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Hall of Fame Racing’s class of 2014 inducted at Spa today

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2 14-0555.CLB.HallofFame.SarSp.Aug9.indd 1 The Saratoga Special Friday, August8/7/14 8, 8:57 2014 AM here&there... at Saratoga NAMES OF THE DAY Confrontation, third race. The 4-year-old gelding is by War Pass out of Successfully Sweet.

Steve, sixth race. No real reason, but you have to like a horse named Steve. LICENSE PLATES OF THE DAY SPAFAN – Kentucky. PICK 6 – Connecticut. BY THE NUMBERS O: Trainers who have won more than one jump race at the meet. Kate Dalton, Jimmy Day, Elizabeth Voss, Richard Valentine, Jack Fisher and Todd Wyatt have shared the first half-dozen races. Six more to go.

4: Career starts (in 16-race jump career) vs. fellow /mares for Cat Feathers – two wins, two seconds. REPEATING “She’s a route and I can’t train one to go one turn anyway, I’m more like a jump trainer.” Dave Donk, after Selenite won a two-turn stakes Monday

“Working for Woody, there’s like a big checklist, all those boxes and you’re looking to check them off, when you check a lot of them off, you’re going to have some fun with them. There is no order. The first thing is how much class they have, how they are around the barn, when you ride them, just doing things the right way.” Donk, who learned the checklist Tod Marks from Hall of Fame trainer Owner/trainer/wife Kate Dalton hugs /husband Ber- DAR6939 Saratoga Special Girolamo 8 AUG14 07/08/2014 18:53 Page 1 Couple of Winners. nie after Cat Feathers won Thursday’s first race.

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Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 3 here&there... at Saratoga “What’s worse than harness racing forward? Harness racing “Did you used to ride jump races?” WORTH REPEATING backward.” Eddie “The Painter” to The Special’s Tom Law Wednesday “Sports Illustrated came the other day. LeSean McCoy is on the Tom Law as the OTB Channel showed a replay of a race morning. Thankfully, for jump racing, he did not. cover . . . that can’t be good.” from The Red Mile in reverse late Sunday night Eagles fan Nolan Clancy, wondering about the jinx “She’s a very good orator so it should be a good one.” “I know it’s Tuesday, but it’s Saratoga, get your ass up.” Christopher Jackson on his mother Barbara Banke’s “Your race call sounds a lot better than my girl on the PA.” -based trainer Ralph Nicks, checking in speech for at today’s Hall of Fame ceremony Fasig-Tipton’s Bill Graves to Larry Colmus with The Special’s Sean Clancy, at 8:15 Tuesday morning “The astute and talented assistant starter prevented that horse “It was the greatest conversation – ever.” “Not even the big red dog.” from running off.” The Special’s Jack Clancy about a meeting of trainer Eric Photographer Tod Marks, asked if he had after an unruly 2-year-old Guillot and Philadelphia sports radio host Paul Jolovitz any photos of historic Hall of Famer Clifford unseated a rider Wednesday afternoon

“If you ran out of papers that day, it’s because I sent one to “I connected with half of my known acquaintances in three “I give lots of speeches, but most of them don’t mean any- every one of our relatives.” hours there.” thing.” Owner Tom Young, after his granddaughter Fair Hill Training Center’s Kathee Rengert, West Point ’ Jeff Lifson when Old Friends’ Caroline wrote a guest column for The Special about a quick trip to Saratoga Michael Blowen complimented a recent speech

“I could tell Curlin stories all day.” “Darn Kittens. I hate cats.” “I’m from New Iberia. Population 30,000. Know how it stays Owner Barbara Banke Trainer Jim Bond, who sent Precarious to third-place 30,000 all the time? Every time a baby is born a man leaves.” finish behind Kitten’s Queen in Wednesday’s seventh Trainer Eric Guillot

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Even people you don’t know well, you appreciate what they put into it to get there. I think it would choke up even the most hardened guy out there. If you’re human. . .”

– Trainer , on Hall of Fame ceremonies

800-523-8143 Tod Marks Bet Dark Sky to Win. The weather let everyone know who was in charge before Thursday’s sixth race. HIP 458 – FASIG-TIPTON SUNDAY 8/10 Half-sister to MARRIEDTOTHEMUSIC, stakes winner of 7 of 11 starts, earner of $306,391. MARRIEDTOTHEMUSIC’S dazzling displays of speed in 2014 include: 125 Equibase # (highest sprint # in North America in 2014 is a 126) 101 and 99 Beyer Speed Figures • .03 off Aqueduct track record win Pointing to graded stakes at Belmont Fall meet

Classy physical by freshman sire Marsh Side. Vinery Sales/Barn 9

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The Staff Editors/Publishers: Sean Clancy, Joe Clancy

Managing Editor: Tom Law of the day Staff Writers: Kristin Brennan, Katelyn Brush, Ashley Dingeman, Jackie Dugas, Ryan Jones, Dan McDonough, Dan Tordjman

Layout/Design: Katherine Lasak

Photographers: The Chief . . .Day 18 Tod Marks, Dave Harmon, Connie Bush Handicappers: Charles Bedard, Gaile Fitzgerald, Tom Law, “To be at Hialeah on a Saturday afternoon in those days. They had the greatest barns in the world. They John Shapazian, Chad Summers had the greatest clubhouse in the world. You would drive in, the paddock was right there, the racing secre- tary’s office was right there, the jocks’ room was right there. The biggest race there was the Chief Head Honcho of Circulation: Jack Clancy Widener, we won it three times. The Black Helen was the big race for fillies, we won that four times. Three times on the dirt, once on the turf. Pocosaba. Taken Aback, we bought Help When We Need It: her from Widener, for $30,000. You could buy a horse back then, if you saw a horse and Nolan Clancy, you offered money, a guy would take it. You’d say, ‘Jeez, I like that horse,’ Mr. Dreyfus Ryan Clancy, Miles Clancy. would say go ahead.”

– Trainer Allen Jerkens

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6 The Saratoga Special Friday, August 8, 2014 Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 7 HALL OF FAME Big Man Curlin proved ability with powerful punch BY TOM LAW The late Jess Jackson didn’t set out in the world of Thoroughbred racing – or anything in his hugely successful life for that matter – to do things on a small scale. He didn’t need to be the biggest mind you, even Tod Marks though his Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates helped Curlin charges down the stretch in the 2008 Woodward at Saratoga, one of his 11 career victories. him become one of the most successful independent winery owners in the world. He set out to scale that today, when his plaque is placed alongside the winners of the . heights most only dream about and he was fearless elite of the elite in American racing. “He’d be so happy that Curlin is going in the and shrewd, yet still sporting, in his pursuits. Jackson passed away in 2011 after a long bat- Hall of Fame,” Jackson’s widow Barbara Banke Jackson didn’t want to just win Grade 1 stakes. tle with cancer, a little more than three years after said Thursday morning as she walked from the He didn’t want to only win championships. Curlin wrapped up a career that saw him retire as track to the Reading Room for breakfast with fam- No, Jackson wanted horses that raced in the gold the sport’s all-time leading earner, the only winner ily and friends. “I wish he was here to see it.” and burgundy of his Stonestreet Stables to take a of the Breeders’ Cup Classic, and See CURLIN page 10 place in Racing’s Hall of Fame. Curlin will do just an American classic and one of only seven two-time

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AUReliA’S belle Tod Marks ReloAd Curlin retired as the North American career earnings leader with more than $10.5 million. Curlin started his career with Mid- SUMMeR FRont night Cry, who purchased the Ken- Curlin – tucky-bred son of on the Continued from page 8 advice of Ken McPeek for $57,000 kobe’S bAck at the 2005 September “Jess was a real sportsman and he yearling sale. He made his first start MR SPeAkeR planned a Hall of Fame campaign, for Feb. 3, 2007 for Helen Pitts, a former both of them, for Curlin and for Ra- McPeek assistant, on a star-studded chel Alexandra. They were great cam- card at Gulfstream that featured the And additional paigns and great horses.” return of defending Horse of the Year , Horse of the and eventual Hall of Famer stakes winners Year after a brilliant campaign that in the Donn, the Grade 2 saw her win the Preakness, Haskell Stakes and other stacked sprint stakes and Woodward over males after wal- on the main track . loping the in 2009, Kentucky-based bloodstock agent dAyAttHeSPA took the torch from Curlin. He was John Moynihan, who helped Ston- racing’s Horse of the Year in back-to- estreet buy eventual Grade 2 Hon- back seasons in 2007 and 2008. orable Miss winner Forest Music in dAtA link Curlin won six of nine starts as 2005, was in Ocala shopping racing a 3-year-old in 2007, including the prospects at the OBS February sale of Breeders’ Cup Classic in a sea of selected 2-year-olds in training and slop at Monmouth, the Preakness in watched Curlin romp in a 7-furlong a hard-fought duel over Kentucky maiden race early on the card via Derby winner and the simulcast. He knew what to do af- Niall Brennan Stables first of his two Jockey Club Gold ter Curlin won by 12 3/4 lengths in Cup scores over older male 1:22.25. Ocala, Fl (352) 732-7459 . He rang up $5,102,800 “We’re looking at horses and I niallbrennan.com in earnings that season and he raced said, ‘I’m getting in a car and driving in 2007 for the partnership of Jack- down there to buy that, we know this son, George Bolton, Satish and Anne one can run,’ ” Moynihan said of the Sanan’s Padua Stables and the Mid- See CURLIN page 12 night Cry Stable. 10 The Saratoga Special Friday, August 8, 2014 Congratulations For Your inDuCtion into national MuseuM oF raCing’s Hall oF FaMe

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Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 11 Curlin turned the tables on that pair two weeks were just chanting as he came around. That was my later in the Preakness, winning by a head over the favorite moment.” Curlin – Derby winner even after a bad start. Street Sense Christopher Jackson, walking with his mother Continued from page 10 didn’t continue on to New York for the Belmont not long after they watched Rachel Alexandra’s Stakes and Curlin didn’t really need to take on the first foal, the Curlin colt Jess’s Dream, train Thurs- approximately 300-mile trek from Ocala to Hal- final jewel of the Triple Crown, but Jackson was day morning, remembers it well. landale Beach. “He was an amazing racehorse, but game and put his colt in the 1 1/2-mile test. “They were saying prerace that he handled Mon- you never know any horse is going to turn out that The 2007 Belmont was historic, not because mouth with difficulty in the Haskell, that’s why he great, but we did know he had immense talent.” Curlin added a second classic but because Ken- got beat, the tight turns and he couldn’t corner The deal came together in about 24 hours. tucky Oaks winner outlasted the them too effectively,” he said, sounding similar to Midnight Cry kept a piece and Stonestreet added Preakness winner in deep stretch to win by a neck his father in his speech and his cadence. “And they Bolton and Padua because “he was a big price for a were saying the mud and the slop would be exe- maiden,” Banke said. and become the first filly to win the race in more than a century. cratory, which is why I don’t think he was favored The price was rumored to be in the $3- to for that race. He was 5-1 odds, I didn’t think you $4-million range, depending on who was doing the Curlin earned a break after the Belmont and when he returned he finished a non-threatening would get that on the horse after that.” talking. Regardless of the price, Moynihan knew “I honestly think him being so big and muscular, they were buying a runner. third in the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational behind and . the slop helped him a little bit. He could get down “We thought he was really talented,” he said. to that foundation and propel himself forward. “He ran on a day where there were so many good Asmussen regrouped, skipped other late summer races like the Travers and pointed Curlin for the That being said I still think he would have settled it races, the Donn was that day, the , really, re- on a fast track.” Jockey Club Gold Cup. He won that by a neck over ally great races so we had a comparison basis about Curlin dominated the Classic, winning by 4 1/2 Lawyer Ron, setting up a run against the likes of the time he ran versus the other good horses that lengths over Hard Spun in a strung out field in the Street Sense, Hard Spun, Lawyer Ron, Any Given ran and the way he did it. Very rarely do you see a slop. He was an overwhelming winner of votes for Saturday and others in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at horse run seven-eighths like he did that you know Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male can run a mile and a quarter. And showed us that Monmouth Park. and during that year’s Eclipse Awards ceremony day by the way he galloped out.” “The Monmouth Park Breeders’ Cup in 2007 Jackson made it clear he was thinking about even Curlin was transferred to and was my favorite race,” Banke said. “We’re all bigger challenges for Curlin in 2008. went from maiden winner to graded stakes win- there. My daughter is there on her first date with Two races he talked about that night at the Bev- ner to contender in three months. her now husband, her first real date, and Chris, my erly Wilshire Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, Cali- He won the Grade 3 Rebel and Grade 2 Arkansas son-in-law Don Hartford is there, but my favorite fornia, were the Dubai World Cup and the Prix de Derby by daylight under , the only was watching him come around the far turn. We’re l’Arc de Triomphe. jockey to ride the chestnut colt for the remainder of standing next to the Lawyer Ron people, who were The World Cup was certainly an obvious target, his career. Curlin was third in the Derby, beaten 8 very nice and all of a sudden I start hearing this See CURLIN page 14 lengths by Street Sense and Hard Spun. ‘Curlin, Curlin, Curlin’ and Christopher and Don

