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2 Thursday, July 29, 2010 Thursday, July 29, 2010 3 here&there... at Saratoga 517 Broadway, Suite 207 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 (Second Floor, around the back) Name of the Day The Special quotes • Sermon Of Love, first race: Phone: (518) 490-1175 worth repeating from Saratoga Sean Mobile: (302) 545-7713 This Pulpit gelding is out of Joe Mobile: (302) 545-4424 Plenty of Sugar. “Man, I went through The Special by 6 o’clock this morning.” E-mail: [email protected] • Scuba Diver, third race: In- or [email protected] Trainer Mitch Friedman, after being heckled for reading the Pink Sheet Sunday morning teresting imagery combination Internet: www.saratogaspecial.com named this Mineshaft gelding Published Wednesday through Sunday “I can read text. I can’t send text.” out of Coral Sea. Capital OTB’s Tom Amello on communicating in 2010 during the racing season. • Worstcasescenario, Every day of Sales Week Aug. 2-8. “I guess sometimes they can’t jump and still work out.” fourth race: Rick Violette’s The Staff Sean Clancy, Joe Clancy. Kempton Bloodstock’s Steve Castagnola after Followmyfootsteps, filly evokes the worst case Editors/Publishers: Staff Writers: Phil Janack, Karen Johnson, a failed steeplechase horse, won a turf allowance on Sunday scenario in all of history: She Mike Kane, Terese Karmel, Ben Meyers, Katie Bo Williams. is by Forbidden Apple, out of Layout/Design: Dan Vunk. “It was extremely hot or I was nervous, one or the other. She’s Stacie’s Halo. Photographers: Tod Marks, Dave Harmon, obviously in way better shape than I am.” Connie Bush. • Deceive, fifth race: Tricky Handicappers: Gaile Fitzgerald, Dean Keppler, Asmussen, on the heat at Monmouth and Rachel Alexandra’s reaction to it Brian Nadeau, John Panagot, John Shapazian Tiznow filly is out of Illicit. Assistants: Chelsea Brown, Maggie Kimmitt. Distribution: Ryan Clancy, Jack Clancy, Nolan Clancy, Jane Motion. Advertising Sales: Contact a Clancy or call Kathy Rubin at (203) 650-6815.

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4 Thursday, July 29, 2010 4 Thursday, July 29, 2010 Continued from previous page The Special quotes here&there... worth repeating from Saratoga

“This I-Phone is only in English and Spanish, it can’t do French.” Jockey Edgar Prado, on trying to Google flat/jump jockey Christophe Soumillon

“I’m from Canada, it’s what we do.” Fan, who returned $40 he found to Guest Services

“Do you have next month’s?” Fan in the box seats Sunday after being handed Wednesday’s overnight

“A lot.” Matt Muzikar, Javier Castellano’s agent, when asked how many donuts the jockey had to hand out after his five-race win streak on Sunday Just Sayin’

Connie Bush “He’s still green. Even at the wire, I stopped Crowned General gets a deserving bath after winning the 7th race on Wednesday. riding him and he looked around.” Weather — Julien Leparoux, on Sanford winner Maybesomaybenot Today: High of 81 degrees with scattered showers. 30 percent Let us quote chance of rain. Horse TransporTaTion your next trip. www.brookledge.com 800-523-8143 Tonight: Low of 55 degrees. Mostly clear.

Thursday, July 29, 2010 5 Thursday, July 29, 2010 5 wednesday’s Saratoga entrieRoyals Ascot (June) L’Arc de Triomphe (Sep-Oct) For trip details and to reserve your space, call Don’t Just Cheltenham (March) George Wagner, 1-800-368-0872 or visit our Dubai (March) website www.horseracingtripsworldwide.com Be a Aintree (April) thursday’s Saratoga entries Spectator, Thursday, July 29. Post Time 1 p.m. Entries with program number, post 7th (4:23) 1 1/16 Miles (Turf) 2Yo Mdn Purse: $51,000 position, jockey, trainer, and morning-line odds. 1 1 Bonaroo...... Velasquez C...... Lukas D Wayne .....15-1 1A MTO Tingaleo...... Solis A...... Ward Wesley...... 15-1 1st (1:00) Jonathan Kiser Novice S. 2 1/16 Miles (Hurdle) 4&Up 2 2 Yes This Is It...... Cohen D...... Phipps William...... 15-1 Be an Purse: $70,000 3 3 Legend of Navarone...Garcia Alan...... McLaughlin Kiaran...6-1 1 1 Virginia Minstrel...... McCarron M O...... Gomena Julie...... 4-1 4 4 System Ready...... Velazquez J R...... Pletcher Todd A...... 5-1 2 2 Nationbuilder...... Hodsdon D...... Sheppard Jonathan.. 4-1 5 5 Mr Tribute...... Albarado R J...... Romans Dale...... 7-2 3 3 Quiet Approval...... Murphy J...... McKenna Katherine.. 5-1 6 6 Br. Alexander...... Leparoux J R...... McPeek Kenneth....15-1 Owner 4 4 Mabou...... Young P J...... Voss Thomas H...... 3-1 7 7 Peb Hughes...... Dominguez R A..... Motion H Graham.....4-1 5 5 Moon Dolly (GB)...... Aizpuru X...... Voss Thomas H...... 12-1 8 8 Nacho Business...... Prado E S...... Breen Kelly J...... 6-1 6 6 Sermon of Love...... Crowley B...... Sheppard Jonathan.. 8-1 9 9 Powhatan County...... Castellano J J...... Weaver George...... 8-1 7 7 Birthday Beau...... Geraghty R...... Sanger Michele C...15-1 10 10 Rise to Glory...... Gomez G K...... Mott William I...... 12-1 8 8 Arch Hero...... Petty J...... Voss Thomas H...... 15-1 11 AE Uncle Joe...... Maragh R...... Penna Angel Jr...... 8-1 9 9 Italian Wedding...... Dowling W...... Sheppard Jonathan.. 8-1 12 AE Sweet William...... Coa E M...... Ward Wesley A...... 6-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Super (.10), Pick 3 Races (1-3), Daily Double 13 AE War Winds...... Lopez P...... Fawkes David...... 15-1 14 AE Vapor Trace...... Fragoso P...... Biancone Patrick....15-1 2nd (1:35) 5 1/2 Furlongs 2YO Mdn Clm ($50,000) Purse: $29,000 15 MTO Volcker...... Fragoso P...... Pletcher Todd A...... 8-5 1 1 Siren’s Step...... Maragh R...... Contessa Gary C...... 5-1 A-Coupled: Bonaroo and Tingaleo 2 2 Tensas Punch...... Mena M...... Scherer Merrill R...... 7-2 Exacta, Trifecta, Super (.10), Pick 3 Races (7-9), Pick 4 Races (7-10) 3 3 R Bling...... Lezcano J...... Ward Wesley A...... 3-1 Daily Double 4 4 Kisses From Karen.....Chavez J F...... Contessa Gary C...... 8-1 5 5 Sky Hosoya...... Velazquez J R...... Pletcher Todd A...... 9-5 8th (4:57) Quick Call S. 1 Mile (Inner turf) 3YO Purse: $70,000 6 6 Better Safe...... Coa E M...... Lerman Roy S...... 12-1 1 1 Our Douglas...... Gomez G K...... Proctor Thomas F ....5-2 Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Pick 3 Races (2-4), Pick 4 Races (2-5) 2 2 Lethal Combination....Garcia Alan...... McLaughlin Kiaran ..8-1 Daily Double 3 3 Turf Melody...... Solis A...... Motion H Graham...15-1 4 4 Alfarabi...... Maragh R...... Harty Eoin...... 8-1 3rd (2:08) 1/8 Miles 3&Up Mdn Clm ($20,000) Purse: $23,000 5 5 Lighthouse Sound...... Dominguez R A..... Trombetta Michael. 12-1 1 5 Z Force...... Borel C H...... Zito Nicholas P...... 10-1 6 6 Beau Choix...... Castellano J J...... Tagg Barclay...... 3-1 1A 6 Scuba Diver...... Lezcano J...... Zito Nicholas P...... 10-1 7 7 Psychic Income...... Leparoux J R...... McPeek Kenneth...... 4-1 2 1 Mugger Hugger...... Richards G G...... Creary Ricardo...... 50-1 8 8 Lonesome Street...... Velazquez J R...... Maker Michael J...... 6-1 3 2 High Stakes Player.....Castellano J J...... Brown Chad C...... 3-1 9 MTO Make Note...... Leparoux J R...... Weaver George...... 2-1 4 3 Vision d’Amour...... Velasquez C...... Mott William I...... 5-2 10 MTO Fenway Faithful...... Garcia Alan...... Violette, Jr. R A...... 6-1 5 4 Shealinator...... Gomez G K...... Benzel Seth...... 15-1 11 MTO Delong Road...... Borel C H...... Lukas D Wayne...... 4-1 6 7 Tinian Island...... Hill C...... Hushion Michael E...9-2 Exacta, Trifecta, Super (.10), Pick 3 Races (8-10), Daily Double 7 8 Driven by Fear...... Maragh R...... Brown Bruce R...... 4-1 8 9 Justice Harlan...... Velazquez J R...... Pletcher Todd A...... 8-1 9th (5:31) 1 1/16 Miles (Turf) F&M 3&Up Allow/Opt Clm($35,000) A-Coupled: Z Force and Scuba Diver Purse: $45,000 Exacta, Trifecta, Pick 3 Races (3-5), Daily Double 1 1 Mesa Girl...... Rodriguez J...... Ortiz Paulino O...... 30-1 1A 7 My Luckey Penney.....Rodriguez J...... Ortiz Paulino O...... 30-1 4th (2:41) Lucy Scribner S. 7 Furlongs F&M 3&Up Purse: $70,000 2 2 Great Gracie Dane...... Coa E M...... Ryan Derek S...... 3-1 1 1 Decelerator...... Borel C H...... Lukas D Wayne...... 5-1 3 3 Who Is Lady...... Leparoux J R...... Miceli Michael...... 9-2 2 2 Devil by Design...... Desormeaux K J.... Mott William I...... 2-1 4 4 Wild Awake...... Castellano J J...... Tagg Barclay...... 6-1 3 3 Southern Accents...... Leparoux J R...... Kenneally Eddie...... 8-1 5 5 Two Moons...... Dominguez R A..... Hennig Mark...... 12-1 4 4 Worstcasescenario.....Garcia Alan...... Violette, Jr. R A...... 12-1 6 6 Freud’s Notebook...... Solis A...... Brown Bruce R...... 12-1 5 5 Perfect for You...... Gomez G K...... Arnold George R II...8-1 7 8 Ketubah...... Velasquez C...... Clement Christophe.. 6-1 6 6 Lady Alexander...... Lezcano J...... Alexander Bruce F....3-1 8 9 Exonerated...... Cohen D...... Levine Bruce N...... 5-1 7 7 Unforgotten...... Albarado R J...... Stewart Dallas...... 4-1 9 10 Chorus Music...... Gomez G K...... Terranova, II John....6-1 Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Super (.10), Pick 3 Races (4-6), Daily Double 10 11 Lovely Promise...... Maragh R...... Schettino Dom...... 20-1 11 MTO Landlash...... Velazquez J R...... Gyarmati Leah...... 6-1 5th (3:15) 1 3/8 Miles (Inner turf) F&M 3&UP Mdn Purse: $51,000 12 MTO Amiga Del Sol...... Maragh R...... Kimmel John C...... 8-1 1 1 Ermine Slippers...... Gomez G K...... Clement Christophe.. 3-1 A-Coupled: Mesa Girl and My Luckey Penney 2 2 Dyani...... Leparoux J R...... Kenneally Eddie...... 2-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Super (.10), Daily Double 3 3 My Elusive Dream...... Coa E M...... Duggan David P.....15-1 4 4 Playful Majesty...... Hill C...... Tschan April E...... 30-1 10th (6:04) 1 Mile (Inner turf) 3&Up Allow Purse: $53,000 5 5 Jewelry (BRZ)...... Solis A...... McPeek Kenneth....12-1 1 1 Devon Rock...... Castellano J J...... Jerkens James A...... 3-1 6 6 Cocktail Hour...... Castellano J J...... Jerkens James A....12-1 2 2 Bold Victory...... Borel C H...... Lukas D Wayne...... 20-1 7 7 Deceive...... Desormeaux K J.... McGaughey III C R...5-1 3 3 Karakorum Legend.....Dominguez R A..... Rice Linda...... 5-1 8 8 Somalia...... Dominguez R A..... Contessa Gary C...... 7-2 4 4 Solvent...... Maragh R...... Weaver George...... 12-1 9 MTO Click Your Heels...... Garcia Alan...... Duggan David P...... 6-1 5 5 Cherokee Speed...... Velazquez J R...... Toner James J...... 7-2 10 MTO Gold Collection...... Hill C...... Mott William I...... 2-1 6 6 Pretty Boy Freud...... Lezcano J...... O’Brien Leo...... 15-1 11 MTO Remark...... Dominguez R A..... McLaughlin Kiaran 9-5 7 7 Versailles Road...... Leparoux J R...... Wilkes Ian R...... 12-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Super (.10), Pick 3 Races (5-7), Pick 6 Races (5-10) 8 8 Romans Reward...... Albarado R J...... Romans Dale...... 15-1 Daily Double 9 9 Pegasus Tommy D.....Velasquez C...... Dutrow, Jr. R E...... 8-1 10 10 Longboarder...... Gomez G K...... Matz Michael R...... 5-1 6th (3:49) 6 Furlongs 3&Up Clm ($10,000) | Purse: $20,000 11 AE Ad Infinitum...... Desormeaux K J.... Mott William I...... 4-1 1 1 Fire the Bullet...... Bermudez J E...... Gullo Gary P ...... 12-1 12 AE Strong Commitment...Velasquez C...... McGaughey III C R...4-1 2 2 Eli’s Comin...... Lenclud F...... Contessa Gary C ....12-1 13 MTO Economic Swoon...... Maragh R...... Violette, Jr. R A...... 5-2 3 3 Timber Cat...... Santiago V...... Bush Thomas M.....30-1 14 MTO Star of New York...... Castellano J J...... Galluscio Dominic....5-1 4 4 All West...... Hill C...... Cesare William...... 30-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Super (.10) 5 5 Unique Ally...... Chavez J F...... Contessa Gary C...... 8-1 6 6 Dance Floor Maniac....Cohen D...... Jacobson David...... 6-1 7 7 Rotten to the Core...... Lezcano J...... Serpe Philip M...... 4-1 8 8 Awesome Preacher....Prado E S...... Badgett William Jr.. 10-1 9 9 Prince Cody...... Dominguez R A..... Parisella John...... 15-1 10 10 D’bigcat...... Velasquez C...... Rodriguez Rudy R....7-2 11 11 Redwood Fever...... Gomez G K...... 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Thursday, July 29, 2010 9 New Angles Three-year-olds square off in Spa turf stakes

