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Field of 12 Set for Oceanside Stakes Half Ours Colt Quickest at OBS Rushing Fall Going for Repeat Field of Six Set for Appalachian Tiz the Law Breezes Churchill Downs September Schedule Rice: Max Player to Target Travers Shared Sense Claims Indiana Derby Gulfstream Park Charts Florida-bred Extravagant Kid/COADY PHOTO Track Results & Entries Florida Stallion Progeny List Extravagant Kid, Tiger Florida Breeders’ List Blood Set for Shakertown Wire to Wire Business Place Featured Advertisers BY BROCK SHERIDAN ______Trained by Brendan Walsh, the 7-year- old gelding also won the $100,000 Janus Bloodstockauction USA Extravagant Kid and Tiger Blood are Stakes, which was run at five furlongs expected to be among the favorites in the after being moved from the turf at Covert Appraisal Services Grade 2 Shakertown Stakes at Keeneland Gulfstream on Dec. 28; and the $100,000 FTBOA Saturday as the two Florida-breds are Sunshine Millions Sprint Stakes at Florida Department of Agriculture among a full field of 14 3-year-olds and Gulfstream on Jan. 18. His only blemish Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company older set to go five-and-a-half furlongs on in his last four starts came when fifth de Meric Thoroughbred Sales the turf in the $150,000 event. behind winner Faction Cat in the $93,000 Eddie Woods Stables DARRS Inc.’s Extravagant Kid looks to Turf Dash Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply keep his winning ways intact as he has won Feb. 22. RiceHorse Stables three of his last four races, including a Extravagant Kid is by Kiss the Kidd out length-and-a-quarter win against of Pretty Extravagant, by With Distinction Six K’s Training & Sales, LLC allowance horses at Churchill Downs on and was bred by Vicino Racing Stable. He Seminole Feed Showcase Properties May 29 in his last effort. See KEENELAND on page 3
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Continued from COVER has won 14 of 42 career starts while earning $821,210 and has drawn post one. Joel Rosario gets the return mount on Extravagant Kid. Tiger Blood makes his first start for trainer Michael Maker, who claimed the son of Cowtown Cat for $62,500 out of his last race, a neck victory against second level optional claimers going five furlongs on turf at Gulfstream Park on April 24. Also a 7-year-old gelding, Tiger Blood will look to keep alive a two-race winning streak having also won a optional claiming, $16,000 starter allowance going five furlongs on the turf at Gulfstream on March 18. Tiger Blood is out of Sarah Cataldo, by Smarty Jones and has won 19 of 46 career races while banking $491,077. He was bred by Brent and Crystal Fernung and is currently owned by Michael M. Hui, Hooties Racing LLC and WSS Racing LLC. Maker has named Luis Saez to ride Tiger Blood, who has drawn post 11. Bound for Nowhere already has a Shakertown Stakes victory to his credit having won the 2018 ver- sion for trainer Wesley Ward. The 6-year-old son of Florida-bred Tiger Blood/SV PHOTOGRAPHY The Factor was also second to Florida-bred Imprimis in the Shakertown two years ago and comes into this year’s renewal off of a close second-place finish to Cistron in the Grade 3 San Simeon Stakes at Santa Anita on March 21. Bound for Nowhere is out of Fancy Deed, by Alydeed and is the most wealthy among Shakertown starters with $864,857 to his credit. Jose Garcia will ride Bound for Nowhere and they are set to start from post seven. Trainer Doug O’Neill comes from Southern California for the Shakertown with Wildman Jack, a winner of his last two including a nose win ahead of Sparky Ville in the Grade 3 Daytona Stakes at Santa Anita on May 23. Wildman Jack also won the Group 3 Nad Al Sheba Turf Sprint by four-and-three-quarters lengths at Meydan Racecouse in Dubai, U.A.E. on March 7. His last loss also came at Meydan in the Yahsat Trophy Stakes won by Woven on Feb. 6 when he fin- ished fourth. Wildman Jack is by Goldencents out of Orientatious, by Orientate and has won half of his eight career starts with earnings of $373,630. Mike Smith will ride Wildman Jack from post two and he races for W C Racing. Also look for Fast Boat from the Joe Sharp barn—an impres- sive four-and-three-quarters-lengths winner of a third condition, $100,000 optional claiming race at Churchill on June 12. Alex Beschizza has been named to ride Fast Boat from post seven. Others entered for the Shakertown include Real News, Tell Your Daddy, Just Might, Smart Remark, Bound for Nowhere, Texas Wedge, Totally Boss, Corruze, Leinster and Shared Legacy. Nitrous is on the also eligible list.
