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Year 7 • No. 19 SARATOGA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER ON THOROUGHBRED RACING Thursday, August 16, 2007 Come on, get Happy Million-dollar filly flies home in Adirondack BY sean CLANCY The present and the past met in the winner’s circle after More Happy won the Adirondack. John Sikura Jr. and Thomas Gaines carry on strong racing legacies; the co-owners finished each other’s thoughts while trying to put the victory into words. “My dad and Thomas’ dad were good friends,” Sikura said. “John’s father and my father were very, very, very good friends for many years,” Gaines said. “This is a special feeling to win this, it’s the next generation,” Sikura said. “This one is for our dads,” Gaines said. John Sikura Sr. and John Gaines would have liked More Happy, a strik- ing dark bay filly who ramped up her ca- reer mark to a perfect 2-for-2 while wir- ing eight rivals in the Gr. II Adirondack Wednesday. Owned by Sikura, Gaines More Happy (right) hangs on to and Olin Gentry, trained by Bob Baffert defeat A To The Croft in Wednes- day’s Adirondack. See Adirondack page 8 Tod Marks
saratoga special preview In Charge Sargent Seattle heads to stakes off big win BY brian nadeau Consider Sargent Seattle one-up on Discreet Cat. The 2-year-old son of Vindication, whose Opening Day tour-de-force evoked memories of Discreet Cat’s debut romp here two years ago, makes start number two for trainer Stan Hough and owner Joyce Robsham in the Grade II, $150,000 Saratoga Special Thursday afternoon. While Robsham got more phone calls than Time Warner during a thunderstorm, she resisted the temptation to sell Sargent Seattle – a reversal of Tod Marks her decision on Discreet Cat. Sargent Seattle blazes into today’s feature, The Saratoga Special for 2-year-olds. See special page 3 You Call. You Save. It’s that simple. AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT save off select models of new agricultural farm equipment (For full-time equine operations only)
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07-500-222 JDTRCCCE2_NoMow_SaraS1 1 7/12/07 11:26:08 AM 2 Thursday, August 16, 2007 While the future is still very much in front of Sargent Seattle, Hough took a Special – moment to compare shooting star Dis- Continued from page 1 creet Cat to his current charge. “They are different types of horses. Sold to Godolphin immediately after Discreet Cat was a special horse; big- his debut on the 2005 Travers under- ger and stronger and he could do things card, Discreet Cat went on to be one that most horses couldn’t. So far Sar- of the most captivating horses in train- gent Seattle has not shown that kind of ing. Robsham will play Sargent Seattle brilliance, but you never know,” Hough a little closer to the vest, giving Hough said. “He’s got a good kick to him, this a chance to build on the promise of that horse. Mentally he’s pretty good; you July 25 debut run. would just like him to develop a little “He had trained well and you always bit more. He’s a late foal and he’s not have hopes, but you never know until a very big horse. He’s doing better all they run in the afternoon,” Hough said. the time. So you roll the dice; you don’t “(Mrs. Robsham) chose not to sell, so know how he is going to fare. They are it’s exciting to run him back. She wants all good horses in there and it’s the kind to race, she really does. I thought that of race where if you run good, then it’s he was not just a five-eighths-of-a-mile great. But you will have to run to beat horse and I think he will certainly go a any of them.” middle distance. I don’t have any idea The Special, like most juvenile stakes how far he will go or how far his best are at the Spa, is far from a walkover. race will be. He acts like he will go a Alysse Jacobs The Roundhouse (left) and Riley Tucker tackle Sargent Seattle in The Saratoga Special today. Contention runs deep. Talent runs deep- little bit. I don’t think that will bother er. Six others will meet the starter and him, the 6 1/2 furlongs. Obviously the a little bit and then the last month or speed in there. I would hope to lay just look to advance to the Spa’s signature company is good.” so before he ran he really started do- behind the speed. Hopefully the 6 1/2 race for 2-year-olds; the $250,000 Gr. I Opening Day at the Spa is often a ing well,” the trainer said. “He showed will play to his advantage,” Hough Hopeful on Closing Day Sept. 3. showcase for top juveniles, and Dal- more speed than I thought he would in said. “Obviously we are all in the same George Weaver sent out Make The las Stewart, Steve Asmussen and Todd his debut. I didn’t know he would show boat. You couldn’t ask for a better race Point to a resounding win at Belmont Pletcher all started precocious and well- that much gate speed. He’s been a horse (in his debut). But there were a couple Park in his career debut. He broke run- bred freshman in a 5 1/2-furlong maid- that is not a real speedball, so I was sur- scratches in the race and Todd’s horse ning and drew off as an easy 4 3/4-length en dash this year. At the finish, only prised at that.” (Forest Prince) didn’t break good and winner. Off since that June 13 run, he Sargent Seattle stood tall. Pressing a With Castellano back aboard, Sar- rushed up and got tired, so who knows? shows a strong series of drills over the quick pace under Javier Castellano, the gent Seattle gets an additional furlong Tomorrow is a learning race, and it main track. Ramon Dominguez picks $475,000 yearling purchase assumed to work with, along with a race that will tell us where we go from here. I’d up the mount for Edgewood Farm. command turning for home and ran off should have more pace. Hough consid- rather run him tomorrow than run him “He’s training well. He did every- to a 6 1/2-length victory. While Hough ers both to be to his colt’s advantage, against Todd’s horse Ready’s Image in thing right in his maiden race. He didn’t wasn’t surprised at the outcome, he was but knows you can’t gain much from the Hopeful. You would like to have a run particularly fast, or run a fast fig- a little taken aback by the way it was one race against a half-dozen untested little more time (in between races) but ure, but he did it the right way,” Weaver accomplished. juveniles. the Hopeful would only be tougher at said. “He’s been a nice colt since the be- “In the early going he acted like he “I think he is going to have to come too much time, and you are going sev- was a nice horse. Then he tapered off from off the pace as there is a lot of en-eighths in there.” See special page 4
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ACCT SERVICE PROD PROOFING ACCT SERVICE PROD PROOFING get a young horse that runs into dirt like that, being that young, and overcome Special – some of the stuff that he overcame; it Continued from page 3 kind of catches your eye. He showed he Crupi’s has some ability. You can look at young ginning, since we first got him. I guess horses and see which ones are a little New Castle Farm we will play it on the break and see more talented after a race and this colt where we are. I like to give the horse a shows he is one of them. The extra half- chance to learn how to run a little bit, furlong should help, and he is pretty Breaking and Training so if he breaks on the lead that’s great; useful as well. I really like the colt.” if he doesn’t he will be placed wherever Riley Tucker, named for trainer Bill he gets placed.” Mott’s son, goes out for Zayat Stables Weaver is confident that as the- fur and will try to duplicate his only start – longs add up Make The Point (by Meni- a scorching, 6-length victory over four fee, a late-running second in the Ken- rivals at Belmont June 13. Edgar Prado tucky Derby and the Preakness) will be was aboard that day and has the return ready to do the math. call for Mott, who has already sent out “It’s only his second lifetime start and four 2-year-old winners this meet. Ri- we are kind of learning about him and ley Tucker could find himself alone on he is learning how to run. He definitely the lead and may prove troublesome handled a route of ground, so I don’t see to catch if Prado is able to give him a why he wouldn’t stretch out,” Weaver breather down the backside. said. “He has always showed quality in Owned by Vinery Stables and Fox IZcBdhiLVciZY the morning and acted like he would go Hill Farm, Kodiak Kowboy enters as on.” the most experienced runner in the field Based on pedigree and connections, with four lifetime starts. It should come IdXXZiHdid The Roundhouse will take plenty of in handy as the son of leading freshman support, and beating. His sire, Fusaichi sire Posse breaks from the rail under 8dVX]?