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Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 13 surface and even though he finished fourth after making the lead around the far turn, Curlin – he clearly wasn’t at his best on the synthetic Continued from page 12 track. Curlin retired after the 2008 season, with its $6 million purse and 1 1/4-mile dis- when he won five of seven starts and earned tance on a traditional dirt track. $5,399,000. His career bankroll stood at The Arc, one of the world’s most presti- $10,501,800 when he retired to stand at gious races, was another story altogether. Lane’s End Farm in Kentucky, tops in North Run at France’s Longchamp racecourse, the America. Arc is a 1 1/2-mile race on grass and annually “He could have run another year,” Ban- attracts the best of the best turf horses from Europe. Curlin had never started on grass, ke said. “Jess knew that he was ill and the but Jackson was anxious to see how his star economy wasn’t doing that well so we decid- colt would handle the surface. ed to retire him for the 2008 year. He was The World Cup was first though and Curl- sure fine.” in waltzed to victory under the lights at Nad Jackson spoke fondly of the opportunity al Sheba racecourse, winning by 7 3/4 lengths. to Curlin and Rachel Alexandra and Freshened for a little more than two months he did before he passed away. The resulting foal was named Jess’s Dream, a bay colt with after his Middle Eastern sojourn – which Tod Marks also included a victory in a prep race for the Curlin’s owner, and steadfast supporter, Jess Jackson, who died in 2011. a star who looks more like his mother than World Cup in late February – Curlin returned Curlin. He recently arrived in Saratoga from with a 4 1/4-length romp in the Grade 1 Ste- Jackson abandoned plans for the Arc after Curl- Stonestreet’s training center in Ocala and is in phen Foster at . in finished second, beaten only 2 lengths by 2007 training with Kiaran McLaughlin. By the time he won the Foster, Jackson had Breeders’ Cup Turf winner , in Belmont’s Banke hasn’t missed him going to the track yet bought out the Sanans and Bolton, who Banke said Grade 1 Man o’ War Stakes going 1 3/8 miles on and when the colt goes to the track there’s a big is “one of the smartest people in the horse business. the grass. Curlin won the Grade 1 Woodward at entourage not far behind. He actually makes good profits.” Saratoga and a second Jockey Club Gold Cup that “It brings back a lot of memories,” Banke said Only Midnight Cry, the partnership of attor- summer and fall to set up a defense of his title in the when asked what she sees when she watches Jess’s neys Cunningham and Gallion Breeders’ Cup Classic at . Dream train. “Curlin and Rachel. Rachel and Curl- who were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for The main track races at that year’s Breeders’ Cup in. He reminds me a lot of Rachel. He looks like taking millions of dollars from their former clients were run on a synthetic track, part of a mandate in Rachel, is a big rangy guy and has that Rachel in a prescription drug-settlement case, remained as to install the surfaces on the state’s race- stride. Of course they both had super speed, we’re owners of Curlin midway through 2008. tracks. Jackson feared Curlin wouldn’t take to the just hoping the genes come out. You never know.”

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Tod Marks 2014 Irish Yearling Sales Dates Champion Ashado charges into the Hall of Fame. 23-25 Sept Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale 30 Sept-1 Oct Goffs Sale 2 Oct Goffs Sportsman Sale Leading Lady Think Thoroughbred Ashado earns her ticket to Hall …Think Ireland! BY JOE CLANCY HALL OF FAME The new 2-year-old filly came into the barn at Palm Meadows Training Pletcher said Thursday. “He landed Center in Florida and walked the in the bushes and everyone was fine, shedrow while getting ready to train. so it was funny afterward but I said She’d been there two days and trainer ‘Wow, this filly is athletic.’ ” Todd Pletcher gave an exercise rider She was also a Hall of Famer. a leg up. That 2-year-old filly, a nearly Ballymany, The Curragh, Co. Kildare, Ireland. And the filly let fly. black daughter of Saint Ballado and T:+353 45 443060 • E: [email protected] • www.itm.ie “She started bucking and she See ASHADO page 18 launched this kid 20 feet in the air,” 16 The Saratoga Special Friday, August 8, 2014 OVER $1 MILLION PURSE MONEY FOR MILLION NOMINATED/CERTIFIED HORSES

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Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 17 MdMillion2014_Save the Date_SarSp.indd 1 7/22/14 10:22 AM in earnings for Starlight Racing, Johns she added the Grade 2 Schuylerville Ashado responded to Velazquez’s urg- Martin and Paul Saylor. She earns her and Grade 1 Spinaway at Saratoga, ings and advanced between Tamweel Ashado – plaque in the Hall of Fame today, the finished third in the Frizette at Bel- and Island Fashion to take the lead. Continued from page 16 first honor for a Pletcher trainee. mont Park and second to Halfbridled Fighting on, she took over at the fur- “She was our first (Kentucky) in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies long pole and won by 1 1/4 lengths the Mari’s Book mare Goulash, was Oaks winner, our first Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita. Pletcher coaxed one over champion . Ashado. The year was 2003 and she winner so it’s only fitting that she be more 2-year-old win out of her in “I was inside and very uncom- was – like that exercise rider – on our first Hall of Fame member, too,” Aqueduct’s Demoiselle to close that fortable and getting squeezed by her way up. A few months later, she said the trainer. “It’s a terrific achieve- season. some other horses,” Velazquez said won her debut at by ment for her.” Following a winter break, she Wednesday. “I had to push somebody 7 lengths, blasting off a career that Ashado raced for three seasons, all took her act on the road at 3 – mak- out a little bit and she ended up get- included a dozen wins, two Eclipse at the highest level. ing eight starts at seven racetracks. ting through and winning the race. Awards and more than $3.9 million After that runaway maiden win, She won the , the She could do that. I was behind horses Kentucky Oaks, the Coaching Club and in a very uncomfortable position, American Oaks, the Cotillion and the for me, but she did it. I would have Breeders’ Cup Distaff. been stuck behind horses and I nev- John Velazquez, who rode Asha- er would have gotten there. She had do 14 times, called that last victory a to fight her way out and that’s what difference maker, maybe even a Hall makes the good ones good.” of Fame ticket maker. The 3-year-old Ashado was named champion filly took on 10 rivals in the Grade 3-year-old filly of 2004 and came 1 at Lone Star Park. She broke from back for more in 2005. She started the rail, and stayed there for the bet- slowly, for her, with defeats in the www.thisishorseracing.com ter part of a mile. Fourth and look- Apple Blossom and Pimlico Distaff. ing for room behind Tamweel, Island Then she put together two wins that Fashion and Indy Groove on the turn, further stamped a career. Ashado bounced out a path at the At Belmont in June, she ripped quarter pole and created space. Still See ASHADO page 20 in behind when they straightened up,

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Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 19 the right direction and stay out of her way.” Ashado – Ashado ended her career with a Continued from page 18 seventh Grade 1 win in the Beldame and a third in the Breeders’ Cup Dis- through the Phipps field, lead- taff. ing throughout and toying with the Bred in Kentucky by Aaron and group in a 3-length win. At Saratoga Marie Jones and purchased by Star- in July, she stamped her career with light for $170,000 at Keeneland a runaway triumph in the Grade 1 September, Ashado returned to the Go For Wand. Going 1 1/8 miles, she made it look easy while scoring by 9 Bluegrass and sold at Keeneland for 1/2 lengths in a laugher. a then-record $9 million to Darley. “That was her best race, but she She’s produced two horses to race and had some very good races,” said is in foal to Tapit. Pletcher. “I know going into the Ken- Eligible for the Hall of Fame him- tucky Oaks, we felt really confident. self in another seven years, Pletcher I’m always a realist or a person that has won more than 3,500 races and always is afraid to totally think ‘Wow, trained the earners of more than $273 we’re going to win this race’ but we million. really felt good about that race.” But a Hall of Famer counts for Velazquez and Pletcher both called something additional. Ashado straightforward, easy to train “You can’t help but reminisce a and easy to ride. That athletic ability little bit and milestones like that for she showed at 2 helped, but there was some reason make you feel a little more to the equation than talent. more emotional and in the moment,” “She was one of those horses you he said. “Horses that go to her level could place anywhere you wanted,” are different. She was ultra-consis- said Velazquez. “She didn’t have to be tent, she was easy to train, she trav- in the back, she didn’t have to be in eled, she did everything we asked. It’s the front. You just had to steer her in an honor.”

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Purse money...... $210,000 Saratoga, August 9-10 Owner Award ...... $20,000 316 horses catalogued Breeder Award...... $20,000

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                                                                                          

Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 21 The Professional Veteran jockey Solis enters Hall while nearing 5,000-win plateau BY SEAN CLANCY HALL OF FAME Clerk of scales Tim Kelly leaned into the loudspeaker on his desk and Hall of Famer Angel Cordero made the call for the 10th race Thurs- yelled, “Alex. Alex.” day evening. Solis looked over. “All out for the 10th. Riders, all Cordero flipped his right hand, out. Last call.” giving Solis a thumb’s up. Alex Solis tightened his black glove Solis smiled. around his right wrist, securing it in “Thanks Angel. Thanks.” place while a light drizzle began to Solis’ 33,591st ride would be the fall. last one as a jockey. Today, Solis be- Riding his only race of the day – a comes a Hall of Fame jockey. Thir- ty-four years since arriving in Florida, New York-bred maiden turf sprint with 23 wins to his credit in Panama, – Solis, pristine as ever in Fox Ridge Solis reaches the pinnacle of Thor- Farm’s purple and white silks, fol- oughbred racing. lowed Larry Mejias, Javier Castellano On the cusp of winning 5,000 and Luis Saez out of the jocks’ room races (he’s nine short), Solis plies his and past fans heading for the exits. trade the same way he’s always done Solis, still fidgeting with his glove, it – day-to-day, steady, profession- turned left and stepped onto the stone Tod Marks See SOLIS page 24 Alex Solis guids Hungry Island home to a stakes win at Saratoga. dust chute leading to the paddock.