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Back to Top Page 5 Field of 12 Set For Del Mar’s Oceanside Stakes BY DEL MAR PRESS OFFICE ______DEL MAR, CA—A dozen 3-year-olds were entered Tuesday for Friday’s $100,000 Runhappy Oceanside Stakes, the traditional opening day feature as Del Mar kicks off its 81st summer racing season. The one-mile event on the Jimmy Durante Turf Course is the first of the three stakes on grass that comprise the track’s series for sophomores. The Oceanside will be fol- lowed by the mile-and-one-sixteenth, $125,000 La Jolla Handicap (G3) on Aug. 9 and the mile-and-one-eighth, $200,000 Del Mar Derby (G2) on Sept. 6. Oversubscribed and run in divisions for 20 straight years starting in 1986, the Oceanside will be undivided for the seventh year in succession. It was won in 2019 by John Sadler-trained Jasikan, owned by Hronis Racing, with Flavien Prat aboard. Sadler is sitting out a suspen- sion for the opening weekend but his assistant, Juan Leyva, will saddle Heywoods Beach for Hronis. Jose El Tigre Terrible/BENOIT PHOTO Valdivia Jr. will be in the irons. suit El Tigre Terrible better than Silardi,” Miller added. Heywoods Beach won his first career race in his fourth start on The field from the rail: Rookie Mistake, El Tigre Terrible, May 16 at Santa Anita going a mile on the turf before Sadler sent Howbeit, I’m Leaving You, Kanderel, K P All Systems Go, Hit him into the $150,000 Cinema Stakes going a mile-and-one- The Road, Tizamagician, Ajourneytofreedom, Silardi, Heywoods eighth on June 6 where he most recently finished third behind Beach and Margot’s Boy. winner Hariboux (GB). Heywoods Beach was purchased by bloodstock agent David Ingordo for $180,000 out of last year’s Ocala Breeders’ Sales Maximum Security Armed for San Diego Open Sale where he was consigned by Eddie Woods. He also sold Handicap as a yearling at Keeneland September for $150,000. As first reported in the Daily Racing Form, Eclipse Award-win- Prat has the call on El Tigre Terrible for Peter Miller, who also ner Maximum Security is being pointed for his first start since will send out Silardi. February in the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar on July 18. El Tigre Terrible won the $101,000 Speakeasy Stakes at Santa Bob Baffert now trains Maximum Security. He told the Form's Anita going five furlongs on the grass in October and was second Steve Andersen the horse “looks fantastic,” and didn’t back off to She’s So Special last time in the $85,000 Desert Code Stakes that statement any when the 4-year-old son of New Year’s Day, in going five-and-a-half furlongs on June 6. part owned by Gary and Mary West of Rancho Santa Fe, worked Silardi has won two of three career starts including a first con- four furlongs at Santa Anita on July 4 in 1:25.40. dition, $40,000 optional claiming race at Santa Anita in his last Maximum Security crossed under the wire first in the 2019 race on June 20 going five-and-a-half furlongs on turf. Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) but was “Silardi is a speed horse and El Tigre Terrible can sit off the disqualified to 17th for interference at the top of the stretch. Three pace, so they have complimentary running styles,” Miller said of subsequent stakes victories, two of them at the Grade 1 level, the geldings. Both will be stretching out from turf sprints and secured an Eclipse Award as the top 3-year-old of 2019. going two turns for the first time. Maximum Security was most recently seen winning the $20 “You never know until they do it, but the pedigree for both says million Saudi Cup on Feb. 29 but officials at King Abulaziz they’ll handle the distance. But if I had to guess, I’d say it might Racecourse in Riyadh. FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes at Gulfstream Park Date Race Name Conditions Distance Purse 8-1 FTBOA Fla. Sire Stakes Dr. Fager 2yo* 6 fur. $100,000 8-1 FTBOA Fla. Sire Stakes Desert Vixen 2yo fillies* 6 fur. $100,000 8-29 FTBOA Fla. Sire Stakes Affirmed 2yo* 7 fur. $200,000 8-29 FTBOA Fla. Sire Stakes Susan’s Girl 2yo fillies* 7 fur. $200,000 9-26 FTBOA Fla. Sire Stakes In Reality 2yo* 1 1/16 mi. $400,000 9-26 FTBOA Fla. Sire Stakes My Dear Girl 2yo fillies* 1 1/16 mi. $400,000 9-26 FTBOA Fla. Sire Stakes Wildcat Heir 3yo & older* 1 mile $150,000 * FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes eligible horses