^b^AZZ Pegasus, won the Derby. His dam, Cir- Shaun Bridgmohan, who will be aboard cle Of Life, won the Spinaway at Sara- for the first time. The horse’s only loss toga – making The Roundhouse a half- came in his career debut at 2 furlongs 7ZaaV7ZaajXX^6#E#6cY^Z brother to Circular Quay, who won the at Woodbine in Toronto when he was Hopeful here last summer for the same beaten three-quarters of a length. Since 9Vh]WdVgY9gjbbZg trainer/jockey/owner trio of Pletcher, then he has reeled off three victories, Garrett Gomez and Michael Tabor. highlighted by an easy score in Churchill Not that The Roundhouse doesn’t Downs’ Gr. III Bashford Manor. He 9daa7VWn bring his own impressive array of talents should sit a nice stalking trip behind the to the table. He rolled to an easy victory speed for trainer Steve Asmussen. Hbddi]BVcjZkZgh in his debut over 5 furlongs at Mon- First-out winner Betatron goes for mouth June 15. Making his first start trainer Dallas Stewart. The son of Tale 6bW^i^dcJcWg^YaZY vs. winners in the Gr. II Sanford July 26 Of The Cat was a well-bet winner of his he was bumped on the backstretch and debut at Churchill June 30. Sent off at carried wide turning for home, yet still 2-1 in the nine-horse field, he stalked A^iiaZBVii]BVc closed to get third (a nose from second), the leaders and was brushed at the beaten only 4 lengths by his stablemate, sixtheenth pole before pulling away to a I]ZcH]ZAVj\]h odds-on favorite Ready’s Image. With 1 3/4-length score, getting the 4 1/2 fur- a deep-closing style like Circular Quay, longs in a rapid 51 1/5 seconds. Julien The Roundhouse should be a major fac- Leparoux picks up the mount. BnHcdd`^ZÉh7dn tor in the stretch. Gomez took a minute Little Nick wheels back after stum- to compare and contrast the two talent- bling at the start and finishing ninth in 3 Animal Translations .%0#)/# What’s on Your Horse’s Mind? 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The Staff Editors/Publishers: Sean Clancy, Joe Clancy Copy Chief: Jamie Santo Writers/Contibutors: Alysse Jacobs, Karen Johnson, David Kosak, Brian Nadeau, Katherine Sarasohn, Rebecca Walton Art Director: Kevin Titter Racing Analysts: Pete Fornatale, Alan Mann, Frank Scatoni Photographers: Dave Harmon, Tod Marks, Tod Marks Barbara Livingston A Thoroughbred cuts the corner – and parts the mist – while working early Tuesday morning. Distribution: Barry Watson Menial Tasks Division: Ryan Clancy, Jack Take A Number Worth Repeating Clancy, Nolan Clancy 6:17: Time of day the overhead lights went out near the Oklahoma train- “How could I score more points in a baseball game than a basketball game?” ing track Wednesday morning. Jockey Channing Hill, after the jockeys’ softball and basketball games ST Publishing Inc. Home Ofiice 364 Fair Hill Drive, Suite F 49.90: Time on trainer Mike Hushion’s stopwatch after telling jockey “If I coulda been a rock-and-roll star . . .” Channing Hill to breeze a half in 50 seconds Wednesday morning. Owner Tom Gallo, after hosting David Cassidy on the radio Elkton, MD 21921 (410) 398-5867 • Fax: (410) 392-1070 6: Bags of popcorn taken to the Malta Drive-In by a carload of Clancys “Because I’m from here.” www.st-publishing.com Tuesday night. Hairspray – and the Drive-In experience in general – comes Gallo, when someone asked how he could dress The Saratoga Special highly recommended. Put it on your list. for a day at the beach on a chilly morning at the track The Special at Keeneland Steeplechase/Eventing Times “I was paddock side, probably even had an extra chair in the car, could have Thoroughbred Racing Calendar Name of the Day saved you (almost) enough for another beer.” The Best of The Saratoga Special Cannonball, third race. The name’s not all that, but the 2-year-old gelding Adam Newman, after reading Wednesday’s Cup of Coffee, is out of No Deadline – one of The Special’s all-time favorite horses. Back in about Sean Clancy’s day off at the track Saratoga Days 2001, No Deadline won the finale on the last day of the Saratoga meet to American Steeplechasing yearbook cap our first year in business, clinch an office Pick 3 and complete one of “I bet he could go a quarter in 23 if I asked him to.” National Steeplechase Association the greatest hunch bets of all-time. Nice to see she’s a mom. Trainer Tom Voss, about his lead pony public relations consultants, (16-year-old former Grade I winner John’s Call) custom Tervis Tumbler glasses and lawn jockeys. Weather “Well, it might be a 17-hand horse.” Today: Partly cloudy early. Scattered thunderstorms developing later in the Gainesway’s Michael Hernon, after hearing an uncle day. A few storms may be severe. High 83. Winds 10-20 mph. Chance of tell a nephew to aim higher than being a mounted police officer “Editorial excellence is not a goal to be rain 50 percent. sought and one day acquired and then retired to the trophy case. It is instead an Tonight: Isolated thunderstorms during the evening, then mainly cloudy On the Run – at Work ambition which must be pursued each overnight. A few storms may be severe. Low around 60. Chance of rain Rookie Fasig-Tipton employee: “Uh, sorry I’m late guys.” day, never ending, never totally achieved. That striving, that ambition is an essential 30 percent. Unsympathetic Fasig-Tipton coworkers: “For being late you have to run part of our newspapers, a cornerstone a lap of Barn 5.” Friday: Sun and clouds. High in the mid 70s and low in the low 50s. of what we have been, what we are, and Boss to running rookie: “What in the hell are you doing?” what we will be.” Saturday: Plenty of sun. High in the low 70s and low in the mid 40s. Get Rookie: “Well, you told me I had to run a lap for being late.” tied on exercise riders, that number does say 40. – Lee Hills, Pulitzer Prize winner Boss: “No, those morons told you to run a lap for being late – I sign your Knight Ridder chief executive, in 1974 Sunday: More sun than clouds. High in the low 70s and low in the 40s. paycheck. Quit running and get to work.” Backed by over 30 years in the ThoroughbredComing to New York: ANDROMEDA’S HERO Industry. Fusaichi Pegasus - Marozia, by Storm Bird • Bloodstock services Graded Stakes Winner of $836,961 & management Won or placed in 8 Graded Stakes, including: • First class boarding • G1 Belmont Stakes • G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup • Top stallion facilities • G1 Suburban Handicap • G1 Donn Handicap • Legal services • Full brother to juvenile G1 performing SW SUPERFLY • Equine insurance • Family of Champion SOLFORD, G1 SW WHYWHYWHY Contact:Questroyal Anya Stud, Sheckley standing at Metropolitan Stud Contact: Dutchess Views Farm 2008 Stud Fee = $6000 Limited number of shares available Anya Sheckley or Michael Lischin • Tel: 518-398-5666 or [email protected] Thursday, August 16, 2007 5 Thursday’s Saratoga Entries Thursday, Aug. 16. Post Time 1 p.m. Entries with program number, 5th (3:11) 1 1/8 Miles. F&M. 3&Up. NY Bred. Alw/Opt Clm 30,000. post position, jockey, trainer, and morning-line odds. Purse $64,000. 1 1 Fuego Grande...... Garcia Alan...... Klanfer Alan...... 12-1 1st (1:00) 2 3/8 Miles. Hurdle. 4&Up. Alw/Opt Clm 30,000. 2 2 Papa’s Kara...... Prado E S...... Schosberg Rick...... 9-2 Purse $68,000. 3 3 Snows Gone...... Dominguez R A..... Domino Carl...... 8-1 1 5 Jazzitupgeorge...... Massey R...... Voss Tom...... 5-2 4 4 Borrowing Base...... Castellano J J...... Reynolds Pat...... 3-1 1A 9 Dynaway...... Murphy Cyril...... Voss Tom...... 5-2 5 5 Gattinara...... Luzzi M J...... Bond James...... 5-2 2 6 Slew’s Peak...... Slater J...... Sheppard Jonathan...2-1 6 6 Square Dancing...... Coa E M...... Galluscio Dominic....5-1 2B 7 Divine Fortune...... Hodsdon D...... Sheppard Jonathan...2-1 7 7 Grand Merger...... Gomez G K...... Kimmel John...... 12-1 3 1 Orchid Princess...... Murphy J...... Klein Linda...... 