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2 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 8, 2015 here&there... at Saratoga BY THE NUMBERS 10,000: Estimated wins by this year’s inductees at the Hall of Fame.

85,000: Estiminated wis by this year’s returning Hall of Fame inductees.

87: Horses Alfred Vanderbilt Jr. once sent by train to California.

12,881,833: Combined earnings of today’s Whitney field. NAMES OF THE DAY Say Hey Kid, second race. Turf Stable’s 2-year-old is by Haynesfield, out of Swinging.

Oscar Nominated, second race. Amerman Racing’s 2-year-old is out of Devine Actress.

Evidently, 10th race. Owner/trainer/breeder Roy Lerman came up with a good one for the daughter of Supposedly.

WORTH REPEATING “Every time I pick up an issue I travel to where I always want to be...heaven on Earth, and you and your staff seem to pay the fare to get there.” Longtime Special reader Patrick Kerrison

“Jay, I didn’t come here for the water.” Paddy Young, when asked by groom Jay Libertini if he Tod Marks should bet Choral Society in the Thursday’s A.P. Smithwick. Young came Agony of Defeat. Eric Cancel laments what might have been with James Bond. DAR8575 Saratoga Special Medaglia 8 AUG15 06/08/2015 14:01 Page 1 for the money and Libertini got the money, as Choral Society won and paid $34.40

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Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 3 here&there... at Saratoga WORTH REPEATING “The next Jonathan Sheppard.” Overheard, as Jack Fisher walked into the winner’s circle after winning the Smithwick

“You better tie on when you go out with those jump jockeys.” Kendrick Carmouche, Friday morning

“He gets more press than I do.” Bruce Brown, when seeing his son’s photo in The Special

“Is that today’s?” Potential reader, taking a paper Friday morning (for future reference, we only give out today’s paper)

“I have to admit it does get pretty quiet up here in the winter.” Anna Hollander, who spent her winter in Saratoga

“I was the paddock judge at Monmouth Park, one hot day and Antley had a propensity to be late all the time, I had finally had enough of Antley and I called the stewards and had him fined $100. As we were walking out, he looked at me and said, ‘You think that means something to me chubby and he showed me a stack of 100’s and said, that don’t mean nothing to me.’ ” Drew Mollica, about his first meeting with Hall of Fame jockey Chris Antley

“If you’re ever going to take them on, it was today. There was nothing to lose. Demonstrative, he’s the best horse but maybe not the best day for him.” Jockey Paddy Young, after upsetting two-time Demonstrative in the Smithwick Tod Marks Horse Wash. A yearling gets a bath at Fasig-Tipton Friday.

QUOTE OF THE DAY NAME OF THE DAY “They don’t give milk. They don’t lay eggs. You’ve got to run them.” Rafting, second race. Wertheimer and Frere’s homebred Overheard, along the rail Friday morning Woke Up Tired, first race. isAppropriate out of Paiota for Falls, Monday which morning looks likeof sales a good week. place to go rafting if That’syou ever us. go to Montana.

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4 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 8, 2015 Saturday,000095-LE-Union August Rags-Saratoga 8, Special 2015 FP-Aug 6.indd 1 The Saratoga Special 8/6/15 3:35 PM5 here&there... at Saratoga WORTH REPEATING “That was not his best but not his worst.” Jockey Robbie Walsh, after finishing third aboard Demonstrative

“I haven’t seen you in days.” Harper Hutchins, to The Special’s Joe Clancy who got stuck in the office for a bit

“What’s your problem?” The parrot at trainer Mitch Friedman’s barn; deadlines.

“To say I taught him how to ride . . . you don’t teach someone like him. It just comes natural.” Franklin “Goree” Smith, about new Hall of Fame jockey Chris Antley

“Keep up the good work. I read it when you put it up. It’s a great thing to look forward to every night.” Bloodstock agent and digital edition reader Reynolds Bell

“Effinex is notorious for that. He must have gotten cast 50 times since we got him. He’s pretty good though – I think we only had to pull him off the wall once. He gets out of it somehow.” Trainer , on horses rolling in their stalls

“The horse got a little more downtime. He doesn’t mind.” Trainer Phil Serpe, on being forced to Weekend Hideaway from the John Morrissey due to a paperwork delay

“I’ve got some free time.” Trainer Todd Wyatt, while driving from Saratoga to Penn National and back Friday Tod Marks Comedy Central. Bill Mott and crack each other up.

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StablePhil Serpe’s 18 horses at Saratoga Tour: are sound and ready to run. Him? Every day at Saratoga, The Special Not so much. And he’s got the boot (with help from sponsor Fasig-Tipton) on his right leg to show for it. presents an exclusive Stable Tour The short answer is he strained his with a Saratoga trainer. For more, see: achilles tendon sheath, which sounds thisishorseracing.com/stabletours like something a horse would do, while working out this winter in Flor- tack back on him. He’s by Munnings ida. The long answer involves trip- and Munnings is doing great. We ping over a crossbar in the door of his claimed him for The Elkstone Group barn at , falling to the and we’re very excited about running asphalt and fracturing both elbows. him up here. We thought he’d be “I hurt my leg in Florida, but we ready early, but now it looks like the were getting ready to come up here latter part of the meet. He’s a big, gi- and I figured I’d get it taken care of ant horse, very well made. We’re pret- when I got back to New York,” Serpe ty excited about him.” said. “I go to the doctor, get a referral and the next day I’m walking out the La Inesperada: She ran second door of the barn after feeding and my the other day (July 30). We claimed right foot got hung up on the bar. I her for $25,000 at Belmont. She’s im- put my arms out and fractured both proving. She finished second the other my radius bones.” We missed a race. It was an unfortu- like I was out of my mind. She’s go- day in an off-the-turf race. She’s put a Serpe also cut his nose and was nate set of circumstances, but he’ll be ing to run on the 13th in the stallion lot of weight back on and she’s a filly actually pretty lucky considering the back. We’re trying to figure out where stakes. We like her. She looks like her that I think is going to win a bunch potential for calamity while falling to go next. There’s an overnight stake father (the Serpe-trained Cosmonaut). of races.” face first on asphalt. Remember that in a couple of weeks.” The biggest thing on Cosmonaut was next time you lean the crossbar on the his heart. He had a huge pump, and Lemon Song: “We claimed her at ground. Indygita: “We claimed her in Flor- he passes that along. She’s in the New Belmont. She likes Saratoga and un- Back to the horses, Serpe started ida for 30,000. We brought her to York-bred program, that’s great.” fortunately the first two races to run with the stable star while talking to New York and she won for 40 right her in haven’t filled.” The Special’s Joe Clancy this week. out of the box. She came back and Valuetempo: “He’s another one we won for 50 in her last start at Bel- claimed in Florida for 25,000. He just Morning Star: “She ran (Aug. 2) Weekend Hideaway: Unfortunate- mont and we’re going to try her in a finished third last time for 40,000. He and I was pretty disappointed. We ly, he didn’t get to run in the John one other than (she was 10th Friday). runs back Sunday (11th race), straight claimed her here last summer. She Morrissey (July 30). It was just be- She’s a 3-year-old filly and she’s all 3-year-olds for 50. Sometimes you’ve reeled off two in a row at Belmont, cause of some delayed paperwork. He right. Realistically, in New York now, really got to give them a few months she likes the big, wide turf-course jumped over a shadow at Monmouth if horses are worth what you claim before you know what you have. Not turns down there. We gave her a lit- and when he landed Jose Lezcano just them for, with how good our purses all 2-year-olds are ready to run as tle breather and first time out of the wasn’t sure what happened and he are you can make a profit.” 2-year-olds and not all 3-year-olds are box at Belmont she gets beat a head. pulled him up. There wasn’t anything ready to run in January and February. I couldn’t have been more excited wrong with him. I just took my time Cosmic Serenity: “A few years You’ve got to let them move forward about running a horse up here and she with him, brought him back. He had ago we had a filly named Manero, and he’s going the right way.” didn’t run any good. That can happen to work for the vet, which he did, but and she got beat a in a stal- up here. Sometimes things are unex- he also had to have some blood work lion stakes here (in 2012). This is her Mongolian King: “He was sup- plainable. Everything was pointing in done and it never came back. We sister and when I bought her I said I posed to run up here opening week her direction. Her coat was great, she had to scratch. He loves the slop, he was buying her to run in the stallion and he got really sick and was out worked great, everything was going loves Saratoga, he was training great. stakes in August. People looked at me three weeks before we could even put great. And she was sixth.” Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 7 The Chief . . .Day 12

“Take a horse for instance who you breeze in the morning, then you take them out that afternoon to graze and they’re feeling so sharp, bucking and kicking. You wonder, ‘how would he run if I had him in this afternoon?’ I always thought, and it doesn’t have to be right naturally, but say for in- stance, you over-train the horse and he doesn’t run well because you’ve over-trained him, but that’s still better than if a horse has a hard driving, hard-whipping race Each year, the equine that’s not fit for it, I don’t think he’s going to recover from it. The horse that was industry has a over-trained, you can back off him and he’ll come to you. It’s hard to figure out, multi-billion-dollar which is right, which is wrong, which proves to be right, economic impact which proves to be wrong.” on New York State. It provides tens of – Trainer Allen Jerkens, thousands of jobs 1929-2015 while preserving the State’s irreplaceable farmland.

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Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 9 WHITNEY STAKES PREVIEW The deck is stacked Grade 1 draws deep group of older horses The stated objective of the NYRA racing depart- ment is to make a few select Saturdays during the association’s signature season at Saratoga feel like championship-caliber events. A summertime Breed- ers’ Cup if you will. Today’s Grade 1 Whitney Invitational Stakes, one of the longstanding cornerstone events of the meeting and worth a hefty $1.25 million, might not be as good as the best Breeders’ Cup Classic but it’s better than some and every bit as good as most. The 1 1/8-mile race features seven Grade 1 win- Tod Marks See WHITNEY page 12 Met Mile winner is a slight favorite for today’s Grade 1 Whitney.