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Back to Top Page 7 Half Ours Colt Quickest at OBS Third Under Tack Session BY OBS PRESS OFFICE ______Hip 428, a bay filly by Runhappy consigned by Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds LLC as an agent, is out of OCALA, FL—Hip 383, a son of Half Ours consigned by Blue stakes-winner Bamboo Dream, by Finality, from the family of River Bloodstock, Inc., as an agent, sped a quarter-mile in sprint champion Amazombie. :20.20 to post the fastest work at the distance at the third ses- Hip 473, a bay filly by Palace Malice consigned by Hoppel’s sion of the Under Tack Show for Ocala Breeders’ Sales Horse & Cattle Co., Inc, is a half-sister to stakes-placed Company’s 2020 July Sale of Two Year Olds in Training & Merveilleux out of Breech Inlet, by Holy Bull, a half-sister to Horses of Racing Age. The bay colt is out of All About Ju Ju, graded stakes-winner Bauble Queen. by Into Mischief, a half-sister to stakes placed Gregorian Bay. Hip 502, consigned by Vargas Sales as an agent, is a chest- Hip 492, Capri’s Son, a gray or roan colt by Shackleford nut filly by Midshipman out of Cat Ten, by Greatness, from the consigned by Fabian Sales, turned in a quarter-mile in :20.40. family of Grade 1-winner Geri. He’s out of Capri Song, by More Than Ready, from the family Hip 510, a dark bay or brown filly by Not This Time con- of Grade 1 stakes-winner Dispute. signed by Oscar Brown Stables, is out of Champagne Sparkle, Hip 524, I’m a Coco Pebbles, a Florida-bred daughter of by Street Boss, a full sister to grade one stakes winner Danza He’s Had Enough consigned by AVP Training and Sales as an and a half sister to grade one stakes winner Majestic Harbor. agent, breezed the session’s fastest three-eighths, clocked in Hip 525, Pretty Lori, a dark bay or brown filly by Maclean’s :33.80. The chestnut filly is out of Chocolate Almond, by Music consigned by Gene Recio as an agent, is out of Candy Ride (Arg), from the family of champion Hollywood Chokonni, by Arch, from the family of champion Althea. Wildcat. She was bred in the Sunshine State by Joseph Francis Five youngsters worked quarters in :21.20. Ludford III and Shelly Anne Ludford and is eligible for the Hip 391, a Florida-bred filly by Ocala Stud stallion The Big lucrative Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Beast consigned by Ocala Stud, is a half-sister to stakes winner Association Florida Sire Stakes series. B C’s Train out of Alotofappeal, by Trippi, from the family of Five horses shared honors for the day’s fastest eighth, stop- ping the timer in :10 flat. See OBS on page 9
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page 7 Hip 387, My Baby Girl, a bay filly by Python consigned by Continued from Crownsway South as an agent, is out of All Good Things, by stakes winning OBS graduate Argos Appeal. She was bred in Curlin, a daughter of stakes-winner Creaseinherjeans. Florida by Ocala Stud and Edward Wiest and William J. Terrill Hip 400, consigned by J. Thoroughbreds as an agent, is a and is eligible for the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes. dark bay or brown filly by Tale of Ekati out of stakes placed Hip 490, a bay filly by Dialed In consigned by Eddie Woods as an agent, is out of Candy Sioux, by Indian Charlie, a half- Angels Trace, by Bellamy Road, from the family of grade one sister to champion OBS graduate Midnight Lute. stakes winner Out of Hock. Hip 494, a Florida-bred filly by Dialed In consigned and Hip 418, Drop the Pigon, a bay filly by Tapiture consigned bred by Arindel, is a half-sister to stakes placed Nacho Papa by Omega Farm, is out of Aunt Maryann, by Uncle Mo, from out of Cartia, by Empire Maker, a daughter of graded stakes- the family of graded stakes winner Aristis. winning OBS graduate Zuppardo Ardo. Hip 440, a dark bay or brown filly by Central Banker also Hip 503, consigned