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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.

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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 ’ Dawn Lenert, who helped wrangle a loose lead pony Friday morning

Connie Bush “I went to the 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

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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 , 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.

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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.

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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. We’re point- end of the meet. He’s a cool horse.” comeback race (May 3), then she was second Sweet). She worked this morning and she’ll ing for the Travers with or again and she was second here on the 25th run back up here an allowance race or a little not. We’ll give it a try. We’ll breeze him back Cavorting: “Irad Ortiz has ridden a lot of and got beat this far (a nose). She’s out of stake. We’re trying to get black type for her. next week – Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sun- good races, but that was one of his best rides Tequilas Dayjur and there’s a country song She’s a really nice filly, easy to work with.” day – depending on weather. He’s a beautiful in the Test (Aug. 8). He was worried about the that says tequila makes your clothes fall off. colt. We love him.” kickback, as we all were, but he went down It makes us laugh. She’ll run back here in the Jess’s Dream: “He’s out of Rachel by inside, took the kickback, she took it well, an- last book. She got beat this far…” Curlin; a lot of zeroes behind those two. He’s Beyond Empire: “He went to Dubai doing really well. He had some allergies and for the winter, a New York-bred, because he gled out and flew home. It was a great ride, great effort and she deserves to be a Grade 1 Gap Year: “She finished second first mess with his throat. He’s very sound, does was eligible to run in the Carnival. He did not everything right and he’s getting close. We’re winner. No, she won’t run back here. She does time turf here August 7 off a nine-month lay- do well with it. He ran twice and got beat a trying to pick out the right spot for him, but better with a little bit of time. We’ll point for off. She has an all-dirt pedigree, but we took long way both times, but he came back and her over there to the turf to work and she re- he’s training well. Maybe he’ll run here, we’ll the Gallant Bloom back at Belmont. It’s 3-and- finished second for us at Belmont and then ally liked it. She’s by Bernardini out of Dubai see. He’s really had a good five, six weeks (in- up, on September 26. There’s nothing wrong was third here opening weekend (in a July 24 Escapade which is all dirt, but she loved it cluding a 5-furlong work in 1:00.10 Aug. 6).” with her, she’s just a little bit light framed and state-bred allowance). He’s going to run back and was second to a nice filly (French import on the 20th with a good chance.” puts a lot into her training so we’ll probably Zvarkhova) in an a-other-than.” Marking: “He’s going to be talked space her out with the thought of October 31 about, so we might as well talk about him. Bay Of Plenty: “He just won the Alydar Breeders’ Cup (Filly and Mare Sprint).” Good Response: “He won up here July He’s by Bernardini out of (Grade 1 winner) impressively. He won his first start back off a 26 in a maiden race going a mile-and-three- Seventh Street. He has yet to run, but when layoff, allowance race (April 29 at Belmont). Clothes Fall Off: “She ran the first time eighths. The instructions were, ‘There’s no he runs he’ll open up 4-5. He has all black-let- He has a stallion’s pedigree, by Medaglia in the slop off the turf, 5 1/2 here last year. pace in the race so break and go to the lead. Try ter works. He outworked Watershed who won d’Oro (out of the A.P. Indy mare Kotuku) and I think Tom Durkin’s first call was “and she’s and slow them down and get the job done.” He impressively. He’s a beautiful colt, but not as he’s a beautiful horse conformation-wise, we not liking the going today,” and she dropped breaks, stumbles, gets squeezed and he’s 15 good mentally as Watershed. We worry that want to try to make him a stallion and win the back to last and then she got going and came lengths last. We were like what the hell? Then he might get dirt in his face and go out the right races. So we went in the Met Mile and up the rail. His last call was, “she’s loving the he flew home. People think we know so much back, but he might win by 10 too. He has a he got eliminated down the backside or soon going today.” She won. We gave her time off, and we can predict what happens. We act like great pedigree, a beautiful horse and we’re after the break by Bayern. The race was great just little bits of nothing. No surgery, she just we know and we don’t know. Fun horse. He’ll excited to get to the races with him. He might here. He ran very well, mile-and-an-eighth, could have been doing better so we gave her run back, Travers Day, an a-other-than.” run next week.” Saturday, August 15, 2015 The Saratoga Special 7 The Chief . . .Day 18 “Fitzsimmons won the Saratoga Cup at least 11 times. One time, all they had was his entry, they just galloped around. When Admiral Vee won it, they had 21,000 people at Saratoga, that was the biggest prize. The grandstand it only came to the second (pillar) I think all the rest was built afterward. Atkinson was on my horse and Arcaro was on the other horse. Nobody ever whipped a horse like Atkinson did, makes all the sense in the world, used to hit them right on top of the ass, makes sense. They called him, ‘The Slasher,’ never put a mark on them, none of this sideways stuff. We win the very next race and I went out to the parking lot and a woman asked me where her car was, she thought I worked in the parking lot. That put you down real quick.”

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Saturday, August 15, 2015 The Saratoga Special 9 Grand Experiment Venezuelan trainer Delgado aims at Grade 2 with longshot

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Saturday, August 15, 2015 The Saratoga Special 11 won that year’s summer-fall meeting at Gulfstream Park with 24 wins from Fourstardave – 96 starts and was tied for seventh Continued from page 10 at the subsequent Gulfstream Park West (Calder) meeting with 10 wins. members of his Saratoga string train Against the likes of Todd Pletcher, Bill early Friday morning on the main Mott and Shug McGaughey – three track. “The other horses in the race, trainers he’ll meet with major con- you look (at their form) and see G1, tenders for the Fourstardave – at this G1, G2. When my horse runs in G1, year’s competitive winter-spring Gulf- G2, he doesn’t run bad. Look at his stream meet, Delgado finished tied for record and you’ll see, neck, 1 length, 10th with 15 wins. 1 length, 1 length, half, head. Every Delgado won his country’s Triple race he runs good.” Crown four times and also saddled Delgado isn’t inaccurate in his five winners of the Clásico Simón Bo- assessment. Grand Tito has run six livar, considered the most famous race times this season, won the Miesque’s in Venezuela. He also is a three-time Approval in his most recent start at winner of the Group 1 Clásico Inter- Gulfstream Park and finished second nacional del Caribe for 3-year-olds three times, third once and fifth once and trained 2009 Venezuela Horse of in his other races, beaten less than 5 the Year and seven-time Group 1 win- lengths. ner Bambera. “His races were good this year, but Delgado is stabled off the main now the horse is better. The weather Saratoga grounds in a rented barn on here in Saratoga, the horse . . . aye, Gridley Street, at the “two corners yes, he’s changed. He’s very, very right down from 007 (James Bond).” good,” Delgado said, puffing up his Delgado sent out a winner already shoulders as he spoke. “But we’ve got at the meet from the barn – Face Of to have good luck. He’ll need luck, Winner in a July 26 allowance race on but never say never.” the main track – and his success gives Delgado came to the U.S. in 2014 Tod Marks and made an immediate impact. He Continued On Page 14 King Kreesa eyes his third straight stakes win for trainer David Donk.

