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FOR ADVERTISING Florida-bred Warrior’s INFORMATION or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or Pride Rockets to Victory email: [email protected] in Texas Glitter In This Issue: BY BROCK SHERIDAN______Warrior’s Pride jumped out of the starting gate Life is Good Out of Triple Crown as if he was shot out of a cannon and the Florida- Pacific Gale Rolls to Victory in Hurricane bred colt held on to win the $75,000 Texas Glitter Bertie Stakes with Junior Alvarado aboard. The Texas Glitter featured a field of Travel Column in Fair Grounds Oaks Win eight 3-year-olds and Warrior’s Pride is Chess Chief in New Orleans Classic the third consecutive Florida-bred win- Thriller ner of the five furlong turf stakes fol- lowing the Mark Casse-trained Yes I Hot Rod Charlie Full Throttle in am Free for owner Gary Barber in Louisiana Derby 2019 and Cajun Casanova last year for trainer Michael Pino and owner Just Read It Earns First Stakes Victory in Smart Angle LLP. Cicada Breaking from the outside post United Wins San Luis Rey Off the Bench eight, Warrior’s Pride continued his accelerated velocity into the turn Sir Wellington Upsets in Gazebo Stakes with a two-and-a-half-length lead ahead of Nitro Time in second Gulfstream Park Charts with even-money favorite Field Tampa Bay Charts Day giving chase in third as he sped through a first quarter-mile Track Results & Entries in a blazing :20.57. He continued to keep the wide Florida Stallion Progeny List margin into the stretch and sprint- Florida Breeders’ List ed through a torrid half-mile in :43.05 while extending his lead to Wire to Wire Business Place three lengths past the eighth-pole. Kasim and Field Day tried to launch their respective challenges but Featured Advertisers never got closer than three-quarters of a length at the finish as Warrior’s Pride Baoma Corp completed the distance on the firm turf in :55.37. Florida Department of Agriculture Kasim was second, a nose better FTBOA than Field Day in third with Omaha City, Journeyman Stud Dr. Duke, Nitro Time and No Que No completing the order of finish. Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply Warrior’s Pride was let go at 10-1 odds and Ocala Stud paid $23.20 on a $2 win ticket. Seminole Feed See WARRIOR’S PRIDE on page 3 Florida-bred Warrior’s Pride/RYAN THOMPSON PHOTO
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Continued from COVER Alvarado, 36, won his first career race at Gulfstream in 2007 and returned this winter for his first full Championship Meet in 12 years. One of his biggest backers has been winning trainer Antonio Cioffi, a fellow Venezuelan. “He’s been a great help since I got here from Venezuela. This win actually meant a lot to me,” Alvarado said. “He just told me, ‘Hang on. When you break out of there, don’t do anything. Let him run. He’s the fastest horse in the race, for sure.’ Junior Alvarado/COGLIANESE PHOTO “I trust [Cioffi]. It’s many years that I know him. [Warrior’s Pride] broke out of there like a rocket and carried me all the way to the wire,” he added. “I knew he was going fast. He’s a very fast horse. Antonio Cioffi has done a great job with him. He said to let him run as free as he wanted to do it and he’s going to hang on to the end. He certainly did.” A homebred for Just for Fun Stable Inc., Warrior’s Pride broke his maiden in his third career start against special weight company going five-and-and-a-half furlongs at Gulfstream Park West on Nov. 15, winning by two-and-three-quarter lengths. He then won a first condition, $75,000 optional claiming allowance going six furlongs by four-and-a-quarter lengths in his next start before try- ing stakes for the first time in the six furlong Limehouse Stakes at Gulfstream on Jan. 2. He finished fifth to winner Drain the Clock in the Limehouse then was fifth again to fellow Florida- bred Willy Boi in the six furlong Hutcheson Stakes on a sloppy track at Gulfstream on March 6 after leading at the first point of call in both. But there was now slowing down in the Texas Glitter has the bay colt won for the third time in seven career starts. The $45,570 first-place check increased his bankroll to $109,702. Warrior’s Pride is by Poseidon’s Warrior and is the first foal from the Pleasant Tap mare Sophia’s Pride. Sophia’s Pride also has a 2-year-old filly by Handsome Mike and an unnamed yearling colt by Decisive Moment. She was bred in 2021 to Curlin. FTBOA Maintains Office Building Drop Box For Official Business While the FTBOA offices remain closed to visitors and mem- bers doing business as a precaution due to the Coronavirus pan- demic, be advised that all services provided by the Association and its related companies remain on going. Most business can be conducted via mail, email or telephone and a drop box has been installed near our side entrance of the FTBOA building at 801 SW 60th Avenue, Ocala, Fla. for mem- bers to use when dropping off time-sensitive documents. Forms may be found at this lo- cation or on our website at www.ftboa.com. Please call us at 352-629- 2160 if you have any questions or contact us at [email protected].
