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New York-Breds at the Races: March 3 to 6 by Bill Heller

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New York-Breds at the Races: March 3 to 6 by Bill Heller New York-Breds at the Races: March 3 to 6 By Bill Heller Awesome Gent Wins Open Stakes Debut with Authority Sunday Making both his open-company and stakes debut Sunday at Aqueduct, Burning Sands Stable’s New York-bred homebred Awesome Gent powered to a four-length victory, his third straight, under Manuel Franco in the 32nd running of the six-furlong $125,000 Jimmy Winkfield Stakes for three-year-olds. Sent off at 7-2 odds in the field of six, Awesome Gent won in a final time of 1:10.60. Todd Pletcher trains Awesome Gent, a son of Awesome Again out of Pawnee Patti by Sir Richard Lewis. Pletcher gave Awesome Gent a 3 ½-month freshening after he finished a distant eighth under John Velasquez as the 2-1 favorite in a maiden special weight at Saratoga on September 5th. He hasn’t lost since under Franco. In his second start on December 19th at Aqueduct, Awesome Gent aired by 8 ½ lengths on the front end as the 7-5 favorite. He stepped up to allowance company on January 15th and won from just off the early pace by 6 ¼ lengths as the 2-5 favorite. Awesome Gent went off the fourth choice Sunday. His uncoupled stablemate in the Pletcher barn, Repole Stable’s New York-bred homebred Sudden Surprise, went off the 2-1 favorite under Jose Ortiz, who was looking for his fourth victory of the afternoon in the fifth race on the program. Breaking from the rail under Aaron Gryder, Moon Over a Beauty, who was adding blinkers and went off at 15-1 odds, went for the lead immediately on the inside of Sudden Surprise from the two post. Franco got Awesome Gent away well in third. Moon Over a Beauty led Sudden Surprise by a head through a fast opening quarter of :22.17. He maintained that slim advantage around the far turn as Awesome Gent went up three-wide to join the two pacesetters. After a demanding half-mile in :45.64, Awesome Gent swept to the lead. Awesome Gent opened a two-length advantage in mid-stretch and poured it on, winning impressively. Quijote, sent off at 3-1 odds under Kendrick Carmouche, finished second, a length ahead of 5-1 King Kranz and Cornelio Velasquez. Condo King, who went off at odds of 3-1 under Irad Ortiz, Jr., finished fourth, another 2 ½ lengths back. “When I saw the two horses fighting on the lead, I decided to sit and wait until the quarter pole to make my move,” Franco said. “He responded really good. He’s a really nice one.” Awesome Gent is now three for four with earnings of more than $140,000. **************************************************** Rallying from dead last, Saul and Max Kupferberg’s homebred five-year-old gelding Repent Twice surged past favored Thirst for Glory to capture a mile-and-a-sixteenth $57,000 New York-bred allowance by 3 ¼ lengths, giving jockey Jose Ortiz his fifth winner on his final mount Sunday. To get it, he had to run down his brother, Irad Ortiz, Jr., the pilot of Thirst for Glory who was looking for his third winner of the afternoon. Repent Twice went off at 3-1 odds and Thirst for Glory was sent off at odds of 2-1 in the field of nine. Repent Twice, who was nosed in his previous start, is a son of Repent out of Double Edge by Double Negative who is trained by John Parisella. Apprentice Eric Cancel sent 21-1 Lyrical Miracle to the early lead. Pressed by 15-1 New York Chrome and Angel Arroyo, Lyrical Miracle hit the quarter-mile in :24.14 and the half in :48.43. Thirst for Glory, who had been alternating in fourth and fifth, made a four-wide sweep around the far turn. Behind him, Repent Twice was rallying. After three-quarters in 1:13.04, Thirst for Glory took over as Repent Twice stormed into second. Repent Twice flew past Thirst for Glory and won going away. Thirst for Glory was a clear second, 6 ½ lengths ahead of 12-1 Prophet’s Cat and Taylor Rice. Lyrical Miracle was just another neck back in fourth. Repent Twice improved his record to four for 15 with five seconds, two thirds and earnings of more than $130,000. **************************************************** Flawlessly ridden by Jose Ortiz, Island Whirl Racing’s four-year-old New York-bred filly Moondance Joy inhaled dueling pacesetters Chickaletta and Ducasa to win a six-furlong $35,000 conditional $25,000 claimer by 4 ¾ lengths. Sent off at 5-1 odds as the only