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Floral Park Stakes Bloodstockauction USA Mitchell Road enters off a runner-up effort Covert Appraisal Services BY BRIAN BOHL, EnviroEquine LLC NYRA PRESS OFFICE______________ in the Grade 3 Kentucky Downs Ladies on Sept. 12, earning a personal-best 96 Beyer Florida Department of Agriculture ELMONT, NY—Graded stakes-winner Speed Figure after finishing a neck behind Fred Burton Paving Mitchell Road will get her first career test Regal Glory on Sept. 12. FTBOA at Belmont Park when she competes as Owned by Mrs. J.V. Shields, Jr. and E. Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply part of a full 13-horse field in Saturday's J. M. McFadden, Mitchell Road won the Peterson & Smith $80,000 Floral Park for fillies and mares 2019 Gallorette Stakes (Grade 3) at Seminole Feed 3-years-old and older contesting six fur- Pimlico Race Course as a 4-year-old and longs on the Widener turf course. also has compiled a stakes win in the Showcase Properties Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, Summerfield Sales See BELMONT on page 3 Back to Top Page 3 Belmont Continued from COVER current campaign in the Ellis Park Turf on July 5 going a mile- and-one-sixteenth. Jockey Junior Alvarado will pick up the mount from post six. Athlone Racing's Rose Flower will look for class relief after running sixth in the Grade 3 Intercontinental on June 6 over a yielding Belmont turf. Trainer Christophe Clement said he's been looking forward to getting the German-bred daughter of Dabirsim back on the track. "Everything is good and she's training forwardly," Clement said. "I've been waiting to race her for quite a while. There's been no problems going forward." Rose Flower has a win and two thirds in four starts since arriving from Europe last year, showing a propen- sity to sit near the rear of the field before employing a late kick, which resulted in her first North American win in October 2019 at Belmont. "She's fine on soft turf but she can run on anything, firm or soft," Clement said. "She's mostly a come-from- behind-type filly, but the main thing is that she hasn't run for a while, so we want to get her going." Joel Rosario has the call from post nine. Owned by VinLaur Racing Stables, Dark Horse Christophe Clement/COGLIANESE PHOTO Racing Stables and Taste of Victory Stables, I'llhandalthecash won her first career stakes in her last appearance on the Belmont grass, digging in after a three-wide move in the upper stretch before outkicking Dalika by a half-length to capture the License Fee, held at the Floral Park distance, on July 3. Trainer Ray Handal, for whom the horse is named after, ran the 4-year-old Point of Entry filly back in the five-and-a-half-furlong Caress on Aug. 1 at Saratoga, where she ran sixth. Following a 12th-place effort last out in her graded-stakes debut over a soft turf course at Kentucky Downs in the Grade 3 Kentucky Downs Stakes on Sept. 12, Handal said he is excited to return to a venue where she has already achieved success, earning a career-best 90 Beyer in her last win. "She's doing good; she didn't do a whole lot of running last time," Handal said. "I think we got shuffled back a bit early and we weren't in the spot we wanted to be in and couldn't do much about it. She got stuck on the inside and the track that day wasn't good anywhere, but it was at its absolute worst at the rail. It was like a bog. So I just treaded lightly and I penciled this spot in and she came out of it really well and she's given me all the signs that she's ready to get back at it." Jockey Dylan Davis will pick up the mount for the first time, See BELMONT on page 5 Due to anticipated traffic closures near the Ocala International Airport, the FTBOA and FEC offices will be closed Friday, Oct. 16. Back to Top Back to Top Page 5 Belmont page 3 Continued from drawing post three. With the forecast calling for a chance of rain Saturday, Handal also entered Overheated for the main track only. The 5-year-old daughter of Distorted Humor, out of the multiple graded-stakes winning Malibu Moon mare Hot Summer, ran second on Aug. 6 at Saratoga and mostly recently was fourth in a starter allowance on Sept. 27 at Belmont. Barry