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Back to Top Page 5 Life is Good Out of Triple Crown BY BROCK SHERIDAN______Shortly after the Santa Anita press office released information that Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade 1) future book favorite Life is Good had worked well Saturday morn- ing at the Great Race Place, the website Horse Racing Nation reported that the Bob Baffert trainee had suffered a setback and would miss the Triple Crown. The Horse Racing Nation report by Ron Flatter and released at approximately 3:30 p.m. Saturday quoted WinStar president CEO Elliot Walden as saying in a text that the undefeated son of Into Mischief out of Beach Walk, by Distorted Humor was “off in the hind end” and that the colt would be evaluated by Dr. Larry Blamlage of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky. Life is Good is owned by WinStar Farm LLC and CHC Inc. The injury, according to several reports, does not appear to be serious enough to create a safety concern for Life Is Good, but it “officially” forces the colt out of consideration for the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes. Earlier Saturday morning at approximately 9:00 a.m., Life is Good worked six furlongs in a bullet 1:13.40 according to the Santa Anita Stable Notes. Life Is Good/BENOIT PHOTO “He worked perfectly and I’m very happy with him,” Baffert was quoted as saying to the track’s press team shortly after the eight lengths, with Medina Spirit again as the runner-up. work and before the problem was discovered when the horse Although the news certainly is a blow to the Hall of Fame train- returned to Baffert’s barn at the track. er who has won the Kentucky Derby six times and the Triple A $525,000 yearling purchase by China Horse Club and Crown twice with American Pharoah in 2015 and with Justify in Maverick Racing at the 2019 Keeneland September Sale, Life is 2018, Baffert still has an impressive army of candidates on the Good won his first career race by nine-and-a-half lengths against road to the 2021 Kentucky Derby including Medina Spirit; special weight maidens in November at Del Mar. He then won the Concert Tour and Hozier, first and second respectively in the Grade 3 Sham Stakes at Santa Anita while holding off a late run Grade 2 Rebel at Oaklawn on March 13; and Southwest Stakes by Florida-bred stablemate Medina Spirit in second on Jan. 2, but (Gr3) runner-up and Curlin Florida Derby presented by Hill and then romped in the March 6 San Felipe Stakes (G2) winning by Dale Farms at Xalapa (G1)-candidate Spielberg. Pacific Gale Rolls to Victory in Hurricane Bertie BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE first winner in the U.S. at Gulfstream in 2007. “It’s been a really amazing experience HALLANDALE BEACH, FL—Holly Hill and I can’t wait to come back again next Stable’s Pacific Gale rolled to her second winter.” straight graded-stakes victory at Gulfstream The John Kimmel-trained Pacific Gale, Park Saturday, scoring a dominating victory in who had gone winless in 17 straight starts the $100,000 Hurricane Bertie (G3) and pro- before impressively capturing the Jan. 23 viding jockey Junior Alvarado with his fourth Inside Information at Gulfstream under John of five victories and first of two stakes suc- Velazquez, came right back to score a three- cesses on a 12-race card. and-a-half-length triumph in the Hurricane The 22nd running of the Hurricane Bertie Bertie under a ground-saving ride by was a six-and-a-half-furlong sprint for older Alvarado. fillies and mares. “I rode her a couple times at Saratoga and Alvarado, who came back to ride Warrior’s Belmont. We always thought she was great Pride to victory in the Texas Glitter two races but for some reason we never got the best of later on the card (see cover story), has ridden her,” Alvarado said. “She’s stepping up right 48 winners while competing full time during now. She’s at another level right now.” the Championship Meet for the first time in 12 The 6-year-old daughter of Florida-bred years. The 36-year-old native of Venezuela had Flat Out out of Pacific Whisper, by Forestry been highly successful while riding at advanced along the rail to race behind pace- Aqueduct during the winter months in past setter Cory Gal and to the inside of stalkers years. Sonar and Sound Machine. Sound Machine “The support I’ve been receiving from the made a three-wide sweep on the turn to get owners and trainers has been beyond what I the jump on the favorite and take the lead at was expecting,” said Alvarado, who rode his Pacific Gale/RYAN THOMPSON PHOTO See HURRICANE BERTIE on page 7
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Continued from page 5 the top of the stretch. Alvarado was able to ease Pacific Gale off the trail entering the stretch and the Kentucky-bred mare kicked in to rush past Sound Machine and draw off to win comfortably. Pacific Gale paid $3.80 to win. “I just had to make sure I stayed off the heels of everybody and make sure to give her a clear run from there,” Alvarado said. “She was there for me all the way around.” Pacific Gale ran six-and-a-half furlongs in 1:15.93. Sound Machine held second, a length-and-a-half ahead of Saguaro Row.
