Sweet Tune Songbird Graces Saratoga for CCA Oaks Tod Marks Tod 2 the Saratoga Special Sunday, July 24, 2016 Here&There
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Year 16 • No. 3 Sunday, July 24, 2016 T he aratoga Saratoga’s Daily Newspaper on Thoroughbred Racing Sweet Tune Songbird graces Saratoga for CCA Oaks Tod Marks Tod 2 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2016 here&there... at Saratoga LICENSE PLATES OF THE DAY 1CHASER, South Carolina. WINIT, New York. GLOVE MAN, New York. DERBY, New York. T-SHIRT SLOGAN OF THE DAY You don’t know me (on owner Alan Brodsky). NAMES OF THE DAY Chelios, first race.“Booooooo.” His half-brother, Old Time Hockey, runs in the seventh for breeder Glen Hill Farm. Squeezed, fourth race. The 3-year-old filly, making her debut for Bloodlines Racing Partner- ship, is out of Lemons Ain’t Limes. Hush Now, eighth race. The Berkshire Stud homebred is out of Silence Please. Quest, ninth race. Gainesway’s 4-year-old filly is out of Treasure. BY THE NUMBERS 3: Days exercise rider Bob Hatfield galloped for trainer Gene Weymouth at Fair Hill back in the day. As Hatfield put it, “I had to tell him, ‘This just isn’t going to work.’ ” 1: Near dogfight at the Morning Line Kitchen Saturday morning (behave or you’ll ruin it for Tod Marks everybody). Mint Please. Champion Tepin gets a mint from Rosa Jimenez Saturday morning. DAR11014 Saratoga Special Street Sense 24 JULY16 .qxp 22/07/2016 15:14 Page 1 HIT PAY DIRTBernardini, Curlin and Tapit with six. Then Street Sense on five. The top sires of G1 winners on dirt since 2013. Street Sense has the highest percentage of G1 horses among stallions standing for less than $75,000. STREET SENSE Street Cry – Bedazzle (Dixieland Band) 859-255-8537 www.darleyamerica.com Darley SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2016 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL 3 QUOTE OF THE DAY here&there... at Saratoga “At least he was on the proper lead going around that turn.” Observer, as a horse dragged an exercise rider off the track, around WORTH REPEATING a corner and up the horse path at a gallop Saturday morning “You guys would pick Graham Motion if he led a Shetland pony over there for a race against Secretariat.” Assistant trainer Robbie Medina, talking to a small group of The Special’s team and looking at the cover of Saturday’s issue (that’s it, nothing but McGaughey from here on out) “Listen, everybody should be a John Phillips. Great people.” Trainer Jimmy Toner on his longtime owner, co-owner of Diana runner-up Recepta 800-523-8143 “It was too obvious, she was on the overnight and everything.” Todd Pletcher when it was pointed out Schuylerville winner Sweet Loretta was not included in the first Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour of the season “Hey, Puppy Dog.” NAME OF THE DAY Pletcher’s greeting to bloodstock agent Steve Young on the backside Saturday morning Gap Year, Ninth Race. “I spent three summers in school there.” Former racing writer Fran LaBelle, after hearing Godolphin’s 4-year-old filly is out of Dubai Escapade, about The Special’s home in what used to be a school building which would be some gap year. “What’s average marriage age in North Dakota now, like 14?” YOUR SOURCE FOR NY-BREDS Ryan Clancy to Annise Montplasir Phone: (518) 423-2028 www.saratogaglenfarm.com “Tom Law, used to be the people’s reporter. Now I’ve lost you.” Medina to The Special’s managing editor “You guys know Sanford Bacon? He’s been around here 100 years, like me.” Owner Ken Ramsey 2016 STALLIONS 2016 STALLIONS Building Speed ALBERTUS MAXIMUS for the Future... ALBERTUS MAXIMUSAlbert the Great – Chasethewildwind, by Forty Niner Albert the Great – Chasethewildwind, by Forty NinerDAAHER DAAHERAwesome Again – Irish Cherry, by Irish Open Awesome Again – Irish Cherry, by Irish Open Kent Barnes, Stallion Manager | 859-224-4585 4600 Ft. Springs Rd., Lexington, KY 40513 SHADWELLKent Barnes, Stallion Manager | 859-224-4585 | 4600 Ft. Springs Rd., Lexington, KY 40513 | www.shadwellfarm.com www.shadwellfarm.com Editors/Publishers The aratoga Sean Clancy: (302) 545-7713. [email protected] Joe Clancy: (302) 545-4424. [email protected] Managing Editor Tom Law: (859) 396-9407. [email protected] 112 Spring Street, Suite 205 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Writers/Handicappers: Charles Bedard, Gaile Fitzgerald, The Saratoga Special, thisishorseracing.com Teresa Genaro, Annise Montplaisir, John Shapazian, www.thisishorseracing.com Thoroughbred Racing Calendar, The Best of The Saratoga Special. Chad Summers, Shayna Tiller, Brandon Valvo. Published Wednesday through Sunday* Call us about your editorial needs. Photographers: Tod Marks, Dave Harmon, Connie Bush. during the racing season. Home Office: 364 Fair Hill Drive, Suite F, Elkton, MD 21921 Layout/Design: Linzay Marks. Every day of Sales Week Aug. 8-14. (410) 392-5867 • Fax (410) 392-0170 *No edition Aug. 11, Sept. 1 Distribution: Jack Clancy, Gabe McGarry. 