ftboa.com • Tuesday & Wednesday • June 16 & 17, 2020 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or email: [email protected] In This Issue: Ny Traffic, Tonalist’s Breeze Dogtag Best in Possibly Perfect Man in the Can in Blue Grass S. Flora Fantasy Wins Fifth Straight Ward ‘n Jerry in San Juan Cap Banks Island Wins at Churchill Tiz the Law/ RYAN THOMPSON PHOTO Gulfstream Park Charts Tiz the Law Posts Final Tampa Bay Charts Breeze for Belmont Stakes Track Results & Entries BY NYRA PRESS OFFICE __________________ in 1:00.53 on Monday on the Belmont Florida Stallion Progeny List ELMONT, NY— Sackatoga Stable’s Tiz the main, was eager to work once released Law breezed a half-mile Sunday on Big from the pony. Florida Breeders’ List Sandy in his final preparation for the $1 “When Barclay turned me loose, he got million Belmont Stakes (Grade 1), to be strong a little bit, but when we passed the Wire to Wire Business Place held without spectators, on Saturday at seven-eighths to the three-quarters he set - Belmont Park. tled down a little bit and he did it nice,” Jockey Manny Franco was aboard Tiz said Franco. “He did it really well and real - Featured Advertisers the Law who visited the Belmont main ly easy, so I’m very happy with the work.” Tiz the Law prepared for his sophomore track at 5:30 a.m. The Constitution bay, Bloodstockauction USA working solo from the half-mile pole, season at Palm Meadows Training Center breezed through splits of :26.50, :50.42 in Boynton Beach, Fla., which began at FTBOA and out in 1:03.12. Gulfstream Park with a convincing three- Florida Department of Agriculture Trainer Barclay Tagg said he was length score in the Grade 3 Holy Bull in pleased with the colt’s final prep. February which garnered a career-best 100 Berrettini Feed “He went well. We weren’t looking for Beyer Speed Figure. Last out, he romped Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply the nine-furlong Grade 1 Florida Derby by anything special today,” Tagg said. Seminole Feed Tiz the Law, who worked five-eighths See TIZ THE LAW on page 3 Back to Top Page 3 Tiz the Law Continued from COVER four-and-a-half lengths on March 28. Tiz the Law will travel the same distance on Saturday in the Belmont Stakes, which will be run at nine furlongs around one turn as the opening leg of the Triple Crown for the first time in history. The probable field for the Belmont Stakes currently stands at eight horses, including Dr Post (Todd Pletcher, Irad Ortiz, Jr.), Farmington Road (Pletcher, Javier Castellano), Jungle Runner (Steve Asmussen, Reylu Gutierrez), Max Player (Linda Rice, Joel Rosario), Pneumatic (Asmussen, Ricardo Santana, Jr.), Sole Volante (Patrick Biancone, Luca Panici), Tap It to Win (Mark Casse, John Velazquez) and Tiz the Law (Barclay Tagg, Manny Franco). Modernist, trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, is on the bubble. Tagg said he would prefer to receive an outside post for Tiz the Law at Wednesday’s post position draw. “I’d like to be in 5, 6 or 7. I’d like him to be outside,” said Tagg. The Grade 1 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve, rescheduled from May 2 to Sept. 5, will go as the second leg of the Classic series, with the Preakness Stakes (G1), originally slat - ed for May 16, to close out the Triple Crown on Oct. 3 at Pimlico Race Course. As the exclusive broadcast partner of the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown, NBC Sports will present live coverage from Belmont Park on Belmont Stakes Day beginning at 2:45 p.m. Eastern. Modernist Breezes But Belmont Stakes Still in Question Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott sent out Pam and Martin Wygod’s graded stakes-winner Modernist to the Belmont Park main track for a five-furlong breeze on Sunday morning. Under mostly sunny skies, the graded stakes-winning son of Uncle Mo, piloted by regular rider Junior Alvarado, worked in tandem with two-time graded stakes-winner Tacitus, who was piloted by Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez, recording a :24.40 opening quarter before finishing off their breeze in :59.20 and galloped out in 1:11.40 over a main track rated “fast.” The moves were the fastest of 16 recorded works at the distance. “He