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BY THE NUMBERS4: Baked good deliveries at The Special office since Sunday. Our thanks to Carolina Sweet, Madeline Tillotson, Sam Appa and Ruth Clancy. 174: Miles per hour a guy claimed he’d been on his motorcycle when asked downtown Sunday. 529.50: Payout of $1 trifecta box in Sunday’s Caress by The Special’s guest handicapper John Fahey.

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Bail Out, fourth race. Phipps homebred is out of Hidden Reserve.

Belle Of The Spa, eighth race. Six days after saying goodbye to Marylou Whitney, this one just seems appropriate.

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“You were right, you were right.”Trainer Jimmy Toner when told before Sunday’s Caress

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WORTH REPEATING“I’m hoping for a Saratoga miracle.”

Trainer Tom Bush before a race Sunday

“The secret behind Doug Fout.”Trainer Gary Contessa, saddling Fout’s Roller Rolls On for the jump opener Sunday

“I always want to call you Garrett.”Trainer Bill Mott when saying hello to NYRA’s David O’Rourke

“To win a race for her and just listen to the crowd after she wins a race in Saratoga. They chant, ‘Marylou! Marylou!’ Just to hear that, they adore her. She’s just an icon.”

Trainer Ian Wilkes on Marylou Whitney

“Not only did Birdstone win those three incredible races, but he had the distinction of being the first horse since Count Fleet to sire two classic winners in one crop. Mine That Bird won the Kentucky Derby in 2009 and the Belmont that year was won by Summer Bird. Birdstone had two classic winners in one crop.”

Racing historian Ed Bowen,on Marylou Whitney’s Birdstone

“I remember her being instrumental in commercials on Lexington television having to do with the Markey Cancer Center, which became one of the University of Kentucky affiliated cancer research and treatment centers, which is very, very important.”

Bowen on Marylou Whitney

“Marylou Whitney. This name is synonymous with everything that is Saratoga Springs. The Saratoga Race Course, its backstretch, Canfield Casino, Saratoga Hospital. Whether grand giv-ing or anonymous donation, her generosity to this region knew no bounds. Marylou Whitney is part of the heart and soul of our city. Today our hearts are broken.”

Saratoga Springs Mayor Meg Kelly on Maryou Whitney’s passing

“I should have had a drink before this.”Solis/Litt Bloodstock’s Madison Scott, moments before Friday’s Lake George

“No one has ever heard of it, so I like to say, the Saratoga area.”Patti Brown, mother of Chad, about Mechanicville

“I always say Exit 10”Jerome Brown, father of Chad, about Mechanicville

“His appraisal keeps going up.”Three Chimneys Farm’s Doug Cauthen, about a yearling brother to Guarana

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Rusty Arnold is on the board. The Kentucky-based trainer won his first race of the meet when Borracho cap-tured a tough allowance Sunday.

A mainstay in New York for decades, Arnold concentrates on a quality string for consistent clients, making his annu-al foray to Saratoga again this summer. He has sent out 19 winners for $1.8 mil-lion this year, including a Grade 1 stakes score with Concrete Rose.

“We’re blessed right now,” Arnold said of his string, then took a walk down the shedrow.

Concrete Rose: A $61,000 purchase at Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2018 2-year-old in training sale, she is the star of the barn fresh off a Grade 1 score in the Belmont Oaks Invitational. The 3-year-old filly looks directly from her stall, two over from the tack room (the first is empty), to Arnold’s customary spot at his picnic table, next to a cat, under a tree. “She runs in the Saratoga Oaks. She worked (Friday) morning. You’re always hopeful, she showed a lot of talent and she progressed from 2 to 3 unbelievably. Am I shocked? No, but you’re always cautiously optimistic that they’re going to do that.”

Morticia: Co-bred by Arnold and G. Watts Humphrey, the daughter of Twirling Candy graduated from the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2015 Fall Yearling Sale, she has bankrolled a cool $695,369. Sunday, she picked up a dead-heat third after a Belt-Parkway-at-rush-hour voyage in the Caress, Arnold leaned on the wooden rail in front of her stall and held his head in his hands. “Oooooh. She was mad. It was brutal. She drank one sip of water. She was pissed, people don’t believe that, she was madder than we were. We’ll go to the Smart And Fancy, probably.”

Awestruck. Daughter of Tapit owns four wins from 21 starts and has earned black type in three stakes. “She’s on the fringe of being a nice filly, she was second, beaten less than a length to Mia Mischief. We’ll run in the Shine Again (July 31) which gets rid of all the best horses.”

First Wave. Three-year-old daughter of New Wave, second in the 2011 P.G. Johnson, could have a big future after run-ner-up finishes in her first two starts. “War Front filly, who I love. She got unlucky first time, came off the turf and finished second, she got beat about a half-length. She ran here opening weekend, she’ll run back later in the meet. I’ve got high hopes for her. She wants to stretch out.”