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Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 23 A consummate professional, Solis loses weight every day. At the end of the morning after training Solis – hours when the trainers are going home and the Continued from page 22 tractors are renovating the track, Solis puts on a weight vest and layers of sweat pants and jackets. al, courteous and precise. The 50-year-old doesn’t Look up, you’ll see the lonely man putting one foot have the same business he used to but that doesn’t in front of the other, one mile after another mile, change his approach. Solis wakes up every morning, only looking one step at a time. three to four pounds too heavy. The weight comes Solis’ four children – Alex, Tiffany, Andrew, off every day, through a routine of breezing horses Austin – arrived in Saratoga to celebrate their fa- in the morning, jogging around the racetrack in a ther’s greatest day. They started adding up the days weighted vest and layers of rubber, then stretching and the pounds Wednesday night, three or four like a yoga instructor. pounds, every day, for 34 years… “I enjoy what I do every day, my mind is always “We were doing the math, we came up with focused, riding my races and concentrating on that. something 73,438 pounds I’ve lost in my career,” That’s the reason I do this, I never really thought Solis said. “I hadn’t really thought about it at all, about whether I should be in the Hall of Fame or then the last few days, I started thinking about all not, my biggest priority is to do my daily job,” Solis the miles, all the horses…you think about where said. “It worked for me for 34 years, why change you started, it’s special. You have to live in the now, it? The closer we get and now I’m looking back, you can plan for the future and you can look at the people keep saying that’s a big accomplishment. I’m Tod Marks past, but it’s the now.” flattered looking at the people who are in the Hall Alex Solis After graduating jockey school at 17, Solis won of Fame. I’m flattered to be a part of the unique his first race Nov. 7, 1981 at Hipodromo Presiden- Asked for a highlight, Solis follows with a ques- family.” te Remon in Panama and always had his sights on tion. Solis began rattling of his unique family – jock- America. He arrived in 1982 and dominated the “In racing or in life?” eys who are in the Hall of Fame and jockeys who Florida circuit, winning titles at Gulfstream, Hia- He provided both. will never make the Hall of Fame. All family. All leah and Calder. Three years after arriving, Solis “Definitely coming to this country, I’m very important. ventured to California and struck it big. In 2010, grateful to be able to accomplish so many great “I rode with some of the greatest riders,” Solis Solis changed coasts and restarted his career, pick- things, my kids when they were born that is very said, always choosing his words precisely. “Angel ing up key wins aboard , Here Comes Ben special, is always a special place in my Cordero, Jorge Velasquez, Jacinto Vasquez, and others. heart. So many other horses, , Bailey, Shoemaker, Laffit, Chris McCarron, Eddie “Thirty-four years ago, when I left Panama I had , Megahertz, Dixie Union, there are so Delahoussaye, , , Corey $700 in my pocket and big dreams of being some- many horses that made this possible,” Solis said. Nakatani, , Darrel McHarghue, body,” Solis said. “It feels like a blink in the eye. I “Riding for wonderful trainers, I’m very grateful Fernando Toro one of my greatest friends...all of always preach to my kids, find something to do in for them to give me those opportunities and trust them. Great people, they have done a lot for me.” life that you’re going to love and you’re going to get me. The owners, they’re so important, they’re the And the horses, ah, the horses. Solis guided up every day and be excited to do it. I always live ones who put up all the money. All the jockeys I Pleasantly Perfect to win the Breeders’ Cup Clas- my life to that. Now, I think about it and it’s like, it rode with, they helped me become what I’ve be- sic in 2003 and the Dubai World Cup in 2004. He did work. After all, it did work.” steered to a dead heat win in the Breeders’ come.” Cup Turf in 2003. He nestled behind Kona Gold’s Like all jockeys, Solis has dealt with injuries and mane when the sprinter won the Breeders’ Cup deprivation. Solis fractured a vertebra and had two Sprint in 2000. He guided Snow Chief to win the titanium rods and eight screws inserted after a fall Preakness in 1986. at Del Mar in 2004. Solis won 18 riding titles in California, including Snapped a wrist. Broke a leg. Punctured lung. www.thisishorseracing.com six in a row in 1996-97. Ribs, of course.

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24 The Saratoga Special Friday, August 8, 2014 Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 25 Better Late California-based trainer Jones earns spot with colleagues, rivals BY TOM LAW HALL OF FAME Gary Jones can be forgiven if he feels Saratoga owed him a break or Whittingham, Bobby Frankel and two. Buster Millerick, fellow Hall of Fam- He gets a big one today with his ers he trained alongside for decades in induction into the National Muse- Southern California; and others like um of Racing Hall of Fame here in Shug McGaughey and Bill Mott, who Saratoga Springs, a break he thought he faced when he shipped out of state would never come despite a career and particularly in New York. Benoit and Associates New Hall of Famer Gary Jones (right) and his father Farrell in the winner’s circle. spent training the likes of champion Jones won plenty of major stakes , Hall of Famer , outside California and particularly in again to Groovy in the 1986 Fore- and his horses earned $52,672,611. , Quiet American, New York, sending Turkoman to pil- go. Lakeway came to Saratoga as the They won 233 stakes, including 102 and scores of other Grade 1 winners. lage the 1986 Marlboro Cup Handi- heavy favorite for the Alabama and graded stakes. He was passed up for induction cap, Quiet American to take the 1990 finished second to . Turkoman, a son of , Jones nine times and admitted earlier this NYRA Mile and Lakeway to win the Seconds don’t get trainers in the frequently said “never cared about year that he’d been “passed over a 1994 . He went winless Hall of Fame, wins do and Jones re- running,” was champion older male few times already [that] I had decided in six starts at Saratoga, but finished corded plenty during his career that in 1986. He won four of eight starts I probably wouldn’t be making it.” second three times. Turkoman was started when he took over for his fa- that season, including the Grade 1 Jones did make it, gaining induc- unlucky twice at the Spa, finishing ther, legendary trainer Farrell Jones, Widener at Hialeah Park, Grade 2 tion alongside fellow trainers he ad- second to Chief’s Crown in the 1985 in 1975 until he retired July 29, 1996 See JONES page 28 mires. Men by the names of Charlie Travers and a fast-closing second at Del Mar. Jones won 1,465 races SHOW STOPPERS LEADING JUVENILE CONSIGNORS BY 2013-14 GRADED SWs

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26 The Saratoga Special Friday, August 8, 2014 Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 27 lywood Gold Cup, , and Strub under Jones’ care. Jones – Kostroma set a world record for 9 Continued from page 26 furlongs on the grass when she won the Las Palmas Handicap at Santa and Marlboro Anita Park in 1:43 4/5. An Irish-bred Cup. He finished second in the Jock- ey Club Gold Cup, splitting two of daughter of who came to Woody Stephens’ Jones in 1990, Kostroma went on to winners, Crème Fraiche and win the Grade 1 Yellow Ribbon, San- Connection, and second as the favor- ta Barbara and Beverly D. ite in the Breeders’ Cup Classic be- Retired Hall of Fame jockey Chris hind . McCarron teamed with Jones for Best Pal also won the Oaklawn many of his major victories and he Handicap for Jones, when it was a will introduce the trainer at today’s ceremony inside the sales pavilion at Benoit and Associates Grade 1 race in 1992, and he won the Hall of Famer Best Pal was a big part of Gary Jones’ stable. inaugural Pacific Classic in 1991. One Fasig-Tipton. Jones’ wife Joan and of the most popular and successful sons Marty, a trainer in California, California-breds of all time with a ca- and David an attorney, are expected reer bankroll of $5,668,245, Best Pal to make the trek from the West Coast thisishorseracing.com | The Special & much more won the , Hol- for the induction ceremony.

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28 The Saratoga Special Friday, August 8, 2014 History Hall Clifford, Hughes join all-timers Edited Hall of Fame release HALL OF FAME Lloyd Hughes, the first jockey to win the three times, rode included Hall of Famer Duke of and Clifford, an elite racehorse of the Magenta, the undefeated Sensation, 1890s, have been elected to the Na- , Spinaway, , tional Museum of Racing’s Hall of , Crickmore, Danger, Moni- Fame by the Museum’s Historic Re- tor, Oriole, Blazes, Idler, Balance All, view Committee. and Ferida. He rode for many of the Hughes was born in Wales in 1857. top owners in the sport, including He made his riding debut in the Unit- George Lorillard, Leonard Jerome, ed States in 1872 at Monmouth Park Milton Sanford, J. F. Chamberlain, National Museum of Racing and quickly rose to stardom by win- J. E. Kelly and Maryland Gov. Oden Foaled in Tennessee, Clifford won 42 races. ning the Preakness Stakes in 1875, Bowie. 1879 and 1880, becoming the first Hughes was described by the fa- 1897, compiling a record of 42-10-8 was left at the post and finished out three-time winner of the event. He mous turf writer Walter Vosburgh as from 62 starts and earnings of $65,143. of the money. also won the Belmont Stakes (1878, “one of the most successful jockeys Clifford was owned by Clifford That race was notable because it 1880) and (1878, in the great stakes races” and “the Porter (who named him) and later was the only time in 24 starts that 1880) twice each, the Jerome Handi- most expert rider of two-year-olds in Eugene Leigh and Robert L. Rose. He year — and one of only two times cap (1878, 1879, 1880) and Saratoga America.” was trained by Charles H. Hughes, in his 62-race career — in which Stakes (1878, 1879, 1883) three times Hughes died in New York in 1925. Leigh and Hall of Famer John W. Clifford was out of the money. Clif- each and four consecutive runningswith the Sale’sClifford Leading (Bramble—Duchess, Consignor by Rogers. Clifford made his debut in ford finished 18-1-4 in 24 starts as a of the Dixie Handicap (1878, 1879,3 Years ) Running was foaled in Tennessee September 1892 and won the only 3-year-old, including 11 wins in a row 1880, 1881), among others. at W. H. Jackson’s Belle Meade Stud start he made that year as a 2-year- See HISTORY page 30 Some of the notable horses Hughes in 1890. He raced from 1892 through old. In his first start at age 3, Clifford

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Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 29 Hollingsworth compiled a list of retrospective champions based on extensive contemporary opin- History – ions and recognized Clifford as the co-champi- Continued from page 29 on 3-year-old male of 1893 and the co-champion handicap horse of 1894. The New York Times de- (all during a five-week period at Hawthorne Park). scribed Clifford as “one of the most brilliant per- He carried as much as 133 pounds during the win formers the American turf has ever known.” streak, which was snapped when he was forced to carry 140 pounds, giving the winner 36 pounds, Pillars of the Turf when he finished third in the Austin Handicap. Esteemed sportsmen Edward R. Bradley and Ed- Among Clifford’s wins as a 3-year-old were the ward P. Taylor join the National Museum of Rac- Phoenix Handicap, Latonia Spring Prize, Melrose ing’s Hall of Fame as Pillars of the Turf. Handicap, Forest Handicap, and Special - The Pillars of the Turf category is designated to stakes. In the Special Sweepstakes, Clifford defeat- honor individuals who have made extraordinary ed the great mare by eight lengths and contributions to Thoroughbred racing in a leader- Lamplighter, a top handicapper, by 11 lengths. It ship or pioneering capacity at the highest national was Clifford’s 18th and final victory of the season. level. August Belmont II and Paul Mellon were the At 4, Clifford went 10-4-1 in 16 starts. Early in initial Pillars of the Turf inductees in 2013. the year, he defeated Yo Tambien again, this time Edward Bradley (1859-1946), a native of in the Montgomery Stakes. Clifford then won four Johnstown, Pa., owned four winners of the Ken- consecutive stakes: the Albany, Sea Foam, Flight, tucky Derby (, , Bur- and Moet and Chandon. In the fall of 1894, Clif- goo King and ), three winners of the ford defeated Hall of Famer in Preakness Stakes (, and Bime- the Second Special at Gravesend. Henry of Navarre lich) and two winners of the Belmont Stakes (Blue National Museum of Racing entered the race with 10 wins in a row, including Larkspur and ). and Bimel- Hall of Fame jockey Lloyd Hughes the Belmont and Travers. Clifford won his first ech were elected to the Hall of Fame. included Storm Bird, sire of Storm Cat. For years, four races at age 5 and finished the year 7-2-1 in 10 Edward Plunket Taylor (1901-1989), a native of Taylor helped provide runners for the Ontario starts. His wins that year included the Club Mem- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, got involved with racing Jockey Club tracks by staging his own pre-priced bers’ Handicap, Kearney Stakes, Omnium Handi- in the mid-1930s. The crown jewel of his consoli- yearling sales, and then in 1968 he elevated the Ca- cap, Oriental Handicap and another victory in the dation of Canadian racing was at Woodbine, which nadian Thoroughbred Horse Society yearling sale Second Special. At 6, Clifford won the Memorial opened in 1956. His greatest contribution to breed- Handicap and the Flight Stakes. As a 7-year-old in ing dated from the 1952 purchase of the top price into the big leagues by selling II there. his final season during 1897, Clifford won the Long mare at Newmarket, , the dam of Ne- Taylor capitalized on the era Island Handicap. He carried top weight in the race arctic, who in turn sired Northern Dancer. to bring the world’s buyers to the Keeneland sales, and defeated Hall of Famer , a 4-year- With Northern Dancer, Taylor achieved his goal which he consciously chose for the best Windfields old at the time. That year, he also dead-heated with of proving high-class horses could be bred in Cana- consignments. In 1977, Taylor’s total of stakes win- (the 1896 Belmont winner) in the Kearney da. Northern Dancer won the Kentucky Derby and ners bred reached 192, surpassing the previous re- Stakes. Preakness before launching a stallion career many cord held by . Clifford pulled up sore after finishing third in regard as the greatest of the 20th century, an influ- Taylor suffered a stroke in 1980, and the Wind- the Omnium Handicap in September 1897 and ence still prominent today. Northern Dancer sired fields Farm and Stable management passed to his was retired. He was purchased for $7,000 by John three winners (Nijinsky II, The Min- son, Charles. Sanford for stud duty and sent to Sanford’s Hurri- strel and Secreto), all bred by Taylor’s Windfields Taylor was North America’s leading breeder in cana Farm in Amsterdam, N.Y., where he produced Farm. wins 19 times and earnings nine times. He bred 18 some nice horses, including Molly Brant, Hill Top, Taylor bred 54 champions, a preponderance winners of Canada’s prestigious Queen’s Plate, in- Kennyetto, Cliff Edge, Sea Cliff, and Blackford. being champions in Canada, but also including cluding 11 of which he owned. Taylor was the re- Clifford died at age 27 in 1917 at Hurricana Northern Dancer, Glorious Song and Devil’s Bag cipient of the for Outstanding Breed- Farm. In his 1970 book “The Great Ones,” Kent in the U.S., and nine in Europe. The latter group er in 1977 and 1983.