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Saturday, August 15, 2015 The Saratoga Special 13 Maduro’s regime has been des- ignated by the U.S government as a Fourstardave – security threat and President Obama Continued from page 12 has issued sanctions against the na- tion. The unrest has led many to leave him confidence for his next move. or try to leave. “We’ll finish up here and have Delgado called the situation, “very, a barn at Belmont,” Delgado said. very complicated” and “very danger- “We’ll do the Gulfstream, December ous.” to April, champions meeting again, Several Venezuelan groups have set too. This is the idea. The plan,” he up operations in Florida’s horse-cen- said. “Now at Gulfstream the meet- tric Ocala area, buying farms and im- ing is very cheap. I’ve got some hors- mersing themselves in the Thorough- es there, it’s important to keep them bred industry. El Capi Racing includes there for the people that gave me Venezuelan brothers Carlos and Jose chances. They can run for $10,000 in Uzcategui. Delgado trains three hors- claiming races. It’s very complicated es for El Capi and he said their $2.4 for me now.” million in purchases in Saratoga are Delgado was referring to his split only the beginning. stable, but he very easily could have “Them and their partners, they been talking about the situation in his plan to buy about 10 horses this native country. year,” Delgado said. “These are the Venezuela is in the midst of polit- first two. Now at the Keeneland sale ical and economic instability under they’ll look to buy eight more horses. an unpopular government built by Tod Marks That is the plan.” Ironicus also rides a two-race winning streak into the Fourstardave. Hugo Chavez and inherited by Nico- Todd Pletcher hopes for a strong las Maduro, who has allegedly called fall campaign for Al Shaqab Rac- ishing third, beaten 5 lengths by stream Park Turf and Grade 2 Fort for violence to stop opposing protests ing’s Mshawish and looks to get the Solow, in the $6 million Dubai Turf Lauderdale. by citizens. Venezuela is one of the 5-year-old son of Medaglia d’Oro on the Dubai World Cup undercard at “He ran well in Dubai, the form world’s largest foreign oil suppliers to off toward that goal in the Grade 2 Meydan Racecourse March 28. He’d has held up pretty strongly,” Pletch- the U.S. and oil prices have dropped Fourstardave. won three in a row before the trip to sharply since 2014. Mshawish hasn’t raced since fin- Dubai, including the Grade 1 Gulf- Continued On Page 16

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Saturday, August 15, 2015 The Saratoga Special 15 being a little less keen early on in the race than he sometimes can be.” Fourstardave – Pletcher will also send out Gary Continued from page 14 Barber’s Jack Milton in the Fourstar- dave. er said. “Solow looks like the best Ninth in the Grade 1 Manhattan horse in Europe. We decided to give last out, Jack Milton was third be- him a little break, just because he hind Seek Again and Grand Arch in had had a steady campaign. I sent last year’s Fourstardave and won the him to Fair Hill to Bruce Jackson, Grade 1 Maker’s 46 Mile this spring for 45 days, did a little bit of ev- at Keeneland. He’s 6-1 on the morn- erything. Light training, turnout, ing-line with Triple Crown-winning he got him back galloping and we jockey Victor Espinoza named. brought him back in when he was “Since the Manhattan we’ve been ready to breeze.” pointing for this,” Pletcher said. Mshawish shows six breezes at “Like all turf horses, he needs a good Saratoga for his comeback, all on dirt trip. It was a rough trip in the Man- and five on the main track. Winner hattan. He got packed out all the way of the Group 2 Zabeel Mile in Feb- around there and finished even at a ruary 2014, Mshawish is the field’s mile-and-a-quarter. The best-case sce- leading earner with $1,655,151. He nario, he can drop back a little bit and also makes his first start in more than he’s got a big burst, if he can get cov- four months, as opposed to the other er, save ground and then he can save members of the field who have made that burst.” starts in either June or July. Where the pace will come from in “You’ve got to give them a little bit the Fourstardave seems fairly cut and of a break if you want to have a fresh dry – 3-1 morning-line favorite King horse in the fall,” Pletcher said. “He Kreesa. seems good. He’s a little more settled Second to eventual Horse of the actually, he can get a little headstrong, Tod Marks but he seems a little more relaxed. Continued On Page 18 Hopefully that will translate to him Vyjack limbers up for the Fourstardave. Have your own fun Edition Farm yearlings show up in winner’s circles in New York and beyond. Buy them or try to beat them. Quality yearlings raised by Edition Farm in New York selling August 15-16 at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga with Denali Stud