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Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 11 record, he tries two turns for the first time since. Mornings have not been easy for trainer Shug Mc- Whitney – Gaughey as Honor Code has balked at training. Continued from page 10 Trainer Shug McGaughey: “Our plan was to go ners, a group that contains a and to the Alysheba, then back in the Stephen Foster, Jockey Club Gold Cup winner in , Met when he didn’t run well on that track, we changed Mile winner Honor Code, Donn Handicap winner directions and went to the Metropolitan, hopefully Lea, Stephen Foster winner Bird, Travers we’ll be participating in the bigger older horse rac- winner V. E. Day, Wood Memorial winner Wicked es, like the Whitney…the Breeders’ Cup. Strong and last year’s winner Moreno. The other “After he ran in the Metropolitan, I thought off three are no slouches, with the dangerously im- an effort like that, it was probably a little too quick proving Liam’s Map and Grade 2 winner Coach to bring him back in the Suburban and I didn’t re- Inge representing ’s powerful barn ally like the mile and a quarter around a turn and and Normandy Invasion trying to recapture some a half so we elected to wait and come here and I’m of the magic that saw him come within 3 ½ lengths Tod Marks satisfied with that decision. of winning the 2013 . Trainer Shug McGaughey. “In the Metropolitan, I remember saying to Those are the 10 for the Whitney, which hasn’t (wife) Alison that I thought he was back too far the connections of each entrant in the race. Here’s produced a Horse of the Year since 2006 and prob- but I knew that was where he would be, that’s his what they had to say to Sean Clancy, Joe Clancy ably won’t this year with Triple Crown winner style of running and that’s the way it’s going to be. and Tom Law about their horse and his chances. American Pharoah a cinch for racing’s highest hon- You’ve got to just let him run his race. or regardless of how he finishes out the year. 1. Honor Code, 3-1 “They’ll know he’s in there, that’s what I thought The 88th running of the Whitney will go a before the Metropolitan. I don’t have any problem long way toward determining the frontrunner for Off the board once in eight starts, Honor Code with him going a mile and an eighth, whether he’s the time being in the chase for the older dirt male stretches out another furlong from a dominating going to pack the same punch the last part of it as championship. If that category sounds new it’s be- win in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap June he does going a mile, that’s what we’re going to cause it is, reconfigured for this year and keeping 6. Javier Castellano allowed the son of A.P. Indy to find out. He won going a mile and an eighth and I any older grass horses from scooping it up like they drop back to last behind the likes of Tonalist and think people are discounting him around two turns did in five of the last six years. Wicked Strong before dropping an anvil on those because he ran bad in Louisville, but he ran his last We took a page from our own publication for two and seven others in the 1-mile stakes. Honor quarter in 23, it just took him a while to get hold of this year’s Whitney preview, using the same strategy Code finished fifth in the Alysheba at Churchill See WHITNEY page 14 we employ for Travers Day and touched base with Downs in May, the only disappointing effort on his

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Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 13 of money, it’s the Whitney and it is Saratoga, that’s the way it is. I have not run the horse in an easy Whitney – race for more than a year. I don’t think (distance) Continued from page 12 matters. Yes he stays, but there is no reason why he cannot run a very good race at a mile-and-an- the track, by that time it was over with. eighth.” “He’s done that before (balked), he did at Bel- mont before the Metropolitan, basically when he 3. Noble Bird, 5-1 breezes. Obviously, I wish he didn’t do that and I’m going to have to try to get some of that out of him, Son of Birdstone comes in off a game victory he’s a little too smart for his own good. We’ll just over Lea in Grade 1 Stephen Foster last time at have to see whether it affects him or not. , his third win in five starts this “I don’t think there’s anything bothering him, I year for owner John Oxley and trainer Mark Casse. went over him completely this morning, he had a Raced exclusively on turf and synthetics as a 2-year- hind suspensory problem as a 3-year-old, if he’s got old before being switched to dirt for his first start anything back there now, somebody’s going to have of 2015 at Oaklawn Park. Finished sixth that day to prove it to me because I can’t see anything. Don- sprinting but has won three of his last four, with a na and Lena who get on him don’t have a problem head loss in the Grade 2 Alysheba the lone blemish. with him, up here, he just kind of knows where the barn is, the other day when I stopped him there, he Tod Marks Assistant trainer Norm Casse: “Any of the hors- thought it was over with and that’s how he handled Belmont Stakes winner Tonalist. es can win, we know that. We just know that truth- it.” fully our horse is coming in better than he’s ever a head to Effinex. Clement likes what he sees from come into a race. Hopefully he runs a bigger race the five-time winner and earner of more than $2.3 2. Tonalist, 4-1 than he did in the Foster. That’s what he’s going to million. have to do. Before the Foster he really touted us, he The 2014 Belmont Stakes winner literally looked well. We went over super confident and I’m stopped traffic while paddock schooling Wednes- Trainer Christophe Clement: “Everything is going to go over Saturday super confident that he’s day and Thursday – looking bigger, stronger, good. He’s had three starts this year. Every race has going to run well. The thing I like most about him “thicker” as his trainer Christophe Clement put been a good race. Of course I would prefer him to is he brings it every time. If we have him ready and it. Robert Evans’ colt opened 2015 by winning the win every single one of them, but he ran a good Shaun rides him good he’s going to be right there. Grade 3 Westchester at a mile, then finished second race. He’s trained well, he seems in good order, he He loves to win and he loves to run. to today’s rival Honor Code in the Grade 1 Metro- seems happy, he’s very sound, let’s go. It’s obviously See WHITNEY page 16 politan Mile and lost the 1 1/4-mile Suburban by a very good race. It won’t be an easy race. It’s a lot

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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 4. Liam’s Map, 6-1 Whitney – The least proven and perhaps most potent start- er in the field. The son of Unbridled’s Song finished Continued from page 14 second in his career debut at Saratoga last summer, “We’ll go over there 6-1, 7-1 and I think we’ve before rattling off three consecutive wins from Sep- got just as good a chance as anybody. It seems like tember to December, including a stakes win in the everybody has question marks on them. Tonalist Harlan’s Holiday. Trainer Todd Pletcher flies in hasn’t run his race except at Belmont. Is Lea as Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith from California to good as he was as before? Can Honor Code go two guide the $800,000 yearling purchase for the first turns? Is Noble Bird just a Churchill horse? The time. way he trains seems to indicate otherwise but you don’t know until you actually run them, but his Trainer Todd Pletcher: “He’s a free-running best races are far and away at Churchill. They all horse, you have to finesse him a little bit, you can’t Tod Marks have them. It’ll be interesting.” get in his mouth so I thought Mike would fit him well. The improving Liam’s Map represents leading trainer Todd Pletcher’s barn. “In January, we decided to give him a little bit of a freshening and we talked about getting one race 5. Moreno, 12-1 before the Whitney. The defending champ – who owns a win, two “He’s a seriously talented horse, we were think- seconds and a third in four local appearances – is ing big with him, so far it’s worked out where he’s listed at 12-1 on the line. That shows how strong at least arrived to this point in good shape. This the field is for the 2015 renewal. He’ll face much was exactly what we talked about, we were fortu- tougher than he met last year but he’s 8-for-8 in nate enough to get the mile allowance race to and the money at the distance with two wins. Eric Guil- he won impressively. His last work was maybe a lot, who isn’t stabled at Saratoga this summer and little fast than what I ideally wanted but hopefully shipped Moreno in earlier this week, is never shy it’s an indication that he’s in peak form. with his opinions or his confidence. He dismisses “We train him by himself, he wants to over- the sentiment of some turf writers that the son of achieve all the time, in his breezes anyway. He is “game.” doesn’t have to be in front, he sat off it a little bit in the Hal’s Hope, it kind of depends on how aggres- Tod Marks sive Moreno is.” Noble Bird exits a Grade 1 win in the Stephen Foster. See WHITNEY page 18 100%

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Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 17 thought I was crazy, well, I made $200,000 running second to . I know the horse. He ain’t Whitney – game, so I knew he was going to run to his ability Continued from page 16 anyway. This horse has more ability to make Amer- ican Pharoah look like a frog if he wanted. It’s all Trainer Eric Guillot: “He ain’t game. That’s why logistics with him. All that matters it how it sets up I was so confident going into the Charles Town for him. Classic. I didn’t break the track record because he’s “He’s smart. They’re supposed to come paint game I broke the track record because he was con- for retired racehorses. The lady called me up. I said fused. He didn’t know how many turns he was go- I’d like to keep it because as smart as he is, he’s ing to have to go around or where the stretch was. going to paint some kind of masterpiece. I’ll see it “And I was right. Look at the races where he on eBay. The lady was like, ‘you’re crazy.’ I said, ‘I gets beat, where he doesn’t get the lead, the New know.’ Orleans Handicap he went the last eighth in 14 and 2 and he’s waiting on horses. … In the Big Cap he 6. V. E. Day, 8-1 had less than 90 days of training, 75 days. People Last year’s Travers and Curlin winner tries to extend his Saratoga winning streak to three for owner Magalen Bryant and trainer Jimmy Jerkens. Tod Marks The son of English Channel shortens up from a sec- Lea has been stocking up on Saratoga grass. ond (beaten a neck) in the 1 1/2-mile Brooklyn in June and will be ridden for the first time by Junior 7. Lea, 9-2 Alvarado. Jerkens, who also runs Wicked Strong, World-traveler Lea makes his second start since would like to see both horses drafting in behind the finishing third in the Dubai World Cup in March. first flight rather than coming through traffic late. Owned and bred by Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider, the son of First Samurai hasn’t fin- Trainer Jimmy Jerkens: “He kind of just lum- ished worse than third since joining Bill Mott’s barn bers out of there sometimes and gets toward the before the 2014 season. The 6-year-old dabbled on back. There’s a big difference for some horses when the turf early in his career but will make his seventh they’re starting from a standstill. It takes him awhile consecutive start on the dirt. He won the Grade to get going, but he showed last year he can come 1 Donn Handicap in 2014 and finished second in Tod Marks running. He’s doing well. I’m happy with him.” Moreno and Anna Guillot get reacquainted with Saratoga. See WHITNEY page 20

