Saturday, January 30, 2016
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Saturday, January 30, 2016 RACE 1: RACE 4: THE SWALE (G2) 3 AL KHAZAALIYA is stretching out to 9 furlongs after 3 AWESOME BANNER has certainly lived up to his name returning from the lengthy layoff to come within head of with a pair of awesome performances, which includes the 4 defeating similar going 7 ½ furlongs. Trainer Todd Pletcher ¾-length victory in the 6-furlong Grade 3 Hutcheson is 22% with 2nd start off a longer than 180 days layoff. Stakes. Trainer Stanley Gold has jockey Jose Caraballo 1 LILLIE’S ANSWER is debuting locally after rallying 3- going for the hat trick. 6 ECONOMIC MODEL is a son of wide to finish 3rd – beaten a length – vs allowance Flatter making his stakes debut for trainer Chad Brown after competition at Tampa. Trainer Christophe Clement has Joe drawing off to win his 6-furlong career debut at Saratoga; Bravo atop the daughter of Kitten’s Joy. Joel Rosario rides. 4 NOHOLDINGBACK BEAR is 6 PLAY THE BREAK is a late-closing daughter of stretching out an additional furlong after pressing the pace nd Pleasantly Perfect who should get the pace needed to and finishing 2 to Awesome Banner in the Hutcheson. compliment her patient running style. Strong finisher Julien Trainer Mike DePaulo readied him for the rematch with a Leparoux is the man you want at the controls. bullet 5-furlong drill in a swift :58 & 4. SELECTIONS: 3-1-6 SELECTIONS: 3-6-4 RACE 2: RACE 5: THE KITTEN’S JOY 8 LESLIE’S HARMONY, a half-sister to $4.4 million dollar 7 CONQUEST DADDYO is hoping to get away from the earner, and multiple Breeders’ Cup winner Beholder, is gate trouble free after getting squeezed at the start, and debuting for trainer Todd Pletcher with Lasix and Javier having to steady early, prior to finishing 4th – beaten only 3 Castellano named to ride. The $1.1 million dollar daughter lengths - in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. of Curlin is working consistently for the debut. Trainer Mark Casse has the $350,000 son of Scat Daddy 2 TALE FOR RUBY will be outfitted with blinkers after working well for his 3-year-old debut. returning from the layoff with Lasix added and finishing 3rd 6 LIFE IMITATES ART is stretching out to a mile again at this level and distance. Trainer Barclay Tagg has Paco after rallying along the inside to win the 7 ½-furlong Grade 3 Lopez in the saddle. 1 SAVED BY THE SWELL is Dania Beach by a head. Trainer Chad Brown has Joel stretching out to a mile after a ground saving trip produced Rosario going for two in a row. 4 AZAR, a winner of the a distant 3rd place finish behind next-out stakes winner R Grade 2 With Anticipation at Saratoga, is making his first Girls a Charmer going three-quarters of a mile. start since his troubled trip in the Breeder’s Cup Juvenile Turf. Trainer Todd Pletcher has John Velazquez returning SELECTIONS: 8-2-1 on this $300,000 son of Scat Daddy. RACE 3: THE FORWARD GAL (G2) SELECTIONS: 7-6-4 2 CATHRYN SOPHIA is making her local debut after the pair of scintillating victories up north, which includes the 16- RACE 6: nd length plus score in the 7-furlong $100,000 Gin Talking at 1 SEA COAST is making her local debut after finishing 2 Laurel on Dec 5th. Trainer John Servis has Joel Rosario in in both turf outings since arriving from Ireland into the the saddle. 4 ISLAND SAINT is stretching out and Christophe Clement barn, and receiving Lasix; Joel Rosario additional furlong after returning from a 2-month freshening rides. 6 SAWYER is stretching out to a mile after shipping nd to defeat $75,000 optional claimers here by open lengths. in off a victory vs similar quality at GP West and running 2 Trainer Todd Pletcher has John Velazquez returning on the – beaten a half-length – in a $62,500 optional claimer going stakes-placed daughter of Speightstown. 7 ½ furlongs. Trainer Jane Cibelli has Paco Lopez in the 3 CONQUEST BABAYAGA is making her US debut after a saddle again. 11 ALJALELA is stretching out slightly after pair of sharp outings at the distance on the Woodbine getting fanned 6-wide when finishing 3rd behind Sawyer in Polytrack, which includes the 2nd place finish in the their recent clash at 7 ½ furlongs. Trainer Todd Pletcher $100,000 Glorious Song. Trainer Mark Casse has Mike has leading rider Javier Castellano handling the rematch. Smith named to ride. SELECTIONS: 1-6-11 SELECTIONS: 2-4-3 RACE 7: 6 PRICEDTOPERFECTION, beaten 5 lengths in the BC 7 CLEOPATRA’S STRIKE, who showed promise on the Juvenile Fillies Turf, stretches out to a mile after recovering turf at Woodbine, is making his local debut with blinkers from a slow start to finish 2nd to aforementioned Lira in the 7 added after ending his campaign north of the border with a ½-furlong Ginger Brew here last out. Trainer Chad Brown 2nd place finish going a mile and a sixteenth on the has Joel Rosario in the saddle. 