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Saturday, August 15, 2015 The Saratoga Special 17 but could vie for favoritism off two strong races for Hall of Fame trainer Fourstardave – Shug McGaughey. The 4-year-old son Continued from page 16 of Distorted Humor won the Grade 2 Dixie on the Preakness undercard at Year in the 2013 Fourstar- Pimlico and followed it up with an al- dave, King Kreesa won the 2014 West lowance-optional victory at Belmont Point on the Saratoga turf and comes going 1 mile in 1:32.71. in off back-to-back wins in 1-mile Seek Again is winless in four starts turf stakes at Belmont – the Grade 3 since last year’s Fourstardave win, Poker and the ungraded but plenty two defeats last year in the Shad- tough Forbidden Apple. well Turf Mile at Keeneland and The New York-bred raced on or Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita just off the lead in both of those wins, and two this year in the Woodford a typical style for the son of King Reserve Turf Classic at Churchill Cugat. Downs and Shoemaker Mile at San- Trainer David Donk loves the pro- ta Anita. Trained by Bill Mott, the gression made by Gerald and Susan 5-year-old son of Speightstown spent Kresa’s 6-year-old, who missed the most of the spring and summer here first half of 2014 with a hoof injury in Saratoga under the care of his Hall but makes his fifth start of 2015 today. of Fame conditioner. “The challenge for a trainer is Mott also sends out Vyjack, when a horse gets good, ‘Are you able scratched from last weekend’s to keep them good?’ ” Donk said. Stakes for this spot. Grand Arch, “Last year was a rushed campaign second by a neck in last year’s because of the foot. This year has Fourstardave for Brian Lynch, been a better schedule. His best race rounds out the body of the field. might have been the second to Wise Weekend Hideaway is entered for Dan two years ago, until his last race main track only. in my mind. We’re coming to it the right way.” Additional reporting by Sean and Ironicus is the 4-1 third choice Joe Clancy.

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MARCH Tod Marks A winner the only time she made it to the starting gate, Tonasah looks to become a stakes PARRANDA winner today. IRONICUS KOBE’S BACK MR SPEAKER A Runner RELOAD Extreme ‘loose horse’ at Belmont, Tonasah steps up to Gr. 2 stakes IMAGINING BY TOM LAW ADIRONDACK PREVIEW Eight minutes. SUMMER FRONT Not long in the grand scheme of things. About the time it takes mont stretch and around the turns, most weekend warriors to run a before finally being corralled after mile in a charity fundraiser 5K, so, eight agonizing minutes. not that long right? To the connec- The situation certainly wasn’t And the story continues... tions of Tonasah, favorite for today’s unique, horses get loose during $200,000 Adirondack Stakes at morning training and in the after- Saratoga, it might as well have been noons from time to time. It did leave an eternity. her connections, trainer Todd Pletch- Niall Brennan Stables Entered to make her career debut er and his team, and the members of Ocala, Fl (352) 732-7459 in the Astoria Stakes two days before Starladies Racing and Starlight Sta- the Belmont Stakes, Tonasah unseat- ble, pretty empty. niallbrennan.com ed right at the end “It seemed like 80,” Pletcher said of the path leading to the racetrack earlier this summer of the Malibu at . She proceeded to Moon filly’s eight-minute ordeal. elude outriders up and down the Bel- Continued On Page 22

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䘀椀渀搀 礀漀甀爀 渀攀砀琀 䌀氀愀猀猀椀挀 瀀攀爀昀漀爀洀攀爀 愀琀 吀愀礀氀漀爀 䴀愀搀攀℀ 吀愀礀氀漀爀䴀愀搀攀䄀搀瘀愀渀琀愀最攀⸀挀漀洀 簀 ⼀吀愀礀氀漀爀䴀愀搀攀䄀搀瘀愀渀琀愀最攀 簀 䀀琀愀礀氀漀爀洀愀搀攀猀愀氀攀猀 that you can check off the box that’s happened to you in the racing game. Adirondack – The timing of Tonasah’s maiden Continued from page 20 win gave Pletcher 22 days until the Schuylerville at Saratoga. She was Tonasah was scratched from the entered in the traditional Opening Astoria well before she was caught. Day feature but the trainer opted She returned to fight another day and to run only Positively Royal – who romped in her debut going 5 furlongs finished eighth as the favorite – after about a month later. Tonasah was a little aggressive in a Pletcher talked about the incident work a week before the race. again Friday, the morning before her The Pennsylvania-bred Keeneland stakes debut. Sales graduate is the 8-5 favorite for “She went to the pony, the pony the 6 ½-furlong Adirondack with had her and he grabbed her to come Castellano getting the return call. up closer, she got scared, sucked Pletcher will also send out Delicate back and fell on her haunches,” he Lady, a recent private purchase for said. “Javier was sitting on top of her Aron Wellman’s Eclipse Thorough- when she was sitting on the ground bred Partners out of a 6 1/2-length and then couldn’t stay on her. She maiden win on Arlington Park’s Pol- gave the outriders a serious chal- ytrack July 2. lenge. She was crafty, absolutely un- “We got her pretty soon after she scathed. She didn’t have a mark on broke her maiden, she’s come in and her, came back and cleaned up her trained very well, she’s straightfor- Tod Marks feed. Luckily she was fine. ward, professional, handles the dirt Just Wicked aims to repeat her victory here Opening Day for trainer Steve Asmussen. “It was just annoying, but luckily fine, it’s a class test here,” Pletcher she didn’t jump over a rail or injure said. “You just see what you’ve got. and owners Big Chief Thorough- that last one,” said Julie Clark, as- herself. We’ve practiced it quite a bit, Match her up with company and breds and Gene Voss. The daughter sistant to Desormeaux and running paddock schooled her quite a bit, she’s handled every assignment we’ve of Street Boss was 8 lengths behind his small Saratoga string. “So we’re just trying to prevent it from happen- given her. Off The Tracks in the Schuylerville trying to get her a little more dialed ing again. It’s not like her, not at all, Schuylerville third Decked Out is and also was second in the Astoria. it was just one of those freaky things back for trainer Keith Desormeaux “She wasn’t quite fit enough for Continued On Page 24 TS SNAPSHO from Saratoga

