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The aratoga✫ SUBSCR ER IPT IN IO A N R S T COMPLIMENTS OF T O L T IA H E EC S SP ARATOGA Year 10 • Issue 5 Saratoga’s Daily Newspaper on Thoroughbred Racing Thursday, July 29, 2010 Woodbine shipper sweeps to Lake George win. Lake Perfect Dave Harmon Steeplechase Times Edition Inside • Entries • Handicapping “A top class facility that does an outstanding job” ~ Barclay Tagg, Kentucky Derby-winning trainer A state-of-the-art facility founded in 2006, Fair Hill Equine Therapy Center houses the latest technological equipment designed to promote safe and rapid advancement for horses recovering from injury. We give your horse every chance to make a successful The Aqua return to competition by providing a variety Cold Pacer of physical therapy options. Saltwater Spa Our staff is thoroughly trained and knowl- edgeable, with a passion for horses and the desire to see your horse return well rested, fit and ready to perform. Situated within the innovative Fair Hill Training Center, we are within easy reach of all major veterinary clinics and racetracks in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic and are just 10 minutes from I-95. Hyperbaric Relax Oxygen Therapy and Recover Contact us for a full list of our state-of-the-art services or Contact Bruce Jackson visit www.fairhilletc.com Phone: 610-496-5080 721 Training Center Drive for therapy demonstration videos. Elkton, MD 21921 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. ST Publishing Inc. Home Office 364 Fair Hill Drive, Suite F, Elkton, MD 21921 (410) 392-5867 • Fax (410) 392-0170 www.st-publishing.com [email protected] The Saratoga Special Steeplechase Times Thoroughbred Racing Calendar The Best of The Saratoga Special Saratoga Days and other acclaimed products and services within the equine industry. Call us about your editorial needs. “Editorial excellence is not a goal to be sought and one day acquired and then retired to the trophy case. It is instead an ambition which must be pursued each day, never ending, never totally achieved. That striving, that ambition is an essential part of our newspapers, a cornerstone of what we have been, what we are, and what we will be.” Connie Bush – Lee Hills, Pulitzer Prize winner, All eyes are on Saratoga this summer. Knight Ridder chief executive, in 1974 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 ..........