Skeptic. Scratched from the Shuvee Sunday, the daughter of Tiznow has earned four wins, including the Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks, from 12 starts. “I went in the Shuvee, taking a look, I was waiting to see if there were a bunch of scratches, it wasn’t the right spot. She’s going to run in the Summer Colony, it’s restricted, it fits her. She’s got a couple of bad races, not in a row. She started out the year with two really good races, she was third in an allowance race, came back and won easy. I ran her in the Fleur de Lis, it was a disaster, we don’t know why. It was really hot, it was at night, she was on the lead turning for home and fell apart, she came back and trained like her old self, we’re going to throw it out, put a line through it. She’s trained good up here.”

Power Of Magic. An unraced granddaughter of Test winner Victory Ride, the 2-year-old filly stands in the back of her stall and eats hay from a rubber hay manger in the left corner. She’s stunning. “Honor Code 2-year-old out of Magical Ride, we love her. She’s about three weeks from running. She’s a homebred of Watts. How pretty is she? My first-time starters always need one, that was probably a tipoff to how good Concrete Rose was, she won first time out.” East Moon. On her way to the track for a routine gallop this morning, the Humphrey homebred daughter of Speightstown and One Caroline (oh, where have you gone?) broke her maid-en last year and has picked up two seconds this year. “She was just second in an a other than at Churchill. She runs on the 31st.”

Leinster. A two-time Fasig-Tipton graduate, Amy Dunne’s son of Majestic Warrior is 2-for-15, but oh what a two they are, by open lengths, which leads him to the Troy Aug. 3. “We final-

ly just figured out what he wanted to do. Wayne (Lukas) had him last year and got very unlucky, he put him in sprinting on the grass twice, both rained off. They didn’t want to send him to Oak-lawn because there’s no grass, I ended up getting him in Florida. Put him in, came off, didn’t get to run, ran him on the dirt, he was second. I took him to Keeneland, didn’t get in the maiden, we were aggravated, we put him in an a-other-than, he won that by 3. I got to Churchill, the way the races came up, the non-winners-of-two was too quick, I ran him in a two-other-than, he won by 2 1/4. He’s 2-for-2 sprinting on the grass. Oh, he’s a nice horse. He is running in the Troy.”

Borracho. The winner. Arnold opted for an al-lowance instead of the Amsterdam for Preston Madden’s 3-year-old. The son of Uncle Mo obliged with a dominant win Sunday. “He got beat a length

in the Woody Stephens. I wanted the seven eighths and I want-ed a week longer to get ready in the Allen Jerkens. We liked him from day one, it took him a while to mature. We tried him two turns, he didn’t want to do it. If you look at his sprints, they’re all good races. He’s a nice, beautiful horse, beautiful eye, beau-tiful head. Would have he fit in the Amsterdam? Probably, but now we have five weeks for the race we want and I got a win here. That helps, especially when Morticia got beat.” Bear. The lead pony. “Ex racehorse. His name was Devil Train. It’s Bear now. He was an average racehorse, he had a great attitude and we liked him, he got a tendon, we turned him out for a year and made a pony out of him. He’s great.”

Compelling ’17. Owned by Michael Baum, the 2-year-old daughter of Tapit and Irish-bred Compelling has tipped her hand. “This is one of our best 2-year-old fillies. She doesn’t have a name. She’s lovely. She’s gorgeous. She came up here and got a girth rub, just got it healed up, she walked for a week.”

Macabre. The littler big sister. Half-sister to turf sprint-er, Morticia, the daughter of Hard Spun is 0-for-7 with three thirds. “Three-year-old maiden, she’ll run here mid-August, a mile on the grass. She’s nothing like Morticia, she’s twice her size and nothing alike. She doesn’t look like her, doesn’t act like her.”

Gear Jockey. Arnold had yet to update the nameplate (black magic marker on white tape) from the mare’s name, Switching Gears, to newly registered name, Gear Jockey. “Lovely colt of Calumet’s, I think he’s the only 2-year-old colt I brought, he’s a

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Twirling Candy. He worked out of the gate Satur-day. There’s a race in the new book on the 10th, that’s where he’s running.”

Derby Champagne. “My old claimer. He ran the other day for a quarter, was second, beaten about a length. He’s been a nice old horse for us, you have to run him where he’s competitive. He’s athletic, he’s made about $200,000.”

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Totally Boss. Four-time winner for Jim and Susan Hill stayed at Keeneland to point for El-lis Park. “He’s really a nice horse, he got good last year sprinting on the turf, then he won his first two this year and got a beat a nose to Om who finished second in the Jaipur. He’s going to run at Ellis, they have a win and you’re in for the Kentucky Downs race, which is a half a million dollars.”

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9-LENGTH WINNER OF THE DELAWARE OAKS

BY SEAN CLANCY They always say don’t duck one

horse. Especially before entries are taken.

Today’s A.P. Smithwick Memorial looked like a one-horse race all sum-mer long as Optimus Prime primed for the first Grade 1 stakes of the Saratoga season. Last year’s New York Turf Writers Cup winner earned high weight of 158 pounds among 15 nominations and looked like a sure thing in the $150,000 hurdle stakes.