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Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 31 HALL OF FAME

HORSES...... Tod Marks Elected...... Foaled 2014 Induction Ceremony Ashado splashes home in A.P. Indy...... 2000...... 1989 the 2003 Schuylerville. ...... 1986...... 1966 Friday, Aug. 8 ...... 1989...... 1960 ...... 1980...... 1975 10:30 a.m. ...... 1990...... 1979 Sales Pavilion ...... 1976...... 1939 Alydar...... 1989...... 1975 at Fasig-Tipton, ...... 1993...... 1984 on East Avenue American Eclipse...... 1970...... 1814 Free & open to public: Ancient Title...... 2008...... 1970 ...... 1963...... 1941 ...... 1956...... 1902 Ashado ...... 1994...... 1966 Ashado...... 2001...... 2014 Curlin ...... 1964...... 1943 Gary Jones Azeri...... 2010...... 1998 Battleship...... 1969...... 1927 Alex Solis ...... 1998...... 1984 Clifford Bed o’Roses...... 1976...... 1947 Lloyd Hughes Beldame...... 1956...... 1901 Ben Brush...... 1955...... 1893 Ben Nevis II...... 2009...... 1969 Best Pal...... 2010...... 1988 ...... 1957...... 1928 ...... 1977...... 1945 ...... 1999...... 1973 Bimelech...... 1990...... 1937 ...... 1957...... 1915 ...... 1989...... 1921 ...... 1956...... 1905 Lonesome Glory...... 2005...... 1988 ...... 2011...... 1986 Black Helen...... 1991...... 1932 Fairmount...... 1985...... 1921 Longfellow...... 1971...... 1867 ...... 1955...... 1886 Blue Larkspur...... 1957...... 1926 Fashion...... 1980...... 1837 Luke Blackburn...... 1956...... 1877 ...... 1957...... 1921 ’n Determined...... 1997...... 1977 ...... 1981...... 1884 Lure...... 2013...... 1989 Seabiscuit...... 1958...... 1933 ...... 1973...... 1954 Flatterer...... 1994...... 1979 ...... 1988...... 1966 ...... 1978...... 1952 Bon Nouvel...... 1976...... 1960 ...... 2004...... 1988 ...... 2008...... 1983 ...... 1981...... 1974 Boston...... 1955...... 1833 ...... 1995...... 1972 Man o’ War...... 1957...... 1917 ...... 1974...... 1970 Bowl Of Flowers...... 2004...... 1958 Forego...... 1979...... 1970 ...... 2001...... 1908 Serena’s Song...... 2002...... 1992 ...... 1956...... 1901 ...... 1998...... 1964 McDynamo...... 2013...... 1997 ...... 1975...... 1966 Buckpasser...... 1970...... 1963 Gallant Bloom...... 1977...... 1966 Miesque...... 1999...... 1984 Silverbulletday...... 1996...... 2009 ...... 1964...... 1942 Gallant Fox...... 1957...... 1927 ...... 1967...... 1880 ...... 2007...... 1994 Bushranger...... 1967...... 1930 ...... 1987...... 1954 Moms Command...... 2007...... 1982 Silver Spoon...... 1978...... 1956 Cafe Prince...... 1985...... 1970 ...... 1962...... 1942 ...... 1979...... 1932 Sir Archy...... 1955...... 1805 ...... 1975...... 1958 Gamely...... 1980...... 1964 Nashua...... 1965...... 1952 ...... 1957...... 1916 ...... 1993...... 1931 ...... 1986...... 1977 ...... 1963...... 1950 ...... 2004...... 1993 ...... 1977...... 1936 ...... 2012...... 2000 Native Diver...... 1978...... 1959 Sky Beauty...... 2011...... 1990 Chris Evert...... 1988...... 1971 Go For Wand...... 1996...... 1987 ...... 2000...... 1953 Slew o’ Gold...... 1992...... 1980 ...... 1967...... 1959 Good and Plenty...... 1956...... 1900 Neji ...... 1966...... 1950 ...... 1982...... 1976 ...... 2002...... 1990 Granville...... 1997...... 1933 ...... 2002...... 1945 ...... 1975...... 1941 ...... 1959...... 1945 ...... 1957...... 1918 Northern Dancer...... 1976...... 1961 Sun Beau...... 1996...... 1925 Clifford...... 1890...... 2014 Gun Bow...... 1999...... 1960 Oedipus...... 1978...... 1946 ...... 1996...... 1986 ...... 1983...... 1945 ...... 1986...... 1895 ...... 1968...... 1911 Susan’s Girl...... 1976...... 1969 ...... 1956...... 1905 ...... 1955...... 1884 Omaha...... 1965...... 1932 Swaps...... 1966...... 1952 ...... 1956...... 1898 ...... 2010...... 1868 ...... 2011...... 1986 Swoons Son...... 2007...... 1953 Cougar II...... 2006...... 1966 Henry of Navarre...... 1985...... 1891 ...... 1972...... 1910 ...... 1977...... 1956 ...... 1961...... 1940 ...... 1991...... 1947 ...... 1984...... 1873 Sysonby...... 1956...... 1902 ...... 1995...... 1923 ...... 1955...... 1878 ...... 2001...... 1987 ...... 1994...... 1966 Curlin...... 2004...... 2014 Holy Bull...... 2001...... 1991 Personal Ensign...... 1993...... 1984 ...... 1982...... 1872 Dahlia...... 1981...... 1970 ...... 2013...... 1987 Peter Pan...... 1956...... 1904 ...... 1985...... 1955 ...... 1974...... 1964 Imp ...... 1965...... 1894 Planet...... 2012 ...... 1855 ...... 1997...... 2009 ...... 2003...... 1988 Inside Information...... 2008...... 1991 ...... 2010...... 1998 ...... 1960...... 1949 ...... 1974...... 1965 Invasor...... 2013...... 2002 ...... 2003...... 1981 ...... 1966...... 1929 Davona Dale...... 1985...... 1976 Jay Trump...... 1971...... 1957 Princess Doreen...... 1982...... 1921 ...... 1984...... 1961 Desert Vixen...... 1979...... 1970 ...... 1990...... 1975 ...... 1991...... 1980 Tuscalee...... 2013...... 1960 ...... 1980...... 1939 Johnstown...... 1992...... 1936 ...... 1987...... 1949 ...... 1957...... 1928 ...... 1969...... 1931 Jolly Roger...... 1965...... 1922 ...... 1957...... 1912 ...... 1963...... 1941 ...... 1955...... 1891 Kelso...... 1967...... 1957 ...... 1978...... 1925 ...... 1982...... 1946 Dr. Fager...... 1971...... 1964 Kentucky...... 1983...... 1861 Riva Ridge...... 1998...... 1969 ...... 1958...... 1934 ...... 2011...... 1875 ...... 1955...... 1884 ...... 1981...... 1911 ...... 1959...... 1938 Easy Goer...... 1997...... 1986 La Prevoyante...... 1995...... 1970 Roseben...... 1956...... 1901 Whisk Broom II...... 1979...... 1907 ...... 1994...... 1936 Lady’s Secret...... 1992...... 1982 Round Table...... 1972...... 1954 ...... 2000...... 1985 Elkridge...... 1966...... 1938 L’Escargot...... 1977...... 1963 Ruffian...... 1976...... 1972 Zaccio...... 1990...... 1976 ...... 1988...... 1885 Lexington...... 1955...... 1850 ...... 1975...... 1864 ...... 1983...... 1920 32 The Saratoga Special Friday, August 8, 2014 IT’S RIGHT HERE IN BLACK AND WHITE, BREED BY THE NUMBERS “New York sire FROST GIANT(3.53) Is Making Some BIG NOISE in his group” -Bill Oppenheim, TDN 7/23/14