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sychic Income and Turf Melody arrive at the $70,000 Quick Call Stakes this afternoon Pfrom different directions. For Psychic Income, the route to the 1-mile turf stakes for 3-year-olds has included a series of good performances for trainer Ken McPeek. Most re- cently, he was second in the Grade III Jefferson Cup at Churchill Downs. McPeek hopes for more of the same from the Toccet colt, who won in claiming company at Keeneland in April, beat older horses in an allowance race at Churchill Downs in May QUICK CALL STAKES PREVIEW and came back to run well in the Jefferson Cup Thursday, July 29 June 12. Turf Melody comes into the race, which has drawn eight runners, off a two-month layoff that followed a decisive loss in the Grade II Dwyer on dirt. After a long stretch of training, with 10 races in 12 months, trainer Graham Motion figured a timeout was in order for the colt owned by Earl Mack. Eclipse Sportswire See new angles page 11 L2_Layoutethal Combination 1 5/24/10 (left) 2:07 tangledPM Page with 1 Paddy O’Prado early in the year.

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10 Thursday, July 29, 2010 Turf Melody’s lone grass race came in $200,000 stakes at Remington Park. starts this season when he was bumped the Grade III Bourbon midway through “I’ve always thought a lot of this at the start Feb. 17 at Gulfstream Park. New Angles – the Keeneland fall meet. He had broken horse, especially after he won that race “He’s a nice horse that we didn’t give Continued from page 10 his maiden in June and was third in two at Remington,” Motion said. “He’s just a lot for as a yearling,” McPeek said. “A small stakes on synthetic surfaces when been a horse that I have been very high guy from Alabama named Danny Wig- “I gave him a little break,” Motion Motion entered him in the Bourbon. He on. I think he’s capable of a little better gington owns him. He’s a horse that we said. “I thought he needed freshen- was beaten about 8 lengths and never than he’s shown lately. I hope anyway. had high hopes for and then he really ing up. He’d been going pretty hard. I put in a very serious challenge. “He’s been training super. Pretty didn’t deliever. thought he ran a big race in the Gotham “My thinking back then was that I much each work he’s done with Icabad “We thought he’d be a little bit better and probably should have hit the board. was hoping he would run well enough Crane. I’m just looking for a good ef- 2-year-old and at 3 he has come around. He walked out of the gate. It was prob- to run in the Breeders’ Cup,” Motion fort. I’d love to see him run a bang-up The last couple of starts he took himself ably one of his better races, actually, in said. “It didn’t happen.” race. He doesn’t have to win for it to be to another level and the Jefferson Cup hindsight.” Turf Melody finished the year on a a good effort.” was a great race. If he can improve off Turf Melody finished fourth behind positive note with an allowance win Psychic Income has gotten on a roll of the Jefferson Cup, which we think on dirt at Laurel and a victory in a and has only missed the board in six Awesome Act, Yawanna Twist and Na- See new angles page 12 cho Friend in the Gotham. In the Illinois Derby he was fourth, about 14 lengths behind the winner, but a neck from third. The Maria’s Mon colt contested the pace in the Dwyer May 8, but was far behind Fly Down and Drosselmeyer, who reversed their order in the Belmont Stakes. “The Dwyer was really disappointing and I thought he was telling me that he needed a break,” Motion said. “Physi- cally he’s been fine. He hadn’t missed many dances.” Turf Melody got a month off and resumed training with Motion’s older horse, Icabad Crane, a game second to Giant Moon in the Evan Shipman Stakes Monday. The Quick Call, named for a horse who excelled for years at Saratoga, will be Turf Melody’s second try on grass since last October when he ran over yielding ground. Motion said he won’t go today unless the turf is firm. “I ran him at Keeneland. It might have been a little softer that day than normal,” Motion said. “I’m just not sure it was a very fair test. To me, this horse works really well on the (Tapeta For years EQB has maintained the highest graded stakes surface at Fair Hill Training Center) percentage success rates in the industry. Two champions in and most of my (Tapeta) horses handle the grass. I wanted to make sure that I last two years, and nine grade ones wins last year alone. tried him on the grass again. This is a CHECK US OUT! www.EQB.com good opportunity to bring him back in kind of a sensible race and get him back on track.”