4 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2016 MORE money, MORE stakes for Maryland-breds! And now they’re for Maryland-sired, too! 2016 LAUREL PARK FALL MEET Oct. 1, 2016 Politely 3YO & Up Fillies & Mares 6 Furlongs $75,000 Nov. 19, 2016 Geisha 3YO & Up Fillies & Mares 1 Mile $75,000 Dec. 10, 2016 Maryland Juvenile Futurity 2yo 7 furlongs $100,000 Maryland Juvenile Filly Championship 2yo Fillies 7 furlongs $100,000 Howard M. Bender Memorial 3YO &up 6 furlongs $75,000 Dec. 31, 2016 Jennings 3YO & Up 1 Mile $75,000 Preference to 1. Md-bred, 2. Md-sired ADMINISTERED BY MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOC. P.O. Box 427, Timonium, MD 21094 410 252 2100 phone • 410 560 0503 fax MarylandThoroughbred.com/mdbredfund SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2016 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL 5 “You would have won on that one.” Joel Rosario, to Sean Clancy after winning here&there...at Saratoga an allowance race aboard favorite Sentiero Italia Friday “It’s so hot, the agents are even sweating.” WORTH REPEATING Jocks’ agent Steve Rushing on a sweltering Friday afternoon “The Clancy boys done grown up.” Ramsey, while seeing Ryan and Jack Clancy in the paddock Friday “Remember how cold you were six months ago?” Owner Lee Einsidler looking on the bright side of a hot opening day “He’s amazing; good luck definitely follows him around.” Terry Finley on his longtime friend and fellow former Army Ranger Vinnie Viola “Yeah, yeah, that’s it, you’ve already passed one.” Railbird as Outsider Art passed Baciami Piccola “We change our minds a lot because the horses change a lot, forcing us to change our minds.” walking out of the paddock for Friday’s Lake George Trainer Chad Brown, after winning the Lake George “I thought you retired.” Owner Everett Dobson, when seeing former Kiaran McLaughlin assistant Artie Magnusson Saturday morning Tod Marks Screen Test. Preakness winner Exaggerator keeps an eye on the action from his stall Saturday morning. Congratulations Sanford G3 winner BITUMEN and to all connections — Eddie Kenneally, Joe Sutton, Eddie Woods, Pete Bradley, and Tolie Otto Nicoma purchased and mated, Mill Ridge raised and sold ® NICOMA® An affiliate of Contact Price Bell at 859.321.5117 or visit www.nicoma.com Lee Thomas © Portfolio Management 6 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2016 The Chief . .Day 3 “There was a horse we beat a nose one day, the horse was in the paddock for the stake and we were in the last race, the race after the stake. I said, ‘Well, we’ll beat him.’ We just beat him, by a nose. You had to pay attention to the post time back then, we were stabled where Jimmy is now, nobody told you, they didn’t announce anything, say you were in the seventh race, you had someone watch the fifth race, by the time they got back to the barn, you took the horse out of the tub and started over, just about the right time, but you had to pay attention.” – Trainer Allen Jerkens, 1929-2015 The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association www.nytha.com | 516.488.2337 visit us on Facebook Tod Marks photo Tod DON’T MISS THE of the day 312 NY-BRED YEARLINGS Offered at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale Building two-year-olds one individual at a time August 8-9 (859) 312-3414 | kirkwoodstables.com and NY-Bred Yearling Sale Proud to support Thoroughbred aftercare August 13-14 Get with the Program! (859) 224-2756 www.thoroughbredaftercare.org nytbreeders.org | 518.587.0777 Photo finish in the DIana For more information visit our website Tod Marks or call 518.388.0174 PHOTO BY ANDI TAYLOR SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2016 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL 7 with Ron Moquett Every day at Saratoga, The Special presents an exclusive Stable Tour with a Saratoga trainer. For more, see: thisishorseracing.com/stabletours Knights Key: A winner of his only start last always misleading. The little Pea Patch can November at Churchill Downs, the son of Gi- throw some runners at you for no money at ant’s Causeway is out of the Lemon Drop Kid all. He got beat (a head) by a 28-1 horse and mare Lemon Kiss. “He’s a horse Steve Hobby should have won, got lackadaisical, lost focus. had that Alex and JoAnn Lieblong own. Won Physically he was better and mentally he was his first out and was one of the hot horses, not. There’s a race for him next Friday.” Derby talk. He won very, very impressively. He had a little issue, stopped and gave him time Air On Fire: The son of Unbridled’s Song Sean Clancy and now he’s coming back. Since I’ve come and the winning Pulpit mare Unaltered cost Trainer Ron Moquett is stabled in the stakes barn between the paddock and Siro’s.