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Starship Jubilee Orbits the FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION Field Providing a Florida-bred or to subscribe, please call One-Two Punch in Ricoh Mile Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or email: [email protected] BY TAMMY A. GANTT ______at 6-1 on the board … just kind of forgot- ten about. Time after time, she comes up Adding another chapter to her amaz- and proves that she’s a top horse in North ing rags-to-riches story, Starship Jubilee America.” In This Issue: crossed the wire first in the $1 million As turf writer Steve Buffery from the Ricoh Woodbine Mile Stakes on Saturday Toronto Sun put it. “The old bay mare, Count Again Upsets in Singspiel followed by fellow Florida-bred March to she ain’t what she used to be. She is, in fact, better than ever.” the Arch. Grooming the Next Generation of Given no respect by the bettors, going “Respect your elders and girl power” off at odds of 6 to 1, the oldest horse in the was exclaimed by TVG commentator Horsemen field at seven and the only mare in the Todd Schrupp as Starship Jubilee crossed race, showed once again why she is one of the finish line ahead of 2020 King Agriculture Business Advisory Council the world’s best turf milers. Only the third Edward Stakes winner March to the Provides Student Opportunities filly in the race’s history to win, she Arch, followed by 2019 Preakness cham- rebounded from a fourth in the Aug. 23 pion War of Will. Both were highly tout- Credit River Flows to 41-1 Ontario Upset Diana Stakes G1T at Saratoga Race ed Mark Casse entries. The March to the Course, her only loss in six starts in 2020. Arch connections of trainer Casse and “Just an unbelievable feeling,” said Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak Plantation Magic Attitude Wins Oaks Invitational her emotional trainer Kevin Attard. “This won the race in 2017 with World mare doesn’t get the respect she deserves. Approval and were striving to do it again Dirty Dangle Cleans Up in Cares Stakes She’s a winner of 18 or 19 races out of 38 with the five-year-old gelding. starts, I was really disappointed to see her Respect indeed is just what her first- Gulfstream Park Charts See STARSHIP JUBILEE on page 3 Track Results & Entries
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Continued from COVER time jockey and leading Woodbine rider Justin Stein gave the Canadian media darling when he recognized how talented the reigning Canada Horse of the Year and Florida’s older female/female turf horse champion is. With Stein in the irons, the mare broke well and sat just off the pace and was steadied on the backstretch under a moderate pace. She sat fourth as Admiralty Pier and Value Proposition led the way through a modest opening quarter in :23.66. The pacesetters continued through a half in :46.14. In a flawless ride, Stein sat patiently atop the mare who was behind horses and flanked by
Trainer Kevin Attard/MICHAEL BURNS PHOTO War of Will coming out of the last turn. As the field spread across the course coming out of the turn and straightening out for the stretch, Stein threaded the needle through horses, tipped her out to five wide, gave the bay mare the cue and off they pounded down the turf course. “Sitting inside the three-eighths pole, around the 5/16ths pole I had tons (of horse), and I waited for a chance to tip her out and ask her to run,” Stein said. “She’s so honest and wants to win more than anybody else out there. I watched her replays ... she’s just gritty. She just waited for her cue and took off like a scalded cat. She was gone, “ said Stein. War of Will was three-quarters of a length back in third, with Olympic Runner, Armistice Day, Admiralty Pier, Shirl’s Speight, and Value Proposition completing the order of finish. The final time for the mile was 1:32.06 on a turf course rated firm, just .31 of a second off Wise Dan’s course record. Starship Jubilee paid $13.50 on a $2 win ticket. She was the third female to ever win the race. She also joined the company of other Florida- bred winners of the race World Approval and the champion grey Skip Away, leading Florida-bred money earner of all time with $9,616,360 in earnings. The race was a “Win and You’re In Challenge Series” Breeders’ Cup race giving her an automatic fees-paid berth in the Fanduel Breeders’ Cup Mile at Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 7. at Keeneland. Additionally, the win gives Starship Jubilee $10,000 toward travel expenses. When asked if he planned to run her on Breeders’ Cup day, Attard said, “I’m just going to enjoy the moment right now, but it’s