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Thursday, July 29, 2010 11 post time, the Quick Call also attracted Our Douglas (5-2 morning line, Garrett New Angles – Gomez) for trainer Tom Proctor; Lethal Continued from page 11 Combination (8-1, Alan Garcia) from Kiaran McLaughlin; Alfarabi (8-1, Rajiv he’s got a chance to in this race, which Maragh) from Eoin Harty’s barn; Light- might be a drop in class.” house Sound (12-1, Ramon Dominguez) McPeek said the colt has been train- from Mike Trombetta; Jimmy Murphy ing well, but has his work cut out for Stakes winner Beau Choix (3-1, Javier him starting from an outside position on Castellano) from Barclay Tagg; and the tight inner course. Julien Leparoux Lonesome Street (6-1, John Velazquez) picks up the mount. He rode Psychic In- for Mike Maker. come in Florida earlier this year. “If he were to run well in this one or • Today’s card also includes the win it, we’d come back in the Saranac $70,000 Lucy Scribner Stakes for fil- at the end of the meet,” McPeek said. lies and mares going 7 furlongs on the “That would be logical. He acts like main track. Carded as the third, the he’ll go a little further than we’ve been race attracted $590,000 earner Un- running him. It could be timing. It’s go- forgotten from Dallas Stewart’s barn, multiple stakes winner Lady Alexander, ing to be tougher. He’s going to need the 4-for-9 Devil By Design and 2009 pace, but that’s up to Julien.” Adirondack winner Worstcasescenario Set as the eighth race with a 4:57 p.m. among others.

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Dark Return Grade I steeplechase winner Dark Equation on comeback trail by katie bo williams SARATOGA STEEPLECHASE Forget the high-octane, Lazarus-style morning first thing to turn him out be- Seabiscuit-comes-back-and-wins-the- cause he gets mad as a snake. He won’t Big-’Cap comeback. Doug Fout has big- eat any breakfast, pins his ears, gets his ger fish to fry with Dark Equation. Fout lip poked out. You’ve got to turn him plans to use the bay gelding’s comeback out in his paddock the minute you walk campaign this summer as a spring- in the barn. Man, if you don’t turn him board for his swan song, a flat race next out, he is a miserable sucker,” Fout said spring. in a tone that suggested he would never “I’d like to have him for my daugh- think of allowing such a catastrophe to ter to ride in one flat race,” Fout said. occur. “I would like to have him be her first Twelve months ago, a stress fracture ride.” incurred during the Grade II A.P. Smith- Sometime before that, Fout would wick put Dark Equation’s return to his also like to win the Grade I New York throne at the Annex in jeopardy. Turf Writers Cup. Just as a prep. “He finished, but you could tell Fout’s barn favorite, who won the something was wrong at the bottom Tod Marks Turf Writers’ in 2008, is a fixture in turn,” Fout said. “He always spars, he A Grade I winner at Saratoga in 2008, Dark Equation eyes a return to form in 2010. the Oklahoma Annex. He can usually always jumps brilliant, he’s never put a in The Plains, Va. on the comeback trail, a 1 1/4-mile flat be found in the stall closest to the tack- foot wrong. You could tell he was just The rest of the ride was smooth sail- race at Colonial Downs in which he fin- room, with owner Peggy Steinman sit- miserable coming down the backside.” ing. “We were perfect the whole way, ished fifth and a Grade III over fences ting guard in a lawn chair and a few Fout said Steinman was praying they easy ride, no bumps,” Fout said. “He’s at the same course June 11. Dark Equa- hangers-on loving on him. Even at 9, could bring the old campaigner back. our favorite. We wouldn’t dare taking a tion finished third, a performance that Dark Equation still sports a sweet, baby A month after the A.P., another set of chance running him if he wasn’t a 110 thrilled Fout. face and a predilection for cuddling. x-rays revealed the injury to be healing percent.” “I was tickled to death with him. We There’s no getting around it: Dark Equa- well. Steinman and Fout started think- “My goal with him is to win the Turf knew there was a lot of speed in there. I tion, or Darkie, is spoiled rotten. ing about dusting off his tack. The sec- Writers’. That’s what I’ve been prepping told [rider Jeff Murphy] to drop him out “He’s such a character. He waits ond week of January, Dark Equation him for since January,” Fout revealed. for somebody to get to the barn every stepped back onto Fout’s training track Dark Equation has made two starts See STEEPLECHASE page 16

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NW2 or start for $30,000 Dalucci enjoyed Nationbuilder claiming price. his flat spin at Mrs. Calvin Houghland • Jonathan Sheppard Open House. Second-year hurdler has faced stars of division PACKPACK Races Aug. 12 and Sept. 2. Quiet Approval All Together Move Up Stable • Kathy McKenna Arcadia Stable • Jack Fisher The second best 4-year-old in the country If you’re bored, watch his move at Penn National Sermon Of Love Arch Hero Bill Pape • Jonathan Sheppard Perry Bolton • Tom Voss Have to love durability but finds water deep Outsider tries to improve his game Virginia Minstrel Barnstorming Oakwood Farm • Julie Gomena Jonathan Sheppard • Jonathan Sheppard Tod Marks Three-for-three for hottest trainer in nation Smart debut win at Colonial against weaker Rubicon Zozimus Best Alibi Ken and Sarah Ramsey • Tom Voss Dale Thiel • Britt Graham Irv Naylor • Desmond Fogarty Claimer ran OK at Colonial, right connections Late-runner sort could struggle with speed here Tricky sort with back class Saluda Sam Dynaskill Chadds Ford Stable • Kathy McKenna Open Stakes. $75,000 A.P. Octararo Stable • Bruce Miller Found life difficult after breaking maiden Smithwick Aug. 5 and $100,000 Filly might face the boys here, up against it. New York Turf Writers Aug. 26 So Amazing Eagle Beagle Randleston Farm • Jimmy Day Barracuda Stable • Ricky Hendriks Offered little at Penn, tough sledding here Arcadius Claimer of the year in ’09, not quite like it in ‘10 Hudson River Farm • Jonathan Sheppard Been away awhile but certainly live on best Straight To It Easy Red Sheila Williams, Andre Brewster • Jack Fisher Dumbarton Farm • Tom Voss Maiden but has come close in several starts Chess Board The Whip has been Disappointed in Open House try Eldon Farm and Brookhill Farm • David Bourke Overmatched in open stakes division serving classic pub fare and Swagger Stick Four Schools Gil Johnston • Jack Fisher American nosh since 2005. Mrs. George Ohrstrom • Richard Valentine Veteran usually shows up for a check Class Bopper Hasn’t duplicated Monmouth effort from last fall Rodman Moorhead • Lilith Boucher While you’ve been racing Dangerous speed, never beaten when finishing Twister Crossing and riding, we’ve collected a Grantor Stewart Strawbridge • Sanna Hendriks Caves Farm • Mark O’Dwyer Making money on flat, doubtful here Dalucci few trophies of our own. Hard to fault first two tries for new connections Cherry Knoll Farm • Janet Elliot Just a notch below best but capable of climbing We’re ranked very good to Wantan Ground Frost Gone Away Farm • Ted Thompson excellent by Zagat, voted Alnoff Stable • Tom Voss Humbled by Quiet Approval at Open House Dark Equation On the comeback trail from 2009 Peggy Steinman • Doug Fout best English Pub in Amazing comeback for vet, suits Turf Writers Philadelphia Magazine, and Hidden Trail Novice/NW3 restricted stakes. The Fields Stable • Tom Voss Divine Fortune our Sticky Toffee Pudding Races July 29 and Aug. 19. Polished performance at Philly Park Bill Pape • Jonathan Sheppard has won the honor of Excuse wide run in Ferguson, typical Sheppard Jazz Dance Birthday Beau MainLine Today’s best house Susan Mills-Stone • Barbara McWade Michele Sanger • Michele Sanger Dr. Bloomer Made U.S. debut at Colonial, showed little Frontrunner aims at first jump race of season Irv Naylor • Desmond Fogarty made dessert. Thank you Another who showed off nicely in comeback for making the Whip your Jellyberry Call You in Ten home for equestrian sports. Octararo Stable • Bruce Miller James Piper • Doug Fout Dynantonia Filly has been hard at work this summer on flat The best 4-year-old in the country Gregg Ryan • Julie Gomena We’ll keep the pack at the end Classy veteran, capable on best of their chains with savory, Jogja Cuse Planets Aligned Trade Winds Farm • Will Phipps award winning refreshment. Karen Gray • Karen Gray Fox Ridge Farm • Tom Voss Interesting longshot aims for Aug. 12 Hard-trying claimer never faced likes of these Delicately returned to races by Spa master