Back to that adage. Rumors began flying that Optimus

Prime was out with an injury Friday. They became reality when entries were taken Saturday. A penalty kick had turned into a puzzler.

“Every horse in the race has a shot,” leading trainer Jack Fisher said Wednesday morning.

Fisher sends out four and can’t split them.

“All my horses are good,” Fisher said while grazing 11-year-old Hin-terland. “I didn’t bring them because they’re no good.”

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out a French-bred, a British-bred and two Irish-breds in a field that includes just one American-bred runner.

Hinterland, Peppay Le Pugh, Vosne Romanee and Gibralfaro run the gam-ut of experience, here and abroad.

Vosne Romanee makes his first American start after a 10-win career over jumps for English trainer Rich-ard Newland. The 8-year-old arrived in early June to prepare for the Smith-wick.

“He’s done everything right and he has the credentials to win it,” Fisher said.

As opposed to the rest of the im-ports Vosne Romanee is still owned by his European owner, Foxtrot NH Racing Partnership, and has plans to go home after a summer stint here.

“He has a chase rating of 151 and there are very few opportunities for horses rated so high in Britain during summer months. We decided to look at alternatives and the Ameri-can option seemed logical,” Foxtrot’s Dan Abraham said. “He needs quick ground, the courses and style of rac-ing should suit him. We felt that he had a better chance of winning in the U.S. than carrying top weight against unexposed novices this sum-mer in Britain and the prize money is so much better in the U.S. It’s not very often you get a chance to run in a Grade 1 handicap, so we were keen to give it a go.”

Top British jockey Sam Twis-ton-Davies, who’s ridden Vosne Ro-manee in all of his 10 wins, travels for the 7-2 second choice.

Peppay La Pugh exits Dan Skelt-on’s potent yard, the same hotel Op-timus Prime exited, for his American debut. Purchased by Gill Johnston, the 8-year-old owns six wins over hurdles and fences and most recently finished second as the favorite at Car-lisle in April.

“Peppay, I don’t know enough about him yet, I’ve only had him two or three weeks,” Fisher said. “It could be a funny race because there is no pace. Hopefully they don’t go too slow or it sets it up for just about any-body. I would like to send one to the lead but none of them belong there.”

Ireland-based Danny Mullins take the call.

Breaking from the outside, Gibral-faro attracts Fisher’s first-call jockey Mikey Mitchell. Owned by Riverd-ee Stable, Gibralfaro and Mitchell teamed up once, winning a novice stakes this spring. In his first open stakes start, Gibralfaro finished last in the 3-mile Iroquois in May.

“I throw out Nashville, I just don’t think he liked the ground, he didn’t want anything to do with it. That’s not him,” Fisher said. “He’ll like the ground, it should be fast and firm.”

Hinterland breaks from the inside for Willie McCarthy. Owned by Son-ny Via, the 11-year-old has yet to win in 11 American starts, but has man-aged runner-up efforts in the Lone-some Glory twice and the Iroquois. He most recently finished second in a handicap at Fair Hill.

“Hinterland is a cool, old horse,” Fisher said. “He’s run some big races, he should have won at Fair Hill but made a mistake at the last fence.”

Leslie Young got a confidence boost when Redicean won his Amer-ican debut Wednesday. The Penn-sylvania-based trainer returns today with another import. Bedrock makes his first start since winning two high-class hurdle races in Ireland for Brit-ain-based Iain Jardine in the fall. Pur-chased by Irv Naylor off those wins, Bedrock arrived in January, had sur-gery to remove a chip from his hock and was put on the Saratoga schedule.

“I asked (Jardine) ‘How do you know he’s ready? What’s the deal? Help me out here.’ He’s a very laid-back horse. Iain said, ‘He’ll let you know.’ Ten days ago, Bedrock started getting a bounce in his step and lit-tle squeals and little jump-arounds. I hope that’s his thing. I hope he’s trying to tell me he’s ready,” Young said. “His hind end is so strong it looks like it’s the size of Texas. It’s a Quarter Horse build. He’s real strong and powerful. They’ve been doing everything together, so (Redicean’s win) gives me some confidence. He might need the race, but this is as fit as we’re going to be doing everything at home.”

In addition to Bedrock, Naylor is represented by Sempre Medici. The French-bred 9-year-old chased Opti-mus Prime in the Zeke Ferguson in the fall and the David Semmes this spring. Darren Nagle, back from a broken leg, takes the call for Cyril Murphy.

Modem hasn’t run over jumps since finishing sixth in last year’s A.P.

Smithwick, but has a good reason. He grabbed himself landing over a jump late in that race, and the subsequent cut/injury required stitches, time and – ultimately – surgery at New Bolton Center and a lengthy stay at Fair Hill Equine Therapy Center to recover.

Wednesday morning at Saratoga all seemed well, as the 9-year-old gave jockey Jack Doyle plenty to do on the main track. After the gallop, Modem trotted out the gap and back toward the barn like a 2-year-old.