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Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 19 King Kreesa going a mile in the Forbidden Apple. 2013. He also finished second in the Grade 2 Rem- “I wanted to see if he liked the grass and I want- sen at 2 and second in the Grade 2 New Orleans Whitney – ed to get a race into him, I just thought he was go- Handicap at 4. The last race was his best, at least Continued from page 18 ing to get too stale just training into the next race. according to the Ragozin Sheets. I wanted to get a race into him so I didn’t feel like the same race this year, a prep for the Dubai World I had to train him so hard. He’s in a good frame of Trainer Larry Jones: “He ran a 1 3/4. That will Cup. Three months after his trip to Dubai, Lea fin- mind. He can get a little surly and sour acting at win you Grade 1 races but it won’t win you a 50 ished second beaten a neck by Noble Bird in the times, but he acts like he’s really doing good. It’s grander at Delaware Park. I told them down at Del- Stephen Foster. a good race, isn’t it? Anybody could win it. If af- aware, ‘you all have picked the game up too high terward you said so-and-so won the Whitney, you down here I’m going up to Saratoga.’ We know on Trainer Bill Mott: “I thought he bounced back wouldn’t be surprised. I want him on the bridle, I a given day he’s pretty good. We might have bit off fairly well from Dubai, he came back as good as any want him in the race a little bit. I think he’s a little more than we can chew but we’ll see. of them, in two weeks time he was already showing sharper than he has been.” good life, we walked, tack-walked, jogged and in “He’s one that’s a little tricky. If you remember two and a half weeks we had to start galloping. 10. Normandy Invasion, 30-1 the Kentucky Derby, he made the lead at the eighth They make the trip pretty easy, it’s no more difficult pole. It looks like he’s going to go on with it but he’s Larry Jones is excited to get the chance to run like, ‘ok, I’ll just wait for the others because I don’t to fly over there than it is to van from Gulfstream Normandy Invasion in three straight races without to Belmont Park. Time wise, it’s probably quicker. want to make them look too bad.’ He’s one you’ve a significant gap in between starts for the first time got to time it right, because the first race when we “He’s good to train, aggressive galloping, but he’s in the 5-year-old son of Tapit’s career. Second in easy. He’s a nice horse to be around, very smart.” got beat he made the lead and he waited, let the back-to-back starts, including the Clifford Han- other horse come to him again. So we thought, OK, naford Memorial last time at Delaware when he 8. Coach Inge, 15-1 we’ll time this next one better. Then the horse that was carried way out in the middle of the track by beat him big on the heart and runs a fifth off the the eventual winner Aint Got Time, Normandy In- A likely scratch in favor of a try at the Pacific track record and ran the race of his life. There we vasion was second in the Grade 1 Wood Memorial Classic or Woodward. were second again. and fourth in the Kentucky Derby as a 3-year-old in “In those races they scratched down to three 9. Wicked Strong, 20-1 or four horses, and they could pinpoint him. They Last year’s Jim Dandy winner lost the Travers by could try to gauge him. This time here they’ve got a a nose to stablemate V. E. Day and is 20-1 on the hell of a lot more to worry about than me. They’re morning line is an example of how deep the race thisishorseracing.com not even going to be concerned with me sitting out is. Trainer Jimmy Jerkens used a turf race as a prep there. We need to time it. Of course we might be and the Centennial Farms runner finished second to timing it to beat the ninth horse.” TS SNAPSHO from Saratoga

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2-year-old filly – Take Charge Brandi. PARRANDA Despite the ground lost, Wonder Gal Test – was only beaten 1 length. Continued from page 22 After a five month break, Wonder IRONICUS Gal returned with another third in Grade 1 Mother Goose Stakes in her the Grade 1 Acorn, before the afore- most recent start despite traveling mentioned runner-up showing in the KOBE’S BACK four to five wide throughout. 1 1/16-miles Mother Goose. She’ll be “Every race she has, she has some cutting back to 7 furlongs in the Test. sort of mishap, or difficulty or traf- “She’s very versatile. She can do MR SPEAKER fic,” trainer Leah Gyarmati said ear- this very well and I think she can lier this week. “She’s had excuses in also go two turns,” Gyarmati said. every race.” “Looks like there’s some speed, which RELOAD The excuses date back to Wonder you would figure in a race like this. Gal’s second career race, the Grade Hopefully, you have one flight that 2 Adirondack Stakes last summer at goes and kind of butts heads, and IMAGINING Saratoga. Sent off as a 2-1 second then we’ll sit somewhere in the mid- choice in the race, Wonder Gal fin- dle. Hopefully, hopefully, (she) gets SUMMER FRONT ished third after an eventful stretch that clear trip.” run that saw her in tight quarters late, One of the expected speedsters is without anywhere to run. Willis Horton’s Take Charge Bran- “She almost goes through the di, who will be making her return to inside rail,” Gyarmati said. “So, the races after more than six months you know, I don’t know where she away. The daughter of Giant’s Cause- And the story continues... would’ve been, had that not hap- way has been sidelined since late Jan- pened. I mean, it pretty much stopped uary by a non-displaced bone chip in her. The fact that she ended up being her right knee, which was discovered third was pretty miraculous.” after she opened 2015 with a nar- Niall Brennan Stables The same could have been said af- row victory in the $100,000 Martha Ocala, Fl (352) 732-7459 ter her third in last year’s Breeders’ Washington Stakes at Oaklawn Park. niallbrennan.com Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita “(The injury) was very minor,” Park. A four-wide chase throughout said D. Wayne Lukas, who trains the saw Wonder Gal travel 52 feet far- filly. “Dr. Larry Bramlage said this ther, according to Trakus, than race winner – and eventual champion See TEST page 26

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Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 29 Owned and bred by Antoinette and Anthony Oppenheimer, who operate Waya – Hascombe and Valiant Stud in New- Continued from page 28 market, England, Eastern Belle faces French import Danza Cavallo from the winner – again. Second in barn of Chad Brown, the improving the Grade 2 New York at Belmont June Queen’s Parade from Shug McGaughey 5, the day before her brother’s signature plus stakes-winning stablemate Kitten’s score at Epsom, Eastern Belle is 6-1 in Point, stakes winner White Rose and de- a field of 12 aiming for today’s Grade 3 fending Waya winner Cat’s Claw among Fasig-Tipton Waya Stakes on Saratoga’s others. inner turf. It’s race 10 on a stakes-filled Motion liked what he saw from the card, and will go a long way toward de- beginning from the daughter of Champs termining Eastern Belle’s future. Elysees, who trained well in Florida The 4-year-old owns just one win before making her American debut at in nine starts, but has been second five Keeneland in April. In what he thought times and third twice in a career that might be an easy allowance spot, Mo- began with trainer John Gosden in her tion instead wound up facing a strong native England. She’s plenty valuable group going 1 1/16 miles and Eastern from a pedigree standpoint, but could Belle settled for third behind Radiator help herself even more with some graded and Creative Spirit. Next, Eastern Belle stakes form. was beaten a half-length when second Motion briefly considered the Grade to Ceisteach in a small stakes at Chur- 1 Beverly D at Arlington Park, but opted chill Downs going 1 3/8 miles. In the 1 to stay closer to home and below the top 1/4-mile New York, Eastern Belle swung level – for now. wide off the turn and finished a hard “This race is kind of a steppingstone charging second to Waltzing . to what we do with her the rest of the “The first time I ran her it was one year, and it’s a solid enough race for of the saltiest a-other-thans I’ve ever sure,” the trainer said. “I had been doing seen,” Motion said. “I thought she was a bit of soul-searching on the Beverly D, Tod Marks but this race fits her.” See WAYA page 32 Cat’s Claw tries to win her second straight Waya.

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30158127-Bridlewood-half-SarSpecial.indd 1 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August8/7/15 8, 3:29 2015 PM Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 31 ten’s Point also represents the Motion barn. The daughter of Kitten’s Joy, Waya – owned and bred by George Straw- Continued from page 30 bridge’s Augustin Stable, seeks her sixth lifetime win and third this year. going to be 3-5 and there were three She won the Astra at Santa Anita in 2015 September Meet other horses coming out of group rac- January and took Keeneland’s Grade es in Europe. She ran well and with 3 Bewitch in April. Last month, she Stakes Schedule a better trip she could have won at was third behind Ceisteach in a mara- Churchill and Belmont.” September 11 - 27 thon turf stakes at Delaware Park. Gosden and the Oppenheimers “She’s training as well as she ever sent Eastern Belle to Motion mainly has,” Motion said. “She got a lousy because they figured she’d do well POCAHONTAS (GII) post and a lot of weight (123 pounds). 2015 “Win and You’re In Juvenile Fillies Division” here. She ran twice going 7 furlongs as I really don’t like to run them against 2016 Kentucky Oaks Points Race a 2-year-old in 2013, and four times each other, but I don’t have many al- last year including a small stakes win Runs Sat., Sept. 12 Closes Aug. 26 ternatives. Worst-, or best-case sce- $200,000 ($200 nomination fee) at Newmarket. Fourth in the Group nario they’d be first and second and I Fillies, Two Years Old 1 1/16 Miles 1 Markel Insurance Nassau Stakes at guess I’d be pretty happy.” Goodwood going 1 1/4 miles a year From the rail out, the field includes ago, Eastern Belle fits at today’s dis- (GIII) Goldy Espony, a stakes winner at Bel- 2015 “Win and You’re In Juvenile Division” tance despite never having tried it. mont for Brown; Eastern Belle; own- Points Race She seeks to become her sire’s sec- er/trainer/breeder Roy Lerman’s Evi- ond winner at the meet, after fellow Runs Sat., Sept. 12 Closes Aug. 26 dently; two-time winner Chat from $150,000 ($150 nomination fee) 4-year-old Gimme Five won an allow- trainer Jonathan Sheppard; Sheppar Two Year Olds 1 1/16 Miles ance hurdle Wednesday. runner Cat’s Claw; trainer Brad Cox’s “The mile-and-a-half is within her Nice Number; the Brown-trained scope,” Motion said. “I think in Eu- LOCUST GROVE (Listed) Gulfstream Park allowance winner rope you might have questioned it, Hellenistic; the Bill Mott-trained mul- Runs Sat., Sept. 12 Closes Aug. 26 but she gets a bit more pace here and tiple stakes winner White Rose; New $100,000 ($100 nomination I don’t see it being a problem.” Fillies & Mares, Three Years Old & Up fee) 1 1/16 Miles York-bred stakes winner Selenite; the Jose Lezcano rides the bay fil- stakes-placed Queen’s Parade Kitten’s ly, who breaks from post two. Nine Point; and the 3-1 favorite Danza Ca- OPEN MIND places to her right, 5-year-old Kit- vallo who exits the Grade 1 Gamely. Runs Sat., Sept. 12 Closes Aug. 26 $100,000 ($100 nomination fee) Fillies & Mares, Three Years Old & Up 6 Furlongs

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Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 33 Turf Test Trainer Servis tries grass with stakes winner Joint Return BY SEAN CLANCY DE LA ROSE PREVIEW Kendrick Carmouche strode along the horse path after a turf work Mon- Four days after that breeze, train- day morning. The Louisiana Kid er John Servis stood outside his barn looked toward his agent, Kidd Breed- near the Union Avenue gate of the en, who stood next to the rail. Jock- main track while Joint Return grazed ey looked at agent. Agent looked at on the lawn. A three-time stakes win- jockey. It was a shared understanding ner on the dirt, the daughter of In- of something good. Sean Clancy clude has always prompted Servis to We’ll find out today if they were Joint Return walks outside the barn Friday at Saratoga. think about turf. right. try to get that graded stake win, she Carmouche will climb aboard Joint “We’ve thought about it for quite Grade 1 winner Stopchargingmaria. Return for the 15th time in her 16th a while, I actually breezed her on the wants to go a mile and a quarter, a The Alabama was the second loss career start. But this time, it will be turf at Palm Meadows this winter, mile and a half but it’s tough to find in what is now a seven-race losing different. The five-time winner makes just to see how she handled it and those races on the dirt, they have a lot streak. She finished second in the Del- her turf debut in today’s Fasig-Tip- she handled it pretty well. We nom- of them on the grass.” aware Oaks and Alabama last year ton De La Rose Stakes. Fresh off that inated her to a turf race for her first Joint Return went 1 1/4 miles here and the Obeah this year. half-mile breeze Monday, Joint Return race back this year,” Servis said. “I’m last summer in the Grade 1 Alabama, “I’m hoping she runs well enough takes on 11 in the $100,000 stakes. just looking for a different avenue to finishing second behind multiple See DE LA ROSE page 35 Sunrise Stallions Sheets