by Tom McCrocklin as an agent, is a consigned by J. Thoroughbreds, is a half sister to stakes placed Florida-bred filly by Uncaptured out of Cause for Repent, by Liberty Island out of stakes placed Bee in a Bonnet, by Precise Giant’s Causeway, a daughter of graded stakes-winner Sweet End. Repent. She was bred by Lisa McGreevy and Jerry Alampi and Hip 516, consigned by Navas Equine, is a chestnut filly by is eligible for the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes. Super Saver out of Chelsea Road, by Speightstown, a half sister Hip 508, consigned by Golden Thoroughbreds Training and to stakes placed Aces High, from the family of champion Point Sales as an agent, is a Florida-bred filly by Journeyman Stud Given. resident Khozan out of Celtic Embrace, by Harlington, a half- Hip 528, a gray or roan colt by Shanghai Bobby consigned sister to stakes-winner Share the Upside. She was bred by by Parrish Farms as an agent, is out of Ciddy’s Song, by Matalona Thoroughbreds LLC and is eligible for the FTBOA Unbridled’s Song, a half sister to grade one stakes placed OBS Florida Sire Stakes. graduate She’s Cheeky. There were seven quarters in :21.40. The Under Tack Show continues Thursday morning at 7:30 Hip 375, Before You, a Florida-bred filly by Solera Farm a.m. with Hips 541 – 720 scheduled to breeze. stallion Field Commission consigned by Harris Training Under Tack results and videos are posted on the OBS web- Center LLC as an agent, is out of After Words, by Kafwain, a site at obssales.com and can be viewed on kiosks in the breeze- daughter of graded stakes-winner Potomac Bend. She was bred way and in the Video Room adjacent to the Horsemen’s in Florida by Pat Bosley and Field Commission Partnership. Lounge.
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OBS July Sale Of Two-Year-Olds & Horses of Racing Age July 14-16
FSS Eligible Foals of 2018 Hip# Sire Dam Hip# Sire Dam 19 . . . .Jess's Dream...... Perfect Kay 524 . . . .He's Had Enough ...... Chocolate Almond 28 . . . .Jess's Dream...... Plain Brown Bag 548 . . . .Uncaptured...... Conquest Angel 38 . . . .Adios Charlie ...... Popularafterschool 572 . . . .Social Inclusion...... Dandy Dulce 39 . . . .The Big Beast ...... Potluck Dinner 582 . . . .Uncaptured...... Defying Gravity 48 . . . .Two Step Salsa ...... Profile 599 . . . .First Dude...... Discreet Darling 111 . . . .First Dude...... Saldanha 618 . . . .Jess's Dream...... East Lake Classic 139 . . . .Brethren ...... Shake Off 630 . . . .The Big Beast ...... Ennuhway 141 . . . .Uncaptured ...... She Drives Me Nuts 633 . . . .Currency Swap ...... Erica Lee 152 . . . .Uncaptured...... Shining Moment 651 . . . .Uncaptured...... Far Niente 153 . . . .Admiral Kitten...... Shivering Fax 685 . . . .Fury Kapcori ...... From Behind 166 . . . .The Big Beast ...... Sister Kathy 706 . . . .Brethren ...... Girl Can Rock 167 . . . .Ride On Curlin...... Skinny Margarita 730 . . . .Brethren ...... Green Door 169 . . . .Uncaptured...... Smart N Lonely 732 . . . .Uncaptured ...... Grilledham'ncheese 171 . . . .Brethren ...... Smart Striking 734 . . . .Prayer for Relief...... Halo's Helen's Jet 293 . . . .Fury Kapcori ...... Ucanttakeitwithu 790 . . . .Brethren ...... Invidia 304 . . . .Uncaptured...... Vaca Sagrada 796 . . . .The Big Beast ...... It's Sophie 313 . . . .Brethren ...... Villa Villa Coola 819 . . . .Ride On Curlin...... Kahina 329 . . . .Uncaptured...... White Ruffle 822 . . . .Brethren ...... Katira 348 . . . .Bahamian Squall...... Yes Its Factual 835 . . . .Adios Charlie ...... K K's Kitty 350 . . . .Awesome of Course..Yonder Ponder 849 . . . .Prospective...... Laynes Road 359 . . . .Khozan ...... Zurita 877 . . . .Prospective...... Lucky Trip 364 . . . .Brethren ...... Ace of Hearts 888 . . . .Brethren ...... Magnificentaproval 391 . . . .The Big Beast ...... Alotofappeal 933 . . . .Khozan ...... Mitasunke 399 . . . .He's Had Enough ...... Angel Dreams 934 . . . .Adios Charlie ...... M'Lady Mortimer 411 . . . .Fury Kapcori ...... Arabian Magic 949 . . . .Poseidon's Warrior....Musical Touch 425 . . . .Brethren ...... Baggio 952 . . . .Uncaptured...... My