Year 17 • No. 6 Saturday, July 29, 2017

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Saratoga’s Daily Newspaper on Racing since 2001 Showdown Derby, Preakness winners ready to clash in Jim Dandy Tod Marks Tod

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Excitations, fifth race. Fair Grounds Racing Club’s Amsterdam starter is out of Summer Song, and takes his name from The Beach Boys tune Good Vibrations.

St. Louie, sixth race. The 5-year-old, bred and named by Colts Neck Stable but now racing for Three Diamonds Farm, is a son of Arch.

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Saturday, July 29, 2017 The Saratoga Special 3 QUOTE OF THE DAY here&there... at Saratoga “I used John Lively’s saddle and wore ’s britches.” WORTH REPEATING “I grew up in a little southern town in South Carolina, we had a horse in the backyard that I would Trainer Ralph Nicks about his first ride ride every day, then I would go fox hunting in Camden, I have cousins who have horses, I’ve been around horses all my life.” Mark Buyck Jr., owner of Kiser winner Show Court

“No.” Buyck, when asked if Show Court was anything like the horse in the backyard “Court appeals to the lawyers.” 800-523-8143 Buyck on why he bought Show Court “Don’t they know it takes me half an hour to knot my tie?” Owner Adam Newman, while awaiting word on the steeplechase race Thursday Integrity. Reputation. Experience. “No it is not.” Charlie is a Bloodstock Agent You Can Trust. Trainer Jorge Abreu when asked if the training business was a piece of cake “It’s not a battle, it’s a war.” From purchasing yearlings to broodmare management... Jock’s agent Doug Bredar when asked how goes the battle Thursday morning

How can I help you? “Ordinary horses at an extraordinary place.” Trainer when asked about his Saratoga string

“He spun me on the golf course.” Mike Grigely, about trainer Ralph Nicks

“We should come back in the morning, that’s when they do their warm-up.” 502.648. 4181 [email protected] CHBThoroughbreds.com Fans as they walked out of the track after the races Thursday

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Saturday, July 29, 2017 The Saratoga Special 5 Country Life Foal Patrol “Don’t fall asleep - I’m a 2017 Maryland- here&there...at Saratoga Bred colt out of Sassy Molly and my dad is WORTH REPEATING Gemologist, whose son Aquamarine is “This is the harness track you know?” running today in the G2 Amsterdam S at Trainer Chad Summers to The Special’s Tom Law Friday morning Saratoga! I’m part of Country Life’s ‘Raise (No stone left unturned for our crew) You’ Broodmare Partnership Program and “Roll tide.” A fan as Alabama Bound entered the paddock Sunday. my mom is in foal to War She rolled along on the lead early but finished third Front’s son Mosler. Learn more about me and my ‘Raise You’ “I used to think there was some science to it over the years, what horses like and dislike, and classmates on our website.” I’m starting not to think that much.”

ELLEN B. PONS B. ELLEN Trainer Al Stall Jr., on the vagaries of training horses Taking care of little things since 1933 www.CountryLifeFarm.com • 410.879.1952 “If I win the lottery I’m buying a house on Fifth Avenue so I can sit on my porch with a cup of coffee and watch horses train on the Oklahoma in the morning.” Owner Ed Castrege watching training on the Oklahoma Tuesday morning

“Who’s your blacksmith?” A fan to The Special’s Shayna Tiller, who wore stylish floral rain boots Thursday

“He’s here. He rented a house and he’s going to do all the things he couldn’t do for the last 40 years up here. Sleep late, stay out a little late. The good stuff.” Owner Barry Schwartz on longtime friend and recently retired trainer Mike Hushion

“I just wrote, ‘Chad Pletcher.’ It’s been a long day.” A writer for The Saratoga Special last week

“I have three or four. Hopefully more coming.” Graham Motion when asked how many -sired horses he has in training

“I wouldn’t mind meeting you right here every Wednesday and Thursday.” Jump jockey Michael Mitchell after winning his second jump race in a row

“I’m tired, but not retired.” Blacksmith Ray Amato, when told we thought he was retired

“She’s watching you.” Trainer Bill Mott about Erma Scott, who took note of The Special’s new publishing schedule (even we’ve got to sleep sometime)

“The green machine.” Mott, as the Sallee triumvirate walked past Friday morning

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6 The Saratoga Special Saturday, July 29, 2017 The Chief . . . Day 6 “We had a lot of horses who were bowed, there was something you kept in a crock, it was white powder, called sugar of lead, it was poison, you would put it on with water and ice, we kept a lot of horses going on that. Preston Burch used to use it too, he was a great trainer, not just because he wrote the book but he was good. Just basic things, you’ll say to yourself, ‘Yeah, he’s right about that.’ He shod a lot of his horses every three weeks, I always thought four, that was one thing that surprised me. He claimed if you were running a horse who you were afraid you hadn’t done enough with, to cut his feed back.”

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Saturday, July 29, 2017 The Saratoga Special 7 Tod Marks with Every day at Saratoga, The Special presents an exclusive Stable Tour Todd Pletcher with a Saratoga trainer. When you’ve got the winner and winner in your barn, plus multiple di- cause it’s a mile-and-a-quarter but I think it visions at tracks and training centers would be hard to ship out there, so we’re go- at various points on the East Coast it’s ing to stay home. We felt like last year we were playing catch-up a little bit, he ran well in the impossible not to put in long hours. Breeders’ Cup Classic, he was third, we were Todd Pletcher knows the grind well pleased with that result. Then we went to Gulf- and it’s helped lead to seven stream to get him ready for the Pegasus and Awards as North America’s outstand- that’s a tough track for him. He ran fine but he ing trainer since 2004, five classic didn’t fire a winning race. Then we went back wins, nine Breeders’ Cup victories, to Dubai, which I don’t think he loves Dubai.” scores of Grade 1 wins, hundreds of stakes wins and more than $343 mil- Pure Silver and What A Catch: The lion in purses. former is a Twin Creeks homebred daughter of Pletcher’s shedrow was quiet Tues- Mission Impazible who is 2-for-2 after winning day night at dinnertime, only assis- Lynbrook for New York-breds July 16. “She’ll tant Ginny DePasquale and a few oth- point for the Seeking The Ante. The latter is a ers around doing a few chores while son of Justin Phillip bought by Gary Barber the barns on the Oklahoma Training for $265,000 at Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream and Track rested on the first dark day of is 2-for-2 after his win in the Rockville Centre ing. That’s my biggest concern, that I’ve done spring at then ventured to En- July 15. “Pure Silver for the Seeking The Ante the meet. Pletcher was there, too, enough with him. But you also hope to keep gland to finish 11th in Group 1 Queen Anne and What A Catch for the . They’re alone at a desk, going over notes, set in sight bigger races to come after this. It’s a at Royal Ascot. “He’s doing well, pointing to both straight forward, you hope they’ll be able lists, spreadsheets and other tools to delicate balance. I hope we’ve gotten it right.” the Fourstardave. He came right back here, to stretch out a little bit. It’s a good program track the horses in his care. landed in Newburgh, went to the quarantine for New York-breds, especially the 2-year- Pletcher won four races in the : In the stall next to Always Dream- facility there then came up here literally two olds, there’s a lot of opportunities for them. At meet’s first four days. ing, the Belmont Stakes winner was more days after the race. He’s a very cool horse, some point we might step out and take a shot “I thought we had some live chanc- attentive but still relaxed, popping his head good-looking horse with a great disposition.” at something but with the opportunities there es but I was a little disappointed with over the webbing with his tongue out. The son we’ll probably stick to that.” how some of the first-time starters of Tapit worked a half in :48.88 last Saturday Neolithic: Third in the Pegasus and Dubai ran,” he said of the Opening Week- over the Oklahoma – the same day Always World Cup in his only two starts this year, he’s Orbolution: StarLadies Racing’s 2-year-old end performance. “Thankfully some Dreaming went 5 furlongs in 1:01.71 – in his worked four times this summer at Saratoga Orb filly broke her maiden in a 1 1/16-mile other ones picked up the slack. You first work since the Belmont. “It was excellent, for his return for Starlight Racing and Qatar turf race July 23. “I trained her dam, My Ra- very good. I was actually pleasantly surprised. Racing. “He’s come back well, had a very good hate to get off to a slow start here, it chel, who was better on the grass. She was a Not that I thought he’d lost his fitness, but he breeze (July 23). I’m going to try to sneak him Horse Chestnut filly. I told the owners awhile weighs differently than it would some was a week ahead of where I expected to be. into an allowance race and then hopefully the other places.” ago, ‘this filly is precocious but I think we’ll He’s going straight to the Travers. We decided Woodward. He hasn’t run since Dubai, went wind up on the grass.’ She didn’t run badly on The Special’s Tom Law stopped in two or three weeks ago that going straight to to WinStar for a couple months, did a little bit the dirt but when we worked her on the turf for the annual tour of the string that the Travers was the right play. The mile-and-a- of light training before he came back to us. course up here when it opened it was obvious is again a mix of accomplished stars quarter suits him. We were concerned that if He’s a horse we’ve always thought a lot of, so that she was improved on the grass. The P.G. and promising 2-year-olds. we ran in the Jim Dandy or the Haskell may- we’re not surprised he was able to compete in Johnson should be next.” be it wasn’t enough time from the Belmont to those races.” : The Kentucky Derby come back with a peak performance and then Mojovation: The colt makes winner occupies a stall toward the middle of possibly risked not having him dead on for the : Ended 10-race losing streak, debut in today’s first, a 6-furlong maiden for the barn and on the night of the Stable Tour Travers. It’s always question marks on how which started after he beat 2-year-olds. “We like him, too. Although, I’m he was far more interested in looking out his you do that, but we felt like with , in 2015 Travers, last time out in Grade 2 Sub- a little cautious because some of our first few back window at stablemates and the barn’s he ran huge in the Jim Dandy and then missed urban at Belmont. The 5-year-old son of Curlin 2-year-olds didn’t run too well. It has me a lit- ponies in outdoor stalls and over the expanse in the Travers. Destin just missed in the Bel- finished fourth in the $12 million Pegasus and tle nervous. Zayat Stables owns him; he’s a of the Oklahoma than visiting shedrow inter- mont, ran in the Jim Dandy (third) and didn’t seventh in the $10 million Dubai World Cup WinStar-bred. lopers. “He’s doing well, settled in well here in really fire in the Travers. Putting that evidence in his other two starts this year. He goes in Saratoga the last few weeks. He ran well here together with the owners and they were keen next weekend’s Whitney. “That’s the plan right Seabhac: Donegal Racing’s colt by Scat last year and one thing we’ve seen with him to pass this weekend.” now. I wish it were a mile-and-a-quarter, but Daddy out of the Curlin mare Curlin Hawk, a is he’s able to bring his races over multiple he’s run well here before. He came out of the half-sister to and dual classic win- surfaces . . . The way the track has been play- American Patriot: WinStar Farm home- Suburban really sharp and is doing good. We ner Afleet Alex. “It’s a Gaelic name that sounds ing (at Saratoga), it’s been slow, it’s been tir- bred won the Grade 1 Maker’s 46 Mile this kicked around the Pacific Classic a little bit be- like ‘shouck,’ it doesn’t look like that to me.