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34 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 8, 2015 De La Rose – Continued from page 34 to maybe wheel her back in something a little farther. Her best race to date was the Alabama, a mile and a quarter,” Ser- vis said. “Shortening up to a mile but it was either that or the Waya at a mile and a half, I just thought that was too tough in her first try on the turf.” Servis will take the blinkers off for the De La Rose. She’s worn them since the Alabama. “That’s Carmouche. When he breezed her the other day, without blinkers, he said, ‘Man, John, she went great. You really ought to think about taking the blinkers off her. I don’t think she needs them,’ ” Servis said. “I threw the blinkers on for the Alabama, just to try to keep her a little closer. Her last couple of races, she left there, almost a little rank and got herself steadied. I thought it might not be a bad idea. It almost looks like a desperate move, you’re trying the grass, taking the blinkers off, but we’re in no hurry, she’s going to run next year.” Owned by Main Line Racing Stable, Join Return is 30-1 on the morning line. As usual, Chad Brown looks load- ed for another turf stakes, sending out Daring Kathy for John Eaton and Steve Laymon. The daughter of Wildcat Heir won her first start for Brown, taking the Perfect Sting at Belmont Park in July. Brian Lynch aims to keep Ticking Katie’s undefeated American record in- tact. The Irish-bred daughter of Baltic King won her U.S. debut in June. Stellar Path drew the outside for Christophe Clement and owner Trevor Stewart. The French-bred and French- and Italian-raced daughter of Astron- omer won her U.S. debut in April at Aqueduct before finishing fourth in the Nassau at Woodbine and third in the Eatontown at Monmouth. The rest sport strong credentials. Miss Frost won two stakes at Saratoga last summer. Tuttipaesi hails from the prolific Bill Mott barn. A Little Bit Sassy was beaten a head in the Lake George. Recepta finished 1 ¼ lengths behind the stellar Discreet Marq. J Wonder fin- ished a nose behind Recepta that day. Token Of Love and Pink Poppy stroll over from Graham Motion’s barn. Nel- lie Cashman, disqualified after winning the Lake Placid here in 2013, won the Dahlia in her 2015 debut.

Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 35 Fixador adds foreign flavor Brazilian-bred Group 1 winner makes third U.S. start off layoff BY ANNISE MONTPLAISIR LURE STAKES PREVIEW Fixador peered inquisitively out of his stall in the Saratoga stakes barn appearing among the bustling traffic Friday morning, patiently waiting to of horses and riders as they rounded be tacked up for training. He pricked the turn. his ears as Caue Caramori, son of The leggy bay 5-year-old Brazil- trainer Eduardo Caramori, walked ian-bred is a contender for today’s Annise Montplaisir from side to side, tightening the girth Fixador gallops at Saratoga Friday. $100,000 Lure Stakes and he’ll face of the saddle and adjusting the bridle Caramori early in 2014. winter he went to Florida, he ended over his ears. five others in the 1 1/16-mile race on Fixador sauntered confidentlythe Mellon Turf Course. “We get a lot of horses from Bra- up having a little injury but he’s really from the stakes barn through the pad- In 2013, Fixador won five consec- zil,” Caue Caramori said. “It takes a acclimated now. dock, pausing before walking onto utive stake races in Brazil – four of while for them to acclimate. He came “He’s a good horse, but I feel like the track with Caue aboard. The two which were Group 1s – before he was last February. It takes them about a he’s a mile and a half horse, here, be- set off at a jog around the track, dis- imported to the U. S. to train with year to really get acclimated. This See LURE page 37

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36 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 8, 2015 had to stop on him. So he came back, but. He was third behind King Kreesa we ran him in that race at Gulfstream and Grade 1 winner Wicked Strong Lure – (Park West). It was just a short race; next time out in the Forbidden Apple Continued from page 36 he’s really a mile and a half horse. So and is the 2-1 second choice on the YOUR 1/4% we ran, he didn’t run that well but line for trainer Bill Mott and jockey cause in Brazil it’s different, the pace we wheeled him back and ran him in Junior Alvarado. is different. When you run a mile IS 100% that stake, and that’s kind of the same Reload is the 8-5 favorite after fin- there, you’ll run fast, but they finish idea we have this time. We’re going to ishing fourth as the 6-5 favorite in the fast. The difference here, they’ll go 22 run him in this race, and hopefully he Forbidden Apple. APPRECIATED and 45, 1:09, and you don’t see that comes out of it good and then we’ll The 6-year-old son of Hard Spun in Brazil. They start slow. All those run at the end of the meet.” South American horses, they aren’t was an impressive winner of an al- Caramori hopes to use the Lure lowance-optional in his prior start, used to it at first. Eventually they’ll Stakes as a prep race for the Grade 1 get used to it.” that coming off a 15-month layoff for Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes on trainer Shug McGaughey. Fixador, a son of the Crafty Pros- the Travers Stakes undercard. Javier Castellano has the mount on pector stallion Crafty C. T. out of “I just hope he comes out of it Reload, who is 3-for-4 on the turf in Brazilian-bred mare Nein, by Know good,” he said. “Then we’ll point for his career. Heights, has only made two starts in the other race. That’s what we’re here Contribute to the NTRA ¼% Check-off The others entered in the Lure the U.S. and they both came late last for basically, so we’ll see what hap- program when you buy or sell horses at are Under Control, like Fixador a year. pens. If he wins it will be great, but as any major domestic sale company by He finished ninth in an allow- Brazilian-bred and a multiple Grade long as he runs well and doesn’t get giving $2.50 for every $1,000 in a horse’s ance-optional Nov. 30 at Gulfstream beat too far we’ll be happy. We’re us- 3-placed competitor last year for Park West in his American debut and ing it as a prep race.” trainer Graham Motion; Charming sale price. came back about a month later to fin- Fixador will face five opponents in Kitten, winner of the 2-mile Belmont Your participation supports the NTRA’s Gold Cup Invitational in 2014 and ish second by a half-length to Divine the $100,000 Lure, which is restricted federal legislative effort for horse racing in the Grade 3 W. L. McKnight to 4-year-olds and up who have not the winner of an allowance-optional on Capitol Hill. Handicap at Gulfstream Park. won a graded stakes in 2015. at the Lure distance last time out; and “We had him ready to run last sum- Vyjack came the closest of the 2014 Laurel Turf Cup winner Man- mer, and then he had a little setback group to not being eligible when he churian High, off the board in four www.SupportHorseRacing.org and we couldn’t run him until when was second, beaten three-quarters of starts since winning the restricted we ran him,” Caramori said. “He a length by King Kreesa, in the Grade Sunshine Millions Turf in mid-Janu- was ready to run about August, we 3 Poker two starts back in his turf de- ary at Gulfstream.

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Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 37 SARATOGA ENTRIES Saturday, August 8. 6TH (3:55PM). $90,000, AOC $62,500, 3 YO’S & UP, 7F Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 6, Daily Double 1ST (1:00PM). $56,000, CLM $32,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/8M 1 ..... 1...... Joking...... A. Cruz...... C. Baker...... 15-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 5, Daily Double 2 ..... 2...... Juba...... L. Saez...... J. Jerkens...... 5-2 1 ..... 1...... Cease...... J. Ortiz...... J. Servis...... 3-1 3 ..... 3...... Sassicaia...... C. Velasquez...... R. Rodriguez...... 20-1 2 ..... 2...... Second City...... M. Franco...... N. Esler...... 6-1 4 ..... 4...... Ocean Knight...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... K. McLaughlin...... 2-1 3 ..... 3...... I’m Steppin’ It Up...... L. Saez...... R. Barbara...... 8-1 5 ..... 5...... Takajo...... E. Cancel...... J. Terranova, II...... 15-1 4 ..... 4...... Barrister Jim...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... R. Rodriguez...... 6-1 6 ..... 6...... Crafty Dreamer...... J. Alvarado...... J. Iselin...... 10-1 5 ..... 5...... Lieutenant Seany O...... J. Castellano...... C. Martin...... 5-1 7 ..... 7...... Erik the Red...... J. Ortiz...... L. Rice...... 12-1 6 ..... 6...... Mail...... K. Carmouche...... C. Brown...... 2-1 8 ..... 8...... Souper Knight...... J. Castellano...... M. Trombetta...... 10-1 7 ..... 7...... Looking Cool...... C. Velasquez...... D. Jacobson...... 12-1 9 ..... 9...... Havana...... J. Velazquez...... T. Pletcher...... 7-2

