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Year 15 • No. 11 Friday, August 7, 2015 The aratoga Saratoga’s Daily Newspaper on Thoroughbred Racing Sweet Song Choral Society upsets Smithwick Tod Marks Tod King T. Leatherbury, Chris Antley, Lava Man, Xtra Heat, 2015 Hall of Fame Edition Billy Kelly, Vincent Powers, Alfred Vanderbilt Jr., John Hay Whitney FOALED / RAISED AT CLAIBORNE FARM _____________________________________________ 22 Members of the Racing Hall of Fame _____________________________________________ including OMAHA PERSONAL ENSIGN FOREGO GO FOR WAND LURE SEABISCUIT EASY GOER BOLD RULER DAHLIA RIVA RIDGE GAMELY RUFFIAN __________ __________ __________ Congratulations to the 2015 Inductees Post Office Box 150 • Paris, Kentucky 40362-0150 • claibornefarm.com 2 The Saratoga Special Friday, August 7, 2015 here&there... at Saratoga LICENSE PLATES OF THE DAY AFRMED77, New York. XPCT2WIN, New York NAMES OF THE DAY Come As You Are, fourth race. Ron Fein’s 2-year-old colt is by Run Away And Hide, out of No Dress Code. Gap Year, fifth race. The Darley/Godolphin homebred is out of Dubai Escapade (now that’s a gap year). FANS OF THE DAY Chris and Ursula Nupp, who make the trek from Long Island to read The Special and watch the jump races. They are also the proud owners of the first-ever edition of The Special from 2001. Thanks for reading, from the beginning. Joe from Amsterdam, who picked up The Special at Maestro’s the other day and said “Wow, what is this?” Not sure Amsterdam distribution fits the plans, but maybe someday. BY THE NUMBERS 1: Page agreement between Shadai Stallion Station and Old Friends to bring champion War Emblem to Kentucky later this year. 1: Sergei Fedorov jersey on the backside Thursday morning. Tod Marks 115: Beyer Speed Figure assigned to Mother Nature (according to NYRA’s Jason Blewitt) Come on, Dad. Nicholas Brown cheers on a horse trained by his father Bruce. Thursday. DAR8574 Saratoga Special Medaglia 7 AUG15 05/08/2015 15:41 Page 1 MEDAGLIA D’ORO El Prado – Cappucino Bay (Bailjumper) The elite stallions 859-255-8537 www.darleyamerica.com ranked by their percentage of the fastest horses Do you have time to wastegetting Medaglia d’Oro things nearly right? 44.7% Tapit War Front 44.5% 36.6% Career percentage of runners in the top 10% by Equibase Speed Figures Darley Friday, August 7, 2015 The Saratoga Special 3 here&there... at Saratoga WORTH REPEATING “That’s Apple, the pony. He’s great.” Trainer Jimmy Jerkens, finishing his Stable Tour earlier this week “The turnout really does help his frame of mind. He likes 15 to 20 minutes of freedom.” Trainer Kate Dalton, discussing her training strategy with Kiser winner African Oil “Technically, no fights. We had some negotiations.” Dalton, when asked how many fights she and husband, Bernie, had after the Kiser was postponed and they shipped African Oil back to Pennsyvlania for three days “Now is the time to re-run one of those old columns and see if anyone notices.” The Special’s Tom Law, to The Special’s Sean Clancy as he struggled for a column idea “I assume you don’t have extra hangars.” The Special’s Joe Clancy to his brother, Sean, who hung his pants on his office door “Nothing’s changed, you’re still trying to make your own room.” Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day to Hall of Fame jockey Jean Cruguet, who was looking for room outside the jocks’ room Thursday afternoon “They might need a delay.” Trainer Eric Guillot, before going on the OTB television show Wednesday morning “Laird, is that you?” Trainer Steve Klesaris, when seeing Laird George on the cover of The Special Tod Marks Big Horse. American Pharoah will be a tough act to follow for the 2015 yearlings. QUOTE OF THE DAY NAME OF THE DAY “You know what’s going to be cool? When we’re all in the holding barn and Best Man, first race. we’re watching all the horses walk around. There’s the Donn Handicap winner, Woke Up Tired, first race. there’s the Belmont winner, there’s a Met Mile winner, here’s who won the AppropriateThe 5-year-old for Monday is by morningPulpit, out of ofsales Elope. week. Whitney last year. You know what I mean? How awesome is that?” That’s us. Norm Casse, assistant to his