Math Wizard Pulls Off Pa Derby Shocker
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 STREET BAND UPENDS STACKED COTILLION MATH WIZARD PULLS OFF Street Band (Istan) rallied past four Grade I winners Saturday PA DERBY SHOCKER to reach the highest level herself in Parx’s Cotillion S. while earning an automatic spot in the starting gate for the GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff in the process. Dismissed at 7-1 off a third-place run in the GI Alabama S. Aug. 17, the chestnut dropped back to last early but got her set-up as last year’s champion juvenile filly Jaywalk (Cross Traffic) and MGISW Bellafina (Quality Road) knocked heads through splits of :22 3/5 and :46 1/5. Street Band tugged her way up quickly and willingly to reach contention heading for home, and she was moving into third while very wide as previously unbeaten ‘TDN Rising Star’ Guarana (Ghostzapper) struck the front at the quarter pole. Street Band always looked to have that even- money favorite’s measure, and she pulled away from her at will to run up the score to 2 1/4 lengths. New Jersey-bred Horologist (Gemologist) spiced up the trifecta at 21-1. Cont. p5 Math Wizard (outside) | Sarah K Andrew While would-be favorite Maximum Security (New Year’s Day) IN TDN EUROPE TODAY was ruled out of Saturday’s GI Pennsylvania Derby earlier this PIERRE LAPIN EMERGES IN THE MILL REEF week, another runner from the same Gulfstream $16,000 Pierre Lapin emulates his half-brother, the champion sprinter maiden claimer that that MGISW graduated in, Math Wizard Harry Angel, with a win in the G2 Mill Reef S. (Algorithms), pulled off a 31-1 shocker in Parx’s signature event. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. Claimed by his current connections for $25,000 out of an 18 1/2-length romp in Hallandale in January, the chestnut hadn’t won since then, but had racked up plenty of money. He was fourth in both the Apr. 6 GII Wood Memorial S. and May 4 Oaklawn Park Invitational, and was a close second in the June 22 GIII Ohio Derby, all at this trip. He was third behind Mr. Money (Goldencents) in the GIII Indiana Derby July 13, but failed to fire when sixth behind that same re-opposing foe in the GIII West Virginia Derby Aug. 3. Ignored in the wagering while breaking from the rail, Math Wizard was away alertly. The same could not be said for race favorite Improbable (City Zip), who threw his head about right at the start and was off last. Math Wizard saved all the ground towards the back of the pack as a hard-held Mr. Money showed the way with GI Preakness S. hero War of Will (War Front) applying token pressure through splits of :24 2/5 and :49 3/5. Math Wizard was called on to quicken behind six panels in 1:13 2/5, and swung very wide into the lane as Mr. Money fended off Improbable up the fence and War of Will to his outside. Math Wizard had all the momentum down the center of the track, however, and the frontrunner had no response for him late. 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($130,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP). O-Allied Racing Stable LLC; 1 1/8m, 1:50.94, ft. B-Spruce Lane Farm (KY); T-W. Bret Calhoun. $200,000. 1--MATH WIZARD, 118, c, 3, by Algorithms Hidden Brook Foaled & Sales Graduate 1st Dam: Minister's Baby (GSW, $440,270), by Deputy Minister 2nd Dam: Halo My Baby, by Halo 3rd Dam: Lachesis, by Iron Ruler 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE I 3--War of Will, 124, c, 3, War Front--Visions of Clarity (Ire), by WIN. O-John Fanelli, Collarmele Vitelli Stables LLC, Bassett Sadler's Wells. ($175,000 RNA Ylg '17 KEESEP; €250,000 2yo Stables, Ioannis Zoumas, Wynwood Thoroughbreds and Saffie '18 ARQMAY). O-Gary Barber; B-Flaxman Holdings Limited A. Joseph Jr.; B-Lucky Seven Stable (KY); T-Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.; (KY); T-Mark E. Casse. $100,000. J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $600,000. Lifetime Record: 13-3-2-3, $860,623. *1/2 to Ginny’s Grey (Political Force), SW, $277,803. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A. Margins: NK, 1, NO. Odds: 31.10, 1.70, 3.30. Also Ran: Improbable, Spun to Run, Shanghai Superfly. Scratched: Maximum Security. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style " " " pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 PA Derby cont. “It was great; I got a perfect trip,” said winning rider Irad Ortiz, Jr., who was a late replacement for Edgard Zayas. “He broke, put me in a good position. I saw the favorite didn’t break and I didn’t panic. I just said, ‘he’s going to come from somewhere. He’s just not forwardly placed in front of me.’ He got through inside of me and from there I just tried to follow him. Then on the backside my horse jumped on the bridle. When I put my hands down he jumped on the bridle and I said, ‘whoa, wait a little longer.’ I wanted to wait a little longer and not get inside of Improbable, so I just wait, wait, wait and at the half-mile I made my way outside of him. He was coming little by little, but when he turned for home and he switched leads then he took off. He ran hard. When I turned for home and I opened the reins and he started taking off I said, ‘I’m going to get there.’” Joseph | Sarah K Andrew Winning co-owner John Fanelli said, “This is my home track. They asked us [to run], but we wanted to. The reason we didn’t Pedigree Notes: know was he was laying down in his stall and he wasn’t feeling The eighth black-type winner for fourth-crop sire Algorithms, himself and we were going to push him, but we said, ‘the worst- Math Wizard is the first Grade I winner for the graded-winning case scenario would be we don’t come and it cost us a couple young stallion who is a full- or half-sibling to four other graded thousand dollars.’ And, if he feels good in the next couple of winners. Other graded performers by Algorithms include this days, we will bring him up, and that is exactly what happened. year’s GIII Gulfstream Park Sprint S. winner Recruiting Ready He just got better and better.” and 2017's GIII Sugar Swirl S. victress Rich Mommy. Math Wizard’s damsire Deputy Minister is more established, having sired the dams of 248 stakes winners, including champions like Curlin, Abel Tasman, Rags to Riches, and Halfbridled. Math Wizard is the last reported foal out of his dam, 2002 GIII Gardenia H. winner Minister’s Baby, who also produced Puerto Rican black-type winner Ginny’s Grey (Political Force) and the dam of 2017 GIII British Columbia Derby winner Chief Know It All (Flashy Bull). John Fanelli | Sarah K Andrew Saturday’s victory was the first graded win of any kind for 32-year-old Barbados native Saffie Joseph, Jr., who has emerged as one of the leading trainers based in South Florida year round.