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test stakes preview Bless Her Terranova brings Baffert star filly to Gr. I attempt by brian nadeau John Terranova II stood outside his barn near the Oklahoma training track and thought about the first time he heard Bob Baffert mention Indian Blessing. “He called me last August and said ‘We’re sending you a really nice one,’” Terranova recalled. “She came in as a well-meant filly and was ready to go.” And go she did. The Hal and Patti Earnhardt homebred made her debut at Saratoga Aug. 30, and coasted to a 5 1/4-length victory, just missing the track record. Stabled here with Terranova, she returns to the Saratoga oval today as the prohibitive favorite in the Grade I Test Stakes for 3-year-old fillies. Though the program lists Bob Baf- fert as the trainer, Terranova has been an integral part of the California conditioner’s Empire State success for more than a decade. Serving as an unofficial assistant, Terranova houses Baffert’s Tod Marks New York runners and prepares them Champion Indian Blessing brings her 6-for-8 record and nearly $2 million in career earnings to the Test Stakes today. for their afternoon assignments. The blueprint took shape in the mid ’90s Baffert shipped filly of 2007, receiving 250 of the 266 and Terranova remembered Kentucky the daughter of In- first-place votes. Derby runner-up Cavonnier as one of dian Charlie (along Indian Blessing started 2008 with a the earliest Baffert charges to enter his with about a half- pair of stakes scores, taking the Grade II Inside barn prior to the 1996 Belmont Stakes. dozen other hors- Santa Ynez at Santa Anita and the Grade “We go back a long ways. My wife, es) to Terranova III Silverbulletday at Fair Grounds. She Tonja, has known him all the way back last summer after suffered her first career defeat to even- ❱ Entries & Handicapping to his Quarter Horse days and that’s he was unhappy tual Kentucky Oaks winner Proud Spell kind of how it started. When he started with the consis- in the Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks in for Saturday. coming east, with horses like Cavonnier tency of Del Mar’s March and Baffert decided to race his and such in 1996, we started looking new synthetic rac- star filly around one-turn for the fore- ❱ Checking in with new after things and helping him out,” Ter- John Terranova II ing surface. seeable future. ranova said. “I was back in New York After her smash- Baffert shipped Indian Blessing to trainer Seth Benzel. by that time and once he started on that ing career debut, Indian Blessing jumped Terranova’s Belmont barn in advance of little Derby run he was back east a lot. straight into Grade I company for her the Grade I Acorn June 7, when she ran ❱ Any Limit captures It just kind of evolved to where he had next start, the Frizette Stakes at Belmont second to the streaking Zaftig. In her horses back here that needed to run in Park. She stretched out to 1 mile and next start she shortened to 6 furlongs Honorable Miss. some races and he would just start send- blasted home to a 4 1/2-length victory. in the Grade I Prioress July 5, and ran ing them to us. We’re all always on the Indian Blessing headed to the Breeders’ arguably the best race of her career, set- ❱ Question and Answer same page on things and they were al- Cup undefeated and untested, and left tling in fourth early before rallying on ways real nice horses and we loved tak- Monmouth Park the same way after a 3 the far turn and coasting to a 5 1/4- with Barclay Tagg. ing care of them.” 1/2-length score over the sloppy track. length victory for John Velazquez, who Indian Blessing included. She was voted the champion 2-year-old See The test page 6 Select 2nd Crop Yearlings at the Upcoming Saratoga Sale

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Saturday, August 2, 2008 5 “She’s training great – I wouldn’t be running here if she wasn’t,” Tagg said. The Test – “She’s come into the program and has Continued from page 1 been training great. She seemed like a nice filly and has breezed really well in the has the call again in the Test. morning for us. She hasn’t done anything From an unraced maiden to a mul- wrong since we got her and the owner tiple Grade I winning champion, Indian wanted to run in the Test so we’ll give it Blessing has come a long way from the a shot.” filly Terranova saw for the first time last Tequilas Dayjur ships in for Thomas August. He’s more than happy to be on Moungey and will break from the rail board for the ride. with Edgar Prado aboard. The daughter “She’s just gotten bigger and stronger of Dayjur exits off a runner-up effort to and just matured a lot. Everything went accomplished older filly Leah’s Secret in the right way for her. She’s just a champ. the Grade III Chicago Breeders’ Cup at 7 When she got back up here she trained furlongs over the Polytrack at Arlington absolutely perfect. No complaints,” Ter- Park, where she made the lead in mid- ranova said. “There’s a lot of pride see- stretch before being caught late. Dean ing the horses run like they do, but Bob is Hayes’ homebred is 2-for-2 sprinting on always calling the shots and it’s really just dirt but looms an outsider today. all about the horses. We’re happy look af- Ms. Margaret H. makes her graded- ter them for Bob, he’s a great friend and Tod Marks J Z Warrior returns to the scene of her maiden win in 2007. stakes debut in the Test for trainer Ian has done a lot for us. It’s just something Wilkes. Owned by James Brady, the chest- that works; everything clicks. He’s on top handle the steep jump in competition as well as the 7 nut daughter of Point Given has come to of every little thing and we all communicate regular- furlongs she’ll encounter in the Test. hand of late for Wilkes, winning two of her last three, ly all the time on every little thing so it runs pretty “Her win last time was very impressive. They told with both scores coming at today’s 7-furlong distance. well.” me coming in she was ready for a big effort and that With the expected heated pace, Ms. Margaret H. Indian Blessing’s biggest threat could come from she was a nice filly and she sure lived up to the billing,” should be trailing the field turning for home but could Sweet Hope, who made her first start for Larry Jones Jones said. “Pedigree-wise, being by Lemon Drop Kid, pick up some pieces if the early leaders falter. Robby in the $60,000 Beautiful Day June 23 at Delaware I don’t think 7 furlongs will be an issue at all. It should Albarado rides for the first time. Park. The daughter of Belmont Stakes winner Lemon be well within her grasp. I’d say her speed comes from J Z Warrior could provide some company to Sweet Drop Kid ran a pressured half-mile in 44 2/5 seconds the Salt Lake side of her pedigree so we’ll send her Hope up front based on her facile stakes score at Mon- but had plenty in reserve, drawing off to a 3-length away from there ready to go.” mouth Park. win and covering 6 furlongs in a sparkling 1:09 2/5. Palanka City makes her first start for trainer Bar- The daughter of Harlan’s Holiday clocked a half- Jones took over from Steve Sherman after a brief clay Tagg in the Test after winning five of 10 starts for mile in 44 2/5 seconds before drawing off to a 4-length California campaign. Shipped over from Kevin Ryan’s Terry Gestes. William Stiritz’s daughter of Carson City win. She returns to graded company in the Test but barn in England, Sweet Hope won her U.S. debut over has been on a roll of late, and rides in with a three- has struggled against the top of her division, running Bay Meadows’ dirt track in April but was a well-beat- race win streak that includes the Grade III Miss Preak- fifth in the Grade II Davona Dale at Gulfstream Park en fourth in the Grade III Railbird Stakes over Holly- ness, her latest start, over a muddy Pimlico strip May in March and a distant third in the Grade III Nassau wood Park’s Cushion Track May 11. High Bank Syn- 16. Tagg hits at a resounding 35 percent with horses County at Belmont in May. Last summer J Z Warrior dicate sent Sweet Hope east to Jones after the Railbird, making their first start under his care and he’ll send broke her maiden here by 10 lengths for Bill Mott and and she encounters 7 furlongs on conventional dirt for Palanka City out for her first 7-furlong assignment in Zayat Stable. Kent Desormeaux, aboard that day, has the first time today. Jones is optimistic his charge will the Test with Eibar Coa aboard. the call.

