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KESL-09330-3 - Saratoga Special Sept Sale.indd 1 8/3/09 2:21:03 PM Monday, August 10, 2009 5 He was Fabulous indeed Fabulous Strike takes Vanderbilt Handicap recap home Vanderbilt win speed, Go Go Shoot shot to the lead. In a matter of strides, the favorite had his by sean clancy target and his connections watched the perfect scenario unfold. Outside, stalk- Ramon Dominguez understates most ing the apparent throwaway speed of things. Go Go Shoot while getting first run on On his way back to the jocks’ room a heady group of closers, led by cham- after the Vanderbilt, Dominguez’s eyes pion Benny The Bull and millionaire widened and his voice nearly quivered Kodiak Kowboy. at the question. Go Go Shoot flew the first quarter What’s he like? in 22.03 while Fabulous Strike braced “A running machine,” Dominguez against Dominguez’s hold in second. said. “I was trying to hold him and at the Will Shortz couldn’t have come up same time trying to keep him close to Go with better. Go Shoot,” Dominguez said. “It seems Fabulous Strike, the running ma- like his best races are when he’s right chine, won the Grade II Alfred G. Van- there, keeping him there and not letting derbilt by a length over longshot Go Go him fall sleep on me, I don’t know if he Shoot. Kodiak Kowboy closed for third would but I’m not about to try.” after 6-furlongs in 1:08.69. Canadian champion Fatal Bullet Owned by Walter Downey and tracked the top pair while Benny The trained by Todd Beattie, Fabulous Strike Bull sat in fourth along the rail, Eaton’s earned his 14th career victory and estab- Gift came next with 7-furlong specialist lished himself as the best dirt sprinter in Kodiak Kowboy last but close enough. the country. Grade II in name only, the Go Go Shoot posted a 44.52 half-mile Vanderbilt attracted six specialists, with split with Fabulous Strike still tracking a combined 50 wins, for its $250,000 the 15-1 shot. Dominguez loved it. purse. Turning for home, Go Go Shoot Fabulous Strike made it look easy and should have hit the exit ramp, leav- hard all at the same time. The 6-year-old ing Fabulous Strike to stave off Benny gelding buckled at the break but quickly The Bull and Kodiak Kowboy. Instead, righted himself, clearing four horses in- Tod Marks side him. From the rail, the speed of the See Vanderbilt page 7 Fabulous Strike puts away the Vanderbilt.
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Tod Marks Fabulous Strike and Ramon Dominguez return to the winner’s circle.
any real secrets, but knowing what he likes to do. Trying to fall back on that Vanderbilt – same plan and it keeps working out.” Continued from page 6 Beattie tried the tall and long gelding in the General George and the Carter Go Go Shoot battled like a soldier. earlier this year at 7-furlongs. He fin- Dominguez nailed Fabulous Strike left- ished second in both, losing by a nose in handed as the 6-year-old jumped to his the Carter. Beattie doesn’t like the way right lead. Go Go Shoot fought on while the distance taxes his horse. He’ll stick Benny The Bull and Kodiak Kowboy to 6-furlongs. tried to rally into the Fabulous Strike “At 6 years old and a gelding, I and Go Go Shoot scrap. The leaders felt can’t possibly see why you would want no ill effects of the fractions and kept to try anything or experiment with running. anything,” Beattie said. “That’s why “I was a little surprised to get I’m putting seven eighths behind me, challenged by the 1 for that long,” even though he runs an adequate seven Henry Stull (American, 1852-1913) ‘Montana’, Oil on canvas, 22” x 28” Dominguez said. “Not to take any- eighths, he’s spinning himself so hard thing away from him, he’s been running doing it, then they load the weight on very fast races, but Monmouth to here him going seven eighths compared to against this competition . . . he ran hard, three quarters it’s hard for him to tote August 1 - 30, 2009 he gave me a big fight to the end.” the package.” Winner of two minor stakes at Mon- Beattie weighs all his horses and Fasig-Tipton mouth, Go Go Shoot finally wilted notes that Fabulous Strike loses 40 to inside the sixteenth pole as Fabulous 50 pounds every race, nearly twice as Humphrey S. Finney Strike won comfortably in the end. much as most horses. He lost 58 pounds Not for Downey. when he was beaten a nose by Kodiak “Too much of a thrill for me, the Kowboy in the Carter, most likely his Sales Pavilion one horse stayed with us far too long,” last try at 7-furlongs. Downey said. “I bred him, I’ve owned Dominguez considers Fabulous Strike Saratoga Springs, NY him for a long time, he’s a 6-year-old, the fastest horse he’s ever ridden. he’s a horse of a lifetime for me, I’m just “He’s such a pleasure to ride. When a small-time breeder, I’ve only had one you get after him, he puts his head low- 9am- 2pm daily, other stakes horse in my life, a horse er and goes to running, when the pace is named Smells And Bells. He was good, way, way too fast, he’ll lift his head and 9am - 5pm during sales week but nowhere near as good as this guy, that’s his way of saying I can’t go any this is an exceptional horse.” faster,” Dominguez said. “You know f The Pennsylvania-bred extended his he’s going fast but he’s extremely de- stellar career mark to 14-for-23. Fabu- ceiving, he feels like he’s galloping, he’s lous Strike has finished first or second in got such a beautiful way of going, so nine of his last 10 starts, all stakes. His smooth, so easy to ride. In the post pa- only blemish coming when fifth over the rade, he’ll just look around, take a deep synthetic surface in the Breeders’ Cup breath, he’s a very smart horse. He’s not last fall. a speed-crazy type, you give him a little Lexington, KY 40508 “It’s really tough, you have such an encouragement and he’s like ‘OK,’ and 859.421.3436 | 518.583.2605 emotional feeling towards the horse,” he’ll go in 21 with ease. It doesn’t make e-mail: [email protected] Beattie said. “He has such determi- sense.” nation, you get up and want to go to Running machines don’t always work, I know the secrets, not there are make sense.
Monday, August 10, 2009 7 Candid Saratoga With so much going on at the Spa, The Special’s Tod Marks is always looking for his next shot...
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Monday, August 10, 2009 9 Game Over for the rest Pletcher filly dodges trouble, runs down leader by brian nadeau Edgar Prado was more than willing to sign a few autographs as he walked to the paddock for Sunday’s finale. “Sign right here please, on Game Face,” Honorable a fan said. “She’s the one you won on.” miss Prado obliged, took recap a few more steps and quietly said “I won on her last time too, we get along pretty well together.” Prado and Game Face rolled to a Grade I win in Calder’s Princess Rooney Handicap in July and made it a perfect 2-for-2 when they wore down a stubborn Keep The Peace in deep stretch of Sun- day’s Grade II Honorable Miss Stakes. Trained by Todd Pletcher for Zabeel Racing International, Game Face broke alertly from post position three in the $150,000 Honorable Miss and immedi- ately found herself in tight quarters as Keep The Peace (Julien Leparoux) went to the lead from the rail and Lady Chace pressed the issue from the outside. Pra- Tod Marks do found himself in a tightening vice Game Face and Edgar Prado return to the winner’s circle after taking the Honorable Miss. as Keep The Peace rattled off fractions ter of Menifee responded to take com- of 22.76 and 45.74 seconds, and Lady mand and draw off from the early leader. Chace continued to flank Game Face on P.S.U. Grad and Porte Bonheur finally the outside. P.S.U. Grad, second-choice shook free and took aim on the top pair Porte Bonheur and All Giving complet- but Game Face was already gone. She ed the lineup. hit the line 1 1/2 lengths in front of a te- Magna erapy Keep the Peace barreled along on the nacious Keep The Peace, who salvaged Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Frequency erapy lead and took the compact group into the place over P.S.U. Grad, who headed the far turn. Prado held his position on an unlucky Porte Bonheur. Game Face and proved an unforgiving The stretch run may have been closer shadow to the leader. Lady Chace blink- and more contentious than most had ed first, backing up as Keep The Peace expected, but it was the first quarter- cut the corner with a tenuous advan- mile that concerned Prado. tage. Behind the leading trio P.S.U. Grad “We were in a little bit of a tight (Kent Desormeaux) and Porte Bonheur spot early when that horse looked like Nerio Vargas Debbie Kral (Ramon Dominguez) staged their own she was coming over and that can be goal line stand, racing in tight quarters tough on a horse, but I was able to stay along the rail while crying out for rac- in there and keep my position,” Prado 0ČFST ing room. said. “Today we had to work a little bit tUIFSBQFVUJDNBTTBHF tQSFQPTUXPSL Prado called on Game Face as Keep harder than the last time but it was a The Peace streaked to the eighth pole tMBTFSUIFSBQZ tSFEVDUJPOPGFEFNB with a diminishing lead and the daugh- See Honorable Miss page 12 tNBHOFUJDCMBOLFU tPWFSBMMTUJNVMBUJPOPG tJSPOGPPUNBHOFUJDQBE JNNVOFTZTUFN
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Monday, August 10, 2009 11 Honorable Miss – Continued from page 10 different track and her first time over it. The rail seemed to be pretty good today as well. That other filly was game and didn’t want to stop, but when I called on my filly she was there for me and took off.” Game Face broke her maiden in her third start as a 2-year-old and took a pair of Grade III races as a sophomore: Gulfstream Park’s Old Hat and Churchill Downs’ La Troienne. Pletcher gave her a shot at her first Grade I in June, Belmont Park’s prestigious Acorn Stakes, but Game Face found the 1-mile dis- tance a bit too far and she checked in third of four behind Zaftig and champion Indian Blessing. After a brief freshening, she returned in November to take a Churchill allowance to set her up for 2009. Game Face began her 4-year-old campaign at Gulfstream, winning the Grade III First Lady and the Grade II Inside Infor- mation. She disappointed in her next two, including the Grade I Humana Distaff on Derby Day but finally got her due in the Rooney, when she partnered with Prado for the first time. Game Face stalked in fourth, moved willingly to the lead and overpow- ered Keep The Peace en route to a 6 3/4-length score. For Pletcher, it wasn’t quite as simple as sending out the fa- vorite in another Saratoga stakes. He had Game Face trained to the second for the Rooney and she responded with a career run that was so compelling it was only natural to wonder how she would come out of the race. Wheeling back on 29 days off such a performance – in a Saratoga Grade II, no less – isn’t quite as easy as the tote board tells you it is. “Any time you ship to Calder in the middle of the summer and run such a big race you run the risk of regressing. The heat down there, the ship, it can be hard on a horse,” Pletcher said. “But the filly kind of told us in her training that she came out of it well enough to point to this spot. We felt she was doing well and that 6 furlongs was her best distance so we decided to take advantage of it.” Prado also knew the potential pitfalls that can result from a trip to South Florida, but admitted it never factored into the Honorable Miss equation. “We got along great at Calder. She was so comfortable, I didn’t even have to hit her down there,” Prado said. “And that’s why coming here today I was extremely confident with her. She’s beautiful. A real treat to ride.” Tod Marks Game Face draws off to win the Honorable Miss.
