Year 16 • No. 19 Sunday, August 14, 2016 T he aratoga Saratoga’s Daily Newspaper on Thoroughbred Racing Wash Out Saturday card scrapped after fifth race Tod Marks Tod SAGAMORE RUNNER HEADS SUNDAY FEATURE • EDDIE KENNEALLY STABLE TOUR • ENTRIES & HANDICAPPING 2 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 here&there... at Saratoga NAMES OF THE DAY Escapist, third race. The 5-year-old Claiborne-bred is by Stroll out of Bend. We like to think he once leaned on his stall door enough to sneak out and go for a walk. Recollection, fourth race. The Phipps Stable homebred, a 2-year-old filly, is by Distorted Hu- mor out of Daydreaming. Accord, fifth race.Maybe we’re suckers for one-word names (or maybe we can’t grasp two- word names), but Treadway Racing Stable’s 4-year-old filly is out of Hug It Out. Decent, first race Monday.Here we go again. The 4-year-old, bred by Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider, is out of Just. Mobridge, sixth race Monday. It’s got nothing to do with his pedigree. Though he was co-bred by Christophe Clement and started out with Leigh Delacour, the 6-year-old is trained by Bill Mott, a native of Mobridge, South Dakota. Somebody tell the Chamber of Commerce. Flipcup, eighth race Monday. Team Penney Racing and partners’ 5-year-old mare is by Milwau- kee Brew and was named by somebody who went to college. BY THE NUMBERS 5: Times Hurry Up Alan (who runs in Monday’s sixth race for trainer Carol Fisher) has been claimed this year (in seven starts). 8: Uneaten snack bags of plain Lay’s potato chips in The Special office as the meet reached its midpoint Saturday Susie Raisher 103: Empty seats from one vantage point at the Hall of Fame induction Friday Rain King. Angel Arroyo embraces the weather on the walk back to the jocks’ room after Saturday’s fourth race. YearlingsTOP by Medaglia d’Oro have THAT topped the Saratoga Sale three times in! the last six years. An exceptional sales sire because he’s an excellent racehorse sire. Are you going for gold?Well, you know where we are… 859-255-8537 www.darleyamerica.com Darley SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL 3 QUOTE OF THE DAY & at Saratoga “Beyond belief.” here there... Keith Asmussen, when asked WORTH REPEATING if he was proud of his dad, Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen “Yes. And add the Arlington Million recap.” The Special’s Tom Law after Sean Clancy asked if he could delete the Fourstardave recap from his to-do list “It was in the guesses.” The Special’s Shayna Tiller talking about a typo in a horse’s name in the Power Grid “I discovered your newspaper this year and am really enjoying it. What a fresh approach! Keep it up!” 800-523-8143 Reader Bob Smith of Las Vegas “My mind is like a screen door in a submarine once the humidity gets rolling.” NYRA’s Jenny Kellner, speaking for all of us NAME OF THE DAY “I should not take off for eight days and play horse, but it’s OK because I can make a lot of phone calls.” Heavenly Strut, third race Monday. The 2-year-old filly, Owner/trainer/real estate agent Hill Parker, a homebred for Edward Messina and William Butler, driving the truck and trailer back to Kentucky Friday afternoon is by Utopia out of She’s Got Swagger. “Now, it was fun.” Julie Asmussen, the day after speaking at the Hall of Fame induction YOUR SOURCE FOR NY-BREDS Phone: (518) 423-2028 www.saratogaglenfarm.com “Are you related to Sean Clancy?” Fan at the Hall of Fame, to The Special’s Sean Clancy, who was wearing a press pass that said Tom Clancy “Hi, Men of The Special.” Karen Johnson, walking past Tom Law, Jack and Sean Clancy Saturday morning G1 SW, Millionaire & Breeders’ Cup Winner 2YO MSW winner IVY’S COLLEGE FUND ALBERTUS MAXIMUS scored by nearly 12 lengths ALBERT THE GREAT – CHASETHEWILDWIND, BY FORTY NINER 2nd Crop 2YOs through 8/12: 4 Starters 2YO Stakes Winner 3 Winners – All MSW SAVEITFORARAINYDAY 1 SW MAXIMUSKent Barnes, Stallion Manager | 859-224-4585 | Lexington, KY | www.shadwellfarm.com Editors/Publishers The aratoga Sean Clancy: (302) 545-7713. 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It’s great to be in a class like this and to know “We did a lot of planning but little execution.” I earned my way here.” Joe Clancy Sr., after spending the weekend with his 7-year-old grandson, Miles Jockey Ramon Dominguez, after being inducted into the Hall of Fame Friday “You’re not loyal to the boss.” Fasig-Tipton staffers as a caught-in-the-rain Jack Clancy showed up for work: “Oh, no, those Bill Mott employee Erma Scott, to jocks’ agent Ron Anderson are your good shoes, they’re going to get ruined tonight.” Caught-in-the-rain Jack Clancy: “Don’t worry, they’re my dad’s.” “You win, Erma. You win.” Anderson, responding to Scott’s comment Tod Marks You First. Two young racing fans dare each other to run out in the rain. 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She was second in a lightly raced horse this year, only having run the Eight Belles on Derby Day a couple years Eddie Kenneally wrapped up a Standing in the shedrow with an three times, so we’re hoping to have a rela- ago and won a restricted stakes at Calder of phone call with a client, talked to a eye on his dry erase board listing the tively fresh horse come the end of the year. He all places. We’re thinking about an allowance member of his team, walked out in the 18 horses, Kenneally talked about got a Win And You’re In for the Classic. We’ll race here for her pretty soon.” shedrow to play with one of his smil- The Special’s Tom Law. look at that and the Dirt Mile, see who’s going ing children, greeted a visitor, started and what’ he’s doing at the time. Ideally we’d Mo Bourbon: Bourbon Lane Stable’s the Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour, stopped Bitumen: Joe Sutton’s Mineshaft colt put in like to think we can run in one of those two 3-year-old Uncle Mo gelding finished sixth in the tour briefly to take a call from a his second work since the Sanford – a half races. That’s the year-end goal.” debut Aug. 8. “He went off as the favorite in vet, finished the tour, played with his in :49.34 under Kenneally’s assistant Kelly his first start Monday and had a troubled trip.