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Back to Top Page 5 Starship Jubilee page 3 Continued from barn that was in the now defunct Calder Race Course backstretch. obviously a special feeling to know that this race has produced so Dwoskin now races the South Florida circuit from Gulfstream many horses that have gone on to win the Breeders’ Cup,” Attard Park. Dwoskin and Leavy were mainstays at Calder in its heyday. said. “So I’m really ecstatic right now, and that’s somewhere we’ve She was then consigned by Halcyon Hammock Farm to the been aiming to go to all year long. This is just one step closer.” 2015 April Sale where she went through the ring after breezing an One thing he knew for certain was that he was not going to Under Tack eighth in :10 2/5 and was bid to $34,000 but did not change any of his routine, referring to the fact his young son sell. Joshua helps saddle the horse each time. After the race, the duo Leavy has owned hundreds of thoroughbreds with a common posted on Attard’s Twitter account, theme from his Starship Stables, the word Starship, and that’s how a photo of Joshua, Starship Jubilee Starship Jubilee got her name. and the trainer. It’s posts like these His long list includes Starship that add even more to the celeb of Bonita, Starship Jodi, Starship the talented mare. Nala, Starship Valor, Starship Her rise to fame from a $16,000 Miss, Starship Wildcat, Starship claimer to earnings of more than $2 Tribbles, Starship Shawty, million is truly the story that each Starship Serena, Starship person in the Sport of Kings dreams Avenger, Starship Amanda, of. To make it even more Disney- Starship Zorro, and of course, esque are the backstories of the Starshipenterprise, among many people who she met along the way others. to get there. Starship Bonita would have Claimed for $16,000 in February swept the Florida Sire Stakes in of 2017 at Gulfstream Park by Kevin 2017 winning the FTBOA Attard’s father, Tino Attard, from Florida Sire Susan’s Girl Stakes trainer Jorge Navarro in her ninth and the Florida Sire My Dear start, Starship Jubilee won five con- Girl Stakes except for finishing secutive races in 2017 for her new fourth in the first leg of the connections, including the G2 FTBOA Florida Sire Desert Nassau Stakes at G2 Dance Smartly Vixen Stakes. Also an FSS con- Stakes. Starship Jubilee added two tender, Starship Nala finished stakes victories in 2018, including second in the Susan’s Girl the G2 Canadian Stakes. She won Stakes and the My Dear Girl three stakes in 2019, highlighted by Stakes in 2018 and third in the her first Grade 1 in the E.P. Taylor Ivanavinalot Florida Sire Stakes Stakes going 1 1/4 miles at at Tampa in December 2019. Woodbine after a fourth place finish Although based in Davie and the year before. She is the only horse Jacksonville, Fla, Leavy travels to win both the Ricoh Woodbine vociferously to all major league Mile and the E.P. Taylor Stakes. sporting events and has even Starship Jubilee was entered in Trainer Kevin Attard and his son Joshua with their cover girl Starship Jubilee been spotted on Preakness Day. the 2018 Keeneland November As a guest of thoroughbred rac- Breeding Stock Sale but did not meet her reserve of $425,000 and ing magnate Frank Stronach in 2014, he sat with actress Bo Derek was subsequently sold privately by the Attards to Bonnie Baskin’s before the Preakness at Pimlico Race Course in Maryland until it Blue Heaven Farm. was time for her to ask riders to mount their Preakness horses Prior to her win in the Ballston Spa Stakes G2 at Saratoga Race from the turf course infield. Course, Vice President and General Manager Adam Corndorf “I kept her company until she said ‘Riders up!’” Leavy said. knew she faced tough company and he hoped she competed well That same year, he continued his tradition, as the Marlins Man against the top female turf champion of 2018, Sistercharlie, in the making sure he could be seen behind the winning horse crossing race. The bettors sent champion Sistercharlie off as the 2-5 the finish line by donning his orange Marlins baseball shirt. favorite, but Starship Jubilee rewarded Corndorf’s faith in her Described by USA Today as a ubiquitous superfan, he gained with a gritty performance holding off Call Me Love by a head fame in 2012 for his frequent appearances at major sporting down the stretch and eventually winning by a hard fought neck. events while wearing orange Miami Marlins apparel. His seating The 2013 mare was bred by William P. Sorren who lives near placement in view of broadcast cameras has drawn attention at the Gulfstream Park in South