2ND (1:34PM). $83,000, MSW, 2 YO, 1 1/16M (TURF) 7TH (4:33PM). $100,000, FASIG-TIPTON DE LA ROSE, 4&UP, F & M , 1M (INNER TURF) Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 4, Daily Double Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 1 ..... 1...... Conquest Windycity...... S. Bridgmohan...... M. Casse...... 5-1 1 ..... 1...... Miss Frost...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... T. Albertrani...... 30-1 2 ..... 2...... Say Hey Kid...... C. Lanerie...... K. McPeek...... 20-1 2 ..... 2...... Tuttipaesi (IRE)...... J. Alvarado...... W. Mott...... 15-1 3 ..... 3...... Monster Bea...... T. Rice...... A. Rice...... 10-1 3 ..... 3...... Joint Return...... K. Carmouche...... J. Servis...... 30-1 4 ..... 4...... Acoustic...... J. Rosario...... W. Mott...... 15-1 4 ..... 4...... A Little Bit Sassy...... R. Hernandez...... M. Matz...... 20-1 5 ..... 5...... Matt King Coal...... J. Ortiz...... L. Rice...... 6-1 5 ..... 5...... Recepta...... J. Velazquez...... J. Toner...... 6-1 6 ..... 6...... Mighty Mo...... J. Velazquez...... T. Pletcher...... 5-1 6 ..... 6...... J Wonder...... M. Franco...... C. McGaughey III...... 5-1 7 ..... 7...... Rafting...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... H. Motion...... 4-1 7 ..... 7...... Token of Love (GB)...... E. Prado...... H. Motion...... 10-1 8 ..... 8...... Dalmore...... J. Leparoux...... J. Desormeaux...... 10-1 8 ..... 8...... Nellie Cashman...... J. Ortiz...... F. Abbott, III...... 15-1 9 ..... 9...... Deeply Undervalued...... J. Castellano...... C. Brown...... 3-1 9 ..... 9...... Daring Kathy...... J. Castellano...... C. Brown...... 3-1 10..... 10...... Oscar Nominated...... J. Alvarado...... W. Mott...... 15-1 10..... 10...... Pink Poppy...... J. Lezcano...... H. Motion...... 12-1 11..... 11...... Ticking Katie (IRE)...... L. Saez...... B. Lynch...... 8-1 3RD (2:09PM). $83,000, MSW, 2 YO, 6F 12..... 12...... Stellar Path (FR)...... J. Rosario...... C. Clement...... 4-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 1 ..... 1...... Toughest ‘Ombre...... J. Lezcano...... T. Albertrani...... 15-1 8TH (5:11PM). $500,000, STK - THE LONGINES TEST, 3 YO, F , 7F 2 ..... 2...... Bayou Banker...... J. Alvarado...... D. Stewart...... 10-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 4, Daily Double 3 ..... 3...... Congrats Kid...... F. Arrieta...... E. Ibrahim...... 30-1 1 ..... 1...... Irish Jasper...... J. Castellano...... D. Ryan...... 8-1 4 ..... 4...... Economic Model...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... C. Brown...... 4-1 2 ..... 2...... Cavorting...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... K. McLaughlin...... 3-1 5 ..... 5...... Star Hill...... J. Leparoux...... G. Arnold, II...... 8-1 3 ..... 3...... By the Moon...... J. Ortiz...... M. Nevin...... 8-1 6 ..... 6...... Smart Moon...... S. Bridgmohan...... M. Casse...... 3-1 4 ..... 4...... Take Charge Brandi...... L. Saez...... D. Lukas...... 7-2 7 ..... 7...... Wingman...... J. Ortiz...... M. Hushion...... 5-1 5 ..... 5...... Kathballu...... J. Leparoux...... K. McPeek...... 30-1 8 ..... 8...... Deserved...... J. Rosario...... W. Mott...... 15-1 6 ..... 6...... Wonder Gal...... K. Carmouche...... L. Gyarmati...... 6-1 9 ..... 9...... Set the Trappe...... J. Castellano...... A. Dutrow...... 7-2 7 ..... 7...... So You Say...... J. Velazquez...... M. Nevin...... 5-1 10..... 10...... Tarpon Bay Road...... C. Lanerie...... B. Walsh...... 15-1 8 ..... 8...... Angela Renee...... M. Smith...... T. Pletcher...... 6-1 9 ..... 9...... Bar of Gold...... J. Lezcano...... J. Kimmel...... 15-1 4TH (2:44PM). $100,000, STK - THE LURE, 4 YO’S & UP, 1 1/16M (TURF) 10..... 10...... Pleasant Tales...... J. Alvarado...... D. Stewart...... 30-1 Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 1 ..... 1...... Fixador (BRZ)...... S. Bridgmohan...... E. Caramori...... 10-1 9TH (5:46PM). $1,250,000, STK - THE WHITNEY, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/8M 2 ..... 2...... Under Control (BRZ)...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... H. Motion...... 8-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 3 ..... 3...... Vyjack...... J. Alvarado...... W. Mott...... 2-1 1 ..... 1...... Honor Code...... J. Castellano...... C. McGaughey III...... 3-1 4 ..... 4...... Charming Kitten...... J. Velazquez...... T. Pletcher...... 4-1 2 ..... 2...... Tonalist...... J. Velazquez...... C. Clement...... 4-1 5 ..... 5...... Manchurian High...... L. Saez...... L. Kurtinecz...... 15-1 3 ..... 3...... Noble Bird...... S. Bridgmohan...... M. Casse...... 5-1 6 ..... 6...... Reload...... J. Castellano...... C. McGaughey III...... 8-5 4 ..... 4...... Liam’s Map...... M. Smith...... T. Pletcher...... 6-1 5 ..... 5...... Moreno...... C. Velasquez...... E. Guillot...... 12-1 5TH (3:19PM). $83,000, MSW, 3 YO’S & UP, 1M (INNER TURF) 6 ..... 6...... V. E. Day...... J. Alvarado...... J. Jerkens...... 8-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 7 ..... 7...... Lea...... J. Rosario...... W. Mott...... 9-2 1 ..... 1...... Prodigal...... E. Cancel...... N. Zito...... 20-1 8 ..... 8...... Coach Inge...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... T. Pletcher...... 15-1 2 ..... 2...... Ascend...... J. Leparoux...... H. Motion...... 8-1 9 ..... 9...... Wicked Strong...... L. Saez...... J. Jerkens...... 20-1 3 ..... 3...... Same As...... J. Velazquez...... T. Pletcher...... 5-1 10..... 10...... Normandy Invasion...... K. Clark...... J. Jones...... 30-1 4 ..... 4...... Lookaroundcorners...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... C. Brown...... 5-2 5 ..... 5...... Infinite Wisdom...... J. Rosario...... B. Lynch...... 6-1 10TH (6:23PM). $200,000, FASIG-TIPTON WAYA, 3&UP, F & M , 1 1/2M (INNER TURF) 6 ..... 6...... Caged...... L. Saez...... D. Ryan...... 12-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Daily Double 7 ..... 7...... Zennor...... J. Ortiz...... K. McLaughlin...... 6-1 1 ..... 1...... Goldy Espony (FR)...... K. Carmouche...... C. Brown...... 5-1 8 ..... 8...... Chase the Love...... I. Rodriguez...... J. DeMola...... 50-1 2 ..... 2...... Eastern Belle (GB)...... J. Lezcano...... H. Motion...... 6-1 9 ..... 9...... Take Cover...... J. Lezcano...... W. Mott...... 6-1 3 ..... 3...... Evidently...... L. Saez...... R. Lerman...... 20-1 10..... 10...... Bubba’s d’Oro...... K. Carmouche...... B. Levine...... 30-1 4 ..... 4...... Chat...... M. Franco...... J. Sheppard...... 12-1 11..... 11...... King of Spades...... M. Franco...... H. Motion...... 15-1 5 ..... 5...... Cat’s Claw...... J. Ortiz...... J. Sheppard...... 12-1 12..... 12...... Dave Hoeght...... C. Lanerie...... D. Romans...... 15-1 6 ..... 6...... Nice Number...... J. Leparoux...... B. Cox...... 30-1 13..... AE...... Tale of Fancy...... C. Velasquez...... B. Tagg...... 30-1 7 ..... 7...... Hellenistic...... J. Castellano...... C. Brown...... 15-1 14..... AE...... Sharm...... L. Saez...... D. Lukas...... 15-1 8 ..... 8...... White Rose...... S. Bridgmohan...... W. Mott...... 12-1 15..... AE...... Thamaan...... J. Castellano...... C. Brown...... 6-1 9 ..... 9...... Selenite...... J. Rosario...... D. Donk...... 20-1 16..... AE...... Bluegrass Rye...... M. Franco...... D. Donk...... 15-1 10..... 10...... Queen’s Parade...... J. Velazquez...... C. McGaughey III...... 4-1 11..... 11...... Kitten’s Point...... E. Prado...... H. Motion...... 6-1 12..... 12...... Danza Cavallo (FR)...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... C. Brown...... 3-1 38 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 8, 2015 SARATOGA ENTRIES DON’T GET LEFT BEHIND 11TH (6:57PM). $75,000, ALW, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 5 1/2F (TURF) WHEN IT COMES TO Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta LEGAL ADVICE 1 ..... 1...... Hatta’s Appeal...... M. Franco...... D. Donk...... 15-1 2 ..... 2...... Bella Kateri...... J. Rosario...... L. Lewis...... 3-1 3 ..... 3...... Full Tap...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... C. Clement...... 7-2 4 ..... 4...... Chump Change...... L. Saez...... J. Ness...... 20-1 5 ..... 5...... Slam Chowder...... J. Ortiz...... E. Kenneally...... 12-1 6 ..... 6...... Miss Valued...... J. Castellano...... J. Englehart...... 8-1 7 ..... 7...... Kicken Livi...... A. Arroyo...... J. Englehart...... 12-1 8 ..... 8...... Majestic Bloom...... J. Velazquez...... G. Weaver...... 8-1 9 ..... 9...... Southern Sunshine...... J. Alvarado...... R. Schosberg...... 12-1 10..... 10...... Blue Beryl...... E. Cancel...... R. Ribaudo...... 5-1 11..... 11...... Joshans Giant...... J. Lezcano...... B. Brown...... 15-1 12..... 12...... Barrier to Entry...... S. Jimenez...... P. Kelly...... 15-1 13..... AE...... In Her Day...... A. Cruz...... G. Weaver...... 20-1 14..... AE...... Hillaryinthehouse...... J. Ortiz...... L. Rice...... 6-1 15..... AE...... Missy Bay...... J. Castellano...... D. Schettino...... 12-1 16..... MTO...... Awesome News...... J. Velazquez...... R. Schosberg...... 7-2

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40 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 8, 2015 Saratoga Leaders Asmussens celebrate rare Tuesday victory at Spa JOCKEYS...... 1ST It’s not unusual to find trainer celebrat- “My wife owns one harness horse. It was fun. It’s been John Velazquez...... 19 ing a victory in the Saratoga winner’s circle with his wife something fun for Julie and the boys to do. They came up Javier Castellano...... 17 Julie and their three sons, Keith, Darren and Eric. One early this summer after they got out of school and have Irad Ortiz, Jr...... 15 would be hard pressed to find him doing so on a Tuesday, been at the harness track quite a bit. They met up with Jose Ortiz...... 9 but that was the case earlier this week when 9-year-old Andy Sardella, a trainer over there, and he’s doing a really gelding Credit Score wired his field in a 1-mile claiming good job for them.” Jose Lezcano...... 9 event as the 6-5 betting choice. Credit Score’s victory Tuesday was his eighth win this Junior Alvarado...... 9 Credit Score, making his first start off the claim for Julie year and his 35th victory in a career that has spanned 201 Luis Saez...... 9 Asmussen, is a Standardbred trotter who races across the starts through Friday. Driver Stephane Bouchard was in street from at the Saratoga Race- the bike for the win behind Credit Score. TRAINERS...... 1ST way. As Steve Asmussen explains, the family has dabbled “We went there every year and it was, just ... yeah, in Standardbred ownership at the request of their sons. something different,” said Eric Asmussen, the youngest of Todd Pletcher...... 16 “The kids wanted to go to the harness track,” Asmus- the three brothers and one of the driving forces behind the Chad Brown ...... 9 sen said Wednesday. “We’ve went the last few summers family’s purchase of Credit Score. Bill Mott...... 8 and they talked her into getting one this year. – Brandon Valvo Christophe Clement...... 5 Kiaran McLaughlin...... 4 Shug McGaughey...... 3 David Jacobson...... 3 Mike Maker...... 3 John Terranova...... 3

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Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 41 HALL OF FAME STAKES RECAP Team Effort Ortiz, Brown take Grade 2 turf stakes with Takeover Target BY TOM LAW Irad Ortiz Jr. was done with his post-race inter- views. His helmet was off and he wiped a little sweat from his face as Chad Brown, nearly done with his interviews, tried to sneak a peak at the replay of the Grade 2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes before joining owner Seth Klarman and Bill Lawrence in the Saratoga Room for a celebration. Before Brown ducked out he stuck out his arm, grabbed Ortiz lightly by the red and white Klara- vich Stable silks he wore and quickly asked a ques- tion of the jockey who just rode Takeover Target to victory in Friday’s $200,000 feature. The inqui- ry wasn’t about the Harlan’s Holiday colt, who Tod Marks See STAKES page 43 Takeover Target (left) charges to the finish in Friday’s Hall of Fame Stakes for 3-year-olds.

