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Fabulous Strike Sprints to Vanderbilt Win FREE 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 9 • No. 11 SARATOGA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER ON THOROUGHBRED RACING Monday, August 10, 2009 Lightning Strike Fabulous Strike sprints to Vanderbilt win Inside F Game Face wins Honorable Miss F Sales coverage F Today’s Entries & Handicapping Tod Marks photo Dave Harmon photo DON’T BOTHER CHECKING THE PHOTO, THE WINNER IS ALWAYS THE SAME. YOU WIN. You win because that it generates maximum you love explosive excitement. revenue for all stakeholders— You win because AEG’s proposal including you. AEG’s proposal to upgrade Aqueduct into a puts money in your pocket world-class destination ensuress faster than any other bidder, tremendous benefits for you, thee ensuring the future of thorough- New York Racing Associationn bred racing right here at home. (NYRA), and New York Horsemen, Breeders, and racing fans. THOROUGHBRED RACING MUSEUM. AEG’s Aqueduct Gaming and Entertainment Facility will have AEG’s proposal includes a Thoroughbred Horse Racing a dazzling array Museum that will highlight and inform patrons of the of activities for VLT REVENUE wonderful history of gaming, dining, VLT OPERATION the sport here in % retail, and enter- 30 New York. tainment which LOTTERY % AEG The proposed Aqueduct complex will serve as a 10 will bring New world-class gaming and entertainment destination. DELIVERS. Yorkers and visitors from the Tri-State area and beyond back RACING % % AEG is well- SUPPORT 16 44 time and time again for more fun and excitement. versedv in developing THE RACING COMMUNITY WINS. EDUCATION lalarge-scale,rge world class You, the thoroughbred horse racing community, are gaming and entertainment destina- RACING to receive 16% of the VLT revenue tions. Our casino operations, SUPPORT PAYMENTS* AQUEDUCT FEATURES once fully operational. AEG partners design, and development team are Jobs in construction, hospitality, management, and numerous have deep roots in the New Yorkk 7.5% PURSES highly experienced in creating other areas NYRA CAPEX Diverse retail shops EDERS horse racing community and under-er- 4% gaming and entertainment 4,500 new gaming terminals 3% NYRA OPERATING *For a stand what is important to you. AEG has 1.5% BRE facilities that positively impact State-of-the-art 2,500 seat theater projected total of $1.514 A 300 room destination hotel planned its proposal for Aqueductct with billion through communities and elevate tourism. the year 2023 Community meeting spaces meticulous attention to opening the facility AEG’s Aqueduct will be LEED Certified Design quickly, and in a phased development, so a place for New Yorkers to call their own. EDC www.aqueductentertainment.com 2 Monday, August 10, 2009 Client: AEG File: oLo.aeg.Photo_SS.pdf Agency: KreabGavinAnderson Publication: Saratoga Special Project: Photo FinishAd Issue: 7/00/09 Date: 08.05.09 Color: CMYK Version: v.1.15 Unit: Full page Size: 10” X 13.5” Trim: Pub Contact: Sean Clancy Agency Contact: Peter Lord 212.529.2861; 917.523.3735 Here & There at Saratoga 517 Broadway, Suite 207 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 (Second Floor, around the back) Phone: (518) 490-1175 Sean Mobile: (302) 545-7713 Joe Mobile: (302) 545-4424 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Internet: www.saratogaspecial.com Published Wednesday through Sunday during the racing season. Every day of Sales Week Aug. 10-16. The Staff Editors/Publishers: Sean Clancy, Joe Clancy Staff Writers: Brian Nadeau, Karen Johnson, Ben Meyers, Katie Bo Williams, Colin Beaury Photographers: Tod Marks, Dave Harmon, Connie Bush, Sarah Condon Handicappers: Pete Fornatale, John Pana- got, Gaile Fitzgerald, John Shapazian Office Assistant: Jill Grant Distribution: Ryan Clancy, Jack Clancy, Nolan Clancy, Jane Motion Advertising Sales: Contact a Clancy or call Jon Bordeau (518) 812-4545 or Kathy Rubin at (203) 650-6815 Tod Marks Bowing Out. Two-time Whitney winner Commentator (left) bounds out of the gate during Saturday’s Grade I. The 8-year-old finished third while bidding to match Kelso and Discovery with three wins in the historic race. The New York-bred earner of more than $2 million was retired by ST Publishing Inc. Home Office owner Tracy Farmer and trainer Nick Zito. 364 Fair Hill Drive, Suite F, Elkton, MD 21921 “We take assistant to a whole new level.” (410) 392-5867 • Fax (410) 392-0170 Worth Repeating Bobby Spalding, leading a brigade www.st-publishing.com “Just because it’s the way it should be.” of