Florida. A regular fan at South Florida World Series, Super Bowl, NBA Finals, Kentucky Derby, College racetracks, Sorren has been in the business decades. By Indy World Series, and other events. In a 2017 interview, Leavy said he Wind out of Perfectly Wild by Forest Wildcat, she was consigned had attended 27 Super Bowls, 94 World Series games, 90 NBA by Bill and Lyn Rainbow of The Acorn based in Ocala for the Finals games, and “hundreds and hundreds of basketball and base- 2014 Ocala Breeders’ Sales August yearling sales. ball playoffs games” to date. His presence at baseball games is so Prominent workers’ compensation firm owner, Laurence expected that he is depicted in the stands in the video game MLB: Leavy purchased her from The Acorn consignment for $6,500. The Show. He’s estimated that he spent an average of 300 days per This was not an unusual purchase as Leavy had purchased horses year traveling to sporting events leading to tens of thousands of bred by Sorren in the past and raced from trainer Steve Dwoskin’s See STARSHIP JUBILEE on page 7
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Back to Top Page 7 Count Again Upsets in Singspiel WOODBINE NEWS ______and Count Again, was dismissed following a brief review by the stewards. TORONTO – Count Again, making his stakes debut, rallied Admiralty Pier, entered in both the Singspiel and Woodbine strongly at odds of 9-1 to take down Saturday’s Grade 3 Singspiel Mile, opted for the shorter race later on Saturday’s program. Stakes by 1 ¼ lengths under jockey Luis Contreras. The Grade 3, $143,900 Singspiel, shortened this year from 1 1/2 miles to 1 1/4 miles on the E.P. Taylor turf course, went with a field of nine threes- year-olds and upward. The stakes upset was the second in as many weeks for owner/breeder Sam-Son Farm and trainer Gail Cox, who teamed up to win last Saturday’s Grade 2 Canadian with Rideforthecause. “I was in the perfect position the whole way,” said Contreras, who was riding his seventh stakes winner of the meeting. “Just before the turn, a horse came on the outside and made a little move and gave him a bit of trouble but my horse was nice and relaxed. I just held him a little bit longer…when I turned for home I was loaded with so much horse.” Tiz a Slam, the defending champion in the Singspiel and looking to give trainer Roger Attfield a ninth win in the 15th edition of the race, assumed his preferred position on the front end and was rolling along through fractions of :25.82, :49.91, Count Again/MICHAEL BURNS PHOTO and 1:13.65. Tiz a Slam still led through a mile in 1:37.20 but the backfield Count Again, a five-year-old gelding by Awesome Again out of had been on the move around the final turn and he was facing a Count to Three, came into the Singspiel off a second-place finish strong challenge from Nakamura with Count Again closing best of over the Singspiel distance and surface which was his longest test all on the outside. to date. Count Again, racing a bit erratically, was never seriously “Last time he ran with first-time blinkers on, so I just got beat threatened in the final furlong while Sir Sahib finished well to really bad at the end, by a (neck),” said Contreras. “Today they cut take second by a neck. Say the Word, representing the same con- the blinkers back and I think that made a lot of difference.” nections as the winner, came from last place to end third, a half- The Singspiel marked Count Again’s third career win from just length before fourth-place Nakamura. six outings and the $90,000 payday was more than he had earned Woodbridge, Standard Deviation, Tiz a Slam, Skywire and in his previous outings. Jungle Fighter completed the order of finish. For Sam-Son, the Singspiel winner was the fourth after victo- Standard Deviation, at 3.65-1, was a fractional favorite over Tiz ries by Aldous Snow in 2014, 2015 and 2017 for now-retired train- a Slam, who went off at the same odds. er Malcolm Pierce. Nakamura, who like Standard Deviation was invading from Count Again returned $21.20, $10.20 and $7 and fronted an 8- Fair Hill, Maryland for trainer Graham Motion, was next in line at 2 exacta with Sir Sahib ($13.20, $7.90) of $203.30. 3.80-1 on an indecisive board. Say the Word ($5.90) completed an 8-2-1 trifecta of $1,295.60 The final time on a firm course was 2:00.67. and the 8-2-1-9 superfecta with Nakamura fourth was worth A stewards inquiry into the order of finish, involving Sir Sahib $2,741.05 for $1. Starship Jubilee