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York Ebor Festival August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks, Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

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Saturday, August 2nd, Goodwood (UK) Race 3 (10:15 am) 7 Halfway To Heaven: Not seen since winning the Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh in May and there’s a good chance that step up to this trip will be against her, judged on Blue Square Nassau Stakes Gr1 pedigree and how she races. (3yo+ Fillies & Mares) 1m1/4; Purse $400,000 8 Lush Lashes: Flopped in the Oaks, having started as favourite after her impressive Musidora Stakes victory at York, but ran out a convincing winner of the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot last time on her fourth trip to England inside seven weeks. Freshened up RACE ANALYSIS (In Program Number Order) since (missed the Irish Oaks), it’s possible that ten furlongs may prove her ideal trip, and 1 Heaven Sent: Added further to her record and value with a placing in the clearly the leading contender. Falmouth at Newmarket last time but she left impression that she’s not quite ready to win a Gr1 yet and the Celebration Mile here in late August looks a more realistic target. 9 Muthabara: All the rage for the Guineas at one stage but managed only eighth there and Improving gradually, but yet to win at this trip. then finished fifth in the Coronation at Royal Ascot. Hasn’t been right in coat all season however, and the step up to this trip is sure to suit. More likely to progress than some in 2 Majestic Roi: A Gr1 winner last year, but she has found things tough this time around this, and is one for the shortlist. and hasn’t really given the impression that she’ll improve for this step up to this trip. She’s a strong-traveller who seems best up to a mile. 10 Sugar Mint: Hasn’t gone on from her reappearance win, although she did shape better than the bare result in listed race at York last time (short of room when travelling strongly 3 Passage of Time: Looked back to form when winning listed race at Newbury last time and not knocked about once her chance had gone). Nothing in her career so far suggests and, though entitled to take her chance, she’ll need a few others to underperform to play a she’s good enough to win a Gr1. leading role. CONCLUSION 4 Soft Morning: Successful three times last year, including in listed race at Deauville, and A race that has prospered since being promoted to Gr1 status in 1999, won by the likes of Breeders’ shaped better than ever when runner-up in similar race at York last time. She looks way out Cup champions Ouija Board and Islington. Nothing in this year’s field is yet up to their standard, of her depth in this company though. yet for all that there are four previous Gr1 winners in the line up. LUSH LASHES impressed at both York and Royal Ascot and deserves to be favorite, although she doesn’t represent great value at 5 Cape Amber: Free-going sort who is clearly over the injuries she suffered following her the likely low odds. Those looking for place alternatives should consider Heaven Sent, who may maiden win last year, her sixth in the Oaks a particularly good effort. Shapes as though the not be quite up to winning but has been pretty consistent this year and Muthabara, who hasn’t drop in trip will suit and she could run into a place. been right yet this season and is open to improvement. A big outsider with a chance is Cape Amber, who impressed on her only start as a two year old and chased home today’s favorite on 6 Classic Remark: 40/1 when getting off the mark in a listed race at Newmarket last time. her reappearance. She was beaten five lengths that day, and even a straight repeat of that effort At face value that represents much improved form, but she may well prove to have been could pick up some place money today. However, she may be scratched unless there is sufficient flattered in what looked a muddling race. Would be a most surprising winner. overnight rain to soften up the Goodwood course.

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Saturday, August 2, 2008 9 flanders stakes preview Back to Work Irish Smoke, More Happy get 2nd round of Saratoga BY john panagot The condition book limits the race to 3-year-old fillies that have not won a graded sweepstakes in 2008. There’s nothing there about 2007. Of the eight fillies entered in today’s Flanders, the fourth race of 11 on the day, two carry graded victo- ries over the race course last year. More Happy took the Adirondack (Gr. II) midway through the meet and Irish Smoke checked off the Spinaway (Gr. I) on the final weekend. Neither looks ready to tackle the Grade I Test later in the card, but they could jump back into Tod Marks the upper division with a victory in the Flanders, a Irish Smoke (left) and More Happy return to Saratoga, the scene of their biggest (and most recent) wins. 6-furlong sprint worth $80,000. months off, but now she’s doing good. Yeah, she’s Since her Saratoga heroics, Irish Smoke changed More Happy hasn’t run since finishing fifth behind been off a long time, but she ran well last year here owners and trainers. Sold for $750,000 last Novem- Irish Smoke in the Spinaway, though it’s not for lack and she’s been training well in Del Mar. She’s all speed, ber, she races for IEAH Stable and partners, and train- of trying. she’s just really fast.” er Richard Dutrow. “She had throat surgery, then I had her ready to The daughter of Vindication is 2-for-3 in her short The gray daughter of Smoke Glacken returned this run this winter in Santa Anita, but then she got sick,” career for John Sikura and Gaines-Gentry Thorough- spring with a sixth in the Nassau County (Gr. III) and trainer Bob Baffert said. “She wasn’t real sick, but had breds. John Velazquez takes the riding assignment at this constant temperature. So we gave her a couple 3-1. See flanders page 12