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Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 33 HALL OF FAME JOCKEYS Don Pierce...... 2010 John Adams...... 1965 Laffit Pincay Jr...... 1975 Frank D. Adams...... 1970 ...... 2008 Joe Aitcheson Jr...... 1978 Samuel Purdy...... 1970 G. Edward Arcaro...... 1958 John Reiff...... 1956 Ted F. Atkinson...... 1957 Alfred Robertson...... 1971 ...... 1976 ...... 2010 ...... 1995 John L. Rotz...... 1983 ...... 1996 ...... 1955 Caroll K. Bassett...... 1972 Jose Santos...... 2007 Shelby “Pike” Barnes...... 2011 John Sellers...... 2007 Russell Baze...... 1999 Carroll H. Shilling...... 1970 Walter Blum...... 1987 William Shoemaker...... 1958 William N. Boland...... 2006 ...... 1977 Borel...... 2013 ...... 1955 George Bostwick...... 1968 Mike Smith...... 2003 Sam Boulmetis Sr...... 1973 Alfred P. Smithwick...... 1973 ...... 1963 Alex Solis...... 2014 Don Brumfield...... 1996 Gary Stevens...... 1997 Thomas H. Burns...... 1983 ...... 1968 James H. Butwell...... 1984 Fred Taral...... 1955 J. Dallett Byers...... 1967 Bayard Tuckerman Jr...... 1973 Steve Cauthen...... 1994 Ron Turcotte...... 1979 Tod Marks Last year’s Hall of Fame returnees. Frank Coltiletti...... 1970 Nash Turner...... 1955 Angel Cordero Jr...... 1988 Robert N. Ussery...... 1980 Matthew Byrnes...... 2011 Robert H. Crawford...... 1973 ...... 2008 Frank E. Childs...... 1968 ...... 1991 Jacinto Vasquez...... 1998 Henry S. Clark...... 1982 Eddie Delahoussaye...... 1993 Jorge Velasquez...... 1990 W. Burling Cocks...... 1985 Kent Desormeaux...... 2004 John Velazquez...... 2012 James P. Conway...... 1996 Lavelle Ensor...... 1962 Thomas Walsh...... 2005 Warren A. Croll Jr...... 1994 Laverne Fator...... 1955 Jack Westrope...... 2002 Grover G. “Bud” Delp...... 2002 Earlie Fires...... 2001 Jimmy Winkfield...... 2004 Neil Drysdale...... 2000 Jerry Fishback...... 1992 George M. Woolf...... 1955 William Duke...... 1956 Mack Garner...... 1969 Raymond Workman...... 1956 Janet Elliot...... 2009 Edward Garrison...... 1955 Ycaza...... 1977 Louis Feustel...... 1964 Avelino Gomez...... 1982 James Fitzsimmons...... 1958 Henry F. Griffin...... 1956 TRAINERS Henry Forrest...... 2007 O. ...... 1972 Roger Attfield...... 2012 Robert Frankel...... 1995 Anthony Hamilton...... 2012 ...... 2009 John M. Gaver Sr...... 1966 William J. Hartack...... 1959 Lazaro S. Barrera...... 1979 Carl Hanford...... 2006 Sandy Hawley...... 1992 H. Guy Bedwell...... 1971 Thomas J. Healey...... 1955 Lloyd Hughes...... 2014 Edward D. Brown...... 1984 Samuel C. Hildreth...... 1955 Tod Marks Jerry Bailey and D. Wayne Lukas. ...... 1971 Preston M. Burch...... 1963 Hubert “Sonny” Hine...... 2003 William J. Knapp...... 1969 J. Elliott Burch...... 1980 Maximilian Hirsch...... 1959 Richard Mandella...... 2001 Tom Smith...... 2001 ...... 2000 William P. Burch...... 1955 William J. Hirsch...... 1982 Frank Martin...... 1981 D. M. Smithwick...... 1971 Clarence Kummer...... 1972 Fred Burlew...... 1973 Thomas Hitchcock...... 1973 Ron McAnally...... 1990 Woodford Stephens...... 1976 Charles Kurtsinger...... 1967 ...... 2011 Frank McCabe...... 2007 Mesh Tenney...... 1991 John P. Loftus...... 1959 Hollie Hughes...... 1973 Henry McDaniel...... 1956 Henry J. Thompson...... 1969 John Eric Longden...... 1958 John J. Hyland...... 1956 “Shug” McGaughey...... 2004 Harry Trotsek...... 1984 Daniel A. Maher...... 1955 ...... 1958 MacKenzie Miller...... 1987 Marion Van Berg...... 1970 ...... 2009 H. Allen Jerkens...... 1975 “Buster” Millerick...... 2010 Jack C. Van Berg...... 1985 J. Linus McAtee...... 1956 William R. Johnson...... 1986 ...... 1960 Sylvester Veitch...... 1977 Chris McCarron...... 1989 Philip G. Johnson...... 1997 William I. Mott...... 1998 John Veitch...... 2007 Conn McCreary...... 1975 LeRoy Jolley...... 1987 W. F. Mulholland...... 1967 R. W. Walden...... 1970 Rigan McKinney...... 1968 Horace A. Jones...... 1959 Carl Nafzger...... 2008 James McLaughlin...... 1955 Benjamin A. Jones...... 1958 Edward A. Neloy...... 1983 Michael G. Walsh...... 1997 Walter Miller...... 1955 Gary Jones...... 2014 John A. Nerud...... 1972 Sherrill W. Ward...... 1978 Isaac B. Murphy...... 1955 A. Jack Joyner...... 1955 Burley Parke...... 1986 Sidney Watters Jr...... 2005 Ralph Neves...... 1960 Tommy Kelly...... 1993 Angel Penna...... 1988 Robert Wheeler...... 2012 ...... 1963 Lucien Laurin...... 1977 Jacob Pincus...... 1988 Frank Whiteley Jr...... 1978 Winfield O Connor...... 1956 J. Howard Lewis...... 1969 John W. Rogers...... 1955 Charles Whittingham...... 1974 George M. Odom...... 1955 D. Wayne Lukas...... 1999 James G. Rowe Sr...... 1955 Ansel Williamson...... 1998 Frank O’Neill...... 1956 Horatio A. Luro...... 1980 Flint S. Schulhofer...... 1992 G. Carey Winfrey...... 1975 Ivan H. Parke...... 1978 John E. Madden...... 1983 Jonathan Sheppard...... 1990 William C. Winfrey...... 1971 Gilbert W. Patrick...... 1970 James W. Maloney...... 1989 Robert A. Smith...... 1976 ...... 2005 34 The Saratoga Special Friday, August 8, 2014 Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 35 Big Wave Rider O’Donohue hopes to recapture spring magic wtih former claimer Wallyanna

BY TOM LAW HALL OF FAME STAKES PREVIEW Tim O’Donohue was living the dream over a two-day stretch at Pimlico earlier this been around long enough to know that that spring during Preakness Stakes weekend. feeling doesn’t last forever. And it didn’t.” O’Donohue, president of the Parkland, Governmentshutdown bled and finished Florida-based IT staffing company New Age fifth of six in the Grade 3 Bashford Manor Software Services Corp., won two stakes in late June at Churchill Downs. A week af- during Baltimore’s big weekend and was ter that Wallyanna finished a non-threaten- on a roll like never before in his 27 years ing fourth in the $204,000 Centaur Stakes as an owner. He won the Rollicking Stakes at Grand Race Course. Things for 2-year-olds the day before the Preakness didn’t get better when O’Donohue’s Mast with Governmentshutdown and the James Cove ran in the Opening Day Schuylerville, W. Murphy Stakes with Wallyanna on the finishing a fifth of five. Preakness undercard. O’Donohue admits he hasn’t had the “You know that old saying, you can’t best of luck at Saratoga, but he and trainer win them all?” O’Donohue said Wednes- Michael Pino aren’t about to shy from the day night as he prepared to fly north from challenge of running Wallyanna against the Florida to Saratoga to watch Wallyanna likes of Bobby’s Kitten, Bashart and Give in today’s $200,000 National Museum of No Quarter in the Grade 2 Hall of Fame. Racing Hall of Fame Stakes. “I was feeling Connie Bush See STAKES page 40 Mid-Atlantic-based Wallyanna tries Saratoga in today’s Hall of Fame Stakes. at one point that I could. Of course you’ve