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Nutritional support provided by McCauley Bros. Nutritionalwww.mccauleybros.com support provided by McCauley Bros. www.mccauleybros.com Look Ahead Trainer Ubillo makes the most of advice, trip to United States by BRIAN NADEAU ALBERT THE GREAT PREVIEW Rodrigo Ubillo still remember the ad- ing up the ranks and becoming a groom. vice his mother gave him when he told The job description is a bit different in her he wanted to embark on a career at Chile. the racetrack. “There you have so many more re- “She told me that whatever I wanted sponsibilities with a job as a groom,” to do in life make sure that I did it with Ubillo explained. “You do so much no regrets.” more. You walk the horse, gallop the His next regret will be his first. horse and groom the horse as well so it Ubillo has quietly built up a formi- allows you to learn many different as- dable New York barn since emigrating pects, not only of the game but of the to the United States in 1999 and Mon- horse itself.” day will showcase one of his stars when Ubillo worked for Urbina until 1999, Dr. D. F. C. starts in the $70,000 Albert when the trainer suggested a move to America. The dream soon became a re- Tod Marks The Great Stakes (today’s third race) at Dr. D. F. C. won a stakes at Saratoga in 2008 and tries for a repeat today. 9 furlongs. ality. Ubillo grew up in a racing fam- “I would read The Blood-Horse, Fame trainer Shug McGaughey. Like in me with their horses. That’s something ily in Chile with his cousins and uncles see the stories and the horses and how Chile, he started out slow, polishing his I’ll be forever grateful for.” as jockeys. It was only natural that he advanced things were in America and craft and honing his skills. After work- At the same time, Ubillo continued would gravitate to the track. After go- knew it was somewhere I wanted to ing with McGaughey for a year, Ubillo his tutelege, serving as Phil Serpe’s assis- ing to the races for the first time as an go,” Ubillo said. “Carlos had made a moved to Christophe Clement’s barn. tant for three years, before finally ven- 11-year-old he was hooked. few contacts in America over the years In 2000 he met Jane McMahon, the turing into the deep end of the pool. He “I just fell in love with the horses and and knew that I wanted to go there. daughter of successful New York breed- went out on his own in 2005, with some I knew it was what I wanted to do,” One day he came up and said ‘Would ers Joe and Anne McMahon of McMa- extra help. Ubillo said. “When I finished school I you like to go to America?’ I thought hon Thoroughbreds. His life changed “My father-in-law Joe gave me the told my mom and she encouraged me to he was firing me but it was through his forever. opportunity and had the confidence in follow my dream.” help that I came here.” “I met Jane in 2000 and we were mar- me to help get me started,” Ubillo said. Ubillo began working for Chilean Ubillo arrived in 1999 and shortly ried in 2001,” Ubillo said. “Her family “It was very hard at first. The horses trainer Carlos Urbina, gradually mov- thereafter got a job working for Hall of were the first people to trust me, to trust See albert the great page 16
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Monday, August 10, 2009 15 This year Dr. D. F. C. has been slow a disappointing eighth in Belmont’s into stride and enters the Albert The Grade II Suburban Handicap at 10 fur- Albert The Great – Great looking for his first win after six longs July 4. Continued from page 14 starts. Earlier in the meet he was a clos- Tom Albertrani entered two Darley ing third in the High Rock Spring Stakes runners, Barrier Reef and Ea, but indi- were not that great so the barn was not for state-breds on July 31 over a sloppy cated that only Barrier Reef will meet very noticeable but through the years track. Dr. D. F. C. came out of the race the starter. The 4-year-old son of Mizzen we’ve gotten better and better. It’s been in good shape and Ubillo forges on. Mast has been freshened since a winter a slow process but I think it’s going in “We’ve already run once at the meet campaign at Aqueduct that ended with the right direction and we’re starting but I like to take a chance and run them three wins from four starts. Barrier Reef to get some better horses and better re- right back when they come out of their (Ramon Dominguez) took an optional sults. Right now I have 24 horses split races so well,” Ubillo said. “The horse is claimer in January and annexed a pair between Belmont and Saratoga, includ- doing good and likes this track and dis- of stakes, the Evening Attire and Stymie ing five with McMahon.” tance and that’s a big plus to have when before running third in the Grade III Ex- Years from now Ubillo may look you’re going into a race like this.” celsior Handicap April 4. With all three back at Dr. D. F. C. as the big horse that Nick Zito and Bob LaPenta hold a wins coming over Aqueduct’s tricky in- helped him break through. Bred by Mc- strong hand in the Albert The Great, send- ner dirt track Albertrani hopes Barrier Mahon and owned by August Forever ing out the entry of Cool Coal Man (John Reef’s form carries to Saratoga. Stable and T S P Enterprises, the 6-year- Tod Marks Velazquez to ride) and 2008 Belmont “Everyone seems to think he’s just an Rodrigo Ubillo old son of Personal Flag has been one of Stakes winner Da’Tara (Alan Garcia). inner track horse, but he’s been train- Ubillo’s most prolific runners. Dr. D. F. Da’Tara has gone winless in seven ing well up here so hopefully he’ll take Le Grand Cru (Julien Leparoux), C. has four wins and $262,462 in earn- races since shocking the racing world a liking to the surface.” Albertrani said. who took a 1-mile optional claimer at ings from 28 career starts, including a with his 38-1 upset of Big Brown “We gave him a little break after the Belmont in June for Allen Jerkens and score in the 9-furlong Solomon North- and seven others in the Belmont. The winter but he’s responded. He was a bit More Than A Reason (Rajiv Maragh), up Stakes here last August against state- 4-year-old son of Tiznow steps back unlucky in his last start, getting bottled a battle tested 1-for-13 on the year for breds, Ubillo’s first Saratoga win. into a stakes for the first time in 2009 up as he turned for home but he likes 9 Randi Persaud, round out the field for after starting his season with a trio of furlongs and we think he’s coming up to the Albert The Great Stakes. runner-up finishes in optional claimers. a good effort.” Da’Tara ran twice at the Spa last sum- Ea (Dominguez), should he start, has • Graded stakes winner Communi- mer, finishing seventh and last in the one win from five starts this year, includ- que (Leparoux) looks to secure her first Jim Dandy but then returning to run a ing seconds in the Charles Town Classic win of 2009 when she goes favored in sneaky-good fifth in the Travers, where and Grade III Schaefer at Pimlico. the fifth, the $70,000 Waya Stakes for he set the pace and was beaten less than Ready Set (Joe Lezcano) starts for older distaffers at 1 1/2 miles on the 6 lengths. Lael Stable and Michael Matz. The grass. G. Watts Humphrey Jr.’s home- Cool Coal Man was also a graded 4-year-old enjoyed a solid sophomore bred took the Grade III Modesty last stakes winner as a 3-year-old in 2008, campaign in 2008, winning the Grade III summer at Arlington Park and also fin- winning Gulfstream Park’s Grade II West Virginia Derby en route to bank- ished on the board in a pair of Grade I Fountain of Youth Stakes in February. ing $584,150, but has failed to win in races, but has struggled in three 2009 Saratoga’s Finest Selection of The son of Mineshaft has fared better three 2009 starts. Ready Set comes off a starts for Rusty Arnold. 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Monday, August 10, 2009 17 The Special puts On some of Saratoga’s the players on the spot hot with a quick Q & A. saddle 1. You’re inducted into the hall of fame. Who’s presenting the plaque to you? Steve Martin. My favorite movie’s “The Jerk.”
2. You’re down to your last $2. Do you bet it on Sheppard in the steeplechase or Pletcher in the 2-year-old stakes? Pletcher.
3. You steal the Travers Canoe. Where are you hiding it? The 18th hole at Saratoga National.
4. You’re making the drive from Belmont Park to Saratoga. Who do you want in Tod Marks the car with you? My wife. And that’s not being funny. My co-pilot. Mike Luzzi is today’s participant to get grilled by The Special’s hard-hitting questions. 5. Who’s the one (horse) that got away? Cigar! Every time I was behind him. 11. What did your mom want you to be? My mom was a trainer’s daughter. She’s got two sons that are jockeys so, we’re living her dream. 6. What was your first job? Dishwasher. For real! 12. Yankees, Mets, or Red Sox? Yankees. 7. What is your worst habit? Can’t say. Absolutely can’t say! 13. If you could have any other job, what would it be? Professional golfer. 8. What is your earliest racing memory? My first race. Not being able to speak or walk for about 15 minutes after the race. Finished third, but was very tired. 14. Who do people say you look like? Kevin Bacon. With a hat on. Without the hat on, I’m dead. 9. Coke or Pepsi? Coke. 15. You’re a contestant on American Idol. What song would you sing? “All Sum- 10. Who is your favorite horse? Cigar. mer Long” (Kid Rock).
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Monday, August 10, 2009 19 the Power grid John Brian Pete Gaile John Race # Panagot Nadeau Fornatale Fitzgerald Shapazian
City Spirit City Spirit City Spirit City Spirit City Spirit 1 Soave Soave Soave Exonerated Exonerated Paraiba Offhand Remark One In A Romp Soave Offhand Remark Proud Zoe Proud Zoe Afleet Maggi Proud Zoe Pletcher Entry 2 Afleet Maggi Afleet Maggi Pletcher Entry Afleet Maggi Afleet Maggi Marabelle Happy Week Marabelle Marabelle Zori’s Eye Barrier Reef Cool Coal Man Zito Entry Albertrani Entry Barrier Reef 3 Cool Coal Man Dr. D. F. C. Albertrani Entry Zito Entry Zito Entry Le Grand Cru Barrier Reef Ready Set Ready Set Le Grand Cru Zooger Zooger Zooger William T Zooger 4 Find The Wire Gravitational Maccarib Pass Riptide Gravitational Riptide Riptide Riptide Zooger Maccarib Pass Avie’s Tale Dean Henry Winsome Ways Communique Dean Henry 5 Winsome Ways Communique Avie’s Tale Jazz Jam Communique Jazz Jam Zaskar Nicksappealinglady Avie’s Tale Avie’s Tale Gentle Ride Serela’s Song For Passion Gentle Ride There I Go 6 Jo Bananas Gentle Ride Barbie Girl Dr Paula Moynahan Gentle Ride Serela’s Song Dr Paula Moynahan Gentle Ride Barbie Girl For Passion Concorde’s Dance Dutch Treat Concorde’s Dance Concorde’s Dance Awe So Beautiful 7 Cool Corredor Imandra Dutch Treat Imandra Imandra Lakecat Gypsy Camp Awe So Beautiful Awe So Beautiful Concorde’s Dance Rereadthefootnotes Wolfson Overextended Rereadthefootnotes Rereadthefootnotes Multidude Rereadthefootnotes Wolfson Wolfson Multidude 8 Wolfson Billy Bear Rereadthefootnotes Multidude Wolfson Theartofcompromise Theartofcompromise Theartofcompromise Theartofcompromise Theartofcompromise Smart Tomcat El Windo King Bo Bo Smart Tomcat El Windo 9 Lofty Banner King Bo Bo Weekend Pass Weekend Pass Show Me the Cash To Date: 26/101 20/101 20/101 25/101 29/101
MONday’s detailed analysis By Brian Nadeau
Race 1: SOAVE gets the slight nod based on her two-turn experience. Ran Race 5: COMMUNIQUE doesn’t seem to be the filly she was last year, but well against better in her last and has the right running style. Toss the then again she might not have to be in here, as she enjoys a major class yielding try and OFFHAND REMARK’S form comes into focus, especially edge. ZASKAR could be suspect at the distance but benefits from the ex- her course and distance win her last summer. EXONERATED just missed pected soft splits. JAZZ JAM has had a pair of troubled trips against much against similar at Belmont and will be tough to beat if she can handle the better than what she’s facing in here. If on dirt: Dean Henry, Borrowing two turns. If on dirt: City Spirit, Got Clearance, Rizzi’s Twist. Base, Avie’s Tale.