Novena 433 . . . .Forty Grams...... Bay Street Gal 957 . . . .Brethren ...... Mystic Blue 456 . . . .Khozan ...... Blue Baby 964 . . . .Brethren ...... Nevelee 475 . . . .Khozan ...... Brightly Mine 984 . . . .Uncaptured...... Onesie 480 . . . .Jess's Dream...... Brown Glaze 1085 . . . .Social Inclusion...... Launch a Double 483 . . . .The Big Beast ...... Buff 'n Tuff 1095 . . . .Chitu...... Miss Rhonda 503 . . . .Uncaptured...... Cause for Repent 1104 . . . .Brethren ...... Onemiracleatatime 508 . . . .Khozan ...... Celtic Embrace 45873 If Questions Contact the FTBOA at 352-629-2160 | This list is subject to correction due to error of omission, spelling, name change, etc. All terms of FSS races and FTBOA purse supplements, including number of races, purse levels, race conditions, racing dates and the host track may change from year to year and may change at any point after the FSS racing schedule for a particular year is announced
Back to Top Page 11 Rushing Fall Going for Jenny Wiley Repeat BY KEENELAND PRESS OFFICE ______LEXINGTON, KY—E Five Racing Thoroughbreds’ Rushing Fall will chase history Saturday when she headlines a field of eight fil- lies and mares for the 32nd running of the $350,000 Coolmore Jenny Wiley (Grade 1) going a mile-and-one-sixteenth on the turf. Trained by three-time race winner Chad Brown, Rushing Fall will be trying to join Intercontinental (GB) (2004-2005) as the only repeat winner of the race. With a victory Saturday, Rushing Fall would join Lady Eli and Beholder as the only horses since 1976 to win Grade 1 races at ages 2, 3, 4 and 5. Regular rider Javier Castellano, who has been aboard for Rushing Fall’s four previous stakes victories at Keeneland, has the call Saturday and will break from post four. Only Wise Dan has won more Keeneland stakes (seven) than Rushing Fall, who shares the second spot with Take Charge Lady. Invading from California are Fox Hill Farms’ Jolie Olimpica Rushing Fall/COADY PHOTO (Brz) and Ken Baca, Edward Hudson Jr. and Lynne Hudson’s (G3) in her 2020 debut, owns a victory over Rushing Fall with a Toinette. neck triumph in the 2018 Edgewood (G3) at Churchill Downs. Trained by Richard Mandella, Jolie Olimpica has won five of Trained by Neil Drysdale, Toinette will be ridden by Flavien Prat six career starts with her most recent victory coming in the and break from post eight. Monrovia (G2) at Santa Anita in May. Mike Smith the mount and The field for the Coolmore Jenny Wiley is: Secret Message, will break from post six. Juliet Foxtrot (GB), La Signare (Fr), Rushing Fall, Mucho Toinette, who came off a six-month layoff to win the Wilshire Unusual, Jolie Olimpica (Brz), Altea (Fr) and Toinette.
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Back to Top Page 13 Even Matched Field of Six Set for Appalachian Stakes BY KEENELAND PRESS OFFICE______LEXINGTON, KY—Godolphin’s Alms, a two-time Grade 3 winner, heads an evenly matched field of six 3-year-old fillies entered Wednesday for Saturday’s 32nd running of the $150,000 Appalachian (Grade 2) Presented by Japan Racing Association. The race, run at a mile on the Keeneland turf course, is the first of six graded stakes on Saturday’s 10-race pro- gram. Post time for the Appalachian Presented by Keeneland Select, the day’s fourth race, is 2:45 p.m. Trained by two-time Appalachian winner Mike Stidham, Alms has won four of five career starts, includ- ing Grade 3 victories in the Matron at Belmont and the Jimmy Durante at Del Mar. Fifth as the favorite in the Tepin Stakes at Churchill Downs in her most recent start, Alms will be ridden by Joel Rosario and break from post position four. Top competition to Alms could come from Florida Alms/BENOIT PHOTO Oaks (G3) runner-up Walk In Marrakesh (Ire). Correas IV, Walk In Marrakesh will be ridden by Jose Ortiz and Merriebelle Stable’s Walk In Marrakesh began her career in break from post six. Europe before coming to North America and falling a nose short The field for the Appalachian is: Mariafoot (Fr), Enola Gay, of victory in the Natalma (G2) at Woodbine. Trained by Ignacio Evil Lyn, Alms, Passion Factor and Walk In Marrakesh (Ire).