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Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 37 FRIDAY’S SARATOGA ENTRIES Friday, August 8. 6TH (3:38PM). $45,000, CLM $35,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/8M Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 1ST (1:00PM). $40,000, CLM $20,000, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 6F 1 ..... 1...... Betweenhereandcool...... R. Napravnik...... S. Asmussen...... 5-2 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 5, Daily Double 2 ..... 2...... Lieutenant Seany O...... C. Velasquez...... D. Jacobson...... 3-1 1 ..... 1...... Pura Vida Zen...... M. Franco...... G. Contessa...... 3-1 3 ..... 3...... Steve...... J. Lezcano...... P. Serpe...... 15-1 2 ..... 2...... Precious Franca...... T. Rice...... K. Grusmark...... 6-1 4 ..... 4...... Piscesbymoonlight...... M. Franco...... B. Brown...... 6-1 3 ..... 3...... Rock Show...... W. Garcia...... J. Parker...... 30-1 5 ..... 5...... Best Play...... L. Mejias...... L. Miranda...... 10-1 4 ..... 4...... Wild Kay...... A. Worrie...... P. Quick...... 12-1 6 ..... 6...... Denzel...... A. Arroyo...... S. Klesaris...... 5-1 5 ..... 5...... My Donna Jean...... M. Luzzi...... E. Barker...... 10-1 7 ..... 7...... Winter Games...... J. Ortiz...... J. Englehart...... 7-2 6 ..... 6...... Bobby Jo...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... R. Rodriguez...... 4-1 7 ..... 7...... Heir to Dare...... L. Saez...... D. Gargan...... 8-5 7TH (4:10PM). $42,000, CLM $25,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1M (INNER TURF) Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 4, Daily Double 2ND (1:31PM). $83,000, MSW, 2 YO, 5 1/2F (TURF) 1 ..... 1...... With Expression...... J. Alvarado...... T. Morley...... 12-1 Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 4, Daily Double 2 ..... 2...... All Over Me...... R. Napravnik...... M. Maker...... 12-1 1 ..... 2...... Hooligan...... J. Velazquez...... W. Ward...... 7-2 3 ..... 3...... You Tarzan...... A. Lezcano...... P. Ortiz...... 30-1 1a ..... 7...... Lamontagne...... J. Velazquez...... W. Ward...... 7-2 4 ..... 4...... Loveisheartandsoul...... J. Ortiz...... L. Rice...... 3-1 2 ..... 1...... Hillbilly Style...... C. Lanerie...... D. Lukas...... 12-1 5 ..... 5...... Handsome Dennis...... C. Velasquez...... R. Rodriguez...... 7-2 3 ..... 3...... Vision Perfect...... M. Franco...... D. Donk...... 15-1 6 ..... 6...... Uncle Mitcho...... A. Arroyo...... J. Antonucci...... 12-1 4 ..... 4...... Easy Comparison...... J. Ortiz...... H. Motion...... 5-1 7 ..... 7...... Pretty Nauty...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... L. Perillo...... 20-1 5 ..... 5...... Potthast...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... H. Motion...... 2-1 8 ..... 8...... Defining Product...... R. Maragh...... H. Motion...... 4-1 6 ..... MTO...... Dada Maino...... J. Velazquez...... T. Pletcher...... 9-5 9 ..... 9...... Dominate...... J. Lezcano...... G. Preciado...... 6-1 7 ..... 8...... Path Dependent...... R. Maragh...... M. Hennig...... 10-1 10..... 10...... Knox...... J. Castellano...... C. Brown...... 6-1 8 ..... MTO...... Proven Commodity...... J. Castellano...... T. Albertrani...... 4-1 11..... AE...... Out of Your Mind...... S. Bridgmohan...... G. Sciacca...... 30-1 9 ..... 10...... Delta Outlaw...... J. Rosario...... G. Weaver...... 3-1 12..... AE...... Anmaat...... L. Saez...... K. McLaughlin...... 4-1 13..... AE...... Pegasus Red...... L. Mejias...... O. Barrera, III...... 20-1 3RD (2:02PM). $93,000, AOC $80,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 7F 14..... AE...... Arangol...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... P. Farro...... 20-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 15..... MTO...... Invocation...... S. Asmussen...... 6-1 1 ..... 3...... Castaway...... C. Lanerie...... D. Jacobson...... 3-1 16..... MTO...... Brendan G...... G. Gullo...... 5-1 1a ..... 6...... Cherokee Artist...... C. Velasquez...... D. Jacobson...... 3-1 2 ..... 1...... Confrontation...... R. Maragh...... B. Tagg...... 2-1 8TH (4:42PM). $75,000, ALW, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 5 1/2F (TURF) 3 ..... 2...... Associate...... L. Mejias...... M. Nevin...... 5-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 4 ..... 4...... Laurie’s Rocket...... L. Saez...... D. Lukas...... 12-1 1 ..... 1...... Courageous Karen...... C. DeCarlo...... M. Shevy...... 15-1 5 ..... 5...... Politicallycorrect...... J. Velazquez...... W. Ward...... 10-1 2 ..... 2...... Lady Rhubarb...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... G. Gullo...... 12-1 6 ..... 7...... Scarly Charly...... M. Franco...... M. Hushion...... 5-2 3 ..... 3...... A P Johnson...... C. Velasquez...... L. Rice...... 5-2 4 ..... 4...... In Her Day...... J. Velazquez...... G. Weaver...... 3-1 4TH (2:34PM). $83,000, MSW, 2 YO, F , 5 1/2F (TURF) 5 ..... 5...... Baby B...... J. Alvarado...... R. Schosberg...... 4-1 Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 6 ..... 6...... Porvoo...... R. Maragh...... J. DeMola...... 30-1 1 ..... 1...... Co...... J. Rosario...... C. McGaughey III...... 5-1 7 ..... MTO...... The Lost Tigress...... C. Baker...... 4-1 2 ..... 2...... Magnificent Margo...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... M. Maker...... 6-1 8 ..... 8...... Fantastic Eyes...... J. Rosario...... J. Orseno...... 6-1 3 ..... MTO...... Coral Beach...... J. Velazquez...... T. Pletcher...... 6-5 9 ..... 9...... Kimmies Lucky Star...... J. Rocco, Jr...... P. Scott...... 20-1 4 ..... 4...... Lady Zuzu...... L. Saez...... D. Lukas...... 4-1 10..... 10...... Mighty Reward...... A. Arroyo...... C. Domino...... 5-1 5 ..... 5...... Dariel...... E. Prado...... G. Gullo...... 20-1 6 ..... 6...... Tela...... R. Napravnik...... M. Matz...... 6-1 9TH (5:15PM). $200,000, STK - THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF RACING HALL OF FAME, 3 YO, 7 ..... 7...... To Be Determined...... J. Velazquez...... W. Ward...... 5-2 1 1/16M (INNER TURF) 8 ..... 8...... Shimmering Cara...... J. Castellano...... T. Pompay...... 6-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Daily Double 9 ..... 9...... Birkenhead...... M. Franco...... D. Donk...... 12-1 1 ..... 1...... Give No Quarter...... R. Maragh...... H. Motion...... 3-1 2 ..... MTO...... Matterhorn...... T. Pletcher...... 2-1 5TH (3:06PM). $73,000, MSW, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 1M (INNER TURF) 3 ..... 3...... Wallyanna...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... M. Pino...... 15-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 6, Daily Double 4 ..... 4...... So Lonesome...... J. Lezcano...... T. Bush...... 8-1 1 ..... 1...... Chrissy Girl...... J. Castellano...... B. Levine...... 10-1 5 ..... 5...... Long On Value...... J. Velazquez...... W. Mott...... 5-1 2 ..... 2...... Chasing Paradise...... J. Alvarado...... A. Kingsley, Jr...... 5-1 6 ..... 6...... Bashart...... J. Rosario...... C. Clement...... 4-1 3 ..... 3...... Moves Your Soul...... S. Husbands...... J. Kettell...... 30-1 7 ..... 7...... Bobby’s Kitten...... J. Castellano...... C. Brown...... 7-5 4 ..... 4...... La Dama de Hierro...... L. Mejias...... M. Shevy...... 20-1 5 ..... 5...... Bella Kateri...... J. Velazquez...... M. Nihei...... 2-1 10TH (5:48PM). $37,000, MCL $20,000, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 6F 6 ..... 6...... Donatienne...... I. Ortiz, Jr...... H. Motion...... 3-1 Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta 7 ..... 7...... Joshans Giant...... C. Velasquez...... L. Rice...... 10-1 1 ..... 1...... Alyish...... A. Worrie...... G. DiSanto...... 20-1 8 ..... 8...... Sleek...... J. Ortiz...... M. Hushion...... 6-1 2 ..... 2...... Molly Jordan...... C. Lanerie...... D. Jacobson...... 5-1 9 ..... 9...... Understanding...... J. Lezcano...... T. Keefe...... 15-1 3 ..... 3...... Shiloh...... D. Davis...... J. Antonucci...... 15-1 10..... 10...... Resolutely...... A. Serpa...... J. Milne...... 20-1 4 ..... 4...... Lady Seeker...... J. Ortiz...... G. Contessa...... 10-1 11..... AE...... Lil’ Zilla...... C. DeCarlo...... T. Morley...... 10-1 5 ..... 5...... Pari Nath...... I. Rohena...... H. Alvarez...... 20-1 12..... AE...... Sweetdreamsaboutme.... A. Worrie...... K. Feron...... 30-1 6 ..... 6...... Murmure...... J. Velazquez...... T. Pletcher...... 7-5 13..... MTO...... Jilly Mac...... J. Lezcano...... J. Ryerson...... 5-1 7 ..... 7...... 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All Rights Reserved. 38 The Saratoga Special Friday, August 8, 2014 the Power grid Gaile John Tom Chad Race # Charles Fitzgerald Shapazian Law Bedard Summers Heir to Dare Heir to Dare Bobby Jo Pura Vida Zen Wild Kay 1 Pura Vida Zen Bobby Jo Heir to Dare Heir To Dare Bobby Jo Precious Franca Pura Vida Zen Pure Vida Zen Precious Franca Heir to Dare Potthast Dada Maino Lamontagne Dada Maino Easy Comparison 2 Dada Maino Potthast Potthast Ward entry Ward Entry Ward entry Ward entry Easy Comparison Potthast Delta Outlaw Associate Scarly Charly Confrontation Confrontation Jacobson entry 3 Jacobson entry Jacobson entry Scarly Carly Politically Correct Scarly Charly Confrontation Confrontation Politicallycorrect Jacobson entry Confrontation Coral Beach Coral Beach Lady Zuzu Coral Beach Lady Zuzu 4 Shimmering Cara To Be Determined Co To Be Determined Birkenhead Tela Lady Zuzu Tela Magnificent Margo To Be Determined Chasing Paradise Bella Kateri Sleek Jilly Mac Chasing Paradise 5 Donatienne Donatienne Bella Kateri Chrissy Girl Bella Kateri Belle Kateri Joshans Giant Donatienne Bella Kateri Donatienne Betweenhereandcool Best Play Betweenhereandcool Lieutenant Seany O Lieutenant Seany O Denzel Betweenhereandcool Piscesbymoonlight Winter Games Betweenhereandcool 6 Winter Games Winter Games Winter Games Betweenhereandcool Winter Games Loveisheartandsoul Loveisheartandsoul Defining Product Brendan G Defining Product Knox Knox Liveisheartandsoul Loveisheartandsoul Knox 7 All Over Me With Expression Knox Dominate Loveisheartandsoul The Lost Tigress A P Johnson A P Johnson Baby B In Her Day A P Johnson In Her Day In Her Day In Her Day A P Johnson 8 In Her Day Baby B Fantastic Eyes Mighty Reward Baby B Bobby’s Kitten Bobby’s kitten Bobby’s Kitten Give No Quarter Bobby’s Kitten Long On Value Give No Quarter Wallyanna Matterhorn Wallyanna 9 Give No Quarter Long On Value Give No Quarter Long On Value So Lonesome Molly Jordan Murmure Murmure Lady Seeker Prove It All Night Murmure Bird Rockette Bird Rockette Murmure Molly Jordan 10 Sweethots Sweethots Colloquial Molly Jordan Bird Rockette 2014 Records: 46/181 60/181 50/181 44/181 44/181

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Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 39 O’Donohue and Pino claimed Wallyanna for a fifth in the Manila Stakes in late June at Belmont. $35,000 in mid-March at Gulfstream Park, a deci- Clement will take the blinkers off the Stakes – sion that came after they saw the colt breeze on the colt today. Continued from page 36 grass at Palm Meadows. He won his first start off Trainer Tom Bush experimented a little with the claim, taking a 7-furlong starter allowance on New York-bred stakes winner So Lonesome earlier “We thought we’d draw a line through that one,” the Polytrack at Keeneland. this year, running him in the Grade 3 Palm Beach O’Donohue said of the Centuar, where Wallyanna “This race looks like a mix of horses with back at Gulfstream and the Grade 1 Blue Grass on the finished 5 3/4 lengths back. “Going into that race class, horses like Bobby’s Kitten and Clement’s Polytrack at Keeneland. He returned the Awesome we thought we had one of the top 3-year-old grass horse [Bashart],” O’Donohue said. “Then a lot Again colt to the state-bred ranks two starts back horses on the East Coast, so why not take a shot at of inexperienced horses. Graham Motion’s horse and he won before finishing third in the Manila. Saratoga?” [Give No Quarter] ran lights out in an a-other-than, So Lonesome has breezed three times on the Handicappers considering drawing a line through Wallyanna’s race might want to catch the but he’s got to step up in class. So it’s the old guard, Oklahoma Training Track turf course, including a replay of the Centaur, a 1-mile race on the turf. the top 2-year-olds facing the unproven 3-year-olds 5-furlong move in 1:00.77 two weeks ago. Wallyanna was making a rally into a slow pace this year.” “He had a really, really, really special work two when jockey Mario Pino was forced to take up Bobby’s Kitten is the 7-5 morning-line favorite weeks ago on the turf then we went quite a bit eas- quickly approaching the top of the stretch when despite an uncharacteristically bad performance ier with him last week on the turf,” Bush said. “We a rival veered into the Langfuhur colt’s path. The last time out in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby going think he’s coming into the race right. He’s put some trouble doesn’t show up in his past-performance 10 furlongs. weight on since he got here. He deserves another line or on the official chart. The son of Kitten’s Joy is better suited for the chance against these kind. We know the race is dif- “That was a real tough race in Indiana,” 1/16-mile trip of today’s Hall of Fame and won at ficult.” O’Donohue said. “We thought it was chock full of that trip last year in a maiden race at Saratoga and Jose Lezcano picks up the mount on So Lone- speed so we decided to cover him up and take back in the Grade 3 Pilgrim at Belmont Park. some, second longest price on the board at 8-1. a bit. Lo and behold he’s at the back and they’re Bashart was also a winner here last summer for “Really we would like the horse to get to rate going 25 and change up front. He lost all chance Todd Pletcher, winning his maiden in his second just a little bit more,” Bush said. “Hopefully Jose with the lack of pace. start going 1 1/16 miles on the turf and then the will be able to get him to do that and if he does “Then he’s making a nice run and really has to Grade 2 With Anticipation at the same distance off that, I think the horse will be effective.” take up. He almost fell coming around the turn. 11 days rest. Motion trains Give No Quarter, a son of Tiz Mario thought he was going to go down.” He was second in the Grade 3 at Keene- Wonderful who won last time out at Belmont, and Wallyanna, who won the Murphy convincingly land and sixth after a wide trip in the Breeders’ Cup Bill Mott trains Long On Value, runner-up in the over the drying out turf, has trained well at Michael Juvenile Turf, a race where Bobby’s Kitten finished Grade 3 and the Manila in his Pino’s base at Delaware Park since the Indiana trip. third after setting the pace. last two starts. Matterhorn, eighth in the Belmont Irad Ortiz Jr., one of the hottest riders in the local Turned over the Christophe Clement for his Stakes in his last start, is entered for the main track colony, picks up the mount. 3-year-old campaign, Bashart is 4-1 on the line off only.