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Saturday, August 15, 2015 The Saratoga Special 23 portunity,” Nicks said. “Saratoga, H��� C���� C�� T���� L� H����� you never know what’s going to hap- Adirondack – pen. Always some good horses show Continued from page 22 up. The thing is she’s straightfor- ward, very precocious minded, good in for this one. She’s good. I like 2-year-old type.” that there seems to be some speed Kandoo’s maiden win came at 4 in there. I’m hoping that she doesn’t ½ furlongs in a sharp :51.32, not far stay too close and has more of a kick off the track record. She’ll be stretch- Represenng owners, trainers, breeders, jockeys, drivers and left at the end this time.” horsemen associaons in business transacons and maers before ing out a quarter-mile longer today. the NYS Gaming Commission and in the federal and state courts A few of the Adirondack entrants Nicks hopes his filly is up to the chal- showed speed in their prior races. lenge. Andrew J. Turro, Esq. Just Wicked, the 3-1 second choice “Well you don’t know about it, Chair, Equine & Racing Law Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C. on the early line for Steve Asmussen, I mean she acts like she has a good 516-741-6565 990 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530 dueled for the lead in her debut on [email protected] A� | G��� C� | N� Y�� C� | W���, D.C. | www.msek.com cardio system, she never really gets the grass at Belmont before coming tired in the mornings,” he said. “So from just off the pace to break her I would expect her to handle it okay. maiden Opening Day at Saratoga. “It looks like an evenly matched Heartbreaker Girl also showed speed bunch, a lot of horses that won easy. in her winning debut, albeit in a Assmussen’s filly, probably on paper $50,000 maiden claiming race July the way she ran, having the two rac- 23 at Gulfstream Park. es down inside, so she’s been through Kandoo showed plenty of speed a few different type battles than the winning one of the Lasix-free rac- rest of us have.” es July 18 at Gulfstream for trainer The field is completed by Lookout Ralph Nicks. Sister, a daughter of Giant’s Cause- Nicks adds Lasix for the Adiron- way who won her debut July 18 at dack and replaces apprentice Tyler Delaware Park for trainer Graham with the Sale’s Leading Consignor Gaffalione with Cornelio Velasquez Motion. on the 5-1 third choice. 3 Years Running “She’s doing very well, she won Additional reporting by Sean easy down there, she deserves an op- Clancy and Annise Montplaisir