Race 2: PROUD ZOE hit the board against Decelerator and Hot Dixie Chick Race 6: SERELA’S SONG takes the biggest drop in the game and seems at CD and they’re arguably the top pair of 2yof’s on the grounds. Enough a notch above what she meets here. GENTLE RIDE is another dropper and said. AFLEET MAGGI was fourth to the pick at CD and is back again and has speed to spare. DR PAULA MOYNAHAN took money and ran well when this time tries Lasix. HAPPY WEEK is coupled with ’Zoe and makes for a a troubled second in her debut. If on dirt: Barbie Girl, Cherry On The Top, formidable entry. There I Go.
Racehorses in your Blood? Race 3: Not crazy about giving out COOL COAL MAN at a short price but Race 7: DUTCH TREAT caught slop in her debut but has been freshened he’s the class of the field and there doesn’t appear to be much speed signed and drops slightly in class. Could prove tough on the engine. IMANDRA is on to discourage him early. DR. D. F. C. wheels back on short rest for a clearly the horse to beat but drew a tough post and has the look of a bounce trainer that’s quietly having an excellent year. A stretch threat if the choice candidate. GYPSY CAMP goes out for a barn that is overdue. gets softened early. BARRIER REEF has been freshened after running well this winter. Race 8: WOLFSON has been trading paint against much better than he meets here and can benefit from the quick early pace heavily favored RE- Race 4: GRAVITATIONAL returns from a 13-month layoff and drops in for READTHEFOOTNOTES might encounter. The latter was awesome in his Oklahoma Trackside residence on Fifth Avenue has 35k-not the best sign. But if he’s anything close to what he was he might return but that was in the mud and there’s a chance he gets caught up in a Thoroughbreds running past you every day! Enjoy lap this group. RIPTIDE had a brutal trip at Belmont but rates a price glance duel. BILLY BEAR returns with Lasix and looms a stretch threat. the kitchen with granite counters & island. Guests based on his first two runs of the year. VICTORY ASSURED has been fac- will enjoy privacy in the “west wing” with master ing better and would be no surprise. If on dirt: Zooger, Hoist The Gala, Race 9: THEARTOFCOMPROMISE takes a drop after running well in state- suite & two add’l bedrooms. 2nd floor master Chalook. bred allowance races. Might be one of the few in here with the ability to get retreat will more than please w/ spa bath,sitting room w/ FP, balcony overlooking track. $929,000. 9 furlongs. Not sure if EL WINDO can handle the main track but he won’t need wings to beat this field. KING BO BO steps up in class and out in dis- Dark Tuesday Open House, Noon-2 p.m. tance but could get brave if allowed to get loose on the lead. Janet Besheer (518) 265-9575 The Special on Facebook Angela Brady (518) 428-1775 at facebook.com/saratogaspecial Sallee Horse Vans Ryan Clancy, Administrator 1-800-967-VANS (772) 260-2586
20 Monday, August 10, 2009 Monday’s Saratoga entries Monday, August 10. Post Time 1 p.m. Entries with program number, post 6th (3:48) 5 1/2 Furlongs (Turf) F&M 3&Up mdn clm ($35,000) position, jockey, trainer, and morning-line odds. Purse: $24,000 Don’t Just 1 3 Southern Princess...... Castellano J J...... Contessa Gary C.....15-1 1st (1:00) 1 Mile (Inner turf) F&M 3&Up Allow OC NY BRED 1A AE Amber’s Edge...... Luzzi M J...... Contessa Gary C.....15-1 ($30,000) Purse: $51,000 2 1 There I Go...... Velazquez J R...... Pletcher Todd A...... 8-1 Be a 1 5 My Dear Annie...... Coa E M...... Donk David...... 5-1 3 2 Serela’s Song...... Espinoza J L...... Hough Stanley M...... 6-1 1A 8 Paraiba...... Lezcano J...... Donk David...... 5-1 4 4 Split Second (ARG)....Prado E S...... Donk David...... 12-1 2 6 Higher Incentive...... Leparoux J R...... Contessa Gary C...... 6-1 5 5 Dr Paula Moynahan....Garcia Alan...... Violette, Jr. R A...... 10-1 2B MTO Love Co...... Luzzi M J...... Contessa Gary C...... 6-1 6 6 Cherry On the Top...... Lezcano J...... Cibelli Jane...... 20-1 Spectator, 3 MTO Got Clearance...... Castellano J J...... Levine Bruce N...... 5-2 7 7 Durlores...... Medina J...... Ubillo Rodrigo A.....20-1 3X MTO Rizzi’s Twist...... Dominguez R A..... Levine Bruce N...... 5-2 8 8 Barbie Girl...... Leparoux J R...... Dutrow, Jr. R E...... 7-2 4 1 Offhand Remark...... Velazquez J R...... Serpe Philip M...... 6-1 9 9 Singing My Song...... Maragh R...... Terranova, II John..20-1 5 2 Exonerated...... Dominguez R A..... Klesaris Steve...... 3-1 10 10 For Passion...... Dominguez R A..... Motion H Graham.....4-1 Be an 6 3 Soave...... Desormeaux K J.... Bush Thomas M...... 4-1 11 11 Gentle Ride...... Velasquez C...... Rice Linda...... 6-1 7 4 Token Special...... Espinoza J L...... Odintz Jeff...... 30-1 12 12 Jo Bananas...... Albarado R J...... McPeek Ken...... 12-1 8 7 Speed Dating...... Garcia Alan...... McLaughlin Kiaran...7-2 13 AE Barbara’sluckystar...... Maragh R...... Allard Edward T...... 20-1 9 9 One in a Romp...... Maragh R...... Callejas Bernardo.....8-1 A-Coupled: Southern Princess and Amber’s Edge Owner 10 MTO City Spirit...... Desormeaux K J.... Hushion Michael E...3-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Super (.10), Pick 3 Races (6-8), Pick 4 Races (6-9) Daily Double 11 MTO Gold for the Queen.....Leparoux J R...... Baker Charlton...... 12-1 12 MTO Gattinara...... Maragh R...... Bond H James...... 8-1 7th (4:22) 6 Furlongs F&M 3&Up mdn clm ($35,000 - $25,000) A-Coupled: My Dear Annie and Paraiba Purse: $26,400 B-Coupled: Higher Incentive and Love Co 1 3 Gypsy Camp...... Morales S...... Contessa Gary C.....10-1 C-Coupled: Got Clearance and Rizzi’s Twist 1A 9 Grand Madam...... Maragh R...... Contessa Gary C.....10-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Pick 3 Races (1-3), Daily Double 2 1 Dutch Treat...... Lezcano J...... Brown Chad C...... 8-1 3 2 Amelia the Cat...... Prado E S...... Sciacca Gary...... 8-1 2nd (1:33) 6 Furlongs Fillies 2YO Maiden Purse: $50,000 4 4 Cool Corredor...... Albarado R J...... McPeek Ken...... 6-1 1 6 Proud Zoe...... Castellano J J...... Pletcher Todd A...... 9-5 5 5 Concorde’s Dance...... Bridgmohan S X.... Asmussen Steve...... 7-2 1A 8 Happy Week...... Prado E S...... Pletcher Todd A...... 9-5 6 6 Lakecat...... Velasquez C...... Jerkens H Allen...... 8-1 2 1 C. C. Coco...... Desormeaux K J.... Mott William I...... 10-1 7 7 Cottage Industry...... Chavez J F...... Martin Frank...... 50-1 3 2 Golden Birdie...... Maragh R...... Lukas D Wayne...... 12-1 8 8 Awe So Beautiful...... Dominguez R A..... Hushion Michael E...5-1 4 3 Afleet Maggi...... Albarado R J...... McPeek Ken...... 3-1 9 10 Windy Corner...... Bermudez J E...... Mena, II Pastor...... 30-1 5 4 Protesting...... Velazquez J R...... McGaughey III C R...8-1 10 11 Imandra...... Luzzi M J...... Badgett William Jr....3-1 6 5 Zori’s Eye...... Leparoux J R...... Arnold George R II...8-1 A-Coupled: Gypsy Camp and Grand Madam 7 7 Marabelle...... Dominguez R A..... Trombetta Mike J.....5-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Pick 3 Races (7-9), Daily Double 8 9 Quiet Temper...... Garcia Alan...... Romans Dale...... 12-1 A-Coupled: Proud Zoe and Happy Week 8th (4:56) 6 1/2 Furlongs 3&Up Allow OC NY BRED ($25,000) Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Pick 3 Races (2-4), Pick 4 Races (2-5) Daily Double Purse: $57,500 1 1 Wicked Climb...... Luzzi M J...... Contessa Gary C.....15-1 3rd (2:06) Albert The Great S. 1 1/8 Miles 3&Up Purse: $70,000 2 2 Inger Management.....Carmouche K...... Servis John C...... 12-1 1 2 Cool Coal Man...... Velazquez J R...... Zito Nicholas P...... 9-5 3 3 Fast Iz a Turtle...... Richards G G...... O’Brien Colum...... 50-1 1A 3 Da’ Tara...... Garcia Alan...... Zito Nicholas P...... 9-5 4 4 Wolfson...... Castellano J J...... DiPrima Gregory...... 5-1 2 4 Barrier Reef...... Dominguez R A..... Albertrani Thomas....2-1 5 5 Spanky Fischbein...... Lezcano J...... Brown Chad C...... 6-1 2B 5 Ea...... Dominguez R A..... Albertrani Thomas....2-1 6 6 Mr. Bourbon Street.....Dominguez R A..... Baker Charlton...... 15-1 3 1 Ready Set...... Lezcano J...... Matz Michael R...... 7-2 7 7 Overextended...... Maragh R...... Hennig Mark...... 10-1 4 6 More Than a Reason..Maragh R...... Persaud Randi...... 12-1 8 8 Rereadthefootnotes....Garcia Alan...... McLaughlin Kiaran...5-2 5 7 Dr. D. F. C...... Prado E S...... Ubillo Rodrigo A.....12-1 9 9 Multidude...... Velazquez J R...... Martin Carlos F...... 4-1 6 8 Le Grand Cru...... Leparoux J R...... Jerkens H Allen...... 5-1 10 10 Billy Bear...... Prado E S...... Dutrow Sydney...... 8-1 A-Coupled: Cool Coal Man and Da’ Tara 11 11 Benlayla...... Coa E M...... Schosberg Richard.20-1 B-Coupled: Barrier Reef and Ea Exacta, Trifecta, Super (.10), Daily Double Exacta, Trifecta, Pick 3 Races (3-5), Daily Double 9th (5:30) 1 1/8 Miles 3&Up Claiming ($20,000) Purse: $27,500 4th (2:40) 1 1/16 Miles (Turf) 3&Up clm ($35,000) Purse: $32,000 1 1 Lofty Banner...... Chavez J F...... Contessa Gary C.....15-1 1 2 William T...... Velasquez C...... Dutrow Anthony W...5-1 2 2 Weekend Pass...... Albarado R J...... Scherer Merrill R...... 8-1 1A MTO Zooger...... Dominguez R A..... Dutrow Anthony W...5-1 3 3 Win Millions...... Maragh R...... Schettino Dominick.12-1 2 7 Riptide (ARG)...... Maragh R...... Imperio Joseph...... 9-2 4 4 Theartofcompromise.. Lezcano J...... Serpe Philip M...... 3-1 2B MTO Hoist the Gala...... Maragh R...... Imperio Joseph...... 9-2 5 5 Smart Tomcat...... Leparoux J R...... Maker Michael J...... 6-1 3 1 Maccarib Pass...... Leparoux J R...... Maker Michael J.....10-1 6 6 Show Me the Cash.....Bridgmohan S X.... Brown Bruce R...... 15-1 4 3 Exton...... Garcia Alan...... Disanto Glenn B.....15-1 7 7 Coaltown Legend...... Espinoza J L...... Feron Kathleen M...20-1 5 4 Knife and Fork...... Chavez J F...... Quick Patrick J...... 30-1 8 8 El Windo...... Velazquez J R...... Pletcher Todd A...... 4-1 6 5 Victory Assured...... Desormeaux K J.... Hennig Mark...... 5-1 9 9 Nolite Timere...... Castanon J L...... Ferraro James W....20-1 7 6 Ramblin Romeo...... Luzzi M J...... Tannuzzo Michael...30-1 10 10 King Bo Bo...... Velasquez C...... Kenneally Eddie...... 7-2 8 8 Chalook...... Arroyo N Jr...... McManus Thomas. 30-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Super (.10) Wagers 9 9 Ecru Egret...... Castanon J L...... Persaud Randi...... 30-1 10 10 Wonderous Day...... Espinoza J L...... Terracciano Neal.....20-1 11 11 Gravitational...... Dominguez R A..... Clement Christophe.....5-2 12 12 Indymine...... Morales S...... Callejas Bernardo.....6-1 13 AE Find the Wire...... Castellano J J...... 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Monday, August 10, 2009 21 Stepping Up Yearlings, facility improve for 2009 by Michele MacDonald The push began as soon as Dubai- based Synergy Investments Ltd., headed Of all the horse sales around the by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al world, it is likely that none has been Maktoum’s associate Abdulla Al Hab- more diligently prepared—and thus bai, acquired Fasig-Tipton in the spring more highly anticipated – than the of 2008. Immediately, the bar was raised Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected year- for North America’s oldest Thorough- ling sale that unfolds over the next two bred auction company, which has ham- nights. mered down great horses from Man o’ Unprecedented efforts to entice buy- War to Saint Liam in Saratoga. ers from across the globe as well as re- Although there wasn’t time to take a cruit many new consignors with more wholly different direction with the 2008 commercial stock to a renovated sale sale, Fasig-Tipton officials immediately grounds have generated a swelling sense began traveling to build up the compa- of expectation that is tempered only ny’s sales in the minds of international by the ongoing worldwide economic buyers, with a special focus on Saratoga, gloom, which admittedly casts a long as well as to solicit horses from North shadow. American breeders and consignors. “We’re cautiously optimistic,” said “We’ve gone with the approach that Dan Pride, Fasig-Tipton Co. Inc. execu- the personal touch is the best,” said tive vice president and chief operating Pride. “There have been seven different officer. “We’re confident we have assem- members of the team that have made bled a catalogue that gives us the best op- international trips, so that’s been a big portunity to have a good experience.” part (of trying to draw new buyers). Approximately a year of effort has We’ve met individually with prospec- gone into creating this sale, with Fasig- tive buyers that may not have attended Tipton executives making multiple trips the Saratoga sale in the past. The cata- to Europe, Japan and the Middle East logue has been a huge source of interest to spread the word about what they in helping our recruitment, so we hope hope to accomplish in upgrading the that we will see several new internation- sale’s position as, to use Pride’s words, al faces in Saratoga this year.” “one of the most successful and enjoy- Tod Marks able yearling auctions in the world.” See Sales page 23 Ken McPeek checks out some of the yearlings on Sunday.