6-1 8 8 Morning Gallop...... Velasquez C...... Hennig Mark...... 10-1 4 2 Cat’s Revenge...... Young P J...... Elliot Janet...... 5-1 9 9 Chopping Wood...... Rojas R I...... Ferraro James...... 30-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Pick 3 (5-7), Grand Slam (5-8) 5 3 Fantorini...... Dowling W...... Horgan Roger...... 10-1 6 4 Meneef (AUS)...... Rafter C...... McKenna Kathy...... 15-1 6th (3:43) 5 1/2 Furlongs. Fillies. 2YO. MSW. Purse $62,000. 7 8 Pleasant Pick...... Petty J...... Kingsley Arch...... 15-1 1 1 Tale of a Lady...... Velazquez J R...... Pletcher Todd...... 5-2 8 10 Super Fame...... Aizpuru X...... Fisher Jack...... 10-1 1A 5 Sunday Elegance...... Bejarano R...... Pletcher Todd...... 5-2 A-Coupled: Jazzitupgeorge and Dynaway 2 2 Tizbenbitten...... Bridgmohan S X.... Sanders Jamie...... 30-1 B-Coupled: Slew’s Peak and Divine Fortune 3 3 Cape Discovery...... Leparoux J R...... Lukas Wayne...... 8-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Daily Double 4 4 Overandabeauty...... Garcia Alan...... Zito Nick...... 5-1 5 6 Dattts Zoey Baby...... Prado E S...... Hennig Mark...... 10-1 2nd (1:35) 1 1/16 Miles. Turf. F&M. 3&Up. Mdn Clm 45,000. 6 7 Delta Silks...... Velasquez C...... Alexander Frank...... 12-1 Purse $26,000. 7 8 Secret Gypsy...... Desormeaux K J.... Werner Ronny...... 12-1 1 5 Waymint...... Bracetty J A...... Kelly Pat...... 20-1 8 9 Miss Stonestreet...... Gomez G K...... Asmussen Steve...... 9-2 1A MTO Hit the Point...... Bracetty J A...... Kelly Pat...... 20-1 9 10 Sheriff’s Choice...... Pino M G...... Jones Larry...... 3-1 2 1 Adorable You...... Hill C...... Friedman Mitchell...10-1 A-Coupled: Tale of a Lady and Sunday Elegance 3 2 Lucky Val...... Rivera J L Jr...... Klanfer Alan...... 30-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Pick 4 (6-9), Daily Double 4 3 Take Care...... Leparoux J R...... Frankel Bobby...... 6-1 5 4 Make It Come True.....Velasquez C...... Hennig Mark...... 2-1 7th (4:15) 1 Mile. Turf. F&M. 3&Up. Claiming 35,000. 6 6 Tizzy’s Jazz...... Prado E S...... Alexander Frank...... 7-2 Purse $32,000. 7 7 Runaway Star...... Castellano J J...... Contessa Gary...... 3-1 1 6 Pecunia...... Dominguez R A..... Reynolds Pat...... 10-1 8 8 Connie the Queen...... Chavez J F...... Martin Carlos...... 6-1 1A MTO Regal Playtime...... Rojas R I...... Reynolds Pat...... 10-1 A-Coupled: Waymint and Hit the Point 2 1 Skeeter Girl...... Prado E S...... Dutrow Richard...... 6-1 Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Pick 3 (2-4), Daily Double 3 2 After Dark...... Bridgmohan S X.... Reinstedler Tony....12-1 4 3 Gabriela’s Rose...... Velasquez C...... Hills Tim...... 7-2 3rd (2:07) 5 1/2 Furlongs. 2YO. NY Bred. Mdn Clm 75,000. 5 4 Rapidian...... Gomez G K...... McPeek Ken...... 15-1 Purse $40,000. 6 5 Sax in the City...... Garcia Alan...... Martin Carlos...... 8-1 1 1 Piquante Cat...... Velasquez C...... Rice Linda...... 6-1 7 7 Dr. Jess Jr...... Castellano J J...... Cedano Heriberto.....9-2 8 8 Meadow Belle...... Hill C...... Sciacca Gary...... 15-1 1A 10 Heirloom Thief...... Luzzi M J...... Rice Linda...... 6-1 9 9 Top Royelle (GB)...... Leparoux J R...... Simon Chuck...... 15-1 2 2 Flirtatious Freud...... Velazquez J R...... O’Brien Keith...... 9-2 10 10 Fort Carillon...... Desormeaux K J.... Contessa Gary...... 3-1 2B 3 Friendly Freud...... Rojas R I...... Contessa Gary...... 9-2 11 MTO Find the Chestnut...... Leparoux J R...... Weaver George...... 5-2 3 6 Cannonball...... Gomez G K...... Ward Wesley...... 7-2 A-Coupled: Pecunia and Regal Playtime 3X 7 One Little Secret...... Desormeaux K J.... Ward Wesley...... 7-2 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pick 3 (7-9) 4 4 Two Gendarmes...... Morales P...... Toscano Jr John.....15-1 5 5 Sonoran Desert...... Bridgmohan S X.... Sanders Jamie...... 5-1 8th (4:48) The Saratoga Special (Gr. II). 6 1/2 Furlongs. 2YO. 6 8 Thunder Buddy...... Chavez J F...... Galluscio Dominic....8-1 Purse $150,000. 7 9 Let’s Go Yankees...... Dominguez R A..... Dutrow Tony...... 5-2 1 1 Kodiak Kowboy...... Bridgmohan S X.... Asmussen Steve...... 5-2 8 11 Five Cases...... Hill C...... Gyarmati Leah...... 15-1 2 2 Betatron...... Leparoux J R...... Stewart Dallas...... 15-1 A-Coupled: Piquante Cat and Heirloom Thief 3 3 Sargent Seattle...... Castellano J J...... Hough Stan...... 2-1 B-Coupled: Flirtatious Freud and Friendly Freud 4 4 Make the Point...... Dominguez R A..... Weaver George...... 15-1 C-Coupled: Cannonball and One Little Secret 5 5 Riley Tucker...... Prado E S...... Mott Bill...... 3-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Pick 3 (3-5), Pick 4 (3-6) 6 6 Little Nick...... Desormeaux K J.... Romans Dale...... 20-1 7 7 The Roundhouse...... Gomez G K...... Pletcher Todd...... 7-2 4th (2:39) 5 1/2 Furlongs. Turf. F&M. 3&Up. NY Bred. MSW. Exacta, Trifecta, Daily Double Purse $56,000. 1 1 That’s Good...... Velazquez J R...... Donk David...... 5-2 9th (5:20) 1 1/16 Miles. Turf. 4&Up. Claiming 60,000. 2 2 Meso Nova...... Ponce J...... Cuadra Victor...... 50-1 Purse $54,000. 3 3 Lady Rizzi...... Velasquez C...... Rice Linda...... 3-1 1 1 Minnamana...... Desormeaux K J.... Ritchey Tim...... 3-1 4 4 Jaimies Gem...... Rojas R I...... Hernandez Mike...... 15-1 2 2 Big Bold Place...... Garcia Alan...... Barbara Robert...... 8-1 5 5 Two Regal...... Bracetty J A...... Imperio Joseph...... 12-1 3 3 Buckeye Wonder...... Pino M G...... Sheppard Jonathan...15-1 6 6 Fiona Freud...... Leparoux J R...... Ritvo Tim...... 8-1 4 4 Pangburn...... Dominguez R A..... Jacobson David...... 15-1 7 7 Freudian Smile...... Desormeaux K J.... Galluscio Dominic.. 15-1 5 5 Sabre Baby...... Prado E S...... Dutrow Richard...... 7-2 8 8 Wicked Queen...... Bejarano R...... Sciacca Gary...... 9-2 6 6 Exton...... Rojas R I...... DiSanto Glenn...... 15-1 7 7 Bon Marie...... Hill C...... Bailes Robert...... 6-1 9 9 Jetastik...... Dominguez R A..... Contessa Gary...... 7-2 8 8 Theconfidenceman.....Velazquez J R...... O’Brien Leo...... 12-1 10 MTO Light Tactic...... Prado E S...... Schosberg Rick...... 4-1 9 9 Miracle Man...... Velasquez C...... Hennig Mark...... 5-1 11 MTO Abby Morgan...... Bejarano R...... Dutrow Tony...... 5-2 10 10 Si O No (CHI)...... Coa E M...... Quick Patrick...... 8-1 Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pick 3 (4-6), Pick 6 (4-9) Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta Christine M. Cancelli 6th Annual Fine Sporting Art Exhibition in the Whitney Room of the Saratoga Hotel, 534 Broadway, Saratoga Springs August 4th - 30th Daily: 9:00 AM - 6 PM beverly’s 47 Phila Street This year’s exhibition will feature a ne selection of paintings by Heather St. Claire Davis, Saratoga Springs Peter Smith, Larry Wheeler, Susan Van Wagoner, Shawn Faust, Robert Brower, Kenneth Daly, and sculptures by Kathleen M. Friedenberg and Eve Prime Fout. 583-2755 “Saratoga’s breakfast place Cell:(732) 804-6454, Hotel:(518) 584-4000, Ext. 27106 to be since 1989” 6 Thursday, August 16, 2007 TERRY LINDSEY The EQUIDAE GALLERY Power at the Holiday Inn Grid Pete Fornatale Alan Mann Brian Nadeau Fickle Finger of Fate Race # Divine Fortune Sheppard entry Sheppard entry Super Fame 1 Voss entry Voss entry Fantorini Cat’s Revenge Super Fame Orchid Princess Super Fame Fantorini Take Care Connie The Queen Make It Come True Adorable You 2 Adorable You Make It Come True Tizzy’s Jazz Lucky Val Connie The Queen Tizzy’s Jazz Runaway Star Tizzy’s Jazz Ward Entry One Little Secret Piquante Cat Sonoran Desert 3 Winter Park entry Piquante Cat Cannonball Thunder Buddy Let’s Go Yankees Let’s Go Yankees Let’s Go Yankees Flirtatious Freud Jetastik Wicked Queen Lady Rizzi Jetastik Lady Rizzi That’s Good That’s Good Jaimies Gem 4 That’s Good Lady Rizzi Wicked Queen Lady Rizzi Gattinara Fuego Grande Square Dancing Gattinara Square Dancing Papa’s Kara Papa’s Kara Grand Merger 5 Borrowing Base Gattinara Borrowing Base Papa’s Kara Sheriff’s Choice Sheriff’s Choice Miss Stonestreet Overandabeauty Miss Stonestreet Pletcher entry Sheriff’s Choice Tizbenbitten 6 Overandabeauty Cape Discovery Pletcher entry Datts Zoey Baby Fort Carillon Gabriela’s Rose Top Royelle Rapidian Dr Jess Jr Fort Carillon Sax In The City After Dark 7 Gabriela’s Rose Pecunia Gabriela’s Rose Gabriela’s Rose Sargent Seattle Kodiak Kowboy Riley Tucker Make The Point Riley Tucker The Roundhouse Sargent Seattle The Roundhouse 8 The Roundhouse Sargent Seattle The Roundhouse Sargent Seattle Big Bold Place Big Bold Place Big Bold Place Buckeye Wonder Buckeye Wonder Bon Marie Bon Marie Sabre Baby 9 Bon Marie Minnamana Miracle Man Exton To Date: 30/152 38/152 42/152 23/152 well in inner-track routes. GATTINARA stretches back out after a good effort Thursday’s Detailed Analysis at Belmont; yet another who enjoyed the winter surface in Queens. 