ftboa.com • Thursday • October 31, 2019 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION Carvajal Happy with CLICK HERE for the latest Florida-Bred Imperial Hint Post The Florida Horse BREEDERS’ CUP NOTES BY BREEDERS’ CUP PRESS OFFICE ___ ONLINE BREEDERS’ CUP SPRINT FOR ADVERTISING information or to subscribe, please call Imperial Hint – Raymond Mamone’s Florida-Bred Imperial Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or Hint got acquainted with Santa email: [email protected] Anita Tuesday morning while jog- ging the wrong way around the racetrack two days after arriving In This Issue: from New Jersey’s Monmouth Park for a start in Saturday’s Sprint. FSS at Tampa Bay Downs Trainer Luis Carvajal Jr. was pleased the six-year-old son of Florida-bred Breeders’ Cup Post Imperialism drew post nine for the Positions 10-horse Sprint at Monday’s Cali Dude & Square Deal Head Golden Breeders’ Cup post-position draw. State Juvenile “I definitely didn’t want to get in the same position that we got in Mia Mischief Highly Regarded in Dubai, where we were on the Dream Supreme inside,” said Carvajal, whose trainee finished third in the March Campbell Joins FTBOA Board, 30 Royal Shaheen at Meydan after Wheeler Named as President becoming involved in a contested Gulfstream Park West Charts pace. “I wanted to be on the out- side. That way he has a target in Florida Stallion Progeny List front of him and less traffic.” Imperial Hint will be making Florida Breeders’ List his third start in the Breeders’ Cup Wire to Wire Business Place Sprint, in which he finished sec- ond, a length behind Roy H., at Del Mar in 2017 and third last year Featured Advertisers behind repeat winner Roy H. at Churchill Downs. Ocala Stud “When he finished second at Del Mar he got the 10 post, all the FTBOA way outside, and he ran a really Florida Department of Agriculture good race,” said Carvajal, who sad- Florida-bred Imperial Hint/ECLIPSE SPORTSWIRE PHOTO dled Imperial Hint for victories in Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply the Alfred G. Vanderbilt at Saratoga and multiple graded-stakes winner Catalina the Vosburgh at Belmont in his only two Cruiser galloped one mile under exercise Seminole Feed starts since finishing third in Dubai. rider David Pineda and visited the gate Sparr Building & Farm Supply Javier Castellano has the return mount Tuesday as he prepares for his expected aboard Imperial Hint. start in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Journeyman Stud Catalina Cruiser – Hronis Racing’s See BREEDERS’ CUP on page 3 Berrettini Feed Back to Top Page 3 Breeders’ Cup COVER dos with his third career start, Continued from a track record-setting run in Sprint, a race widely regarded as the 6 1/2f Grade 2 the pound-for-pound toughest on Amsterdam Stakes at the two-day card. Saratoga on July 28. He has Were it most years, Catalina lost his two races since, Cruiser’s resume of seven wins though only by a head each. from eight starts would be good He enters off a third in the H. enough to vie for favoritism in the Allen Jerkens on Aug. 14 and six furlong Sprint. His lone career a second in the Santa Anita defeat came in last year’s Sprint Championship. Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile and he is Navarro added: “I was just unbeaten in three starts this year talking to my wife about how with his most recent win coming in he gets knocked because of the seven furlong Pat O’Brien the Amsterdam and it being a Stakes on Aug. 24. fluke or one-hit wonder, but The brilliance of Grade 1 win- did Secretariat ever win by 31 ners Mitole and Imperial Hint lengths again? The Allen stand out in a quality-laden divi- Jerkens wasn’t a speed-favor- sion but in looking at the numbers, Shancelot/BILL DENVER PHOTO ing track and my jockey trainer John Sadler is confident a lower body injury. wanted to keep his spot on Catalina Cruiser is most capable of having “I heard the namesake got hurt too,” the track. He needed his jockey that day. his best day over the sprint distance. O’Neill said. “Maybe it’s twin pain or Then last time out, we went up against “We think his speed figures are better something.” Omaha Beach, the Derby favorite who going short,” Sadler said. “He set a stakes Mitole – One of the big stars of the Mike Smith chose over every good 3-year- record at Belmont this year (in the True upcoming Breeders’ Cup weekend, old out there (in the Kentucky Derby), North Stakes) so we think it’s going to be a William and