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Saturday, August 2, 2008 11 “She popped a splint after her last time, we had to stop on her and it took Flanders – us awhile to get her back in training but Continued from page 10 she’s all right,” Contessa said. Trainer Rusty Arnold counters with a second behind J Z Warrior (who runs in the Test) in Monmouth’s Dearly Pre- Morakami, another with some Saratoga cious June 21. Cornelio Velasquez rides form. at 9-2. The daughter of Fusaichi Pegasus Trainer Bobby Frankel enters the broke her maiden here last summer and streaking Lovely Isle, who exits a pair finished fourth behind Irish Smoke in of optional claiming scores at Belmont. the Spinaway. Javier Castellano has the Michael Bello’s daughter of Double ride on the $225,000 Keeneland Sep- Honor finished second in the Grade I tember purchase, who won a Churchill Las Virgenes this winter and is unbeat- Downs allowance July 5 for owner G. en in three starts at 6 furlongs. Edgar Watts Humphrey. Morakami is 6-1 on Prado takes the mount at 5-2. the morning line. With plenty of speed signed on, “She’s back on her surface and back Ready For Fortune could work out a at her distance,” exercise rider Jessie trip from off the pace for Dennis Narl- Kale said. “She’s training really well. inger and trainer Gary Contessa. She’s as relaxed as she’s ever been. We The daughter of More Than Ready take her down to Clare Court and she exits three consecutive graded starts and trains down there.” Sara Dunham won the Dearly Precious (Aqueduct’s Trainer David Duggan started quick- version not Monmouth’s) this winter. ly with two wins in the first week, and 518.587.4500 Contessa, who named Eibar Coa to RoohanRealty.com aims for a stakes score with Porte Bon- ride the 10-1 shot, hopes to see loads of heur (5-1). horses up front early. The daugher of Hennessy won the “She is a hell of a closing sprinter Avid Equestrian - Take Note! Open Mind Stakes at Belmont last fall in a race that has some speed in it, so Gorgeous estate with 35 acres and custom and finished a troubled third in her the race could set up for her,” Contessa built four bedroom, 2.5 bath home with said. “She’s training gangbusters, she most recent start, a third to today’s foe every convenience. Four stall barn with worked in 34 seconds (for 3 furlongs) Lovely Isle, at Belmont July 10. Ramon plenty of room to expand (see picture the other day, finished strong. She’s just Dominguez has the ride from the rail. Lenawee (Robby Albarado, 15-1) below). Relax poolside or next to the a big, good-looking filly that shows up makes her stakes debut for Ian Wilkes waterfalled Koi ponds. Quadra insert in every time. She’s built like a Sherman tank. She’s as wide as she is tall. She’s and should appreciate a quick pace. The brick fireplace keeps heating costs low. the kind of filly where if she’s running, Albert The Great filly has two posted New master suite, roof, and state of the art you don’t want to be standing in front works over the Saratoga main track and appliances plus generator. Minutes from of her that’s for sure.” a pair of Kentucky wins this year. Loo- Saratoga Springs! Offered at First or second in four of seven life- ney Lynda (Kent Desormeaux, 20-1) time starts, Ready For Fortune finished breaks from the outside slot for Zayat $1,250,000. 44 a dull fourth in the Nassau County. Stables and Dale Romans.

12 Saturday, August 2, 2008 Saturday, August 2, 2008 13 Bustin Stones Connie Bush Moon Catcher Former Todd Pletcher assistant Seth Benzel talks this over with one of his charges this week. Macho Again Icabad Crane Awesome Gem On His Own Buddy’s Humor Benzel builds new training business Sky Mystic with experience gained at the top Ten Most Wanted BY Brian nadeau had a few horses that he gave me, so for two years I trained them. I think I had In a sport that thinks only of the fu- about 16 starters with his horses and as Toccet ture, second-guessing will leave you far soon as I knew that was what I wanted behind. to do I went out to a horse college, Lake Soto Seth Benzel could still be putting the Erie College (in Ohio), where they have bridle on champion Wait A While. He show jumping and the like.” could have easily prepped another mil- Benzel graduated from Lake Erie, Coach Jimi Lee lion-dollar 2-year-old who would make and left with a mission that centered on fans think of the first Saturday in May horses of a different ilk. Bella Bellucci on a sun-drenched Thursday in August. “Once I knew (racing) was what I He could still be the second one to wanted to do, my dad told me ‘Look, if Dashboard Drummer arrive at the barn each morning. you want to train at that level you have But Benzel never learned complacen- to go out and work with someone at cy. The 33-year-old ventured out on his that level.’ ” Doll Baby own this June, leaving his post as Todd And that’s what Benzel did. He left Pletcher’s New York assistant to open the comfort of his dad’s horses during the Ambition Unbridled a public stable that looks to tab its first fall of 1997 and headed to Belmont Park. winner Saturday. And one of racing’s biggest trainers. Fagedaboudit Sal While Benzel has been a fixture at the Benzel took a deep breath, reassured top of New York racing for over a de- himself and headed to the barn of Bill cade his extend far from the Oklahoma Mott, who was in the midst of a domi- My Snookie’s Boy training track stable area he now calls nating run that would send him to the home. Hall of Fame the following year. Noth- Galloping Grocer “My father had a small breeding op- ing like starting at the top. eration out near Finger Lakes so I grew “I didn’t know Bill at all, personally,” Mazhilla up working with the foals. That got me Benzel said. “I just walked up to him at started. As soon as I could get to Finger Belmont one day in October and asked Lakes and start walking horses that was him for a job and he said that I could Raving Rocket it. It was always in my blood,” Benzel start in November.” Acey Deucey said. “I was fortunate because my dad See benzel page 15 CRUPI’S NEW CASTLE FARM 4625 N.W. 110th Avenue Ocala, FL 34482-1833 Phone: (352) 840-5400 Fax: (352) 840-0661 Contact Jim Crupi 1 (866) 313-5400 www.newcastlefarm.com