6th Race: SHERIFF’S CHOICE was a game runner-up in debut at Delaware Park; it was 11 back to the rest of the field, which included a horse who won 1st Race: I may not be a steeplechase expert, but with two entries in the her next by 8 at Mountaineer. Larry Jones brings Mario Pino along for the field of 10, I can at least cover half the field with my three allotted picks. ride. TALE OF A LADY is part of an entry for Todd Pletcher, who’s overdue DIVINE FORTUNE looks the stronger of the Jonathan Sheppard entry; he to win a baby dash; she’s by excellent (18 percent) first-out sire Tale Of The was a close second against similar here and the extra distance should help. Cat, out of a half-sister to Ghostzapper. CAPE DISCOVERY by Cape Town (15 JAZZITUPGEORGE, part of Tom Voss’ pair, had a wardrobe malfunction percent with his debut runners) has some quick works for Wayne Lukas. when his saddle slipped in his first start since 2005, a year in which he raced evenly in graded-stakes company. ORCHID PRINCESS is a graded- 7th Race: GABRIELA’S ROSE takes a significant drop to restricted claim- stakes winner against fillies/mares and is certainly better than she showed ers and gets a good post from which to utilize her early speed; an effort in her prior effort here. similar to her graduation race could put her right there. FORT CARILLON sports the best speed figures, and some versatility too. She suffered 2nd Race: CONNIE THE QUEEN has raced greenly in three lifetime starts through a wide-both-turns trip in her last, and will have to avoid the same and was left at the gate in her last two; still, she flashed enough ability in her from the outside post. PECUNIA disappointed in her last and has burned a only prior route to make her tantalizing at fair odds. MAKE IT COME TRUE lot of money, but can take this on her best day. was right there in this class two back and got caught wide on the turn in her last; leading rider Cornelio Velasquez takes the call. TIZZY’S JAZZ sat closer 8th Race: KODIAK KOWBOY, by leading first-crop sire Posse, was a thor- to the pace last out, a style which would serve her well here; goes out for a ough pro in the Bashford Manor at Churchill Downs, and has worked steadily featuring barn whose grass runners have been sharper than the record indicates. since hitting town. THE ROUNDHOUSE shows a similar running style to his LOUISE PETERSON big (half-) brother Circular Quay, and made up much ground for third after SARA RENZULLI 3rd Race: ONE LITTLE SECRET is well known at the betting windows, going wide on the turn in the Sanford. SARGENT SEATTLE easily put away a but has twice suffered mishaps just after the start; his other effort was an more seasoned, stakes-placed rival when well-bet in his debut Opening Day. TERRY LINDSEY extremely game second after battling through a fast early pace. Drops into KATHY PARTRIDGE maiden claimers for Wesley Ward, who is highly proficient with that move. 9th Race: BIG BOLD PLACE drops to a suitable level and cuts back to a and 25 more artists PIQUANTE CAT has some nice workouts for Linda Rice, who has come on distance where he can win for Bobby Barbara, who knows how to find the strong over the last week. LET’S GO YANKEES has some bullet works for a winner’s circle here; good value at his 8-1 morning line. BON MARIE also OPEN DAILY barn batting just over the Mendoza Line with firsters in maiden claimers. drops to where he’s won, after climbing a long ways up the claiming lad- der. MINNAMANA has benefitted from good post draws and does so again; July 28th – Sept. 4th 4th Race: WICKED QUEEN got caught extremely wide on the turn before ships up in excellent form for Tim Ritchey. 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. finishing well in her last, and competed capably at this level in the past. – Alan Mann Artist Talks/Demos THAT’S GOOD showed good speed in initial turf-sprint try; extra cut in dis- tance should help. Beaten as the favorite in her last four starts, LADY RIZZI each Friday at 10 a.m. has still run well. Tries the grass this time and descends from the female fam- 518-584-4550 s Gallery ily of Arlington Million winner Jambalaya (they have the same second dam). 802-389-1175 s Cell 5th Race: FUEGO GRANDE had trouble at the start against better here two Escorted small-group trips 802-325-3918 s Studio weeks ago. This mare likes to win, and did so against open company in routes to the top races in Europe. 232 Broadway over the inner track at the Big A last winter; rates an upset chance. PAPA’S Saratoga Springs, NY KARA is razor sharp for Rick Schosberg, who’s 10-for-12 on-the-board this (800) 261-0499 www.racing-europe.com meet. Tries two turns after two excellent efforts around one, but also raced PARTNER View Show at www.equidae.com Thursday, August 16, 2007 7 Adirondack – Continued from page 1 and ridden by Rafael Bejarano, More Happy used her best weapon, sprinting to the lead in the 6 1/2-furlong dash. Main rival Phantom Income lunged at the break, jolting Eibar Coa from his irons and costing herself all chance (she was declared a non-starter). More Happy rolled through a quar- ter in 21.88 and a half in 44.93 sec- onds while Bsharpsonata and Sky Mom pressed her (or at least tried) down Saratoga’s ORIGINAL the backside. Schuylerville runner-up I Racing Partnership Promise broke slowly and struggled to keep up. Phantom Income made a run offers you the exciting on the outside but stopped. The rest opportunity to become were in a cluster, trying to see which way PART owner of a racehorse More Happy went. Turning for home, FULL More Happy spurted away to open a while enjoying FULL nearly 5-length lead to the eighth-pole. ownership privileges. After three-quarters in 1:10.12, More Happy started to waver and Bejarano hit her right-handed, she balked at the indiscretion and swished her tail. He hit her again, she did it again. She made it to the wire, while visually shut- ting down to win by three-quarters of a Tod Marks More Happy (right) leads them home at the top of the Adirondack stretch. length over fast-closing A To The Croft and Passion. Final time was 1:17.51. much, that’s why she bobbled a little failed to reach her reserve, with a final “I worked her last week and she went bit. I felt them coming to me a little bit bid of $725,000. 59 and change,” Bejarano said. “I told and I got a little bit worried at the end, “They go through different growth him after the work ‘Bob, that horse is a but she’s going to be all right.” phases and spurts, she just hit a couple really fast horse but she doesn’t have to Sikura, Gaines and Baffert think of weeks where she wasn’t bad but she be on the lead. She can win from any- more than all right. By Eclipse Award wasn’t perfect in the way she was mov- YO U enjoy the thrills where. That horse can run.’ I followed winner Vindication, out of the Grade ing,” Gaines said. “It’s a very competi- the instructions he gave me. He said to II stakes-winner Apelia and a half to tive marketplace, we probably could of racing. let her break and be comfortable. Af- Grade III stakes winner Saoirse, the have sold her for $700,000 but we ter that she did it all. 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I love Historic Saratoga Race Course of money or not.” her but I want to know you love her.’ Gaines-Gentry sent her to Eddie He said, ‘I love her,’ ” Sikura said. “So Woods in Florida to be broken and we bought her and Thomas came to me prepped for the 2-year-old sales. She with Olin Gentry and asked if they could fetched $1 million at the Fasig-Tipton keep a third of the filly, I said sure.” Florida 2-year-old in training sale. Siku- Why not? They’re like family. Sikura All proceeds go to the ra bought her and Gentry-Gaines stayed grew up in Canada while Gaines grew in for a third. They weren’t about to let up in Kentucky. John Sikura Sr. started Backstretch Employee Service Team go. Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm, which Sikura owns “She was always the best yearling and today, and Gaines’ dad was none other For more information contact the we have 110 mares. 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AOC 50,000. 11 Copy That Velazquez J R 6.80 4.70 Purse $69,000. 1 Caught Stealing Prado E S 4.10 2 Astronomia (NZ) Velazquez J R 16.00 10.00 6.00 Finish Time: 1:49.64 8 Willshefire Coa E M 6.60 3.50 Trainer: Al Stall Jr. Owner: Melnyk Racing Stables. 3 Zaynab (FR) Gomez G K 2.80 B.g.4 War Chant-Pepita Ramoje, Capote. Finish Time: 1:02.39 Bred by Hermitage Farm (KY). Trainer: Saeed bin Suroor. Owner: Godolphin Racing. $2 Exacta 3-11 Paid $34.80; $2 Trifecta 3-11-1 Paid $182.00; Ch.m.5 King’s Best-Astralita (AUS), Kenny’s Best Pal (AUS). $2 Daily Double (5-3) Paid $43.40; 238 CAROLINE STREET Bred by Trelawney Stud & J. L. Egan (NZ). $2 Pick 3 (8-5-3) 3 Correct Paid $949.00 Saratoga Springs, N.Y. $555,000 $2 Exacta 2-8 Paid $126.50; $2 Trifecta 2-8-3 Paid $402.00 Wonderfully restored 1840 Federal locat- 8th. The Adirondack (Gr. II). 6 1/2 Furlongs. Fillies. 2YO. ed near the heart of the Eastside Historic 2nd. 5 1/2 Furlongs. Fillies. 2YO. NY Bred. MSW. Purse $56,000. Purse $150,000. 8 Honky Tonk Trick Velasquez C 13.80 6.20 3.80 6 More Happy Bejarano R 5.00 3.10 2.60 District, blocks to the track, school, park 5 Dana Dew Prado E S 3.90 2.50 1 A to the Croft Desormeaux K J 4.50 3.30 & downtown. 4 Bedrooms , 2.5 Baths 2 Winning Punch Desormeaux K J 2.80 2 Passion Velazquez J R 3.90 Finish Time: 1:05.29 Finish Time: 1:17.51 Trainer: Tom Bush. Owner: Donald Newman. Trainer: Bob Baffert. Owner: John Sikura Jr., Dk.B./Br.f.2 Phone Trick-Honky Tonk Ballad, Cure the Blues. Olin Gentry & Thomas Gaines. Bred by Barbara Brewer (NY). Dk.B./Br.f.2 Vindication-Apelia, Cool Victor. $2 Exacta 8-5 Paid $53.50; $2 Quinella 5-8 Paid $22.40; Bred by Gaines-Gentry Thoroughbreds (KY). $2 Trifecta 8-5-2 Paid $135.50; $2 Daily Double (2-8) Paid $128.00 $2 Exacta 6-1 Paid $35.00; $2 Trifecta 6-1-2 Paid $126.00; $2 Grand Slam (3/4/8-1/5/8-1/3/11-6) Paid $17.20; 3rd. 6 Furlongs. 4&Up. AOC 100,000. Purse $78,000. $2 Superfecta 6-1-2-5 Paid $625.00 7 Council Member Dominguez R A 5.50 3.20 2.60 2 Fleet Valid Velasquez C 6.30 4.00 9th. 1 1/16 Miles. Turf. F&M. 4&Up. Clm 40,000. Purse 47,000. 191-1/2 EAST AVENUE 1 Will He Shine Garcia Alan 2.50 9 Willi’s Sweet Girl Dominguez R A 11.20 5.60 3.80 Finish Time: 1:09.51 11 Bridal Path Borel C H 5.60 4.20 Saratoga Springs, N.Y. $275,000 Trainer: Saeed bin Suroor. Owner: Godolphin Racing. 3 Ohbeegeewhyen Desormeaux K J 3.70 3 Bedrooms , 1.5 Baths. Adorable Cot- B.h.5 Seattle Slew-Zoe Montana, Seeking the Gold. Finish Time: 1:42.70 tage on East Avenue’s only quiet spot. 4 Bred by Dean Greenwood (KY). Trainer: Gary Contessa. Owner: Winning Move Stable & Harold Lerner. blocks to the track and one block to the $2 Exacta 7-2 Paid $49.60; $2 Trifecta 7-2-1 Paid $110.00 Dk.B./Br.f.4 Williamstown-Get Up Get Up, Compliance. East Side Recreation Field. Bred by Elizabeth Porell, James Corrao & James Porell (NY). 4th. 5 1/2 Furlongs. 2YO. MSW. Purse $62,000. $2 Exacta 9-11 Paid $74.50; $2 Trifecta 9-11-3 Paid $410.50; 8 Paint Velasquez C 8.70 5.30 3.90 $2 Superfecta 9-11-3-7 Paid $1,535.00; 6 Macho Again Borel C H 7.30 3.90 $2 Daily Double (6-9) Paid $23.00; $2 Pick 3 (3-6-9) 3 Correct Paid $51.00; 7 Devereux Gomez G K 3.90 $2 Pick 4 (5-3-6-9) 4 Correct Paid $411.50; Finish Time: 1:05.04 $2 Pick 6 (8-8-5-3-6-9) 6 Correct Paid $12,860.00, 5 Correct Paid $136.00; Trainer: Nick Zito. Owner: My Meadowview Farm. $2 Consolation Pick 3 (3-8-9) Paid $19.80 Ch.c.2 Include-Pat Copelan, Copelan. Bred by Tim Thornton & Brereton Jones (KY). Track: Fast; Turf: Firm. $2 Exacta 8-6 Paid $92.50; $2 Quinella 6-8 Paid $56.50; Attendance: 20,838; Handle: $3,002,734 $2 Trifecta 8-6-7 Paid $333.50; $2 Pick 3 (8-7-8) 3 Correct Paid $141.50 4 LESTERS LANE Town of Greenfi eld $489,000 5th. 1 Mile. Turf. 3&Up. NY Bred. MSW. Purse $57,000. How We Did 3 Bedrooms, 3 Baths – 5.08 Acres. As- 8 Keen Irish Coa E M 20.40 11.00 6.30 RACE 1: Top pick finished third and second pick ran second. tounding details in this New England- 4 Stormy Success Chavez J F 9.30 5.40 RACE 2: Top choice finished second, second pick was third. style reproduction in a natural, private 3 Typhoon Tycoon Dominguez R A 2.70 Finish Time: 1:36.76 RACE 3: If you boxed our picks, you had a $110 trifecta. setting only 9 miles to Broadway. Trainer: Gary Contessa. Owner: Edward McGettigan Jr. RACE 4: Second choice won and third choice finished third. Ch.g.3 River Keen (IRE)-Irish Miracle, Go and Go (IRE). RACE 5: Second selection finished third. Bred by Edward McGettigan Sr. (NY). $2 Exacta 8-4 Paid $239.50; $2 Trifecta 8-4-3 Paid $667.00; RACE 6: See race 5 above. $2 Pick 3 (7-8-8) 3 Correct Paid $283.00; RACE 7: Second selection won. $2 Pick 4 (8-7-8-8) 4 Correct Paid $2,318.00 RACE 8: More Happy could have brought greater joy had he been less chalky, but we’re not going to sniff at a $5.00 win. 6th. 1 1/16 Miles. Turf. 4&Up. AOC 75,000. Purse $72,000. 5 Palace Episode Samyn J L 15.20 8.10 5.60 RACE 9: Third pick scratched. 1 Stream of Gold (IRE) Prado E S 6.00 4.30 8 Yate’s Black Cat Velazquez J R 3.10 SEASON TOTALS: 36 wins by top selection in 170 races. 1063 PALMER ROAD Finish Time: 1:41.54 Broadalbin, N.Y. $239,900 Trainer: Saeed bin Suroor. Owner: Godolphin Racing. Average win payoff $6.89. 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths - .59 Acres. Exquisite Dk.B./Br.c.4 Machiavellian-Palace Weekend, Seattle Dancer. setting on Galway Lake 115’ lake frontage Bred by Catesby Clay & Runnymede Farm (KY). 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England last year. Belmont Stakes day. were moving pretty good and my horse was going to Council Member ($5.50) voted with his feet and Will He Shine, winner of the True North and the close, so it was a pretty good combination. He is a kept Godolphin’s bandwagon rolling in the third. Tak- 8-5 favorite under Alan Garcia, never threatened and push-button type of horse; very classy.” ing advantage of a quick pace set by runner-up Fleet checked in third. Jean-Luc Samyn potted the hat trick for Godolphin Valid, the 5-year-old son of Seattle Slew seized com- “The plan was to lay off the speed out there and in the sixth, piloting home Palace Episode ($15.20) to mand inside the sixteenth-pole and coasted clear to make a run at the end,” Dominguez said. “I felt a little make it a perfect 3-for-3 for the international power. score by a length. Ramon Dominguez was aboard bad trying to angle out on the turn, because I felt like What looked like a tough allowance/optional claimer the winner, in his third start Stateside and first since we were wasting a little ground, but once we did he a close fourth in the Gr. II True North Handicap on really kicked it in gear and closed steadily. I knew they See wednesday page 14 Recent Graduates Include: IDIDNTMEANTO Del Mar 2-year-old maiden winner August 12 Owner: Jack Mandato and Russel Sarno Trainer: Doug O’Neill BOLD HAWK Belmont Park maiden winner July 21. Owner: Nicholson Family. Trainer: Jimmy Toner. MASSEUSE Dance Smartly Stakes (Gr. 2) winner at Woodbine July 22. Owner: Henry Elser and Nicholson Family. Trainer: Jimmy Toner. MARSH SIDE Second in Northern Dancer Breeders’ Cup Turf Stakes (Gr. 2) at Woodbine July 22. Owner: R.S. Evans. Trainer: Michael Dickinson. C P WEST Second in Jim Dandy Stakes (Gr. 2) at Saratoga July 29. Owner: Robert LaPenta. Trainer: Nick Zito. (803) 425-1661 • Fax (803) 432-6899 www.kirkwoodstables.com 12 Thursday, August 16, 2007 “A Tremendous Horse” —Corey Nakatani 1/51/5 OffOff TrackTrack RecordRecord –– 109109 BeyerBeyer Absolutely dominated $400,000 Commonwealth Breeders’ Cup-G2, with four-length romp in 1:21 1/5 Superb Superb MilerMiler Three-time SW at a mile, including Arcadia H.