8 The Saratoga Special Saturday, July 29, 2017 Stable Tour – Continued from page 8 He’s trained well. He’s been up here all spring and summer. I’m looking at (next Saturday), maiden race on the turf.”

Smash Williams: Named for a character on the NBC television show ‘Friday Night Lights,’ 2-year-old More Than Ready colt finished sec- ond in debut June 14 at Belmont. “I thought he’d win and was a little disappointed but with- out much of an excuse. He couldn’t get by that Psychoanalyze, and that colt didn’t run too well in the Sanford. I love that show. We’ve had that name saved for like five years, and finally I told the guys from Lets Go Stable and Stonestreet, ‘we’ve had this name reserved for a while let’s go ahead and use it.’ I didn’t play football in high school but the high school I went to was in a very competitive district. My senior year our football team went to the state semifinals and we played Odessa Permian, the school that whole show is modeled after.”

Mr. Crow: KRA Stud Farm’s 3-year-old Tapizar colt blasted maidens by 11 1/2 lengths in his second start the first Saturday of the meet. “He trained well last year, had a couple baby issues and we got set back. He came back, ran a win- ning race last time out just got in some trouble after missing the break. We were expecting a good performance but that was off the charts.”

Patch: The one-eyed son of Union Rags be- came a media darling this spring after his sec- ond in the and before finishing 14th in the Kentucky Derby and third in the Belmont Stakes for . “It’s unbe- lievable how popular he is. My oldest son had a friend come up from Long Island and he and his whole family wanted to come out here to meet Patch. He’s famous for sure. He’s going to the West Virginia Derby Aug. 5.”

Biblical: China Horse Club went to $800,000 to buy son of Tapit at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale. “Actually I like that horse a lit- tle bit, he’s kind of a little bit lazy but he’s a half-brother to . He’s here, probably a month away or something like that. He’s one you’d want to start off at least 6 fur- longs, but maybe 7. He’s an interesting color because he’s gray but he’s got a lot of red in him. She was chestnut obviously. Pretty laid back, good disposition, good attitude. He’s the one I’ve been telling he’s our sleeper because he hasn’t done anything fast but he’s kind of laid back about it.”

All Systems Go: Colt from the first crop of Kentucky Derby winner Orb shows steady string of works at Saratoga this spring and summer. Owned by Eric Fein, he’s out of Grade 2 winner Just Louise, by Five Star Day. “Pretty nice Orb colt, looks fast, kind of a blocky made horse that is probably in that same area, August 12, Au- gust 19, something like that.”

Saturday, July 29, 2017 The Saratoga Special 9 The Showdown Travers prep offers unique Derby vs. Preakness winner battle BY TOM LAW PREVIEW Kentucky Derby winner versus winner. skipped through the slop at Churchill It’s that simple, a tantalizing Downs to win the Derby, meets his matchup usually reserved for the conqueror in Preakness winner Cloud Belmont Stakes to settle the Triple Computing in the 54th running of the Crown score. Or it occasionally hap- $600,000 Jim Dandy. pens in the – although Sunday’s Haskell Invitational at not since 1991 when Monmouth Park features a $1 mil- and ran along with champion lion purse, Grade 1 status and, dare but were outrun by Cor- it be said, a deeper overall field top to porate Report. Rarely, history shows, bottom, yet there’s no getting around do the Derby and Preakness winner that the Derby and Preakness winners Tod Marks Always Dreaming represents the Todd Pletcher barn in the Jim Dandy. throw down in a summertime Grade are in town and ready to tangle in the 2 that serves as a restarting point or Jim Dandy. at this early stage of the meeting. Sense (2007) – even raced in Sarato- simply a prep for bigger steps down The Jim Dandy is a Grade 2 and on Winners of the Derby and Preak- ga’s key prep for the Travers. Preak- the road. the same card as a strong edition of ness have never met in the Jim Dan- ness winners show up only slightly The fans that turn out today at the Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt and dy and only four Derby winners more in the Jim Dandy, five times will get that two other stakes, but it’s clearly the – (1978), Strike The Gold Continued On Page 11 treat when Always Dreaming, who headline event and the marquee race (1991), (1993) and Street

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10 The Saratoga Special Saturday, July 29, 2017 Jim Dandy – Continued from page 10 since the first edition in 1964, and not since won in 2006. The other Preakness winners to run in the Jim Dandy are (1996), Tabasco Cat (1994), Affirmed (1978) and (1970). Always Dreaming and could have easily shipped from Saratoga to Monmouth for the Haskell, lured by the big purse, Grade 1 status and appearance fees. Their con- nections thought otherwise, opting for a race over what’s been a rather deep and tiring Saratoga surface this season and a show- down between the two classic winners. Todd Pletcher, who trains Always Dreaming for a large own- ership group led by majority partners Vinny Viola’s St. Elias Sta- ble and Anthony Bonomo’s Brooklyn Boyz Stable, is a three-time winner of the Haskell and bids for his seventh Jim Dandy. Four- time Jim Dandy winner John Velazquez, who rode three consec- utive winners of the race for Pletcher in Strong Hope, Purge and from 2003 to 2005, rode Always Dreaming in the Derby and returns aboard the even-money favorite. Always Dreaming hasn’t raced since finishing eighth of 10 as the heavy favorite in the Preakness and while the Travers is the ultimate goal, Pletcher is mindful of the colt’s status in the racing world. “The challenge in his situation is you’re trying to freshen a horse after the Triple Crown, kind of refuel and you’re also keeping an eye on a mile-and-an-eighth race that you want to be ready for, especially when you have the Derby winner,” he Tod Marks Continued On Page 12 Preakness winner Cloud Computing goes out for Chad Brown.

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Saturday, July 29, 2017 The Saratoga Special 11 another 5-furlong move in 1:01.71 a freshening, sending him to Crupi’s “We had time on our side today, on the Oklahoma Training Track. New Castle Farm in Ocala, Fla. for six weeks of rest might have made Jim Dandy – Pletcher typically breezes his Sara- the fall and got him back at Palm the difference,” Brown said after the Continued from page 11 toga runners on the main track, but Beach Downs in December ready Preakness. “We drew it up exactly the circumstances the morning of July 22 for a winter and spring campaign. way it happened; it rarely happens said. “You don’t want to get beat. It’s led him to the Oklahoma. He won three straight in Florida – a that way but it worked to a T. When I a delicate balance between freshening “Part of it was the way the track Tampa Bay Downs maiden, Gulfst- saw the two heavyweights hooking up him up and having him fit enough to was playing that particular morning. ream allowance and the Florida Der- early out there I figured, one of them go a mile-and-an-eighth. We originally had him scheduled to by – before his 2 3/4-length win over is going to give and there will be one “The way the track has been go at 8:45 on the main, we worked Lookin At Lee in Louisville. of them to run down. (Cloud Com- playing it’s been slow, it’s been tir- a couple horses and the track was Chad Brown hoped to run Cloud puting) ran down a real good horse in ing. That’s my biggest concern, that very slow,” Pletcher said. “Then a Computing at Saratoga last summer Classic Empire, I have a lot of respect I’ve done enough with him. You also horse broke down as we were getting during his record-setting meet that for him. I have a lot of respect for the want to keep in sight bigger races to ready to go out with our second set so saw his barn top the trainer standings Derby winner, too.” come after this. It’s a delicate balance. the track was closed temporarily. We with 40 victories. Brown will try to beat the Derby I hope we’ve gotten it right.” were already under tack and I decided Cloud Computing, a son of Ma- winner again today with Cloud Com- Always Dreaming, who won the to take that group, Keen Ice, Always clean’s Music bought at the 2015 puting, who also stayed back at Bel- five weeks before his Dreaming and some other horses to Keeneland September yearling sale mont for the spring and summer. He win in the Kentucky Derby, probably the Oklahoma. I felt like they worked for $200,000 by Seth Klarman’s breezed five times downstate, includ- rates the edge in the race for cham- really well. I said, ‘you know what, Klaravich Stables and Bill Lawrence, ing bullet 5-furlong moves July 1 and pion 3-year-old male off those two I’m a little more confident in the way trained forwardly in early summer July 9, before returning to Brown’s Grade 1 victories. He didn’t run in the this surface is playing this morning’ and looked like a Saratoga 2-year- string in Saratoga with eyes on the Belmont Stakes, won by the Pletch- so that’s way I decided to come over old. On a similar schedule to Practi- Jim Dandy and Travers. er-trained Tapwrit, and got back to here.” cal Joke, who went on to break his “The Jim Dandy makes sense for serious training in June downstate at Always Dreaming raced at Sara- maiden and win the Grade 1 Hopeful, the horse, a prep for the Travers and I . toga last summer when trained by Cloud Computing came up with an want to get him a race over the track,” Pletcher breezed Always Dreaming Dominick Schettino. The colt finished ankle chip that Brown opted to have Brown said. “That’s important.” twice at Belmont – both times at a a close second in a 6-furlong maiden removed via surgery and forced him , who rode Cloud half-mile on the training track – be- race on the under- to the sidelines. Computing for the first time in the fore shipping the colt to Saratoga. He card and was transferred to Pletcher He “could have run him a few Preakness, gets the return call on the breezed 5 furlongs in 1:01.16 July 16 just before the end of the meet. times, maybe do surgery after he runs, 6-5 second choice. and six days later came back with Pletcher gave Always Dreaming but it’s not my style,” Brown said this Always Dreaming and Cloud Com- spring after Cloud Computing won puting loom such a powerful force in the Preakness. the Jim Dandy that only three others Cloud Computing didn’t make it entered the 1 1/8-mile stakes. to the races until early February, win- Doug O’Neill, who shipped Red- ning a maiden race on the inner track dam Racing’s Irap from his West at Aqueduct before his stakes debut Coast base to win three lucrative in the Grade 3 Gotham. He finished graded stakes this spring and summer second to J Boys Echo in the Gotham in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio, sent and followed it up with a third behind Santa Anita maiden winner Pavel to Irish War Cry and Battalion Runner in Saratoga for the Jim Dandy. He won PERFORMER the Grade 2 Wood Memorial. Instead his only start July 1 going 6 1/2 fur- of of throwing the lightly raced colt into longs and is the 6-1 third choice with the the depths of the Derby, Brown opted Mario Gutierrez named to ride. WEEK to keep him at Belmont and sharpen Giuseppe The Great, second in the the knife for the Preakness. Grade 2 and fourth Last year’s champion 2-year-old in the Grade 3 Dwyer, is next at 10-1 male Classic Empire, who is in Sara- for while Good Samari- toga but will skip the Jim Dandy and tan, who makes his dirt debut for Bill Haskell and train up to the Travers, Mott off a fourth in the Grade 1 Bel- gave a stiff test in the Preakness but mont Derby three weeks ago, is the Cloud Computing edged him at the 12-1 outsider on the morning line. finish to win by a head. After trad- Post time for the Jim Dandy is 6:18 ing blows early with Classic Empire, p.m. and the race will be broadcast as Always Dreaming finished 14 lengths part of the “Saratoga Live” program back in a completely different per- that airs on MSG Plus from 4-6:30 formance than two weeks before at p.m. and nationally on FS2 from 1 VOODOO SONG turned heads with an easy victory last Saturday going 1 /16 miles and . 5-6:30 p.m. 3 returned five days later to score stretching out to 1 /8 miles in allowance company. Bred and owned by Barry Schwartz’s Stonewall Farm, Voodoo Song is a 3-year-old son of 2017 Special Print Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. out of Mystic Chant, by Unbridled’s Song. He’s trained by Linda Rice and the purses he won over the five-day stretch boosted his earnings to $133,685. See thisishorseracing.com for more