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Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 43 THURSDAY’S SARATOGA RESULTS Local THURSDAY, AUG. 7 SEVENTH $45,000, NY-BRED MAIDEN CLM $40,000, 3 & UP, 1M FIRST $75,000, MRS. S., 4 & UP, 2 1/16M 9 Make Your Point J. Lezcano $8.80 $4.00 $3.10 1 Cat Feathers B. Dalton $10.80 $5.50 $3.40 6 Fire Ship S. Bridgmohan $3.50 $2.70 Product 4 Kisser N Run R. Walsh $3.50 $2.70 1 Taramislew J. Rocco, Jr. $8.90 3 Brilliant Match D. Nagle $2.90 B Filly 2011, by Not For Love - Tequila and Run by Storm Broker Dk B/ Br Mare 2008, by Catienus - Mistress Hemming by Quiet Amer- Owner: The Elkstone Group LLC. Trainer: Philip Serpe. Breeder: Andy New York-Bred of the Day ican. Owner: Dalton, Kate. Trainer: Kate Dalton. Breeder: Happy Hill Beadnell (NY). Farm (NY). Time: 3:49.74. Exacta (1-4), $32.00; Superfecta (1-4-3-5), Late Scratches: Peach Lake, Manner of Speaking, Glass Zealing, Race $248.40; Trifecta (1-4-3), $88.50 and Shine Time: 1:37.67 SECOND $75,000, NY-BRED ALLOWANCE, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/8M Daily Double (7-9), $31.00; Exacta (9-6), $23.40; Superfecta (9-6-1- 1 Star Grazing R. Maragh $3.00 $2.10 $2.10 7), $1,557.00; Trifecta (9-6-1), $489.00; Consolation Double (7-8), 4 Annie Walker M. Franco $3.60 $3.30 $6.60; Pic 3 (3-7-9), $75.00; (3-7-8), $17.00 3 Legally Bay A. Worrie $3.90 By Kristin Brennan Ch Filly 2011, by Sky Mesa - Unbridled Star by Unbridled EIGHTH $85,000, ALLOWANCE, 3 YO’S & UP, 5 1/2F A year ago Startup Nation was Owner: Chester and Mary Broman, Sr.. Trainer: James Jerkens. Breed- 5 Heart Doctor R. Napravnik $11.20 $5.90 $4.10 down the street getting ready to sell er: Chester Broman & Mary R. Broman (NY). 9 Casa Creek J. Rocco, Jr. $7.90 $6.20 in the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New Late Scratches: Desert Valentine. Time: 1:53.32 3 Santa Elf J. Rosario $5.10 Daily Double (1-1), $16.80; Exacta (1-4), $9.60; Quinella (1-4), $6.70; Dk B/ Br Gelding 2009, by Olmodavor - Miss Sword Dance by Sword York-bred yearling sale. The cheer- Trifecta (1-4-3), $26.00; Consolation Double (1-6), $9.70 Dance (IRE) ing fans were only a distant noise. Owner: Ballybrit Stable, LLC. Trainer: Michael Dini. Breeder: Wayne Thursday at Saratoga Race THIRD $73,000, NY-BRED MDN SPECIAL WEIGHT, 2 YO, 1 1/16M McFarland (FL). Course he was the center of the 8 Startup Nation J. Rosario $21.20 $9.50 $5.80 Time: 1:02.84 crowd’s attention. 7 Chief Kitten J. Castellano $4.90 $3.60 Daily Double (9-5), $51.50; Exacta (5-9), $137.50; Superfecta (5-9-3- 3 Brother O’Connell I. Ortiz, Jr. $3.70 2), $3,985.00; Trifecta (5-9-3), $884.00; Pic 3 (7-9-5), $168.00; (7- Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Stables B Colt 2012, by Temple City - Pennyrile by Wagon Limit 8-5), $44.60 and William Lawrence bought the Owner: Klaravich Stables, Inc. and Lawrence, William H.. Trainer: Chad Temple City colt for $95,000 through Brown. Breeder: Farm (NY). Late Scratches: Bellamy Way NINTH $93,000, AOC $80,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/8M agent Nick de Meric. Time: 1:42.70 1 Ghurair J. Rosario $4.10 $2.80 $2.40 “We buy a lot of horses,” Law- Daily Double (1-8), $26.60; Exacta (8-7), $76.00; Superfecta (8-7-3- 3 Red Rifle J. Velazquez $3.70 $2.90 6), $829.00; Trifecta (8-7-3), $374.00; Pic 3 (1-1-8), $178.00; (1-6- 7 Tetradrachm L. Saez $3.20 rence said after Startup Nation won 8), $114.50 Dk B/ Br Colt 2010, by Elusive Quality - Alta Moda (GB) by Sadler’s the 1 1/16-mile maiden race on the Wells grass for 2-year-olds. “With the New FOURTH $100,000, STAKES - BIRDSTONE S., 3 YO’S & UP, 1 3/4M Owner: Shadwell Stable. Trainer: Chad Brown. Breeder: Kirsten Raus- York-breds you have options in state 5 Micromanage J. Castellano $3.00 $2.50 $2.10 ing (KY). for a lot more races and a lot more 2 Irsaal I. Ortiz, Jr. $4.50 $2.90 Late Scratches: Dawly 1 Slim Shadey (GB) C. Lanerie $2.90 Time: 1:47.97 purses. Clearly the increase in purs- B Colt 2010, by Medaglia d’Oro - Catnip by Daily Double (5-1), $36.60; Exacta (1-3), $13.60; Superfecta (1-3-7- es here is why we’ve bought quite a Owner: Repole Stable. Trainer: Todd Pletcher. Breeder: Fiona Craig & 5), $176.40; Trifecta (1-3-7), $52.00; Pic 3 (9-5-1), $104.50; Place Pix few more New York-breds these past Dermot Cantillon (KY). Time: 2:58.13 Nine (1/3/7-1/6/9/-3/5/9-1), $32.60 few years.” Daily Double (8-5), $44.00; Exacta (5-2), $12.40; Quinella (2-5), Bred by B. Wayne Hughes’ $9.10; Superfecta (5-2-1-4), $48.60; Trifecta (5-2-1), $39.80; Pic 3 TENTH $73,000, NY-BRED MDN SPECIAL WEIGHT, 3 & UP, 5 1/2 (1-8-5), $49.40 9 Given Fire J. Alvarado $39.60 $14.40 $9.50 , Startup Nation 10 Gu Gu Beans J. Castellano $7.50 $5.80 is out of the stakes-placed Wagon FIFTH $45,000, NY-BRED MAIDEN CLM $40,000, 3 & UP, 1M 8 Quit Smokin T. Rice $10.00 Limit mare Pennyrile. Startup Nation 3 Transplendid J. Castellano $5.70 $3.20 $2.50 B Mare 2009, by Point Given - Willshefire by Williamstown won by 2 lengths over stablemate 5 The Lady’s Cruisen C. Velasquez $3.30 $2.40 Owner: Farone Stables LLC. Trainer: Michelle Nihei. Breeder: Thomas and fellow first-time starter Chief Kit- 1 Miss Motivation J. Bravo $3.10 Farone & Joan Farone (NY). Dk B/ Br Filly 2010, by Elusive Quality - Doyenne by Late Scratches: Saharan Serenade, Escape to Malibu ten. Startup Nation and Chief Kitten Owner: The Elkstone Group LLC. Trainer: Philip Serpe. Breeder: Dr. Time: 1:03.09 are trained by Chad Brown. William B. Wilmot & Dr. Joan M.Taylor (NY). Late Scratches: Moves Daily Double (1-9), $78.00; Exacta (9-10), $273.50; Superfecta (9-10- “We thought he was a good Your Soul, Lupicaia, Puparee. Time: 1:38.53 8-5), $19,288.00; Trifecta (9-10-8), $3,675.00; Pic 3 (5-1-9), $831.00; horse,” Lawrence said. “When he Daily Double (5-3), $11.20; Exacta (3-5), $16.20; Superfecta (3-5-1- Pic 4 (9-5-1/6-9), $2,567.00; Pic 6 (3/7/11/12-7-9-5-1/6-9), $188.00; opened up 15-1 we thought maybe 10), $127.50; Trifecta (3-5-1), $46.60; Pic 3 (8-5-3), $136.00 Pic 6 (3/7/11/12-7-9-5-1/6-9), $21,444.00 no one else thought he was a good SIXTH $42,000, CLAIMING $25,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/8M On Track Handle: 2,886,452. Inter-State Handle: 7,246,839 horse. That was a really great ride by 7 Chrisandlorisposse T. Rice $6.30 $3.60 $2.80 Copyright 2014 EQUIBASE Company LLC. All Rights Reserved. Joel (Rosario]. We usually think we 1 Q Two C. Lanerie $3.40 $2.90 have a chance when Chad is training 3 Coldwater Flat A. Arroyo $5.10 a horse, and usually we get bet that B Gelding 2010, by Posse - Matter of Trust by Leo Castelli Owner: Hoffman Thoroughbreds. Trainer: Thomas Bush. way. Today it was a little bit odd, but Breeder: Hoffman Thoroughbreds LLC (NY). it worked out.” Claimed: Q Two claimed by Sovereign Stable for $25,000 Time: 1:58.16 Daily Double (3-7), $19.60; Exacta (7-1), $19.40; Superfecta (7-1-3- 2), $662.00; Trifecta (7-1-3), $112.50; Pic 3 (5-3-7), $39.80; Pic 4 (8-5-3/7/11/12-7), $420.50; Pic 5 (1/6-8-5-3/7/11/12-7), $612.00 44 The Saratoga Special Friday, August 8, 2014 THURSDAY’S SARATOGA RESULTS PHOTOS BY DAVE HARMON AND TOD MARKS 1

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Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 45 Dave Harmon Trainer Todd Pletcher (left) and team greet Micromanage in the winner’s circle.

off again and had something more in the tank.” Birdstone – Israal, making his first stakes start Continued from page 42 since finishing third behind Pow- er Broker and Micromanage in last Seton Hall. The other member of the year’s Easy Goer at Belmont, was six-horse field, More Hundred Acre, 15 1/2 lengths in front of three-time was distanced and out of the race be- Grade 2 turf winner Slim Shadey. The fore any of the serious running start- final time was 2:58.13, no match for ed. Hall of Famer and Kentucky Derby Micromanage, who was briefly considered for last year’s Belmont winner Reigh Count’s course record Stakes by owner Mike Repole and 2:55 set in 1928. Pletcher, sat the perfect trip for much Micromanage could be headed of the Birdstone’s 14 furlongs. Israal for more long-distance tests going and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. set the pace, forward. Pletcher said the Grade 3 taking the strung out group through Greenwood Cup going 1 1/2 miles the opening mile in 1:40.15. Sept. 1 at Parx could be a possibility Israal opened up by 3 1/2 lengths along with a change in surface. The at about the three-quarter pole and 1 3/4-mile Valedictory on Woodbine’s for a moment it looked like Castella- Polytrack in December is out there, no was getting a little busier than he too, but other than that it’s pretty should on Micromanage. slim. The margin was still the same a “I guess we’ll have to back him up quarter-mile later, but Micromanage in distance,” Pletcher said. “Obvious- inched closer as the field made its way ly the [Breeders’ Cup] Marathon is around the far turn the second time. not there at the end of the year. The The race was essentially over past 1 one thing we’ve kicked around is try- 1/2 miles in 2:31.54 and Microman- ing him on the grass at some point. age went by with little resistance from There’s a lot more opportunities on the leader. turf at these types of distances so we “You have to give him credit be- might give that a look. cause you don’t see those kind of rac- “He breezed once on turf this es, long distance, and he got it done winter. It didn’t appear he loved the so easy,” Castellano said. “Usually Palm Meadows turf course, but that the horses get tired the last part of the doesn’t mean he wouldn’t transfer it race, but when I asked him he took to some other course.” 46 The Saratoga Special Friday, August 8, 2014 Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 47 Horse Hauler Dini ships allowance winner Heart Doctor from Arlington Trainer Michael Dini drove a van THURSDAY RACING RECAP carrying Heart Doctor nearly 900 miles from to Sarato- ga Race Course, saddled the gelding that day and ran in a 5 ½-furlong turf allowance and third. This was my will head back to suburban sixth start in New with a win in his back pocket. York. I’ve only run “I ship all my own horses,” Dini five horses and they said after the 5-year-old son of Olm- all ran third.” odavor won the eighth at 9-2. “I was Until Thursday. always a small guy, so to pay my bills Heart Doctor I used to ship horses on the side. Now won by a head over Michael Dini Tod Marks I just feel safer taking them myself.” Casa Creek under Heart Doctor (right) digs in to win Thursday’s eighth over Casa Creek. Dini and Heart Doctor’s trip to Saratoga Thursday was their second in 1:02.84. The miles didn’t go for naught and state-bred maiden race in late Octo- Saratoga start of 2014, following a “I’m glad the rainstorm held out,” Dini headed back on the road to Il- ber. “She needed a lot of time off and third in a starter allowance the first he said. “I thought it was going to get linois with the winner’s share of the I think she definitely benefited from weekend. spoiled. I would have scratched him if $85,000 race for owner Ballybrit Sta- her last race. This filly was sitting on “The first trip the competition was they were off the turf, no matter how ble. a win all along.” too good,” Dini said. “He was 20-1 far I drove him.” “I felt I broke the ice,” he said. “It The 4-year-old daughter of Elusive seems like once you win one and it’s Quality finished third in her prep, a easier. That curse is off you.” similar maiden claimer June 29 at Bel- – Dan McDonough mont. A special visitor greeted Trans- plendid in the winner’s circle, Donna The specialist insurer • Trainer Philip Serpe and Stu- Freyer. art Grant’s The Elkstone Group hit She owns Custom Care Equine, for bloodstock a double Thursday with victories by a breaking and training farm adja- Transplendid in the fifth and Make cent to the Camden Training Center Your Point in the seventh. (which Grant owns) in South Caroli- Serpe called Transplendid’s victo- na and helped Transplendid recover ry in her state-bred maiden-claiming from a fall at Belmont. race on the turf a “team effort.” “She did an incredible job with “Transplendid had an injury last that filly,” Serpe said. “I just want to year, she clipped heals and she fell,” See THURSDAY page 50 Serpe said of her final race of 2013, a