“He knows why he’s here,” said Elizabeth Voss, who trains the En-glish-bred for Bob Kinsley. After win-ning four jump races in Ireland, Mo-dem finished second in his first five American starts (all Grade 1 stakes) including the Smithwick and New York Turf Writers Cup here in 2017.

Doyle will be aboard again at 8-1 on the morning line.

Voss and Kinsley bolster their chances with No Wunder, a winner of a Fair Hill handicap in May and a course winner. The British import won a handicap here in 2017, before losing nine in a row, albeit against heady competition. The 8-year-old bounced back with a determined win over Hinterland at Fair Hill. Kieran Norris takes the call for the first time.

Show Court looks to become the

race’s first back-to-back winner since Divine Fortune in 2010 and 2011, and is a threat if he can find the re-wind button. Trained by Arch King-sley for Mark Buyck, the 10-year-old Vinnie Roe gelding won the Jonathan Kiser novice stakes here in 2017 and followed with the Grade 1 upset last year.

Kingsley had his horse out on the track for a gallop Wednesday morn-ing and liked what he felt.

“Whether all the stars align or not is yet to be determined, but gosh I couldn’t be happier with my horse,” Kingsley said. “He’s good right now, but you know how old horses are, it’s the Toby Keith thing, they’re as good once as ever so if you get that once on the right day they’re good enough.”

Wednesday’s training session end-ed with a “Settle down . . . settle down . . . settle down . . .” from Kingsley, who won the 1998 Smithwick aboard Romantic. Like Modem, Show Court knows what awaits and thrives at the flat and fast conditions at Saratoga.

“He’s like those kind of horses I used to ride around here,” the train-er said. “They’re just efficient, they have that high cruising speed with a kick, enough of a gear that they can

Smithwick – Continued from page 10

Tod MarksBedrock, with Meryem Walsh, is highweighted in the Smithwick at 154 pounds.



use it tactically. All that can go out the window at the hunt meets with hills, ground they might not like, whatever. Here, it’s his style, it’s his game.”

Barry Foley rides the Irish-bred at 20-1.

Jonathan Sheppard has placed five Smithwick trophies on his mantle. The Hall of Fame trainer unleashes a newcomer and an old-timer from his tried-and-true turret.

Winston C emigrated from En-gland after winning three quality hur-dle races to finish a game third in the Marcellus Frost Novice Stakes at the Iroquois in May. The talented son of Rip Van Winkle makes his first for-ay against open company but should benefit from the seasoning. Tom Gar-ner, winner of the Kiser Wednesday, returns for Hudson River Farm.

While Winston C arrived at Shep-pard’s this spring, All The Way Jose has been there for nine years. Bred by Sheppard and now representing But-tonwood Farm, the 9-year-old son of Senor Swinger earned a long-overdue

Grade 1 stakes in the Lonesome Glo-ry in September 2017 but hasn’t won since. Hardly a losing streak, though, the free-running gelding has earned checks in five Grade 1 stakes since his Belmont score. Gerard Galligan takes the call.

Kate Dalton entered former Bill Mott trainee Belisarius in the Kis-er Wednesday before audibling to this race when the news of Optimus Prime’s defection surfaced.

Still owned by Brous Stable, Gary Barber and Wachtel Stable, who campaigned the son of Montjeu to an allowance win on the turf here in 2015, Belisarius won a novice stakes in the fall, opened his campaign with a strong second in the Temple Gwath-mey but has disappointed in his most recent starts. Ross Geraghty subs for Bernie Dalton, who broke his jaw in May.

Voss-trained Portrade, winner of the 2016 New York Turf Writers Cup, is on the also-eligible list for the Smithwick, the day’s first race at 12:45 p.m.

• Additional reporting and writing by Joe Clancy

Smithwick – Continued from page 12

Tod MarksWinston C will try to get his nose in the photo today, too.

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RACING TIME COMPLETES TRILOGY

A. P. Smithwick, Jr. Launches Third MemoirAfter the Grade I A. P. Smithwick Memorial Steeplechase

Today: July 25, 5:30 - Saratoga Racing Hall of Fame

Available at bookstores nationwide and online at www.patricksmithwick.com

“... a modern masterpiece”

BY TOM LAWOrlando Noda let it rip July 14,

celebrating T Loves A Fight’s latest victory and his first victory at Sarato-ga Race Course with authority.

Not many could fault the first-year trainer for enjoying the moment to the fullest. He’d claimed T Loves A Fight for $10,000 May 12 and the 5-year-old Girolamo gelding ran his record to 3-for-4 for the Miami na-tive in his third straight victory, an $85,283 New York-bred optional claimer worth $47,933 to the winner.

No claims were dropped for T Loves A Fight that day and he won’t be offered today when he takes on five other state-breds in the $100,000 John Morrissey Stakes.

