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BSC R SU RIP FREE E TI IN O A N R S COMPLIMENTS OF ARATOGA T T O L The T IA H C E E S SP ARATOGA Year 9 • No. 30 SARATOGA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER ON THOROUGHBRED RACING Friday, September 4, 2009 Tapitsfly captures P.G. Johnson Tod Marks Photos Silver Reunion scores in Riskaverse Racing UK F Rachel Alexandra draws a crowd to paddock F Entries & Handicapping PPs Inside Inside F Golly Day headlines With Anticipation F Etched returns with victory Here & There at Saratoga 517 Broadway, Suite 207 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 (Second Floor, around the back) Phone: (518) 490-1175 Sean Mobile: (302) 545-7713 Joe Mobile: (302) 545-4424 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Internet: www.saratogaspecial.com Published Wednesday through Sunday during the racing season. Every day of Sales Week Aug. 10-16. 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That’s breezed her over the turf, she worked so when Tapitsfly came out of Flying Mar- well, I tried to run her in a maiden race lin’s womb. on the turf with this race in mind but “When she was born,” Romans said they took it off.” when asked the first time he thought Tapitsfly won that race, switched to turf for the daughter of Tapit. 7 furlongs on the main track, August 3 Frank Jones’ homebred made her turf and then chilled until the Johnson. She debut in Thursday’s $73,750 stakes. breezed twice on the turf, flying through And now you know why Romans a half mile in 47 2/5 seconds and five and Jones were waiting. eighths in 59 4/5. Tapitsfly shot to the lead of the 1 Sent off second choice in the field of 1/16-mile stakes and controlled the race seven, Tapitsfly wasted no time declar- every step to score over favorite Smart ing her affinity for the turf. Albarado Seattle and maiden Beautiful Song. allowed the gray filly to clear Lucky Robby Albarado guided Tapitsfly who To Be Me inside her and was quickly finished in 1:42.08. in control. Tapitsfly posted a quar- As Romans waited for Jones to cash ter in 23.76 and a half in 48.75 while Tod Marks his tickets after the stakes, the trainer Smart Seattle rated in fourth. Tapitsfly Tapitsfly draws off to win the P.G. Johnson on Thursday. explained the process of why Tapitsfly repulsed a challenge by Smart Seattle “She worked over the Oklahoma last lerville winner Hot Dixie Chick and made her first start on the grass in her before drawing off to score by 1 1/4- week and she just floated over it so I fig- Proud Zoe. Tapitsfly returned to finish fifth career start and first career stakes lengths. ured she’d do well today. We knew she second to Vivid Colors in the slop at attempt. “I knew she’d be quick, I didn’t an- was going to be a nice filly.” Churchill. Albarado reunited with her “We raced her mother and she was ticipate her being in front like that but Albarado rode Tapitsfly in her debut for her maiden win at Saratoga and a a good, solid allowance horse on the she got some kind fractions in the early at Churchill Downs, when she finished month later picked up his 15th win of grass,” Romans said. “She got ready going and on the backside she was just fifth. In her next start, with Alan Gar- the meet. earlier than the races she wanted were in a gallop with her ears up. She was cia, she finished third to eventual Schuy- available. We gave her a couple of races, loving it out there,” Albarado said. See P.G. JOHNSON page 5 4 Friday, September 4, 2009 “The grass looks like it’s going to help. Her breezes on the grass were P.G. Johnson – real good, they were the right kind of GET IN THE WINNER’S CIRCLE Continued from page 4 breezes, not just fast,” Romans said. “Hopefully, she’ll make one more step “She hooked some really fast fillies – somewhere, we’ll figure out where, and WITH FAST FURLONG STABLE Proud Zoe and Hot Dixie Chick – so then take her to California.” Partnership shares available in 2-year old colts from March 2009 OBS we knew stretching her out might be Tapitsfly is out of the Marlin mare, the best strategy,” Albarado said. “She Flying Marlin. She won four races, in- could be a quality filly too, later in the cluding three on the turf for a total of Fiery Forest (Sire: Forest Danger) year. She can get better. You don’t know $146,051 in 18 starts. Tapitsfly is the until you do it with these 2-year-old fil- second foal and first winner from the Power Punch (Sire: Congaree) lies going longer. They can almost all go mare. 5 1/2 as fast as you want, but these are “She’s got a lot more talent than her EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO different. To harness that speed, hold mother, she was a good, hard-trying that stamina and go around those two horse but this filly has more talent to go BE A THOROUGHBRED OWNER! turns like she just did, that’s pretty im- to the next level,” Romans said. “Her pressive.” mother never got out of the allowance ALL AUL RAUS AT AST URLONG TABLE Tapitsfly dispatched Smart Seattle ranks, this filly has more natural talent.