Continued from page 5 followers on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. night, it’s likely Leavy was finding a way to be a fan. He also A generous person, he often buys season tickets for clients gives away his jerseys and other items to charities including and friends, and even orders drinks for newfound stadium Make-A-Wish Foundation and March of Dimes. friends. When the Miami Heat were in the playoffs in 2013, his Backstories like these and many more will be told as assistant trainer Paul Newman was seen buying boxes of white Starship Jubilee trains up to the Breeders’ Cup; and while the hot Miami Heat shirts for the series to give to Dwoskin’s back- dumpster fire we call 2020 still burns, Starship Jubilee stead- stretch team and families to celebrate. While spectators were fastly continues to dazzle, reward the bettors, and add chapter not in the stands when the 2-1 game series leader Miami Heat after chapter to her rags to riches story that gives us all a little fell to the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of East finals on Saturday more to root for on Breeders’ Cup day.
Back to Top Back to Top Page 9 Grooming the Next Generation of Horsemen BY JAN BAILEY FTBOA CO-OP STUDENT ______Years ago, when Marion County had only just begun boasting of its now county-defining title of Horse Capital of the World®, it’s said that nearly 35,000 equines roamed, romped, and galloped across seemingly endless acreage of farmland, pastures, and paddocks. Now, that number has more than doubled. With 80,260 horses in the Ocala/Marion County Area, according to a 2018 American Horse Council study, and more than 195,000 acres devoted to the equine industry, there are nearly 22,000 employ- ment positions in the county—directly and indirectly—related to the equine industry. But the Horse Capital of the World® is about more than just the numbers—it’s more than just economic impact, statistics, and dollar signs. It’s about tradition, prospect and opportunity. There’s no one else out there who sees that opportunity quite as clearly as Bobby Jones. Jones, owner of Bobby Jones Equine, believes that the next gener- ation of horsemen in Marion County will be the lifeblood of the equine industry. He says, “It’s up to them to carry on the traditions, the practices, and the experience—so it’s crucial they have hands-on mentorship to help guide them in the right direction.” Animal Science and Agriculture Teacher at North Marion High School, Lori Albritton, teamed up with Jones to create a hands-on program for her FFA and high school animal science students. A senior in the program, Kaylee McNeill said, “Having a behind the scenes view of what takes place at a sale or at the farm has been incredibly valuable to my education. Everyone sees the final product but has no idea what goes into producing it.” Bobby Jones encourages students to be a part of foal watch/JAN BAILEY PHOTO McNeill was fortunate to experience a foaling during her time on the farm. Additionally, Jones and Albritton teamed students with employees to have first-hand experiences working the Ocala Breeder’s Sale in June. Duties started at 5:30 a.m. and included mucking stalls, learn- ing sale preparation, presenting horses to clients, and caring for thor- oughbreds. The sale was an experience of a lifetime for some of the students who did not have a background in handling horses even though they have been growing up in Horse Capital. According to Jones, there are many job opportunities for students focusing on careers in the equine industry ranging from equine lawyers, lab technicians, rehabilitation therapists, pharmaceutical research, farm managers, and equine bookkeepers. Miranda Sellers, an incoming junior at NMHS, said, “My experi- ence working with Mr. Bobby and Mrs. Albritton has been great. I have worked a lot with them in the horse program, and it’s very hands-on and engaging. There is never a moment where you are not doing something or learning something new. They always make sure to explain how something works and why it is done. I’ve greatly appreciated the oppor- tunities they have given me, and I am looking forward to more! “ Jones and Albritton have a passion, compassion, and dedication toward young people and are grooming future horsemen to continue the tradition in Marion County. From his 36-acre homestead, Jones has been a mainstay in the thoroughbred community in Ocala for more than 30 years and has served some 25 years with the Florida Farm Managers Club. He served as president of that organization for more than a decade and has served as its board chairman for the last nine years. He currently serves on the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association board of directors and previously served from 2002 through 2004.