-G2 in 1:33 1/5 Valuable Outcross Only U.S. Grade I son of Sunday Silence set to stand in North America “They know how to make stallions” —RACING UPDATE Future Adena stallion SILENT NAME Sunday Silence – Danzigaway, by Danehill ADENA SPRINGS Classic Bloodlines • Classic Performance Mike Recio • [email protected] • (800) 975-5641 • cell (859) 221-1809 • Jack Brothers (877) 945-2020 • www.adenastallions.com KY: ALPHABET SOUP • AWESOME AGAIN • CONGAREE • EL PRADO • GHOSTZAPPER • GIACOMO • GOLDEN MISSILE • NORTH LIGHT • OLMODAVOR • *SILENT NAME • TOUCH GOLD FL: GREATNESS • INDY KING • MACHO UNO • MILWAUKEE BREW • RED BULLET • SLIGO BAY • *Still Racing Thursday, August 16, 2007 13 Wednesday – Continued from page 12 for older horses on paper proved a little easier over the Mellon Turf Course for the son of Machiavellian. A Group I winner as a juvenile, he returned off a 13- month layoff June 29 at Belmont, checking in a close seventh over a yielding turf course. The effort proved to be the perfect tightener for Wednesday, as he stalked the pace under Samyn before drawing off to score by 1 3/4 lengths. Rick Mettee saddled all three winners for Godol- phin. Mettee, the U.S. pointman for Godolphin’s head trainer, Saeed bin Suroor, was a little shocked at the accomplishment, even by Godolphin’s lofty standards, as well as encouraged by Palace Episode’s perfor- mance. “To win three at Saratoga? Wow. It’s not easy, that’s for sure,” Mettee said. “I don’t really know what hap- pened to him (Palace Episode). He went to Dubai after his 2-year-old season and he didn’t run over there and I can’t really speak of what happened after that. We got him going in late March down at Payson and he really was pretty straightforward getting up to the race at Belmont. We probably under-did him a little bit and he ran kind of an even race. We trained him a little bit harder for this race, got him out on the grass, and he has definitely come on. He went to the gate well and warmed up. I thought he would run a better race today but I was concerned that there was no pace and Dave Harmon about how it would set up, but he won pretty well.” Council Member finds the finish line with ease in the third, the second of three wins for Godolphin on the day. “We really didn’t expect her to win. It was quite a My Meadowview Farm, owns the talented 2-year-old • Honky Tonk Trick ($13.80) sang a winning tune surprise,” owner Don Newman said. “Tom’s style is Paint ($8.70), a handy debut winner in the fourth. in the second, a maiden dash for state-bred freshman to give them a race or two, so I think we could expect A $400,000 son of Include, Paint broke slowly fillies. Trainer Tom Bush continued his string of Spa some improvement from here. We are cautiously opti- from his outside stall – usually a bad sign in a maiden hits with his eighth winner from only 28 starters at mistic. We’ve won here before, but it’s been quite some dash. But Velasquez quickly gained control and settled the meet. Cornelio Velasquez extended his lead in time. We are very much enjoying the moment.” Paint in fifth, some 3 lengths off the early leader Api the standings with a front-running score aboard the Mohkat. 2-year-old daughter of Phone Trick. Shaking clear of • Being the chairman of Barnes & Noble, Leon- Rallying wide entering the stretch, Paint closed second choice and second-place finisher Dana Dew, ard Riggio knows a thing or two about a good sto- Honky Tonk Trick scored by 4 3/4 lengths. ry. Riggio, who campaigns under the stable name of See wednesday page 15 What do all of these successful trainers have in common? 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Trained by Al Stall Jr., Cliff Meadows Wednesday – won for the first time in four career Continued from page 14 starts. strongly to score by an easy 2 1/4 lengths • Willi’s Sweet Girl scored in the last, over Macho Again. a distaff claimer on the inner turf, giv- “Cornelio told me he wants more dis- ing Dominguez and Contessa doubles tance,” the owner said. “He broke slow on the day. The victory was the third but he sure moved up pretty good.” in a row for the 4-year-old daughter of Was Riggio pleased with the effort? “Absolutely! This is the whole game Williamstown, who improved to 4-for-8 out here, that’s what Saratoga is all lifetime on the lawn. Dominguez had about,” he said. “We bought him at a Willi’s Sweet Girl reserved toward the 2-year-olds-in-training sale. He had a back while Broken Treaty took the field nice breeze but not too fast; I don’t like through honest fractions. Tipping out as to buy a horse that goes too fast in those the field straightened away in the lane, sales. Then we took our time with him Dominguez got the jump over Bridal and he got his legs under him. Just look Path to score by a length. at him move out there. Hey, I’m happy with that.” NOTES: The brightest star in the Nick Zito has been getting his juve- vast Godolphin galaxy is Discreet Cat, niles to fire first time out during the past winner of last year’s Cigar Mile. few Spa seasons, so yesterday’s perfor- Off since being treated for a throat mance came as no surprise to the Hall obstruction after his last-place finish of Fame trainer. in the $6 million Dubai World Cup in “He showed a lot of talent in the March, he’s gearing up for his return to morning and I was hoping he would the races. Prior to the World Cup, the break a little bit better, but we are hap- 4-year-old son of Forestry was a perfect py with the outcome,” Zito said. “He’s 6-for-6, racing in the United States and been hanging in there, he’s been steady. Dubai. No question the longer the better with Dave Harmon “He won’t run here, he will run at this horse.” Palace Episode saunters home with the third of three victories for Godolphin Wednesday. at the back turning for home. Unleash- A distant 10th as the 12-horse field the Belmont Fall Meet; I think within • Trainer Gary Contessa told anyone ing a powerful rally in deep stretch, they rolled past the half-mile marker, the the next week he’ll show up on the with cable television that his first-timer surged clear to score by 2 3/4 lengths. heavy favorite looked to be in trouble. worktab,” Mettee said. “He’s gotten Keen Irish had talent and was a must- With the clock in his head starting to healthier and he looks within him- use in the fifth, a 1-mile maiden over the • Cliff Meadows ($4.50) and Garrett ring, Gomez advanced wide around the self again since we got him back from inner turf. Gomez gave chalk players in the crowd turn. Dubai. 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A romantic get- ting ready for a big day that will yield The Terranova family – Tonja, John and their children Paulina and Giana – takes a break at the barn. away weekend – unless it is at another them a good-looking winner in Spurred, racetrack – carries far greater odds than who came with a late rush to win Satur- Florida, and in walked Robin hoping to Whatever Carroll l thought, he mar- that $10,000 claimer in the barn win- day’s fourth race. secure a job as an exercise rider. ried Robin the next year. ning a Grade I. Donna, Robin, Tonja and Fay’s Robin vividly remembers the day. As Before bustling off to her job as a real So it should come as no surprise that names won’t be found in the program a tryout, Del Sr. put her on a horse com- estate agent, Robin spends mornings at when a horse trainer marries it is usu- alongside their husbands’, but make no ing off a long layoff. her husband’s barn. ally within the tribe. mistake; these women are an integral “I was dumped three times,” she re- “She is hands-on with all the orga- The backstretch at Saratoga is heavy part of the training operations. called. “I finally did gallop him. I went nizational things around here,” he said. on husband-and-wife training teams. The Carrolls have been married for back to the barn and said, ‘Thanks, Mr. “She does the payroll and the billing. Walk into the back gate of Oklahoma more than three decades and have two Carroll’ and walked away. He called She is such a big help – I can’t even tell and you will see John and Donna Ward children. Where did they meet? The me back and said I had the job. I guess you.” on the rail animatedly discussing Min- racetrack, of course. he liked that I kept getting back on the Robin said, “We both have our ideas ister’s Bid’s win the day before. Stroll a Del Carroll II was a freshman on horse. Del was there and saw the whole and opinions and I can be outspoken. bit farther and you will find Del Carroll winter break from Clemson Universi- thing. He must have thought I was some He is patient with me. If I had to say one marking his training board while his ty. He was working for his father, the kind of idiot for getting back on the wife, Robin, cools out a horse. A few late trainer Del Sr., at Hialeah Park in horse.” See couples page 19 The Bronze Sculptures of ‘Full of Himself’ Jan CLASSIC CASUAL CLOTHING FOR MEN AND WOMEN Woods At The Anthony M. Alonso Exhibit Sutton’s Marketplace Gideon Putnam Hotel Blue Room Gallery Introduces a New Classic. 