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22 Monday, August 10, 2009 Sales – Continued from page 22 Fasig-Tipton expects multiple buying groups from Japan to attend the sale, he said, and has received “strong indica- tions of interest from people planning to attend” from Europe. Executives also are hoping that agents represent- ing Middle Eastern-based buyers will be in attendance. Pride, Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning Jr. and Direc- tor of Marketing Terence Collier flew to England for the Royal Ascot meeting in June and spent time encouraging own- ers from Dubai and nearby countries to come to Saratoga. “We had good conversations and we’re optimistic that some of them may at least have representatives at the sale. I wouldn’t want to say they will be there directly, but if they have representatives of their operations there, that would be good enough for us,” Pride said. To entice some buyers from abroad, Fasig-Tipton has offered to help with flights and accommodations. “We have proactively tried to re- introduce the Saratoga sale to buyers that don’t ordinarily attend,” Pride explained, adding that many have ac- cepted offers of assistance. “It’s our way of just trying to say, ‘Please consider it, take a hard look at the catalogue, and if there is an interest in attending, we’d love to try to help you with the arrange- ments.’ ” Fasig-Tipton executives analyzed last year’s Saratoga results and found just a Tod Marks See sales page 26 Hip 79 rears outside of the shedrow on Sunday morning.
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Monday, August 10, 2009 23 Since 1898. No one has a longer pedigree.
1898-2009
Fe s t i va l o f Ra c i n g For 111 years an all-time great place to buy all-time great racehorses. The inaugural Fasig-Tipton Festival of Racing kicked off on Saturday with dramatic runnings of the Whitney Handicap and the Test Stakes and the inaugural running of the John Hettinger Stakes. Sunday, the Vanderbilt, the Honorable Miss and the Finney Stakes followed the theme – great racing in an unmatched setting. Bobby Flay, the chef, took over for Tom Durkin in the announcer’s booth. Today, it’s the first night of the Select Sales. Cue the fireworks. Who is the best yearling you have ever seen? (Part II)
Barry Irwin, Team Valor: “That I ever saw in my whole life? Wow. Nureyev. Charisma, that’s all Reiley McDonald, Eaton Sales: “Hip 34 in my consignment. That might be a little bit of a I can tell you. You could just see it. I loved him as a yearling, I thought he was a phenomenal race- plug. Wouldn’t want to tell a lie. Second best would be Yes It’s True.” horse and he was a great sire. He just had fire, fire. I saw him train, I saw him run. Unbelievable horse. Incredible.” Bill Graves, Fasig-Tipton: “Unbridled’s Song.”
Barclay Tagg, trainer: “Spectacular Bid. I remember when they bought him Debbie Easter, bloodstock agent: “Last year’s A.P. Indy out of Chimichurri. She’s one of the and he was a pretty good horse. I was right there when everybody was looking at best ones I’ve ever seen.” him. Genuine Risk, I was there for her too. They paid $37,000 for him and $32,000 for her if my memory’s correct. I can’t remember what I did yesterday, but I can Jack Brothers, Hidden Brook Farm: “Wild Rush.” remember that.”
Eddie Kenneally, trainer: “Fusaichi Pegasus. He was the real deal. I hap- Barbara Livingston, photographer: “Oooh, tough question . . . 2003, pened to be at Churchill the day he won the Derby as well.” the sales-topper here. Sold for $2.7 million – perfectly athletic-looking, not muscle Tagg bound – just perfect. That’s what a horse should look like at that age.” A son of Unbridled and the Lord At War mare Words Of War (and therefore a half-brother Kip Elser, Kirkwood Stable: “Temperance Hill.” to E Dubai), the yearling was eventually named War Cry. He raced just twice due to a shoulder injury and is a stallion in Canada. Headley Bell, Nicoma Bloodstock: “No Matter What. Nureyev out of Words Of War. Arthur Hancock sold her. She’s the dam of Rainbow View and David Donk, trainer: “The best yearling I was ever around was Forty Niner, Winter View, so she’s hot right now.” Kenneally but I was too young to know anything at the time . . . Sharp Performance, he was my kind of horse – nice walk, two turns, very athletic. I bought him and he became Becky Thomas, Sequel Bloodstock: “Strong Hope. I loved him.” a graded stakes winner.” Niall Brennan, Niall Brennan Stables: “Meadow Star. She was a collector’s item. She was Mike Ryan, Mike Ryan Bloodstock: “Storm Bird, Caerleon, both picked art in motion. We got to break her and she turned out to be a champion. She had so much class. A out by Vincent O’Brien. Unbridled’s Song, too.” beautiful, beautiful filly.”
Donk Buzz Chace, bloodstock agent: “Unbridled’s Song. That was easy.” John Stuart, Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services: “Eddington. We sold him. Just a big, strong, lovely horse. That’s the one I remember.” Mike Mulligan, Leprechaun Racing: “Let me think about that. La Traviata is the best I ever bought, I just had to have her.” Bob Feld, Bongo Racing: “Fusaichi Pegasus. He was pretty fancy.”
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24 Monday, August 10, 2009 Monday, August 10, 2009 25 do not have a representative in this year’s catalog,” Pride said. “That was about a Sales – little under a third of the catalogue that Continued from page 23 disappeared, and then we’ve added depth at the top with major focus on those elite few active international buyers, although 20 commercial sires; we really tried to get Sheikh Mohammed’s bloodstock advisor, a high density of those to fill in, so we end- John Ferguson, ranked as the leading buyer ed up with a net gain of 47 yearlings.” with six yearling purchases for $3,325,000 Pride describes the process of round- and Michael Vincent Magnier of the Cool- ing up yearlings for the sale as “flat-out more team bought a Storm Cat colt for $2 recruitment.” A total of 57 yearlings, or million. Additionally, Sheikh Hamdan bin nearly a quarter of those catalogued, are Rashid al Maktoum’s Shadwell Estate Co. by the top 10 commercial sires of year- was the seventh leading buyer with three lings of 2008, including seven by leader yearlings for $1,160,000. Storm Cat, three by runner-up A.P. Indy, English-based Blandford Bloodstock three by Kingmambo, seven by Distorted and trainer Mark Johnston as well as Irish- Humor and eight by Unbridled’s Song. In based Hugh Merry Bloodstock bought addition, there are eight yearlings by hot one horse each last year. young sire Medaglia d’Oro and 14 from While fluctuations in currency values the first crop of champion Bernardini. generally are not advantageous to Fasig- Tipton in drawing international buyers “It’s a select sale and it’s a very finite in 2009, Pride said that the company has group of horses, so we started back in concentrated on appealing to “folks who the fall looking at these yearlings when are interested in quality first” and there- they were weanlings and meeting with fore would not be as likely to be affected the owners to really start planting the by monetary swings. seed about Saratoga. It was a darn near Analysis of last year’s results also con- a 10-month process,” Pride said. “Ordi- vinced Fasig-Tipton officials that they narily, horses are nominated and then you should concentrate on offering horses by inspect them and make a decision. We ex- top commercial sires, which appeal more tended the process by one step to really try to international buyers as well as domestic to get the lay of the land and find out what purchasers. The catalogue they compiled was in the crop that was highly desirable for 2009 not only contains more offspring and then do our best to talk with the own- from the 20 stallions identified as most ers to encourage them to nominate to the desirable, it also has 235 yearlings – the sale. highest number in more than a decade and “We are so appreciative of the consign- 21 percent more than in the 2008 cata- ors, the owners, the sellers of the yearlings log. for giving us the opportunity to put the “If you look at this year’s catalogue group together. It’s really not us who has versus last year’s catalogue, there are assembled it; it’s been through the faith about 26 sires that had a total of 54 year- and support of the consignors and sellers Tod Marks lings that were in last year’s catalogue that that we’ve done it,” he said. Hip 78 gets some last-minute polishing Saturday morning.