Castellano Guides Wink to Melody of Colors Victory A week before he’s scheduled to ride Spielberg for fellow Hall of Famer Bob Baffert in the $750,000 Curlin Florida Derby pre- sented by Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms at Xalapa (G1), jockey Javier Castellano earned the first stakes victory of his comeback aboard Wink in Saturday’s $75,000 Melody of Colors at Gulfstream Park. The sixth running of the $75,000 Melody of Colors was for 3- year-old fillies going five furlongs on the turf. Sent off as the even-money favorite against seven rivals in her first race in 199 days, Wink led every step of the way and held off Wink/RYAN THOMPSON PHOTO Florida-bred Lionessofbrittany by three-quarters of a length to ing horses, the first couple days I didn’t hit the board but then I earn her second career stakes victory following a victory in the started to get the momentum,” Castellano said. “Basically, I had to Colleen Stakes in August at Monmouth Park. work it out. I had to get the momentum. Everything in this game The winning time Saturday was :55.26 over a firm course and is about perception. I have to show the people that I can do it. Wink paid $4 to win. “I feel great. I feel better than ever, 100 percent. I want to ride Trained by Wesley Ward, Wink hadn’t run since being beaten a more horses and win more races, and the only way I can convince length when second in the Prix d’Arenberg (Group 3) last the people is with the facts,” he added. “I have to do the job and September at Longchamp. She debuted with a front-running tri- win the races. I’m very thankful for all the support, the trainers umph under Castellano last June at Belmont Park. and the owners they give me great chances. I try not to take any- “She broke so well out of the gate and she put herself in a good thing for granted, just work hard and prove I belong.” spot in the race. I remember when I rode her first time at Belmont, His stakes win came 24 hours after Castellano picked up the she did the same thing,” Castellano said. “I thought she was more mount on Spielberg, winner of the 2020 Los Alamitos Futurity mature today. I just enjoyed the ride. Mr. Ward did a great job with (G2) and second to Essential Quality in the Southwest (G3) Feb. the horse to get her ready.” 27 at Oaklawn Park. A four-time Eclipse Award champion and Wink ran splits of :21.09 and :43.28, pressed all the way by winner of five straight Championship Meet riding titles (2011- Lionessofbrittany, who was unable to catch the winner but wound 16), Castellano won the 2014 Florida Derby with Constitution. up a clear second over 21-1 long shot Can’t Buy Love. Florida- “I’m very excited. I received the phone call from Mr. Baffert. bred Running Memories, Sleek Lynx, Fouzia and Rocket Reload He called me yesterday and asked if I was able to ride his horse completed the order of finish. and I said, ‘Of course,’” Castellano said. “I’m very grateful to Castellano had clean-up surgery on his right leg near the hip have the opportunity to ride the horse and I’m looking forward to last November, returning to action Feb. 17 at Gulfstream. He Saturday. All the jockeys have booked for the big races and I’m picked up his first win on his 14th try Feb. 25, and Wink gave him very lucky and fortunate to be open to ride the horse. his seventh in 14 mounts during the Championship Meet and “He ran good in the Southwest. He broke bad out of the gate eighth overall. In between, he traveled to New York to win the and finished