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Dave Donk said it would be very VENU difficult to marry someone outside the industry because outsiders don’t nec- essaraily understand the nature of this NIGHTCLUB business. “If you are going to have a better RACETRACK NIGHT half, obviously that person needs an understanding of the racetrack and the Every Monday dedication needed to be successful,” he 30 Caroline Street said. “We are lucky because we love Alysse Jacobs it. Fay’s role first and foremost is as a mother, but she is here on the pony six R ACING N OW T HROUGH L ABOR D AY, SEPTEMBER 3 days a week. The few hours she is here is her haven to get away.” Fay’s time at the barn isn’t just an interesting diversion for the mother of two. Her insight from her view atop the pony is of value to her husband. “Sometimes I see things he might America’s RaceTrack miss – maybe a rider not getting along with a horse,” Fay said. “He respects my opinion.” The Terranovas, who married in 1999, have two small children. The couple gained notoriety for their suc- cess with Gander, a champion New York-bred, and also for their work with trainer Bob Baffert’s horses when they ship in from California. Tonja, a former assistant to Baffert, saddled several of Baffert’s New York stakes winners, in- cluding champion Silverbulletday and The aura of yesteryear… River Keen. the excitement of today. Tonja said at the end of the day it’s comforting to sit down over dinner with The summer place for the world’s best someone who understands the extreme highs and lows of racing. Thoroughbreds where fun and fashion mix See couples page 20 with celebrity and tradition. RR ACEACE CC OURSEOURSE THIS WEEK 8/17 FRI TRAVERS FESTIVAL • AUG 18-26 • Kids’ activities in the backyard More than 50 events to celebrate the 138th • Lake Placid (GII) $150,000 running of The Travers Stakes. 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Evans KZ Stables Jack Smith Thoroughbreds STALLION SEASON DONATIONS Darley Taylor Made Farm & Sales Bridlewood Farm Overbook Farm Walmac Farm Empire Stud Walmac South Crestwood Farm Mr.& Mrs. Ann & Jerry Moss WinStar Farm Tod Marks The Race For Education www.racingscholarships.com The Special takes a look back at the Saratoga 866-829-7600 Photo by Tod Marks stakes winners of last year, and what’s happened in their lives since they found glory at the Spa. 9OUR 4HOROUGHBRED CAN RUN AND JUMP AT THE SAME TIME Things never came easily for Chace City. *TZPVSIPSTF He’d won his first two starts despite t0VUPGPQUJPOTPOUIFUVSG ducking in at Woodbine when he won the t#SFEUPHPMPOH Victoria Stakes. In his third start, he broke t*OOFFEPGBDIBOHF in the air and then took to the air, jumping over the rail of Churchill Downs’ backside chute. He still finished sixth, beaten just 5 1/4 lengths. The Saratoga Special – where the 2-year-old rolled and rattled and ruled on Orison left flat racing in 2005 as a $40,000 claimer – and is now a stakes horse with three wins and the lead – would prove the exception. Sadly, $117,000 in steeplechase earnings. it would prove to be his final race. He devel- 'ET HIM A NEW CAREER n JUMP RACING oped colic – and got better – only to develop an intestinal impaction just after New Year’s. %PVH'PVU3BDJOH4UBCMF He was euthanized Jan. 16. Owned by Gold 'MBUBOE4UFFQMFDIBTF5SBJOJOH Square Stable, the Carson City colt earned 4VQFSCUSBJOJOHGBDJMJUZJO7JSHJOJB 4UBMMTBU'BJS)JMM5SBJOJOH$FOUFS $219,783 in his all-too-brief career. $PNQFUJUJWFEBZSBUFT tQEGPVU!FSPMTDPN Who’s Next? 22 Thursday, August 16, 2007 Where Are They Now? Author Signing Go ahead The 2006 Saratoga Special and dream.... Thursday, August 16 10am - 12pm National Museum of Racing Chace City and Hall of Fame 191 Union Avenue ....We’ve Got You Covered! 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Contact Bruce Jackson: 610-496-5080 FAIR HILL EQUINE Phone 410-620-2175 / Fax 410-620-2176 720 Training Center Drive Who’s Next? THERAPY CENTER Elkton, Maryland 21921 Thursday, August 16, 2007 23 Grand Style English-bred Sword Dancer winner boasts a natty family tree by Frances Karon pedigree analysis Every May and June, members of the half-sister to Grade III-winning siblings cap-and-gown brigade march to the mu- by Hero’s Honor: Home Of The Free sic of British composer Sir Edward Elgar, and Poolesta. Their dam is the Foolish a tradition long associated with accept- Pleasure mare Radiant, whose name is ing diplomas. All the pomp and circum- fitting homage to the influence asserted stance after Saturday’s Sword Dancer by her dam Ivory Wand and her grand- Invitational played out around Marc dam Natashka. Keller’s Grand Couturier as he gradu- Ivory Wand, winner of the 1976 Test, ated to Grade I stakes winner. Triumph- foaled Italian and German champion ing at the highest level fits the 4-year-old Gold And Ivory for Paul Mellon. Her British-bred colt’s pedigree like a perfect- daughter Ivory Idol produced champion ly tailored Savile Row suit. 2-year-old Anees, and another daughter, Tod Marks Grand Couturier was a member of Touch Of Greatness, is responsible for Grand Couturier’s pedigree helped him get home first in the Sword Dancer. the penultimate crop of foals sired by Irish champion Rossini and leading sire Grand Lodge, the son of Chief’s Crown Elusive Quality. a windsucker, boxwalker and a weaver. finish was a third in the Gr. III Fort who stood in Ireland and Australia un- Natashka, winner of the 1966 Ala- Any one of those is, to Europeans, akin Marcy. til his death in 2003. Grand Lodge won bama and 1967 Santa Maria, was to being a leper, and to have three such His year-younger half-sister Yaqeen the Group I Dewhurst Stakes at 2 and crowned Broodmare of the Year in 1981. vices enabled Alex Scrope to steal her for is a Listed winner in England this sea- St. James’s Palace at 3 before siring Her granddam was champion 3-year- Fred Seitz’ Brookdale Farm and Dr. Ted son. Like Grand Couturier, she is from the likes of Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, old filly Vagrancy. Among Natashka’s Folkerth for 105,000 guineas. Her pre- the Danzig sire line, by his son Green Epsom Derby and Irish Derby winner five stakes winners were Group I win- vious owner must have been glad to be Desert. Sinndar and five-time Group I winner ner Gregorian, Grade II winner Truly rid of her after spending 400,000 guin- Crossing sons and grandsons of Dan- Grandera. Bound and Group III winner Arkadina, eas in December 2000, at the conclusion zig with mares by Sadler’s Wells/sons Grand Couturier is the third foal out who placed in three classics in Europe. of her failed racing career. Her first foal gives at the very least 3x3 inbreeding of Lady Elgar, an unplaced daughter of Arkadina’s daughter Dark Lomond was was a Danehill filly, a 250,000 guineas to Northern Dancer (4x3 with Grand Sadler’s Wells with some serious cre- an Irish champion and classic winner. yearling who couldn’t win a race. Her Couturier) yet it was a logical direction. dentials for the breeding shed. She is a When Lady Elgar went through the second, a colt by King’s Best (a subse- Ireland’s Coolmore Stud stood or stands full-sister to Hong Kong stakes winner 2003 Tattersalls December sale pregnant quent winner), sold for 30,000 guineas, Danehill, his son Danehill Dancer (and and Irish Derby third Desert Fox, and a to Green Desert, she was announced as a third of his sire’s yearling average. his son Choisir) and Grand Lodge, as Grand Couturier was a weanling when well as Sadler’s Wells. Danehill and Sa- Seitz bought his dam, and when that dler’s Wells had a stranglehold on the colt sold for the equivalent of $6,500 a leading sires lists in Europe and it