Certainly no one will frown on

Noda if he pulls off another win.“A lot of trainers don’t even get to

get a picture in Saratoga,” said Noda, who races the gelding in partnership with his brother Jonathan in the name Noda Brothers LLC. “It was a dream come true. Back in 2017 when I was working with (Mark) Casse, we took a horse over, Flameaway, and he won a stakes I had got to take a picture with him.

“That was like a dream, too. I was screaming and excited. The assistant was like, ‘you can relax, it’s not our first winner.’ But I was still excited be-cause it was mine. Then the other day, that was something else.” Tod Marks

T Loves A Fight eyes a stakes win in today’s John Morrissey.

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Noda went out on his own after working for Casse at his training center in Ocala. He and his wife Melani helped break babies there, and soaked in as much as he could from the Canadian Hall of Fame trainer’s operation.

Noda also learned from his father Jose No-da-Fernandez, who trained in South Florida and the Mid-Atlantic off and on from 1991 to 2017.

T Loves A Fight, a stakes winner for retired trainer Mike Hushion in 2017 and a two-time par-ticipant in the 6 1/2-furlong Morrissey, provided Noda with his first victory for a $12,500 tag June 13. He then served up the second and third wins for the 30-year-old trainer.

Noda stayed busy Wednesday morning from his base at Belmont Park, preparing to ship T Loves A Fight and Violetas Visions, who runs in today’s finale, and Friday runners G. T. Sonia and Riot Worthy.

“I’ll be running the whole barn,” Noda joked, taking a breather after helping load the string for the van ride.

T Loves A Fight returned to Belmont after his Saratoga victory, which set off the celebration and a big payday for his connections.

“All it really takes is one horse, it can make your name,” Noda said. “I got my first client af-

ter the race. An owner called me, gave me two horses and wants to claim other ones. I ha-ven’t gotten any other owners, but I hope to. We’re still growing. I’m sure if we light up the tote board (today) we’ll get some calls.”

T Loves A Fight fig-ures to be a price in the Morrissey. He’s 12-1 on the morning line against the likes of multiple stakes winner Gold For The King, last year’s runner-up Eye Luv Lulu, the Chad Brown trained Build To Suit and 2017 Mor-rissey winner Celtic Chaos. Finger Lakes shipper Saratoga Giro, first or second in 20 of 21 starts, completes the field.

T Loves A Fight finished seventh behind New York-bred legend Weekend Hideaway in last year’s Morrissey and fourth in Celtic Chaos’ score in 2017. T Loves A Fight topped Weekend Hideaway in a Saratoga allowance race by 1 3/4 lengths in his next start after the 2017 Morrissey. He ran in the two editions of the Morrissey and the allowance for Michelle Nevin before being transferred to Linda Rice that fall.

T Loves A Fight made 12 straight starts for a tag from November 2018 through his most recent win, changing hands twice before Noda and his brother

took him for $10,000. “Physically he was a really classy horse, mus-

cular everywhere,” Noda said, discussing his im-pressions of the gelding before and after the claim. “Overall his attitude, training and in the stall, I’ve never been around a cleaner horse. He’s just very classy on the track. Wherever you put him he won’t fight you, just very classy overall.

“I thought he was the real deal when I worked him 5 furlongs and he went in (:59.55 May 25) in hand. That was a pretty decent workout. After that I thought they might claim him for $12,500 but no one touched him. That was surprising because when we claimed him it was a five-way shake.”

Gold For The King goes out for his owner and breeder Francis Paolangeli and trainer Charlton Baker. He faced graded company in his last two starts, including a sixth behind Catalina Cruis-er in the Grade 2 True North at Belmont June 7. The 5-year-old Posse gelding finished fourth in last year’s Morrissey.

Eye Luv Lulu seeks his first win at Sarato-ga in seven starts and comes off back-to-back stakes-placings downstate against New York-breds for Jason Servis.

Build To Suit comes off an almost seven-month layoff and returns to the state-bred ranks for the first time since late in the 2017 Saratoga meet.

The 5-year-old Dominus ridgling went to the sidelines from mid-October 2017 until he won a 6 1/2-furlong open-company allowance Jan. 26 at Aqueduct.

Morrissey – Continued from page 14

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Thursday, July 25.1ST (12:45PM). $150,000, STK - THE A.P. SMITHWICK (GR. I), 4 & UP, 2 1/16M (HURDLE)Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double1 ..... 1 ............Hinterland (FR) .............. W. McCarthy .................... J. Fisher ..................... 30-12 ..... 2 ............Peppay Le Pugh (IRE) .... D. Mullins ........................ J. Fisher ....................... 6-13 ..... 3 ............Winston C (IRE) ............. T. Garner .......................... J. Sheppard .................. 6-14 ..... 4 ............Sempre Medici (FR) ....... D. Nagle ........................... C. Murphy .................. 10-15 ..... 5 ............Show Court (IRE) ........... B. Foley ............................ A. Kingsley, Jr............. 20-16 ..... 6 ............Vosne Romanee (GB) ..... S. Twiston-Davies ............ J. Fisher ....................... 7-27 ..... 7 ............Modem (GB) .................. J. Doyle ........................... E. Voss ......................... 8-18 ..... 8 ............No Wunder (GB) ............ K. Norris .......................... E. Voss ....................... 15-19 ..... 9 ............Bedrock (GB) ................. S. McDermott .................. L. Young ....................... 3-110..... 10 ..........Belisarius (IRE) .............. R. Geraghty ..................... K. Dalton .................... 30-111..... 11 ..........All the Way Jose............. G. Galligan ....................... J. Sheppard ................ 15-112..... 12 ..........Gibralfaro (IRE) .............. M. Mitchell ...................... J. Fisher ..................... 12-113..... AE..........Portrade (IRE) ................ R. Geraghty ..................... E. Voss ....................... 30-1