second behind the good horse for Godolphin. Luis March 6 Busher at Aqueduct and Arkansas to ride in the Rebel Saez rode the horse and he did a great job, they were second-best (G2) and Azeri (G2) March 13 before returning to the South on the day,” he added. “We’ll see what happens. It’s a wide-open Florida entries Thursday. race. In this game, anything can happen. Maybe it’s meant to be “I’ve been very lucky. When I first came back and started rid- and I’ll be in the right place and get lucky.” FTBOA Member Discounts: • Equine Equipment, Products & Services • Farm Services • Home & Business Services • Personal Services • Attractions • Restaurants • Hotels & more! Go to www.ftboa.com, then MEMBER BENEFITS tab/DISCOUNTS for details
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Back to Top Page 9 Travel Column Re-Turns Tables on Clairiere in Fair Grounds Oaks BY FAIR GROUNDS excited,” Geroux said. “Over the winter PRESS OFFICE______from [ages] 2-to-3 she showed improve- ment in all areas, which is what you want NEW ORLEANS—Travel Column two, to see. Clairiere one. The rivalry continues. Travel Column always came with a Churchill Downs awaits. lofty reputation for trainer Brad Cox, as Part III of a budding rivalry between she cost $850,000 as a yearling and won OXO Equine’s Travel Column and by four-and-a-half lengths on debut at Stonestreet Stables’ homebred Clairiere Churchill in September. She ran third in went to the former in the $400,000 the Darley Alcibiades (G1) won by TwinSpires.com Fair Grounds Oaks Simply Ravishing at Keeneland in (Grade 2), as she easily held off the late October then came to national attention rally of her nemesis to win by two-and- in November with a troubled but deci- three-quarters lengths to set up the all- sive last-to-first win in Churchill’s important fourth meeting in the Longines Golden Rod (G2)—over Clairiere—to Kentucky Oaks (G1), April 30 at end her freshman season. Travel Column Churchill Downs. Fair Grounds Race came back in the Fair Grounds’ Feb. 13 Course & Slots signature race for 3-year- Rachel Alexandra (G2), when she was old fillies has produced seven of the last forced to make first run into a solid pace 17 Kentucky Oaks winners and could and got run down by a neck by Clairiere. build on that stat this year, as Travel Geroux was much more comfortable Column and Clairiere head to Louisville early in the Oaks, though he also knows as very likely the top two betting choices. Travel Column can come from anywhere Florent Geroux had Travel Column too. just off the early speed of Souper “She put me in race and I wanted to Sensational, who set predictably Travel Column/JAN BRUBAKER / HODGES PHOTOGRAPHY stay as quiet as I could,” Geroux said. dawdling early fractions of :24.35 and :48.64 in a race that lacked “She showed a very nice kick and put them away pretty easy. We a true pacesetter on paper. Joe Talamo and the stretch running are excited. We know she likes Churchill and her versatility is her Clairiere took it all in from last in the field of seven early, and the greatest asset. She can stay close, but in the Golden Rod she was pair were still just fifth while between horses after a half-mile. The trapped and overcame adversity.” cadence quickened entering the far turn when Travel Column got Cox has won last year’s Fair Grounds Oaks with Bonny South on even terms with Souper Sensational and then asserted her supe- and two of the last three Kentucky Oaks as well. Travel Column, riority in