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Nevin...... 12-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 5, Daily Double 5 ..... 5...... Mojovation...... J. Velazquez...... T. Pletcher...... 9-5 1 ..... 1...... Truth...... L. Reyes...... J. Jerkens...... 10-1 6 ..... 6...... Country Squire...... J. Castellano...... T. Pletcher...... 9-2 2 ..... 2...... Vagabond...... J. Ortiz...... C. McGaughey III...... 4-1 7 ..... 7...... Hoard...... M. Franco...... R. Ribaudo...... 20-1 3 ..... 3...... Affileo (GB)...... J. Alvarado...... H. Motion...... 15-1 4 ..... 4...... Party Nights (GB)...... R. Santana, Jr...... E. Voss...... 20-1 2ND (1:33PM). $85,000, ALW, 3 YO, 1M (INNER TURF) 5 ..... 5...... La Sola Ranger...... J. Leparoux...... M. Casse...... 12-1 Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 4, Daily Double 6 ..... 6...... Dreamofjean E...... F. Geroux...... L. Rivelli...... 12-1 1 ..... 5...... Perro Rojo...... M. Franco...... N. Zito...... 12-1 7 ..... 7...... Mom’s On Strike...... L. Saez...... J. Sharp...... 6-1 1a ..... 6...... Rollin Smoke...... E. Cancel...... G. Arnold, II...... 12-1 8 ..... 8...... Ack Naughty...... J. Rosario...... C. Brown...... 5-2 2 ..... 1...... Surprise Twist...... J. Castellano...... A. Delacour...... 12-1 9 ..... 9...... Peaches and Spice...... E. Cancel...... J. Quiles...... 50-1 3 ..... 2...... Pagliacci...... J. Lezcano...... W. Mott...... 5-1 10..... 10...... Broken Border...... M. Franco...... J. Servis...... 8-1 4 ..... 3...... Casses Story...... J. Leparoux...... M. Casse...... 10-1 11..... 11...... Awesome Song...... J. Castellano...... B. Lynch...... 6-1 5 ..... MTO...... Junket...... Rider TBA...... R. Moquett...... 4-1 12..... 12...... Bright Side Up...... D. Davis...... D. Duggan...... 30-1 6 ..... 7...... Painter’s Rags...... J. Velazquez...... H. Motion...... 8-1 13..... MTO...... Crimson Frost...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... L. Rice...... 5-1 7 ..... 8...... Capitaine...... J. Alvarado...... M. Hennig...... 15-1 14..... MTO...... Just Got Out...... J. Ortiz...... L. Rice...... 7-2 8 ..... 9...... Hieroglyphics...... J. Ortiz...... T. Pletcher...... 3-1 9 ..... 10...... Master Merion...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... W. Ward...... 5-2 8TH (5:02PM). $350,000, STK - THE ALFRED G. VANDERBILT, 3 YO’S & UP, 6F 10..... 11...... Benefactor...... F. Geroux...... M. Maker...... 12-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 4, Daily Double 11..... 12...... Hembree...... J. Rosario...... M. Maker...... 10-1 1 ..... 1...... Spartiatis...... R. Maragh...... L. Blusiewicz...... 20-1 2 ..... 2...... Awesome Banner...... J. Lezcano...... K. Decker...... 6-1 3RD (2:07PM). $55,000, STR $50,000, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 6 1/2F 3 ..... 3...... El Deal...... J. Castellano...... J. Navarro...... 7-2 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 4 ..... 4...... A. P. Indian...... J. Bravo...... A. Delacour...... 5-2 1 ..... 1...... Arewehavingfunyet...... J. Ortiz...... M. Nevin...... 4-1 5 ..... 5...... Bird Song...... J. Leparoux...... I. Wilkes...... 6-1 2 ..... 2...... Murrell’s Belle...... M. Franco...... C. Domino...... 12-1 6 ..... 6...... Ready for Rye...... L. Saez...... T. Albertrani...... 12-1 3 ..... 3...... Kirby’s Penny...... J. Velazquez...... W. Ward...... 8-5 7 ..... 7...... Green Gratto...... K. Carmouche...... G. Grant...... 20-1 4 ..... 4...... Paluxy Princess...... E. Cancel...... C. Martin...... 15-1 8 ..... 8...... Limousine Liberal...... J. Ortiz...... B. Colebrook...... 3-1 5 ..... 5...... Okbyecya...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... R. Moquett...... 8-1 6 ..... 6...... Kentucky Dancer...... J. Rosario...... B. Hone...... 6-1 9TH (5:40PM). $250,000, STK - THE BOWLING GREEN, 4 YO’S & UP, 1 3/8M (INNER TURF) 7 ..... 7...... Pico Chick...... A. Arroyo...... R. Diodoro...... 5-2 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 1 ..... 1...... Bigger Picture...... J. Bravo...... M. Maker...... 7-2 4TH (2:41PM). $83,000, MSW, 2 YO, 5 1/2F (TURF) 2 ..... 2...... Frank Conversation...... M. Gutierrez...... D. O’Neill...... 6-1 Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 3 ..... 3...... Closing Bell...... J. Lezcano...... W. Mott...... 8-1 1 ..... 1...... Beta Max...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... H. Motion...... 5-1 4 ..... 4...... Sadler’s Joy...... J. Castellano...... T. Albertrani...... 3-1 2 ..... 2...... Ultima D...... J. Ortiz...... W. Ward...... 8-1 5 ..... 5...... Hunter O’Riley...... F. Geroux...... J. Toner...... 10-1 3 ..... 3...... El Dulce...... J. Velazquez...... T. Pletcher...... 5-2 6 ..... 6...... Hello Don Julio...... J. Velazquez...... M. Dilger...... 12-1 4 ..... 4...... Bow Ready...... L. Saez...... D. Lukas...... 6-1 7 ..... 7...... Ascend...... J. Ortiz...... H. Motion...... 8-5 5 ..... 5...... Triangulate...... J. Castellano...... C. Brown...... 7-2 6 ..... MTO...... Thunder’s Honor...... Rider TBA...... G. Weaver...... 4-1 10TH (6:18PM). $600,000, STK - THE JIM DANDY PRESENTED BY NYRA BETS, 3 YO, 1 1/8M 7 ..... 7...... Majestic Dunhill...... M. Franco...... 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Pletcher...... 7-5 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta 3 ..... 3...... Mo Cash...... J. Ortiz...... R. Spatz...... 5-2 1 ..... 1...... Elude...... L. Saez...... T. Albertrani...... 20-1 4 ..... 4...... Aquamarine...... L. Saez...... D. Lukas...... 8-1 2 ..... 2...... Durable Goods...... J. Ortiz...... C. Brown...... 3-1 5 ..... 5...... Excitations...... J. Castellano...... A. Stall, Jr...... 8-1 3 ..... 3...... Wake Island...... J. Castellano...... C. Brown...... 9-2 6 ..... 6...... Toga Challenger...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... R. Rodriguez...... 7-2 4 ..... 4...... Fashion Week...... J. Velazquez...... C. McGaughey III...... 8-1 5 ..... 5...... Length...... J. Rosario...... W. Mott...... 12-1 6TH (3:49PM). $90,000, AOC $62,500, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 3/8M (INNER TURF) 6 ..... 6...... Freedom...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... W. Mott...... 5-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 6, Daily Double 7 ..... 7...... Remarqued...... E. Cancel...... R. Ribaudo...... 8-1 1 ..... 6...... Altar Boy...... J. 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Mojovation Mojovation Mojovation Bourbon Resolution Lionite 1 Country Squire Lionite Bourbon Resolution Mojovation Mojovation Bourbon Resolution Kentucky Club Lionite Lionite Country Squire Master Merion Benefactor Hieroglyphics Hieroglyphics Master Merion 2 Pagliacci Hembree Painter’s Rags Pagliacci Painter’s Rags Hieroglyphics Hieroglyphics Surprise Twist Perro Rojo Hieroglyphics Kirby’s Penny Kentucky Dancer Kirby’s Penny Kirby’s Penny Kirby’s Penny 3 Pico Chick Pico Chick Pico Chick Pico Chick Okbyecya Kentucky Dancer Kirby’s Penny Arewehavingfunyet Kentucky Dancer Arewehavingfunyet Triangulate Bow Ready Ultima D Triangulate Triangulate 4 Beta Max Beta Max El Dulce El Dulce El Dulce El Dulce El Dulce Beta Max Ultima D Beta Max Coal Front Coal Front Coal Front Coal Front Toga Challenger 5 Toga Challenger Mo Cash Mo Cash Mo Cash Coal Front Mo Cash Toga Challenger Toga Challenger Toga Challenger Mo Cash Call Provision War Stroll Nessy Revved Up Call Provision 6 Tathqeef Tathqeef Revved Up Spring Up Altar Boy Nessy Call Provision Call Provision Call Provision Revved Up Ack Naughty Vagabound Vagabound Just Got Out Ack Naughty Mom’s On Strike Truth Ack Naughty Awesome Song Vagabond 7 Vagabond Ack Naughty Awesome Song Ack Naughty Awesome Song El Deal A. P. Indian Limousine Liberal A. P. Indian Bird Song A. P. Indian Limousine Liberal Bird Song El Deal A.P. Indian 8 Limousine Liberal El Deal A. P. Indian Limousine Liberal El Deal Ascend Ascend Sadler’s Joy Bigger Picture Sadler’s Joy Bigger Picture Sadler’s Joy Ascend Ascend Ascend 9 Sadler’s Joy Hello Don Julio Bigger Picture Frank Conversation Bigger Picture Always Dreaming Cloud Computing Always Dreaming Cloud Computing Always Dreaming 10 Cloud Computing Always Dreaming Cloud Computing Always Dreaming Cloud Computing Pavel Good Samaritan Good Samaritan Good Samaritan Good Samaritan Durable Goods Fashion Week Durable Goods Durable Goods Durable Goods 11 Freedom Durable Goods Freedom Magical Sky Freedom Wake Island Wake Island Wake Island Wake Island Fashion Week Our fifth handicapper will be a special guest each day. 2017 Records 16/71 17/71 14/71 23/71 7/52*