14 Saturday, August 2, 2008 English Channel, Wait A While, Panty Though the final goal is far in the “The one thing Bill gave me was an Raid, all those types of horses came up distance, Benzel is content at where he opportunity to learn at every point. Benzel – here. That was the most exciting part for stands during his first solo summer at Whenever I felt that I needed a chal- Continued from page 14 me. When all those 2-year-olds would Saratoga. lenge he just stepped up and said ‘OK, pile in you never knew who was going “I have 20 here and 11 at Belmont. you want to learn a little more? Here’s Finger Lakes to Belmont is a six- to be the next one. It was really just a As with anything you have to grow a little more.’ Everything from how hour drive. From a small stable of cheap treat to watch it come to hand,” Benzel when you are ready. If you have qual- the business ran to how he wanted the claimers at the Farmington, N.Y., track said. “Todd let me follow his program ity, which is where I am very fortunate, horses to be prepared. Those were great to Bill Mott’s barn at Belmont would and be in daily contact with him as far you should be able to make a living and opportunities. I think Bill taught me be the equivalent of graduating high as the progressions and adjustments.” be comfortable moving forward off of how everything was done at this level,” school in June and starting Game 7 of Though he never had the one defining that when you are ready,” Benzel said. Benzel said. “Todd taught me the polish the World Series in October. moment that prompted him to move on, “Right now I’m happy with where the of how you run and manage top horses “I’ll never forget when I entered the Benzel knew the day was coming. Af- numbers are and obviously we are on and their careers. I was more hands-on shedrow and there was Escena, Ajina ter nearly six years as one of the biggest the brink of what we are trying to cre- in the decisions and it was great to be and others,” Benzel said. “I went from spokes in Pletcher’s wheel, Benzel knew ate. Would I be happy someday with 70 around some of those class horses and dealing with $3,000 claimers to those the future was becoming the present. or 80 horses? Probably. But right now ultimately the champions and see how kind of horses, so it was amazing.” He made his announcement this spring, we’re good with the number.” he went about charting their careers. The maturation process had begun. and officially opened for business June 1 Looking back, the diversity between And obviously the 2-year-old experi- Benzel began exercising horses for Mott with the backing of longtime friends and the Mott and Pletcher stables helped ence as well.” and soon climbed the ladder to assistant prominent owners Gary and Mary West. Benzel grow the roots that make him so trainer within 18 months. He stayed See benzel page 16 “It was time and there was enough grounded today. just short of five years, learned racing’s interest there to go and do it. Enough ins and outs from one of the sport’s best people had approached me at that point horseman – and then moved on to a Mara King new challenge. to where I thought they could give me In 2002, Benzel left one Hall of Fame a decent shot to get things started. It 518.587.4500 trainer to join one in the making – was something I was building to any- RoohanRealty.com Pletcher. While Mott’s stable was filled way through hard work,” Benzel said. with turf horses and older runners, the “I knew that when the time came to Pletcher barn made more headlines by make the announcement then hopefully 8 Longwood Drive producing classy 2-year-olds. something would be there. The Wests Spacious contemporary home on one Three-yards-and-a-cloud-dust met had always expressed interest so I fig- of the best streets in town. Perfect for ured they would be there. When I got the run-and-shoot. the family considering combining Benzel took over Pletcher’s Saratoga really serious about it I talked to them division in 2002 after George Weaver and one thing led to another.” households with a large in-law left to open his public stable. Up until Benzel built a stable through personal apartment on the lower level. Open his departure, Benzel was responsible connections made over the years and a floor plan, hardwood floors, gourmet for developing and training up to 60 reputation as one of the brightest young kitchen & fabulous screened porch. horsemen in the game. would-be freshmen stars. And Benzel You won’t believe how much space made sure they were. Familiar names such as Peachtree “On May 1, we would get the horses Stable, Edgewood Farm, Gulf Coast there is in this home! that were just coming from the breaking Farm and a sprinkling of others joined Offered at $679,000. and training farms. Horses like Ashado, the Wests. 44 The Classic Source of 2008

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Race 2: VISCOUNT, a pricey 2-year-old-in-training purchase tipped his hand with Race 8: HEATHER’S ANGEL ran much faster than par for this level last time at a ridiculous gate drill last week. TUFAO, a son of Holy Bull, must have looked a Belmont and anything near that would win this sprint easily. ZIP BY YOU has ÓÎÊ ,-"Ê, ]Ê-,/"Ê-*, - runway model to fetch $460K; Bill Mott’s due to break out any day. SPANIARD been knocking at the door at this level and should break through one of these Country living on 2 1/2 acres close to town. was rumored to be the second coming of Citation prior to his Hollywood Park days. GO GO BAR gets back to her preferred distance and rates a late threat. Enjoy beautiful & restful rural views from all debut but things never came together; such is life on a synthetic surface. Bob Baf- windows. Entertain family & guests with lots fert cleaned up here last year with this type of cross-country move. Race 9: NATIONAL PRIDE was a private purchase after a dominating debut of extra room in ﬁnished basement. Hard- last fall at Aqueduct; something obviously went amiss but he makes his long wood ﬂoors, wide baseboard, walnut & oak Race 3: ON BOARD AGAIN rode first class back when, but hasn’t had his ticket awaited return for a barn that excels with long layoff types. POSSE CAT fits the inlay in the dining room, French doors, Jenn- punched lately; that he returns off such a layoff saya he’s ready to rock. I’M typical patient pattern that Ian Wilkes’ horses thrive upon, and owns a big win Air appliances, 2 decks. fÎ]ää SO LUCKY progressed nicely facing winners; the main danger from up close. at this tricky distance to break his maiden. HE’S SOLID GOLD chased a couple SALE PENDING cuts back after a few trouble lines; due for a bit of racing luck. of nice ones in his last and should be right there if the top two falter.

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Any Limit streaks toward the finish line in Friday’s Honorable Miss.