early stretch to take the lead. Clairiere was in full flight who now has three wins, a second and a third in five starts lifetime after rallying wide, but Travel Column was long gone at that point with $517,184 in earnings earned 100 qualifying points for the and coasted home to an easy win, covering the mile-and-one-six- Oaks and she now leads all 3-year-old fillies with 132. Cox has a teenth in 1:42.75. Clairiere rallied gamely and finished second, great chance at making it three-of-four in Louisville, though he two lengths ahead of a tiring Souper Sensational in third. knows his filly will have to fire her best shot yet at Churchill. Travel Column paid $6.20 to win. “When you’re trying to win races like the Kentucky Derby and Geroux has been aboard Travel Column, a daughter of Frosted, Kentucky Oaks, you have to keep moving forward,” Cox said. for all five or her career starts and has been impressed with not “She’s a talented filly. She was an expensive yearling and it paid only her physical maturation, but her mental maturation as well. off. We can go to the last Friday in April. She puts a lot in her “As a 2-year-old she was a little hot blooded, she got a little bit works, so I think six weeks will be a good thing for her. Gulfstream Park Championship Meeting Florida-bred and Florida Sire Stakes Bonuses
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Back to Top Page 11 Chess Chief Denies Owendale in New Orleans Classic Thriller BY FAIR GROUNDS PRESS OFFICE______Colonel Liam Too Good in Muniz Memorial Classic Robert and Lawana Low’s Colonel Liam kept his star on the NEW ORLEANS—The Estate of James Coleman’s Chess Chief ascent Saturday when he edged clear of longshot Two Emmys in rallied from last in the field of eight to nail 4-5 favorite Owendale late stretch to capture the Muniz Memorial by a length-and-a-half on the wire in a thrilling 96th rendition of the $400,000 New as the 3-5 favorite with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. It was his fourth win Orleans Classic (Grade 2) at Fair Grounds. Trained by Dallas in five starts since switching to the grass. Stewart and ridden by Luis Saez, Chess Chief completed the mile- On form, the mile-and-one-eighth Muniz Memorial appeared and-one-eighth in 1:49.24. to be Colonel Liam’s to lose as In the early stages of the he was fresh off a victory in the race, Roadster, with jockey John $1 million Pegasus World Cup Velazquez in the saddle, led into Turf Invitational Stakes (Grade the first turn through a moderate 1) at Gulfstream Park on Jan. :24.11 quarter-mile fraction 23. The complexion of the while Owendale and Florent Muniz was altered when multi- Geroux tracked his every move ple graded stakes-winner and to his outside hip. Chess Chief confirmed frontrunner Factor was nearly five lengths off the This was scratched Saturday early pace-setting duo, while morning, but the end result was they completed a half-mile in as expected with Colonel Liam :48.30. At the half-mile pole, living up to his 3-5 betting Saez began asking Chess Chief favoritism after sitting off the to start closing ground on the early fractions. leaders. At the top of the long Chess Chief/LOU HODGES / HODGES PHOTOGRAPHY “My job is not easy, but he Fair Grounds stretch, Roadster makes it look easy,” Ortiz said. “He was ready, he was 100 percent. and Owendale continued to duel on the front end. Owendale took He’s just so smart and he has a lot of class. You don’t see too many a clear advantage at the