Ostrager's Sunny Dale has run second in back-to-back races, starting with the Dr. Teresa Garofalo Memorial in September at Parx before anoth- er runner-up effort against allowance company on the same track on Sept. 30. Trained by Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer, Sunny Dale has finished second or third in her last five starts. Irad Ortiz, Jr. will be in the irons from post 11. VinLaur Racing Stables' Xanthique has one win and two second-place efforts in four starts of her 4-year-old year. The Tom Morley trainee bested allowance compa- ny in her previous Belmont start, winning at one mile on the turf on June 28. Hall of Famer Javier Castellano drew the assign- ment and will break from post five. Getmotherarose, winner of the Grade 3 Honey Fox I’llhandalthecash/COGLIANESE PHOTO Stakes in February at Gulfstream Park, will make her in two of her last three starts; Lead Guitar, winner of two straight eighth consecutive stakes start and is looking to atone for an eight- optional claimers, including on Sept. 20 at Belmont; My Sassy place finish in the Grade 3 Noble Damsel going one mile on the Sarah, an allowance winner on July 19 over Saratoga's turf before Belmont grass on Sept. 26. running seventh in the Grade 3 Lake George last out on Aug. 28; Conditioned by Tom Bush, Getmotherarose has registered and Elle's Town, an allowance winner in her previous start. three of her five career wins at Belmont. Eric Cancel will ride The David Cannizzo-trained Slimey is also entered for the from post four. main track only. Rounding out the field is Bohemian Bourbon, third in the Saturday's 10-race card will feature a 12:20 p.m. ET first post. Grade 2 Royal North Stakes on July 18 at Woodbine; Saratoga America's Day at the Races will present daily television coverage Treasure, who ran third in both the Hessonite and Smart N Fancy of the 27-day fall meet on FOX Sports and MSG Networks. Thoroughbred Incentive Program to Offer Awards for Thoroughbred Polo Horses PRESS RELEASE ____________________________________ least one USPA Medium Goal (eight-16) Outdoor Tournament in 2020. The Thoroughbred Incentive Program and United States Polo • Low Goal Horse: for a thoroughbred that has played in at Association® have announced that they will recognize thorough- least one USPA Low Goal (below eight) Outdoor Tournament in breds that are excelling as polo horses through six awards that will 2020. be offered annually, starting this year. For a thoroughbred to be • Arena Polo Horse: for a thoroughbred that has played in at eligible for these awards, it must have a T.I.P. number. There is no least one USPA Arena Tournament in 2020. charge for a T.I.P. number. • Lesson Horse: for a thoroughbred used in a lesson program at “Polo is just one of many disciplines in which thoroughbreds a USPA club. can succeed following their racing careers, and T.I.P. is pleased to • Intercollegiate/Interscholastic (I/I) Horse: for a thoroughbred partner with the USPA to honor the accomplishments of these that has played in an I/I Regional or National Tournament in 2020. horses at all levels of polo,” senior counsel of The Jockey Club “The USPA is excited to work with the Thoroughbred Incentive and coordinator of T.I.P Kristin Werner said. Program to highlight the thoroughbred’s long history in the sport Each award winner will receive an award sash and special logo of polo,” executive director of the United States Polo Association prizes. The categories for each award are: Polo Development LLC Justin Powers said. • High Goal Horse: for a thoroughbred that has played in at Applications will open on the T.I.P. and USPA websites on Nov. least one USPA High Goal (16 or higher) Outdoor Tournament in 1 and close Nov. 30. The winners will be announced in January 2020. and selected based on the application and an essay. Applicants will • Medium Goal Horse: for a thoroughbred that has played in at be judged by a committee formed by the USPA and T.I.P. Back to Top Mucho Macho Man (2013) World Approval (2017) Musical Romance (2011) Caledonia Road (2017) Little Mike (2012) FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION Lonny T. Powell, CEO FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Tammy A.