Dave Harmon Jerkens, filly run away with sprint stakes honorable miss recap by sean clancy ing price on the recent First Flight Handicap winner. circle’s here.” “Six to one in here?” Abreu said. “They’re betting an “That was great, Papa,” Jerkens said. “That was “I’m hoping. I’m hoping.” allowance filly more than her, I can’t understand it.” great.” That’s how Allen Jerkens described the chances Moments later, everybody else understood. Any Abreu snapped his phone shut. of Any Limit in the Honorable Miss Handicap. The Limit turned for home with a widening lead and Abreu “That’s his favorite line, ‘I’m at the barn,’ ” Abreu Chief braced on a post near the end of the paddock escorted her home. said. “That’s his favorite line.” stalls and thought long and hard about the Grade II “Get into her. Mama. Get into her. Mama. Get into Shields, his business partner Lev Miller and their stakes. her. Mama.” families arrived a few steps behind Abreu. They And then he split. The Chief, Allen Jerkens, had upset another stakes looked up and down the racetrack and didn’t see Jerk- As the five fillies and mares walked out of the pad- at Saratoga. Owned and bred by Joseph Shields Jr., ens. They weren’t surprised. At 79, Jerkens is slowing dock for the 6-furlong stakes, Jerkens slipped off his Any Limit crushed four rivals to win by 5 3/4 lengths down. He also likes to be alone when his horses run, sport coat and walked out of the back gate of the pad- over that allowance filly Zada Belle and Churchill he’s never been a clubhouse kind of trainer. dock. He waited for his Chevrolet Blazer to get un- Downs invader Graeme Six. A bay daughter of Limit “I’m really sorry he wasn’t in that picture. We have hinged from the treed parking lot and then drove to Out, Any Limit finished in 1:09.98. a lot of them with him,” Shields said. “He’s a good the backside to watch Any Limit in solitude. Abreu sprinted to the winner’s circle, then walked friend. He’s got more knowledge, more skill and more Jerkens’ assistant Fernando Abreu waited for the out on the track to look for his boss. Then his phone compassion than any man I’ve ever known, not only Honorable Miss in his own solitude. Standing at the rang. in this field but in general. He’s untouchable. He’s very clubhouse big screen, he figured Jerkens was at his cus- “Where the hell are you?” Abreu asked. shy. He’s entitled to it. And extremely competitive. tomary spot at the end of the paddock chute. Looking “I’m at the barn,” Jerkens said. at the odds board, Abreu couldn’t believe the ascend- “What are you doing at the barn? The winner’s See honorable miss page 22

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Saturday, August 2, 2008 21 beautiful horse, by Northern Flagship. Northern Flagship wasn’t much of a Honorable Miss – racehorse and he wasn’t much of a sire, Continued from page 20 but if you believe in skipping, which we do, it skipped.” He’s got really good people and they’re By the end of the day, Jerkens was all crazy about him.” securely back at the barn while Shields Abreu, Bill Higgins, Jerkens’ wife walked out of the clubhouse. He met Elisabeth and it seemed like most of the Jerkens on the Meadowbrook polo field backside celebrated the Honorable Miss in 1962 and got into racing in 1982. It victory. They know. took him about a decade to feel like he “He’s the greatest,” Abreu said. had a horse good enough for Jerkens. “What he’s done with this mare is in- He sent his first horse to him in 1990. credible.” “I said to Lev, ‘You call up and ask Miss Macy Sue attracted the most at- him, see if he’ll take a couple.’ I had gar- tention in the Honorable Miss. Sent off bage then,” Shields said. “We started very as the favorite for the second straight modest, and we’ve done all right. We time, she was trying to make amends don’t spend a lot of money, we breed ev- for a chaotic trip last year where she finished fourth. Any Limit handed her erything, we cull a lot. He’s that kind of more chaos. Cornelio Velasquez nudged man. He looks at the horse first and then Any Limit to the lead soon after the the pedigree maybe. He’s that kind of break. She enjoyed that comfortable horseman. How many can you name like spot through the first quarter in 22.16 that? He’s an icon, what can I tell you.” seconds and a half in 45. She squelched Shields thinks of Jerkens as a friend the only threat when Eusebio Razo Tod Marks first. His horse trainer second. Owner Joseph Shields Jr. leads Any Limit into the winner’s circle. tried to maneuver Miss Macy Sue to “We’ve been with Allen for so long, her inside. Once the favorite backed Honorable Miss. With seven wins and thing, we patched her up and she did he works so hard with our horses. He out, Any Limit had everything her own over $400,000 in earnings, she had en- the same thing again, superficial, just takes it so personally, I like to see him way. Velasquez hit her four times in the joyed a productive career. She won the below the fetlock. Everybody thinks it win, with anybody’s horses,” Shields stretch, but they weren’t needed as she restricted My Flag in 2006 and picked was a loose shoe,” Shields said. “She’ll said. “He’s such a good man, and such eased across the line like she was merely up the First Lady and Hurricane Bertie be some broodmare. Her dam is out of a good trainer, and a good conditioner, warming up. Handicaps at Gulfstream Park in 2007. a very good Phipps family and her sire and a good person for this sport. You “She’s a nice filly. Last time she ran Shields nearly retired her after she set a stakes record in New York.” want him to have luck, I don’t care good, but this time, this time she ran suffered a severe laceration right be- Jerkens trained Limit Out, winner of whose horse he has. He gets them to do big. She’s more better, more better, more low her front fetlock, missing exactly the Jerome and the Bay Shore in 1998. the best they can. That’s all you can do. better,” Velasquez said. “She went to the 11 months of racing, before returning “He held a stakes record at Belmont, He’s got a great character, a wonderful lead easy. She’s a tough filly now. She on the turf in May. She finished third in this is no fluke this horse,” Shields said. storyteller, strong opinions and a won- broke on the lead and then went easy, the Upper Noosh, then finished fourth “She’s got a lot more to her pedigree derful sense of humor. He’s better with I had a lot of horse at the quarter pole. in the Vagrancy before taking the First than meets the eye. Everybody asks horses than he is people, he understands He told me do whatever, let her go, sit Flight July 4. who’s Limit Out. Well, Limit Out is out them better. A lot of stories have been behind horse, whatever.” “Allen didn’t think she could run at of a du Pont mare named Lucky De- written about him. A lot of stories that Any Limit made her 21st start in the the same level. She got hurt, a weird light who was by Miswaki. He was a haven’t been.”