three-sixteenths pole as Chess Chief con- like that. I’m just happy I’m on him and hopefully he stays healthy.” tinued to close ground down the center of the racecourse. Chess With pacesetter status up for grabs due to Factor This’s Chief surged late to win the narrowest of decisions. absence, 24-1 shot Two Emmys took up that mantle under jockey “He finally gave me that last shot close to the wire to let us get James Graham and went the opening quarter mile in :23.79 over a by,” Saez said. “Everyone made a pretty early move. We tried to course rated good. Ortiz, meanwhile, kept Colonel Liam a bit save ground at the rail. When we finally got the clear a lot of hors- closer to the pace than usual, rating the 4-year-old colt in fourth es in front of us were backing up.” on the inside through a half in 49.08 before advancing up to third Chess Chief rewarded his backers at 5-1. Owendale was a half- just behind Peace Achieved to his outside. length in front of the hard-charging Enforceable, who finished Two Emmys was still holding onto his advantage coming into third with Adam Beschizza. the top of the stretch but, after angling off the rail on the far turn, “He’s by Into Mischief so we know he’s a quality horse,” Colonel Liam had dead aim at the leader in the lane and was able Stewart said. “We are so grateful to train for Coleman family.” to draw clear in the final sixteenth. Disqualified and placed sixth after crossing the line third in last Colonel Liam hit the wire in a final time of 1:48.33 over a turf year’s New Orleans Classic, Chess Chief most recently earned the course listed as “good” and the way he galloped out reinforces show dough behind Maxfield in the locally run Mineshaft (G3). Pletcher’s belief that added distance down the road will not be an In winning his first career graded stakes, Chess Chief issue. improved his record to four wins with four seconds and three “The way he galloped out around the turn gives us encourage- thirds in 23 starts with $632,048 in earnings. See COLONEL LIAM on page 12 Tampa Bay March Florida-Bred Stakes and FSS Bonuses Date Race Conditions Distance Purse Mar. 28 OBS Sophomore Stakes 3 yo 7 fur. $110,000 Mar. 28 Stonehedge Farm Sophomore Fillies 3 yo Fillies 7 fur. $110,000 Mar. 28 Equistaff Sophomore Turf 3 yo 1 1/16 mi. turf $110,000 Mar. 28 NYRABets Sprint 4 yo & up 6 fur. $110,000 Mar. 28 Pleasant Acres Stallions Turf Distaff 3 yo & up F&M 1 1/16 mi. turf $110,000 Mar. 28 Grey Goose Turf Classic 4 yo & up 1 1/8 mi. turf $110,000
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Friday Charts Colonel Liam Continued from page 11 Click Here to View Entries for Gulfstream Park ment that he’ll handle longer dis- tances,” Pletcher said. “The way he ! " #"!$$%# !&'( ")*+, '- . /& .0 . /& .1), 02* 2, # .0 .03 4 0 5 5 3&6 5 6 60 continues to go out after the wire, I !6)789! ))*7&)+'.1+8' 1'(9!" ,,)*,:)9 1*8)+1:8+1)2)9*1*8)*+;0*)*,0*)788#" ) think that next start schedule (the Old <#! Forester Bourbon Turf Classic at 1 += '-6)**'->? +1*, '$>-? 8), '@-? 18 '@? )8 '-? )A8 '-? :*8 '-! &11 '>>$-! A+&11'>---@! )+&11 '>$! B+&11 '@$! C)*&11 '($! Churchill Downs on May 1) is going to ! "#$% & '( be a mile-and-an-eighth and then we !"# can look at the Manhattan after that at a $% &'(()* !+ !+ ,+ + - )..) /" mile-and-a-quarter. If he were to handle $+ 0123 ! ! + + ,+4 5.6'7)8 ,"# that, I think that puts everything else in /9 :;< = / ! , 4 : "# , > ?.>2@ ! A , , ,+ ,+ ! !