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Year 17 • No. 17 Sunday, August 13, 2017 T he aratoga Saratoga’s Daily Racing Newspaper since 2001 All World Casse turf star takes wet Grade 1 Tod Marks Tod 2 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2017 here&there... at Saratoga LICENSE PLATE OF THE DAY NO1PIZZA, New York. Can you deliver two large pies – one cheese and one large mushroom, diced tomato and feta cheese to 259 East Avenue any Wednesday through Saturday night until Labor Day? BY THE NUMBERS 8: Sweet potatoes in trainer Bret Calhoun’s tack room Saturday morning. 1: Guy walking home from the track in a Phillies John Kruk T-shirt Saturday. 10.6: Percentage increase in all-source handle at Saratoga over 2016. 8.6: Percent increase in on-track handle over 2016. NAMES OF THE DAY Lynah Rink, second race. Continuing the tradition of her family (which in- cludes dam Cascadilla Falls and granddam Cayuga’s Waters), the Laue Ranch homebred is named for the Cornell University hockey arena. The rink, where NHL great Ken Dryden played his college hockey, is named for James Lynah (class of 1905), who was Cornell’s athletic director from 1935-43 and opened in 1957. Thirstforthecup, seventh race. Sticking with the hockey theme, Repole Sta- ble’s 3-year-old filly is by Stay Thirsty out of Canada’s Vision. She’s a main- Tod Marks track only entrant so you’ll only see her if we get some melted ice falling from Mixed Message. We don’t know about you, but we’re not buying Maggie Wolfendale’s thumb’s the sky. up gesture as Saturday’s storm rolled in at the track. Alpha male! The son of Bernardini who won the G1 Travers and G1 Woodward, and was second in the G1 Champagne at two. It’s a superior racing résumé than Tapit, A.P. Indy’s best stallion grandson so far! Phabulous phirst-crop yearlings selling at Phasig-Tipton Prepherred ALPHA Standing at Sequel Stallions, New York 859-255-8537 or 800-925-2913 www.darleyamerica.com SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2017 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL 3 QUOTE OF THE DAY here&there... at Saratoga “I’ve been in swimming pools and been drier.” Photographer Chad Harmon about shooting the 2015 Preakness NAME OF THE DAY (TRANSLATION EDITION) Pas de Soucis, seventh race. The Irish-bred 4-year-old filly’s name is French for No Problem. She makes her American debut today for trainer Chad Brown. WORTH REPEATING “The Jedi has returned.” Assistant trainer Norm Casse after World Approval won Saturday’s Fourstardave “When you come up here everybody’s got the Tapits and the Bernardinis, but you tell me how 800-523-8143 many have the Anthony’s Crosses? They just don’t know.” Trainer Ron Moquett, discussing sirepower during his Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour Friday Integrity. Reputation. Experience. “You could have come over earlier and helped us, Steve.” Moquett to barn visitor and bloodstock agent Steve Young Charlie is a Bloodstock Agent You Can Trust. “Now your job is to make me not sound so simple.” Moquett, issuing a challenge to Tom Law, after the Stable Tour interview From purchasing yearlings to broodmare management... The Special’s Joe Clancy: “Find any typos?” How can I help you? Trainer Jimmy Jerkens, reading The Special at the wheel of his golf cart: “Not yet.” “Wabba thinks every pocket has a mint in it.” Assistant trainer Tiffany Webb aboard racehorse-turned lead pony Wabbajack, who stopped to search railbirds Saturday morning “We knew him when.” 502.648. 4181 [email protected] CHBThoroughbreds.com TV viewer as The Special graduate Brian Nadeau handicapped the races on TV Saturday morning Graded Stakes Horses 19%BLACKTYPE HORSES Saratoga, Keeneland, Belmont, etc. 70%WINNERS Sire of TEN individuals to earn over $100,000 Leading Runners include: Kent Barnes, Stallion Manager Gypsy Robin $598,900 Our Caravan $453,574 859-224-4585 Clothes Fall Off $475,660 Mamdooha $325,200 www.shadwellfarm.com DAAHERby Awesome Again Editors/Publishers The aratoga Sean Clancy: (302) 545-7713. [email protected] Joe Clancy: (302) 545-4424. [email protected] Managing Editor Tom Law: (859) 396-9407. [email protected] 259 East Avenue Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Writers/Handicappers: Charles Bedard, Gaile Fitzgerald, The Saratoga Special, thisishorseracing.com Teresa Genaro, Ben Gowans, Madison Scott, John Shapazian, (the old feed store) Thoroughbred Racing Calendar, The Best of The Saratoga Special. Shayna Tiller, Brandon Valvo. www.thisishorseracing.com Call us about your editorial needs. Design: Linzay Marks. Published Thursday through Sunday Home Office: 364 Fair Hill Drive, Suite F, Elkton, MD 21921 Photographers: Tod Marks, Dave Harmon, Connie Bush. during the racing season. (410) 392-5867 • Fax (410) 392-0170 Distribution: Kevin Murphy, Morgan Yaeger. Plus Monday, Aug. 7 and Tuesday, Aug. 8. 