Girvin Upsets the Risen Star
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2017 FARRELL ROMPS IN RACHEL ALEXANDRA GIRVIN UPSETS Coffeepot Stables homebred Farrell (Malibu Moon) put on a THE RISEN STAR show at the Fair Grounds Saturday with a dominant gate-to-wire victory in the GII Rachel Alexandra S. Seizing the early advantage, the bay clicked off opening splits of :23.92 and :47.32 while well clear of the rest of the field. Her rivals began to close in on her as she clocked three-quarters in Farrell | Lou Hodges 1:12.22, but Farrell still had plenty left in the tank and easily rolled clear in the lane to stamp herself as a major GI Kentucky Oaks contender with a 3 1/2-length victory. Longshot Majestic Quality (Quality Road) Girvin | Lou Hodges got up for second and heavily-favored Valadorna (Curlin) checked in third. Cont. p5 Brad Grady=s Girvin (Tale of Ekati) took his dirt record to two- for-two and earned 50 points towards a spot in the GI Kentucky IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Derby starting gate with an 8-1 upset of Saturday=s GII Risen Star WINX EASES TO TENTH GROUP 1 WIN S. at Fair Grounds. Away alertly from the one-hole, the dark bay Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) barely came off the bridle to saved ground in fifth as an eager Local Hero (Hard Spun) ticked register her 10th Group 1 win and her fifteenth victory in a row. off opening splits of :23.70 and :47.02 while well clear of 3-2 Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. favorite Mo Town (Uncle Mo), who led the rest of the pack in second. Advancing on the far turn to be second, Girvin was tipped out to the three-path to take on the pacesetter in the lane, collared that rival in mid-stretch and continued clear to score his first black-type success. ATDN Rising Star@ Untrapped (Trappe Shot), who was also sent off at 8-1, got up for second and Local Hero held third. Favored GII Remsen S. winner Mo Town, who ran off with jockey John Velazquez in the post parade, faded to finish fifth, just a nose ahead of sixth-place finisher Shareholder Value (Uncle Mo). AWe believed in the horse all along,@ winning trainer Joe Sharp said. AI lost my voice [from cheering] and we=re in shock and very excited. He will stay here and probably run in the [GII] Louisiana Derby [Apr. 1]. We=ll let him tell us, but that=s my inclination.@ AThe horse did the job for us,@ jockey Brian Hernandez said. AYou have to give him the credit. He put us in a good spot the whole way and traveled like a true professional. For a horse to come out and do what he did today in just his third start, that shows what kind of special animal he truly is.@ Cont. p3 filly o/o Fighter Wing | Bred by Twin Creeks Farm “One of the lessons I’ve learned is to always be selective, so when we find that stallion that is the right one, that is when we pounce. Constitution is that stallion for us, and we are supporting him with Twin Creeks’ best mares.” –Randy Gullatt, Twin Creeks Racing Tapit - Baffled, by Distorted Humor www.WeFollowConstitution.com Fee: $25,000 S&N 859-873-1717 WinStarFarm.com PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected] SR. 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Ray Villa [email protected] WORLDWIDE INFORMATION TODAY’S GRADED STAKES International Editor EST Race Click for TV Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN 1:00a Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup-G1, ST HKJC PPs TVG [email protected] 3:05a Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup-G1, ST HKJC PPs TVG European Editor Emma Berry [email protected] Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 26, 2017 Saturday, Fair Grounds 3--Local Hero, 116, c, 3, Hard Spun--Liam's Dream, by Saint RISEN STAR S.-GII, $400,000, FG, 2-25, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:43.08, ft. Liam. ($180,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $500,000 2yo '16 FTFMAR). 1--#@GIRVIN, 116, c, 3, by Tale of Ekati O-e Five Racing Thoroughbreds; B-Three Chimneys Farm LLC 1st Dam: Catch the Moon, by Malibu Moon (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen. $40,000. 2nd Dam: Catch My Fancy, by Yes It's True nbs graduate 3rd Dam: Walk Away Rene, by Gold Alert ($140,000 RNA Ylg '15 KEESEP; $130,000 Ylg '15 FTKOCT). Margins: 2, 2 1/4, NK. Odds: 8.10, 8.00, 3.10. O-Brad Grady; B-Bob Austin & John Witte (KY); T-Joe Sharp; Also Ran: Guest Suite, Mo Town, Shareholder Value, Sorry Erik, J-Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.. $240,000. Lifetime Record: Arklow, U S Officer, Cool Arrow, Horse Fly. Scratched: Takeoff, 3-2-1-0, $274,400. *1/2 to Cocked and Loaded (Colonel John), It's Your Nickel, So Conflated. Click for the Equibase.com chart, GSW, $491,660. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. As for the beaten favorite, trainer Tony Dutrow said, AI thought he broke well and got himself into position and just wasn=t able to maintain it. Johnny=s comments were that the horse was 2--Untrapped, 116, c, 3, Trappe Shot--Exit Three, by Giant's struggling over the surface and never got ahold of it. He felt Causeway. >TDN Rising Star= ($97,000 Ylg '15 KEEJAN; strongly that it was a surface Mo Town didn=t care for. So, we $150,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $125,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR). will see if he was right or not. No disrespect to Fair Grounds= O-Michael Langford; B-Indian Creek & Jonathan Sheppard (KY); surface--it=s one of the reasons we came--it just didn=t work out T-Steven M. Asmussen. $80,000. for him today.@ Bred, raised and sold by INDIAN CREEK Girvin bested Excitations (Into Mischief), who returned to Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm graduate in NOLA next out Feb. 2, by a head in his career bow Congratulations to all the connections from Paramount Sales going six furlongs at Fair Grounds Dec. 16. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 26, 2017 Risen Star cont. The $130,000 FTKOCT grad came up just 3/4 of a length short next out when switched to the turf and extended to a mile for that venue=s Keith Gee Memorial S. Feb. 4. Pedigree Notes: Girvin becomes the second stakes winner for his unraced dam Catch the Moon off the heels of 2015 GIII Iroquois S. winner Cocked and Loaded (Colonel John). Catch the Moon, purchased by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings for $240,000 while in foal to Shanghai Bobby at the 2015 KEENOV sale, produced a colt by the 2012 champion 2-year-old colt last year and was bred Girvin | Lou Hodges back to Curlin. Girvin=s second dam opened her career with a pair of runaway tallies, including the 2005 Barretts Debutante S. Saturday, Fair Grounds RACHEL ALEXANDRA S.-GII, $196,000, FG, 2-25, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:44.09, ft. 1--FARRELL, 122, f, 3, by Malibu Moon 1st Dam: Rebridled Dreams (SW & GSP, $134,663), by Unbridled's Song 2nd Dam: Key Cents, by Corridor Key 3rd Dam: Centimeter, by Aloma's Ruler O-Coffeepot Stables; B-Coffee Pot Stable (KY); T-Wayne M. Catalano; J-Channing Hill. $120,000. Lifetime Record: 6-4-0-1, $361,357. *1/2 to Doncaster Rover (War Chant), MSW & MGSP-Eng, $335,741; J.