Students see a mare check/JAN BAILEY PHOTO
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The Business Advisory Council for Career and Technical Education, Marion County Public Schools, focuses on ways to encourage middle and high school students to learn about career education and opportunities in various job fields. The council consists of committees for agriculture including thor- oughbred production; arts and AV technology; marketing, sales and service; and culinary programs. Each advisory group meets semi-annually to set goals for businesses, students and teachers to ensure the certifications, field trips, and experiences students are gaining will match what is needed by area businesses. The BAC agriculture plan- ning committee met last Tuesday. While the pandemic has slowed down some of the programs, the committee noted sever- al accomplishments over the summer. Florida FFA State Officer Selected Belleview High School graduate Riley Rowe accomplished Local Riley Rowe (in front) with other state FFA officers a childhood dream of becoming a Florida FFA State Officer. Riley graduated in June and will serve Florida FFA members across the state for the next year. Serving Florida FFA in any capacity is an honor, but being elected as the State President is truly a special achievement. After finding out that she was a presidential candidate, Rowe wrote, “Florida FFA, as I sit down to write this I still cannot put into words how I am feeling. I have an overwhelming amount of excitement for the journey that I am about to embark on. I’m thankful for my friends and family for showing me so much selfless love and support, I’m thankful for Florida FFA for allowing me to serve them this next year, but, most impor- tantly, I want to give all the glory to Him because it is all in His plan. I am so blessed to be selected as a Florida FFA presidential candidate. Most importantly, I am so thankful to be given the opportunity to pour my heart out into this organization this year.” FFA is an integral part of agricultural education by helping make classroom instruction come to life through realistic, hands-on applications. FFA members embrace concepts taught in agricultural classrooms nationwide, build valuable skills through hands-on experiential learning and each year demon- strate their proficiencies in competitions that showcase real- world agricultural skills. Today’s FFA has evolved in response to expanded opportuni- ties available in agriculture and its needs to hire skilled and competent employees for more than 300 careers. The organiza- Kaylee McNeill and Miranda Sellers tion helps students prepare for careers in business, marketing, science, communications, education, horticulture, production, for local chapters. natural resources, forestry and many other diverse fields. The Its headquarters are in Gainesville, Florida, and its agricultural education program provides a well-rounded, practi- Leadership Training Center is located in Haines City, Florida. cal approach to learning through three components: Classroom education, hands-on supervised agricultural career experiences, Thoroughbred Business Partners for Education and FFA, which provides leadership opportunities and tests stu- North Marion High School Agriculture students Kaylee dents’ agricultural skills. McNeill and Miranda Sellers have been working with the The Florida FFA Association is governed by a board of equine business partner Bobby Jones Equine. Jones serves on directors comprised of teachers and students, charters local the committee representing both the Florida Thoroughbred chapters and provides direction, program materials, and support See ADVISORY COUNCIL on page 11
Back to Top Page 11 Credit River Flows to 41-1 Ontario Racing Upset WOODBINE PRESS OFFICE ______show award. Too Legit was fourth, while Quick Tempo, who crossed the wire fifth, was relegated to sixth after interfering with TORONTO – Credit River, a two-year-old son of More Than Amsden at the eighth-pole. Ready, was exactly that in making his debut a winning one in “It was a tough task and a tall task – I mean, a first-time starter Saturday’s $135,000 Ontario Racing Stakes, at Woodbine. – but he showed his talent today,” said Wilson. “I just let him get Trained by Breeda Hayes for owner/breeder Hillsbrook Farms his legs, he got away from there okay, but he’s not nearly as quick (Garnet Williamson), Credit River was the longest shot on the as