FREE SUBSCR ER IPT IN IO A N R S T COMPLIMENTS OF T !2!4/'! O L T IA H C E E 4HE S SP ARATOGA Year 9 • No. 11 SARATOGA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER ON THOROUGHBRED RACING Monday, August 10, 2009 Lightning Strike Fabulous Strike sprints to Vanderbilt win Inside F Game Face wins Honorable Miss F Sales coverage F Today’s Entries & Handicapping Tod Marks photo Dave Harmon photo DON’T BOTHER CHECKING THE PHOTO, THE WINNER IS ALWAYS THE SAME. YOU WIN. You win because that it generates maximum you love explosive excitement. revenue for all stakeholders— You win because AEG’s proposal including you. AEG’s proposal to upgrade Aqueduct into a puts money in your pocket world-class destination ensuress faster than any other bidder, tremendous benefits for you, thee ensuring the future of thorough- New York Racing Associationn bred racing right here at home. (NYRA), and New York Horsemen, Breeders, and racing fans. THOROUGHBRED RACING MUSEUM. 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EDC www.aqueductentertainment.com 2 Monday, August 10, 2009 Client: AEG File: oLo.aeg.Photo_SS.pdf Agency: KreabGavinAnderson Publication: Saratoga Special Project: Photo FinishAd Issue: 7/00/09 Date: 08.05.09 Color: CMYK Version: v.1.15 Unit: Full page Size: 10” X 13.5” Trim: Pub Contact: Sean Clancy Agency Contact: Peter Lord 212.529.2861; 917.523.3735 Here & There at Saratoga 517 Broadway, Suite 207 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 (Second Floor, around the back) Phone: (518) 490-1175 Sean Mobile: (302) 545-7713 Joe Mobile: (302) 545-4424 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Internet: www.saratogaspecial.com Published Wednesday through Sunday during the racing season. Every day of Sales Week Aug. 10-16. The Staff Editors/Publishers: Sean Clancy, Joe Clancy Staff Writers: Brian Nadeau, Karen Johnson, Ben Meyers, Katie Bo Williams, Colin Beaury Photographers: Tod Marks, Dave Harmon, Connie Bush, Sarah Condon Handicappers: Pete Fornatale, John Pana- got, Gaile Fitzgerald, John Shapazian Office Assistant: Jill Grant Distribution: Ryan Clancy, Jack Clancy, Nolan Clancy, Jane Motion Advertising Sales: Contact a Clancy or call Jon Bordeau (518) 812-4545 or Kathy Rubin at (203) 650-6815 Tod Marks Bowing Out. Two-time Whitney winner Commentator (left) bounds out of the gate during Saturday’s Grade I. The 8-year-old finished third while bidding to match Kelso and Discovery with three wins in the historic race. The New York-bred earner of more than $2 million was retired by ST Publishing Inc. 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I won two races on the same horse, won Steeplechase Times “I was introduced to someone as Anita and they gave me a blank stare; then the second and came back and won the sixth, at Shirvan Park.” Thoroughbred Racing Calendar I said ‘Jane’s mom’ and they figured out who I was.” Haroon Baksh, The Best of The Saratoga Special Trainer’s wife (and Jane’s mom) Anita Motion after reading Nick Godfrey’s article about racing in Trinidad Saratoga Days and other acclaimed products and services “He’s been just threatening to run like that all year long and finally he “Genuine Devotion” within the equine industry. showed it out there today. The key was getting him back on the dirt.” Name taped to the inside of jockey Alan Garcia’s trunk Call us about your editorial needs. 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That striving, that ambition is Todd Beattie, about Vanderbilt winner Fabulous Strike an essential part of our newspapers, a “Blacktype is your middle name from now on.” cornerstone of what we have been, Text message to trainer what we are, and what we will be.” Mike Trombetta, after a bullet work HORSE TRANSPOrtATION – Lee Hills, Pulitzer Prize winner, 1-800-523-8143 Knight Ridder chief executive, in 1974 “I hate that stage.” Jane Motion, about when boys start acting cool HAMMERTOWN INSURANCE AGENCY Call to discuss “Fall of the Hammer” coverage for the upcoming sales. “PROTECTING EQUINE INVESTMENTS” s&5,,%15).%-/24!,)49 s34!,,)/.!6!),!"),)49!.$).&%24),)49 s"!22%..%33!.$02/30%#4)6%&/!, s./'5!2!.4%%#/.6%23)/.3 s%15).%,)!"),)49 s&!2-0!#+!'%3 Contact: Anya Sheckley PO Box 90, Pine Plains, NY 12567 Tel: 646-872-6843 Email: [email protected] Fax: 518-398-5143 Web: www.hammertowninsurance.com Tod Marks photo Tod Monday, August 10, 2009 3 Here & There at Saratoga Take A Number 4: Bagels eaten by trainer Tom Voss after they were delivered to Jonathan Sheppard’s barn after Forever Together won the Diana 151-84: Score of the Wii bowling game between trainer Mark Hennig (the winner) and Ryan Clancy Saturday night at a Whitney celebration party. 1: Guy with a soda machine riding in the bucket of a tractor through the backside Sunday morning. $450,000: Winning owner’s share – before jockey and trainer percentages – of the Whitney purse Saturday at Saratoga. $423,828: Pick Six payout – before taxes – from Saturday at Saratoga. 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And in a Thoroughbred auction company. The world’s premier Yearling sale. Keeneland September Yearling Sale Monday, September 14 – Monday, September 28 Eaton Sales, Agent for Overbrook Farm (A Complete Dispersal) [email protected] 800 456-3412 859 254-3412 KESL-09330-3 - Saratoga Special Sept Sale.indd 1 8/3/09 2:21:03 PM Monday, August 10, 2009 5 He was Fabulous indeed Fabulous Strike takes VANDERBIlt HANDICAP RECAP home Vanderbilt win speed, Go Go Shoot shot to the lead. In a matter of strides, the favorite had his BY SEAN CLANCY target and his connections watched the perfect scenario unfold. Outside, stalk- Ramon Dominguez understates most ing the apparent throwaway speed of things.