Gunnevera Sweeps to Decisive Jackpot Success
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 A >MASTER=-FUL VICTORY AT DEL MAR GUNNEVERA SWEEPS TO Mastery (Candy Ride {Arg}) lived up to the ATDN Rising Star@ DECISIVE JACKPOT SUCCESS moniker he earned in his Arcadia unveiling with a victory in the Bob Hope Saturday. Shedding blinkers for this step up to stakes company, the 1-5 chalk broke on top and ticked off easy opening fractions of :23.23 and :47.07. Swarmed by California Diamond (Harbor the Gold) and Ann Arbor Eddie (Square Eddie) exiting the bend, the dark bay briefly appeared beaten in early stretch, but readily responded when asked for more by Hall of Fame pilot Mike Smith and skipped clear to score. AWe knew he was a nice horse when he broke his maiden, but from what we saw today he could be something,@ winning conditioner Bob Baffert said. AThe second out is so important. They can run well in the first outing and then take a step back. We didn=t have him super cranked for the first out and this one was a lot of him [talent]. He just shipped down this morning and he shipped well. Now=s he=s got that experience. He didn=t look exhausted afterwards, but he didn=t really have to exert himself.@ Cont. p9 Gunnevera sustained a long run to win the Delta Jackpot | Coady IN TDN EUROPE TODAY JUSTICE FOR WHYTE IN AUSTRALIA In its relatively brief history, horses making the trek from Jockey Douglas Whyte bounced back after a quiet time to land South Florida, across the panhandle and over to Vinton, the G1 Railway S. in Australia on Scales Of Justice (Aus). Louisiana, have featured prominently in the GIII Delta Downs Jackpot S. In 2008, future GI Breeders= Cup Sprint winner Big Drama (Montbrook) completed a six-for-six season in the Jackpot, while two years later, Gourmet Dinner (Trippi), a 20-1 chance, got the better of 48-1 Decisive Moment (With Distinction), keying a Florida-bred exacta that paid nearly $760 and a triple that was worth better than $9700. There were no such exotics payoffs Saturday afternoon down on the Bayou, as Gunnevera (Dialed In) exploded around the field on the second of Delta Downs=s two sharp turns and blew the field away in the stretch for a 5 3/4-length defeat of California shipper Hot Sean (Flatter). A second Golden State raider, Dangerfield (Into Mischief), added some pari-mutuel spice on the bottom at 18-1. AI really liked the way he did it today, it was a great performance,@ commented winning jockey Javier Castellano. AHe got it going on the backside and I was very impressed with the way he finished.@ Cont. p3 PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected] SR. 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Andrew @SarahKAndrew [email protected] Take a look at my girlfriend | The winning connections of Shane’s Girlfriend, including Social Media Strategist Dennis and Doug O’Neill (center) accept the trophy following the running of Saturday’s Justina Severni GIII Delta Princess S. (coverage p6) | Coady photography Director of Customer Service Vicki Forbes IVAN FALLUNOVALOT DASHES FASTEST 8 [email protected] Texas-bred Ivan Fallunovalot (Valid Expectations) pressured favored Director of Information Technology X Y Jet (Kantharos), took over from that one in upper stretch and Ray Villa pulled clear to win Saturday’s GIII Frank J. DeFrancis Dash at Laurel. [email protected] TODAY’S GRADED STAKES WORLDWIDE INFORMATION EDT Race Click for TV International Editor 2:30a Jockey Club Cup-G2, SHT HKJC PPs TVG Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] 3:05a Jockey Club Mile-G2 SHT HKJC PPs TVG European Editor 3:40a Jockey Club Sprint-G2, SHT HKJC PPs TVG Emma Berry 4:42p Kennedy Road S.-GII, WO TJCIS PPs TVG [email protected] Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • NOVEMBER 20, 2016 FEATURE PRESENTATION GRADE III DELTA JACKPOT STAKES Saturday, Delta Downs $1,000,000 DELTA DOWNS JACKPOT S.-GIII, $1,000,000, DED, 11-19, 2yo, 1 1/16m, 1:45.15, ft. 1--GUNNEVERA, 122, c, 2, by Dialed In 1st Dam: Unbridled Rage, by Unbridled 2nd Dam: Suite, by Graustark 3rd Dam: Minstrel Princess, by The Minstrel ($16,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP). O-Peacock Racing Stables, LLC; B-Brandywine Farm & Stephen Upchurch (KY); T-Antonio Sano; J-Javier Castellano. $600,000. Lifetime Record: 6-3-1-0, $771,000. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. CONGRATULATIONS! - Brandywine Farm (Jim & Pam Robinson) 2--Hot Sean, 117, c, 2, Flatter--Stormy B, by Cherokee Run. ($80,000 Wlg '14 KEENOV; $550,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP). O-Karl Watson, Michael E. Pegram & Paul Weitman; B-Brookfield Stud (KY); T-Bob Baffert. $180,000. Elm Tree Farm Sales Graduate 3--Dangerfield, 119, c, 2, Into Mischief--Amusingly, by Distorted Humor. ($92,000 Wlg '14 KEENOV; $450,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP). O-W. C. Racing & Zayat Stables, LLC; B-Joe B Murphy (KY); T-Doug F. O'Neill. $100,000. McElroy Equine Weanling Purchase Margins: 5 3/4, 4, HF. Odds: 2.90, 4.20, 18.80. Also Ran: J Boys Echo, Balandeen, Pat On the Back, Thirstforlife, Tip Tap Tapizar, Line Judge, Our Stormin Norman. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • NOVEMBER 20, 2016 Delta Jackpot S. cont. Switched wide into the stretch, he stayed on fairly to finish fifth, beaten just under seven lengths by subsequent Second to the talented Three Rules (Gone Astray) over a GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile hero Classic Empire (Pioneerof the sloppy Gulfstream strip on debut June 10 and fourth to that rival Nile). in the July 2 Birdonthewire S., Gunnevera broke through by Immediately out the back of the pack with Castellano at the three-quarters of a length two weeks later. Given a stern test for controls once more, Gunnevera caboosed the field into the first class in the bend behind an opening two furlongs in :23.18. Steered out into GII Saratoga Special the clear down the back, Gunnevera remained in a detached S., Gunnevera was last, but he was asked to pick up the bit three-eighths from piloted that day by home and commenced a looping rally some five or six wide Javier Castellano, around the entire field. Hot Sean emerged the leader inside the who settled the final quarter-mile, but Gunnevera descended on that one at the $16,000 Keeneland top of the lane and ran out a convincing winner before galloping September graduate out well ahead his rivals. in a distant last of five, rallied wide into Pedigree Notes: the lane and ran Bred on the same A. P. Indy/Unbridled cross responsible for Coady photography down a tiring and leading sire Tapit, Gunnevera is the last listed produce for his subsequently dam, a daughter of MSP Suite, who is the second dam of disqualified >TDN Rising Star= Recruiting Ready (Algorithms) for Sovereign Award-winning 2-year-old filly Van Lear Rose (Stroll), the victory. Sent away from Florida once more for the a paternal granddaughter of A. P. Indy. With the victory, Dialed GI Claiborne Breeders= Futurity Oct. 8, Gunnevera once again In shoots to the top of the first-crop sires= standings. went back off a sharp early pace and improved inside leaving the half-mile pole. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • NOVEMBER 20, 2016 Saturday, Woodbine Also Ran: Midnight Miley, Calling Rhy Rhy, Lilly's Goldie, Top BESSARABIAN S.-GII, C$233,200, WO, 11-19, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f Decile. Scratched: Regia Marina. Click for the Equibase.com (AWT), 1:21.85, ft. chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue- 1--@RIVER MAID, 118, f, 4, by Where's the Ring style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 1st Dam: Rivermaid Dancing, by Riverman River Maid, never off the board in an all-weather track race, 2nd Dam: Perky Dancer, by Green Dancer broke through at the graded level with an off-the-pace score in 3rd Dam: Pert, by Damascus the GII Bessarabian S. at Woodbine. (C$57,000 Ylg '13 CANSEP). O-The Very Dry Stable; B-Jay A winner of two of four to start her career, the dark bay filly Cochlin (ON); T-Robert P. Tiller; J-Gary Boulanger. C$144,000. narrowly missed when second in the restricted Lady Angela S. Lifetime Record: 14-7-3-2, $386,876. *Full to Race for Gold, over track and trip last SW, $304,197; 1/2 to Soul Rebel (Ascot Knight), MSP, May. Finishing fifth $263,727; and Selembao (Kinshasa), MSP, $157,115. Click for next out in the Passing the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.