those guys were early and I didn’t expect him to be, so when I board for the second running gathered him up and asked of the five-furlong Inner Turf him to pick it up he didn’t stakes for two-year-olds. even hesitate… he was all With Emma-Jayne Wilson business.” in the irons, the Ontario-bred The victory marked the broke sixth and last in the first stakes crown for Hayes, sprint, as even-money in what was the trainer’s favourite Amsden and Quick fourth stakes appearance, and Tempo both broke sharply, and first since 2011. proceeded to go toe-to-toe on Multiple stakes-winning the front end, as Souper Classy rider Wilson was thrilled with and Too Legit took up resi- the poise Credit River showed dence in third and fourth, down the lane in his curtain- respectively. raising race. The pacesetters continued “This horse comes by his to duel through a blistering talent honestly,” said Wilson. opening quarter-mile timed in “You can see it in the form; :21.43, as Wilson and Credit his mom [Like a Gem] was a River endeavored to keep the multiple stakes winner that I duo in their sights. Credit River and jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson/MICHAEL BURNS PHOTO used to ride here, and one of After a half in :45.09, the his siblings [half-sister, Hard field began to reel in the fleet-footed front-runners to their outside. Not to Like] was a Grade 1 winner. So to see him flourish on the Credit River, still sitting last, was already in high gear, and turf is no surprise.” soon began picking off rivals one-by-one down the lane, storming Credit River paid $84.20, $16.90 and $7.40, combining with home to take the Ontario Racing by three-quarters of a length in a Sky’s Not Falling ($3.70, $3) for a $223.20 (2-3) exactor. A 2-3-1 time of :57.06. triactor (Souper Classy, $4 to show) paid $673.20. A $1 superfecta Sky’s Not Falling was second, while Souper Classy took the [2-3-1-6], completed by Too Legit, came back $1,113.30. Advisory Council Continued from page 10 Breeders’ and Owners’ Association and the Florida Farm Field Trips and Tours Enhance Learning Managers. The students have assisted at the farm with groom- In 2019, a field day included a tour of the mill at Ocala ing, sales preparation, veterinary work, nightly foal watch, and Breeders Feed and Supply, a behind-the-scenes tour of the holding horses. In addition, both students attended the Ocala Florida Thoroughbred Museum and Gallery and Florida Equine Breeder Sales two-year –old-in-training sale in May to learn Communications print shop. The event ended with a stop at the about the sales process. The students have done a great job of Ocala Breeders’ Sales ITW building with a presentation by staying involved with the North Marion equine program and Horse Farms Forever. In 2019, the farm tour was to Ashley Bobby Jones Equine, while school was not in session. Both of Godwin’s Rivermont Farm where students learned about careers the students are planning on completing an FFA proficiency in the industry including the racing office at a racetrack, breed application in equine placement this coming school year. association management, and equine art including painting lawn The business partners on the committee include Angie jockeys. The students saw a working farm and met an orphan Crawford of Seminole Feed, David Stephens of Seminole yearling thoroughbred, Mighty Miracle. Feed, Gregory Barton, forester with the Florida Department of The CTE department also welcomed Future Farmers of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bill Anderson of Yard America (FFA) teacher Kyla Coglin to Liberty Middle School Stop, Dr. Christopher Bald of Doctors Pepper’s, Dr. Faith who will serve on the BAC committee. Hughes of Peterson and Smith Equine Hospital, Tavis Douglas With students not always able to be at school, the program has of College of Central Florida and Marisa DiMauro of Majestic become more active on social media and can be found at Twitter: Oaks of Ocala. The committee is always interested in addition- https://twitter.com/CTEmarion or Facebook: https://www.face- al partners who bring experience and opportunities for tours book.com/CTEmarion. and farm visits. Career Education Facilitator at the CTE, NOTE: The author, Tammy Gantt, has been the chair of the Fallon Driver is the CTE liaison for the committee for Marion BAC Agriculture committee on behalf of the FTBOA for the past County Public Schools. four years.
