JOCKEYS on the Dirt, Then You’D Run Her Back on the Grass and You Didn’T Have Her Tight Enough
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SUBSCR ER IPT IN IO A N R S T COMPLIMENTS OF T !2!4/'! O L T IA H C E E 4HE S SP ARATOGA Year 7 • No. 15 SARATOGA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER ON THOROUGHBRED RACING Friday, August 10, 2007 Tishmeister edges clear in the Statue of Liberty. Meister-ful Tod Marks Inside Filly gives trainer Ritvo STATUE OF LIBERTY RECAP at Belmont. On July 26, she squandered a big lead here to fin- ❱ Mixed Up gets up in first Saratoga stakes score ish second against first-level New York-breds. A.P. Smithwick stee- Castellano wasn’t about to let that happen this time. BY SEAN CLANCY “I didn’t want the lead, I knew Prado plechase stakes. was on a fast horse and it was a mile and Javier Castellano knew there was only one way for Tish- an eighth, that’s a long way to go,” Cas- meister to win the Statue of Liberty Stakes. tellano said. “Going to the lead cost me ❱ Classy veteran Get her back, get her relaxed and then hope she could get the win the last time. But this time, two Evening Attire gets 9 furlongs. horses went and I got her back, as soon She did all three to win her first stakes, taking the $150,000 as we went the first quarter, it was over. race, restricted to 3-year-old fillies eligible for the New York back to work today. Perfect.” Stallion Series, by a comfortable 1 1/2 lengths. Castellano lulled her to sleep, well off Owned by Howard Nolan’s Blue Sky Farm and John the rail and just off the ignorable speed of ❱ Hostess headlines in Hicks, the daughter of City Zip backed off longshot leader, City In the Clouds. Tim Ritvo City In The Clouds (Edgar Prado) who doled out the first “It felt comfortable, she was so re- Waya Stakes. quarter in 24.28 and the half in 49.57 seconds. Tishmeister laxed,” Castellano said. “It was a decent pace, not too slow hovered in second through three quarters in 1:14.06. Off the but not too fast. The key to the race was the first quarter mile, turn, Tishmeister shot to the lead and found enough to hold ❱ Friday Entries and when I got her slowed down, I said, ‘wow, I got it.’ After that, off Don’t Mind Me who swung out at the top of the stretch she was just galloping.” Handicapping. but couldn’t run down the winner. Western Sweep rallied be- It took Tishmeister 13 starts to break her maiden. She tried latedly to finish third. Trained by Tim Ritvo, Tishmeister cov- dirt, she tried turf, she tried Saratoga, she tried Finger Lakes, ered the distance in 1:50.16. ❱ NY-bred yearlings to she tried three trainers, she tried running for a claiming tag, Castellano had ridden the chestnut filly in her three previ- she tried Florida. auction tonight. ous starts. She led early in a New York-bred maiden at Bel- “She’s getting much more consistent running on the mont Park before finishing second. Then she came back to See STATUE OF LIBERTY page 2 break that condition, wiring eight foes in a one-turn maiden Custom-Painted Statue of Liberty – Continued from page 1 Ritvo said. “When she first started LAWN out, a lot of races came off the turf, and we tried them because she was working good, her form was just getting horrible JOCKEYS on the dirt, then you’d run her back on the grass and you didn’t have her tight enough. Now, with the consistency and having races back to back, she seems to be improving with every start.” Ritvo wheeled her back in two weeks, after finishing second during Opening Week. “We ran the other day with this race in mind,” Ritvo said. “We thought in- stead of working her off the maiden win, we’d give her an opportunity to see if she was good enough to win against al- lowance horses. Since then, she’s trained really good, we altered her training, gal- loping her a couple of miles on some days, trying to takes a little steam out of her.” About five years ago, Ritvo decided to leave his safe haven of Calder and spend six weeks knocking heads with the big boys at Saratoga. He’s held his own over the years but this was his first stakes win at Saratoga. Hand-Painted with “Just winning a race here is great feat,” Ritvo said. “We talked about it, your Farm’s Silks we knew this filly could run last year and as she developed in her last couple Contact Kevin at of races, we started feeling better and better about this race. We’ve won a few 410-392-5867 races every year but this is the biggest. for Pricing or further information It’s the pinnacle of racing, it’s an honor Saratoga Ad - 8/07 8/9/07 Tod 4:09 Marks PM to Page be here, 1 we love it, it’s part of history, Tishmeister and Javier Castellano return as Saratoga stakes winners. it’s everything you want.” 'PSU$ISJTUPQIFST5IPSPVHICSFET--$ "HFOU•#BSO/PSUI PRECOCIOUS NYBREDS! Animal Translations $BTIJOPOPWFS.*--*0/JO1VSTFT *ODFOUJWFT BOE"XBSET What’s on Your Horse’s Mind? 'PSU$ISJTUPQIFST5IPSPVHICSFET --$JOWJUFTZPVUPJOTQFDUPVS DPOTJHONFOUPGRVBMJUZZFBSMJOHTBUUIFVQDPNJOH'BTJH5JQUPO You just need to know how to ask… 1SFGFSSFE4BMF"VHVTU BOE0QFO4BMF"VHVTU And how to listen… HOT SIRE POWER! 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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, Barbara Livingston Tod Marks Distribution: Barry Watson FREEDOM. Twistaway galloped loose – and clearly enjoyed herself – after losing jockey John Velazquez before Thursday’s Statue of Liberty Stakes. Menial Tasks Division: Ryan Clancy, Jack Clancy, Nolan Clancy “Did anybody dunk?” Name of the Day The Special’s Brian Nadeau, after writer David Kosak returned Spiritual Call, first race. The 3-year-old gelding, by Phone Trick out of from the fifth-graders/jockeys basketball game Thursday night ST Publishing Inc. 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