2ND (1:18PM). $52,000, MCL $50,000, 2 YO, F , 5 1/2FExacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 5, Daily Double1 ..... 1 ............Mrs. Awesome ............... J. Rosario ........................ G. Contessa .................. 5-12 ..... 2 ............Persian Queen ................ L. Saez ............................. R. Rodriguez ................ 4-13 ..... 3 ............Stunning Munnings ........ I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ W. Ward ....................... 7-24 ..... 4 ............Polished Copper ............. T. Gaffalione ..................... S. Hough ...................... 3-15 ..... 5 ............Wedontbelieveher .......... M. Franco ........................ R. Rodriguez ................ 5-26 ..... 6 ............Speed Talks .................... K. Carmouche .................. G. Contessa ................ 10-17 ..... 7 ............Wicked Amber ................ H. Harkie .......................... R. Persaud ................. 20-1

3RD (1:51PM). $80,000, AOC $25,000, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 1 1/8MExacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 41 ..... 1 ............Lucky Move .................... J. Rosario ........................ B. Combs ..................... 4-12 ..... 2 ............Beyond Discreet ............. M. Franco ........................ D. Donk ........................ 6-13 ..... 3 ............Not About the Nail .......... D. Davis ........................... E. Barker ...................... 6-14 ..... 4 ............Cotton Candy Cutie ........ L. Reyes .......................... M. Kantarmaci ............ 12-15 ..... 5 ............Carlisle Belle .................. B. Hernandez ................... G. Sciacca .................... 8-16 ..... 6 ............Ratajkowski .................... J. Ortiz ............................. B. Lynch ....................... 8-57 ..... 7 ............Paved With Gold ............ I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ T. Pletcher .................... 7-2

4TH (2:24PM). $90,000, MSW, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 3/8M (INNER TURF)Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double1 ..... 1 ............Tide of the Sea ............... J. Rosario ........................ W. Mott ........................ 3-12 ..... 2 ............Anticipating .................... T. Gaffalione ..................... J. Sheppard ................ 12-13 ..... 3 ............Bail Out .......................... J. Ortiz ............................. C. McGaughey III ......... 5-24 ..... 4 ............Third Edition .................. J. Lezcano ....................... I. Correas, IV ................ 8-15 ..... 5 ............Better Tapit ..................... R. Santana, Jr. ................. S. Asmussen ................ 5-16 ..... 6 ............Shennan (IRE) ................ I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ M. Casse ...................... 3-17 ..... 7 ............Noble Spirit .................... C. Landeros ..................... G. Weaver..................... 6-1

5TH (2:57PM). $80,000, CLM $75,000-$65,000, 3 YO, 7FExacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double1 ..... 1 ............Hawaiian Noises ............. J. Velazquez ..................... W. Ward ....................... 6-12 ..... 2 ............Johny’s Bobby ................ J. Leparoux ...................... P. Bauer ........................ 8-13 ..... 3 ............Pyron ............................. R. Santana, Jr. ................. S. Asmussen ................ 8-54 ..... 4 ............Desert Spring ................. J. Rosario ........................ M. Stidham ................ 12-15 ..... 5 ............Replete ........................... T. Gaffalione ..................... D. Stewart .................. 15-16 ..... 6 ............Dark Money .................... I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ R. Rodriguez ................ 2-17 ..... 7 ............Family Biz ....................... D. Davis ........................... E. Barker .................... 12-18 ..... 8 ............I’m Busy ......................... J. Ortiz ............................. G. Forster ................... 12-1

6TH (3:32PM). $60,000, STR $50,000, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 1 1/16M (TURF)Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 6, Daily Double1 ..... 1 ............Seaside Dancer .............. L. Saez ............................. R. Hess, Jr. ................... 4-12 ..... 2 ............Team Win ....................... I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ T. Pletcher .................... 8-13 ..... MTO ......Righteous Ruby ............. K. Carmouche .................. D. Gargan ..................... 5-24 ..... 4 ............Star Swept ..................... T. Gaffalione ..................... R. Nicks ...................... 12-15 ..... 5 ............Pure Praise .................... R. Santana, Jr. ................. B. Brown .................... 20-16 ..... 6 ............Middle Out ..................... M. Franco ........................ J. Abreu ...................... 12-17 ..... 7 ............Anne Dupree .................. J. Velazquez ..................... A. Margotta, Jr. ............ 8-18 ..... 8 ............Tass................................ K. Carmouche .................. J. Lawrence, II ............ 15-19 ..... 9 ............Questeq .......................... J. Castellano .................... J. Toscano, Jr. ............ 20-110..... 10 ..........Tizaprincessa ................. J. Rosario ........................ M. Stidham ................ 12-111..... 11 ..........Joy of Treasure .............. J. Ortiz ............................. E. Kenneally .................. 3-112..... 12 ..........Keota .............................. J. Lezcano ....................... J. Servis ....................... 7-2