assistants with trainer Bill Mott Sunday morning [email protected] Amateur photographer taking a shot of Tom Bush’s orderly shedrow Sunday morning “You wrote about my country, Trinidad. That’s where I learned to ride, they The Saratoga Special had tracks in Trinidad and Tobago. I won two races on the same horse, won Steeplechase Times “I was introduced to someone as Anita and they gave me a blank stare; then the second and came back and won the sixth, at Shirvan Park.” Thoroughbred Racing Calendar I said ‘Jane’s mom’ and they figured out who I was.” Haroon Baksh, The Best of The Saratoga Special Trainer’s wife (and Jane’s mom) Anita Motion after reading Nick Godfrey’s article about racing in Trinidad Saratoga Days and other acclaimed products and services “He’s been just threatening to run like that all year long and finally he “Genuine Devotion” within the equine industry. showed it out there today. The key was getting him back on the dirt.” Name taped to the inside of jockey Alan Garcia’s trunk Call us about your editorial needs. Jockey Jeremy Rose after winning the Whitney with Bullsbay “It wasn’t landing on a random horse, I got on her in the morning.” “Editorial excellence is not a goal to be Jockey Richard Migliore, after winning the Test on Flashing Quote of the Day sought and one day acquired and then “He’s special. I haven’t been around enough to compare the retired to the trophy case. It is instead “It’s like winning 15 allowance races.” great racehorses, but Stevie Wonder could tell this horse is an ambition which must be pursued Trainer David Donk, to barnmate Graham Motion pretty special.” each day, never ending, never totally (who won the $750,000 Whitney with Bullsbay Saturday) achieved. That striving, that ambition is Todd Beattie, about Vanderbilt winner Fabulous Strike an essential part of our newspapers, a “Blacktype is your middle name from now on.” cornerstone of what we have been, Text message to trainer what we are, and what we will be.” Mike Trombetta, after a bullet work HORSE TRANSPOrtATION – Lee Hills, Pulitzer Prize winner, 1-800-523-8143 Knight Ridder chief executive, in 1974 “I hate that stage.” Jane Motion, about when boys start acting cool HAMMERTOWN INSURANCE AGENCY Call to discuss “Fall of the Hammer” coverage for the upcoming sales. “PROTECTING EQUINE INVESTMENTS” s&5,,%15).%-/24!,)49 s34!,,)/.!6!),!"),)49!.$).&%24),)49 s"!22%..%33!.$02/30%#4)6%&/!, s./'5!2!.4%%#/.6%23)/.3 s%15).%,)!"),)49 s&!2-0!#+!'%3 Contact: Anya Sheckley PO Box 90, Pine Plains, NY 12567 Tel: 646-872-6843 Email: [email protected] Fax: 518-398-5143 Web: www.hammertowninsurance.com Tod Marks photo Tod Monday, August 10, 2009 3 Here & There at Saratoga Take A Number 4: Bagels eaten by trainer Tom Voss after they were delivered to Jonathan Sheppard’s barn after Forever Together won the Diana 151-84: Score of the Wii bowling game between trainer Mark Hennig (the winner) and Ryan Clancy Saturday night at a Whitney celebration party. 1: Guy with a soda machine riding in the bucket of a tractor through the backside Sunday morning. $450,000: Winning owner’s share – before jockey and trainer percentages – of the Whitney purse Saturday at Saratoga. $423,828: Pick Six payout – before taxes – from Saturday at Saratoga. And he didn’t have to pay the blacksmith or the vet. Name of the Day Speed Dating, first race. This Not For Love filly out of Near And Dear is going about looking for love all wrong. Weather Today: Afternoon thunderstorms. High of 90. Tonight: Scattered thunderstorms. Low of 68. Tomorrow: Scattered thunderstorms. High of 80. Wednesday: Partly cloudy. High of 81. BARBARO: BEYOND BROKENNESS Finishing Line Press, PO Box 1626, Georgetown, KY 40324. www.finishinglinepress.com ARE YOU A CONSIGNOR? Do you have complete pedigree information, the latest updates, sire averages, sibling sales prices and more in one convenient, easy-to-use book? DON’T SELL YOURSELF SHORT! Market your horses better by letting us help you evaluate the market for them. Call one of us today to discuss your options for the fall sales. Billy Huntington Frances Karon Huntington Equine Rough Shod LLC 859-276-0683 859-509-2234 4 Monday, August 10, 2009 Performance. Buyers look for it in a Thoroughbred. And in a Thoroughbred auction company. The world’s premier Yearling sale. Keeneland September Yearling Sale Monday, September 14 – Monday, September 28 Eaton Sales, Agent for Overbrook Farm (A Complete Dispersal) [email protected] 800 456-3412 859 254-3412 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.
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