Corinne Heiligbrodt’s Mitole including Bob Baffert’s. We all forget that. good set up for him. He’s good on this worked three furlongs at Santa Anita Park And once again, Shancelot needed his track obviously and all the races are good. on Monday morning at just past 6:45 a.m. It’s a tough race but he’s a tough horse him- BREEDERS’ CUP Angel Garcia was in the saddle for trainer See on page 5 self.” Steve Asmussen. Assistant trainer Scott Engage – Woodford Racing’s Steve Blasi was on hand for the final breeze Asmussen-trained Engage walked the shed before a start as the expected favorite in the Large Thoroughbred Farm row of Barn 59 on Tuesday morning at $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint. He was Needs Santa Anita Park. The last-out G2 Phoenix timed in 37 2/5 for three furlongs. Stakes winner worked three furlongs in 37 “He just went an easy three-eighths,” 3/5 on Monday. Experienced Blasi said. “He did it really well in 37 and Landeskog – Landeskog, runner-up in two. He had his big work last week, so now the Sept. 21 Gallant Bob Stakes at Parx, we just try to keep him happy.” Grooms will scratch from the Sprint, trainer Doug Shancelot -– Crawford Farms Racing’s O’Neill confirmed Tuesday morning. Shancelot has taken it easy the past couple Full Time Position “He’s just telling us he’s not 100 percent days for trainer Jorge Navarro. The son of so it’s a pretty easy move to make,” O’Neill with Benefits. Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champ Shanghai said. “It’s nothing major. He tracked today Bobby left Barn 7 at just past 7 a.m. and but it was just an indication we had that Must be drug free jogged two laps of the Santa Anita main he’s not 100 percent so we’re going to wait. track before standing in the gate with his and able to pass a From our standpoint, it’s sad because trainer observing. background check. it’s such a big day or racing. But you don’t “We are trying to keep him relaxed,” run them unless they’re 100 percent.” Navarro said. “So today it was just jogging Landeskog was coming into the Sprint Please call: and standing him in the gate. He’s really with a record of two wins from five starts. ready. There’s lots of talk about Mitole, Ironically, the gelding’s namesake Gabriel 352-237-3303 Mitole, Mitole—but this horse is ready.” Landeskog, captain of the NHL’s Colorado Shancelot wowed speed figure aficiona- for an appointment Avalanche, also is currently sidelined with Florida Sire Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs Date Stake Purse Age/Sex Distance Dec. 14 The FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Marion County $125,000 3yo C&G 7 furlongs Dec. 14 The FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes City of Ocala $125,000 3yo Fillies 7 furlongs (Closing Saturday, November 30) Back to Top FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Program** 2-Year-Old payment* - $250 by Jan. 15 Late 2-Year-Old Payment* - $500 by Feb. 28 Yearling Payment - $250 by May 15 Late Yearling Payment - $500 by Nov 15 Missed Nov. 15? – $5,000 by Jan. 15 Last chance payment option of $10,000 by May 1 of 2-year-old year (horse must not have started) *Yearling payment must have been paid. ** All terms of Florida Sire Stakes (FSS) races, including the 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. Pending state approval FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION 801 SW 60th Ave. • Ocala, FL 34474 • 352-629-2160 • Fax: 352-629-3603 • Download form online at www.ftboa.com • E-mail: [email protected] Back to4 Top Page 5 Breeders’ Cup Continued from page 3 jockey to keep that position, but he let Mike Smith in there (up the inside rail).” BREEDERS’ CUP FILLY & MARE SPRINT Come Dancing – Blue Devil Racing Stable’s five-year-old Come Dancing jogged a mile under Francisco Tapia Tuesday morning at Santa Anita Park. The four-time graded-stakes winner has settled in well after shipping from Belmont Park, trainer Carlos Martin said. Martin said the homebred Malibu Moon mare handled her trip to the track well and seemed happy and content as she is prepared for the Filly & Mare Sprint. Come Dancing, the 5-2 second choice in the wagering will be ridden by Javier Castellano from post four in the field of nine. Martin is a third-generation horseman based in New York. His grandfather, Frank, is in the Hall of Fame and his late father, Jose, had a long, successful career. Jose handled the excellent sprinter Groovy, who was second in the 1987 Sprint.