Verrazano ..............................5 “I just read Missing It and loved it. My husband, Jack, Susie Raisher and I have missed sticking our heads in your office to bring you greetings from Alexandria, Va. Juicer. A NYRA outrider makes sure his mount stays fueled on watermelon during a during our annual Saratoga visit. Already looking forward to next year!” break in the action at Saratoga. Longtime reader Mary Dixon Hutcheson “Bob Buika’s ‘postcard’ was right on. The Green River was nice, but Saratoga is great! God bless John Prine.” Longtime reader Tom Hessel The Chief “Like the old Brooklyn Dodgers used to say, ‘Wait ’til next year!!’ ” “Why do they go a half-mile and stop? Why? Longtime reader Vince Russo about missing Saratoga this year Just answer me why they go a half-mile and stop. “I miss you and your troops. And I miss the tactability of The Special on track. Miss the three I don’t understand it. You train them, you get them fit hour and 20 minutes it takes to get from my Manhattan apartment to Nelson Avenue. Hell, I miss it all, but there’s always next year.” and they go a half-mile and stop. Why do they do that?” Longtime reader Michael Thomas – Trainer H. Allen Jerkens, 1929-2015 “I read Sean’s Cup of Coffee about being at the top of the stretch and thought, ‘I was there, I could be in the background of that photo.’ That was my spot, I’d go there with my Pentax, shooting black and white Tri X film.” Winning Ponies Radio host John Engelhardt “He’s a sweet boy.” Owner/breeder Bonner Young on Highland Sky, who goes in today’s Grade 1 Sword Dancer “I’m not loaded, they’re all 20-1. Loaded is when you run three and they’re 6-5.” Trainer Wayne Catalano, busy today with Big Dreaming in the Grade 3 Saranac and 2-year-old maidens Regular Guy in the sixth and Rookery in the 10th “The guys I worked for would throw a water bucket down the shedrow.” Calumet Farm’s Eddie Kane, about trainer Jack Sisterson’s team-first mentality around the barn “Fingers crossed it’s Saratoga and nowhere else this week.” New York Thoroughbred Sisterson, on Forego starter Lexitonian whose last trip to Saratoga Horsemen’s Association resulted in a gate scratch, a van ride back to Kentucky and a flight to California www.nytha.com 516.488.2337 Tod Marks Tod 4 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2020 here&there...in racing QUOTE OF THE DAY Presented by Shadwell Farm “I always tell everybody a good horse is like a loaded gun, dangerous in anybody’s hands.” Trainer Wayne Catalano POSTCARD TO SARATOGA Dear Saratoga, It’s been 13 straight years since my wife Nancy asked how I wanted to cele- brate my 40th birthday. Simple. A house in Saratoga. Walk to the track. Walk to Broadway. Dog friendly. She made it happen. Where else can you find hardboots from Kentucky, horseplayers from New York and people who still use “summer” as a verb in one spot? 800-523-8143 Greatest memories? Rachel’s Woodward. Standing next to Tom Durkin as he called a race. The glamorous chaos of the yearling sale. Gathering with friends we’ve made year after year. The ultimate, standing in the paddock with my wife as ������� ������� ����� ����� ����� ������� our Dream Maker filly was tacked up as a 2-year-old. In the paddock at Saratoga as an owner (even if it’s a small share)? Couldn’t have imagined that 13 years ago. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. We’ll be back next year, seeing ������ �� ������ ���� old friends, making new ones and celebrating that mysticism of the Spa. Chair, Equine & Racing Law – Shawn Meyers 516-741-6565 | [email protected] Shawn Meyers writes from Chambersburg, Pa. A dedicated fan of racing since his dad took him to see Seattle Slew in Kentucky 40 years ago. �e�resen�n� o�ners, trainers, breeders, jockeys, dri�ers and horse�en associa�ons in business transac�ons and �a�ers before the �e� �ork �tate �a�in� �o��ission Never miss The Special. Sign up for our email list. and in the federal and state courts. �����, ������, ������� � �����, �.�. I ��� ������� ������, ������ ����, �� 115�� I ���.����.��� SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2020 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL 5 Maggie Kimmitt Saranac runner Bye Bye Melvin and With Skylar McKenna gallop at Fair Hill. Graham Motion Short Time. On Aug. 14, 1995, Lar- they mentioned that he would come to me after ry Johnson’s 3-year-old filly became that and he came to us kind of late spring.