GUEST HANDICAPPER UPDATE Today’s guest handicapper is Todd Shimkus, president of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce. The former president and CEO of the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce, Shimkus was involved in the “Whoa Cuomo” effort last year to encourage New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reprivatize the NYRA franchise. Friday, Saratoga Springs mayoral candidate Meg Kelly picked was blanked. *The guest’s win total does not include Monday or Wednesday, when only The Saratoga Special’s regular handicappers’ picks appear online at thisishorseracing.com.

Saturday, July 29, 2017 The Saratoga Special 15 Saratoga Memories, presented by Keeneland, is an ongoing series that looks back at some of the top moments from Keeneland Sales graduates among Saratoga’s best racing. Every horse starts somewhere, mature so we picked the April sale at even Saratoga superstars. Keeneland Palace Malice Keeneland for him and just brought Photo by Tod Marks Sales helps The Special look back at him along for that,” said Brennan. some memorable graded stakes win- “We don’t train them Quarter-Horse ners – and Keeneland graduates – at style, they’re just brought along the Spa. We’ll look back, re-connect handy.” and dig up some memories. Enjoy. As they do at all 2-year-old sales, workouts matter and Palace Mal- Palace Malice ice went a furlong in :10 1/5 (by Brennan’s memory) to turn at least Jim Dandy 2013 some heads. Dogwood founder Cot BY JOE CLANCY Campbell saw the move, and liked Florida-based horseman Niall far more than the time. Brennan spent just $25,000 on a year- “That wasn’t what really got ling colt by Curlin at Keeneland Sep- me,” Campbell said. “He was fast tember in 2011, and briefly wondered enough and impressive for a horse what went wrong. that probably didn’t want to do that. “It’s a funny game,” he said Fri- He wasn’t a nifty little speedball. He day morning at Saratoga. “We usu- was a big, long-striding horse.” ally have to pay too much and when Campbell came to Brennan, asked a question or two. we buy one for less than we think “Do you like this horse, Niall?” we have to give, we’re always think- Campbell asked. ing something’s wrong instead of just “Love the horse, Cot,” Brennan being grateful. I thought we missed colt on their list after one visit to the Lane’s End said. something. At the end of the day, it just turned consignment. “Is the vet work OK?” out to be a good story.” “We loved him,” Brennan said. “I remember “He’s got a tiny little chip in a hind ankle, it’ll And then some. loving him the first time I saw him. Mike would never bother him.” The yearling turned out to be Palace Malice, have seen him separately and he was impressed. “Thank you very much, Niall.” who sold for $200,000 the following April at It was Curlin’s first crop and he didn’t look like Campbell spent $200,000, at the “higher levels Keeneland and earned more than $2.6 million of the neighborhood” in which he bought horses, with seven wins from 19 starts for Dogwood Sta- some of the other Curlins we’d seen at the time. He was a bay colt, he had a lot of Smart Strike to and sent Palace Malice to Pletcher. The rest – as ble and trainer Todd Pletcher. Bred by Will Far- Brennan, Campbell, Pletcher and the Dogwood ish, Palace Malice produced signature triumphs in him. We loved him.” The May foal may have been passed over by partners say – is history. the 2013 Belmont Stakes and 2014 Metropolitan The horse finished second in his debut at Bel- Handicap in a career that spanned parts of four some buyers because of two minor veterinary is- sues. The first was a note about a stifle, the sec- mont in July, and won here a month later. Shins racing seasons. At Saratoga, the bay colt won the shelved his 2-year-old campaign and he spent second start of his life in 2012 and returned in ond was a small chip in a hind ankle. Brennan wasn’t concerned about either, and made the pur- the fall in Aiken before returning at 3. He fin- 2013 to capture the Jim Dandy over Will Take ished third in the Risen Star, second in the Blue chase without flinching. Charge, Moreno and six others. Grass, ran off like a bad dog when equipped with The colt went to Florida next and jumped Brennan, who let his son (now 27) sign blinkers in the Kentucky Derby and regrouped to into Brennan’s program for the following year’s the sales ticket, smiles at the memory of that Sep- win the Belmont and Jim Dandy. tember sale. Hip 1528 was from the first crop of 2-year-old sales. On the advice of veterinarians, To start 2014, Palace Malice won his first four two-time Horse of the Year Curlin and out of the the ankle chip stayed where it was and the Curlin – the Handicap, New Orleans stakes-winning Royal Anthem mare Palace Ru- colt went about learning his lessons like the oth- Handicap, Westchester Stakes and Met Mile (in mor. The catalog page included a half-brother ers. Keeneland’s April sale was a destination for 1:33.56). who won in Russia and went back to millionaire 2-year-olds at the time, coming relatively late in “The Belmont, how could that not be?” Rail Trip under the third dam. the season and also occurring at the same time as Campbell said when asked for a favorite race. Pedigree had little to do with Brennan’s inter- the spring race meeting. Continued On Page 17 est anyway, as he and partner Mike Ryan put the “He was still a bit physically and mentally im-

16 The Saratoga Special Saturday, July 29, 2017 A.G. VANDERBILT ALICIBIADES ARLINGTON MILLION Palace Malice –BELMONT DERBY BREEDERS’ CUP TURF BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC BREEDERS’ Continued from page 16 CUP FILLY AND MARE TURF DELAWARE HANDICAP “That was a wonderful race, the Met Mile was a hell of a thing. He hadDUBAI a WORLD CUP FRIZETTE FOREGO FRANK KILROE MILE GARDEN CITY string there where he hit four in a row. He was rolling.” GRAND NATIONAL HURDLE HASKELL INVITATIONAL HOLLYWOOD TURF CUP The train ran out of energy from there, as Palace Malice finished sixth in HURDLE JOE HIRSCH TURF CLASSIC KENTUCKY DERBY the Whitney and was retired after KING’Stwo BISHOP LONESOME GLORY HURDLE MAKER’S 46 MILE MANHATTAN starts as a 5-year-old. The ride was well worth a few bumps, however. MAN O’ WAR MATRIARCH METROPOLITAN MILE STAKES “He was just a big good looking bay horse,” Campbell said of his first PRIORESS QUEEN ELIZABETH II SHADWELL TURF MILE impression, “and it worked out awful well.” SPINSTER TEST UNITED NATIONS VANITY HANDICAP WHIT- Palace Malice stands at Three Chim- neys Farm, which bought half NEYof him HANDICAP WOOD MEMORIAL A.G. VANDERBILT ALICIBIADES ARLINGTON as a 4-year-old, and his first foals were MILLION AWESOME AGAIN BELMONT DERBY BREEDERS’ CUP TURF born this year. Brennan has a New York-bred colt he can’t wait to seeBREEDERS’ and CUP CLASSIC BREEDERS’ CUP FILLY AND MARE TURF DELAWARE Campbell looks forward to next year’s sales. HANDICAP DONNWinning HANDICAP DUBAI when WORLD it CUP matters FLORIDA DERBY. FRIZETTE “They put his stud fee at a level ($20,000) where they could be a littleFOREGO FRANK KILROEFair Hill MILE Equine GARDEN Therapy CITY Center GRAND horses NATIONAL HURDLE choosy with the kind of mares he got,” Campbell said. “It will be interestingHASKELL to INVITATIONALinclude HOLLYWOOD 43 individual TURF Grade CUP 1 winners IROQUOIS. HURDLE JOE see. I think he’ll make a wonderful sire.HIRSCH TURF CLASSIC KENTUCKY DERBY KING’S BISHOP LONESOME I’m going to wait and try to get me a yearling or two.” GLORY HURDLE MAKER’SJust some 46 MILE of the racesMANHATTAN they’ve won… MAN O’ WAR MATRIARCH METROPOLITAN MILE NEARCTIC STAKES PRIORESS QUEEN ELIZABETH II SHADWELL TURF MILE SPINAWAY SPINSTER SWORD DANCER TEST UNITED NATIONS VANITY HANDICAP WHITNEY HANDICAP WOOD MEMORIAL A.G. 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VANDER- 721 Training Center Drive, Elkton, Maryland 21921 BILT ALICIBIADES ARLINGTONPhone: 610-496-5080 MILLION www.fairhilletc.com AWESOME AGAIN BELMONT DER- BY BREEDERS’ CUP TURF BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC BREEDERS’ CUP FILLY AND MARE TURF DELAWARE HANDICAP DONN HANDICAP DUBAI WORLD CUP FLORIDA DERBY FRIZETTE FOREGO FRANK KILROE MILE GARDEN CITY Saturday, July 29, 2017 GRAND NATIONAL HURDLEThe Saratoga S HASKELLpecial INVITATIONAL HOLLYWOOD TURF17 CUP Second Career Led by stable star Green Gratto, Grant balances training, UPS jobs BY SHAYNA TILLER VANDERBILT STAKES PREVIEW While many trainers spend their afternoons preparing conditioning job. I can finish at a reasonable time schedules and calling owners, trainer and get to work.” Gaston Grant has a slightly different Chin gave Grant the monstrous agenda. A full-time driver for UPS, New Jersey-bred Green Gratto Grant finishes morning training and as a yearling, and he’s trained the heads straight to his delivery route. 7-year-old son of Here’s Zealous to Today he’ll be at Saratoga Race $1,123,372 in earnings and a signa- Course to run Green Gratto in the ture victory in the $350,000 Grade 1 Alfred G. Vander- Grade 1 Carter at bilt Handicap going 6 furlongs. Aqueduct in April. Originally from Jamaica, Grant He co-owns Green came to the U.S. in 1979 and began Gratto with his working for UPS shortly after he ar- brother Anthony. rived. His love of racing grew over “Early on in the years and led to a job hotwalking his career he had for Peter Chin at Aqueduct in 2004. problems, he had Grant took out his trainer’s license in a few issues he had Tod Marks 2015 and now juggles both careers to work through and try to find them Green Gratto heads into the Vanderbilt for trainer Gaston Grant. throughout the year. out,” said Grant. “We found out close to that guy. Just to be in the “I’m injured right now, but I’m horse like that to win on that day. It what was wrong through trial and er- same race as him, I said I ran against still at UPS. At work one day step- was a good day, it was a big crowd ror and he just went on to be a nice Mind Your Biscuits and I was in front ping off the truck I slid and hurt my and it’s really good when you see your horse. Obviously he was a nice horse of him for 5 furlongs and that’s my arm,” said Grant. “Because I’m in- hard work pay off because there’s a since we had won a couple graded accomplishment for that race.” jured I have some freelance help now lot of sacrifice that goes into it.” stakes before, but a Grade 1. Green Grotto is 20-1 on the morn- but most of the time I’m really hands Green Grotto comes off a fifth in “Every trainer’s dream is to have a ing line with Kendrick Carmouche on with my horses and it’s just me. the Grade 2 Belmont Sprint Champi- good horse that can compete in, nev- aboard. I don’t keep a big stable so I can be ertheless win a Grade 1 race. I can’t onship July 8, beaten 10 lengths by Grade 1 winner Mind Your Biscuits. “It would mean a lot to me (to win) with them. It’s not that difficult of a say I knew he was going to win at 54- because Saratoga is the place to be situation because I love what I do, so 1, but he was training good and he “He ran good,” said Grant. “He came out of that gate like a rocket; he right now,” Grant said. “If you win it’s not really strenuous yet. ran his heart out that day. It’s some- any race in Saratoga it’s tremendous, was just barreling. I was hoping that “Mostly my start time will be thing that you aspire to really achieve much less a Grade 1. It’s a tough race, the speed would carry because Mind around 4 (a.m.), and end by 9 o’clock. in racing, to own a good horse and but we’re looking forward to compet- Most of the year I’m stabled at Aq- really compete at this level. I was just Your Biscuits is the best sprinter in the Continued On Page 19 ueduct, which is 10 minutes from my really, really, really happy to have a world right now, nobody can come