New York- bred in a field of just five, Moondance Joy won in a final time of 1:13.01. Chris Englehart trains Moondance Joy, a daughter of Catienus out of Sydney’s Lexington by Outofthebox who sold for $150,000 as a two-year-old in April 2014. Island Whirl Racing claimed Moondance Joy for $25,000 when she finished fourth by six lengths under apprentice rider Eric Cancel on January 17th. In her first start for her new connections on February 12th, she finished fourth by six lengths again in a $35,000 claimer with Kendrick Carmouche riding. Englehart dropped her and changed jockeys Sunday. Departing from the two post, Moondance Joy settled in third as 3-1 Chickaletta, ridden by Manuel Franco, and Ducasa, the 3-5 favorite under Irad Ortiz, Jr., disputed the lead. Chickaletta led Ducasa by three-quarters of a length after a quarter in :24.22 before Ducasa bid for the lead around the far turn. Ducasa took a narrow lead over Chickaletta after a half-mile in :48.26. Jose Ortiz swung Moondance Joy out three-wide behind them, and she blew by both of them to win handily. Ducasa saved second and Chickaletta finished third, three-quarters of a length behind Ducasa. Moondance Joy is now two for 11 on dirt with three thirds. She also has a win and a second from six grass starts, for total earnings of more than $125,000. **************************************************** Mende Racing Stable’s four-year-old filly Bubbe Zena, bred by Mendean Jonath Inc., struck the lead in mid-stretch under Manuel Franco and then held off Lil Renegade to win Sunday’s finale, a six-furlong$31,000 New York-bred maiden $25,000 claimer, by a length in a final time of 1:14.62. Bubbe Zena was sent off at 4-1 odds from the outside post in a field of eight, and Lil Renegade was the 6-5 favorite under Aaron Gryder. David Donk trains Bubbe Zena, a daughter of Corinthian out of White Slippers by Silver Deputy who had finished third in her previous start. Bubbe Zena was far back early as 61-1 longshot She Is My Hero set the pace from the rail. She Is My Hero led by a length and a half through a :23.41 first quarter and by a length after a half- mile in :47.81. Then 9-1 Double Mane and Jackie Davis, who had rallied from fourth on the rail, got through on the inside of She Is My Hero to take the lead in mid-stretch. But Bubbe Zena was closing in on the outside and Lil Renegade finally found her best stride. Bubbe Zena took over and held the favorite off. Lil Renegade finished second, three-quarters of a length ahead of Double Mane in third. There was a gap of 2 ¼ lengths back to 3-1 Mary’s in Utopia in fourth. Bubbe Zena is now one for nine with three thirds and earnings topping $30,000. Little Popsie Wins His Third Straight Saturday at Aqueduct Southwest Capital Racing’s four-year-old colt Little Popsie raced to the early lead under Jose Ortiz and never had an anxious moment, easily posting his third straight victory Saturday at Aqueduct. Sent off the 5-2 favorite in the field of nine, Little Popsie won a six-furlong $59,000 New York-bred allowance/optional $40,000 claimer by 4 ¾ lengths in a final time of 1:11.01. JND Stable, James Taylor, Deborah Bolstad and Fox Ridge Farm bred Little Popsie, a son of Spring At Last out of Cercis by Forty Niner who sold for $210,000 as a two-year-old in April 2014 and is trained by Bruce Levine. Little Popsie began his winning streak in an open conditional $40,000 claimer, winning coast-to- coast by five lengths at 10-1 odds under Manuel Franco on December 19th. A little more than a month later, Little Popsie again won wire-to-wire, taking a New York-bred allowance by 3 ¼ lengths with Ortiz aboard as the 8-5 favorite. Ortiz didn’t call an audible Saturday, sending Little Popsie to the lead from the two-post after he broke third. Little Popsie took a length-and-a-half lead on 11-1 Doctor Dempsey and Angel Arroyo through a :23.32 first quarter. He maintained that advantage through a :46.76 half-mile and opened up a bigger lead in the stretch, winning by himself. Curious Cal, who went off at 15-1 odds with apprentice Eric Cancel riding from the outside post, rallied to finished second, a length and a half ahead of 9-2 Gypsum Johnny and Cornelio Velasquez in third. There was a gap of nearly fourth lengths back to 7-2 True Bet, ridden by Manuel Franco. Little Popsie is now four for 10 on dirt with three thirds and earnings of almost $150,000.
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