Year 17 • No. 11 Sunday, August 6, 2017 T he aratoga Saratoga’s Daily Racing Newspaper since 2001 Running Shoe Gun Runner rules the Whitney Tod Marks Tod AMERICAN GIRL ACES TEST • JEREMIAH ENGLEHART STABLE TOUR • ENTRIES/HANDICAPPING 2 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2017 here&there... at Saratoga BY THE NUMBERS 25: Garments on The Special’s “Tom Law contribution” office garment rack, not counting ties (those are accessories). 2: Lost FedEx boxes delivered somewhere around the sales grounds. If you received a coffee maker and 1,000 K Cups, please return to Anna Seitz. 1: Blown kiss from East Avenue to The Special. 1: Guy with a small duffel bag who cleaned out The Special’s paper box of Hall of Fame editions Friday (somebody watch eBay for us). 300: Dollars spent on Uber to take a visiting Marylander out on the town in Saratoga Friday night. 1: Clown who put a pizza box on top of our newspaper box Saturday evening. NAMES OF THE DAY Another Genius, fifth race. The 4-year-old filly, owned by Everythings Cricket Racing, is by Einstein. Silly Sister, fifth race. Lady Sheila Stable and Edition Farm’s 3-year-old filly is by Broken Vow out of Giggly. Royal Inheritance, ninth race. Joseph Bulger’s 3-year-old filly, from the barn of Dave Cannizzo, is by Regal Ransom. Tasteful, ninth race. Godolphin comes up with a good one here – the 3-year- Tod Marks old filly is out of Kinda Spicy. Nice job, Dan Pride. Rise and Shine. Hip 224 (a colt by Orb) gets ready for the buyers at Fasig-Tipton. MEDAGLIA D’ THE THOROUGHBRED PAR EXCELLENCE MORE 2017 G1 WINNERS THAN ANY OTHER AMERICAN STALLION. SIX SELECT YEARLING SALE-TOPPERS IN A DECADE. THAT’S A RECORD, TOO. 859-255-8537 www.darleyamerica.com Darley SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2017 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL 3 QUOTE OF THE DAY here&there... at Saratoga “Even in my own house I’m the smallest now.” WORTH REPEATING Retired jockey Richard Migliore “People told me they sent me some horses because they were worried I wasn’t going to make it. I was working so hard and not getting anywhere.” Horseman Webb Carroll, on making it in racing (and anything, really) “You’re the paper boy?” Special graduate Catlyn Spivey, as Sean Clancy handed her a paper Thursday morning “The Secret Life of Animals.” 800-523-8143 Title of an article on trainer Jonathan Sheppard’s desk “That’s a pew from the old chapel.” Sales consignor Andrew Motion, who has the best bench Allan in Saratoga at his Old Chapel Farm consignment “I have it written, I just have to write it.” Lavin The Special’s Tom Law, staring at a blank screen “There goes the night.” Bloodstock Law as Annise “Fargo” Montplaisir, walked into the office at 8:34 Friday night ALLAN G. LAVIN, JR. “Imagine you’re in a talent show, or you have to be in a talent show, what would you do? There’s got to be something.” allanlavinbloodstock.com The Special’s Joe Clancy, trying to talk Chappy Motion [email protected] into choosing his life skill; he’s still working on it and it’s not boxing (502) 773-0043 G1 SW OVER $1.8 MILLION TAMARKUZ Speightstown – Without You Babe, by Lemon Drop Kid HIGHEST BEYER 4X Graded SW Eight Wins Kent Barnes, Stallion Manager Two-Turn Mile of 2016 Four Seconds 859-224-4585 107 in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile - G1 U.S., England, & Dubai www.shadwellfarm.com Editors/Publishers The aratoga Sean Clancy: (302) 545-7713. [email protected] Joe Clancy: (302) 545-4424. [email protected] Managing Editor Tom Law: (859) 396-9407. [email protected] 259 East Avenue Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Writers/Handicappers: Charles Bedard, Gaile Fitzgerald, The Saratoga Special, thisishorseracing.com Teresa Genaro, Ben Gowans, Madison Scott, John Shapazian, (the old feed store) Thoroughbred Racing Calendar, The Best of The Saratoga Special. 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Another of the The Special’s Tom Law, looking at the coffee maker a few hours after power was restored cutting edge Raise You Broodmare Partnerships for “If they named it Hillary it would have been 4-5 and it would have lost.” Overheard after Trumpi’s win in the fourth race Saturday at 22-1 Country Life Farm.” ELLEN B. PONS B. ELLEN Taking care of little things since 1933 www.CountryLifeFarm.com • 410.879.1952 “When you stand her up, take a step back and let the shank go slack. They already know how good looking you are.” Advice to a young showman at the sale “So, you get everything sorted yet?” Godolphin’s Dan Pride, on his third visit to The Special office Saturday afternoon “No.” Special’s staffers – Joe Clancy, Sean Clancy, Tom Law and Linzay Marks – in unison “When you run eighth in a Grade 1 at Saratoga, they say, ‘Don’t cry over spilled milk, but here’s some Chips Ahoy.’ ” Trainer Chad Summers, enjoying some chocolate-chip cookies on the way out of the track after Chanel’s Legacy ran in the Test Saturday “Efficiency is not what Saratoga is all about.” Racegoer, speaking for all of us while walking to the track Saturday “Frenchy, Frenchy, Frenchy!” Jockey Junior Alvarado, cheering Florent Geroux back to the room after winning Saturday’s Whitney THOROFAN SALUTES GIORDANO ThoroFan hosts its annual awards brunch Saturday, Aug. 12 at Embassy Suites in Saratoga Springs. The event honors Bob Giordano, the man behind the ThoroFan Guide to Saratoga Race Course trainers’ saddle towels. Former jockey and current NBC racing commentator Donna Barton-Brothers is the guest speaker at the event, hosted by Gulfstream Park’s Acacia Courtney. In addition, the Fan of the Year award will be presented by Horse Racing Nation, along with other special recognitions. Cost is $50 per ticket, or $20 for ThoroFan members. For more, see thorofan.com/awards. Raising and Selling Racehorses Since 2005 Saratoga … – 60% winners ® – 7.5% G1 or G2 – 16% graded placed, 24% stakes placed NICOMA® and its affiliate 34 94 QUALITY ROAD - Unicity f. Visit us at Barn 5 G1 103 FLATTER - Whitelacenpromises f. WINNERS 123 MORE THAN READY - A.P. Cindy c. Contact: Headley c: 859.221.5108 Price c: 859.321.5117 Just since 2000 169 KITTEN’S JOY - Cozzy Corner c. millridge.com nicoma.com 182 STREET SENSE - Fastbridled f. 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I pay attention to all my horses?’ He’d Trainer Todd Pletcher say, ‘Yes, you do, I’ll give you credit for that, but you’re paying extra special attention to this one, must be near time ain’t it?’ Those old guys all thought you prepared horses to win a bet, there was nothing further from the truth.” Savvy trainers will be stocking – Trainer Allen Jerkens their barns with 1929-2015 registered NY-bred yearlings offered at Fasig-Tipton The Saratoga Sale, August 7-8, and NY-Bred Yearlings Sale, August 12-13 nytbreeders.org | 518.587.0777 The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association www.nytha.com | 516.488.2337 For more information visit our website visit us on Facebook or call 518.388.0174 Tod Marks photo Tod SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2017 THE SARATOGA SPECIAL 7 Every day at Saratoga, The Special with presents an exclusive Stable Tour Jeremiah Englehart with a Saratoga trainer. Jeremiah Englehart hit the sales main track) for that and he’s doing well.