12 CONQUEST BEBOP is Woodbine synthetic surface. Trainer Malcom Pierce has the making her stakes debut after shipping in from Woodbine to son of Smart Strike working well at Palm Meadows. gets beat a head vs $75,000 optional claimers going a mile 5 AMERICAN PATRIOT is a beautifully bred son of War and a sixteenth on the turf; Mike Smith rides. Front debuting for trainer Todd Pletcher with a string of consistent workouts showing at Palm Beach Downs. The SELECTIONS: 2-6-12 sophomore gets Lasix and jockey Javier Castellano for the debut. 8 CANNES, a half-brother to multiple Grade 1 RACE 11: THE LAMBHOLM SOUTH HOLY BULL (G2) stakes-placed Filimbi, is debuting for trainer Bill Mott with 2 MOHAYMEN, a $2.2 million dollar son of Tapit, makes his Lasix, and strong turf rider Jose Lezcano at the helm; don’t sophomore debut after going undefeated as a freshman, ignore. which included victories in the Grade 2 Remsen and Nashua Stakes. Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin has Junior SELECTIONS: 7-5-8 Alvarado going for 4 in a row. 5 GREENPOINTCRUSADER, a winner of the Grade 1 RACE 8: Champagne at Belmont, is hoping to bounce back after 1 CONQUEST TYPHOON, a Grade 2 winner at the finishing a late-closing 7th in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup distance, is turning back to a mile after returning from the 7- Juvenile. Trainer Dom Schettino has John Velazquez atop month plus layoff to finish a fast closing 5th – beaten 1 ¼ the $575,000 son of Bernardini. 4 CONQUEST BIG E is lengths in the mile and a sixteenth Tropical Park Derby. making his local debut after rebounding from his 8th place Trainer Mark Casse has Hall of Fame jock Mike Smith at finish in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile with a $75,000 optional the controls. 4 WESTERN RESERVE a turf winner in Great claiming score on ‘sloppy’ Churchill main track. Britain, is going back to the grass after shipping in from Woodbine to run a stamina enhancing 5th going 7 furlongs SELECTIONS: 2-5-4 here on the main track. Trainer Bill Mott has Jose Lezcano atop the son of Indian Charlie. 3 SUPER SPENDER will try RACE 12: to make it 3 victories in a row after shipping in off the 5- 11 SOCIAL STRANGER is going back to the turf, and furlong score at GP West with a front running $50,000 turning back to a mile and a sixteenth, after responding to a optional claiming win here at this 1-mile distance. Trainer drop in competition with a 2nd place finish vs this level of Jane Cibelli has Paco Lopez in the saddle. competition going 9 furlongs in the ‘slop’. Trainer Todd Pletcher has Javier Castellano handling the surface switch. SELECTIONS: 1-4-3 9 GATEWAY ARCH moved to the Oscar Gonzalez barn via the claim after running a distant 2nd behind impressive RACE 9: repeat winner Ousby in his career turf debut at the distance. 10 MO POWER is stretching out to a 1-turn mile after the Trainer Gonzalez, 25% with new claims, has Junior promising 6 ½-furlong debut in which he broke from Post Alvarado in the saddle. 2 PADDYRYAN is dropping to the 11, was 5-wide on the turn, and beaten only a neck. Trainer $35,000 level after making a middle move and flattening out Todd Pletcher has John Velazquez handling the stretchout. to get beat 3 lengths vs maiden special weight competition 11 DOCTOR MOUNTY is a son of Street Sense making his on the GP West turf. first start since finishing a useful 6th in his 6 ½-furlong debut at Aqueduct, a race that has produced 2 winners from 3 SELECTIONS: 11-9-2 starters, including King Kranz, who won the Lost in The Fog Stakes next out. 5 DIXIE RUNNER, a $550,000 son of BEST BET: RACE 8 – 1 CONQUEST TYPHOON Flatter, is stretching out to 8 furlongs after a 5-wide trip produced a 2nd place finish – as the favorite – in his 6 LONGSHOT: RACE 7 – 2 SPACE MOUNTAIN furlong debut. Trainer Chad Brown has Javier Castellano in the saddle. SELECTIONS: 10-11-5 RACE 10: THE SWEETEST CHANT (G3) 2 SAPPHIRE KITTEN, a troubled 4th (stumbled start, bumped) – beaten only 1 ¼ lengths in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, is debuting locally after rallying 6-wide to finish 3rd behind repeat stakes winner Lira in the $75,000 Wait A While Stakes at GP West.