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Saturday, August 15, 2015 The Saratoga Special 25 SARATOGA ENTRIES Saturday, August 15. 6TH (3:59PM). $73,000, MSW, 2 YO, F , 6F Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 6, Daily Double 1ST (1:00PM). $83,000, MSW, 2 YO, 5 1/2F 1 ..... 4...... Super Surprise...... J. Velazquez...... T. Pletcher...... 3-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 5, Daily Double 1a ..... AE...... Taken by Surprise...... L. Saez...... T. Pletcher...... 3-1 1 ..... 5...... Donegal Moon...... J. Castellano...... T. Pletcher...... 2-1 2 ..... 1...... Omey Island Girl...... L. Saez...... R. Violette, Jr...... 8-1 1a ..... 7...... Patrick’s Day...... J. Castellano...... T. Pletcher...... 2-1 3 ..... 2...... Young Anna Lee...... J. Castellano...... J. Sharp...... 7-2 2 ..... 1...... Discreet Lover...... M. Sanchez...... U. St. Lewis...... 10-1 4 ..... 3...... Princess Alisha...... E. Cancel...... E. Ibrahim...... 20-1 3 ..... 2...... Show Bound...... J. Ortiz...... S. Asmussen...... 7-2 5 ..... 5...... Boomerang Becky...... C. Velasquez...... J. Servis...... 10-1 4 ..... 3...... Tom’s Ready...... J. Velazquez...... D. Stewart...... 10-1 6 ..... 6...... Queen of Stones...... R. Hernandez...... G. Contessa...... 15-1 5 ..... 4...... Metal Magic...... C. Lanerie...... E. Kenneally...... 4-1 7 ..... 7...... Frostie Anne...... C. Lanerie...... E. Kenneally...... 8-1 6 ..... 6...... Blameiton Brooklyn...... L. Saez...... D. Schettino...... 6-1 8 ..... 8...... Backwood Bay...... J. Ortiz...... L. Rice...... 8-1 7 ..... 8...... Sallisaw...... J. Alvarado...... K. McLaughlin...... 6-1 9 ..... 9...... Rock Garden...... F. Jara...... G. Contessa...... 15-1 10..... 10...... Here Comes Rosie...... M. Franco...... J. Englehart...... 4-1 2ND (1:35PM). $85,000, ALW, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/16M (TURF) 11..... AE...... Freudsalm...... P. Lopez...... T. Pompay...... 6-1 Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 4, Daily Double 12..... AE...... Gregorian Gold...... C. Sullivan...... R. Lugovich...... 20-1 1 ..... 1...... Speeding Comet...... L. Saez...... J. Toscano, Jr...... 5-1 2 ..... 2...... Bam Bam (BRZ)...... J. Alvarado...... W. Mott...... 3-1 7TH (4:35PM). $45,000, CLM $35,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 5 1/2F (TURF) 3 ..... MTO...... Power Crazed...... C. Velasquez...... R. Rodriguez...... 5-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 4 ..... 4...... Hawkshaw...... C. Lanerie...... E. Kenneally...... 10-1 1 ..... 1...... Papa Tom...... A. Arroyo...... R. Ubillo...... 30-1 5 ..... MTO...... Rare Eagle...... J. Castellano...... T. Albertrani...... 5-2 2 ..... 2...... The Comish...... P. Lopez...... E. Plesa, Jr...... 8-1 6 ..... 6...... Where’s Danny (IRE)...... F. Jara...... G. DiSanto...... 12-1 3 ..... 3...... The Pulse...... C. Velasquez...... R. Rodriguez...... 4-1 7 ..... MTO...... Financial Modeling...... J. Castellano...... C. Brown...... 8-5 4 ..... 4...... Bajan Summer...... L. Saez...... G. Sciacca...... 12-1 8 ..... 8...... Adirondack Dancer...... J. Ortiz...... L. Rice...... 5-2 5 ..... 5...... Divine Ambition...... C. Lanerie...... D. Miller...... 15-1 9 ..... 9...... Branded Hand...... K. Carmouche...... J. Sharp...... 4-1 6 ..... 6...... Status of Forces...... E. Cancel...... S. Torelli...... 30-1 10..... 10...... No Wunder (GB)...... P. Lopez...... E. Voss...... 12-1 7 ..... 7...... Puppy Manners...... R. Hernandez...... W. Ward...... 7-2 11..... 11...... Canaveral (GB)...... E. Cancel...... J. Elliot...... 20-1 8 ..... 8...... Blue Pigeon...... J. Ortiz...... L. Rice...... 5-1 12..... 12...... Charitable...... A. Arroyo...... R. Legall...... 30-1 9 ..... 9...... Escapist...... J. Castellano...... B. Brown...... 3-1 10..... 10...... Battlefront...... J. Velazquez...... R. Rodriguez...... 10-1 3RD (2:10PM). $54,000, MCL $65,000, 2 YO, 6F Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 8TH (5:11PM). $90,000, AOC $62,500, 3 YO’S & UP, 1M (INNER TURF) 1 ..... 1...... Iron in the Fire...... R. Hernandez...... W. Ward...... 2-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 4, Daily Double 2 ..... 2...... Exclusivo...... C. Velasquez...... R. Rodriguez...... 15-1 1 ..... 1...... Los Borrachos...... C. DeCarlo...... W. Mott...... 10-1 3 ..... 3...... Professor Zoom...... J. Castellano...... R. Rodriguez...... 6-1 2 ..... 2...... Guggenheim...... K. Carmouche...... J. Shirreffs...... 8-1 4 ..... 4...... Gracious Plenty...... K. Carmouche...... J. Sharp...... 12-1 3 ..... 3...... Boot Scootn Daddy...... E. Cancel...... B. Perkins, Jr...... 5-1 5 ..... 5...... Dalmore...... C. Lanerie...... J. Desormeaux...... 7-2 4 ..... 4...... Slim Shadey (GB)...... C. Velasquez...... D. Jacobson...... 7-2 6 ..... 6...... The Great Whiteway...... J. Leparoux...... I. Wilkes...... 8-1 5 ..... 5...... Lord Trondor...... J. Alvarado...... G. Delgado...... 20-1 7 ..... 7...... Silverado Star...... L. Saez...... E. Plesa, Jr...... 8-1 6 ..... 6...... Candir...... J. Castellano...... C. Brown...... 3-1 8 ..... 8...... Rocky the Kid...... I. Rodriguez...... R. Persaud...... 30-1 7 ..... 7...... Hollywood Idol...... J. Ortiz...... R. Nicks...... 6-1 9 ..... 9...... Totally Discreet...... E. Cancel...... N. Zito...... 10-1 8 ..... 8...... Yes I’m Lucky...... P. Lopez...... E. Plesa, Jr...... 12-1 10..... 10...... Wind Clan Warrior...... J. Ortiz...... G. Contessa...... 10-1 9 ..... 9...... Helm...... J. Velazquez...... M. Wilson...... 15-1 10..... 10...... Mutin (FR)...... L. Saez...... K. McLaughlin...... 12-1 4TH (2:46PM). $200,000, STK - THE ADIRONDACK, 2 YO, F , 6 1/2F 11..... MTO...... Manhattan Mischief...... A. Arroyo...... S. Klesaris...... 6-1 Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 12..... MTO...... Escapefromreality...... D. Schettino...... 5-2 1 ..... 1...... Delicate Lady...... J. Velazquez...... T. Pletcher...... 8-1 13..... MTO...... Juba...... E. Cancel...... J. Jerkens...... 8-5 2 ..... 2...... Kandoo...... C. Velasquez...... R. Nicks...... 5-1 3 ..... 3...... Lookout Sister...... T. McCarthy...... H. Motion...... 6-1 9TH (5:51PM). $85,000, ALW, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 7F 4 ..... 4...... Decked Out...... J. Alvarado...... J. Desormeaux...... 8-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 5 ..... 5...... Tonasah...... J. Castellano...... T. Pletcher...... 8-5 1 ..... 1...... Touch the Moon...... J. Velazquez...... T. Pletcher...... 4-1 6 ..... 6...... Heartbreaker Girl...... M. Vasquez...... J. Rodriguez...... 20-1 2 ..... 2...... Elraazy...... J. Alvarado...... K. McLaughlin...... 7-2 7 ..... 7...... Just Wicked...... J. Ortiz...... S. Asmussen...... 3-1 3 ..... 3...... Predicate...... J. Ortiz...... M. Hennig...... 12-1 4 ..... 4...... Top Decile...... J. Leparoux...... A. Stall, Jr...... 3-1 5TH (3:22PM). $90,000, AOC $62,500, 3 YO’S & UP, 1M (INNER TURF) 5 ..... 5...... Midnight Dream...... C. Velasquez...... G. Delgado...... 30-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 6 ..... 6...... Titanium...... K. Carmouche...... R. Moquett...... 12-1 1 ..... 1...... Cabo Cat...... J. Velazquez...... M. Hennig...... 8-1 7 ..... 7...... Diamond Earring...... L. Saez...... K. Ritvo...... 20-1 2 ..... 2...... Sky Hero...... J. Leparoux...... M. Casse...... 5-1 8 ..... 8...... Cult Classic...... C. Lanerie...... R. Nicks...... 12-1 3 ..... 3...... All Tied Up...... M. Franco...... G. Weaver...... 10-1 9 ..... 9...... Kirov...... J. Castellano...... C. Brown...... 5-1 4 ..... MTO...... Big Looie...... D. Jacobson...... 7-2 10..... 10...... Mayla...... R. Hernandez...... W. Calhoun...... 12-1 5 ..... 5...... Xaverian...... C. DeCarlo...... C. Simon...... 10-1 11..... 11...... Miss Cobblestone...... E. Cancel...... K. McPeek...... 20-1 6 ..... 6...... English Minister...... L. Saez...... M. Trombetta...... 7-2 7 ..... 7...... Brickyard Kitten...... E. Cancel...... B. Perkins, Jr...... 4-1 8 ..... 8...... Hear the Footsteps...... J. Castellano...... B. Brown...... 15-1 9 ..... 9...... Take the Stand (ARG)...... J. 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Saturday, August 15, 2015 The Saratoga Special 27 the Power grid John Tom Gaile Charles Chad Race # Shapazian Law Fitzgerald Bedard Summers

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28 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 15, 2015 Saturday, August 15, 2015 The Saratoga Special 29 Deep Impact New York-bred yearling market benefits from improved racing