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Saturday, August 2, 2008 23 majestic light stakes recap Luck for the Irish BY sean clancy Fasig-Tipton’s Terence Collier came to visit Todd Pletcher at his Belmont Park barn this summer. It was Belmont Stakes time and Collier had a horse he wanted to send Pletcher. A few weeks later, Luck Money arrived and joined the trainer’s upstate string. Pletcher gave him three Dave Harmon breezes and on August 1, the colt became a stakes Luck Money hits the wire first in Friday’s Majestic Light. winner at Saratoga, taking the Majestic Light over the sian by a half length to take the $82,200 stakes. Rus- season with a fifth in the Dewhurst Stakes at New- inner turf course. sian Sage (Edgar Prado) finished third, after a mile in market, then flopped in his 3-year-old debut, finish- Owned by Stephanie Smith, Luck Money broke 1:35.23. John Velazquez rode the Irish-bred colt for ing last of nine. That’s when Collier came looking for outwardly from the outside post, then rushed into the his meet leading 11th win of the season. Pletcher. first turn to find a forward spot in the eight-horse field “Terence asked me if I was interested in taking the “He’s a forward-training horse, but he’s not a prob- as Golden Weekend led the field of 3-year-olds through horse and gave me a little background. I said, ‘Abso- lem. We felt him out with a little three-eighths and said, a quarter mile in 23.47 seconds and a half in 46.17. lutely,’ ” Pletcher recalled. “He’s got some real form ‘Man, this horse is still pretty fit.’ He came back and John Velazquez swung Luck Money into action on the from Europe, he said he needed Lasix, that’s why had a couple of good breezes. I wasn’t really sure when turn while Prussian (Kent Desormeaux) toiled deep in they sent him over. He came here in very good form. he was going to run until we worked him the other day the field. Luck Money pounced on Golden Weekend, He’s just one of those horses that came to hand pretty and said, ‘Man, this horse is ready to run.’ ” reaching the lead near the eighth-pole, then began to quickly.” Luck Money zipped 4 furlongs over the Oklahoma look around like he stepped off a tour bus. With trainer Paul Cole, Luck Money won his debut turf in 49 2/5 seconds and hit the overnight. Pletcher “When he switched his leads, he didn’t run – he at Newmarket last spring, then finished three quar- admits he didn’t do anything fancy with Luck Money. just stayed there,” Velazquez said. “I said, ‘Come on ters of a length behind eventual 2000 Guineas win- “I talked to Paul Cole, he gave me some back- buddy, come on buddy, keep your mind on running.’ ner Henrythenavigator in the Coventry Stakes. Luck ground, what he had been doing with the horse,” But he did just enough to stay there.” Money returned to win the Goffs Million Stakes at Pletcher said. “It was a baked cake, we just had to The son of Indian Ridge held off favorite Prus- The Curragh in September. He finished his 2-year-old lead him over here.”

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24 Saturday, August 2, 2008 Tod Marks Majestic Light Stakes winner Luck Money exits the winner’s circle.