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Thursday, July 29, 2010 19 Open House – Continued from page 18 • Mark O’Dwyer has worked nearly everywhere there are Thoroughbreds. He broke yearlings in Japan, lived for a year in Aus- tralia and spent time in Hong Kong, Italy and England. He spent the last six years in the United States riding flat horses, running a hunter show barn for Howard Wolf in Maryland, and training the odd steeplechase horse. So O’Dwyer knows when he sees a horse he likes. The Irishman liked 5-year-old Grantor, a son of Bro- ken Vow who was struggling on the dirt. O’Dwyer wanted to buy the big bay horse before he made his first start on the turf, but when the horse won, the opportunity closed up. “They ran him in a cheap grass race at Colonial and he won by 7 lengths, and they didn’t want to sell him,” O’Dwyer said. Tod Marks Grantor was unable to maintain his form on the Quiet Approval leads Wantan over the last in the allowance hurdle at the Open House. more competitive Laurel oval, however, and O’Dwyer got a second shot at the horse. We’re learning more about him every time he runs,” • Kathy McKenna made a bold statement after He jumped on the opportunity to buy the horse for O’Dwyer said. “The first couple of times that we ran Quiet Approval’s 8-length victory at Open House. Wolf’s Caves Farm. him, we just wanted to give him a good experience “He’s probably the nicest horse I’ve ever trained,” “I didn’t know he was going to be a jumper,” and we dropped him out to the back of the field, and the trainer said. “I think he might be.” O’Dwyer admits. “I was just taking a little chance. I he loves coming from behind, he loves attacking hors- You might classify Quiet Approval as a prodigy, an liked the way he moved and he had a good attitude. es.” assessment McKenna would agree with. Though the He was just a nice strong individual, well put together. The competitive bay gelding came out of the 4-year-old began his career running a mile and a six- I took a chance. You never quite know if they’re going race with a swagger to the walk that first attracted teenth on the all-weather at Woodbine, he has won to make a jumper or not until you put a jump in front O’Dwyer. two out of four starts over fences since beginning his of them.” “He was beaming with confidence,” Dwyer said, new career for McKenna and Move Up Stable. He As it transpired, Grantor took to his new career beaming with a little pride himself. “He knew he did finished worse than second only once, in a $25,000 and broke his maiden over fences in his second start. good. He loves his job.” optional claimer at Philadelphia Park when being used Darren Nagle kept the New York-bred settled behind O’Dwyer knows he hasn’t gotten to the bottom of up near the lead. the runaway pacesetter and drew away after the final Grantor. He intends to return the gelding to action “I’ve been blessed to have some good horses in fence for a 5-length score over first-time starter Good August 12 in an allowance jump race at the Spa. He is my life and he’s just so young and so smart that it Request (Xavier Aizpuru) and Steppenwolfer (Jody optimistic about the horse’s chances. seems like he’s figured it out pretty quickly,” McK- Petty). “With every race, he keeps getting better and bet- enna said. “[The Philadelphia race] was the first time “He’s a pretty versatile horse. He can do what- ter,” O’Dwyer said. “Hopefully he’ll keep on getting See open house page 21 ever, come from behind, or even make the running. better and better.”

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20 Thursday, July 29, 2010 toga in August. and Hodsdon took advantage of this “I feel grateful,” she said. “He’s just ability, keeping him carefully in check Open House – so smart.” on the front end and asking him for a Continued from page 20 driving finish at the wire. • Parker’s Project, according to Jona- “Once he’s in a race, he’s great. Once he had run over jumps at the flat track. than Sheppard’s assistant/first call jock- you can get him to the start and away He was confused, he thought he was at ey Danielle Hodsdon, is “completely from the drop of the flag, then he’s the flat track and thought he had to run goofy”. fine,” Hodsdon said. “He was in front on the flat. He was sure that he had to The 4-year-old Sheppard homebred, at Open House because there was no run as fast as he could for a flat mile. called “Parker” around the barn, didn’t pace and I just wanted to get him going The horse is the quietest horse, but at goof around at Open House, running because he’s kind of a galloper. You can Philadelphia Park, his tail was up and wire-to-wire in the second division of put him anywhere, he can be in front, he was like, ‘I’m back at the flat track, I the maiden, cruising to a 1 1/2-length he can be last.” have to run as fast as I can for a mile, I win over Straight To It (Aizpuru) and Parker’s Project began his career on know this gig.’ ” Salinja (Petty). the flat as a 3-year-old, but after four At Saratoga, McKenna told jockey “He’s very, very immature,” Hods- races and no wins it became clear that Carl Rafter to be sure the intelligent geld- don said. “He’s naughty at the start. At the son of Parker’s Storm Cat might be ing understood that he had to relax. Middleburg, I had to have two ponies better suited over fences. “He dropped him right in and he to get him to the paddock. He tries to lie He finished fourth in his previous travelled second and he just had a loop down – he just gets really excited.” start, a maiden race at Penn National in his reins and the horse just settled,” Owned by Hudson River Farm, the in which he raced toward the back of McKenna said. “Then he was able to Tod Marks bay gelding demonstrated that he’s per- the pack for the majority of the race and Maiden hurdle winner Grantor just roll on there at the end.” fectly capable of focusing during a race had trouble getting through late. McKenna continues to have high hopes for the lanky son of Quiet Ameri- can, aiming him at another race at Sara-

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2nd. $15,000. Clm. Hurdle. 2-1/16 Miles. $20,000-$15,000 Clm. Price 1. Miss Crown L 138 Dalton 2. Cuse L 148 Rafter 3. Eagle Beagle L 152 Young 4. London Grove L 140 Aizpuru 5. Indy Run L 153 Mackenzie Mgn: 8 3/4. Time: 3:58:3/5. O: Erna Reingold Stable LLC. T: Kate Dalton. Dk. B./Br. m. 5, High Yield-Costly Crown, 2010 Capital Campaign & Peaks And Valleys. Bred by MDS Farm (NY). Gala Preparations Now Underway 3rd. $20,000. Mdn. Hurdle. 2-1/16 Miles. 1. Parker’s Project L 147 Hodsdon 2. Straight To It L 147 Aizpuru i 3. Salinja L 154 Petty 4. Bag Of Hammers L 154 Slater Steeplechasing puts its faith in the Foundation to fund safety initiatives and other projects in the sport. 5. Two Ticks L 147 Murphy We put our faith in you to help us raise the funds necessary to continue our mission. Our 2010 capital PU. Belarion L 154 Young PU. Boyhood Dream L 147 Crowley campaign is underway and we hope you will give generously so we can reach our goal of $250,000. Mgn: 1 1/2. Time: 4:02. O: Hudson River Farm. T: Jonathan Sheppard. Dk. B./Br. g. 4, Parker’s Storm Cat-Let’s Canoo- All contributions are tax deductible and all contributors receive an invitation to the dle, Oh Say. Bred by Jonathan Sheppard (PA). 2010 Foundation Gala at Winterthur Museum and Gardens September 11. 4th. $25,000. Allow. Hurdle. 2-1/16 Miles. i (NW2) 1. Quiet Approval L 149 Rafter 2. Wantan (Arg) L 156 Dalton 3. Farndale L 137 Aizpuru Event Information 4. Easy Red L 152 Young Saturday, September 11 at 6:30 P.M. 5. Final Straw L 149 Murphy Mgn: 8. Time: 4:15:4/5. Winterthur Museum and Gardens, Wilmington, Delaware O: Move Up Stable. T: Kathy Mckenna. Dinner, dancing, live and silent auctions. B. g. 4, Quiet American-Agolo, Alydeed. Bred by Kingfield Farm (Canada). Numerous sponsorship levels available. 5th. Training Flat. 1-1/2 Miles. 1. Dalucci (Ire) 150 Dalton 2. Italian Wedding L 150 Dowling 3. Your Sum Man (Ire) L 150 Crowley 4. Planets Aligned L 150 Aizpuru 5. The Price Of Love L 150 Hodsdon For donation and Gala information, Call Gail Thayer at (610) 347-6141 6. Slip Away L 150 Young 7. Dynantonia L 150 Rafter Mgn: 7 1/2. Time: 2:54:3/5. O: Cherry Knoll Farm. T: Janet Elliot. Gr. g. Daylami-Coigach, Niniski. The National Steeplechase Foundation • 400 Fair Hill Drive, Elkton, MD 21921 Safer Horses. Safer Jockeys. Bred by Michael Pitt (Ire). Phone: (410) 392-0700 • Fax: (410) 392-0706 • www.nsfdn.org Safer Courses. Safer Racing.

Thursday, July 29, 2010 21 Bop’s Back Boucher horse returns to jumps, runs away with Ferguson Stakes by Joe clancy colonial downs Back in March, Lilith Boucher rattled Sunday, July 11 off the plan for stakes-winning steeple- chaser Class Bopper. ward. “It doesn’t always work that way. “Run a few times on the flat, maybe More like never. Are you kidding?” take a shot and run him long on the Boucher made a plan, stuck to it, grass at Keeneland . . . no really. Then and might suddenly have one of the freshen him up and try to win the Zeke top few young steeplechasers in train- Ferguson at Colonial Downs.” ing. Class Bopper the flat horse opened Fast forward to July and Boucher 2010 with a fifth behind Winchester in looks like a prophet. She did indeed try a Keeneland allowance, moved to Pim- Susan Carter/Eclipse Sportswire Class Bopper on the flat – three starts lico where a mile was too short (and he Class Bopper flies a fence on the way to a stakes win at Colonial Downs. including one at Keeneland – and went finished fourth) in May and then tested however, and got a bonus when Slip twice on the flat and once over jumps to the $50,000 Ferguson July 11 off a Colonial’s turf with a fifth in optional- Away scratched – though Class Bopper in 2009. Moorhead, another longtime six-week layoff. In his first jump start claiming company. would have been difficult for anyone to Boucher client, bought the son of Bop since November, the 5-year-old blitzed “He had a legitimate excuse each handle. when Mede Cahaba scaled back its rac- seven rivals – galloping off by 10 lengths time, but you could be real confident in Richard Boucher simply enjoyed the ing operation late in 2009. at the finish. The winner took an imme- his form,” said Lilith. “I sent him back ride at Colonial. The victory ended a flirtation with diate lead, widened it and won easily in to Camden (S.C.) and gave him three “No one has really challenged him,” the race for the Bouchers. They finished 4:05.58 for the 2 1/4 miles. Dr. Bloomer weeks off. We pulled his shoes and did said the jockey. “Maybe they think second in 2006 and 2007 with Class held second with Dark Equation third. nothing with him.” they’ll go get him after a mile but he Vantage and in 2008 and Class Shad- Defending race winner and pre-race fa- The vacation obviously helped. Class keeps going. He just loves it. His ears ow. vorite Slip Away scratched. Bopper the steeplechase horse went back are pricked and he’s remarkable. I’m “It was nice to do well with Mignon Trained by Boucher and ridden by to light work and pointed for Ferguson still smiling, still getting goosebumps.” because she was so supportive of us, and her husband for owner Rodman Moor- Day via a final workout at Springdale Class Bopper raced for his breeder, it’s nice to win for Rod too,” said Lilith head, Class Bopper rewarded his con- Training Center. Boucher wanted some- longtime Boucher client Mede Cahaba Boucher. “He and his wife are so great nections’ patience. thing to make her horse gain confidence Stable and Stud through most of last and have been very good to us. I was “I said all spring we were going to and nearly chose a flat race on the same year. The chestnut won a maiden hur- do it and it happened,” said Lilith after- day. She opted for the steeplechase, dle as a 3-year-old in 2008 and won See Ferguson page 23

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22 Thursday, July 29, 2010 Ferguson – Continued from page 22 trying too hard this spring and he helped me realize it and helped me make the right deci- sions.”