Back to Top Page 14 Belmont Stakes-Winner Tiz the Law Breezes BY NYRA PRESS OFFICE ______currently tops the Kentucky Derby leaderboard with 272 points and could add to those totals in the Runhappy Travers, which ELMONT, NY—Grade 1 Belmont Stakes-winner Tiz the Law offers 100-40-20-10 to the top-four finishers. resumed serious business on Wednesday morning, posting a five- "It's just a matter of keeping him happy and healthy for seven furlong breeze over Belmont Park's main track for trainer Barclay weeks between now and the Travers," said Jack Knowlton—oper- Tagg. ations manager for owner Sackatoga Stable. "[Assistant trainer] Under the guidance of regular rider Manny Franco, the three- Robin [Smullen] says nothing phases him. If you watch him time Grade 1-winning son of second crop sire Constitution record- around the stable, on the track, and during his races it all seems to ed his work in 1:01.10 over a main track rated fast. The move was be true. Fortunately, Manny [Franco] has gotten to know what he a second work for Tiz the Law since capturing the Belmont Stakes. has under him and has done a great job. Hopefully we can contin- Last Wednesday, he went an easy half-mile in :50.06. ue the roll that we're on." "He looked perfect," Tagg said. “He's got a lot of energy. He Knowlton has been down a similar road before when Funny wouldn't blow out a candle." Cide won the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness (G1) before Unbeaten in all three starts during his sophomore campaign, finishing third in the Belmont Stakes. He was scratched from that Tiz the Law began 2020 with wins in the Grade 3 Holy Bull year's Travers. Stakes on Feb. 1 and Grade 1 Curlin Florida Derby on March 28, Knowlton said a win in the Runhappy Travers would be a huge both at Gulfstream Park, en route to a victory in the Belmont deal for the Sackatoga team. Stakes. "Once he won the Champagne in the fall, he was on everyone's This year, the Belmont was run as the first leg of the Triple radar screen as a top 3-year-old," Knowlton said. "We had a small Crown following a rescheduling of the national stakes calendar bump in the road when we went to Kentucky, but as soon as he due to the Covid-19 pandemic. won the Holy Bull in Florida, he was right back on top of every- Tiz the Law began his career with a maiden triumph against one's list. We're just taking it one race at a time. It will be interest- fellow New York-breds at Saratoga Race Course before winning ing. No one will have run a mile-and-a-quarter before the Travers the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park. His only loss and it will be unusual that some horses will have run a mile and took place in the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club at Churchill quarter before the Derby. This was a race we could have had Downs in November, where he was third beaten three-quarters- Funny Cide in, but he got sick. We'd love to complete the New of-a-length by winner Silver Prospector over a sloppy main track. York circle." Tiz the Law remains on target for the $1 million Runhappy Tiz the Law is scheduled ship to Saratoga on Monday, July 13, Travers Stakes (G1) to be run Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race. The colt where he will continue to train for the Runhappy Travers.