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26 Monday, August 10, 2009 Taking catalogues to world THIS Fasig-tipton lures is where equine international buyers insurance by Michele MacDonald is spoken. In the quest to attract international buyers to the Saratoga selected yearling sale, Fasig-Tipton officials didn’t want to let words get in the way. TAYLOR, Thus, they ambitiously decided to publish catalogues in Japanese and Ara- HARRIS bic in addition to English so they could directly communicate about the horses INSURANCE being offered to some of the world’s most prominent buyers while possibly setting a precedent for future sales. SERVICES, LTD. While some technical issues pre- vented the Arabic language catalogue from being printed for this year’s sale, Equine Insurance the Japanese version was completed Specialists and 100 copies were distributed among Japanese horsemen by Naohiro Goda, P.O. Box 449 Fasig-Tipton’s representative in Tokyo. Middleburg, Virginia 20117 “Many trainers and some owners who Tod Marks do not understand English are very hap- Hip 225 gets looked over by bloodstock agent Buzz Chace. ❖ py to have the Japanese catalogue, and Goda said he expected several prom- a strong runner-up effort in the Group they appreciate that Fasig-Tipton made inent Japanese trainers to attend the 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Europe’s Rob Nelson the Japanese version,” Goda said. Saratoga sale, including Yoshitaka Ni- championship event. Japan has been ahead of American nomiya, who conditioned 1999 Japa- Kazuya Nakatake, a trainer based 434-409-7443 mobile sales companies in the sense that the nese Horse of the Year and European at the Japan Racing Association’s Ritto (In Saratoga throughout the meet) Japan Racing Horse Association, which highweight El Condor Pasa. training center, (home to 2,200 horses) annually conducts that nation’s premier Ninomiya helped advance Japanese also is expected to attend on behalf of sale of yearlings and foals, has long racing internationally with El Condor international owner Koji Maeda, along [email protected] printed catalogues in English as it at- Pasa’s exploits, which included victo- with trainer Masamichi Wada, who has www.taylorharris.com tempts to develop an international buy- ries in France’s Group 1 Grand Prix de horses at the JRA’s Miho training cen- ing pool. Saint-Cloud and Group 2 Prix Foy and ter. 800-291-4774 office
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Monday, August 10, 2009 27 Leading 2008 consignor Talking Shop goes for a double this year by Michele MacDonald If you’re going to put significant capi- tal behind promoting a sale like Sara- At last year’s Select Sales, Eaton Sales toga, for only 235 horses, that capital ranked as leading consignor by gross is going to have some real effect on the with 17 sold for a total of $5.24 mil- bottom line of the market. lion. The one thing we know about the The Special asked Reiley McDon- horse market right now is that nobody ald, co-owner of Eaton Sales, to share really knows what to expect. We’re just some thoughts about this year’s sale and figuring that perhaps Fasig-Tipton can the particular challenges of the current get us through this year with its promo- world economic environment. tional dollars. I don’t suspect it’s going to be a great sale, but I don’t expect What is your perspective on the status it’s going to be a disaster. There is one of the American yearling market? thing that always concerns you at Sara- McDonald: It’s pretty obvious that toga – any time you add to that market the economy is having an effect on sell- (going up from 195 horses catalogued ing Thoroughbreds, and I don’t really last year to 235), pure supply and de- believe that the Fasig-Tipton July sale mand takes over. It’s troubling to see (down 26 percent) was a good mea- the numbers go up too much. sure of the market at all. It really was I know the objective of the sales something that most of us expected. company is to grow the market and to We certainly took far fewer horses than make it a 250-horse-plus sale and the we ever have in there, recognizing that real select summer sale that we haven’t these poor guys who make their living had in a long time. It does worry you pinhooking had a really tough season, with not only a bad economy but the and it’s the first sale of the year. Fasig- additional horses that are catalogued – Tipton had to really stretch to get the that’s quite an influx, quite an increase horses in there. There were probably in horses. So, that would be the only fewer good horses in the sale and the thing that would make me a little cau- market reflected that as well as the tious about it. But good horses sell well economy. and the Saratoga sale is loaded with As far as Saratoga goes, if there is good horses. one sale that could show some life this year, just due to the extra efforts being See McDonald page 30 Tod Marks made by the sale company, it’s this one. Reiley McDonald and Eaton Sales are hoping for a repeat of the 2008 sales.
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Monday, August 10, 2009 29 to Saratoga – ever. In going through the What kind of early interest have you something to buy and someone to buy yearlings, you pull out one that’s better seen from buyers this year? it. So, the traveling money Fasig-Tipton McDonald – than the one before it. We’re stronger McDonald: People were talking is investing in a lot of these guys and Continued from page 28 on pedigree, but much more important- about the sale and asking about the women will be well spent. ly, we’re stronger physically and more group. We only had one or two people There has been a lot of commentary consistent physically. come to the farm to look at horses, but if Which horses in your consignment do about the high quality of this year’s cata- there is a sale that has a chance to break you expect to be stars? log. How would you rate the catalog com- Is your consignment bigger this year? out a little, then it’s probably Saratoga. McDonald: You can never really tell pared to recent years and how would you McDonald: We had 20 (that were of- Keeneland is always the deepest and until close to sale time, after you’ve assess your own consignment? fered and 25 that were catalogued) last the strongest market in the world and shown quite a lot. We have a Bernardini McDonald: I give the Fasig guys year. We have found it a much more dif- Keeneland will draw upon the strength colt out of Storm Beauty who I think is credit for putting together a larger cata- ficult sale to promote. We really work of its depth. Fasig-Tipton is drawing the best Bernardini I’ve seen so far. His log and one higher in quality. I also give hard at taking the right physical type of upon the fact that they have a limited mother is a multiple stakes producer us consignors credit because, at the end yearling to Saratoga. We had minimal number of horses in a boutique market and it’s a great family, and he’s absolute- of the day, we’re the ones that decide buybacks at Saratoga last year; the mar- and they’re supporting it with heavy ly spectacular looking. There’s an A.P. which horses go where. A lot of people ket was very good to us, but it’s because promotional capital. Indy colt we’re taking out of Splendid understood that Fasig was going to we really handpicked the right horses for When they’re providing certain Blended, who was a really good race- make an extra effort in promoting the that market. This year, we have 27 go- agents with inducements or hotel rooms mare. This colt is exactly what an A.P. sale and really that is what has drawn ing up, which is not a lot more, but my or airplane tickets to come to the sale, Indy is supposed to look like. There’s so many good horses up to Saratoga. 27 are far superior to any other group there are not many agents that are go- also a Bernardini filly out of Teeming. As for the Eaton consignment, I’ve I’ve been able to take up there before. ing to go to a sale and not try to find This is a very expensive foal (acquired never taken a group of horses like this on behalf of Eaton investors Chesa- peake Partners at the 2008 Keeneland November sale for $1,475,000). We also have Visionaire’s full brother, a big, lovely horse who looks like his brother. All Play Stables As you go through our whole group, you look at yearlings by Street Cry, Fun and affordable Speightstown, Tiznow, Malibu Moon, Distorted Humor – all sires that are re- racing partnerships ally clicking right now, horses that are getting real runners. I don’t see a weak www.allplaystable.com one in the group. It’s hard to pick any out as being real stars because it’s just a consistently very solid group of physi- cals.
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Monday, August 10, 2009 33 EVER DREAMDREAM OF OWNINGOWNING AA Hips to watch The Special’s Katie Bo Williams, who worked last year’s sales and joins the Darley Flying RACEHORSE? Start program in a few weeks, went through the catalogue – and the barns– to compile a Horses NOW YOUYOU CAN!CAN! to Watch list for 2009. Here are her choices for tonight’s sale. Hip 59 (Gainesway): Mr. Greeley filly out of Won’t She Tell by Banner Sport. Won’t She Tell is a NO EXPENSES EVER half-sister to Affirmed and a proven producer. This is a lovely, athletic-looking filly. A horse you NO EXPENSES EVER can take out in polite company. One ofof N.Y.’sN.Y.’s TopTop 1010 Trainers Trainers DAVID DAVID JACOBSON JACOBSON WithWelcome a Win to Percentage Jacobson Racing/Drawingof 17% and 50% inAway the moneyStable Hip 99 (Lane’s End): Smart Strike filly out of Code Book by Giant’s Causeway. Solid filly. Ex- WithWhere a Win Owning Percentage a Racehorse of 17% is and an Affordable50% in the Luxurymoney tremely good-looking. Tough to criticize. and overover $500,000$500,000 inin pursespurses year-to-date year-to-date in in 2009. 2009. •OurJacobson partnership Racing/Drawing is custom-made Away for the Stable small isinvestor. based Withat Belmont our owner Hip 102 (Taylor Made): Sky Mesa filly out of Conversion by Alydeed. This filly has plenty of leg • JacobsonPark and shipsRacing/Drawing to all of the Away major Stable tracks is inbased the Northeast. at Belmont friendly Park and business ships tomodel, all of you the can major enjoy tracks all of in the the fun Northeast. and excitement and is really, really lovely. Again, difficult to criticize. •of Partners horse ownership receive quarterly without reports the stress and ofhave unexpected the option expenses. to • Partnersreinvest inreceive another quarterly horse orreports receive and a havecheck. the And, option since to there Hip 108 (Three Chimneys): Bernardini filly out of Cuando Quiere by Affirmed. Filly is a half- reinvestare• noYour monthly inrisk another is limited expenses, horse to your or cash receive buy-in calls amount.a check.or fees And,of any since kind there, your sister to Honey Ryder. She has a beautiful shoulder and a real walk. arereturn• no Investing monthlyon investment is expenses,easy. A cansingle cashonly payment gocalls up. orfor fees your ofshare any pluskind 15%, your return of onthe investmentshare. can only go up. Hip 35 (Adena Springs): Macho Uno filly out of Sweet Brandy by Hennessy. Hard not to fall in • Partners are welcomed to the Paddock and Owner’s Box, as love with this filly. She’s fine-boned, but put together like a Christmas package and comes out • Partnerswell as the are Winner’s welcomed Circle! to the Jacobson Paddock Racing/Drawing and Owner’s Box, Away as of the stall sharp. Looks like she’ll stay sound, looks like a runner. wellStable• Noas willMonthlythe Winner’sprovide Expenses, Winner’s Circle! No Jacobson Cash Circle Calls, photo Racing/Drawing and to No all Fees. partners. Away Stable• Option will provideto buy shares Winner’s in one Circle horse photo or a groupto all ofpartners. horses. Hip 115 (Bluegrass): Long, scopey Artie Schiller filly with very European bottom half (she’s out CALL ED BODEN: 516.726.6228 of Divi, by Bustino). She’s fine-boned, has a lovely walk. Love this one. • SharesCALL in our ED 2009 BODEN: Saratoga Stable 516.726.6228 are still available and we www.jacobsonracingdrawingawaystable.com are actively seeking new partners to claim horses for the Hip 39 (Eaton): Bernardini filly out of Teeming by Storm Cat. Second dam is Better Than Hon- www.jacobsonracingdrawingawaystable.com upcoming Belmont and Aqueduct meets. our, producer of Rags to Riches, Jazil and Casino Drive. • Our partnership with trainer David Jacobson is the key to our Hip 98 (Taylor Made): Distorted Humor filly out of Cloud Break by Dr. Carter is a half-sister to ability to offer affordable horse ownership to our owners. champion Lost in the Fog. Isn’t It Time You Got Into the Game? Hip 117 (Crossroads): Bernardini colt out of Drina by Regal And Royal. This late foal is a half- brother to Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner Spain. Call Ed Boden: 516-726-6228 Hip 41 (Eaton): Consolidator filly out of True Grit by Woodman. Honest bottom half (no pun email: [email protected] intended). Mare produced dam of Commentator and is a half-sister of the dam of champion Behrens and Texas Tammy, the dam of Cowboy Cal. Consolidator over a Mr. Prospector-line www.JacobsonRacingDrawingAwayStable.com mare just produced a maiden winner (Encore Saritta) at Saratoga Friday.