BY TOM LAW NEW YORK-BRED SALE The strength of the New York Thoroughbred breeding industry will ure stakes races, not to mention own- be on full display starting tonight and er and breeder incentives, drive the into Sunday as Fasig-Tipton’s summer demand. sales season wraps up with the Sara- As the purses rise, so does the de- toga New York-bred yearling sale. mand, and as of late the quality of the Just in case anyone needed a re- horses produced in the Empire State minder that is. is improving. Prices at the New York- New York-breds are in demand, bred sale have also gone up, rising in not surprising considering the purs- each of the last four years. es they run for down East Avenue at The sale produced gross receipts Saratoga Race Course and downstate of $3,676,000 and an average of at Belmont Park and Aqueduct. State- $39,106 in 2010 and those same bred 2-year-old maidens that run figures grew to $14,099,000 and for $70,000, allowance races in the Fasig-Tipton/Photos by Z Continued On Page 32 The New York-bred catalog is full of potential stars. $75,000 range and scores of six-fig-

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Saturday, August 15, 2015 The Saratoga Special 31 Sale – Continued from page 30 $80,108, increases of 284 percent and 105 percent, respectively. “This is the finest state breeding program in America,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning Jr. “The results speak for themselves. If you see a graph for this sale over the last five years it’s been phenomenal growth and it’s a result of the VLT money getting in and enhancing the purse money for owners. It gives the breeders a legitimate chance to sell their horse and get meaningful breed- ers awards. That’s why you’ve seen a dramatic in- crease in the quality of horses in this sale. “The breeding program, it’s not that the quality of horses have stayed the same and the prices have gone up, it’s that the quality of horses has gone up and as a result the quality of the sales results have improved as well.” The VLTs, approved by the state government in 2001 not long after the September 11 tragedies, didn’t come online at NYRA tracks until late 2011. Not surprisingly the New York-bred sale saw a sharp increases from 2010 to 2011 and 2011 to 2012. Nearly all the players for the sale’s buying base were out Friday inspecting yearlings. They won’t have to comb through as many – 284 yearlings in this year’s catalog compared to 316 last year, before Fasig-Tipton/Photos by Z Continued On Page 33 Yearlings were being shown at the sales grounds again Friday.

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32157697-EddieWoods-half-SarSpecial.indd 1 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August8/13/15 15, 11:04 2015 AM Sale – Continued from page 32 scratches – and many of the country’s most respected and successful consign- ments are on hand. Names like Blake-Albina, Bluewa- ter, Darby Dan, Denali, Hidden Brook, Hunter Valley, Indian Creek, Lane’s End, Pope McLean, Paramount, Select, St. George Sales, Summerfield, Taylor Made, Warrendale and Winter Quarter all brought sizable consignments. They mix with established New York op- erations Akindale, Tom Gallo, Harry Landry, McMahon, Saratoga Glen, Se- quel, Song Hill, Thorndale and Vinery to pack the sales grounds with “Better quality yearlings. Peter (Pen- ny, Fasig-Tipton account executive who handles New York and Florida business) and I were talking a few min- utes ago and the sales preparation, the sales process, in particularly from some of the farms that might not have been, quote un quote, at the highest level five years ago, you used to see a dramatic drop-off from the main sale to the New York-bred sale,” Browning said. “Just in terms of how horses looked and how they were prepped. Now you look around and it’s a well-presented group of athletes on these sales grounds that will sell Saturday and Sunday. The breeders and consignors deserve a lot Continued On Page 34

Fasig-Tipton/Photos by Z A yearling waits its turn Friday.

Saturday, August 15, 2015 The Saratoga Special 33 ter, but it’s not as frequent as 10 to 15 years ago. Sale – Breeders from in and out of New Continued from page 33 York actively seek to start some stal- Loyalty. Service. Substance. lions out in the state they view as pos- of credit for dramatically improving sible candidates for success, including the product they’re presenting to the

the likes of Dublin, Mission Impazi- marketplace. Competition makes you ble, Frost Giant and Desert Party.

do that.” I realized when Tracy first walked into my Stallions that stand outside the Those four stallions are all represent- “ state, roughly 70 percent, sire a ma- ed by big numbers in the New York- Belmont office 12 years ago that she had jority of the yearlings cataloged. bred sale, with Frost Giant leading a great idea. Every detail I threw out, she The number of yearlings by New the way with 17 and Mission Impazi- “ York stallions is on the rise, com- ble second with 14. had covered and has continued to develop pared to the years mentioned above “It’s nice to see some quality stal- and create an amazing program. when the influx of VLT money was lions enter the New York market- pumped into purses and breeders place,” Browning said. “Hopefully opted to breed to stallions from Ken- that will continue. We love seeing tucky and other states verses the less quality horses stand as stallions in – Linda Rice commercially appealing group from New York. It enhances what we’re New York. trying to do because the New York The commercial appeal of the stal- program is a big part of what we do lion base in New York is also on the at Fasig-Tipton. rise and with it the number of mares “We’re seeing some young stallions TLore is a Thoroughbred Racehorse being bred and foals being born in the coming to New York at the beginning Management Service. For more state. The number of mares bred in of their stallion career as a result of, as information contact Tracy Attfield New York in recent years is slightly opposed to, the new stallions in New York were being imported from Ken- (954) 647-3220 | TLore.net TLore above 1,600 with the number of foals right around 1,400. tucky after they didn’t achieve a level Some Kentucky stallions are still of success the owners hoped for. It’s dispatched to stand in New York, and nice to see legitimate, exciting stallion other regional markets for that mat- prospects stand in New York.”

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LAKE PLACID STAKES RECAP More Than Good Sentiero Italia blazes home to win Grade 2 BY SEAN CLANCY Kiaran McLaughlin took a deep breath on his way from the clubhouse big screen to the winner’s circle. “She’s a good one,” McLaughlin said. “She’s a good one.” As McLaughlin talked, the good one, Sentiero Italia, galloped out after her third career victory, a polished score in the Grade 2 Lake Placid Stakes. Owned by Godolphin Racing, trained by Mc- Laughlin and ridden by , the daughter of Medaglia d’Oro improved her record to 3-for-5 Tod Marks Continued On Page 39 Sentiero Italia pulls clear late in Friday’s featured Lake Placid.