Saturday, August 2, 2008 25 Friday’s Saratoga results FRIday, AUGUST 1 7th. 6 Furlongs. 3&Up. Clm 25,000. Purse $33,000. 4 Holla Bend Chavez J F 5.90 3.50 2.70 1st. 5 1/2 Furlongs. Turf. F&M. 3&Up. Clm 35,000. Purse $35,000. 8 Clemens Morales S 3.60 2.70 3 Panthera Tigre Prado E S 7.50 4.10 2.60 5 All Expenses Paid Velazquez J R 4.30 5 Seeing Clearly Castellano J J 5.00 3.30 Finish Time: 1:11.34 1 Classic Love Velasquez C 3.50 Trainer: Wayne Lukas. Owner: Shortleaf Stable. Finish Time: 1:02.66 Gr./Ro. c. 4 Holy Bull-Ameriano, Rubiano. Trainer: Carlos Martin. Owner: Flying Zee Stable. Bred by Majestic Farm (FL). Ch. f. 3 Hold That Tiger-Pressed and Ready, Woodman. $2 Exacta 4-8 Paid $20.60; $2 Trifecta 4-8-5 Paid $138.50; $2 Daily Bred by Glencrest Farm (KY). Double (8-4) Paid $72.50; $2 Pick 3 (8-8-4) 3 Correct Paid $628.00; $2 Exacta 3-5 Paid $34.80; $2 Trifecta 3-5-1 Paid $131.50; $2 Superfecta $2 Superfecta 4-8-5-9 Paid $587.00 beverly’s 3-5-1-8 Paid $403.40 8th. The Majestic Light. 1 Mile. Turf. 3YO. Purse $82,200. 47 Phila Street 2nd. 6 Furlongs. Fillies. 3YO. Clm 50,000. Purse $46,060. 8 Luck Money (IRE) Velazquez J R 6.60 3.90 3.50 7 Hope Street Coa E M 6.40 2.70 2.20 7 Prussian Desormeaux K J 3.40 2.60 Saratoga Springs 3 Casino Kay Velazquez J R 2.70 2.10 4 Russian Sage Prado E S 6.10 583-2755 4 And a Cherry Tree Dominguez R A 2.70 Finish Time: 1:35.23 Finish Time: 1:12.15 Trainer: Todd Pletcher. Owner: Stephanie Smith. “Saratoga’s breakfast place Trainer: Gary Contessa. Owner: Winning Move Stable & Dale Cohen. Dk.B./Br. c. 3 Indian Ridge (IRE)-Dundel (IRE), Machiavellian. to be since 1989” Dk.B./Br. f. 3 Street Cry (IRE)-Gaye’s Express, Timeless Native. Bred by Mrs. Chris Harrington (IRE). Bred by Laura McKinney & Darley (KY). $2 Exacta 8-7 Paid $20.00; $2 Trifecta 8-7-4 Paid $173.50; $2 Pick 3 $2 Exacta 7-3 Paid $13.60; $2 Quinella 3-7 Paid $4.80; $2 Daily Double (8-4-8) 3 Correct Paid $397.50;$2 Daily Double (4-8) Paid $25.00; More Flavors! (3-7) Paid $31.20; $2 Consolation Double (3-2) Paid $7.00 $2 Superfecta 8-7-4-3 Paid $693.00 3rd. 6 Furlongs. F&M. 3&Up. NY Bred. Mdn Clm 35,000. Purse $25,000. 9th. The Honorable Miss (Gr. II). 6 Furlongs. F&M. 3&Up. More Ways! 8 Weekwee Samyn J L 18.60 5.00 3.60 Purse $147,000. 3 Afleet Aya Prado E S 2.50 2.10 5 Any Limit Velasquez C 15.60 7.00 3.10 4 Calling My Colors Garcia Alan 3.80 3 Zada Belle Velazquez J R 4.50 2.80 Finish Time: 1:12.96 6 Graeme Six Leparoux J R 3.00 Trainer: Pat Kelly. Owner: Fox Ridge Farm. Finish Time: 1:09.98 B. f. 3 American Chance-Bien Sucre, Ends Well. Trainer: Allen Jerkens. Owner: Joseph Shields. Bred by Fox Ridge Farm (NY). B. m. 5 Limit Out-Clendestinely, Forty Niner. $2 Exacta 8-3 Paid $40.40; $2 Trifecta 8-3-4 Paid $147.50; $2 Pick 3 Bred by Joseph Shields (KY). (3-7-8) 3 Correct Paid $315.50; $2 Daily Double (7-8) Paid $59.00; $2 Exacta 5-3 Paid $67.50; $2 Trifecta 5-3-6 Paid $214.50; $2 Grand Slam $2 Consolation Pick 3 (3-2-8) Paid $84.00 (3,4,8-4,5,8-4,7,8-5) Paid $38.60; $2 Pick 3 (4-8-5) 3 Correct Paid $227.00; $2 Daily Double (8-5) Paid $81.50 4th. 5 1/2 Furlongs. Turf. 3&Up. Clm 35,000. Purse $33,000. 1A Frozen Prospect Garcia Alan 7.60 7.20 5.30 10th. 1 Mile. Turf. F&M. 3&Up. NY Bred. MSW. Purse $57,000. 1 American Cruiser Velasquez C 7.60 7.20 5.30 8 Here Comes Rita Garcia Alan 7.20 3.50 2.80 2 Seastate Hill C 3.90 3 Sweet Slam Hill C 3.60 3.00 Finish Time: 1:01.95 4 Distinctive Doc Velazquez J R 6.40 Trainer: Linda Rice. Owner: John Donato. Finish Time: 1:37.01 B. f. 4 Suave Prospect-Almost Ice, It’s Freezing. Trainer: John Morrison. Owner: Thomas and Vincent Murray. Bred by Farnsworth Farms (FL). B. f. 3 Raffie’s Majesty-Sweet Rita, Rubiano. Visit www.stewartsshops.com to find a Stewart’s Closer to You! $2 Exacta 1-2 Paid $39.20; $2 Quinella 1-2 Paid $21.20; $2 Trifecta 1-2-6 Bred by Dr. Thomas Murray (NY). Paid $197.00; $2 Pick 3 (7-8-1) 3 Correct Paid $275.50; $2 Daily Double $2 Exacta 8-3 Paid $20.00; $2 Trifecta 8-3-4 Paid $180.00; $2 Superfecta (8-1) Paid $106.50 8-3-4-9 Paid $766.00; $2 Daily Double (5-8) Paid $72.50; $2 Pick 3 (8-5-8) Your Source For 3 Correct Paid $246.00; $2 Pick 4 (4/7-8-5-8) 4 Correct Paid $787.00; 5th . 6 Furlongs. 3&Up. Mdn Clm 50,000. Purse $32,000. $2 Pick 6 (8-8-4/7-8-5-8) 6 Correct Paid $64,612.00, 5 Correct Paid $828.00 The Best Of 8 Halton Albarado R J 11.80 6.00 4.10 3 County Galway Prado E S 11.60 7.20 Track: Fast; Turf: Firm Saratoga 9 Repenthouse Velasquez C 4.20 Attendance: 19,435; Handle: $3,338,820 Finish Time: 1:11.34 Trainer: Dale Romans. Owner: Melnyk Racing Stables. Ch. c. 3 Carson City-Turner’s Hall, Forest Wildcat. friday’s Claim Box Bred by Eugene Melnyk (KY). 1st: Panthera Tigre by Wesley Ward for Ken Ramsey. $2 Exacta 8-3 Paid $121.50; $2 Trifecta 8-3-9 Paid $904.00; $2 Pick 3 2nd: Casino Kay by Michael Maker for Ken Ramsey. (8-1-8) 3 Correct Paid $508.00; $2 Pick 4 (7-8-1-8) 4 Correct Paid 3rd: Afleet Aya by Rick Schosberg for Clear Stars Stable. $2,332.00; $2 Daily Double (1-8) Paid $45.60; $2 Consolation Pick 3 4th: American Cruiser by Tony Dutrow for Michael Dubb. (8-1-4) Paid $87.50; $2 Superfecta 8-3-9-7 Paid $4,515.00; $2 Consolation 7th: Clemens by Dominic Galluscio for Peter and Eloise Canzone, Double (1-4) Paid $7.50 Sonny’s The One by Greg DiPrima for By-A-Nose Stable. 6th. 1 1/16 Miles. Turf. F&M. 3&Up. AOC 50,000. 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7 Holla Bend 8 Luck Money 10 Here Comes Rita