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18 The Saratoga Special Saturday, July 29, 2017 laid back it’s not normal. The horse looks like he’s heavily sedated all of Vanderbilt – the time until you turn around and Continued from page 18 start to gallop. And when you do, the head goes down, the neck gets wider, ing with those guys. We’ll just cross and you think, ‘I don’t know if I’m our fingers and hope he’ll come back strong enough for this but I’ll go as safe.” far as I can before I start to pull up.’ ” The Vanderbilt field also features 5-2 favorite and defending race win- Limousine Liberal, the 3-1 sec- ner A. P. Indian, who goes out for ond choice with Jose Ortiz named, Arnaud Delacour and Green Lantern bids for his fourth straight victory Stables. The 7-year-old Indian Char- for owner and breeder Katherine Ball lie gelding won the Vanderbilt and and trainer Ben Colebrook. Second to Grade 1 Forego at Saratoga last sum- in the Grade 1 King’s Bish- mer and comes in off two seconds in op in 2015, Limousine Liberal won this year’s Grade 3 Commonwealth the Grade 2 Churchill Downs, Grade at Keeneland and Grade 3 Maryland 3 and Kelly’s Landing in his Sprint Handicap at Pimlico. A. P. In- last three starts. dian tries to b ecome the El Deal, the 7-2 third choice for first repeat winner of the Vanderbilt trainer Jorge Navarro and jockey since Cognizant won the first two edi- Javier Castellano, comes in off back- tions in 1985 and 1986. to-back wins in a $35,000 handicap “I would have rather had a race at Charles Town Races in April and three weeks ago because the horse Decathlon Stakes at Monmouth in kind of thrives on being in a mo- June. mentum,” said Leigh Delacour, the The field also includes Grade 2 trainer’s wife and assistant. “But that Stakes winner Bird Song being said, he’s had a bunch of good and Grade 3 Smile Sprint runner-up breezes including one here last Satur- Awesome Banner, both at 6-1, and day on the Oklahoma. double-digit longshots Spartiatis and Tod Marks A. P. Indian eyes a repeat win in the Alfred Vanderbilt for Arnaud Delacour. “A. P. Indian is amazing. He’s so Ready For Rye. Hip 3 SARATOGA MONDAY • AUG. 7 Don’t Miss Her!

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Saturday, July 29, 2017 The Saratoga Special 19 Mo Cash, No Problem Speedy 3-year-old brings Spatz back to Saratoga for Grade 2 BY BEN GOWANS PREVIEW Today’s running of the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes features a colt only stakes winner in the field – for out of multiple Grade 1 winner Life $11,000 as a 2-year-old. At Ten owned by , “Typical. I went to the sale and undefeated colt trained by Todd bought a horse for myself and said, Pletcher who was sold for $575,000 ‘why did I do that?’ ” he said. “Made as a 2-year-old, a $240,000 yearling a few calls and by the time I got back purchase trained by D. Wayne Lukas, home, I only owned a half of him, by a $335,000 2-year-old trained by Al the time the next day came I owned a Stall Jr. and a colt who has perennial quarter of him.” NYRA leaders Rudy Rodriguez and Seven months later, Mo Cash was Connie Bush Michael Dubb behind him. ready to run and crushed a group Mo Cash, a stakes winner in February, ships in for the Amsterdam. And, oh yeah, Mo Cash. The min- of $35,000 maiden claimers by 9 he said, ‘okay, we got a deal. Would er, took him and he left Sunday night. iscule Florida-bred gelding by Adios lengths. you like to keep the horse?’ I said, He drove all night and took him off in Charlie comes to Saratoga with veter- “When I started him back again, ‘okay, I’ll keep him.’ That was it, he’s North Carolina, put him in a stall and an horseman Ron Spatz, who hasn’t his works were pretty darn good. The been Marco Bommaritos’ horse ever had a starter outside of Florida since last time I worked him out of the gate, he spent the day in the stall, ate and since.” January 2005. He’s been absent from he went like :35 like this, out in :47,” drank a little bit. He put him back Saratoga for much longer; 1977 to be Spatz said as he imitated a rider tak- Mo Cash did everything but win on the truck Monday night and got exact. ing a big hold of the reins. “I put him last time out in the Grade 3 Carry in here Tuesday morning. We’ll have “For Jimmy Croll. I came up here in, he wins by 10. I said, ‘whoa, this Back at Gulfstream. He set the early just the right amount of days for him as a groom with Herecomesthebride horse can run.’ It happened to be Peg- pace, widened his advantage at the to be good on Saturday.” to run in the ,” Spatz said asus weekend and everybody called. I top of the stretch but was caught late The Saratoga scene is much differ- while standing out the stall his geld- mean, my phone blew up. by Three Rules and lost by a neck. ent than the surroundings Mo Cash is ing is bedded down in for the week in “The funny thing was, I made a Mo Cash arrived in Saratoga after used at Gulfstream this time of year. trainer Pat Kelly’s barn on the main deal with Mr. Bommarito (who co- a roughly 1,435-mile journey from “He’s liking it here. I was going to track. “This is kind of a dream come owns Mo Cash with Stuart Zook), Gulfstream Park. give him the first day off, but I took true, I’ve never run a horse up here.” the vet came and we vetted him out. “He got in here Tuesday morning,” Continued On Page 21 Spatz bought Mo Cash – the We were standing in the shedrow and Spatz said. “Larry Kelly, Pat’s broth-

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20 The Saratoga Special Saturday, July 29, 2017 be a little more time. We’ll see how this goes, he’s a candidate to maybe Amsterdam – stretch out in the longer races or we’ll Continued from page 20 look at the Allen Jerkens.” John Velazquez will again ride him to Clare (Court) and jogged him. Coal Front from post No. 2. Man, he walked through all them peo- The aptly named Toga Challenger ple, and traffic, and golf carts. He came will break from the outside in the field back and he was a little pumped, and of six and is the 7-2 third choice. He that kind of got him tired,” Spatz said. was claimed out of his career debut in It was not originally in the cards January by the potent combo of Ro- for Mo Cash to make an appearance driguez and Dubb. at Saratoga. “That’s the good thing about hav- “My owner called me up and said ing Michael Dubb as an owner, if you in his Italian accent, ‘Ronny, I hear call him he’ll jump on it,” Rodriguez this race up there is going to come up said. “He’s $40,000 as a baby and soft.’ I said Marco, ‘nothing comes up you never know what could happen, soft up there.’ He knows everything, but he looks pretty good.” people call him and tell him stuff. I The Successful Appeal colt makes said, ‘we didn’t nominate.’ He said, his stakes debut after back-to-back ‘well I did.’ ” wins. Mo Cash isn’t just a good story. He “He’s training very good, this is a was set as the 5-2 second choice on good opportunity for him to show up the morning line and will be ridden against good 3-year-olds,” Rodriguez by Jose Ortiz. said Wednesday. “I breezed him my- The likely Amsterdam favorite is self yesterday, and he felt good. I just the highly regarded Coal Front. After went through an easy half-mile main- an impressive score by 6 1/2 lengths tenance.” on debut at Keeneland in April, the Completing the field are a trio of Todd Pletcher trainee came back with colts from Churchill Downs – Singing another powerful performance last Bullet for Dale Romans, Aquamarine month at Belmont. for D. Wayne Lukas and Excitations “He’s 2-for-2, doing great. Beauti- for Al Stall Jr. ful horse,” Pletcher said. “We kicked around the idea of maybe running Additional reporting by Tom Law him in the Dwyer but felt like may- and Shayna Tiller.