+ 17 ," play up to a mile-and-a-half. He’s got $B % )C ) / / / / + DC. #" such a lovely disposition; a great mind #$% + & =& / ! + + + / / 8; " and he’s willing to relax and settle. It !"#$% &'&%(#)*+&,# gives us a lot of opportunities.” ! -./ 0 / 1 2 324 -.#- 0 #56 #-. 1 #0 3# .7 Two Emmys held gamely for run- (& 5 --!> @!( ! $!( @& E -!> clear of Logical Myth in third. ' D ( & 5 '!>@ . (@ & 5 '--! Colonel Liam made his first two 3& . (@ & 5 '(-!>' C3 ( & 5 '!$ starts on the dirt before finding his /! 7 ".9# 9F E)*GH1F1*+8) 9F +8! )* /*EFH! /, 9F 68). "EF#! comfort zone on the lawn and now !" # $%& ' # ()" (* ()" (+$'*,% boasts a career mark of five wins from ,' (* (- !. -(*/ 0 -*. !./"1 .1$23 4!+%,$%% * & $**5-$%&.&4 +,'4 $$%2"$C &13 seven starts with $870,965 in earnings. %'(+#7*!+ +%$''% +,%& Bred in Kentucky by Phillips Racing 8 + &9 #61$%%#:; &+%'# ; 3$'#; + 3#7; $3#; $<3#; 5%3#; $233# "++ #=>=: <&"++#6:: $&"++ #>6 - ?&"++ #>> @ $%"++ #6: - ?$23($5"++ Partnership, he was purchased by the # 6 Lows for $1.2 million at the 2019 OBS ! "#$% & '( April 2-Year-Olds in Training sale. ! "#! $% % &' ( ) ) ) ) * + ,-. ! " ! “He may be the best (we’ve had),” $% /01,', 2,& ! "! Robert Low said. “We think this horse $% 3 456 ( ) 78&2 ! " ! has a great future and Irad gave him an $% * 9:;<' ( ) %= >8 ! "!! excellent ride today. We couldn’t be 3 ?'' * * ,'@,1 ! "#! happier.” $% A 6,' '9' ( + + *B CD0./ ! !"! A * EF6,G + + ) ) ((,: ! ")! Summer in Saratoga reigns !"#$ %$& &&$& ! '$& "(') !"! $ (&$& &&&!$& ! !$& "( * in Tom Benson Stakes ) ! : 6 : = ! 6 6 Summer in Saratoga called upon her --/ *! * fresh legs to get her 5-year-year old # A = " . #:7 ! ( = " . #=7 ! -/" ( =: " . #=: # @/! campaign off to an auspicious start = " . # ># -/" (8 =:7 " . #>>7 when she angled out and mounted a ) B% 4C )3$%-D )E-+C$ 4C 8%!$++C $% +%$D )' 4C &F3% four-wide rally in the lane to capture )+ ( the $150,000 Tom Benson Memorial !" ! #" $% $&$ & '() by a neck over Dominga over the Stall- !*+,- '. /0& /$ /0& /1*- $2+ 2- " /$ /$3 4 $5 5 3&% 5 % 6 6 %$ ' % $ 5 Wilson Turf Course at Fair Grounds. $ 0 5 $% $ % 6 6 %$ $ The mile-and-one-sixteenth Tom % 6 $ %$ & 0 $ & '7( %*89: 1+2*++$ , *$$;$+9 *+,5,: 12- Benson Memorial—named for the late : **+8&*,'7(! ,%9 +-/1'($1 1+*--+ 12+," ! 1+-**1+ *8*:**<" !--*+-;*:1+9*,1;9,1*2*:+1+9 owner of the NFL New Orleans Saints *+,=$+*+-$+>"! *" and New Orleans Pelicans of the NBA 6 1 ,? '@.@%*++'.7A ,1+- '(A 9*- '((A 19 ')A *9 '@7 &11 'B@7 C, &11 '.B77. *,&11 ').) D,&11 'BB( >*+&11 ')B – marked the first competitive outing ! " #$%& ' ( for Summer in Saratoga since winning ! " an allowance optional claiming test at #"$%& '(')*+,- . / /0 1 1 / 0 2 !" Kentucky Downs Sept. 30. The bay 3&45 ++ * . 1 " / 65 /!" 7 45$ 8 9'4*4 . / 1: 1 / / 11 ,; < "" !" daughter of Hard Spun had signaled to 3&45 *,= ''5 >? @ . " 1 4 AA * !3" trainer Joe Sharp in the mornings that she was ready to get back to business, !" #$% #&$%' ' (%' )$%' *+% ''+, ###% #& *%' ' '%' ) %' *- % '') . a tout she made good on when she & 0 $ . @ 7 7 @ surged up under jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. E F $35 @ @ (0 $ 7 following a ground-saving trip to edge ' G & 5 'B )( / ( & 5 ')B Dominga and notch her third win in her 3& / () & 5 '@ )(' >3 & 5 '. last four starts. 9 8 !" :< H*+FE1< + :< *+F 2< *+ = 0- :< H++9 <I 9H < !H<" See SUMMER IN SARATOGA on page 13 Continued on next page Back to Top
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Summer in Saratoga Friday Charts Continued from page 12