Saturday, August 2, 2008 27 ‘What a filly’ Owner/breeder Murray delights in Saratoga score by Here Comes Rita by Brian Nadeau & John Panagot friday racing recap Dr. Thomas Murray watched the re- myriad ailments as a 2-year-old and play of Friday’s finale as many times as didn’t see action in the afternoon until the television monitor offered it. Like the May 26 at Belmont Park, when she was results, his reaction remained the same. pinched at the break and raced like a “What a filly! What a talented filly!,” rookie, but still finished a close fourth. Murray exclaimed. “Just look at that Morrison wheeled her back in an off- move she makes right there!” the-turf maiden June 15 and Here Here Comes Rita (Alan Garcia) Comes Rita ran well to get third. Mor- made all the right moves in the night- rison had seen enough to know she was cap, stalking the pace and drawing off a grass horse from here on out. to a 4-length maiden-breaking score in “The off-the-turf thing didn’t work Dave Harmon the state-bred dash. out too well. She did OK, but she just Here Comes Rita shows the way early in Friday’s finale. Murray, who co-owns the filly with prefers the grass. She ran a little green his brother Vincent, has a two-horse first-out but she could have won, so the gate the 3-year-old sprung clear to • The younger generation likes the stable based in Millbrook, N.Y. He bred I knew this was a good spot for her,” a 2-length lead over The Ag. Down the term “horse for the course.” Older ob- his mare Sweet Rita, a three-time win- Morrison said. “I’ve always thought backstretch The Ag became rank and servers might tell you “it’s something to ner, to Raffie’s Majesty; the pairing pro- that she was a nice filly with a lot of tal- moved to challenge Here Comes Rita. do with the water.” Whatever the rea- duced the talented, albeit trying, Here ent but last year she just had some phys- Faced with the prospect of a self-de- son, some horses just perk up when they Comes Rita. ical problems. She’s just kind of getting feating speed duel, Garcia eased Here get to Saratoga Springs. However you “We raced the mare, Sweet Rita. She her act together now. I’m hopeful she’s Comes Rita off the pace from the inside. phrase it, count Final Refrain – who’s was with Scott Lake and could go a half kind of going in the right direction. We Turning for home Garcia guided his filly hit the board each of her four starts here in 44 flat. Raffie’s Majesty was a very had a lot of baby stuff with her last year to the outside of The Ag and they took – among the Spa faithful. underrated horse; he lost the Travers by but Dr. Murray as an owner is very pa- charge as the field straightened away in George Hoskins and Barry Stilz’s Fi- a nose and a nose, so we felt this was tient and we gave her a lot of time.” the lane. Sweet Slam (Channing Hill) nal Refrain (Julien Leparoux) picked up a nice match,” he said. “There’s simply The upstart Garcia showed why made a belated rally for second while her second score over the Saratoga sod, nothing like breeding a winner.” he’s one of the brightest young riders Distinctive Doc (John Velazquez) moved collaring heavily favored Jibboom (Ed- Trained by Latham resident John in New York with a clever ride aboard up to third, but the outcome had long See friday page 30 Morrison, Here Comes Rita battled Here Comes Rita. Breaking alertly from been decided.

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Saturday, August 2, 2008 29 score, with Jibboom 3 lengths clear of Friday – Queen Joanne (Kent Desormeaux). Continued from page 28 • Pat Kelly and Jean-Luc Samyn are no strangers to NYRA railbirds. The gar Prado) near the wire to win Friday’s trainer and jockey have partnered suc- sixth. Bred by Hoskins and trained by cessfully for decades, going back to the Al Stall Jr., the 4-year-old Lion Cavern days of Christiecat and Jaded Dancer. filly prevailed by a half length in the The more things change, the more $70,000 optional claimer. they stay the same. Actually, some Stall did his best to explain the re- things change. When Samyn climbed juvenating power that Saratoga has on aboard Kelly-trained Weekwee for the some horses, his filly included. 11th time in her 13-race career, the Fox “This is her third year up here and she Ridge Farm homebred was still a maid- just seems to relax, eat great and do even. When he dismounted after Friday’s erything real nice. You can see it in the third race, she was a winner. horses when they get up here,” he said. The daughter of American Chance “Usually you see it with the horses that broke through in grand style, flying past go the other way more than you see it front-running Calling My Colors (Alan with the ones that are doing really well, Garcia) and 1-2 favorite Afleet Aya (Pra- but she’s one that kind of stands up and do) to win the 6-furlong maiden claimer. says ‘I’m doing better than elsewhere.’ ” “She’s been trying hard for a long Heading into the race Stall knew Final time,” Kelly said. “It’s kind of a Sarato- Refrain (No. 8 in the program) was do- ga thing – the speed doesn’t carry like it ing well, but he couldn’t ignore the Bob- does down home on the big, wide turns by Frankel trained Jibboom (No. 4). at Belmont. Here at Saratoga, they usu- “There were a couple tough fillies in ally slow down in the stretch and we there and on paper I liked 4-8,” Stall made a move.” admitted, “but I’m sure glad it came Weekwee’s lucky 13th gave both 8-4. Bobby told me that his filly would Samyn and Kelly their first scores of the be racing on the front end and he sure young meet. Afleet Aya held on for sec- was right. The man knows his horses ond, three-quarters of a length behind and that’s exactly what happens and she the winner and a neck in front of Call- softened up just enough for us.” ing My Colors. Final Refrain saved ground in the early going, biding her time as Jibboom • Anyone who’d forgotten Linda ticked off a quick half mile in 46.89 sec- Rice’s prowess training turf runners re- onds while being pressured by longshot ceived a quick refresher in the fourth Spirit Line. Leparoux angled Final Re- race, as her entry of Frozen Prospect frain out as the field hit the far turn and and American Cruiser tag-teamed the 5 went after Jibboom, who had opened a 1/2-furlong state-bred sprint. 2 1/2-length lead. Final Refrain gained Tod Marks with every stride and was up late for the See friday page 33 Weekwee and Jean-Luc Samyn return with a win.

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STREET CRY Street Cry has seen his career off to a blazing start, firing in a remarkable half-dozen G1 winners – with his first-crop foals still only midway through their four-year-old season. A.P. Indy had sired three G1 winners at the same stage in his career, while Street Cry has also left Distorted Humor and Kingmambo (two G1 winners apiece) reaching for the white flag. For those with longer memories, it’s a show of firepower that blasts away the early achievements of Danzig (five G1 winners). Storm Cat and Mr. Prospector (both stuck on two, too) also have to bow to Street Cry’s superior marksmanship. There sure is a new gunslinger in town. Darley 859-255-8537 www.darleyamerica.com