• In the opener, owner/trainer Jonathan Sheppard unveilved a 4-year-old Thunder Gulch gelding in Barnstorming, who made light work of eight others in a $15,000 maiden claiming hurdle. Ridden by Danielle Hodsdon, the winner came from far back early to score by 8 1/2 widening lengths over Power Game and Jack Twist. The winner needed 4:13.73 to cover the 2 1/4 miles and improved to 1-for-4 lifetime. The Kentucky-bred finished ninth and third on the flat for trainer Frankie Brothers at Gulfstream Park in 2009, then was sold to Sheppard. He missed more than 16 months with some foot troubles, but hinted at some- thing positive with a fourth in a Colonial maiden claimer on the flat June 21. “He’s matured into a nice horse now that he’s 4 and he had the basics of school- ing when he was 3,” said Hodsdon, “so he didn’t run like quite as green of a horse as a first-timer normally would. We like him a little bit. I think he’ll be nice around the hunt meets in the fall. He’s very, very professional and seems to like the jumping game.” Susan Carter/Eclipse Sportswire Additional reporting by Katie Bo Williams. Barnstorming (left) gets in tight quarters with Power Game in the maiden claiming hurdle at Colonial.

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Thursday, July 29, 2010 23 Poised for a Breakaway Steeplechase Jim McVey’s Try Again Stable shows the way before Saratoga starts, and he has July 29 starter Virginia Minstrel in his barn. Could mean a big payday and an even bigger lead on Richard Hutchin- son’s Cheltenham Invasion. Italian Wedding, who appears in the each of the top 11 stables, could ‘Pick Six’ also have an impact on the standings. The top 32 through July 28 are listed here. Check www.st-publishing.com for complete standings. FANTASY STABLE GAME Presented by The Whip Tavern Try Again Stable...... Jim McVey Browntrout Stable...... Douglas Lees Kim’s Kutie Kolts...... Kim Koran It’s So Hard Being A Mets Fan.. Brian Nadeau Bubble Economy...... $95,400 Tax Ruling...... $102,250 6 Tax Ruling...... $102,250 Tax Ruling...... $102,250 Spy In The Sky...... $47,500 Spy In The Sky...... $47,500 South Monarch...... $30,500 Spy In The Sky...... $47,500 Virginia Minstrel...... $30,000 Virginia Minstrel...... $30,000 Virginia Minstrel...... $30,000 Italian Wedding...... $21,000 Torlundy...... $27,000 Italian Wedding...... $21,000 Italian Wedding...... $21,000 Erin Go Bragh...... $5,750 Italian Wedding...... $21,000 Incomplete...... $7,500 Confined...... $5,000 Confined...... $5,000 Make Believe...... $13,500 Confined...... $5,000 Best Alibi...... $3,000 Best Name...... $0 ...... $234,400 ...... $213,250 ...... $191,750 ...... $181,500 Cheltenham Invasion...... Richard Hutchinson Pink Moon...... Susan Haldeman Here’s The Plan Stable...... Serelee Hefler Genesee Valley Racers...... Gail Mcguire Bubble Economy...... $95,400 Bubble Economy...... $95,400 Tax Ruling...... $102,250 Spy In The Sky...... $47,500 Spy In The Sky...... $47,500 Spy In The Sky...... $47,500 Spy In The Sky...... $47,500 Meet At Eleven...... $36,000 Diva Maria...... $28,000 Italian Wedding...... $21,000 Italian Wedding...... $21,000 Arcadius...... $33,000 Italian Wedding...... $21,000 All Together...... $17,000 Swagger Stick...... $15,900 Virginia Minstrel...... $30,000 Prince Rahy...... $17,500 Make Believe...... $13,500 Confined...... $5,000 Italian Wedding...... $21,000 Left Unsaid...... $9,000 Mixed Up...... $8,000 Fleeting Thunder...... $0 Make Believe...... $13,500 ...... $218,400 ...... $202,400 ...... $191,650 ...... $181,000 Rolling Thunder Stable...... Bob Lunny Prestbury Dreams Stables...... Pete Fornatale Pony Girl...... Elizabeth Watrous Honey Locust...... Winfield Sapp Tax Ruling...... $102,250 Bubble Economy...... $95,400 Bubble Economy...... $95,400 Spy In The Sky...... $47,500 Spy In The Sky...... $47,500 Spy In The Sky...... $47,500 Spy In The Sky...... $47,500 Meet At Eleven...... $36,000 Virginia Minstrel...... $30,000 Italian Wedding...... $21,000 Italian Wedding...... $21,000 Arcadius...... $33,000 Italian Wedding...... $21,000 Dictina’s Boy...... $14,400 Left Unsaid...... $9,000 Virginia Minstrel...... $30,000 Patriot’s Path...... $10,500 Make Believe...... $13,500 Back To Mandalay...... $8,100 Class Century...... $18,000 Confined...... $5,000 Steppenwolfer...... $2,000 Jellyberry...... $4,500 Make Believe...... $13,500 ...... $216,250 ...... $193,800 ...... $185,500 ...... $178,000 Mitch’s Mule Ranch...... Edwin Mitchell Tax Ruling...... $102,250 Virginia Minstrel...... $30,000 Italian Wedding...... $21,000 Mixed Up...... $8,000 Incomplete...... $7,500 Confined...... $5,000 ...... $173,750 SWC Pipeline...... Sean Clancy Bubble Economy...... $95,400 Quiet Approval...... $35,400 Dictina’s Boy...... $14,400 Make Believe...... $13,500 Left Unsaid...... $9,000 Steppenwolfer...... $2,000 ...... $169,700 Totally Random Stable...... Bruce Rodger Bubble Economy...... $95,400 Spy In The Sky...... $47,500 Italian Wedding...... $21,000 Confined...... $5,000 Lions Double...... $0 Seer...... $0 ...... $168,900 Geraldal StaBle...... Allison Janezic Bubble Economy...... $95,400 Virginia Minstrel...... $30,000 Italian Wedding...... $21,000 Mixed Up...... $8,000 Jellyberry...... $4,500 Planets Aligned...... $2,500 ...... $161,400 ‘Bout Broke Farm...... Lisa Beige Bubble Economy...... $95,400 Slip Away...... $57,000 Dynaskill...... $3,700 Steppenwolfer...... $2,000 Old Man Buck...... $0 Your Sum Man...... $0 ...... $158,100 Western Run Racing...... Regina Welsh Bubble Economy...... $95,400 Spy In The Sky...... $47,500 Chivite...... $5,500 Jellyberry...... $4,500 Steppenwolfer...... $2,000 Slaney Rock...... $750 ...... $155,650 Chinese Checkers Stable...... Bill Hutchinson Spy In The Sky...... $47,500 Arcadius...... $33,000 Sweet Shani...... $33,000 Italian Wedding...... $21,000 Patriot’s Path...... $10,500 Air Maggy...... $9,000 ...... $154,000 Steeplestakes.Com...... Van Cushny Spy In The Sky...... $47,500 South Monarch...... $30,500 Virginia Minstrel...... $30,000 Italian Wedding...... $21,000 Make Believe...... $13,500 Left Unsaid...... $9,000 ...... $151,500

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the-board finishes this year. That’s his personality,” Stewart4c said. “It’s kind of weird not having him “From Day 1, when he came here, he here,” Stewart said. “We’ve been here almost got loose andTE: ran out on Union DA with him since he was 2. He was one Avenue with the blinkersPROGRAM: on.FILE FORMA COLOR: He was Nominate your 2010 foals before August 1 and get tough horse. He always fought his way 2. A lady stopped him with her car. $100 off the $500 fee. Every foal nominated enters back. Some horses don’t. He got back to He turned around and started jogging you for a VIP trip to the 2011 Breeders’ Cup World the winner’s circle. He got back into top back and one of the guys that works in Championships. shape. He loved the game.” the parking area grabbed him and said, 1 Macho Again was seventh in the ‘What do you want me to do with Saratoga Special him?’ EARLY NOMINATION DEADLINE: $400 by Aug. 1 Grade 3 Alysheba and 10th in the Grade He’d never touched a horse in his life. I 1 Stephen Foster in 2010, his third and thought he was dead. TION(S): NOMINATION DEADLINE: $500 by Oct. 15 fourth consecutive unplaced finishes fol- “He got loose at the barn4.875in x 13.5in a couple lowing a gut-wrenching nose loss to Ra- years back. He chased the pony all chel Alexandra in the 2009 Woodward around here. He had no bridle on, no Nominate your 2010 foals online at breederscup.com VERSION: BLEED: TRIM: LIVE: PUBLICA at Saratoga. He won six of 24 career saddle, nothing. The pony took off run- starts with six seconds and $1,825,767 ning around the barn and Macho’s chas- PHONE: 859-223-5444 FAX: 859-223-3945 in purses. ing him. Finally, he ran into a fenced “That Woodward was just a nose area and we caught him. He never got a EMAIL: [email protected] away from greatness,” Stewart said. scratch on him.” “It’s hard to believe that that little nose The same couldn’t be said for his can make that big a difference, because 2008 Travers, where Macho Again got it would have made a huge impact on a bounced around and finished seventh, lot of things, I think. It was a great race. coming back to the barn with cuts all He was just a phenomenal racehorse.” over his legs. Macho Again won the Grade 2 Jim “That was bad,” Stewart said. “It Dandy at Saratoga and was second to was a case of a horse and jockey try- Big Brown in the Grade 1 Preakness in ing too hard to make a hole where there 2008, and last year won the Stephen was no hole. Somebody came over on Foster and Grade 2 New Orleans Hand- him, and there was just nowhere to go. icap prior to his Woodward run. There’s a nerve behind the ankle and “I will be stunned if I ever have an- he hit that and sliced it, and it was real other horse as good as him,” said Sara- painful. He was limping all around. I toga Springs resident Roger Locks, one thought he was done. We X-rayed it and of several West Point partners in Macho he X-rayed good, and the doctor said Again. “It was the best. We did every- he’ll be fine and, the next day, he was.”

