Souper Stonehenge Stops Pink Lloyd's Streak in Jacques Cartier
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ftboa.com • Tuesday & Wednesday • June 22 & 23, 2021 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION FLORIDA’SDAILYRACINGDIGEST Souper Stonehenge Stops FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION Pink Lloyd’s Streak in or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or Jacques Cartier email: [email protected] BY BROCK SHERIDAN ___ For the first time in five In This Issue: years, Canadian juggernaut Pink Lloyd is not the reigning Oleksandra Upsets at 17-1 in Poker champion in the Grade 3 Jacques Cartier Stakes at Vigilantes Way Scores in Eatontown Woodbine as Florida-bred Souper Stonehenge won the Warren’s Showtime Takes Wilshire 2021 renewal Sunday. The Jacques Cartier, a six furlong Art Collector Tops Kelly’s Landing Stakes test over Woodbine’s main Tapeta course, this year Stormy Atlantic Retires to Bridlewood attracted a field of six 4-year- Farm olds and older with Pink Lloyd going off as the 6-5 favorite Gulfstream Park Charts having won the race four times from 2017-’20. Track Entries and Results Readyforprimetime, who was trying to improve off of a seventh-place finish to winner Florida Stallion Progeny List Bound from Nowhere in the Grade 2 Shakertown at Florida Breeders’ List Keeneland in his last start on April 3, broke best of all from post four and went straight to Wire to Wire Business Place the front as Pink Lloyd broke a step slow. Readyforprimetime set the pace down the back- Featured stretch while a length clear of Souper Stonehenge to his out- Advertisers side in second as Pink Lloyd raced last of six, but less than Berrettini Feed three lengths off of the leader Souper Stonehenge/MICHAEL BURNS PHOTO who went the first quarter-mile in :22:72. with little effort at the top of the stretch Equistaff Inc. Readyforprimetime continued to lead after a half-mile in :44.93 as Pink Lloyd around the turn but Souper Stonehenge and Readyforprimetime were fighting for Florida Department of Agriculture moved up to even terms from the two path second. while Pink Lloyd made a sweeping move Souper Stonehenge raced under the fin- FTBOA while three-wide to get within striking dis- ish line four-lengths ahead of runner-up tance. Pink Lloyd in a time of 1:08.89, which was Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply But Souper Stonehenge sprinted clear just .84 off of Pink Lloyd’s track record set Seminole Feed See JACQUES CARTIER on page 3 Back to Top Page 3 Jacques Cartier Continued from COVER in the 2018 Jacques Cartier. Malibu Secret was another three- quarters of a length back in third followed by Joker On Jack, Readyforprimetime and Dixie’s Gamble. Trained by Mark Casse, Souper Stonhenge paid $5 to win as the 3-2 second choice. “Going into this race, I breezed this horse about four times and I think he’s a world beater at Woodbine,” Husbands said. “This horse is the real deal right now. “I rode him as the best horse in the race. I respect ‘The Boss.’ Any time you can beat Pink Lloyd at Woodbine Racetrack, especially sprinting, he’s the world beater, he’s the champion here. So I knew Mark Casse/COADY PHOTO it would take a real Pink Lloyd to beat this horse today.” Souper Stonehenge won for the first time in five starts this year with his best finish in 2021 coming when second to Zenden in the $75,000 Pelican Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on Feb. 13. He was also third in the Grade 1 Carter Handicap at Aqueduct won by Mischevious Alex on April 3 before finishing fifth in a third con- dition, $100,000 optional claiming allowance won by Looking at Bikinis at Belmont on April 24 in what was his previous start before the Cartier. For his career, Souper Stonehenge has won $271,587 for owner Live Oak Plantation, who also bred the 5-year-old gelding as Live Oak Stud. He has won four of 15 career starts with four seconds and a third. He is by Speightstown out of Onepointhreekarats, by Medaglia d’Oro, which makes him a half-brother to multiple graded stakes-placed Tap It To Win, by Tapit. Outadore Wins Woodstock Jockey Justin Stein doubled up in this weekend’s stakes action at Woodbine when the Wesley Ward-trained Outadore rallied to victory in the $125,000 Woodstock Stakes for 3-year-olds on Sunday afternoon. “I’m just fortunate to be on the right horse on the right day,” Stein said. Stein also won the Star Shoot, the first stakes of the meet on