Year 15 • No. 18 Saturday, August 15, 2015 Turf Ruler NY-bred King Kreesa heads Fourstardave Tod Marks Tod Flatter A.P. INDY – PRAISE, by MR. PROSPECTOR G2 SW CLASSIC POINT Top 15 Sire of 2015 7 SWs, 14 Stakes Horses , $4.3 Million ___________________________ Two SWs Last Weekend! Arlington Park SW CABANA has now An 11-time stakes winner on dirt and turf, three consecutive wins, including back-to-back stakes. NEEDMORE FLATTERY has earned nearly $500,000 Watch for NY-Bred Yearlings Fasig-Tipton 309 colt out of Pink Lollipops 333 colt out of River Nore 345 colt out of Santa Croce Selling August 15-16 511 colt out of Irving’s Song 526 colt out of Lady Aphrodite P.O. Box 150 Paris, Kentucky 40362-0150 Tel.(859) 233-4252 Fax 765-0804 claibornefarm.com INQUIRIES TO BERNIE SAMS e-mail: [email protected] © FOUR FOOTED FOTOS, COADY PHOTOGRAPHY 2 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 15, 2015 here&there... at Saratoga BY THE NUMBERS 1: Tri-City Hockey sweatshirt on the backside Friday morning. 1: Assistant trainer sitting on an exercise ball while doing book work Friday morning on the backside (OK, it was at least one). LICENSE PLATES OF THE DAY WERIDEM, New York. 1RACES, Virginia. S TOGA, Virginia. NAMES OF THE DAY Young Anna Lee, sixth race. Hey, any time you sing a few lyrics from The Band is a good thing. Where are Luke My Friend and Crazy Chester? Charitable, second race. Bred by Peter Blum, the 4-year-old is out of Generosity. WORTH REPEATING “We’re a full-service organization.” West Point Thoroughbreds’ Dawn Lenert, who helped wrangle a loose lead pony Friday morning Connie Bush “I went to the University of Miami so I could walk hots at Hialeah.” Odd couple. Tadpole the goat and Spuntastic the horse (who runs Sunday) arrive in Trainer Pat Kelly, on choosing colleges styleDAR8581 at trainer Saratoga Kiaran Special McLaughlin’s Street Boss barn. 15AUG15 13/08/2015 15:05 Page 1 Here’s the word on the street Meet the gang... about Street Boss, the number one winner-getter from his crop of stallions: Gangster, a TDN Rising Star at Saratoga is potentially top class; G2 Amsterdam hero Holy Boss is that already: the G1 King’s Bishop could be next. Seven fourth-crop-winning juveniles (third-best in the US) include G3 Schuylerville third Decked Out and Canadian Stakes winner Get Rhythm. Won in 2013 by Street Boss’s first-crop son Capo Bastone Find out all about his must-see yearlings in the Darley Buyers’ Guide www.darleyamerica.com/buyers-guide-2015 or download the DARLEY COFFEE TABLEapp from the App Store Saturday, August 15, 2015 The Saratoga Special 3 here&there... at Saratoga WORTH REPEATING “Neither do we, obviously.” Channel 9’s Matt Hunter, while doing a feature on The Special, when a staffer told him the paper doesn’t do breaking news “Forty-nine, again. The problem is my body is 65.” Trainer Dale Romans, whose barn was adorned with Happy Birthday Dale signs Friday morning Fasig-Tipton announcer Terence Collier to a spectator in the balcony: “Ma’am, stop waving.” Auctioneer Danny Green: “You just went home with one for $500,000.” “Trying to watch you on TVG. Currently showing a mule match race between Black Ruby and Taz from 2003. Riveting stuff actually . Black Ruby won in case you were wondering.” The Special’s Nolan Clancy, trying to catch the Saratoga jump race paddock commentary Wednesday; the race was rained out and recarded for Monday “I’m from Kentucky. I only know this place.” Pete Bradley, when asked for directions outside the sales grounds Friday “How’s my Dakota girl doing?” Fasig-Tipton’s Dennis Lynch, asking about The Special’s Annise Montplaisir “I don’t know, but not that way.” Tod Marks Trainer Todd Pletcher, to The Special’s Sean Clancy, who tried Back in the Saddle. Jacinto Vasquez, a Hall of Famer with 5,228 career wins, to pronounce Fourstardave entrant Mshawish and then asked how to pronounce it tests out the track at Oklahoma. QUOTE OF THE DAY NAME OF THE DAY Training Wisdom from Australian trainer Gai Waterhouse Power Crazed, second race. About betting: “People ask me if I