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42 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 8, 2015 Stakes – Continued from page 42 notched his first stakes victory a few minutes earlier. He asked about anoth- er horse, who he didn’t name but one the young rider knew exactly who he was talking about. “Where are we on that filly you breezed on the turf this morning? Not good, good, great?” Brown asked, get- ting a nod of approval and a “good” response. They exchanged a few more words, Brown nodded and they went their sep- arate ways. The same inquiry could have been made last week about Takeover Target or any of the other top horses Brown trains out of his barn on the Oklaho- ma Training Track. Ortiz isn’t the only rider that gets on horses for Brown in the mornings or afternoons, but he’s the only rider that’s been on Take- over Target in his five starts. He works well with Brown, about as well as any jockey-trainer combination out there and especially on the grass. He works well with Takeover Target, too, and it showed in the Hall of Fame. One of four entries for Brown in the 1 1/16-mile grass stakes – he entered five but scratched Croninthebarbar- ian Friday morning – Takeover Target broke well and Ortiz kept him a path or two off the inside and established posi- tion past the finish the first time. Take- over Target tracked the pace in third position around the turn and into the backstretch as Sailthehighseas opened up a 2-length advantage over Courtier through a quarter-mile in :24.12 and a half in :49.13. A Lot and Junior Alvarado moved up alongside Takeover Target up the backstretch, keeping them inside as Gorgeous Bird, Vision Perfect and High Noon Rider bunched up from behind. A Lot and Gorgeous Bird passed Take- over Target as the field started around the far turn as Ortiz found himself fifth and with Vision Perfect latched to his immediate outside. As the field spun off the turn into the stretch some space opened up, but not for long, and Ortiz guided Takeover Target to it and into the clear. “This horse, he really likes to be outside in the stretch,” Ortiz said. “I don’t know if we’re going to get See STAKES page 44 People photos by z

Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 43 The winner, purchased as a year- ling for $175,000 at the 2013 Keene- Stakes – land September sale, ran his last six- Continued from page 43 teenth in under 6 seconds and the previous quarter-mile in :22.75. The there but I got a very good chance win quick finish helped Takeover Target the race.” run a respectable 1:42 on the firm Courtier and A Lot were one-two ground after the slow early fractions. past the eighth pole, looking like Hall Takeover Target trained with of Fame trainer Bill Mott would get Brown’s string in Saratoga last sum- his eighth win in the Hall of Fame mer but didn’t make his debut until Stakes. late October on the grass at Belmont As those two battled to the six- Park. He won going 1 mile on yield- teenth pole Ortiz stayed busy, barely ing ground that day and was off until using his whip and Takeover Target’s May. momentum carried them past the “He was a horse that just couldn’t front two just before the wire. get it together early in his 2-year-old “I didn’t hit him too much,” Or- year,” Brown said. “So we took our tiz said. “I use my hand ride because time and he got it together in the fall. the horse, he’s that kind of horse that He ran one great race and came out doesn’t like to be abused too much of it a little ouchy with just 2-year-old with the whip, so I tried to be aggres- stuff, so we backed off again, tucked sive with him.” Tod Marks him away for the spring.” Seth Klarman (left) and Bill Lawrence lead Takeover Target into the winner’s circle. Takeover Target was a half-length Takeover Target ran well in two in front of A Lot on the wire with races in May, winning an allowance “It was too far last time, the mile put them away, galloped out well. Courtier another half behind in third. May 7 and finishing second to mul- and a quarter proved too far,” he He’s a solid horse. We’ve always liked World Approval finished fourth after tiple graded stakes winner Divisidero said. “Cutting back in distance, get- him.” an overland trip around the far turn, in the Pennine Ridge 23 days later. ting a touch of class relief, although Brown might ask a little more of while Brown’s other entrants finished Brown tried him in the Grade 1 this field was solid but not quite the Takeover Target next time and men- fifth (Startup Nation), sixth (Winter Belmont Derby going 10 furlongs and Grade 1 caliber of the Belmont Derby, tioned the Grade 3 Saranac going 9 Springs, in his U.S. debut) and 11th admitted after the Hall of Fame that really helped today. furlongs the final Saturday of the (Night Prowler). it was too big of an ask for the colt. “Once he got out in the clear he meet as a possible target. UNMATCHED SARATOGA SUCCESS Selections for EQUIX Clients have won: Two G1 Travers S. Two G1 Whitney H. Two G2 Jim Dandy S. Two G2 A.G. Vanderbilt S. (now G1) G1 Test S. G1 Ballerina S. ... and many others! Securing the Finest Equine Assets and Farms for 25 years

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44 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 8, 2015 FRIDAY RACING RECAP Dirt to Turf Perfect Title helps Carmouche turn double Strategy and ability landed Perfect Title a spot in the winner’s circle after Friday’s seventh race at Saratoga Race Course. “A combination of things (got him the win),” said Chuck Lawrence, who trains Perfect Title for Matthew Schera. “His last two races were off the turf. He’d only been on the turf one time before that, but had shown good ability. That’s why we purchased him from the sale. And the other two races, there wasn’t enough pace in there for him to close on the dirt, really. And we used it as a step- ping stone to get to Saratoga and it worked, so it was great.” Perfect Title, an Irish-bred son of Perfect Soul purchased for $50,000 at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky’s winter mixed sale in February, was coming off back-to-back seconds this summer at Delaware Tod Marks See FRIDAY page 46 Perfect Title (5) rallies to win Friday’s seventh race for trainer Chuck Lawrence. Hurstland Farm “A good farm to know” 2015 Saratoga Select yearlings Hip 50 Filly QuAlITy RoAd – Cayuga’s Waters, by 2YO half sister Sage Hall won Saratoga MSW in first career start, 7/26 y

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Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 45 er for 3-year-olds and up sprinting 6 furlongs. The 3-year-old Oregon-bred Friday – Grindstone gelding took the lead at Continued from page 45 the top of the stretch and held off a late charge by Oldwick to win by a Park. He broke slowly in the 1 1/16- neck at 18-1. mile claiming race on the turf under Parisella, who returned to training Kendrick Carmouche and trailed the in April after retiring in the summer field around the first turn and onto of 2013, sent out Bert Stone for long- the backstretch. As they turned for time clients Saul and Max Kupfer- home he made a run along the out- berg. side, pulled ahead and won by a nose “To do this for them at Saratoga. over Town Extension. It’s very special,” said Parisella, who “I was a little worried when they wasn’t on hand for the winner’s circle went :24.49,” Lawrence said about celebration. the opening quarter-mile. “That “I went down to the other end to slow of a pace, and to close at that lunch,” Parisella told Saul Kupferberg. slow of pace, he’s a really nice horse. – Billy Blake We’re glad we didn’t get claimed. We’ll hopefully move forward with • It’s not how you start, but how him. Since I’ve gotten him he’s real- you finish. Watershed brushed the ly changed and coming around, and gate at the start of the fourth race and I couldn’t be more pleased to have briefly trailed the field in the $83,000 my son (Chace) here for a big win at maiden special weight for 3-year-olds Dave Harmon Saratoga, so it’s awesome.” up. Watershed closes from the back to win Friday’s fourth. – Annise Montplaisir “We were worried about the one the outside and he blew by pacesetters Laughlin said of Watershed’s late start hole,” said trainer Kiaran McLaugh- • Out of retirement and into the lin. “But he ran very fast, very profes- War Ride and Evolution on the way to his career. “So we had to wait on winner’s circle. Well, sort of. sional.” to an impressive 4-length score in his him.” John Parisella sent out his first guided the 3-year-old debut. He won in 1:09.44 for Godol- – Billy Blake phin Racing. winner of the 2015 meet in the opener by Bernardini out of the Dubai Mil- See FRIDAY page 47 as Bert Stone won a $14,000 claim- lennium mare Thousand Islands to “He was always coughing,” Mc-

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46 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 8, 2015 he saddled 4-year-old Kitten’s Joy filly Valseuse. He wasn’t nervous, not with tens of thousands of start- Friday – ers in his Hall of Fame career. Valseuse has plenty Continued from page 46 of experience, with 16 starts, but she was still ner- vous. • She’s All Ready was favored in the sixth, Valseuse stood with a pony nearby, trembling. $73,000 maiden special weight for state-breds, but The shaking was unrelenting as she was tacked still surprised her connections with a dominating up to led to the track under Luis Saez. Lukas still 8 ¼-length win in her debut going 5 ½ furlongs. wasn’t worried. The 2-year-old daughter of Girolamo, listed as sold for $45,000 to Nirvana Stables at the Fasig-Tipton “She is a very nervous filly,” he said. “We tried Midlantic May 2-year-olds in training sale, sepa- every little thing we can. Having a pony there and rated from the field at the half-mile pole cruised to being outdoors (helped) too. She’s always resisted victory in 1:04.63. the stall. She gets real nervous. So, we’re making “I knew she could run a little bit,” winning train- progress. I thought she handled it better today than er James Ryerson said. “But you don’t expect that.” she normally does.” Legend Of Lorelei, another daughter of Girola- Valseuse broke well under Luis Saez before set- mo, completed the exacta at 48-1. tling a few lengths off the pace toward the inside. The win was also the first of a Kendrick Car- She rode the rail all the way to top of the lane, mouche rolling double as he rallied aboard Perfect where she found a seam and powered through. Title in the seventh. She opened up and down the land she had enough “She’s very precocious,” Ryerson said. “They left in the tank to hold off a late-charging Quarla didn’t sell her at Timonium and (the owners) felt to register a neck victory as the 4-1 favorite in the like it was the right thing to take her to the races.” $40,000 claiming race. The win was the second of – Billy Blake Valseuse’s career and the first of the meet for Lukas. “We were wondering if that was going to come • A well-dressed D. Wayne Lukas stood in the for a while,” Lukas said. “We had this one spotted paddock under the setting sun before Friday’s fina- pretty good and it turned out nice.” le. Just outside of the stalls on the lush, green grass, – Brandon Valvo Tod Marks thisishorseracing.com She’s All Ready coasts home in Friday’s sixth race.