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7TH (4:07PM). $78,000, MSW, 2 YO, F , 6FExacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 5, Daily Double1 ..... 1 ............E Z for You to Say .......... H. Harkie .......................... P. Quick ...................... 15-12 ..... 2 ............Magnetique .................... J. Velazquez ..................... T. Pletcher .................... 7-23 ..... 3 ............Risky Mischief ................ J. Ortiz ............................. J. Englehart .................. 5-24 ..... 4 ............Playtone ......................... T. Gaffalione ..................... E. Kenneally .................. 4-15 ..... 5 ............Imincomunicado ............ J. Lezcano ....................... D. Ryan ...................... 15-16 ..... 6 ............Courageous Girl ............. M. Franco ........................ D. Donk ........................ 8-17 ..... 7 ............Beyond Brown ................ E. Cancel .......................... D. Donk ........................ 6-18 ..... 8 ............Central Capital ................ J. Alvarado ...................... L. Gyarmati ................ 10-19 ..... 9 ............Barker Lane .................... D. Davis ........................... E. Barker .................... 20-110..... 10 ..........Big Bounty ..................... R. Maragh ........................ L. Gyarmati ................ 15-111..... AE..........Aubrey Tate .................... I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ N. Casse ....................... 9-212..... AE..........Mrs. Phelps .................... K. Carmouche .................. R. Vega....................... 10-1

8TH (4:42PM). $92,000, ALW, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 1 1/16M (TURF)Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 4, Daily Double1 ..... 1 ............Kreesie ........................... J. Ortiz ............................. D. Donk ...................... 12-12 ..... 2 ............Maid To Remember (GB) J. Velazquez ..................... H. Motion ..................... 2-13 ..... MTO ......Nonsensical ................... . Rider TBA ...................... T. Albertrani .................. 5-24 ..... 4 ............English Soul ................... M. Franco ........................ R. Handal ..................... 8-15 ..... 5 ............Goodbye Brockley .......... C. Landeros ..................... P. Serpe ...................... 20-16 ..... 6 ............Silver Shaker .................. J. Lezcano ....................... J. Abreu ........................ 6-17 ..... 7 ............Mascha (FR) .................. I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ C. Brown ...................... 9-58 ..... 8 ............Clairvoyance .................. J. Castellano .................... C. Brown ...................... 8-19 ..... 9 ............Belle of the Spa .............. D. Davis ........................... B. Brown .................... 15-110..... 10 ..........Tip At Tapit ..................... L. Saez ............................. J. Toner ...................... 20-111..... MTO ......South of the Shore ......... J. Lezcano ....................... C. Brown ...................... 2-1

9TH (5:15PM). $100,000, STK - THE JOHN MORRISSEY, 3 YO’S & UP, 6 1/2FExacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double1 ..... 1 ............Gold for the King ............ J. Rosario ........................ C. Baker ........................ 2-12 ..... 2 ............Celtic Chaos ................... D. Davis ........................... B. Cox .......................... 3-13 ..... 3 ............Saratoga Giro ................. J. Flores ........................... P. Barrow .................... 15-14 ..... 4 ............Build to Suit ................... M. Franco ........................ C. Brown ...................... 5-25 ..... 5 ............Eye Luv Lulu .................. J. Lezcano ....................... J. Servis ....................... 5-26 ..... 6 ............T Loves a Fight ............... J. Alvarado ...................... O. Noda ...................... 12-1

10TH (5:48PM). $83,000, AOC $40,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1M (INNER TURF)Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Daily Double1 ..... 1 ............Storm Prophet ............... R. Santana, Jr. ................. R. Atras ........................ 8-12 ..... 2 ............Evaluator ........................ J. Alvarado ...................... H. Bond ........................ 8-13 ..... 3 ............Ides of Arch.................... R. Maragh ........................ B. Levine .................... 15-14 ..... 4 ............Way Early ....................... M. Franco ........................ G. Weaver..................... 5-25 ..... 5 ............Macagone ...................... J. Lezcano ....................... J. Servis ....................... 3-16 ..... 6 ............Appealing Briefs ............. J. Ortiz ............................. J. Abreu ...................... 10-17 ..... 7 ............Leaveematthegate .......... D. Davis ........................... L. Gyarmati ................ 15-18 ..... 8 ............Minsky Moment ............. I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ C. Brown ...................... 4-19 ..... 9 ............We Should Talk .............. C. Landeros ..................... G. Gullo ...................... 15-110..... 10 ..........Shamrock Kid ................ L. Saez ............................. R. Schosberg ............. 20-111..... AE..........Mo Diddley ..................... J. Velazquez ..................... M. Casse ...................... 7-212..... MTO ......The Caretaker ................. L. Saez ............................. K. McLaughlin .............. 4-1