broke off in a nice rhythm and turning for home I was one length behind Tacitus,” Alvarado said. “As soon as we turned in, we got together and galloped out. I thought the work was extremely good.” Bill Mott/ COGLIANESE PHOTO Mott did not confirm Modernist for the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 20, but said that a start in the American classic remains a possibility. The Grade 3, $500,000 Ohio Derby, slated for June 27, also is in play for Modernist. “We’re going to have an owner conversation before too long,” Mott said. “The work looked good, nice and smooth. Modernist and Tacitus both worked together and looked great. They finished See BELMONT STAKES on page 5 Back to Top FTBOA FLORIDA SIRE STAKES $1.55 MILLION IN PURSES Date Race Name Conditions Distance Purse 8-1 ......Dr. Fager ...............2yo......................6 fur..................$100,000 8-1 ......Desert Vixen..........2yo fillies.............6 fur..................$100,000 8-29 ......Affirmed................2yo......................7 fur..................$200,000 8-29 ......Susan’s Girl...........2yo fillies.............7 fur..................$200,000 FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION 9-26 ......In Reality...............2yo......................1 1/16 mi..........$400,000 Lonny T. 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Derby with a total of 70 qualifying points toward the ‘Run for the Pneumatic last appeared on the work tab on Monday, June 8, Roses’. In the Louisiana Derby, Modernist fell victim to a wide where he drilled through five furlongs in 59.80 over the Churchill trip during the mile-and-three-sixteenths journey, but still man - Downs main track. aged to come up a strong third finishing four-and-a-quarter Winchell Thoroughbreds’ racing and bloodstock manager lengths in arrears of winner Wells Bayou. David Fiske said Pneumatic had also been under consideration for Should Modernist enter the Belmont Stakes, he will attempt to the Grade 3 Ohio Derby, slated for June 27, give Mott his second win in the American Classic. He saddled Prior to his graded stakes debut in the Matt Winn, the lightly- Drosselmeyer to victory in the 2010 edition. raced Pneumatic broke his maiden at first asking over the Oaklawn Park main track defeating next-out winners Skol Factor Gutierrez Earns First Belmont Stakes Mount and Liam’s Pride en route to a victory against winners over the on Jungle Runner Hot Springs oval defeating stakes-winner Captain Bombastic by Jockey Reylu Gutierrez has maintained an even keel despite two-and-a-half lengths. the natural fluctuations in a young rider’s career. That tenacity has Jockey Ricardo Santana, Jr. will have the mount aboard paid off in a big way. Pneumatic for the Belmont Stakes. Gutierrez was a finalist for the Eclipse Award for outstanding apprentice in 2018, earned his first graded stakes win in 2019 and Farmington Road, Dr Post Breeze in Company has become a regular on the NYRA circuit, garnering a place in for Belmont Stakes one of the world’s most competitive jockey colonies. The Todd Pletcher-trained pair of Farmington Road and Dr Now, another milestone has come for Gutierrez: his first mount Post worked a half-mile in company in :48.87 on the Belmont Park in an American Classic, as Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen main track Saturday in preparation for the $1 million Belmont tabbed the 23-year-old to ride Jungle Runner in the 152nd Stakes (Grade 1) to be run on June 20. Belmont Stakes on June 20. Under mostly sunny skies and over a fast main track, stakes- “I’m kind of speechless. I was working the horse for the placed Farmington Road and stakes-winner Dr Post worked in tan - Belmont Stakes, but I was assuming I was working him just to get dem following the renovation break, with Hall of Fame jockey him ready,” Gutierrez said. “It’s an incredible opportunity. I’m super excited.” A native of Rochester, New York, Gutierrez took a non-tradi - tional path to his career, first attending Cortland State University, where he graduated with a degree in exercise physiology. The son of trainer Luis Gutierrez and the nephew of jockey Jose Gutierrez, Reylu started riding in 2017, winning just once in 61 starts.