! "! #$" % &' !()* + ,-% ,. ,-% ,/(+ .0) 0+ " ,. , 1 ,.2 3 .1 1 2%4 1 4 5 5 4.4. 4(678 (()6%(*&,/*7&/&'8 ! ++()+9(8/ )7(*/97 */ (0(8 )/)7()*:.)(" ! (;" 5 / *< ())&#$= */)+&>$#= 7(+&#= / 7&?= (7&#= (@7&#= 9)7&#= (677&# %// #>' @*%//&#; (*%// &>##$ A*%// &>>;# B ()%// &;>$; A(67,(9 %// &?; ! "#$% & '( !" #### $# % &!!&' ( ) ( % % %* +,- #### .$.# ./0 1 +,234! ) ( . .5 6789:4 #### .$.# ;< % -+733+73 ( . ( . 5 =7 ,"" #### $.# Chess Chief/LOU HODGES / HODGES PHOTOGRAPHY ;< > 3& !3', ( ) ) ( (% "+ ? #### ;$)# ;< 7', . . ( @7?" #### ;$## “Hats off to Highlander Training ) > +A'3 ( ) )B* 4, = #### ;$;# Center. We sent her there for a little )C ?+23 ,D3 ( ) . ,+=" ### ($# freshening after Keeneland and they ! " #$ %$& &'#$& ' ($& )"(* " )'$ %% $& &' +$& ' ,)$& )" "- did a great job of getting her ready for . 31 -31 3 ? ' # > us and sending her back in good order,” ;, 113., . > > # Sharp said. “This filly just keeps get- > ..1 ' ting better and better. They did the right & C ; % 1 &> ;? , ;> % 1 thing giving her a little break when the &> ? 2% , ;># % 1 & ?& B2 ; % 1 &$ >& 2% ,5 ;># % 1 &''# > Churchill turf shut down last year and I 7 !D"8D /DE()E08D D () 1% /(*7% -+ 8D D (9) !FD" think she’s really going pay dividends this year as a result of that. “Obviously it’s nice to have a prep but the filly was giving us all the signs she was ready especially in her last couple works,” Sharp continued. Sent off at 9-1 odds in the field of 12, Summer of Saratoga broke from the far outside but was able to maneu- ver in for a clear spot along the rail going by the stands for the first time with Florida-bred His Glory setting the early pace. Ortiz kept Summer in Saratoga off the pace in eighth as His Glory cut fractions of :23.71 and :47.68 before they started to pick their Saturday Charts way through the pack with about three furlongs to run. ! "# $ % &%$'(& ) # " # $*+, %-./0 +1 * Coming into the far turn, Ortiz was * 2-03. 30& ) #"" 4 ")$5-67 8$ --.6*-/+9-2+2308$%00-.0:-82.7-/2:7 able to start moving Summer in /2-3-8.2.7-./;:.2.6&%-&$% $ ,$& Saratoga off her inside path but still < 2 /= +,>5-..+?'@ /2.0 +9,@ 7-0 +9@ 27 +@ -7 +>@ -A7 +>@ :.7 +>@ -677 +>@ .-.7 +>@ .7+>@ :.7+>@ 37+>$ *22 +99>?$ A/*22+ ,?,$ -/*22 +9,9$ B/*22 had a wall of contenders in their wake. + >,9$ C-.*22 + 19>$ Once they reached mid-stretch, the duo !"#$ % &' angled out further and found the day- ! "##$$ % light they needed as they went by & ' "())*+())* & & , -"$ % . /0*$+# 1 12 3*4$ % Winning Envelope to their inside en "#5- 64 % route to stopping the teletimer in & ' 7 0-89:(6* & ; < =>()/: &%1 1:42.15 over a course rated “good.” ; ' 56#*?-# ; & ;2 ; 12 1 @* %; Dominga, who had not been worse ' A *+88 1 ;! B$ 1%1 than second in three prior starts at Fair &A C B*## 1 & $-##4 %& Grounds, kept her consistent local &D E @6F-6 ; & , G(H$@ % streak alive as she held for place I FA J#8->(- A C < 99#-J % money with Winning Envelope third. &A A K 2 2 '< :#6$ ;%& # 9 (8"0 % Dalika (Ger), the 5-2 favorite off a pair of stakes wins earlier in the meet, fin- !" #$% &'% $% ()* # +% &(,% - % ( -. ished ninth. ? D # < ,$> '$1 1$ Bred in Kentucky by My 1 EE45 EE4 '$' 1$ Meadowview LLC, Summer in ) 4F 5 " $' + G ?1 * ) +1$9 # ?1 * ) +>,$ # Saratoga improves her record to four * ?1 * ) +1 $+ C # "" 1? * ) +9$' wins from 11 starts and $270,092 in 7$%8&8H -- 77;-.68H 52.$ -. 28-/7F$0 8H "-:;0 %&$ earnings. Continued on next page Back to Top Page 14
Saturday Charts Hot Rod Charlie
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