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Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 47 SARATOGA RESULTS Friday August 07. SIXTH $73,000, NY-BRED MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT, 2 YO, 5 1/2F 4 She’s All Ready K. Carmouche $6.70 $4.70 $3.70 FIRST $28,000, CLAIMING $14,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 6F 5 Legend of Lorelei E. Trujillo $30.80 $10.60 5 Bert Stone E. Cancel $38.80 $14.20 $8.70 7 Surprise Cameo J. Velazquez $3.00 4 Oldwick J. Ortiz $10.40 $6.80 Ch Filly 2013, by Girolamo - Prominent by El Prado (IRE) 8 Mischieviously C. Velasquez $4.10 Owner: Nirvana Stables. Trainer: James Ryerson. Dk B/ Br Gelding 2012, by Grindstone - Angel One by Bertrando Breeder: Kings and Queens Farm (NY). Owner: Kupferberg, Saul J. and Max. Trainer: John Parisella. Late Scratches: Frosty Margarita, Circus Life, Gregorian Gold Breeder: Dr. & Mrs. Jack B. Root Jr. (OR). Time: 1:04.63 Claimed: Mischieviously claimed by Ramsey, Kenneth L. and Sarah Daily Double (9-4), $27.00; Exacta (4-5), $241.50; Superfecta (4-5- K. for $14,000, Best Man claimed by Midwest , Inc. 7-3), $7,152.00; Trifecta (4-5-7), $1,011.00; Pic 3 (2-9-4), $141.50 for $14,000, Mister Popsicle claimed by Jacobson, David for $14,000 Time: 1:11.29 SEVENTH $51,000, CLAIMING $50,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/16M Exacta (5-4), $480.50; Superfecta (5-4-8-6), $6,362.00; Trifecta (5- 5 Perfect Title K. Carmouche $20.80 $7.30 $5.10 4-8), $2,281.00 1 Town Extension P. Lopez $3.10 $2.50 8 Pep the Champ I. Ortiz, Jr. $6.20 SECOND $45,000, NY-BRED MAIDEN CLM $40,000, 3&UP, 1 1/16M B Horse 2010, by Perfect Soul (IRE) - Title Seeker by Monarchos 10 Tom’s Vision S. Bridgmohan $12.40 $5.80 $4.30 Owner: Schera, Matthew. Trainer: James Lawrence, II. 1 Hushhushmushmush J. Castellano $4.40 $3.50 Breeder: Charles Fipke (KY). 8 Touch of Paradise E. Cancel $9.20 Late Scratches: Gold Hawk, Power Crazed, Awesome Sky, Americas Ch Horse 2010, by Friendly Island - Golden Lou by Bold Lachee Guest, Nauset Beach Owner: Dempsey, Thomas, A.. Trainer: Gabriel Goodwin. Claimed: Town Extension claimed by Asmussen, Steven M. for Breeder: Thomas A. Dempsey (NY). $50,000, Are We Not Men claimed by Moran, Thomas for $50,000 Late Scratches: Enuff Baby Enuff, Street Fightin Man, O’Bear, Plunder- Time: 1:43.21 ing. Claimed: Mind Magic claimed by Ramsey, Kenneth L. and Sarah Daily Double (4-5), $93.50; Exacta (5-1), $59.50; Superfecta (5-1-8- K. for $40,000. Time: 1:43.32 9), $2,004.00; Trifecta (5-1-8), $469.00; Pic 3 (9-4-5), $393.00 Daily Double (5-10), $354.00; Exacta (10-1), $41.20; Quinella (1-10), $21.60; Superfecta (10-1-8-4), $4,607.00; Trifecta (10-1-8), $794.00 EIGHTH $90,000, AOC $62,500, 3 YO’S & UP, 1M 10 Harp N Halo E. Cancel $49.20 $16.80 $8.30 THIRD $28,000, CLAIMING $14,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/8M 6 Bugle C. Lanerie $5.80 $4.00 6 Marine One P. Lopez $26.20 $10.20 $6.20 1 Love and Marriage J. Rosario $5.90 2 Roman Fire A. Cintron $6.20 $4.40 B Filly 2011, by Singing Saint - Rich N Clever by Richter Scale 1 Matuszak J. Alvarado $3.00 Owner: Curragh Stables. Trainer: John Terranova, II. B Colt 2012, by Malibu Moon - Dattts Our Girl by Thunder Breeder: Adena Springs (KY). Owner: Schera, Matthew. Trainer: Abigail Adsit. Late Scratches: Noble and a Beauty, Winning for Sarah Breeder: Dattt Farm LLC (KY). Time: 1:51.47 Time: 1:35.55 Late Scratches: Life’s a Roar Daily Double (5-10), $762.00; Exacta (10-6), $352.50; Superfecta Claimed: Matuszak claimed by Grady, Brad for $14,000, Inca Saint (10-6-1-2), $13,937.00; Trifecta (10-6-1), $2,596.00; Pic 3 (4-5-10), claimed by Asmussen, Steven M. for $14,000 $1,032.00 Daily Double (10-6), $285.50; Exacta (6-2), $211.00; Superfecta (6-2- 1-7), $2,464.00; Trifecta (6-2-1), $768.00; Pic 3 (5-10-6), $6,060.00 NINTH $200,000, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF RACING HALL OF FAME S., 3 YO, 1 1/16M FOURTH $83,000, MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT, 3 YO’S & UP, 6F 2 Takeover Target I. Ortiz, Jr. $10.40 $5.20 $4.50 2 Watershed J. Rosario $8.60 $5.10 $4.30 9 A Lot J. Alvarado $5.80 $4.50 5 Come as You Are R. Hernandez $9.90 $6.80 11 Courtier J. Rosario $8.30 4 Boone Docks C. Velasquez $7.30 B Colt 2012, by Harlan’s Holiday - Vanquished by Empire Maker B Colt 2012, by Bernardini - Thousand Islands (GB) by Dubai Millen- Owner: Klaravich Stables, Inc. and Lawrence, H.. nium (GB) Trainer: Chad Brown. Breeder: Dorothy A. Matz (KY). Owner: Godolphin Racing LLC. Trainer: Kiaran McLaughlin. Late Scratches: Pleasant Outlook, Croninthebarbarian, Juan and Bina, Breeder: Darley (KY). Late Scratches: Super Tuscan. Time: 1:09.44 Good Luck Gus. Time: 1:42 Daily Double (6-2), $162.50; Exacta (2-5), $79.00; Quinella (2-5), Daily Double (10-2), $471.50; Exacta (2-9), $63.00; Superfecta $42.60; Superfecta (2-5-4-3), $5,551.00; Trifecta (2-5-4), $1,097.00; (2-9-11-1), $6,061.00; Trifecta (2-9-11), $818.00; Pic 3 (5-10-2), Pic 3 (10-6-2), $2,483.00 $2,973.00; Place Pix Nine (2,4,5,7,8,12/1,3,5,8,12,14,15,), $118.00.

FIFTH $85,000, AOC $80,000, 3 YO, 1M TENTH $47,000, F&M 3&UP, CLAIMING, 1 1/16 MILES. 9 Zvarkhova (FR) I. Ortiz, Jr. $8.20 $4.90 $3.80 3 Valseuse L. Saez 10.00 5.00 3.80 2 Gap Year J. Rosario $9.20 $6.50 4 Quaria E. Prado 7.10 5.10 3 Mighty Souper S. Bridgmohan $4.10 1 Suzy’sprideofparis A. Arroyo 13.00 Ch Filly 2012, by Makfi (GB) - Varsity (GB) by Lomitas (GB) Ch. f., Kitten’s Joy-Vilia, Royal Academy. Owner: Schwartz, Martin, S.. Trainer: Chad Brown. Owner: Willis Horton. Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas. Breeder: Willis Horton Breeder: Ecurie Haras Du Cadran, Mr. Jean-LouisBlot & SCEA Bissons (KY). Time: 1:44.36. (FR). Late Scratches: Winter Dawn, Easy Feeling, Diamond Earring, Exacta $66.50. Trifecta $891. Superfecta $7,115. Daily Double $63.50. Katama, Crown D’ Oro Pick 3 $3,481. Pick 4 $27,660. Pick 6 (5 correct) $1,834. Time: 1:34.33 Daily Double (2-9), $30.40; Exacta (9-2), $86.50; Superfecta (9-2-3- On Track Handle: 4,696,492. Inter-State Handle: 11,912,563 8), $5,661.00; Trifecta (9-2-3), $327.00; Pic 3 (6-2-9), $625.00; Pic 4 (10-6-2-9), $6,074.00; Pic 5 (5-10-6-2-9), $82,476.50 Copyright 2015 EQUIBASE Company LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 49 Range of Emotions Eight of racing’s best honored for greatness at Hall of Fame ceremony BY BRANDON VALVO A standing-room only crowd turned out Fri- day morning as horsemen, fans, media and Hall of Famers packed the Fasig-Tipton’s Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion to usher in the 2015 induction class during a sometimes emotional and sometimes com- ical ceremony. King Leatherbury Jr., this year’s inductee in the trainer category, closed the show and he was as fun- ny as expected. An emotional and teary-eyed Glenn Lane, a longtime owner, introduced Leatherbury Tod Marks with heartfelt stories of decades gone by with his The Hall of Fame class of 2015 got together after the ceremony. friend and trainer. As soon as Leatherbury took Leatherbury enjoyed the scene as much as the who died at the age of 34 in 2000, was inducted to the podium the tears were gone and laughter crowd. with his mother Shelly Antley and wife Natalie reigned supreme. “Finally, I want to thank everyone,” he said. Jowett Antley on hand. Leatherbury, the winner of 6,450 races (and “It’s a very prestigious honor. I’m deeply honored Natalie offered her thanks to the racing industry counting), took the opportunity to freshen up his with it and proud of it and it really is a tremendous for honoring Antley’s incredible feats on the race- now famous standup routine complete with a full award.” track, including winning nine races in a single day monologue of self-deprecating jokes. What followed that genuine statement of grati- and winning at least one race a day for 64 straight “I have so many awards, that I really wasn’t tude was a full set of jokes about his age and just days, and for looking past the demons of his per- going to get excited by this,” Leatherbury panned. about anything else you can imagine, ending the in- sonal life that ultimately led to his untimely death. “But once I got nominated, I had people coming duction ceremony on a light note. “I just want to mention something about polari- up and saying, ‘You’re even-money to get in there.’ “Now you know why we put King Leatherbury ty,” Natalie said. “The polarity of soaring achieve- I told them there were many an even money shot last,” said emcee and former New York Racing As- ments on the racetrack . . . and his actions and that got beat. sociation announcer as the event came decisions off the track sometimes hit such depths “Anyhow, they called me up and said you’re get- to a close. “Nobody is going to follow that act.” and ended in tragedy. So the other polarity that I ting put in and I naturally immediately called for a Leatherbury’s induction came after the late Chris recount.” Antley, a two-time winner of the Kentucky Derby See HALL page 51