4 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2017 World’s Fastest 6 Furlongs 1:05.67 G1 winner in 2017 $2,207,166 Commanding $750,000, There’s still time to registered NY-bred hip 34 purchase a 2017 NY-bred was the highest-priced yearling and reap the filly in the opening session rewards of NYRA’s of Fasig-Tipton’s rich program for 2-year-olds Selected Yearling Sale, Aug. 7 in 2018 295 registered NY-bred yearlings catalogued in the Fasig-Tipton NY-Bred Yearlings Sale, August 12-13 nytbreeders.org | 518.587.0777 For more information visit our website or call 518.388.0174 SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2017 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL 5 Country Life Foal Patrol “Like what you see? I’m a MD-bred here&there...at Saratoga filly by Gr.1 Haskell winner Verrazano WORTH REPEATING and my Mom, Cavan Thunder, is in foal “Those are Todd Pletcher’s nieces and nephews. He gets them to run at every horse with a CB to the ultra fast Maclean’s Music, sire saddle towel and make a lot of noise.” of Preakness winner CLOUD The Special’s Nolan Clancy, after some kids spooked (mildly) Preakness winner Could Computing before his workout on the main track Saturday morning; COMPUTING from his first crop to we could not confirm the identity of the children in question race. Look for me and my Mom at Keeneland this “I’m a good handicapper. You’re going to win five races today.” Starbucks regular to jockey Javier Castellano Saturday morning November!” “Is this a jump race or a music festival?” Taking care of little things since 1933 www.CountryLifeFarm.com • 410.879.1952 Reader Madeline Rockwell, who pointed out that last week’s jump race included Choral Society, Orchestra Leader, Fantastic Song and Hardrock Eleven JOKE OF THE DAY Sent in by reader Don Reed, who caught us on a day we needed to fill some space (must be sales-week fatigue or you people have stopped saying funny things) – and we made some changes to fit a racing newspaper: A horse walks into a hardware store . “Got any oats?” he asks. “Sorry, no,” says the proprietor. Horse leaves. Next day, the horse is back. “Got any oats?” “No,” says the proprietor. “I told you before, we don’t carry it.” Horse leaves. Next day, he’s back again. “Got any oats?” The proprietor glares at him. “Look buddy, we don’t sell horse food. We never have and we never will. And if you ask me that one more time, I’ll nail your hooves to the floor.” Horse leaves. Next day the horse is back. “Got any nails?” “We’re out of nails today,” says the proprietor. “Got any oats?” SARATOGA DATEBOOK August 20: National Museum of Racing photo finish tour with The Special’s photographer Tod Marks. Tour the Oklahoma Training Track led by a professional racing photographer. You will learn about lighting, composition and developing your artist’s eye. 7 a.m. $25 for members, $35 non-members. RSVP required. (518) 584-0400 ext. 120. Yearling purchase that produced multiple G3 winner, Lee Thomas © AURELIA’S BELLE ® NICOMA® An affiliate of Contact Price Bell at 859.321.5117 or visit www.nicoma.com Portfolio Management 6 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2017 of the day Building two-year-olds one individual at a time (859) 312-3414 | kirkwoodstables.com Proud to support Thoroughbred aftercare (859) 224-2756 www.thoroughbredaftercare.org A registered NY-bred Mirror, mirror... Connie Bush filly by Curlin, hip 34, was among the ten highest-priced The Chief . Day 17 yearlings at Fasig-Tipton’s “I remember Hail To Reason when Hirsch Jacobs had him, he had run 18 times as a 2-year-old, he The Saratoga Sale, would just run him. I said, ‘You don’t paddock horses Mr. Jacobs, do you?’ He said, ‘Nah, run ’em. Who needs to paddock them?’ I felt so good that he used to be nice to me, because we were all in awe of him, selling for he was the man.” $750,000 – Trainer Allen Jerkens 1929-2015 Savvy trainers will be stocking their barns with registered NY-bred yearlings offered at Fasig-Tipton NY-Bred Yearlings Sale, August 12-13 nytbreeders.org | 518.587.0777 The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association www.nytha.com | 516.488.2337 For more information visit our website visit us on Facebook or call 518.388.0174 Tod Marks photo Tod SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2017 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL 7 Every day at Saratoga, The Special with presents an exclusive Stable Tour Ron Moquett with a Saratoga trainer. Ron Moquett’s shedrow in the any of the horses we’ve run well with. Amie’s Clark Stakes Barn between the pad- Dini, she cost $3,000 as a yearling and she dock and Siro’s stays plenty busy ran second in the Fantasy.