Thursday, July 29, 2010 29 LAKE GEORGE STAKES RECAP Family Matters Perfect Shirl makes like big sister in stakes by sean clancy Sue Lorimer, assistant trainer to Woodbine-based Roger Attfield, walked out of the winner’s circle after Perfect Shirl won the Grade II Lake George Wednes- day and was greeted by a sole reporter. The interview stalled at, “She must have come with Dave Harmon a reputation?” Perfet Shirl (right) asserts herself late in the Lake George Stakes Wednesday. Lorimer repeated the question. slight as a 2-year-old and 3-year-old, hopefully she’ll 1/6-mile distance in 1:41.28. “A reputation?” get a little bigger like her sister did. They’re a little bit Attfield keeps things simple. He sent Lorimer on the The questioner had to backtrack and restate the alike and not the same in the same breath.” road from Woodbine to Saratoga with two fillies for question. On Wednesday in Saratoga, they looked cloned. the Lake George. They arrived Monday, trained light- “Not reputation, I mean hype and respect, being Perfect Shirl cracked open a tough edition of the ly Tuesday and again Wednesday morning. Attfield as- Lady Shakespeare’s sister and all.” Lake George which attracted a dozen 3-year-old fil- signed Lady Shirl to John Velazquez and No Explain- A winner of seven races from 12 starts for nearly lies that had combined to win 29 races. Sent off at ing to Jose Lezcano. He relayed instructions through $500,000 for Attfield and on her way to a start in the 9-1, the Charles Fipke homebred won her third con- Lorimer. For Velazquez, they were open ended with Grade I Beverly D. this summer, Lady Shakespeare secutive race and first stakes with a powerful kick that only one clause – don’t go to the lead. makes a tough model to emulate. wore down Exclusive Love late. No Explaining closed Velazquez followed the guidelines like he worked “They’re both very nice, they’re not necessarily from 11th to finish third. It was a typical Saratoga for Garmin, putting Lady Shirl in a comfortable spot in high-strung, but energetic. They like to get out and turf stakes, the first 10 finishers were separated by 4 sixth, before unleashing her rally to capture the Grade train, they don’t like messing around,” Lorimer said. lengths. Favorite Strike It Rich, coming off three vic- II Lake George by three-quarters of a length over Ex- “She doesn’t look a lot like her sister yet, but she was tories, faded to finish last. Lady Shirl finished the1 See lake george page 31 TRACKMEN GOLF CLUB It Is Now Post Time to Join . . . Don’t Get Left in the Gate! ENJOY GREAT GOLF AND MORE AT SOME OF THE FINEST PRIVATE COUNTRY CLUBS & RESORTS IN NEW YORK & FLORIDA WITH PROMINENT HORSE RACING PERSONALITIES Join Us for Our 18th Season in 2010 12 Golf Tournaments at the Best Courses in New York & Florida with Leading Point-Earners & Hole-In-One Cash Prize Pools Racing Stable Partnerships with Leading NY Trainers Linda Rice & Bruce Levine Monthly On Track Handicapping Contests PGA Golf Pools ~ Dinner Parties Business to Business Directory ~ Discounted Professional Services Great Membership Roster ~ Award-Winning Website ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For More Information Contact: Bill Hirsch 516.356.6678 ~ Email: [email protected] www.TrackmenGolfClub.com Saratoga Events Schedule Monday, August 2 – Handicapping Tournament at Saratoga

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30 Thursday, July 29, 2010 Lake George – Continued from page 30 clusive Love and No Explaining. It was an All-Canada trifecta. If you were fol- lowing the maple leaf, you would have cashed a $6,103 ticket. Of course, you had five Canadian shippers to choose from; Crescenda finished fifth, beaten 2 lengths while second choice Bay To Bay never threatened, finishing 10th of 12. Velazquez, who rode Lady Shake- speare in her most recent victory in the Grade II New York Handicap, was im- pressed with little sister. “She’s very nice, very nice. Nice pick- up ride, huh? She was going comfort- Dave Harmon able the whole way, she broke well, got The field bounds toward the first turn in the Lake George. Winner Perfect Shirl is covered up in mid-pack (blue cap). in the middle of the pack, just left her alone,” Velazquez said. “At the half- Shirl went and schooled in the gate to- mile pole, I committed myself to where day, she needs to go see the gate and get I wanted to be, at the quarter pole when acquainted with the gate crew. She was MARCH 11 perfect. I was very happy with her.” — I pulled her out, she was there, she was 1 Morning or afternoon, everybody 9 game, it was pretty easy, not much in- , 2 Cheltenham 0 structions, not much anything, she did was happy with Lady Shirl. Also a half- 1 it all on her own. The assistant said the sister to Grade I winner and stallion Festival 1 only thing Roger doesn’t want you to do Shakespeare, she continued a prolific The British jump racing experience is like is be on the lead, ‘As long as you’re not run for Attfield and Velazquez. no other — treat yourself to the ultimate trip! “Every time he puts me on a horse, on the lead, you’re OK.’ That’s pretty Hospitality at Cheltenham, Sandown & Taunton racecourses. easy, right?” it’s one, two, three. Every time. On paper it looked like a really salty race, 7 nights stay in Lambourn, the heart Lorimer had done the difficult part. of British jump racing country. She arrived with Attfield’s duo Mon- all those fillies in there, she was very day, taken them for a jog Tuesday, a good,” Velazquez said. “I did my men- Visit top trainers’ yards and gallops lope Wednesday and took Lady Shirl tal homework to see where I wanted to to the gate for her necessary finishing be and who was speed and who wasn’t touches. speed, hopefully you get in the right OTHER TRIPS: “We liked the fillies, they’ve been train- spot and hopefully you get a good trip. Royal Ascot - June 2011 & L’Arc de Triomphe - Sept 2011 It just happened to be a perfect trip, no ing well, they ran well in their last starts SPACE IS LIMITED :: RESERVE EARLY up at Woodbine, we had to give them a trouble, no anything like that, when I shot,” Lorimer said. “Roger said let them asked her to do something, she was For trip details and reservations, visit our website or call George Wagner, 1-800-368-0872 sit off the pace and make a run. Perfect right on it.” www.horseracingtripsworldwide.com

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Thursday, July 29, 2010 31 Good Shorts Seitz, son score with Zosogood; Aquino continues Spa success BY BEN MEYERS WEDNESDAY RACING RECAP The security guard initially gave Ste- ward to for my dad. I’ll struggle a little phen Seitz a hard time getting into the bit to be here for something like this.” paddock before the first race Wednes- Zosogood, a 4-year-old Malibu day. For good reason too, the teenager Moon gelding, won his second race of had shorts on and the one thing besides the year in 1:23.36. It was the first time the Travers that has been a constant at David Cohen was aboard Zosogood, the Spa for the last 14 decades is tradi- but he knew that both he and the horse tion and decorum. were in a good spot for the race. “No shorts in the paddock.” “He was really well-prepared,” Co- However, after a little bit of explana- hen said about the Bruce Levine trainee. Dave Harmon tion that he was the son of Karl Seitz, “It is like being the driver of a car when Zosogood (left) hits the wire first in Wednesday’s opener. the owner of Zosogood, and the only you touch the gas and he just takes off. reason that he had shorts on was to ac- That is a big advantage when riding in with a win in the third, a 7-furlong test even know what it is about Saratoga commodate for the blue cast that went a race.” for claimers. that Essex Ferry loves so much. from just below the knee to the ankle, Readin Group was second, while fa- “He has always been a really neat “I’m not sure where it comes from,” the guard was more than happy to let vorite Hittin The Note was third. horse,” Violette said. “He has had to Lerman admitted after his horse won the younger Seitz in to see his father’s deal with some bad circumstances and the 6-furlong fifth for claimers on the horse. • Over the past two years Aquino he isn’t the same as he was as a 2-year- 87-degree sunny day. “She is cool and After the horse won the 7-furlong al- has traveled between barns nearly as old, but today I just told Alan (Garcia) calm and likes it warm, I guess.” lowance, Stephen, who broke his ankle much as he traveled from Uruguay to to go out there and have fun.” Essex Ferry, a 4-year-old daughter of playing at a football camp a few weeks America. Garcia has ridden Aquino, who fin- Lido Palace, won for the second time in ago, hobbled into the winner’s circle to The 6-year-old First American horse ished in 1:22.96, all three times the as many tries at Saratoga in a time of celebrate on crutches. has changed barns six times among five horse has run at Saratoga with the first 1:11.27. “I can’t do too much right now,” said trainers since coming Stateside in spring two tries coming back in 2008. Her last win came at Saratoga last Seitz, who will likely miss the football 2008, but even with all of that bounc- Longshot Marina Market placed and year also at 6 furlongs, also in come season at LaSalle High this year. “It has ing around Aquino seems to have found post-time favorite Not For Money was from behind fashion, and also with been tough to get around lately, but this a home at Saratoga. The Rick Violette third. is something I have been looking for- trainee improved to 2-for-3 at Saratoga • Owner/trainer Roy Lerman doesn’t See wednesday page 33

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32 Thursday, July 29, 2010 Wednesday – Continued from page 32 Eibar Coa aboard. However, after three races of mild suc- cess, Essex Ferry had a rough winter at Aqueduct when she was separated from Lerman’s training. “It may have been the dirt, it may have been the weather, for whatever rea- son it just didn’t work out this winter,” Lerman said. “Her mother ran well here and now she is too so maybe it is just something about this place that brings it out in her.” Sudden Silver finished in second just over a length back, while Won Token and Money Charger ran to a dead heat for the show.