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Monday, August 10, 2009 35 Guests at the deadline Every year I walk away from the Saratoga racing to check out some extra photos of Bullsbay and to get season with a little story. A little peek behind the scenes an advanced look at the cover of the paper. He prob- that not a lot of racing fans get. ably knew what we were going to lead with though. In 2006, I picked up Now, I have met and talked to a lot of the players some papers that Tom here at the Spa over the short few years that I have been BEHIND THE Albertrani dropped as he making a living gathering facts and quotes and weav- SCREENS walked out of the paddock ing them into something interesting. Most of the time on Travers Day. In 2007, it is with a recorder in hand, a pen behind the ear and I tried to “recover” my fighting the crowd in the afternoon or enjoying the cool By losses on Jim Dandy day morning air. Ben Meyers and made a $17.50 profit This time I sported a Bayside Tigers T-shirt, from on a $50 win bet on Street Saved by the Bell, and my tan winter slippers. I looked Sense. In 2008 I, a lifetime more prepared for Saturday morning cartoons than Saratoga goer, saw my first Horse of the Year live when Saturday afternoon Grade I winning trainers. Curlin was in town. He was the background on my cell Jack went into my barren-walled office and handed phone until it broke down last month. Motion the proof of the cover. The headline, ‘Bully,’ I got my 2009 story Saturday night. was a Ben Meyers original and somehow it seemed to Trying to explain what a newsroom is around dead- fittingly make sense to the Englishman. line time is like trying to explain why some people like The trainer said, “Wow, that is great.” olives or pineapple on their pizza. The best way I can It was simple, genuine and much appreciated feed- put it is that at about every night at about 10 p.m. Joe, back that fit the man, who was almost overcome with myself, and the rest of the staff are trying to hold back emotion in the Saratoga winner’s circle, perfectly. the ocean with our bare hands. It felt a little bit futile about 10 minutes later when I So after I sent my last page at about 10:45, I finally could only muster up another boring “Congratulations realized what had happened about a half-hour earlier. again” from behind the iMac screen when Motion left. Waiting for the office printer, at about 10:15, to spit Tod Marks But maybe that was the perfect way for it to end. out the pages that held the story of the exploits of Bulls- Bullsbay put trainer Graham Motion in the winner’s circle, and One guy, bleary eyed and emotionally spent, leaving bay from earlier in the evening, I shook hands with one The Special office, Saturday. the office where another guy, bleary eyed and emotion- of the few visitors that has come into the 2009 home of Not in a newsroom. ally spent, put together the newspaper that documented The Special. I handed him the proofs that had just come out of the triumph that garnered the attention. It was the conditioner of the Whitney champion, the printer. Sitting back down at the computer, getting the rest Graham Motion. “Make sure we got everything right,” I jokingly of the Sunday version of this document put to bed, Joe You would think that when the trainer, who had just sputtered before he handed it back to me and I went said, “I think that deserves a column.” won his first Grade I on dirt and done it with longest back down our small hallway to get the proof read and When I began to put Joe’s idea into motion, I half shot in Whitney history, comes into a room the same the corrections made. expected Richard Migliore to stop in and proofread the night that he pulled off the feat, things would stop for Motion came to the office with our marketing and Test story and make a few changes to Sean’s Cup of at least a few seconds. distribution department heads, Ryan and Jack Clancy, Coffee.
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by Colin Beaury owned by Marc Keller, defeated Tizdeja- Elusive Heat (Rajiv Maragh) cranked vu (Julien Leparoux) and Riversrunrylee the thermostat in Sunday’s Geyser (Pedro Gonzalez) by 2 3/4 lengths. Spring Stakes. Coming off a pair of solid stakes wins foremosT Making her first at Belmont, the Grade III Westchester in start for Angel Pen- April and the Grade I Met Mile in May, Bribon seemed a curious choice for an Sunday’s na Jr in the $72,950 Buying and selling horses. stakes for 3-year-old allowance on the grass. To everyone ex- Racing fillies, the daugh- cept Ribaudo. “We had no place to go, so this was recap ter of Elusive Qual- It begins and ends with F-T. ity burned through 6 a good experiment to see if we could get furlongs in 1:08.93 him back on the grass and if he could and won for the third perform anywhere near where he did time in four career starts. Elusive Heat in the past,” Ribaudo said. “There’s posted fractions of 22.02 and 44.53 the Grade I Woodbine Mile (Sept. 20) and led throughout, drawing off by 5 in Canada worth $1 million that we’re NY Bred Preferred Yearlings 1/4 lengths over Simplify (Shaun Bridg- thinking about, but if he didn’t do any mohan), who beat Northern Belle (Cor- good we would have come back in the nelio Velasquez) to the line by a neck. Forego here at seven-eighths of a mile.” August 15-16 7 pm Elusive Heat was nearly two seconds It looks like Ribaudo and Bribon quicker than Game Face, who won the might be headed north. Grade II Honorable Miss in 1:10.70 later in the day. • Linda Rice sent out four entries in Elusive Heat never missed a beat de- the Finney Stakes, a 5 1/2-furlong turf spite coming in off a six-month layoff sprint for fillies/mares, a move that has for owner Martin Schwartz. Maragh paid off for her in the past. Rice entered was simply along for the ride. four horses in the Mechanicville Stakes “She’s a very fast filly; she breaks fast here last August and completed her own and she’s naturally fast, so she kind of personal superfecta. She couldn’t rec- just ran on her own will around the race reate the magic Sunday, but she’ll live track. I never got in her way,” Maragh with the result – a win for Ahvee’s Des- said. “I never tried to slow her down tiny (John Velazquez). too much, and I never asked her for ev- The 5-year-old mare, owned by Ev- erything she’s got. I just let her run her erything’s Cricket Racing, also won last year’s Mechanicville; call her Rice’s For 111 years an all-time great place speed, and it was fast enough to win the to buy all-time great racehorses race.” good luck charm. The daughter of Rizzi broke well from the gate and imme- • Bob Ribaudo tried Bribon (Alan diately went to the lead, showing the Garcia) on the turf in the fifth, a mile way through an ambitious quarter-mile allowance, which left some questions to in 21.77 seconds. Masada pressed the be answered. The move to grass raised pace, joining Ahvee’s Destiny for a com- some eyebrows given recent success on petitive three-eighths of a mile. Masada dirt, but the 6-year-old son of Mark of gave way in the stretch allowing Smart Esteem quieted the doubters, charging And Fancy (Ramon Dominguez) to try Saratoga Springs August 15-16, 2009, 7 pm to victory in a speedy 1:33.69 and just her luck at the leader, but Rice’s mare missing the course record. The gelding, See Sunday page 40 859-255-1555 www.fasigtipton.com
Monday, August 10, 2009 39 Sunday – Continued from page 39 fought at the finish, holding off Smart and Fancy by a neck with Sly Storm (Jose Lezcano) third. The win was Rice’s second on the day after she grabbed the opener with Karakorum Legend. “I was just trying to win a race,” Rice said of the four entries, “I was just hoping one of them could get the job done. Johnny and I talked before the race. The only two speed horses in the race looked like dirt horses to me, and I said, ‘Johnny don’t be afraid to go to the lead.’ She’s fast; she can hold it.”
• Cot Campbell felt his horse might need a race to acclimate himself, but Aikenite (Velazquez) left Campbell and Dogwood Stable pleasantly surprised when he won the seventh, a 6-furlong maiden dash for juveniles. The Todd Pletcher trainee broke well near the pace set by Rein King. After dueling for most of the 6 fur- longs, Aikenite wore down his foe late for a 2 1/2-length score. Favorite Gun Rock (Dominguez) came up late for sec- ond and Rein King (Maragh) held for third. A 2-year-old son of Yes It’s True, Aikenite was purchased for $225,000 at the Ocala 2-year-old in training sale, over 10 times his sire’s stud fee – proof of Campbell’s high expectations. “He’s a lovely horse, he’s always trained like he’d be a good one,” said Campbell, whose horse is named af- ter Dogwood’s base in South Carolina. See Sunday page 41 Tod Marks Ahvee’s Destiny crosses underneath the line to win the Finney Stakes on Sunday.
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40 Monday, August 10, 2009 apiece. Velasquez and John Velasquez tied for second in the jockey standings, Jockey Pts Sunday – with Ramon Dominguez third. There Alan Garcia...... 26 Continued from page 40 was a four-way tie for second in the trainer standings between Angel Penna John Velasquez ...... 25 “He’s got a wonderful disposition and he Jr., Linda Rice, Barclay Tagg, and Todd Ramon Dominguez ...... 22 acts like he wants to go longer. He ran Pletcher. Third place was also a dead like he looks; he’s a magnificent looking heat, between Saeed bin Suroor, Bob Trainer Pts colt. We’ll look at the Hopeful. We’ll let Ribaudo and Tony Dutrow. him cool out and try to make a plan.” Fasig-Tipton will donate $11,000 to Chad Brown...... 19 the equine charity of choice in the names Kiaran McLaughlin...... 19 • Sebastian Morales won his first race of each of the winning trainers: $6,000 of the meet in the eighth, a noteworthy Angel Penna Jr...... 15 in the name of the winning trainer, Linda Rice...... 15 feat considering what happened early $3,000 in the name of the second-place in the 9-furlong contest. Riding Freddy trainer, and $2,000 in the name of the Barclay Tagg...... 15 The Cap, owned by Clery Sosa-Barrera third-place trainer. NYRA will donate Todd Pletcher...... 15 and trained by Oscar Barrera Jr., Mo- $5,000 to the Permanently Disabled Saeed bin Suroor...... 10 rales charged out of the gate in the al- Jockeys Fund in the name of the win- lowance race and moved to the lead go- ning jockeys. The top three jockeys also Bob Ribaudo ...... 10 ing into the first turn with A Zero Trap receive $3,000, $2,000 and $1,000. Tony Dutrow ...... 10 close behind. The awards will be presented Mon- Morales settled on the rail going to- day in the winner’s circle at 12:35 p.m. ward the backstretch where he was met head-on by a misguided pigeon. The bird ricocheted off Morales’ helmet into Leparoux’s upper body, eventually fall- ing to his unfortunate demise. Morales kept his composure and claimed his first TERRY LINDSEY EQUIDAE GALLERY victory, narrowly holding off Groomed- forvictory (Dominguez) and A Zero /bbVS6=:72/G7<<]\0`]OReOg Trap (Leparoux). 8cZg! AS^b % =^S\ROWZg'' “I felt it a little bit when I was run- /`bWabRS[]aSOQV4`WROg /; ning but it was an accident; sometimes it happens,” Morales said. “I need more 1VO[^OU\S=^S\W\U(4`WROg/cU %$&>; of an opportunity for the trainers, and @S^`SaS\bW\U]dS`bVW`bgO`bWaba owners. I ran well in the race and I feel eee S_cWROS Q][ bS``gZW\RaSg.dS`[]\bSZ \Sb good.” # &#& %$$UOZZS`g # &#&""## V]bSZ & !%' %#QSZZ & ! #!' &abcRW] • Girolamo (Garcia) returned in /`bWabaaV]e\:@(BS``g:W\RaSgBS``g:W\RaSg winning fashion capturing the third, a 9ObVg>O`b`WRUSB][>OcZgES`\S`@S\baQV 7-furlong allowance. Godolphin Rac- AcaWS1`]\W\BS``g:W\RaSg8]aS^V4WQVbS` ing’s colt impressed at Saratoga last 9ObWSC^b]\:]cWaSE 9W\UO\R8OW[S1]`c[ summer, winning a 7-furlong maiden in 1][[WaaW]\aOdOWZOPZS his debut. From there, the son of A.P. Indy jumped to stakes competition in the Grade II Futurity at Belmont and finished fourth, a respectable showing in a field that included Charitable Man, Kensei and the eventual Kentucky Der- by favorite, Friesan Fire. Girolamo tried the Grade I Cham- pagne at Belmont next, but was never a factor, finishing a well-beaten sixth after being bumped leaving the gate. Ten months later, after moving from the care of Kiaran McLaughlin to trainer Saeed bin Suroor, Girolamo made easy work of it, wiring eight foes in 1:21.57. Join In The Dance (Velazquez) edged Speight Of Hand (Lezcano) by a neck for second. “We didn’t expect to be up front in that race, but that’s just the way he broke,” said Rick Mettee, Suroor’s U.S.- based assistant. “He won impressively in a good time, and he trained well for the race; we thought we would get a good race from him, but it was a hot race. No real definitive plans from here. We’ll just see how he comes out of it. It’s something Saeed and I will discuss, he’s here for a few days.”