father Mark Casse, about the Whitney YOUR SOURCE FOR NY-BREDS Phone: (518) 423-2028 www.saratogaglenfarm.com 800-523-8143 4 The Saratoga Special Friday, August 7, 2015 Like a selfie stick ...for your horses. Stay connected to your horses like never before! | Get connected today. www.istable.com Friday, August 7, 2015 The Saratoga Special 5 here&there... at Saratoga WORTH REPEATING “Johnny Be Gone.” Angel Cordero, on what song Robbie Walsh sang at karaoke, it was Johnny Be Good “I bought the horse at Keeneland September for $70,000. He’s making me look like a genius now.” Chalk Racing’s Darren Kreski on Quick Call winner and $410,960-earner Ready For Rye “Where’s he going, on the roof?” Graham Motion assistant Alice Clapham when someone said they heard Eric Guillot and Moreno would be stabled in her boss’ barn “I don’t care what you’re talking about as long as you’re talking about me.” Trainer Eric Guillot “They’re like me, their racing and breeding careers are over.” Old Friends’ Michael Blowen talking about the upcoming arrival of Alphabet Soup and Touch Gold from Adena Springs “Right now we’re doing great, I just hope I don’t hit the wall.” NYRA’s Ralph Thoroux Jr., taking entries for Saturday’s Whitney card Wednesday morning “What kind of horse are you riding right now?” Fan to an exercise rider over the fence on Nelson Avenue at trainer Linda Rice’s barn “I’ve tried to come to an understanding with him, but . .” Racing manager Cindy Tucker, about the biting habits of V.E. Day Tod Marks Smooch. 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The Saratoga Special, thisishorseracing.com Writers/Handicappers: Charles Bedard, Billy Blake, www.thisishorseracing.com Thoroughbred Racing Calendar, The Best of The Saratoga Special. Gaile Fitzgerald, Teresa Genaro, Annise Montplaisir, Published Wednesday through Sunday Call us about your editorial needs. John Shapazian, Chad Summers, Brandon Valvo. during the racing season. Home Office: 364 Fair Hill Drive, Suite F, Elkton, MD 21921 Photographers: Tod Marks, Dave Harmon, Connie Bush. Every day of Sales Week Aug. 9-16. (410) 392-5867 • Fax (410) 392-0170 Layout/Design: Kaitlyn Vishneowski. 6 The Saratoga Special Friday, August 7, 2015 SARATOGA STABLE TOUR. Meet the people & horses who make Saratoga GO! THE SARATOGA SALE AUGUST 10-11 with Jimmy Jerkens StableJimmy Jerkens walks down his Tour: low-roofed shedrow on the Oklaho- ma side and gives a history lesson on Every day at Saratoga, The Special his barn. (with help from sponsor Fasig-Tipton) “My father was in this barn in presents an exclusive Stable Tour 1955,” Jerkens said. “He would al- with a Saratoga trainer. For more, see: ways pull up and say, ‘Yeah, Admi- thisishorseracing.com/stabletours ral Vee was in this stall, I had these stalls…’ Laz Barrera was in this barn Swing Hard: “He’s another 2-year-old when he had Affirmed.” of Centennial’s. He’s getting pretty close. He’s With 24 horses at Saratoga and very big for a 2-year-old but he’s not clumsy, 12 at Belmont Park, Jerkens is in the he’s light on his feet.” midst of another productive season. Son of Hall of Fame trainer Allen Juba: “He’s a two-other than, he runs on Jerkens, Jimmy runs his Travers 1-2 Saturday. Blew out fast on Tuesday, 35 and 1.” V. E. Day and Wicked Strong in the Whitney Invitational Saturday. Jerk- Front: “The only thing he’s eligible for ens walked his shedrow with The Spe- now are New York-bred stakes or open three- other-thans. He ran very well in an open three cial’s Sean Clancy. other than at Belmont. The other day (seventh in allowance-optional, July 29) he got in a big John’s Island: “He was second in the crowd coming down the stretch and fell out of John Morrissey, he comes from out of the worked on him with the laser and he’s doing time in this country the other day. He ran well, it but he usually runs his race.” clouds, he’s been an honest horse.” good now. He’s been great, unbelievable. The hung a little.’ only time he was off the board was when he Preying Mantis: “She ran the same Unified:“Two-year-old of Centennial’s by bolted, why he bolted, we still don’t know.” Jay Gatsby: “This horse hasn’t run here weekend as Manipulated, she finished fourth, Candy Ride.