50 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 8, 2015 “About 13 or 14 years ago, my young grandson came up to me and Hall – asked, ‘How come every time Xtra Continued from page 50 Heat wins a race, Mr. Ken gets up there and makes a speech and gets want to mention are the opposites of on television, but you never get any- love and fear. Love allows us to open thing?’ ” said Deitchman, 91. “I said, to a place where we feel joy and we ‘Well, I get the money.’ ” can find acceptance. So, I want to Deitchman’s next move was some thank you guys for enshrining Chris perfectly timed physical comedy as he in the Hall of Fame. It provides a very unraveled a scroll that stretched from profound healing opportunity for our the podium all the way down to the family and you’ve all shown the pow- floor to the delight of the crowd. er that happens when you push fear “I said, ‘next time something big aside and let love win.” comes up, I’m going to make the Lava Man’s co-owner Steve Kenly speech,’ ” Deitchman said, earning accepted on behalf of the gelding who hearty applause and laughter. rose from the claiming ranks to be- The ceremony also featured the come a multiple Grade 1 winner and recognition of the two Pillars of the earner of $5,268,706. Turf selections – Alfred G. Vanderbilt “We have a lot of blue-blood here John Hay Whitney. today,” said Kenly, who campaigned Alfred Vanderbilt III accepted for Lava Man with Dave and Tracy Ken- his father, a racing industry lead- ly and Jason Wood. “I guess he was er, breeder of 77 stakes winners and blue-collar. He shows anything is pos- owner of three Hall of Fame horses. sible.” “I think if you wanted to live a Xtra Heat’s co-owner, Kenneth racing life in the 20th century, the life Taylor, then took to the stage to re- you would have wanted to live was ceive her plaque. He was joined by my father’s,” Vanderbilt said. “From fellow co-owner Harry Deitchman, 1923 when his grandfather took him who jumped at the chance to enter- Tod Marks tain the big crowd. See HALL page 52 New Hall of Fame trainer King Leatherbury makes a point during his acceptance speech. Saratoga’s Best Bets Things to do, places to go, businesses to call... “NOBODY HAS WRITTEN ABOUT Lyrical Ballad Bookstore RACEHORSES as beautifully and Antiquarian Booksellers evocatively as Lyn Lifshin.” More than 100,000 books and “ Mulligan saves me hours of work and days of worry. Barbaro: Beyond Brokenness, The Licorice old prints all sound and ready. Now, I can watch the horses again.” – Sean Clancy, Riverdee Stable Daughter: My Year with Ruffian, Specializing in books on the 7-9 Phila Street and : The Red Freak, The Miracle. history of Thoroughbred Troy H. Mulligan, CPA 518-584-8779 racing and breeding. Lexington, KY All on www.amazon.com lyricalballadbooks.com [email protected] • (859) 233-4146 & Texas A&M University Press: 1-800-826-8911

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Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 51 74 BEEKMAN ST. Hall – Continued from page 51 to his first race to 1999 when he died coming back from the morning work- outs, I don’t think anybody lived a life that was more deeply engraved in the world of racing. “At St. Paul’s School, he was the school bookie … and he repeated the practice when he went to Yale. When his grandfather took him to the Preak- ness in 1923, his first horse race, and he bet on a horse called Tall Timber, YOICKSONLINE.COM Tall Timber lost in a head bob in a SPORTING ART screamer to the wire. Then there was an inquiry and Tall Timber was de- ANTIQUES clared the winner. He said it was the most exciting thing in his life and it absolutely hooked him on racing. I think he saw the door to the world open up in front of him. He never ex- Tod Marks pected to turn a profit on the sport, Natalie Antley speaks of her husband, Chris, along with Antley’s mother Shelly and mentor but he tried to make it rewarding for Goree Smith. everyone who he was involved with.” “What was my dad like to work He considered the racing community After discussing his racing acco- for? He said ‘I wish I had the money his family.” lades, Vanderbilt took a moment to he’s spent on funerals. People on the Peter di Bonaventura accepted the describe what his father was really farm really didn’t have all that much, Hall of Fame plaque for his grandfa- like, recounting a conversation he had and if someone in your family died, ther, John Hay “Jock” Whitney. with one of his father’s employees. your dad would pay for the funeral.’ An emotional Bonaventura de- scribed Whitney, a breeder of 91 stakes winners at his Greentree Farm and owner of Hall of Famer , as, “a loyal friend, a dedicated FULL SERVICE EQUINE MEDICAL & family man. with his mon- ey and his heart.” SURGICAL HOSPITAL Durkin introduced Billy Kelly and Vincent Powers, the two Historic Re- Soft Tissue & Orthopedic Surgery: Colic surgery, Arthroscopy, Laparoscopy view Hall of Fame honorees. Clark Nuclear Diagnostics Bedwell Shaffer Jr., the great-great- Acupuncture grandson of Billy Kelly’s trainer H. Guy Bedwell, accepted the award for Video Endoscopy, Dynamic Endoscopy, Gastroscopy the 39-time winner who raced in the Stem Cell, BMAC, IRAP and PrP early 1900s, while Randall Ander- Ambulatory and Emergency Services available 24/7 son, president of Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame, accepted for Powers, a champion flat and steeplechase rider and champion steeplechase trainer. “It is especially fitting that Vincent Powers is inducted in the same year as John Hay Whitney, for Vincent was employed by Greentree as both a 362 Rugg Road, jockey and a trainer,” Anderson said. Schuylerville, NY 12871 ® 518-695-3744

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52 The Saratoga Special Saturday, August 8, 2015 Saturday, August 8, 2015 The Saratoga Special 53 cupofcoffee BY SEAN CLANCY Family First John Servis brought his two kids, Blane and Ty- for his dad. They brought four horses to Saratoga ler, to Delaware Park for a day’s work. It was 2003, for the first time this summer. maybe 2004. Blane was 15, 16. Tyler, three years Proud of his sons for following in his footsteps younger. They got out of the car and walked toward and fearful for the same reason, Servis can’t do any- the barn and saw a dozen stall screens leaning on thing about it anyway. the outside posts of the barn. On a brisk, breezy morning at Saratoga, Servis “What are they doing with all that?” Blane asked stood outside his barn watching stakes winner Joint his dad. Venture graze when his wife, Sherry, and Tyler re- “They’re painting them,” Servis told his son. turned from the harness track. It looked like a lot of work to Blane. Tyler is built like a linebacker, stretching over six Tyler scampered to the drainage ditch between feet high. the barns to look for frogs. Blane looked for some- “He was the one hanging around my neck when thing to do, other than painting those screens. Smarty won the Derby. He’s always loved the hors- “Blane, you can walk this horse,” Servis said. es, he’s a big help to me,” Servis said. “Blane is do- “He just came in, he seems good.” ing well, I have to give him credit. I go to the sale Blane took the leather shank, tentatively, and and these owners will tell me, ‘Hey, I was talking to made two left turns. As the duo came past the tack Servis. He snatched again, the horse went up again, your son, he called me.’ Spendthrift sent him some room the next time, horse was walking kid. higher and wilder, legs slapping at Servis. The more horses. He calls me every morning, about 6 o’clock, “Blane, you’ve got to back up,” Servis said. “You Servis snatched, the higher the horse went up in the ‘What are you doing?’ I say, ‘Standing by the rail, can’t get too close to that horse in front of you.” air and the stronger he came down. watching horses gallop.’ Just chit chat, it’s good.” “OK, Dad. OK.” Servis stopped snatching and the horse eventual- Servis made sure it would be good. Two left turns and it got worse, the horses looked ly settled down. Based in the Mid-Atlantic area throughout his like jackknifed train cars down the dirt shed row. Blane looked at his dad. career, Servis trained Jostle to win the Alabama in “Blane, you’ve got to snatch him to get him “Dad, I’ll paint every screen in the barn, don’t 2000 and of course Smarty Jones to win two legs back,” Servis said, louder, sterner. “You’ve got to make me walk that horse.” of the Triple Crown in 2004. Servis could have take control.” branched out, ventured to New York years ago. He And so another lesson was taught. Blane pulled on the shank, like pulling on a post, actually opened a barn at Belmont Park, commuting Servis must have taught the lessons well. Blane and the horse kept marching. from Pennsylvania every morning. That didn’t last “Look, give me the horse,” Servis said, taking the Servis is training horses, about a dozen barns away long. shank in both hands and nudging Blane to the barn from his dad, at Parx. He trained one winner in “I didn’t want to live in New York. I’m not a city wall. 2013, nine in 2014 and has five so far this year. He guy, I was born in West Virginia,” Servis said. “I “Look, Blane, when you snatch, you’ve got to needs 1,439 more to catch his dad. Blane wanted to think I missed out of a lot, the timing was probably let up a little bit so you have a little slack and then play football, looked at colleges, was offered a pre- right, after Jostle, but the kids were in school, we snatch on it.” ferred walk-on status at the University of Arkansas, liked where they were, some things are more im- Blane looked quizzically at his dad. then decided he wanted to train horses. portant. We’re very fortunate, this is a great career, “Look like this,” Servis said, snapping the shank Tyler has always wanted to be a trainer. When but for me, family is at the top. The horses are great, with one quick jolt. he was 14, he spent a summer working for Taylor but they’re never in front of my family.” Like an ignition switch, the horse reared up, Made in Kentucky, worked the Saratoga sales for Well, except for when he was snatching that hollered like a stallion, bared his teeth and came at Three Chimneys and now works as assistant trainer horse at Delaware Park.

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