• Alan Garcia, Kiaran McLaughlin, and Chad Brown emerged the victors of the two-day Fasig-Tipton Festival of Racing Jockey/Trainer Contest, which concluded Sunday. Brown and Cornelio Velasquez fin- ished Saturday’s card with narrow leads, which they relinquished on the second day. The contest was scored on a 5-3-1 system for win-place-show with double points awarded for graduates of Fasig-Tipton. Garcia, with 26 points, overtook Velasquez by one point and Kiaran McLaughlin tied Brown at 19 points
Monday, August 10, 2009 41 SUNday’s Saratoga results 1ST. 1-MILE. TURF. 3&UP. ALW. NY BREDS. PURSE $49,000. 7TH. 6 FURLONGS. 2YO. MSW. PURSE $55,000. 4 Karakorum Legend Dominguez R A 7.10 4.40 3.20 10 Aikenite Velazquez J R 15.40 6.10 3.80 7 Woodrunner Velasquez C 5.60 3.80 4 Gun Rock Dominguez R A 4.00 2.90 2 Onzain Velazquez J R 6.20 11 Rein King Maragh R 3.10 Finish Time: 1:35.80 Finish Time: 1:12.77 Trainer: Linda Rice. Owner: Karakorum Farm. Trainer: Todd Pletcher. Owner: Dogwood Stable. Ch. g. 3. Mutakddim-Sommerfest, El Prado (Ire). B. c. 2. Yes It’s True-Silverlado, Saint Ballado. Bred by Tri-County Stables (NY). Bred by Brylynn Farm (Fla). $2 Exacta (4-7) Paid $32.00; $2 Trifecta (4-7-2) Paid $222.00; $2 Super- $2 Exacta (10-4) Paid $46.80; $2 Trifecta (10-4-11) Paid $219.00; $2 Dai- fecta (4-7-2-1) Paid $929.00 ly Double (3-10) Paid $69.50; $2 Pick 3 (5-3-10) 3 Correct Paid $199.00; $2 Superfecta (10-4-11-9) Paid $5,831.00 2ND. 1 1/8 MILE. TURF. 3&UP. F&M. MSW. PURSE $51,000. 8 Minishaft Garcia Alan 7.80 4.10 3.50 8TH. 1 1/8 MILES. 3&UP. AOC. NY BREDS. PURSE $76,650. 3 Gold d’Oro Desormeaux K J 4.70 3.60 7 Freddy the Cap Morales S 67.00 22.00 11.60 1 Joyous Castanon J L 7.10 1A Groomedforvictory Dominguez R A 4.60 3.50 Finish Time: 1:47.64 9 A Zero Trap Leparoux J R 8.30 Trainer: Kiaran McLaughlin. Owner: Ned Evans. Finish Time: 1:53.07 Gr./Ro. f. 3. Mineshaft-Minidar, Alydar. Bred by Ned Evans (Va). Trainer: Oscar Barrera Jr. - Owner: Clery Sosa-Barrera. $2 Exacta (8-3) Paid $25.80; 2 Quinella (3-8) Paid $13.00; $2 Trifecta Ch. h. 7. Precise End-Farma Speech, Farma Way. (8-3-1) Paid $207.50; $2 Daily Double (4-8) Paid $23.60; $2 Superfecta Bred by Sez Who Thoroughbreds (NY). (8-3-1-2) Paid $3,573.00 $2 Exacta (7-1 Paid $330.50; $2 Trifect (7-1-9) Paid $3,292.00; $2 Pick 3 (3-10-7) 3 Correct Paid $3,013.00; $2 Daily Double (10-7) Paid $666.00 3RD. 7 FURLONGS. 3&UP. ALW. PURSE $52,000. 3 Girolamo Garcia Alan 7.90 4.00 3.10 9TH. 6 FURLONGS. THE HONORABLE MISS. 3&UP. F&M. PURSE $150,000. 1A Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 3.10 2.30 3 Game Face Prado E S 4.40 3.00 2.70 8 Speight of Hand Lezcano J 3.40 1 Keep the Peace Leparoux J R 6.10 4.40 Finish Time: 1:21.57 2 P. S. U. Grad Desormeaux K J 3.80 Trainer: Saeed bin Suroor. Owner: Godolphin Racing. Finish Time: 1:10.70 Dk. B. or Br. c. 3. A.P. Indy-Get Lucky, Mr. Prospector. Trainer: Todd Pletcher. Owner: Zabeel Racing International. Bred by Walden, Steinberg and WinStar Farm (Ky). Ch. f. 4. Menifee-Galleon Of Gold, Gone West. $2 Exacta (3-1) Paid $24.20; $2 Trifecta (3-1-8) Paid $76.50; $2 Pick 3 Bred by Marilyn Seltzer (Ky). (4-8-3) 3 Correct Paid $93.00; $2 Daily Double (8-3) Paid $25.00 $2 Exacta (3-1) Paid $23.20; $2 Trifecta (3-1-2) Paid $92.00; $2 Pick 3 (10- 7-3) 3 Correct Paid $1,478.00; $2 Daily Double (7-3) Paid $197.00 4TH. 6 FURLONGS. THE GEYER SPRING. 3YO. FILLIES. PURSE $72,950. 8 Elusive Heat Maragh R 2.70 2.60 2.10 10TH. 7 FURLONGS. THE ALFRED VANDERBILT. 3&UP. PURSE $250,000. 2 Simplify Bridgmohan S X 6.00 4.80 6 Fabulous Strike Dominguez R A 4.00 3.00 2.30 7 Northern Belle Velasquez C 4.10 1 Go Go Shoot Velazquez J R 8.40 3.80 Finish Time: 1:08.93 2 Kodiak Kowboy Saez G 3.10 Trainer: Angel Penna Jr Owner: Martin Schwartz. Finish Time: 1:08.69 Dk. B. or Br. f. 3. Elusive Quality-Xtra Heat, Dixieland Heat. Trainer: Todd Beattie. Owner: Walter Downey. Bred by West Hills Farm (Ky). Dk. B. or Br. g. 6. Smart Strike-Fabulous Find, Lost Code. $2 Exacta (8-2) Paid $15.00; $2 Quinella (2-8) Paid $15.20; $2 Trifecta Bred by Tea Party Stable (Pa). (8-2-7) Paid $65.00; $2 Pick 3 (8-3-8) 3 Correct Paid $35.20; $ Daily $2 Exacta (6-1) Paid $40.60; $2 Trifect (6-1-2) Paid $99.00; $2 Pick 3 Double (3-8) Paid $11.00; $2 Superfecta (8-2-7-5) Paid $348.40 (7-3-6) 3 Correct Paid $363.50; $2 Daily Double (3-6 Paid $8.80; $2 Grand Slam (4/10/11-1/7/9-1/2/3-6) Paid $49.00 5TH. 1-MILE. TURF. 3&UP. AOC. PURSE $62,000. 5 Bribon (FR) Garcia Alan 6.30 3.90 3.20 11TH. 5 1/2 FURLONGS. TURF. 3&UP. F&M. NY BREDS. MSW. 6 Tizdejavu Leparoux J R 6.70 4.70 PURSE $44,000. 9 Riversrunrylee Gonzalez P 8.10 3 Meese Rocks Chavez J F 33.80 14.60 11.00 Finish Time: 1:33.69 2 Better Than Swiss Maragh R 4.00 3.10 Trainer: Bob Ribaudo. Owner: Marc Keller. 7 Idle Gossip Velazquez J R 6.40 Ch. g. 6. Mark Of Esteem (Ire)-Rowat Arazi (GB), Arazi. Finish Time: 1:02.10 Bred by Darpat SI (Fr). Trainer: Ed Barker. Owner: Henry Terranova. $2 Exact (5-6 Paid $49.20; $2 Trifecta (5-6-9) Paid $1,057.00; $2 Pick 3 B .f 4. Rock And Roll-Meeses Pieces, Grindstone. Bred by Robert Misa Jr. (NY). (3-8-5) 3 Correct Paid $32.40; $2 Pick (8-3-8-5 4 Correct Paid $128.50; $2 Exacta (3-2) Paid $139.00; $2 Trifecta (3-2-7 Paid $1,095.00; $2 Su- $2 Daily Double (8-5) Paid $9.10; $2 Superfecta (5-6-9-4 Paid $6,914.00 perfecta (3-2-7-9 Paid $5,191.00; $2 Daily Double (6-3) Paid $93.50; $2 Pick 3 (3-6-3) 3 Correct Paid $180.00; $2 Pick 4 (7-3-6-3) 4 Correct Paid 6TH. 5 1/2 FURLONGS. TURF. THE FINNEY. 3&UP. F&M. PURSE $74,000. $5,779.00; $2 Pick 6 (3-10-7-3-6-3) 5 Correct Paid $886.00; Carryover 3 Ahvee’s Destiny Velazquez J R 9.00 4.50 3.50 Pool $58,527 10 Smart and Fancy Dominguez R A 3.70 2.80 6 Sly Storm Lezcano J 5.40 Track: fast. Turf: firm. Finish Time: 1:01.40 Saratoga Attendance: 23,998. Trainer: Linda Rice. Owner: Everything’s Cricket Racing. Mutuel Pool: $3,635,339. Ch. m. 5. Rizzi-Love Destiny, Silver Deputy. Bred by Sez Who Thoroughbreds (NY). Sunday’s Claims $2 Exacta (3-10) Paid $27.60; $2 Trifecta (3-10-6) Paid $194.50; $ Pick 8TH RACE: A Zero Trap by Joe Imperio for Me You and Magoo Stable; 3 (8-5-3) 3 Correct Paid $35.60; $ Daily Double (5-3 Paid $30.00; $2 Almighty Silver by Paulino Ortiz for Giorgi Stable. Superfecta(3-10-6-4) Paid $3,493.00
42 Monday, August 10, 2009 Sunday’s Saratoga winners • Photos by dave harmon 1 Karakorum Legend 2 Minishaft 3 Girolamo
4 Elusive Heat 5 Bribon 6 Ahvee’s Destiny
7 Aikenite 8 Freddy the Cap 11 Meese Rocks
Monday, August 10, 2009 43 Venezuela Statistics Racetracks...... 3 Fixtures...... 312 Races...... 2,835 Racehorses...... 3,284 Stallions...... 182 The Racing Road Mares...... 1,936 Foals...... 1,132 Safely traveling, and racing, in Venezuela Total prize-money.....$23.75m of foreign tourists for ransom by bogus taxi operators Betting turnover...... $776.23m BY NICK GODFREY at the airport, carjackings and armed hold-ups. In 2005 Nick Godfrey, the international editor of Britain’s Rac- While such information habitually errs on the side – All figures for 2005 ing Post newspaper, travelled the world visiting racecourses in of caution, it seems fair to assume you can expect a every corner of the globe. Here we present extracts from his book more challenging holiday destination than Walt Dis- On The Racing Road. ney World. Then there were the warnings of leftist leader Hugo Although I had no intention of going anywhere Chavez, democratically elected president of the world’s even slightly dangerous while on the racing road, fifth-largest oil producer. The populist demagogue, somehow the risky Venezuelan capital Caracas man- demonised as a Hitler figure by then-US defence sec- aged to sneak into the schedule as a stopover between retary Donald Rumsfeld, repeatedly suggested it was Peru and Brazil. Don’t ask me how. only a matter of time before George W Bush launched crime is concerned, a large security presence, including Venezuela has three racetracks - notably La Rincon- an invasion or an assassination attempt. military police armed with billyclubs, told its own story ada, on the outskirts of Caracas, where Canonero II, Though the US government ridiculed this allega- at La Rinconada, half an hour from the city centre. winner of two legs of the American Triple Crown in tion, it did not stop Chavez from taking the precau- Yet a visit there for 10 races on the sand on a Sun- 1971, was trained, while Javier Castellano rode win- tion of forming a civilian militia under the banner “fa- day still proved an unexpected delight. Venezuela’s ners in his native country before moving to the U.S. therhood or death,” and stockpiling helicopters and most important race is the Clasico Simon Bolivar (he and partnering 2004 world champion Ghostzapper rifles in readiness for conflict. gets in everywhere, including the currency), a mile- and Sheikh Mohammed’s 2006 superstar Bernardini. All of which made the Venezuelan capital an unlike- and-a-half event worth around 500 million bolivars Caracas is the birthplace of South American libera- ly port of call for this less than intrepid traveller. Suf- (around £132,000). tor Simon Bolivar and benefits from a beautiful loca- fice it to say that I wasn’t entirely aware of Caracas’s Though my visit coincided with a more run-of-the- tion, shadowed by the exuberant forests of the El Avila dismal reputation when booking my round-the-world mill day’s racing, there were about 5,000 people in the mountains. ticket months beforehand and, since the possibility of track’s three grandstands, where they were treated to a However, most travel advice does not focus on how civil war in Bolivia had already forced one expensive breathtaking view right over Caracas - it looked some- best to consider such historical significance and su- change of flight plans, it remained a case of ‘Caracas, what more enticing from a distance - and competitive, preme vistas. “It’s not just hype,” offered Frommer’s. here we come.’ attractive racing. “Caracas is one of the most violent and dangerous cit- No chances were taken, and the weekend was spent Although a rigid jacket-and-tie dress code was en- ies in Latin America,” it added, helpfully pointing out cocooned in an upmarket hotel beside the pool, where forced in the Jockey Club tribuna, baseball shirts were that the city averages between 35 and 45 homicides sunburn was the most threatening thing to worry the order of the day elsewhere in samba-filled public every weekend. about. Unless Hugo had a point and the stealth bomb- stands, where punters waved racecards and screamed The British Foreign Office website alerted potential ers started making an appearance, that is. Fortunately, support for their fancies. visitors to ‘‘an incidence of street crime that is high and they didn’t. According to racecourse official Juan Martinez, ap- rising’’, detailing specific concerns such as kidnappings As far as the disturbingly high incidence of street See venezuela page 45