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Saturday, August 15, 2015 The Saratoga Special 39 15-290-093 LAC 1-4 100 SaratogaSpecial_2.25x4.75.indd 8/5/15 1 8:04 AM Lake Placid – Continued from page 39 Nearing the quarter pole, Strict Compliance crept from the back, sensing her rally, Rosario slid Sentiero Italia across heels and swung four wide. Nearing the eighth pole, Miss Temple City dispatched Heath and Consumer Credit to her inside, but she wouldn’t find peace as Sentiero Italia pounced to her right. Miss Temple City, after going three wide around two turns, led until the sixteenth pole. Sentiero Italia continued to swoop, pulling away to a 1 ¼-length win over Miss Temple City. Strict Compliance rallied for third. Sentiero Italia won over the firm Mellon Turf Course in 1:49.25. “Good trip and finished strong. It was a good group of fillies but she’s getting better and better with each start,” Mc- Laughlin said. “I didn’t know how the race was going to un- fold early, but I told Joel whatever decision he made was the correct one, ride her with confidence, whether you’re first or fourth. It worked out very well.” Aboard Sentiero Italia for the first time, Rosario opted for fourth and it proved to be a deft decision. “I wanted to save ground, I thought they weren’t going fast enough, so I wanted to be right there,” Rosario said. “She did everything right. She was really happy, every time I asked her to do something, she was there. That makes it easy.” Sentiero Italia made her career debut in March, finishing Continued On Page 41 Tod Marks Assistant trainer Neal McLaughlin (left) greets Sentiero Italia after the win.

40 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 15, 2015 “A great meet, we’re happy. We point for it, but so does everybody Lake Placid – else,” McLaughlin said. Continued from page 40 It’s a long way from his first trip to Saratoga in 1983. He and his future seventh in a Gulfstream Park turf wife, Letty, lived in a 35-foot trav- maiden. Shipping north, she broke el trailer, parked near Exit 12 of the her maiden at Aqueduct, returned Northway. Working for Mark Casse, to win an allowance at Belmont be- Letty walked hots while Kiaran ran fore taking on Grade 1 fillies in the the shed. Life was simple. Belmont Oaks Invitational. Breaking “We had three horses. Angle Of from post 11 in the 14-horse field, she Attack, Blind Man’s Bluff and a filly rallied to finish fourth behind the un- we sold to Joe Aquilino after she fin- defeated Lady Eli. McLaughlin wrote ished second here,” McLaughlin said. that off. “We didn’t know what Rolexes and “It would have been great to be Gucci purses were, we were doing third in a Grade 1 but we were real great. Living the American dream.” wide and ran further than the winner, At the end of the day, McLaugh- than everybody in the race. We knew lin sipped champagne and checked on she was going forward for this, she’s the date of the Grade 1 Queen Eliza- done great since her last race,” Mc- beth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland Laughlin said. “I knew she can really with Godolphin’s Jimmy Bell. finish, when she won her allowance They circled Oct. 10 for Sentiero race at Belmont, she came home in 22 Italia. and 3. I was confident when she got out in the clear but for a few strides, it didn’t look like she was going to get by. She’s a Grade 2 winner now.” McLaughlin continued a stellar meet, winning his eighth race from his thisishorseracing.com 21st start. He sits in fourth for races won and third in money won. Sunrise Stallions Sheets PICK OF THE DAY Big Brown • Frost Giant • Heavy Breathing

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Saturday, August 15, 2015 The Saratoga Special 41 FRIDAY RACING RECAP Birthday Girl Anna Rae victorious for Englehart family Winning at Saratoga is special. Watching a horse named after your daughters win a race at Saratoga on one of their birthdays is a few steps above that. Anna Rae, a 2-year-old filly trained by Jeremiah Englehart, won the second race Friday at Saratoga Race Course. She’s named for two of Englehart’s daughters, Anna and Raelyn, and Friday was Rae- lyn’s birthday. Englehart’s success in the second fol- lowed up his father, Chris Englehart’s win in the opener with Rockford. Despite her first-time starter status, Anna Rae Tod Marks Continued On Page 43 Anna Rae coasts under the wire with a win in Friday’s second.

42 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 15, 2015 ing to feed her a lot and we’re going give her a lot of peppermints,” he said. Friday – – Annise Montplaisir Continued from page 42 • The gray gelding delivered. was calm and composed in the pad- Wicked Freud punched through an dock and throughout the post parade, opening at the top of the stretch and which Englehart attributes to her ma- reeled in pacesetter Frisky Magician turity. to win the fourth. “We only schooled her I think one After his runner-up debut against or two times and after that we never state breds in a maiden special last worried about bringing her over be- month at Belmont Park, the 3-year- cause she never did anything wrong,” old son of Freud picked up the victory Englehart said. “And that’s just the in similar conditions for trainer James way she is, she’s much more mature Ryerson. than the normal 2-year-olds that you Bettors couldn’t count their cash see running around this time.” right away, however, as trainer John Anna Rae broke with the field and Tebbutt claimed foul after Wicked settled mid-pack along the rail. Jockey Freud made contact with his horse, Luis Saez urged her along the far out- Neverindicted, at the top of the side as they rounded the turn into the stretch. The stewards looked at the stretch. Anna Rae pulled away from replay, but made no change. the field to win by 11 1/2 lengths. “There was a little bumping,” Ry- “I knew she was training OK. I was Tod Marks erson said. “But I don’t think it war- a little concerned about fitness com- Wicked Freud (6) stretches to deny Frisky Magician in the fourth. ranted a disqualification.” ing in,” Englehart said. “I knew there A homebred for Patricia Gener- lyn’s birthday today, so we had some get any better than that.” were a couple other horses that were azio, Wicked Freud won in 1:02.95 things going in our favor. It was a Englehart’s plan for Neal Allread’s decent in the race. I was expecting her for the 5 ½ furlongs on the turf. special day for me for sure. Any time filly after her impressive performance to run OK. I wasn’t expecting her to “He went to the racetrack as a you can win a race here it’s so special. was pretty simple. run this big. Everything she does, she 2-year-old and stepped on his own does like she’s an older horse. To be able to do it with a horse you “She’s going to go to the test barn, “It didn’t hurt that … it was Rae- named after your daughters, it doesn’t she’s going to come back and we’re go- Continued On Page 44 Graduates off to a Great Start in 2015 IMPRESSIVE 2YOS WINNING FIRST TIME OUT!