gamble. Every time I buy a horse I gamble.” La Marca Stable’s 4-year-old is by Empire Maker. YOUR SOURCE FOR NY-BREDS Phone: (518) 423-2028 www.saratogaglenfarm.com 800-523-8143 4 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 15, 2015 Saturday,000093-LE-The Factor-SaratogaAugust 15, Special 2015 FP-Aug 14.indd 1 The Saratoga Special 8/14/15 6:16 PM5 here&there... at Saratoga WORTH REPEATING “On the flat, he pulls the wool over their eyes. He just gallops around there.” Trainer Jimmy Day, after Bonded won Thursday’s steeplechase “That’s the most peaceful time I have.” Day, when asked if he ever gets frustrated training at the farm and not Saratoga “I’m in, I’ve got a headlamp.” The Special’s Tom Law, about a midnight run on SPAC’s 5-mile trail “I can barely text, remember?” The Special’s Nolan Clancy, hammering out a multi-part response on a flip phone “Dr. Fager was very easy to train but very difficult in the afternoon because all he wanted to do was zoom, he’s gone. I don’t believe you wanted to try to slow him down. He won Handicap Horse of the Year, Horse of the Year, Sprinter of the Year and Grass Horse of the Year. There was nothing left to win.” Hall of Fame trainer John Nerud, in 2003 “I’d bet three times a year. I’d pick out three 2-year-olds. I thought a horse belonged to me as long as he was a maiden. After I broke a horse’s maiden and showed the public his quality, then he belonged to the public. I’d break his maiden when I got ready, I’d get anywhere from $27 to $97. If I won one bet, I was ahead. If I won two, then I had a great year. My wife didn’t know it, no one knew it but me and the jock getting on the horse.” Hall of Fame trainer John Nerud, in 2003 Tod Marks Nine Lives. An Oklahoma cat guards a snow shovel for next winter. © s a m Yearling purchase that produced G3 winner, o h T e e L AURELIA’S BELLE ® NICOMA® An affiliate of Visit Headley and Price online at millridge.com or nicoma.com Portfolio Management Editors/Publishers The aratoga Sean Clancy: (302) 545-7713. 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(410) 392-5867 • Fax (410) 392-0170 Layout/Design: Kaitlyn Vishneowski. 6 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 15, 2015 with Kiaran McLaughlin StableTrainer Kiaran McLaughlin grabs Tour: an iPad, cues up his stable management Every day at Saratoga, The Special account and starts scrolling. Some list, (with help from sponsor Fasig-Tipton) the barn includes deep pedigrees from presents an exclusive Stable Tour with a Saratoga trainer. For more, see: Godolphin, Stonestreet Stables and thisishorseracing.com/stabletours others, 2-year-olds with futures, older horses coming back into form, pretty Zennor: “He was working with Frosted much anything you’d want from a top and (stakes winner) Imperia last year. He was stable at Saratoga. the best of the three, but we switched to the With The Special’s Joe Clancy Fri- turf his third start last fall. He finished third on day morning, the trainer stopped on yielding turf to the winner of the Hall of Fame, several names (some you’ve heard of, Takeover Target. He went home and we took a some maybe you haven’t). chip out of a knee and he came back. It was firm here (Aug. 8) and he hadn’t run in nine months. He won, super fast race (1:34.92 for Frosted: “He worked this morning a little a mile), I think he has a bright future.” bit slower than normal, but it’s not a problem. He went in :51, but it was fine. He gave four Samantha Nicole: “She’s a full-sister pounds to Texas Red last time (in the Jim Dan- to Rachel Alexandra. She won at Keeneland in dy Aug. 1) and lost a shoe. He ran with three April, broke her maiden and she was third at shoes and four pounds extra. Hopefully, if we Pimlico. She came back and won at Belmont have four shoes and four pounds less... He and ran second here on the 27th of July. She ran his race, again. We were second, a nice two turns. We will look at the Woodward at the time. She came back, finished second on a ran very well, second best to Bill Mott (Tiz So horse beat us. He’s doing great.