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Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 49 half-sister to multiple stakes winner Friend Or Foe, Star Grazing was sent Thursday – off as the odds-on favorite against Continued from page 48 four others. “She certainly didn’t win like a 1-2 thank her for that. She wouldn’t have shot,” said Jimmy Jerkens, who trains won that race if it wasn’t for Donna’s the filly for Chester and Mary Bro- work.” man. “She ran like she was confused Make Your Point, a 3-year-old filly because she’s never run two turns be- by Not For Love, won the second di- fore.” vision of the state-bred maiden claim- Jerkens said he stretched Star er, winning in her eighth career start Grazing out because of “the way she by 3 1/2 lengths. is built” and her pedigree. “Both fillies were coming into the “With her breeding we thought race in good shape,” Serpe said. “We going long would be her forte but, were very confident both fillies would maybe not,” Jerkens said. “It looked run good. Fortunately they split the like she was done at the head of the race. They both would have ended up stretch but then Rajiv [Maragh] got in the same race and actually only one after her.” Tod Marks of them would have been able to run, Star Grazing rolls home to win Thursday’s second. Star Grazing won by three-quar- so we’re happy about that.” ters of a length over pacesetter Annie – Kristin Brennan Walker, who led by 2 lengths in mid- stretch. • Star Grazing might have been a – Katie Brush little disoriented in the second, a 1 From the First Saturday In May To 1/8-mile state-bred allowance for old- • Tom Bush was thankful for er females, but she got the job done in Mother Nature’s timing as the rain The Winner’s Circle at Royal Ascot her first start going two turns. held off long enough for Chrisand- The 3-year-old Sky Mesa filly com- lorisposse to take advantage of suit- peted exclusively in sprints in her four able conditions and win the sixth. prior starts, including a victory in “I didn’t want to run the horse on a July 4 maiden race at Belmont. A an off track so I was happy about that, for sure,” Bush said as he watched the race replay safely out of the light driz- zle under the clubhouse roof. Jockey Taylor Rice tracked a slow pace and followed Bush’s instructions. “I told her the main thing was don’t take hold of him,” Bush said. “Just let him put himself wherever he wants, and that’s what she did. She had a loose rein all the way through the clubhouse turn. It was a good spot for him. They actually seemed to back it up even more after the first quarter. Securing the finest bloodstockGiacomo/Photo by Dave Harmon They just kept going slower and slow- er so it was a good that he was able to not lose contact with that slow pace.” Securingfor over 20The years. Finest The Posse gelding’s triumph was Bush’s first in 10 starts at the meet. “I’m happy to get one out of the way,” Bush said. “You always are up here.” – Dan McDonough

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Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 51 Phipps. In between that win and this win, the daughter of Catienus lost 11 AUGUST 9-10 • 7 PM Thursday – in a row. Not for a lack of trying. She Continued from page 50 raced against fillies and mares only SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY twice, finishing second in the Mrs. Michelle Nihei, winning her first race Walter M. Jeffords both times. The of the meet, said the road wasn’t as rest were against the boys, where she long as it looked getting Given Fire ran hard without winning. back to the races. The Daltons came here confident “She actually only got the time off she’d snap her losing streak. because she’s a New York-bred on the “We were expecting that,” Bernie turf and we decided we may as well Dalton said. “Looking at the race, I give her the winter off,” Nihei said of NY Bred thought she was the best horse in the the gap between her last race Sept. 28, race, especially around here.” YEARLINGS 2013 and Thursday. “She got a splint Dalton rode her that way, plac- coming back so we had to stop and ing her inside just off the lead before cool that out. It was kind of a turn- ing over of little events that kept us sneaking through on the inside and from getting to where we wanted to opening up to win 3 ¾ lengths. Last be earlier.” year’s champion mare Kisser N Run Bred and owned by Thomas and finished second with Brilliant Match Joan Farone, who race Given Fire in third. the name of their Farone Stables, Giv- Back in April, winning at Saratoga seemed like a pipe dream. Cat Feath- en Fire was nearly 19-1 in her come- 17 x back with Junior Alvarado aboard. ers posted her worst career effort, lag- ging nearly 30 lengths behind in the DAYATTHESPA Nihei took over Given Fire’s train- ing last year and was pleased the de- winner in an optional claimer at At- 6x lanta. She came out of the race with liver for the Farones. HOT STONES “They’ve (Farone Stables) been in problems. the barn for almost a year and we’ve “She was wrong for a month or been trying to work some of the old- six weeks with various, different, nig- er horses into better spots and races,” gling things that you couldn’t find,” Nihei said. “This is our first success Bernie Dalton said. “I told Kate, ‘Just story for them.” stop, save her for the fall.’ She was 25x – Kristin Brennan like, ‘No, no, no, I’ll get her back for Saratoga.’ ” SHAKEIRA Bernie Dalton walked back to the She got her back for another stakes jocks’ room and deflected all credit. win and a check for $45,000, pushing “It’s all down to Kate,” said Dal- her career earnings past $150,000. ton, after guiding Cat Feathers to win “When she won here two years the Mrs. Ogden Phipps. “The only ago, she was just a flat track horse, 12x time I sit on her is when she schools she was weak and leggy. She’s still or when she runs, so it’s all Kate’s weak and leggy but she’s a lot stron- NOTACATBUTALLAMA work.” ger,” Bernie Dalton said. “She always Good work. upholds her end of the deal if she’s NY Breds stakes-winning grads Dalton’s wife Kate, the owner/ right. I don’t know what makes her have out-earned their purchase trainer/everyting else, produced Cat so good here, the races set up for her 8x Feathers to win her second Phipps. and she jumped like a bunny rabbit price by the multiples shown. today. Give Kate the credit, I just keep SARATOGA SNACKS The first one, an upset win back in 2012, hung on the last line of the New her between the wings.” York-bred’s chart before this year’s – Sean Clancy Fasig-Tipton NY Breds Grads— SWs of 2013-14—have AVERAGE EARNINGS OF MORE THAN 6X THEIR PURCHASE PRICE! Best Bets Your business card here for $700 for the meet. Reach thousands of Saratoga fans, affordably, at the track and beyond.

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Friday, August 8, 2014 The Saratoga Special 53 cupofcoffee BY SEAN CLANCY Cat’s Man Eight minutes. for Jonathan Sheppard in 2011, Wolbert had left his name flashed on his screen. Wolbert didn’t get ex- Wayne Catalano’s flight was due to land eight wife, Angie and his two kids, Whitney and Alex at cited, expecting Renne who had called about pay- minutes after Tyler Wolbert’s flight July 21, three home in Issaquah, a suburb of Seattle. roll the week before, Wolbert figured it was about days after opening day of the Saratoga meet. The The plan was to work the Saratoga meet, then business. veteran trainer told his new assistant exactly what Kentucky and eventually return to California for “Hey, kid. How you doing?” Catalano, asked in to do. Catalano. But now, everything was on hold. Wol- a gravelly, weak voice. “Get your bag and go to the car rental place, I’ll bert called his wife. “It’s great to hear from you, we were supposed meet you there,” Catalano said. “We’ll get the car “I was upset, she was upset, things aren’t going to meet at the airport, next thing I know, we almost and go get our place to stay.” the way they were supposed to,” Wolbert said. “I lost you…” Wolbert, flying from Seattle, landed at Albany kept saying, ‘No matter how bad things are for us… “Yeah, it was rough for all of us.” International, grabbed his bag and waited for Cata- the Catalano family is going through something Catalano asked a few questions, talked about lano’s flight. And waited. awful, I can’t imagine ever sitting next to your bed Winter Game, the upcoming yearling sale at Finally, Wolbert called Catalano. and wondering if you were going to make it, I said, Fasig-Tipton. Tiring quickly, Catalano didn’t stay “Where are you?” we’re going to get by, we’ll be fine.’ ” on the phone for long. “Renne wouldn’t let me fly, I can’t shake this First, the Saratoga-based horses were fleeing to Wolbert hung up and dialed his wife. cold,” Catalano told Wolbert. “Make do until I get Monmouth and Wolbert was flying home, back to “He’s fine,” Wolbert said. “He has all the confi- there, everything’s fine. The barn will be set up and being a stay-at-home dad. dence, he’s good. It’s going to be OK.” they’ll show you how I like things done.” Then the horses were going to stay. Wolbert A few hours later, Catalano called again. They “Perfect,” Wolbert said. went to work, trying to think like Catalano, act like call him Cat, sure because of his name, but partly A day later, Catalano called Wolbert from a hos- Catalano. In constant communication with Renne because of his . From New Orleans, the pital bed at Saint Alexius Medical Center. Catalano and the stable’s Chicago-based assistant ex jockey moves quick as a cat, talks faster, addicted The trainer rattled off instructions (if you know Fernando Canteria, Wolbert tried to keep it on the to the action. Catalano tried to make up for two Catalano, he can rattle like an auctioneer) then cut tracks. weeks in bed. it off quickly. “We put on the strong face but it was touch and “He wanted to go through the sale, he calls me, “… I gotta go kid, they’re coming for me.” go for a while,” Wolbert said. “You’re just waiting then I get a text, then 10, all from him, all pedi- It was the last time Wolbert would talk to Cata- and waiting to talk to Wayne.” grees,” Wolbert said. “ ‘Lonhro’s from Australia… lano for two weeks. Wolbert saddled Winter Game to win her debut what about hip…’ All this stuff, I was like ‘Oh my Origially diagnosed with pneumonia, Catalano’s Aug. 3. Owned by Coffee Pot Stable, the daughter God, somebody gave him a book.’ The doctors said lungs were shutting down and doctors fitted him of Sky Mesa re-rallied and split two rivals inside the four weeks for a full recovery, you know Wayne, with a breathing tube and put him into an induced sixteenth pole to win by a nose. Catalano snapped he’s trying to be back in two. He’s back on the coma. Eventually diagnosed the H1N1 influenza vi- his fingers and clapped from his hospital bed. Nurs- phone, that’s good.” rus and pneumonia, Catalano fought for his life. es rushed in his room to see what was wrong. As for Wolbert, he’s in Saratoga, a nation away Wolbert simply tried to weather the storm in “That filly took some pressure off,” Wolbert from his wife and two kids, but running the show Saratoga. said. “After she won, I walked the long way back, for Catalano. Winter Dawn is due to run in the Spi- On his first trip back to Saratoga since working two or three people asked me if I wanted a ride, I naway Aug. 31. said, ‘No, I just want to walk.’ Just want to walk “I told him don’t worry about the horses, worry and look around and think about what had hap- about healing,” Wolbert said. “I’ll bet you he’ll try thisishorseracing.com pened up here.” to be here for that.” The next day, Wolbert’s phone rang. Catalano’s It’ll be Wolbert’s 35th birthday.

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