made Energy. Enthusiasm. Equine Expertise. year later, taking a loss on Lady Elgar sense to breed well-bred daughters of one probably looked like the best thing the to the other. The blood pool was just not last owner had ever done. varied enough to support breeding these But for Brookdale and Folkerth, mares in many other directions. Lady Elgar composed a profitable port- Whatever the reason, the cross has folio. The partnership bred two fillies worked, and how. Group I winners Diane and Sara are passionate horse out of her, Yaqeen (by Green Desert) Grand Couturier, Youmzain (by a son of people and real estate specialists. It’s and Lady’s Quest (by Rainbow Quest), Grand Lodge), Peeping Fawn (a classic a winning combination, providing selling each as a yearling for $400,000. winner this year), Horatio Nelson, Pas- you with superior knowledge and They re-sold the mare to Fares Farm for sage Of Time, Luas Line and Konigstiger personal service for all your equine $210,000 in November 2005, while in are among at least 33 stakes winners. and residential property needs. Call foal to Johar on a June cover. Grand Couturier is the third by Grand or visit our office conveniently Lady Elgar is doing her part to keep Lodge plus three by his son Sinndar. the family in the news. Grand Couturier Two-year-old Lady’s Quest is owned located in downtown Saratoga won a minor stakes race in 2006 at a by Overbrook Farm and posted a 3-fur- Springs at 519 Broadway. French provincial racecourse. His first long work at Belmont Aug. 6. The last start in this country was a third in last registered foal out of Lady Elgar is a 5 1 8 . 5 8 7 . 4 5 0 0 w w w. r o o h a n r e a l t y. c o m year’s Sword Dancer; in three starts in yearling colt by Johar slated to sell at between Sword Dancers the colt’s best Deauville Friday. 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Wineafternoon and Cocktailsof food, by wine the glassand liveare separate.Jazz. Tod Marks e Lake George Region’s Finest Dining Experience — Lakeside. Escape Packages Available! ★★★★ The Special takes a look back at the Saratoga Times-Union Rating! stakes winners of last year, and what’s happened 3178 Lakeshore Drive, Lake George, NY est Rating! Reservations suggested. 518-668-5928 in their lives since they found glory at the Spa. Dinner served Tues.-Sun. from 5:30pm Gourmet Dining & Inn Not long ago, Octave was odds-on for Miss Congeniality. Following the Adirondack , the daughter of Unbridled’s Song cobbled together a dubi- ous streak – five straight silver medals. That’s not to say she’d been a slouch since the Spa; four of her five runner-up efforts were in Grade I stakes. She closed out her 2-year-old campaign second in the Matron and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and started her sopho- more year with red ribbons in the Fair Grounds Oaks, Ashland and Kentucky Oaks. Terms like “always a bridesmaid” and “bet to place” were heard with increas- ing frequency. Then Octave hit a new level, silencing the doubters by taking the Gr. I Mother Goose and following up with a win in the Gr. I Coaching Club American Oaks for good measure. Miss Congeniality no more, she’s all set for a go at the remodled Triple Ti- ara, having breezed 5 furlongs in 1:00.46 over the main track Aug. 12 in preparation for Saturday’s Alabama. Who’s Next? Thursday, August 16, 2007 25 Mountain Views It’s a great game – everybody watched the Adiron- mornings it’s good to train on, but in the afternoons dack yesterday and everybody left with different opin- CUP OF COFFEE with the heat, it fluffs up like a loaf of bread. Some ions and versions of what they saw. It was right there horses love it and some just hate it; if you have one for all to digest and decipher. Your take could be com- that hates it . . . I felt like I was going to have to start pletely different than mine. training all over, I didn’t have the right type of horse, Some say the stewards should not have refunded By Sean Clancy you need a turf type of horse. She hated it. She just bets on Phantom Income, who stood in the air like was not the same horse.” Silver when the gates opened and lost all chance. Some Baffert shipped his two best juveniles to Sarato- say they made the right call, returning bettors’ invest- ga. Maimonides decimated a maiden race, by far the ments. most impressive maiden-breaking performance from a Some say More Happy looked like a freak and was 2-year-old thus far. More Happy seconded the decision simply goofing off in the stretch. Some say she was to come east and get away from the Del Mar surface resenting Rafael Bejarano’s whip hand in the stretch with her first stakes win. and had plenty left. Some say she was gasping for air “Maimonides wasn’t the same horse on it,” Baffert looking for the wire and won’t win a race going far- said. “They would still win, but it would gut them. It’s ther than 6 1/2 furlongs. hard on a fast horse, they have to work through it. We It’s these contrasts that make the racing world go five and a half on the Poly, then she ships, works and buy these horses, fast horses.” round. It’s why horses sell at sales, why horses get hal- runs.” Fast horses are meant to win dirt races while fast tered via the claim box, why they have toteboards to Just like watching the Adirondack, Baffert’s deci- horses don’t always win over the synthetic surface. At chart the difference of opinions. sion to ship a half-dozen runners from his Del Mar least that’s Baffert’s version. And he knows about fast Ken McPeek says they’ll never beat runner-up A To base to Saratoga has been construed a lot of ways. horses, training Vindication to four consecutive victo- The Croft again. Bob Baffert says all he has to do is Everything from “he took his ball and went home” ries on his way to an undefeated 2-year-old campaign train More Happy a little differently and she’ll get the to “trouble maker” to “who cares?” Judging strictly in 2002. The family tree is blooming. Vindication, a son distance. by performance, it looks like a stroke of genius. Baf- of Seattle Slew, sired More Happy and Maimonides. McPeek: “She’s just all class. The winner will never fert won a maiden with $4.6 million yearling purchase “I put a gate work into her because I wanted to get beat her again. A mile, a mile and an eighth; that will Maimonides earlier in the meet and he just picked up a good work into her, probably made her pretty sharp be her best trip and will put her at the top of her divi- a Grade II victory for $1-million 2-year-old purchase but that’s why she held on,” Baffert said. “They’ve got sion. We will look at the Spinaway, but it won’t be set More Happy. to pass me to win – Seattle Slew was like that, Vindi- in stone. I think the further the better. We can go to a Baffert shipped More Happy, Maimonides and a cation was like that, and she’s like that. More Happy number of different places: the Lassie, Kentucky Cup, handful of other horses to Saratoga when unsatisfied looks just like Vindication, so does Maimonides, they the Alcibiades.” with Del Mar’s Polytrack surface. More Happy broke have the same head. Vindication was a brilliant race- Baffert: “I wasn’t about to teach her to rate today. her maiden by a hard-earned neck at Del Mar July 21. horse, brilliant. Horses like him are hard to come by. Once you go long, I’ll train her differently. I had to Baffert knew she was better than that. Maimonides is pretty damn good, too. I love him, ship her here, then work her. You’ve got to remem- “It was frustrating, when I saw that track and that’s why he’s here.” ber, none of this was in the game plan. One little race, worked some horses over it,” Baffert said. “In the At least in Baffert’s opinion. We’re All About Your Horse...... UP CLOSE, PERSONAL, HANDS ON Broodmares, Weanlings and Yearlings ales are tough on yearlings. To start your new yearling out right, Clermont Farms has openings for short- term yearling letdowns. Skilled management, experienced handlers and an exceptional facility provide the framework for your yearlingS to thrive and succeed at Clermont Farms, and beyond. Just over an hour south of Saratoga, at Clermont Farms each youngster has it’s own box stall, ample turn-out and constant monitoring. 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