Perfect Alibi Unassailable in Spinaway
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 PERFECT ALIBI IF ARLINGTON CLOSES, WHAT HAPPENS TO CHICAGO RACING? UNASSAILABLE IN The Week in Review, T.D. Thornton Anger and betrayal were the prevalent responses from the SPINAWAY WIN Illinois Thoroughbred community in the wake of last week=s stunning announcement by Churchill Downs, Inc., (CDI) that the corporation intentionally missed a racino application deadline and will not seek slots and table games at Arlington International Racecourse after 12 years of teaming with horsemen to finally get the Illinois Gaming Act passed in June. A chief reason cited by CDI in its Aug. 28 press release was the cost burden of having to contribute gaming revenues to purses. CDI=s shocker generated no shortage of accusations that the corporation simply cannot be trusted to put its stewardship of the sport on par with its quest for bottom-line gaming profits. Cont. p9 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Perfect Alibi | Sarah Andrew SHADWELL’S LIFE IN THE FAST LANE Tracy Farmer=s Perfect Alibi (Sky Mesa), who survived a rough Sheikh Hamdan has a penchant for brilliant sprinters, from stretch duel to capture the GII Adirondack S. four weeks ago at Dayjur to Muhaarar and Battaash. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. Saratoga, showed her courage once again when digging in at the rail to deny favored Frank=s Rockette (Into Mischief) for the second straight time in the GI Spinaway S. Sunday at the Spa. AShe=s game. She likes to fight and she has a strong kick,@ jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. said of the winner. AShe wanted to win and there was some contact, but when she made the hole, she made it through. Everything worked out good for her today. I think she can go better going longer, but we=ll enjoy this right now and see what happens next.@ A dominant 9 1/2-length winner on debut May 16 at Churchill, Perfect Alibi narrowly missed when second in the Astoria S. June 6 at Belmont before bulling her way to victory in the Adirondack. Somewhat overlooked in the wagering Sunday to be 26-5, while Frank=s Rockette was backed to 9-5, Perfect Alibi settled second-last early behind a :22.65 quarter. Advancing steadily along the inside on the turn, she snuck through a rail opening at the top of the lane and hooked up with the favorite outside the furlong grounds. Those two threw down head and head until just inside the sixteenth marker, where Perfect Alibi began to prove superior, edging away to a 1 1/4-length score in 1:23.44. 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(cont. from p1) AThis filly is just a fighter,@ Casse said. AShe keeps coming. I AShe showed she had a lot of fight in her last time out as well, think the farther she runs, the better she likes it. Now, we have so I wasn=t afraid to make that tight space [along the rail] with to decide if we go to the [Oct. 6 GI] Frizette [at Belmont Park] or her,@ Ortiz said. AI didn=t have too many options and when I saw the [Oct. 4 GI Darley] Alcibiades S. [at Keeneland]. Hopefully, if the space along the rail, I went for it.@ all goes well, we'll head to the Breeders= Cup. I think she=s proven she at least deserves a chance.@ While the winner might want more distance, the beaten favorite Frank=s Rockette may have found the Spinaway=s seven furlongs too far, according to jockey Julien Leparoux. AShe ran a good race as planned,@ Leparoux said. AI think the distance might have got me today. Other than that, she ran a good race. It looks like, so far, she might want to go a little shorter. Maybe keep her at six, six and a half [furlongs]. She can do seven [furlongs], but she got a little tired.@ Pedigree Notes: Perfect Alibi=s GI Spinaway score continued a big year for her breeder, Josephine Abercrombie=s Pin Oak Stud. The farm also bred this year=s GI TVG Pacific Classic winner Higher Power (Medaglia d=Oro). That Grade I winner=s half-brother Alternation Tracy Farmer leads Perfect Alibi into the winner=s circle stands at Pin Oak and is the sire of 2019 GI Kentucky Oaks Sarah Andrew winner Serengeti Empress. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 The same day Higher Power won the Pacific Classic, Tone Sunday, Saratoga Broke, a son of Pin Oak stallion Broken Vow, won the Breeders= SPINAWAY S.-GI, $350,000, Saratoga, 9-1, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:23.44, ft. S. at Woodbine. 1--PERFECT ALIBI, 122, f, 2, by Sky Mesa Perfect Alibi is a third-generation Pin Oak-bred. Her dam No 1st Dam: No Use Denying (SW, $219,016), by Maria's Mon Use Denying won the 2009 John W. Rooney Memorial S. and 2nd Dam: Rumors Are Flying, by Kris S. placed in an additional four stakes. Her second dam, Rumors Are 3rd Dam: Missed the Wedding, by Blushing Groom (Fr) Flying, was a Pin Oak homebred who raced only twice in 1999 1ST GRADE I WIN. ($220,000 Ylg '18 FTSAUG). O-Tracy Farmer; before joining the farm=s broodmare band and produced B-Pin Oak Stud, LLC (KY); T-Mark E. Casse; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. multiple graded-placed Badge of Truth (Silver Deputy). $192,500. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, $380,988. *1/2 to Noble The Spinaway winner=s third dam, Missed the Wedding, also Thought (Harlan=s Holiday), GSP, $270,448. made two starts in the Pin Oak colors, but had more success in Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick the breeding shed where she produced 1993 GI Test S. winner Rating: A. Miss the Storm (Storm Cat), as well as multiple graded stakes winner Green Means Go (Green Dancer). No Use Denying, also dam of graded-placed Noble Thought (Harlan=s Holiday), produced a filly by Flatter this year and was bred back to Carpe Diem. The mare=s now 3-year-old Dark Corner (Into Mischief) sold for $120,000 at last year=s OBS April Sale. 2--Frank's Rockette, 120, f, 2, by Into Mischief 1st Dam: Rocket Twentyone, by Indian Charlie 2nd Dam: Symphonic Lady, by Blare of Trumpets 3rd Dam: Wavering Lady, by Wavering Monarch >TDN Rising Star= O-Frank Fletcher Racing Operations, Inc.; B-Frank Fletcher (KY); T-William I. Mott. $70,000. 3--Figure of Speech, 120, f, 2, by Into Mischief 1st Dam: Starlight Lady, by Elusive Quality 2nd Dam: Colcon, by Pleasant Colony 3rd Dam: Continental Girl, by Transworld ($200,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-Brandywine Farm (Jim & Pam Robinson) (KY); T-Chad C. Brown. $42,000. BRED & RAISED by Brandywine Farm (Jim & Pam Robinson) de Meric Stables Graduate Margins: 1 1/4, 5, 1. Odds: 5.20, 1.95, 3.65. Also Ran: Miss Peppina, Shippy, Risky Mischief, Mundaye Call. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Good Luck to MACHMER HALL BRED 2yos in Today’s Grade 1s © Matt Goins SHOPLIFTED © Matt Goins FORE LEFT Find Your Next MACHMER HALL Graduate at Select Sales, Exceeding Expectations TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 13 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 Sunday, Del Mar Margins: NK, HD, NK.