Back to Top Page 12 Magic Attitude Conjures Win in Oaks Invitational BY BRIAN BOHL, NYRA PRESS OFFICE______Out of the final turn, Antoinette, under fellow Hall of Famer John Velazquez, maintained the advantage, but Castellano set his Lael Stable’s Magic Attitude showed the form that made her a charge down and used her late closing speed to take control from group-stakes winner in the outside and power to the fin- France, rallying from last-of- ish in a final time of 2:01.14 for five before overtaking pace- the 1 1/4-mile course. setter Antoinette at the top of “I really like the way she did the stretch and drawing away it,” Castellano said. “Watching to a 2 1/4-length victory in the replays, it seemed like she her North American debut in could be a little bit keen. She Saturday’s Grade 1, $250,000 always seemed to break well out Belmont Oaks Invitational for of the gate and get good forward 3-year-old fillies at Belmont position in Europe. Today, she Park. broke okay. I tried to cover up a Magic Attitude, out of little bit. It was her first time in Group 1-winner Margot Did, the country and a mile and a quar- won the Group 3 Prix ter and you always have to save Vanteaux in May at France’s something for the end. She sat famed Longchamp course beautifully behind the speed. She when racing off a nearly had a nice rhythm. When I asked eight-month layoff for former her turning for home at the quar- conditioner Fabrice Chappet. ter pole, she just took off really Transferred to the care of well. I was very excited to see the trainer Arnaud Delacour after way she did it today.” arriving from Europe, Magic Bred in Great Britain by Attitude immediately took to Katsumi Yoshida, Magic Attitude Magic Attitude/NYRA COGLIANESEPHOTO her new surroundings, break- is a full-sister to 2018 Group 2 ing well from post 2 before settling at the back under Hall of Fame Prix de Sandringham winner jockey Javier Castellano as Antoinette led the field through a Mission Impassible, who is also multiple Grade/Group 1-placed. quarter-mile in 24.89 seconds, the half in 49.99, three-quarters in She came to North America with experience running against high 1:14.17 and one mile in 1:37.91 on the firm inner turf course. See MAGIC ATTITUDE on page 13 Dirty Dangle Cleans Up in Cares Stakes WOODBINE NEWS ______:45.15 half. Souper Munnings held a head advantage at the latter call but TORONTO – Dirty Dangle, under a heads-up ride from Sheena Rocket Reload and Illegal Smile were on the move with Dirty Ryan, closed resolutely to score by 1 ¼ lengths in Saturday’s Dangle also gearing up for the stretch run. $135,810 Woodbine Cares Rocket Reload held a length Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack. advantage with a furlong to go The second running of the but Illegal Smile, the 9-5 choice Woodbine Cares, a five-fur- for Kentucky-based trainer long inner turf race for two- Wesley Ward, was on the move. year-old fillies, attracted a Illegal Smile, who had found field of seven with Dirty herself stuck outside the early Dangle going postward as the speed after breaking from the third choice at 4.65-1. outside post, rallied smartly “I had so much horse going while remaining wide around around the turn and I’m like as the turn and into the stretch and soon as we get a clearing… I appeared to have overcome her had lots of horse, she ran really difficult trip until Dirty Dangle well and I’m really impressed came calling. The Irish-bred did with her,” said Ryan, who was manage to finish second, a head guiding Dirty Dangle to her to the good of Rocket Reload in second win in as many tries for Dirty Dangle/MICHAEL BURNS PHOTO third. trainer Ralph Biamonte. “They Souper Munnings was did a great job, Ralph and his crew… they did a great job and they another three lengths back in fourth with Forest Drift, Chatelet got this filly ready really well.” and Silent Mamba completing the order of finish. Dirty Dangle broke alertly and was part of a scramble for the The final time on the firm course was :56.82. early lead but was eased back on the inside while Chatelet and Dirty Dangle was remaining perfect after debuting with a head Souper Munnings duked it out through a :22.14 quarter and a See DIRTY DANGLE on page 14
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