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Saturday, July 29, 2017 The Saratoga Special 21 Happy Horse Sadler’s Joy brings strong kick into Grade 2 test for Albertrani BY BEN GOWANS BOWLING GREEN PREVIEW The last time Sadler’s Joy finished worse than third was last July 30 at Gulfstream Park on the Pegasus when fourth in a 1 3/8-mile turf maid- World Cup undercard. He won his en at Saratoga Race Course. Javier next start by a head in the Grade 2 Castellano, who an hour later won American. He made his Grade 1 a different race at the same distance, debut six weeks later in the Man o’ rode him that day. War Stakes, which was run during a That race was the Grade 2 Bowling torrential downpour and contested Green Stakes, which despite featuring on a yielding course. only four starters proved to be one of “We were a little bit unlucky in the best races of the 2016 Saratoga the Man o’ War,” Albertrani said of meeting. The winner was the mighty Sadler’s Joy’s third. “Very slow pace Flintshire, who topped Grand Tito by and we were trapped down on the three-quarters of a length. inside almost the entire race before Castellano found himself in a jack- he could actually get a spot where he pot by his three foes in last year’s could get out and use his stride.” Bowling Green, trapped in a box Last time In the Grade 1 Manhat- around the turn. He didn’t panic, an- Tod Marks tan, Sadler’s Joy got a firm course. Sadler’s Joy steps into the Bowling Green off a third in the Manhattan. gled Flintshire off cover at the eighth- “In the Manhattan, he broke a lit- pole and blew past the field in an in- tle slow and I though Mike (Smith) stant. had him back a touch too far,” Alber- Castellano will look for a clean- trani said. “He ran great considering SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY CENTER | AUGUST 14TH–15TH er journey in today’s renewal of the the cutback of an eighth of a mile. He $250,000 Bowling Green aboard ran a mile and a quarter that that day Sadler’s Joy. A field of seven entered and he’s definitely better going lon- the Bowling Green, which could be a ger.” rematch of the first and third finishers Sadler’s Joy came widest of all in from the Grade 1 Manhattan in 8-5 the stretch of the Manhattan and was morning-line favorite Ascend and 3-1 only beaten 1 1/2 lengths by Ascend. second choice Sadler’s Joy. The usually understated Albertrani “After he broke his maiden here has high expectations for the rest of (Aug. 22), he just went to the next Sadler’s Joys’ year. level, to the next level and he’s still “He’s been consistent and we’re re- THE going forward,” Tom Albertrani, who ally excited to watch him run again First trains Sadler’s Joy for his breeder and this weekend,” he said. “Hopeful- owner Woodslane Farm, said as he ly the Bowling Green then on to the CONVENTION FOR EVERYONE watched a set train Thursday morn- Sword Dancer, Joe Hirsch naturally, ing on the main track. “He has a great and then Breeder’s Cup. That’s hope- Over 80 panels, workshops, seminars and other events. turn of foot, that’s what I always liked fully the goal if everything works out Meet racing legends, jockeys, trainers, owners, exhibitors, about him.” in place.” Lauren Woolcott, who along with and get closer to the sport of racing than ever before! Woodslane Farm is no stranger to her husband Rene breed and race un- success at the Grade 1 level, at least der Woodslane Farm, had a simple as breeders. ENGAGEMENT ENTERTAINMENT EDUCATION explanation when asked what it’s like “The plan from the beginning was to watch her homebred Sadler’s Joy building a broodmare band,” Wool- #EQCON17 come down the stretch with that great cott said. “Early on, the plan was to turn of foot. sell colts. Our earliest crops were all TICKETS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT: “Heart stopping,” she said. fillies so we didn’t sell anything. Then, Sadler’s Joy started off his year if I’m not mistaken, the horse that www.EQUESTRICON.com with a closing second beaten a head Continued On Page 24 in the Grade 3 W. L. McKnight Stakes

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Saturday, July 29, 2017 The Saratoga Special 23 see that being a hindrance. “He’s always been so laid back and Bowling Green – very easy to ride that I don’t think the Continued from page 22 extra distance would be a bother to BURKE EQUINE him,” she said. Veterinary Care & Rehabilitation came to be known as was our Ascend breaks from post 7 and first colt.” will again be ridden by Jose Ortiz. www.burkeequinetherapy.com The Woolcotts sold 2014 Belmont Bigger Picture, coming off a win Stakes winner Tonalist privately in the Grade 1 United Nations and to Robert Evans after the colt was winner of the Grade 3 John B. Con- “A Spa at the Spa” bought back on a bid of $195,000 at nally Turf Cup in late January, is the BURKE the 2012 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga year- 7-2 third choice. Joe Bravo rode the ling sale. 6-year-old Badge Of Silver gelding in EQUINE “Because the markets at that point the United Nations and has the return were really soggy, we decided to race call for trainer Mike Maker and own- just about everything, unless some- er Three Diamonds Farm. thing argued against it,” Woolcott Grade 2 Charlie Whittingham run- said. ner-up Frank Conversation is in from Graham Motion chose today’s California for Doug O’Neill Closing Bowling Green over a shot at next Bell was sold earlier this month at month’s Grade 1 Arlington Million the Fasig Tipton Kentucky July hors- with Manhattan winner Ascend. es of racing age sale after a sixth in “He’s been with us for a few years the United Nations, but is back with now, so it’s nice just to see him grow trainer Bill Mott for the Bowling and develop over the years, and I think Green. he’s just gotten bigger and stronger as Hunter O’Riley, fifth in the Grade he’s got older as well,” Motion’s as- 3 Belmont Gold Cup going 2 miles at sistant Alice Clapham said Thursday Belmont June 9, and Hello Don Ju- morning. lio, an allowance winner going 1 1/4 The 1 3/8 miles will be the longest miles at Belmont June 30, round out race for Ascend, but Clapham doesn’t of the field.

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ACK ACK (GIII) Outplay toys with rivals Runs Sat., Sept. 30 Closes Sept. 16 $100,000 ($100 nomination fee) Three Year Olds & Up 1 Mile in first stakes win for Pletcher BY SEAN CLANCY drawing off from Small Bear to win LUKAS CLASSIC (GIII) by 5 3/4 lengths for Repole Stable Outplay weaved and wandered in and trainer Todd Pletcher. Outplay Runs Sat., Sept. 30 Closes Sept. 16 the final furlong of the Curlin. finished 9 furlongs in 1:50.59. $200,000 ($200 nomination fee) Don’t worry, he wasn’t tired. Three Year Olds & Up 1 1/8 Mile With two career wins coming from “He does it in the jog. When I the front and drawing post 2, Out- warmed him up, I jogged back to play looked like the obvious speed. JEFFERSON CUP (Listed) the pony and he did it, he went from Velazquez made sure of it. there to there,” John Velazquez said, Runs Sat., Sept. 30 Closes Sept. 16 “That was the plan,” Velazquez $100,000 ($100 nomination fee) thrusting his right hand high and then said. “Come out running, go to the Three Year Olds 1 1/8 Miles Turf his left hand low. “I was like, ‘Oh my first turn and see if it works out.” God, I can’t believe he does it jog- Tic, tac, toe. ging.’ I don’t know how he does it, Outplay broke sharply and Racing Secretary believe me, it’s weird.” Dan Bork Stakes Coordinator: 502.638.3806 • [email protected] Velazquez did what he does best, act- And fast. ing definitively and urging Outplay to Fax: 502.636.4479 Outplay led every step to domi- Continued On Page 28 nate the $100,000 restricted stakes,

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Saturday, July 29, 2017 The Saratoga Special 27 Curlin – Continued from page 26 the lead. The Hall of Famer glanced once, quickly, to gauge the pressure, seeing Hemsworth and Luis Saez in second. Right about the time Velazquez looked, Saez discouraged the 32-1 shot and stayed wide, staying in second but completely removed from Outplay’s bubble on the lead. Around the first turn, Outplay led easily, Hemsworth pulled in second, Everybodyluvsrudy, under a long loose hold from Paco Lopez, snatched a spot in third. Small Bear tucked in fourth with Outplay’s stablemate Thirst For Victory outside him. Perfect Partner settled inside with You’re To Blame behind him. Hung wide around the first turn, favorite You’re To Blame eventually angled in but lagged in last through the first quarter in :24.06 and a half in :48.71. By the time the field hit the backstretch, Velazquez was poised as a stray cat over a dry bed. “He switched, he relaxed, loping along, I was Tod Marks happy with how he was doing it, he wasn’t pressed Outplay breaks from the gate and heads to the lead in the Curlin. very hard,” Velazquez said. “I was pretty confident. Small Bear got the closest, reaching the girth have to keep him busy.” After that it was pretty easy.” of Outplay at the quarter pole, but Dylan Davis That’s when the fun started. Outplay loped into the far turn as Hemsworth was driving and Velazquez was laughing. Into the Velazquez pumped, allowing his whip to waggle wilted, Perfect Partner darted through on the rail, stretch, Velazquez nudged and the bay son of Ber- twice – two deliberate warnings – without taking Small Bear gunned around, Everybodyluvsrudy nardini drew off in a flash. his hands off the reins. As they passed the three-six- shuffled back and You’re To Blame tried to circle “When I asked him to run, he run,” Velazquez the field. Continued On Page 29 said. “He was running really well but I thought I