• Saratoga native Chad Brown con- tinued his fast start to the 2010 season when Much Fanfare came home to just that while winning the sixth at 1 1/16 miles for maiden claimers by a neck after rallying in the stretch. “Our luck is holding out,” said Dave Harmon Brown, whose previous three wins came Essex Ferry (9) reaches the wire first in the fifth for trainer Roy Lerman. with first-time starters. “The staff is working way overtime and that is what a great ride he gave us there.” age betting interests per race were 8.5 for the 39 races it takes to be successful at a meet like this.” Conspicuous nosed out Mordecai Jones for the held even with nine races taken off the turf due to Fri- Brown, who finished the 2009 meet with five win- place. day and Saturday’s heavy rains. ners, already has four – tied with Todd Pletcher for the top spot. NOTES: Attendance and handle figures for the The win was made possible by the ride of Edgar opening four days, which extended the 2010 meet, Prado who helped the 3-year-old daughter of Maria’s matched NYRA expectations according to the organi- Like The Special? Mon find her best stride late and rally for the win. Pra- zation. The average daily attendance was 18,113 with do was also in the irons in a similar race at Belmont a total of 72,452 coming through the turnstiles. The Support our advertisers June 12, but came up a length and a half short. average on-track handle was $2,520,715 with a total “When you have a Hall of Fame rider like that you of $10,082,861.The average all-sources handle was don’t give too many instructions,” Brown said. “What $12,834,190 with a total of $51,336,758. The aver- or become one.

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Thursday, July 29, 2010 33 Wednesday’s Saratoga results Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Track Fast 6TH 1 1/16 Miles (Inner turf) 3&Up mdn cl ($25,000) Purse: $23,000 10 Much Fanfare Prado E S 9.90 4.90 3.70 1ST RACE 7 Furlongs 3 YO & Up Allowance Purse: $42,000 12 Conspicuous Leparoux J R 9.30 6.70 8 Zosogood Cohen D 11.60 6.30 4.30 1 Mordecai Jones Cohen D 11.40 6 Reading Group Velasquez C 33.20 12.40 Time 1:44.95 2 Hittin the Note Dominguez R A 3.10 Winning Trainer: Brown Chad C - Owner: Amerman Racing Stables LLC Time 1:23.36 Gr/ro.f.3 by Maria’s Mon - Pocho’s Dream Girl by Fortunate Prospect - Winning Trainer: Levine Bruce N - Owner: Seitz Karl E. Breeder: Brereton C Jones B.g.4 by Malibu Moon - Parsec by Unbridled - Breeder: Berkshire Stud and $2 Exacta (10-12) Paid $60.50 $2 Trifecta (10-12-1) Paid $905.00 Oakcliff Breeders Inc. $2 Pick 3 (4-9-10) 3 Correct Paid $764.00 Pick 3 Pool $74,773 $2 Exacta (8-6) Paid $405.00 $2 Trifecta (8-6-2) Paid $1,753.00 $2 Daily Double (9-10) Paid $154.00 Daily Double Pool $65,487 $2 Superfecta (8-6-2-7) Paid $4,542.00 $2 Superfecta (10-12-1-8) Paid $4,291.00

2ND RACE 6 Furlongs 3 YO & Up Maiden Claiming ($35,000 - 7TH 5 1/2 Furlongs (Turf) 3&Up clm ($25,000) Purse: $28,000 $25,000) Purse: $25,000 6 Crowned General Albarado R J 5.80 3.70 3.00 4 Grosse Pointe Anne Leparoux J R 5.90 3.10 2.30 8 Cayo Hueso Espinoza J L 17.00 7.10 3 Include the Cat Solis A 4.80 2.80 1 King Rock Dominguez R A 3.10 6 Amazing Lauren Lezcano J 2.80 Time 1:02.25 Time 1:10.38 Winning Trainer: Romans Dale Winning Trainer: McPeek Kenneth G - Owner: Grosse Pointe Farm Owner: Heiligbrodt Racing and Blue Devil Racing Stable Dk.b or b.f.3 by Silver Deputy - Playa Maya by Arch - Breeder: D Michael B.h.5 by General Royal - Pretty City by Carson City Cavey DVM Breeder: Palides Investments $2 Exacta (4-3) Paid $20.20 $2 Quinella (3-4) Paid $11.40 $2 Exacta (6-8) Paid $138.50 $2 Trifecta (6-8-1) Paid $528.00 $2 Trifecta (4-3-6) Paid $55.50 $2 Daily Double (8-4) Paid $34.00 $2 Daily Double (10-6) Paid $30.60 Daily Double Pool $70,587 Daily Double Pool $202,344 $2 Superfecta (4-3-6-7) Paid $162.00 $2 Pick 3 (9-10-6) 3 Correct Paid $513.00 Pick 3 Pool $65,095 $2 Consolation Pick 3 (9-10-5) Paid $146.00 3RD RACE 7 Furlongs 3 YO & Up clm ($12,500) Purse: $26,000 $2 Superfecta (6-8-1-10) Paid $2,685.00 5 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 7.60 4.80 3.20 $2 Consolation Double (10-5) Paid $8.50 7 Marina Market Studart M 15.40 6.90 6 Not for Money Lezcano J 2.60 8TH Lake George (G2) 1 1/16 Miles (Inner turf) 3YO fillies Time 1:22.96 Purse: $150,000 Got Winning Trainer: Violette Richard A Jr - Owner: Team Valor International 5 Perfect Shirl Velazquez J R 20.60 12.20 8.00 and Barber, Gary 10 Exclusive Love Bridgmohan S X 43.00 17.80 Ch.h.6 by First American - Perla Fighter (BRA) by Irish Fighter - Breeder: 6 No Explaining (IRE) Lezcano J 9.00 Stud TNT & Don Alfred (URU) Time 1:41.28 $2 Exacta (5-7) Paid $117.00 $2 Trifecta (5-7-6) Paid $316.00 Winning Trainer: Attfield Roger L - Owner: Fipke Charles E. Silks? $2 Pick 3 (8-4-5) 3 Correct Paid $112.50 Pick 3 Pool $84,486 B.f.3 by Perfect Soul (IRE) - Lady Shirl by That’s a Nice - Breeder: Charles $2 Daily Double (4-5) Paid $23.80 Daily Double Pool $52,072 Fipke $2 Superfecta (5-7-6-3) Paid $1,498.00 $2 Exacta (5-10) Paid $1,012.00 $2 Trifecta (5-10-6) Paid $6,103.00 $2 Grand Slam (6,8,9-1,10,12-1,6,8-5) Paid $98.50 4TH RACE 1 1/16 Miles (Turf) 3&Up clm ($35,000) Purse: $30,000 $2 Pick 3 (10-6-5) 3 Correct Paid $333.00 Pick 3 Pool $69,423 4 Quick Delivery Gomez G K 7.70 3.80 3.00 $2 Daily Double (6-5) Paid $70.50 Daily Double Pool $69,285 10 Motion Play Coa E M 4.50 3.40 $2 Consolation Pick 3 (10-5-5) Paid $102.50 1 Nacho Corona Leparoux J R 3.70 $2 Superfecta (5-10-6-3) Paid $303,014.00 Time 1:42.72 Winning Trainer: Stall Albert M Jr - Owner: Lazy Lane Farms, Inc. 9TH 5 1/2 Furlongs (Turf) 3 YO & Up Allowance Purse: $52,000 B.g.4 by Distorted Humor - Penny Marie by Sky Classic - Breeder: Lazy 7 Broken Dreams Gomez G K 10.40 4.30 4.10 Lane Inc. 10 Royal Fortune Dominguez R A 3.30 2.60 $2 Exacta (4-10) Paid $34.20 1 Easy Ashley Solis A 5.00 $2 Quinella (4-10) Paid $17.80 Time 1:01.82 $2 Trifecta (4-10-1) Paid $142.00 Winning Trainer: Proctor Thomas F - Owner: Glen Hill Farm $2 Pick 3 (4-5-4) 3 Correct Paid $92.00 Pick 3 Pool $52,531 Ch.f.4 Broken Vow - Our Dreamer by Storm Cat $2 Daily Double (5-4) Paid $34.60 Daily Double Pool $62,253 Breeder: Glen Hill Farms $2 Superfecta (4-10-1-6) Paid $448.00 $2 Exacta (7-10) Paid $38.20 $2 Trifecta (7-10-1) Paid $187.00 5TH RACE 6 Furlongs 3 YO & Up clm ($10,000) Purse: $20,000 $2 Superfecta (7-10-1-6) Paid $685.00 9 Essex Ferry Coa E M 30.00 13.80 6.70 $2 Daily Double (5-7) Paid $125.50 Daily Double Pool $210,228 6 Sudden Silver Bermudez J E 8.50 4.60 $2 Pick 3 (6-5-7) 3 Correct Paid $449.50 Pick 3 Pool $132,189 8 DH-Won Token Castellano J J 2.10 $2 Pick 4 (10-6-5-7) 4 Correct Paid $1,847.00 Pick 4 Pool $335,927 10 DH-Money Charger Rodriguez P A 5.90 $2 Pick 6 (4-9-10-6-5-7) 5 Correct Paid $1,732.00 Pick 6 Pool $56,757 Racing Partnerships Time 1:11.27 Carryover Pool $35,577 Winning Trainer: Lerman Roy S - Owner: Lerman Roy S. $2 Consolation Pick 3 (6-5-4) Paid $71.00 Dk. b/br.f.4 by Lido Place (CHI) - Aboard by Lord Avie - Breeder: Lambholm $2 Consolation Double (5-4) Paid $20.40 $2 Exacta (9-6) Paid $180.00 $2 Trifecta (9-6-10) Paid $4,028.00 $2 Trifecta (9-6-8) Paid $311.50 $2 Pick 3 (5-4-9) 3 Correct Paid Saratoga Attendance: 10899 Mutuel Pool: $1,867,464 $603.00 Pick 3 Pool $70,407 $2 Pick 4 (1/4-5-4/8/11-9) 4 Correct Paid ITW Mutuel Pool: $2,363,806 ISW Mutuel Pool: $5,989,207 $1,871.00 Pick 4 Pool $178,087 $2 Daily Double (4-9) Paid $207.50 Daily Double Pool $59,182 $2 Superfecta (9-6-10-8) Paid $15,015.00 $2 Superfecta (9-6-8-10) Paid $7,302.00