Saturday, with Can’t Buy Love for conditioner Michael Trombetta. In the Woodstock, Stein had Outadore positioned mid-pack before sending the Outwork colt three-wide into contention on the turn and kicking clear down the lane to win in 1:09.77 over six furlongs on the Tapeta. Outadore paid $5.90 to win as the slight second choice to Jaxon Traveler, who appeared on the lead briefly at the start and finished a length-and-a-quarter behind the winner in second. Ward also picked up third money with Chasing Artie closing from the back under Kazushi Kimura. They were followed by Sky’s Not Falling, Master Spy, Derzkii and pacesetter Saturday George. “He broke sharp, he broke hard, but we were out-run, out-foot- See WOODSTOCK on page 5 Back to Top Back to Top Page 5 Woodstock Continued from page 3 Outadore (#2)/MICHAEL BURNS PHOTO ed early,” Stein said. “He settled into stride in behind and when I called on him, he really kicked. He dug in, he’s a runner. He’s a nice horse.” Following up a victory in the Animal Kingdom Stakes in late March at Turfway Park, Outadore is now two-for-two to start his sophomore season. Owned by Breeze Easy LLC, the Kentucky- bred gave way to finish third in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf last year and now has four wins from six career starts and more than a half-million dollars in purse earnings. Live thoroughbred racing action resumes, without spectators, on Thursday as the racing schedule expands to its regular rotation of four days per week. Post time for the eight-race program is 1:20 p.m. EDT. — Woodbine Press Office Florida-breds Make Florida Racing Did you know Florida-bred thoroughbreds won 36.8% of races run at the recent Tampa Bay Downs season? This demonstrates how vital Florida-breds are to the success of Tampa Bay Downs. Additional good news for Florida breeders—72% of those Florida-bred winners during the Tampa Bay Meeting were sired by Florida stallions. Florida-breds: Race ‘Em or Chase ‘Em! Back to Top Back to Top Page 7 Oleksandra Upsets the Boys at 17-1 in Poker BY BRIAN BOHL, Oleksandra needed every NYRA PRESS OFFICE __ bit of that effort, as Raging Bull surged up the rail and ELMONT, NY—Oleksandra gained ground in the final (Aus) was not only the lone jumps. female in the Grade 3 Poker But Oleksandra staved Stakes at Belmont Park off the late bid and hit the Sunday, but she was 17-1 on wire in a stellar 1:32.11 the tote board and in-foal to final time, winning for the boot. first time in exactly one But she came from last- year when she tied a career- of-nine to duel three-time high 101 Beyer Speed Grade 1-winner Raging Bull Figure for her Japiur effort. in deep stretch to prevail by “She ran a really tremen- a head to upset the $250,000 dous race,” Rosario said. Poker for 4-year-olds and “She was really relaxed. older going one mile on the The pace was fast and she Widener turf. Oleksandra/ELSA LORIEUL PHOTO was there for me. It was Owned by Team Valor very impressive. We started International, Oleksandra, whose previous start at Belmont was a picking up a little bit after three furlongs and she got her momen- win on 2020 Belmont Stakes Day in the Grade 1 Jaipur against fil- tum with that stride that she has. At one point, I just decided to try lies and mares, is in foal to Into Mischief. But in her career finale, going out a little bit. I didn’t want to get stuck.” the 7-year-old Animal Kingdom mare had more in mind than a Hall of Famer Neil Drysdale said he decided to skip this year’s broodmare career, breaking slowly from post two and staying well Jaipur edition on June 5 because of soft turf and instead stretched off Get Smokin’s early fractions of :22.52 for the quarter-mile Oleksandra out to one mile in her final race before retirement. The with the half in :44.60 over the firm course. move paid off, as she returned $36.80 for a $2 win wager and Rosario urged Oleksandra up in the far turn and tipped her out capped her career with a record of eight wins, four seconds and a as the field straightened for home. The veteran showed a strong three thirds in 20 career starts with earnings of $705,748. turn-of-foot in overtaking eight rivals from the outside, respond- “Things haven’t gone exactly smooth this year for her,” ing to Rosario’s encouragement with a furious push for home. See POKER on page 8 Back to Top Page 8 Vigilantes Way Scores in Eatontown Stakes BY MONMOUTH PARK PRESS OFFICE_________________ “Sometimes this horse has speed, sometimes not,” Lopez said.