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Saturday, July 29, 2017 The Saratoga Special 31 to be true, but I think I learned after the meet that you’re not always go- Friday – ing to win. You have to stay humble Continued from page 30 and work hard because it was a mir- acle run here last summer,” he said. • Like a group of patrons taking “Staying level-headed, working hard a number at the local deli, report- and believing in yourself, those are ers, camera crews, friends, and even the most important things for me. strangers, lined up after the second. And staying the course and not being They were all fixated on young trainer deterred when things don’t go well Ray Handal, who sent out his second because days like today just reinforce winner in as many days. Some looked that you know what you’re doing.” for interviews, others just wanted to Handal is looking forward to the offer congratulations. Handal soaked rest of the meet. His stable swelled it all in. from just four runners a year ago to “It’s just surreal. I can’t believe it 26. He brought 15 with him to Sara- sometimes that I’m here winning a toga and has another 11 that will ship race. It’s everything that I dreamt of up from Belmont Park for the second and worked so hard for,” he said. half of the meet. “I truly feel blessed and fortunate. “We have some bullets and not Things have worked out so well to get just claiming horses,” Handal said. me to this point. We’re going to keep “We have a bit better stock here. The on riding the pony.” claimers are the meat and potatoes. In his first season at Saratoga last They’re doing the day-in and day-out year, Handal’s stable went 2-for-5 for us. We’re in the middle right now. with another third. The 28-year-old’s Good horses, average horses and meet is off to a productive start this some claimers.” year as Unbridledadventure won – Brandon Valvo Thursday’s finale, Madam Aamou- ra ran second in Friday’s opener and • After sporting a thick beard Tod Marks Noneedtoflatterme won for a $16,000 for the first week of the meet, a Noneedtoflatterme (9) charges to the front in Friday’s second. claiming tag. clean-shaven Jeremiah Englehart “We’re firing on all cylinders,” rushed the winner’s circle, lifting Handal said. “When they go out Gold Square owner Al Gold into the there and run that hard and put it all air in celebration of Aveenu Malcainu out there, I’m just happy to see them winning his debut in the fifth. perform and winning the race is even “I’m not going to lie, I thought IS THERE THOROUGHBRED better.” to myself I’ve only won one race in INDUSTRY EMPLOYEE Handal isn’t letting success go to Saratoga with a beard, I’ve won more AWARDS A HERO his head. After his breakout season at without a beard,” said Englehart. “I PRESENTED BY Saratoga last year, his barn went on was kidding with Al, he didn’t want HIDING IN a cold streak. Those days helped him me to shave it before the race.” USA appreciate victories even more. 2017 YOUR BARN? “Last year was almost too good Continued On Page 34

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Saturday, July 29, 2017 The Saratoga Special 33 off with him and how aggressive he started getting and I thought if he Friday – wants to do it, he could win. Continued from page 32 “Luis said the same thing. He said at the three-eighths I thought I was in Named for a Jewish prayer of re- a lot of trouble. He goes, I hit him one pentance recited on Rosh Hashanah time and he just propelled himself to and Yom Kippur, the Into Mischief the front. Pretty cool. Our plan will colt was purchased by Gold Square be to stretch him out. Right now, I’m for $150,000 at the OBS April 2-year- going to concentrate on some cold olds in training sale. drinks.” “In his work he didn’t have the – Shayna Tiller greatest gallop out but he looked like a horse that was just trying to figure • “As I just said to my grandson, it out,” said Englehart. “One of the some people wait their entire lives to guys who helps me, Travis Durr, who get in the winners’ circle at Sarato- broke Goldencents, said to me, ‘he ga,” Sackatoga Stables partner Roger looks just like Goldencents.’ That’s a Sofer said. “I’d rather win here than big reason of why I liked him, I can’t any place in the world.” thank Travis enough and Al for giving The winners’ circle overflowed me the go ahead to buy him.” with jubilant owners as Sackatoga’s Aveenu Malcainu bumped with Flattermefabulous was led in after Jayvien and chased 6 lengths her victory in the sixth, a 1 1/16 mile back in the early stages before Luis claimer. Saez angled out in the stretch en route “We go back to 1995 when we to a three-quarter-length victory. started Sackatoga Stable,” managing Tod Marks “I didn’t think he would win first partner Jack Knowlton said. “This is Aveenu Malcainu pulls away in Friday’s fifth. time out because I didn’t know if he kind of a second generation, we had partnerships. We have one horse in doing really well. He’d had some time was precocious enough,” said Engle- 10 people and now we’ve got prob- hart. “Then the way speed’s been to- each one. Try to buy one a year; she off on the farm and it takes a little ably 40 people in this horse. That’s was our oldest one.” time to get over that and get back in day, speed’s been pretty good. I just why you saw the winners’ circle the saw in his last work a light bulb went The 5-year-old Flatter mare went the swing of things. He’s trained well way it was. We’ve got four different straight to the lead under Jose Ortiz and started to bloom and blossom and led by a length throughout the and we thought ‘We like Saratoga; we opening 6 furlongs before widening better run him.’ ” her advantage to win by 2 1/4 lengths. The Charles Fipke homebred was “We had to drop her in pretty low getting some class relief, coming into to get to her to win, it’s really tough 7-furlong allowance off two consecu- racing up here, but she won it any- tive graded stakes starts. The Tale Of Fine Art Raffle way,” winning trainer Barclay Tagg Ekati colt raced midpack early before said. “I’ve got one in the next race scraping through on the rail to win by that I think will run pretty well.” 2 3/4 lengths. at the Museum Tale OF S’avall ran to his trainer’s “We like to get the confidence in expectations, taking the seventh to him if we can and if we can get him On sale all summer! complete a double for Tagg. back in a race this month, end of the “He’s always liked Saratoga, and Win an original painting donated by artist Larry Robin (Smullen) and I thought he was Continued On Page 35 Dodd Wheeler ($5,000 value). Special thanks to Cross Gate Gallery for the coordination of ������� ������� ����� ����� ����� ������� this donated artwork for our raffle. All proceeds benefit the National Museum of Racing. ėٛó:͘dçÙÙÊ͕ÝØ͘ Chair, Equine & Racing Law Tickets are $20 each (cash-only) and may 516-741-6565 | [email protected]

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34 The Saratoga Special Saturday, July 29, 2017 Friday – Continued from page 34 Stand up month, we’ll keep Saratoga under his feet for another time.” – Madison Scott and be • Rocketry gave trainer Jimmy Jerkens and owner Centennial Farms their first wins at the meet with a vic- counted! tory in the eighth. “We’ve had a lot of confidence in him even as a 2-year-old last year,” Centennial President Don Little Jr. said. “But we knew it was going to take him a while to grow and get ma- ture. Jimmy has done a phenomenal job. Having everybody here and being in the winners’ circle at Saratoga is the highlight of the meet. It’s the toughest Tod Marks meet. We have a lot of good things to Flattermefabulous draws away in Friday’s sixth. look forward to with this horse.” season felt even better. The 3-year-old colt was • Colonel Andy finished sixth in “We had a tough meet at Belmont. making his sixth lifetime start in the 1 a state-bred $40,000 maiden claimer It happens. You’ve got to dust your- 3/8-mile turf allowance, coming into going 5 1/2 furlongs on the turf here self down,” Morley said. “We won Take the survey the race off three consecutive runs at July 28, 2016. Tom Morley claimed some races recently out of town, but 10 furlongs or more. Rocketry raced the gelding that day, expecting the son this is where it counts and to get the by August 18th to towards the rear of the field, made a of Freud to improve as he matured. first one out of the way up here is bold move on the far turn and won by Exactly one year later, Colonel Andy very, very important. It means we can update the 1 1/2 lengths. earned his maiden win in a $40,000 take a bit of a deep breath and move “He just really has a nice, long state-bred claimer going 5 1/2 fur- forward for the rest of the meet.” Economic Impact stride,” Little said of the $450,000 longs on the turf. Morley is excited to run his 2-year- yearling purchase. “Classic-type turf “On paper, when we took the olds and stable stars Freudie Anne of the U.S. Equine horse. Hats off to Dr. (Stephen) Carr horse, he had run very well in his pre- and Bluegrass Flag at the meet. and Paula (Parsons), who’ve worked vious start down at Belmont. We just “Freudie Anne has had a heck of Industry with us forever picking the horses. felt that with these Freuds, they get a year already,” he said. “I’m look- And they’ve picked another good better as they get older,” Morley said. ing forward to her running two turns one.” “He ran some good races for us last here in the Yaddo. Bluegrass Flag has – Madison Scott year and he’s run a couple of good had a bit of a freshening and comes ones for us this year as well.” back to target one or two races at the For Morley, Colonel Andy’s suc- meet. The 2-year-olds are showing a cess is his first win in New York since lot of promise and we should have Patience Love captured the night- one or two that are successful here at cap at Aqueduct April 23. After the the meet.” drought, his first Saratoga win of the – Brandon Valvo