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34 Thursday, July 29, 2010 Wednesday’s Saratoga winners • Photos by dave harmon 1 Zosogood 2 Grosse Pointe Anne 3 Aquino

4 Quick Delivery 5 Essex Ferry 6Much Fanfare

7 Crowned General 8 Perfect Shirl 9 Broken Dreams

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Thursday, July 29, 2010 35 Helping those in need of it Dogwood honors Barbi Moline for rescuing horses in need of aid

BY KATIE BO WILLIAMS directly into the organization; the lo- cal jockey colony also donates $1 per Over Enough didn’t have anywhere mount. Accordingly, the horses that to go. Suffering from EPM and stuck pass through the Thoroughbred Rehab at a hot, sticky Florida racetrack, the and Placement program are horses that state-bred bay needed the rehabilita- have raced at Calder and Gulfstream. tion time that no one could give him. A unique organization that current- Enter Dogwood Dominion Award- ly operates on five acres in Wellington, winner Barbi Moline. The year was Thoroughbred Rehab and Placement 1994. One telephone call from a friend rehabs and re-homes every horse that and self-proclaimed animal lover Mo- comes into their system. line took the grandson of Alydar home. “We fix them,” Pure Thoughts Now nineteen, Over Enough is Mo- co-founder Brad Gaver said. In case line’s trail horse and the one horse she you’re wondering, “fix them” includes will never re-home. The first horse Mo- surgeries, no matter what the cost. line rescued, he is far from the last. Horses live like show horses, becoming Moline calls Over Enough the “un- acclimated to their new employment, sung hero” behind her role as the In- group turn-out and farm animals. A take Director for Florida Thorough- mentally challenged lamb named Mary bred Rehab and Placement, a branch totters around the farm, calming even of Pure Thoughts Horse Rescue that the most high-strung new intake. “It’s Moline spearheaded in 2005. Thanks a very peaceful place,” Gaver said. to Moline’s ingenuity, the program em- With success stories finding new ploys an innovative fundraising tech- homes as Grand Prix jumpers, chil- nique that could serve as a template for dren’s ponies, polo ponies, police hors- horse rescue around the nation. One es, lawn ornaments and pets for “sixty- third of one percent of purse monies five year old women whose dream their from the first, second, and third-place Mike Kane finishers at Calder and Gulfstream flow Barbi Moline accepts her Dogwood Dominion award from Cot Campbell. See Dominion page 37

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36 Thursday, July 29, 2010 the Reading Room, Campbell cited the program, drawing attention to the the Florida Thoroughbred Rehab and the numbers that correspond to the 18 immediate and critical nature of the Placement program address a need in Dominion – years: eight women, 10 men, $90,000 program. With an organized and eq- the industry that can no longer be ig- Continued from page 36 in cash, $72,000 worth of bronze and uitable funding system, Moline and nored. $4,500 worth of chicken salad, the reg- whole life has been to own a horse,” ular fare at the annual event. Moline’s efforts have led to the rescue The key to the whole thing, Moline of 105 horses in the last year. said in her acceptance speech, is money. At a luncheon on Wednesday, Dog- The industry knows horse rescue costs wood Stable’s Cothran “Cot” Campbell money. The program cannot continue Like The Special? awarded Moline with a $5,000 check to do the work that it does without and a bronze statue of the award’s in- adequate funding. That’s fundraising, spiration, 1970s English Champion donations, innovative thinking and ac- sire Dominion. A panel of three judges ceptance of responsibility on the part that included trainer Todd Pletcher, of the sport. The program’s directors, Campbell’s wife Anne Campbell and all of whom work sans salary, aim this Support our advertisers Daily Racing Form columnist Jay Hov- year to purchase an adjacent 60 acres dey determined the award from 30 to expand the Wellington farm. Sixty or become one. nominees. Moline represents the 18th acres that cost money. recipient of the award, given to racing’s Campbell summed up the spirit of “unsung heroes.” Under a tent behind

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Thursday, July 29, 2010 37 cupofcoffee Jump Racing Later I realized, that Mill Ridge bred Red Letter Day ing food or shelter. Steeplechasing is suffering like most and Gainsborough bred Spy In The Sky. Funny. I know racetracks from lack of inventory. Short fields are a by Sean Clancy it’s not something Bell or Chandler strive for, but there common problem but today’s race attracted nine en- they were, as representatives of Eclipse finalists. tries from five trainers. One of them, Quiet Approval, Watch the exploits of Jonathan Sheppard and Tom is a likely scratch, leaving eight horses for four trainers. Voss at this meet. Did you see Danielle Hodsdon ride a Steeplechasing has not drilled a deep well. a flat winner and a jump winner at the meet last year? Jump crowd, please don’t show up for today’s first There used to be National Steeplechase Day at Sara- I’d like to see Javier Castellano do that. Dual purpose? and go home before the second. There’s a full day of toga. Schooling at Oklahoma, fans lined up to watch. Dual victorious. racing, NYRA would like to see you stick around, bet Two races, usually including the Lovely Night Handi- Check out the colors on Virginia Minstrel in today’s some races, eat some lobster rolls, drink some cocktails. cap, made up the afternoon festivities. The steeplechase first. Recognize those? Hint, a smaller set used to hang Show them you care. Introduce yourselves to the flat crowd mingled with the flat crowd. It was a special day, in Jim Maloney’s office and go on horses like Lamb world, make a positive impression. Thank the trainers a day to celebrate THOROUGHBREDS racing over Chop. The trainer Julie Gomena, won the Rolex Ad- and owners, buy them a drink while you’re at it. Tell jumps and THOROUGHBREDS racing on the flat. vanced 3-Day in 1994, the biggest three-day event in them about the viable option for their horses. There is no National Steeplechase Day any longer. the country. She’s married to Robert Bonnie, son of Trainers, raise your game, it’s the racetrack. Be on Perhaps, this is as close as you’re going to get as we Thoroughbred breeder and equine lawyer Ned Bonnie. time. Bring your papers. Apply for your license be- combine Steeplechase Times with The Saratoga Special. Mabou is owned by Ken and Sarah Ramsey. Yes, the fore raceday. Don’t enter if you don’t plan on running. Part by design, part by necessity, this is the hybrid ver- same Ramseys who usually win the leading owner title Check the Form to make sure there are no mistakes. sion of our endeavors. If it wasn’t late on a deadline, at Churchill Downs. Answer reporters’ questions, go on the TV shows, radio I’d explain some kind of symbolism, breaching the gap Michele Sanger owns and trains Birthday Beau; she shows and podcasts. between our two lifelines. Either way, you’re reading a and her family own flat horses, she bought a yearling by Jockeys, raise your game, it’s the racetrack. Wear a dual-purpose newspaper. A term used to describe the Purim at Fasig-Tipton July. coat and tie, if you don’t respect what you do, nobody yards of Dermot Weld, Francois Doumen and George Look at the breeders, they could show up in the pro- will. Pull up on the outside of the turf. Ride straight Baker in Europe and Tom Voss and Jonathan Sheppard gram for the Jim Dandy or the Yaddo; William Backer, and true. Lengthen your hold at the jumps, shorten here. Something Joe and I can call ourselves. Augustin Stable, Kingfield Farm (owners of Saratoga your hold in the stretch. Ride past the wire. Don’t stand Dual-purpose. One-purpose. Horse racing. stakes winner Jambalaya), R. D. Hubbard, Fitz Dixon, up and pump your fist for winning an allowance race. Steeplechasing used to hold a more important spot Fergus Galvin, Jonathan Sheppard. Don’t claim foul unless you mean it. Know your weight in Saratoga. Now, it’s six races, spread over 40 cards. We still can’t fathom the resistance shown by so and do your weight. Pull up when you should. Finish Sign of the times, sure. Money talks. Jumpers walk. many flat people about the jumpers. It’s the same hors- when you should. Be professional. We understand that part. We don’t understand the es. Isn’t that what it was always about? As both sides Management, raise your game, it’s the racetrack. Fill misconception on both sides. These are Thoroughbreds; of the sport struggle for exposure and acceptance, why the races with competitive fields. Scour the entries for owned, bred and trained by the sport’s best. shoot at your brother? any potential problems, no late scratches for ignorance. Last year at the Eclipse Awards, I couldn’t figure out But we also can’t fathom, the ignorance from the Get out and meet and greet, talk up the game, you’re on why the video highlights showed Dr. John Chandler steeplechase people about flat racing. a recruiting mission. and Jimmy Bell along with Jonathan Sheppard when The steeplechase product is not good enough when Now, let’s meet for the first, it’s National Steeple- the steeplechase Eclipse Award winner was announced. it comes to Saratoga. It’s not in-need, you’re not sell- chase Day.

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