Back to Top Page 15 Churchill Downs Announces September Stakes Schedule BY CHURCHILL DOWNS PRESS OFFICE ______LOUISVILLE, KY—A total of 18 stakes events, topped by the 146th runnings of the $3 million Kentucky Derby pre- sented by Woodford Reserve (Grade 1) and the $1.25 mil- lion Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1), are on tap for the 2020 September Meet at Churchill Downs. The September Meet stakes schedule is led by the revised Kentucky Derby Week, which was moved from April 25- May 2 to Sept. 1-5 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The spectacular week of racing will feature 14 graded stakes, including five Grade 1 races that will be headlined by the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, Sept. 5 and Kentucky Oaks on Friday, Sept. 4. Kentucky Derby Day will showcase seven graded stakes races including the $1 million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (G1) at a mile-and-an-eighth on the Matt Winn Turf Course for older horses and the Grade 1, $500,000 Derby City Distaff (formerly known as the Humana Distaff) for fil- lies and mares at seven furlongs. A addition to the revised Kentucky Derby Day stakes schedule is the $200,000 Iroquois presented by Ford (G3), the launch of the Road to the 2021 Kentucky Derby (Top 4 points: 10-4-2-1) and a “Win and You’re In Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Division” race for 2-year-olds that will be run at one-mile. The winner will receive an automatic berth to the Churchill Downs/COADY PHOTO $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) held on Nov. 6 at winner receiving an automatic berth to the $2 million Breeders’ Keeneland. Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) on Nov. 6 at Keeneland. Other stakes on Kentucky Derby Day are the $500,000 The Grade 1 Churchill Downs Stakes, which was previously Longines Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (G2) for fillies and mares at run on Kentucky Derby Day, is tentatively scheduled to be run one-mile on turf; the $500,000 American Turf (G2) for 3-year-olds during the Fall Meet. at a mile-and-one-sixteenth on turf; and the $500,000 Pat Day Mile After the Sept. 1-5 Kentucky Derby Week, Churchill Downs presented by LG&E and KU (G2) for 3-year-olds at one mile. will stage its annual nine-day September Meet from Sept. 17-27. Kentucky Oaks Day will feature six graded stakes events which The lone stakes event will be the $100,000 Ack Ack for 3-year- includes the $500,000 La Troienne Stakes (G1) for fillies and olds and older at one mile on Sept. 26. mares at a mile-and-one-sixteenth. Other stakes on the program are the $400,000 Alysheba (G2) for 4-year-olds and older at a mile-and-one-sixteenth; the $300,000 Eight Belles presented by Smithfield Foods (G2) for 3-year-old fillies at seven furlongs; the $300,000 Edgewood present- ed by Forcht Bank (G2) for 3-year-old fil- lies at one mile on turf (shortened from its previous mile-and-one-sixteenth on turf); and the $250,000 Twin Spires Turf Sprint presented by Sysco (G2) for 3-year-olds and older at five-and-a-half furlongs on turf. While the Iroquois is set for Kentucky Derby Day, its filly counterpart, the $200,000 Pocahontas (G3), will be run two days prior. The one-mile event for 2-year- old fillies kicks off the Road to the 2021 Kentucky Oaks (Top 4 points: 10-4-2-1) and is a “Win and You’re In Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Division” contest with the
Back to Top Page 16 Rice: Max Player to Target Travers BY NYRA PRESS OFFICE ______ELMONT, NY—George E. Hall and SportBLX Thoroughbreds' Max Player, who ran third in the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes on June 20, is being pointed towards the $1 million Runhappy Travers (G1), trainer Linda Rice said. Max Player, who finished only behind Dr Post and winner Tiz the Law in last month's first leg of the Triple Crown, registered his first breeze since the Belmont Stakes, going four furlongs in :49 Sunday over Belmont Park's dirt training track. "He's doing very well. That was his first breeze since the Belmont and it was just a nice, comfortable breeze, and he's in good order," Rice said. Never off the board in four career starts, Max Player could next make his Saratoga debut by running in the "Mid- Summer Derby." He made his first two starts at Parx, running second in his debut at one mile on Nov. 12 before winning at the same distance at second asking on Dec. 17. In his sophomore debut, he bested an eight-horse field by three-and-one- quarter lengths in the mile-and-an- eighth Withers Stakes (G3) on Feb. 1 at Aqueduct Racetrack. That was his pre- vious start since the Belmont Stakes, which was shortened from its famed mile-and-a-half distance to a one-turn Max Player/ELSA LORIEUL PHOTO mile-and-an-eighth to accommodate the revised schedule for 3- respite. year-olds in training. "He's just been a little dull lately, so I just sent him to the farm With the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford to give him some time off," Rice said. Resever set for Sept. 5 and serving as the middle jewel of the Rice has saddled four winners during the Belmont Triple Crown this year, Max Player can accumulate even more Spring/Summer Meet, which started June 3 and will conclude on qualifying points, with the Travers offering a 100-40-20-10 scale July 12. She will gear up for the Saratoga meet that runs from July to the top-four finishers. 