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Saturday, July 29, 2017 The Saratoga Special 35 SARATOGA RESULTS Friday July 28. Late Scratches: Perfectexpectation, Mr. Hot Rocks, Lover’s Leap Time: 1:04.40 FIRST $28,000, CLAIMING $14,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 6F Daily Double (7-9), $67.50; Exacta (9-12), $70.00; Superfecta (9-12- 1 Big Mara R. Maragh $4.80 $2.80 $2.20 1-2), $889.00; Trifecta (9-12-1), $252.00; Pic 3 (7-7-9), $181.00; Pic 4 2 Madam Aamoura M. Franco $3.30 $2.50 (4/9-2/7/11/12/13/14-7-9), $404.00; Pic 5 (1/3-4/9-2/7/11/12/13/14- 5 Missy Mouse J. Rosario $3.10 7-9), $2,117.00 B Filly 2013, by Big Brown - Joyjoyjoy by Smart Strike Owner: Kingsport Farm. Trainer: Chad Summers. SIXTH $45,000, CLAIMING $35,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/16M Breeder: Big Brown Syndicate &Patricia Staskowski Purdy (NY). 7 Flattermefabulous J. Ortiz $7.90 $4.60 $3.30 Late Scratches: Navajo Kitten 10 Magician’s Vanity P. Lopez $15.60 $8.40 Claimed: Big Mara claimed by Island Wind Racing for $14,000, Mary 9 Rimanisempreforte J. Rosario $4.60 Pray for Us claimed by Miceli, Michael for $14,000 B Mare 2012, by Flatter - As Promised by Century City (IRE) Time: 1:11.62 Owner: Sackatoga Stable. Trainer: Barclay Tagg. Allan Exacta (1-2), $10.60; Superfecta (1-2-5-7), $370.50; Trifecta (1-2-5), Breeder: Dr. Jerry Bilinski & Harry Patten (NY). $50.50 Late Scratches: Queenofthechannel, Milaya Claimed: Flattermefabulous claimed by Schera, Matthew for $35,000, Lavin SECOND $32,000, CLAIMING $16,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 6F Rimanisempreforte claimed by Magic Carpet Racing for $35,000 9 Noneedtoflatterme I. Ortiz, Jr. $5.40 $3.10 $2.80 Time: 1:42.14 8 Lightning Buzz A. Arroyo $3.00 $2.50 Daily Double (9-7), $47.80; Exacta (7-10), $102.50; Superfecta (7- Bloodstock 3 Kerry Boy M. Luzzi $7.80 10-9-5), $4,357.00; Trifecta (7-10-9), $755.00; Pic 3 (7-9-7), $293.50 B Gelding 2014, by Flatter - Make Haste by Tiznow Owner: Randall Manor Racing. Trainer: Raymond Handal. SEVENTH $93,000, AOC $80,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 7F ALLAN G. LAVIN, JR. Breeder: Hinkle Farms (KY). 2 Tale of S’avall L. Saez $21.40 $9.30 $5.60 Late Scratches: Professor Snape 4 Threefiveindia J. Castellano $4.80 $3.40 allanlavinbloodstock.com Time: 1:10.98 9 Shaft of Light P. Lopez $4.90 [email protected] Daily Double (1-9), $18.60; Exacta (9-8), $14.40; Quinella (8-9), Dk B/ Br Colt 2013, by Tale of Ekati - S’ Avall by Awesome Again (502) 773-0043 $7.50; Superfecta (9-8-3-1), $1,165.00; Trifecta (9-8-3), $205.00 Owner: Fipke, Charles, E.. Trainer: Barclay Tagg. Breeder: Charles Fipke (KY). THIRD $83,000, MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 3/8M Late Scratches: Tale of Life (JPN) 7 Dovecote J. Castellano $4.40 $2.90 $2.30 Time: 1:22.39 5 Double Cast J. Velazquez $4.00 $2.90 Daily Double (7-2), $107.50; Exacta (2-4), $87.00; Superfecta (2-4-9- 1 Fast Mama I. Ortiz, Jr. $5.00 1), $2,230.00; Trifecta (2-4-9), $631.00; Pic 3 (9-7-2), $571.00 B Filly 2014, by Candy Ride (ARG) - Boasting by Kris S. Owner: Juddmonte Farms, Inc.. Trainer: Chad Brown. EIGHTH $85,000, ALLOWANCE, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 3/8M Breeder: Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY). 8 Rocketry J. Ortiz $4.70 $2.70 $2.20 Late Scratches: Brilliant Missy, Bodie’s Valentine, Auntie Mary, Broad 7 Gauguin (GER) J. Rosario $3.20 $2.80 Stripes, Presumptuous 3 Memories of Peter J. Alvarado $3.40 Time: 2:18.06 B Colt 2014, by Hard Spun - Smart Farming by Smart Strike Daily Double (9-7), $13.00; Exacta (7-5), $16.60; Superfecta (7-5-1- Owner: Centennial Farms. Trainer: James Jerkens. 3), $392.50; Trifecta (7-5-1), $88.00; Consolation Double (9-2), $5.40; Breeder: Gainesway Ltd. (KY). Pic 3 (1-9-7), $45.20; (1-9-2), $15.40 Late Scratches: Holiday Bonus, Harlan Strong (ARG), Starship Zeus, For 40 years, Dogtown Engel Law Offices FOURTH $25,000, CLAIMING $12,500, 3 YO’S & UP, 6F Time: 2:14.96 7 Driving Me Crazy I. Ortiz, Jr. $12.60 $5.80 $3.70 Daily Double (2-8), $66.50; Exacta (8-7), $11.60; Superfecta (8-7-3- has represented horsemen 1 Draxhall Woods A. Arroyo $7.40 $4.70 1), $112.00; Trifecta (8-7-3), $37.00; Pic 3 (7-2-8), $397.00 5 Will Did It R. Santana, Jr. $3.00 with their legal issues, Gr/ro Gelding 2013, by Bob and John - Driven by Forestry NINTH $100,000, STAKES - CURLIN S., 3 YO, 1 1/8M and continues to do so. Owner: Mr. Amore Stable. Trainer: Jason Servis. 2 Outplay J. Velazquez $6.10 $3.80 $3.20 Breeder: Russell L. Reineman Stable, Inc (KY). 3 Small Bear D. Davis $5.30 $3.30 Late Scratches: Waco, Pablo Del Monte, Set the Trappe 6 Perfect Partner J. Rosario $4.40 Licensing Claimed: Draxhall Woods claimed by Luch Racing Stable, Inc for B Colt 2014, by Bernardini - Miss Kate by $12,500, Will Did It claimed by C S C Stables for $12,500, Gambler’s Owner: Repole Stable. Trainer: Todd Pletcher. Partnership Formation Ghost claimed by Flying P Stable for $12,500, Jeter claimed by Jacob- Breeder: G. Watts Humphrey Jr. (KY). son, David for $12,500, War Eagle’s Return claimed by Iglesias, Jesse Time: 1:50.59 Gaming Comm. Hearings for $12,500 Daily Double (8-2), $16.40; Exacta (2-3), $27.60; Superfecta (2-3-6- Time: 1:10.35 7), $267.00; Trifecta (2-3-6), $214.00; Pic 3 (2-8-2), $233.50 Other Legal Matters Daily Double (7-7), $33.40; Exacta (7-1), $79.00; Quinella (1-7), $46.00; Superfecta (7-1-5-6), $988.00; Trifecta (7-1-5), $348.00; Pic TENTH. $45,000 MDN CLM ($40,000) NY-BRED. 5 1/2F TURF 3 (9-7-7), $68.00; (9-2-7), $26.60 4 Colonel Andy E. Cancel 12.00 4.80 3.30 “Lengths ahead of the field” 13 Digitaldestruction J. Ortiz 3.80 2.90 FIFTH $73,000, NY-BRED MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT, 2 YO, 5 1/2F 7 Atwitzend P. Lopez 4.10 9 Aveenu Malcainu L. Saez $10.20 $6.20 $3.70 B. g. Freud-Frankly Fran, D’Accord. Breeder: Anthony Grey & Steve 518-430-0005 12 Smokin Platinum J. Rosario $5.80 $3.50 Yarbrough (NY). Owner: Paul Braverman & Timothy Pinch. 1 Looking Ready J. Castellano $2.50 Trainer: Tom Morley. 855-677-5155 B Colt 2015, by Into Mischief - Island Time by Trippi Owner: Gold Square LLC. 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Saturday, July 29, 2017 The Saratoga Special 37 cupofcoffee Hush Now BY SEAN CLANCY “Mr. Hooshean, Mr. Hooshean, when does the spected and adored. I remember all the horses, don’t pony let me go?” need to look them up – Distraction, Crafty Gold- “He doesn’t let you go,” Mike Hushion said. ena, Boom Towner, Two The Twist, Game Wager, “Oh, OK, Mr. Hooshean.” Pension Fraud, Greening, Alpine Music, Promised Hushion walked a few more steps and turned to- Relic, Golden Tent, Stars Knockout, Reappeal and ward a young, overmatched freelance exercise rider my favorite Contract Court. on a big, fire-breathing gray. I didn’t get on all of them, but I can still remem- “Look, whatever happens, the pony doesn’t let ber the saddle slipping up Distraction’s neck every you go,” Hushion said. morning, the time Crafty Goldena slammed on the The foursome began to walk to the Oklahoma brakes in the middle of a gallop (I thought I got track, Rosenose and I, Chile the pony boy and his away with it until Hushion asked me what had hap- pony. Chile held the pony strap taut from the corner pened) and the way Contract Court would stroll of the ring bit, I hadn’t picked up the reins – yet. through the paddock like they built the place for Rosenose coiled as he got closer to the track, by the him. time we got to the gap, I had picked up the reins, tracks had gotten so sloppy. We managed this for Hushion didn’t say much, but when he did, it reaching and reaching like I was pulling a bucket a few days, just walking. Then Hushion asked if I was a snippet about his old boss, Allen Jerkens, full of stones from a well, Chile had already braced thought I could jog him in a few circles. Twenty-three about working as a bartender while trying to get go- himself like someone threw a punch and we began and brave (stupid?), I said sure. I asked, well, it was ing as a trainer, about how the guard at the gate had to jog along the outside rail. We jogged to the back- more like I released and Rosenose picked up a trot, tipped off a trainer to claim one of his first horses, side and tried to stop Rosenose, it took us furlongs he was at ease when we went toward the Northway, about sneaking into the back of the bar that became to get him stopped, turning him into the outside but the moment we turned toward Nelson Avenue, Leon’s for a morning pop, about watching Boots rail. I jacked up my stirrups another four holes and the first one percent into the turn (looking back on Malone yet again. took a deep breath. Chile took a deep breath. We it, it was the direction they ran in the afternoon), he Beyond the horses, I remember Hushion’s quiet turned to gallop and it was three against one, Chile, bowed his neck, coiled, grunted and grew all at the sincerity, his quiet conviction, his quiet loyalty. I his pony and I against Rosenose. He galloped you, same time, sidestepping with his nose to his chest. freelanced for him for a couple of summers at Sara- like a passing truck had hung its bumper in your I turned him quickly into the old wooden rail of toga, that’s all, and I knew from that day forward, I belt loop. We galloped a mile like this every day. I’d the Horse Haven track. I tried it again, once, maybe had somebody in my corner. He wouldn’t necessari- pray every night, “Bless my family, my friends and twice, then I dismounted – I like to call it “step-off- ly tell you he was in your corner, but stagger toward Chile’s pony strap.” before-you-fall-off” and led him home. it and he was always there. It rained hard that summer of 1993, the track Hushion met us at the barn. Matt Groff worked as his assistant before Hush- got worse and worse, Rosenose ran twice, finish- “He’s gone…” Hushion said. ion convinced him to get off the track and do some- ing third and fourth 10 days apart, sprinting on I nodded. thing else. Matt calls once in a while, we tell a the dirt, he’d go as fast and as far as he could with He never went without the pony again. That was Hushion story, just to recalibrate, rebalance. Richard Migliore pumping like a piston. By now, I one of the first lessons I learned from Mike Hushion Hushion quietly announced his retirement this knew Mike Hooshean was Mike Hushion and also – deal with what you have. spring, his last runner was on the last day of the began to respect his horsemanship, his approach, I galloped for Hushion for another summer or Belmont Spring Meet. Don’t play Taps, he went out his steadiness. two, freelancing a couple of sets every morning, on his own terms, his way. They say he’s in Sarato- Hushion asked if I thought I could hack Rosenose working with an eclectic crew – Dr. Gallop, Jen and ga, sleeping late, golfing, eating breakfast in town, on the grass in the parking lot between the old horse Jen, David Figueroa, Mig, Frankie Lovato – and enjoying life. Horse Haven track and Union Avenue because the basking in the engine room of a stable which I re- Nobody deserves it more.

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