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ing jockey Angel Castillo with the final leg of a treble aboard an easy winner Venezuela – called Fashion Parts, thereby under- Continued from page 44 scoring his superiority on the day over fierce rival Emisael Parajillo, the de- proximately 25,000m bolivars (around fending champion jockey. £6.6m) was bet on average over a The pair were inseparable in the month’s racing at the country’s three jockeys’ title race; they decline to be tracks, including 3,000 off-course out- photographed together. lets where customers eat, drink and At this stage, it is only right and gamble. proper to mention one of the most lu- ‘‘After the oil, this is the country’s dicrous, flukey, undeserved winning second-biggest industry,’’ he said. ‘‘This bet I have ever managed. is the biggest thing for enjoyment that Having abstained all day long, I the people here do - they love to go to placed 20,000 bolivars to win on a the betting houses.’’ filly named Lady Elizabeth, who had It would have been even more lu- run just twice, winning first time out crative but for the illegal bookmak- before being outclassed in better grade, ers, though no-one seemed overly con- according to my understanding of the cerned, Martinez suggesting the best racecard. the racecourse could do was extract a Although she was showing 8-5 sec- levy from them. It seemed an odd way ond favourite when I hit the windows, of doing things. ‘‘In our country, there she immediately went to even-money is corruption everywhere,’’ he says. ‘‘It as we ran off to the mile-high Pacman is just the same with this president.’’ to watch the race from the best seat in Martinez chaperoned me on an ex- the house. tensive guided tour around the track’s There were only peanuts in the pool, nooks and crannies, from the one-man mind you, and Lady Elizabeth started operated pari-mutuel board on the to drift, reaching 5-1 by the time we other side of the track and the domed got to our eye in the sky. dope-testing centre, where a vet exam- Fashion Parts, carrying a weird num- ined horses both pre- and post-race. ber cloth with a zero on it, led from the Every runner was weighed on entering off and won by about five lengths from this facility before the race. Lady Elizabeth, a clear second, albeit Next stop was the stewards’ room, well beaten. and a surprise: Gustavo Avila and Juan For some unfathomable reason, my Arias, jockey and trainer respectively guide was excited on my behalf, so, of Canonero, the most famous horse in with regret, I informed him I backed Venezuelan history, were on hand, full Lady Elizabeth win only. ‘‘No, no,’’ he of smiles and warm handshakes. says. ‘‘You don’t understand. Fashion From here, it was a short walk Parts is invalid.’’ across the roof and down a ladder into For betting purposes, it transpired, one of three bizarre concrete spheres the winner never existed. It seems that stuck to the front of the roof on each when such a horse is considered vastly of La Rinconada’s three grandstands. superior to its rivals and likely to go Known as the ‘Continental Ball’, the off at long odds-on, the pool operates only one of those in use at the time was without it in a pari-mutuel version of occupied by the racecourse commenta- betting without the favourite, a Brit- tor, afforded an amazing view through ish hybrid sometimes employed by le- a giant slit in the front. Eat your heart gal bookmakers when there is a heavy out, Tom Durkin. market leader. Then, you win if your It was from this three-dimensional horse comes first or second to the fa- Pacman that I watched the next race, a vourite. seven-furlong heat that provided lead- That’s why Fashion Parts was al- lotted no number in the racecard, and never appeared on the pari-mutuel If you have a sound flat horse looking for a new career or board. simply a freshening, call us. Having agreed that this was an in- Graduates include: Dictina’s Boy, stakes-placed genious concept, I went to collect my over jumps Take A Partner, successful winnings. Lady Elizabeth returned show jumper with Olympic Gold Medalist Joe Fargis more than 7-1; it was almost enough to Contact Anne make a man wish he could stay longer or Sean Clancy in Caracas rather than hurrying off for [email protected] [email protected] the overnight flight to Rio. 2008 Graduate 302-545-7713 Dictina’s Boy I said almost.
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Monday, August 10, 2009 45 Two Continents . . . A family and Lord Shanakill, winner of the 2009 Group I Prix Jan Prat friends affair Todd Beattie had done it all. He checked Fabulous Strike’s quarter, CUP OF COFFEE grabbed at the start of the Vanderbilt. Funny Moon, winner of the He smiled for the win photo. He thanked Ramon Dominguez. He waged a mini By press conference in the winner’s circle. 2009 Grade I Coaching He took grief for his hat, out of place at Sean Clancy Saratoga. One last thing. Club American Oaks The trainer walked over to his mentor, Clyde Rice, who stood in the middle of a family gathering that could have given the Waltons a run. “You taught me how to get here.” Rice leaned on his cane, smiled, brushed it off. But Beattie meant it. Antigo, Wisconsin had won another big race. Hometown of Clyde Rice, Linda Rice, Todd Beattie and all the family that came with them, the town lived for horse rac- ing. Bush tracks, fair meets, horses. Be- attie’s dad and Clyde Rice started the Wisconsin Horse Racing Association in between raising kids and racing horses. “We were just kids with a passion, along with several other families, I’ve got a whole bunch of brothers and sis- ters, brother in laws that are outstanding horsemen, Brian Rice, Linda Rice, we all grew up together, to be around those guys, if I didn’t learn something, shame on me,” Beattie said. “We all bush raced together, we all liked to do it, you had a Tod Marks fair every week and wanted to race hors- Todd Beattie holds Fabulous Strike’s saddle es, we all loved horses, and we took it to cloth after the horse won the Vanderbilt on the professional level, I got a chance to Sunday. follow in my brothers’ and sisters’ foot- path.” tried to fill in the gaps of how a family Future Hall of Famer Wayne Lukas goes from Wisconsin to Saratoga, all be- left town, for New Mexico. Clyde Rice cause of horses. and his family, including son Brian and “For some reason there was an unbe- Both sold by Darby Dan daughter Linda, took off for Waterford lievable passion for horse racing there. I Park in West Virginia. When Penn Na- don’t know, they loved it, their passion Hip 119 Filly tional opened in 1972, the family arrived for it eventually caused Wayne Lukas a year later. The Beatties followed; not all and Clyde Rice to leave there and go off at once, more like a wagon train hunting to the races, one to New Mexico, one by Forestry out of Entrusted gold. Oldest brother Dick arrived first. to West Virginia,” Rice said. “Then the Then Tom, Holly and eventually Todd. other families – brothers and sisters and Holly rode some races and married Bri- what not – followed. It’s been a good an. Todd worked the family shedrow story. It’s been fun.” Hip 200 Colt by Encosta de Lago and then headed out on his own in 1982. Antigo to Saratoga. Not a bad trajec- He’s won over 1,000 races since. tory. out of Nicole and Krista (IRE) The Rices and the Beatties don’t do “It just kind of happens, you don’t family portraits, they do win photos (see plan it, it happens. Then after awhile, page 32). The Vanderbilt was a beauty. everybody’s got it in their mind to work “This way, if I make any mistakes for themselves and get some opportunity, Barn 3 with my horses, these guys are here to and get their hands on a good horse,” tell me,” Beattie joked after the race. Rice said. “In a course of time, Todd has No mistakes. put himself in position to get good hors- Fabulous Strike earned his 14th career es, he’s got a wonderful facility to work victory in the Vanderbilt. Trained at Penn with and a group of clients he’s worked National, the Pennsylvania-bred has tak- with, including Walter Downey. He’ll tell en Beattie and his family on a magical you, good fortune has given them a good ride. Good horses don’t win alone, they horse.” water a seed and the crowd gets bigger At the end of the day Holly and Brian with each victory. Rice waited for Fabulous Strike, et al, to return to the stakes barn. Waiting in the 0ME'SBOLGPSU1JLF “To be here in Saratoga, with my family and in front of my most respected end zone. -FYJOHUPO ,FOUVDLZ peers, everybody I look up to in the busi- “The common thing among all those ness,” Beattie said. “To be amongst those people is you can’t get paid enough to kind of people and have your horse run do this, you’ve got to do this because XXXEBSCZEBODPN this kind of race is pretty special.” there’s a passion,” Brian Rice said. Brian Rice, Todd Beattie’s brother-in- “Passion about horses. Passion about law, stood back, enjoyed the show and competition.”
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