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Saturday, August 15, 2015 The Saratoga Special 43 Friday – Continued from page 43 foot,” said Generazio, tied for third in the owner standings with four wins at the meet. “We sent him to Ocala and brought him back this year.” – Billy Blake

• Mark Hennig wasn’t exactly doing somer- saults in the winner’s circle after the fifth race, but it’s always nice to get the monkey off your back. Summersault prevailed in the state-bred maiden special as Javier Castellano nudged her through an opening on the rail at the top of the lane. “We got a little lucky at the quarter pole,” Hen- nig said after his first win of the meet. The 3-year-old daughter of Rock Hard Ten turned in her first career victory in nine tries. Af- ter a few races at 1 1/16 miles on the turf, Hennig shortened her up to 1 mile. The slight cutback in distance helped, along with some other factors. “Second time with blinkers,” he said. “Last time she made the lead midstretch and thought she had the race won but she got caught. A little more space between races. We entered her earlier this meet, but she didn’t get in. It might have been the best thing for her.” – Billy Blake Tod Marks Continued On Page 46 Summersault (right) pulls away to win the fifth for trainer Mark Hennig.

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Saturday, August 15, 2015 The Saratoga Special 45 Saratoga Leaders Friday – JOCKEYS...... 1ST Continued from page 44 Irad Ortiz Jr...... 29 John Velazquez...... 24 • There were two breakthroughs in the seventh race. First, Race And Shine broke through the gate before the Javier Castellano...... 24 start, throwing jockey Javier Castellano to the ground. Jose Ortiz...... 15 Castellano scrambled to the outside of the course to avoid Joel Rosario...... 14 being trampled before dropping to the ground. Luis Saez...... 13 After a few tense minutes, Castellano rose from the Junior Alvarado...... 11 grass unharmed and walked to first aid under his own power. He was in good spirits and rode the rest of the ...... 11 card. Race And Shine did not suffer any serious injuries, but was a late scratch at the gate. TRAINERS...... 1ST The second breakthrough happened at the finish of Todd Pletcher...... 20 the 1 1/16-mile claimer on the Mellon Turf Course when Chad Brown...... 17 28-year-old rider Alex Cintron snapped a 33-race losing Bill Mott...... 9 streak at the meet to register his first Saratoga victory atop Queenofzeenile. Kiaran McLaughlin...... 8 “I was riding good horses, but not the best in the race,” Tod Marks David Jacobson...... 6 Cintron said of the 22-1 winner. “At least I got some Queenofzeenile gives jockey Alex Cintron his first win at Saratoga Christophe Clement...... 5 opportunities from some trainers. I was happy. Finally I this year. John Terranova...... 5 broke my maiden. I’m more excited now. Everything came to Saratoga for one mount Sunday. through, you know?” “I’m getting ready to leave on Sunday. Sunday is my Despite being a big price, Cintron always thought he Through Friday last day. I won one. Hopefully I’ll have a good day on had a chance. Sunday. We’ll see what happens. I have to go back to Del- “I thought she could get it. I only worried about the aware and then I have to go to the festival in Philadelphia, post,” he said. “We got the 12 hole. I was worried about the fall festival.” it. I got a good position early and she did the rest.” – Brandon Valvo Cintron was happy to win, but didn’t stick around. He rides six races today at Delaware Park before coming back Continued On Page 47

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46 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 15, 2015 Kathy’s Humor entered Friday’s race off nearly it even if you know they want to go longer. But, five months on the sidelines for owners James No- the turf season is running out. We finally got her Friday – lan and Marc and Amanda Padellaro. fit enough and right enough to lead her over there. Continued from page 46 She had three races under her belt, all dirt sprints, We threw her to the wolves a little bit. She’s pretty and the plan was always to get the Justenuffhumor high quality.” • The finale featured plenty of excitement as filly going long on the turf. The winning connections weren’t the only ones pace-setting Congress Park and the stalking Kathy’s “She just had issues,” Violette said. “She got sick who walked away from the finale in good spirits. Humor hit the finish together in the 1-mile state- a little bit and we could never get her back here. She One lucky bettor took down the entire pick six bred maiden special weight on the inner turf. The has a lot of turf in her pedigree and instead of mess- pool to the tune of $83,645. latter won a tight photo at 5-1 under leading rider ing around with a dirt race, we ended up (running The big payout was largely attributed to the Irad Ortiz Jr. her on grass). It looks like we did the right thing. longshot winner of the seventh race, Queenofzee- “I wasn’t sure,” said winning trainer Rick Vi- “It was always her destiny to be on the grass. nile, who won at 21-1. olette on whether he knew he had it won. “I was She actually was running well enough on the dirt. – Brandon Valvo hoping we did, but not until they put the number She was second in a stake in her second start. I like up.” to get a couple of sprints into them if they can do

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Late Scratches: Slan Abhaile Hard Land Claimed: Rockford claimed by Winning Move Stable for $12,500, Claimed: Mr Palmer claimed by Jacobson, David for $16,000, Frost Ground Force claimed by Ramsey, Kenneth L. and Sarah K. for $12,500 Jordan claimed by Lerner, Harold for $16,000, Locker Room Guy Time: 1:10.21 claimed by Midwest Thoroughbreds, Inc. for $16,000. Time: 1:50.39 Exacta (6-3), $26.40; Superfecta (6-3-4-1), $122.50; Trifecta (6-3-4), Daily Double (7-1), $36.40; Exacta (1-5), $36.80; Superfecta (1-5-3- $57.00 2), $1,000.00; Trifecta (1-5-3), $242.50; Pic 3 (6-7-1), $71.50 YOICKSONLINE.COM SECOND $54,000, MAIDEN CLAIMING $65,000, 2 YO, 5 1/2F SEVENTH $45,000, CLAIMING $35,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/16M SPORTING ART 2 Anna Rae L. Saez $11.00 $6.20 $4.40 12 Queenofzeenile A. Cintron $45.40 $16.20 $7.60 ANTIQUES 8 Warriors Diva J. Ortiz $9.10 $6.40 1 Willow U M. Franco $5.00 $4.00 5 Hoosier Scout M. Franco $5.60 10 Ramble J. 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