16 through September 7. Rice has enjoyed success at the Spa, Max Player has accumulated 40 qualifying points for the "Run highlighted by the 2009 meet in which she captured the training for the Roses" and is 12th on the current leaderboard for a race title. that has traditionally taken as many as 20 entries. "I think we were all very happy to just get back to racing in Contested at a mile-and-one-quarter, the Travers would be the these unusual times," Rice said. "It's given a lot of relief to the longest race Max Player has run, but Rice said she is optimistic horsemen and the owners so that we can maintain these horses in the Honor Code colt could handle it. our stables. Saratoga will be unusual this year as well for sure, but "We're leaning towards running in the Travers," Rice said. "We we're just all happy to be back to racing." looked at some other options with the Haskell [at Monmouth] or the Peter Pan [July 16 at Saratoga], but we are going to point right to the Travers." Wicked Trick, who finished fourth in the Grade 2 True North FTBOA Member Discounts: won by Florida-bred Firenze Fire on June 27 at Belmont, will be getting a freshening after three races to start his 5-year-old cam- • Restaurants • Personal Services paign. The Hat Trick gelding won his seasonal bow against • Equine Equipment, Products allowance company on Jan. 20 at Aqueduct before running fifth in the Stymie on March 7. & Services • Hotels & more! After stepping up to graded stakes company for the first time in 23 career starts in the True North, Rice said she decided to give www.ftboa.com – MEMBER BENEFITS tab, then DISCOUNTS for details the Kentucky bred who she co-owns with Stephen Cooper a
Back to Top Page 17 Shared Sense Pulls Away in Stretch to Claim Indiana Derby
BY MARCUS HERSH, COURTESY DAILY RACING FORM Shared Sense wanted the Indiana Derby prize all to himself. Bulling his way to the outside at the quarter pole, Shared Sense got up a full head of steam into the homestretch and drew clear to win the $300,000 Indiana Derby (Grade 3) by three lengths. Major Fed finished a tough-luck sec- ond and a claim of foul lodged by his jockey, James Graham, against Florent Geroux on Shared Sense for interference at the quarter pole was disallowed. Shared Sense bumped Major Fed as the eventual winner angled to his right, briefly pushing Major Fed off stride. Geroux and trainer Brad Cox swept the two graded stakes on the card, win- ning the Indiana Oaks with Shedaresthedevil. Cox trains Shared Sense for Godolphin and coaxed a graded stakes win from the colt, by Street Sense out of Collective, by Bernardini, in his eighth start. Shared Sense was placed first via a medication disqualification in his maid- en win and won an allowance race by a nose in February at Oaklawn Park. Most recently, he finished a distant second to Art Collector, who got a 100 Beyer Speed Figure winning a Churchill Downs allowance. Shared Sense/COADY PHOTO “That race didn’t set up for him at all, trouble beginning when he broke a half-step slow, immediately and he ran a big race,” Cox said. “He’s just a horse I think will get getting sandwiched between rivals and pushed to the back of the better with distance and racing.” field. He rallied very wide around the far turn and lost some Major Fed finished second by a half-length over Necker Island, momentum when Shared Sense came out into him. with Earner another two lengths back in fourth. Kentucky Derby Necker Island turned in a solid performance racing fresh off a qualifying points were awarded 20-8-4-2 to the top four finishers, $100,000 claim. Earner took plenty of betting action in his stakes and Shared Sense, who’s not a Triple Crown nominee, got his first debut, cornered poorly into the first turn, attended the pace, and points. This was Shared Sense’s first try at a distance beyond a flattened out while pushed down toward the inside in the home- mile-and-one-sixteenth and all his best races have come on dry stretch. dirt surfaces. Shared Sense clocked 1:49.37 for nine furlongs on a Cox said plans would be plotted with Godolphin’s team but did fast track off quarter-mile splits of :23.93, :47.69, and 1:12.27. He mention the Travers Stakes as one possible spot for Shared Sense paid $7.60 as the mild favorite. this summer. Shared Sense lacks early speed, and Cox said before the race that his horse would need “a setup,” but Geroux, saving ground the entire first turn and half of the second, was able to position Shared Sense surprisingly close to the pace, tucking in just behind the lead pack before he made his move. “I was about to get the split right turning for home,” Geroux said. “Maybe I had contact with Major Fed. But, honestly, I don’t think it made a difference. If I beat him a head, maybe we can CLICK HERE for the latest make a case for it. But when my horse ran going away like this, it The Florida Horse ONLINE was pretty clear there was not too much going on there.” Major Fed continued his run of tough trips Wednesday, the
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