11TH (6:21PM). $48,000, MCL $40,000, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 1 1/16M (TURF)Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta1 ..... 1 ............Molly’s Nighthawk .......... J. Alvarado ...................... J. Kimmel ..................... 4-12 ..... 2 ............Memories Eternal ........... L. Saez ............................. J. Sharp ........................ 6-13 ..... 3 ............Recess ........................... I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ T. Pletcher .................... 3-14 ..... 4 ............Pecatonica ..................... J. Rosario ........................ C. Clement.................. 10-15 ..... 5 ............Joule .............................. R. Maragh ........................ L. Gyarmati ................ 15-16 ..... 6 ............Two Graces .................... D. Davis ........................... J. Ryerson .................... 8-17 ..... 7 ............Violetas Visions .............. S. Jimenez ....................... O. Noda ...................... 50-18 ..... 8 ............Wicked Waters ............... R. Santana, Jr. ................. H. Bond ...................... 30-19 ..... 9 ............Fika ................................ K. Carmouche .................. J. Sharp ...................... 12-110..... 10 ..........Frosty Linz ..................... L. Reyes .......................... D. Schettino ............... 30-111..... 11 ..........Big Expense ................... T. Gaffalione ..................... D. Schettino ................. 5-112..... 12 ..........Eighty Seven North ........ J. Ortiz ............................. L. Gyarmati ................ 10-113..... AE..........Ideational ....................... I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ C. Brown ...................... 7-214..... AE..........Low Is Laine ................... B. Hernandez ................... G. Sciacca .................. 20-115..... AE..........Love That Goose ............ R. Santana, Jr. ................. D. Cannizzo ................ 15-116..... AE..........Youth Gone Wild ............ B. Hernandez ................... R. Ubillo ..................... 20-1


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Vosne RomaneeBedrockModem

Polished CopperPersian Queen

WedontbelieveherRatajkowski

Cotton Candy CutiePaved With GoldTide Of The Sea

Bail OutBetter TapitDark Money

PyronHawaiian NoisesRighteous RubySeaside Dancer

KeotaRisky Mischief

MagnetiqueAubrey Tate

South Of The ShoreMascha

Maid To RememberBuild To SuitEye Luv Lulu

T Loves A FightThe Caretaker

MacagoneWay EarlyIdeationalRecess

Pecatonica

Bedrock Peppay Le Pugh All The Way Jose

Stunning Munnings Polished Copper

Speed Talks Paved With Gold

Ratajkowski Carlisle Belle

Shennan Bail Out

Anticipating Dark Money

Pyron Hawaiian Noises

Kyoto Joy Of Treasure

Star Swept E Z For You To Say

Magnetique Central Capital

Kreesie Maid To Remember

Belle Of The Spa Celtic Chaos Build To Suit

Gold For The King Way Early

Appealing Briefs Macagone Ideational Recess

Big Expense

GibralfaroWinston C

Sempre MediciPolished Copper

WedontbelieveherStunning Munnings

RatajkowskiPaved With Gold

Not About The NailBail OutShennan

Tide Of The SeaPyron

Dark MoneyHawaiian NotesJoy Of TreasureSeaside Dancer

KeotaRisky Mischief

Aubrey TateMagnetique

MaschaEnglish SoulClairvoyanceEye Luv Lulu

Gold For The KingT Loves A Fight

Way EarlyMacagone

Minsky MomentRecess

Eighty Seven NorthPecatonica

Sempre Medici Vosne Romanee

ModemPolished Copper

Stunning Munnings Speed Talks

Beyond Discreet Paved With Gold

RatajkowskiShennan

Tide Of The SeaBail Out

Desert SpringPyron

Dark MoneyTass

Seaside DancerTeam Win

Risky MischiefPlaytone

MagnetiqueMascha

Clairvoyance Silver Shaker

Gold For The KingBuild To SuitEye Luv Lulu

We Should TalkMacagone Way Early

Two GracesFika

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WedontbelieveherMrs. Awesome

Polished CopperBeyond Discreet

RatajkowskiPaved With GoldTide Of The Sea

Bail OutShennan

Dark MoneyPyron

RepleteKeota

Team WinSeaside DancerRisky Mischief

MagnetiqueBig Bounty

Maid To RememberMascha

Tip At TapitEye Luv LuluBuilt To Suit

T Loves A FightMacagoneWay Early

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Guest HandicapperToday’s guest handicapper is Alicia Wincze-Hughes, director of communications for the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. She previously worked as a Turf writ-er for Thoroughbred Times, Lexington Herald-Leader and The Blood Horse before

starting with the NTRA in late 2018. Sunday, John Fahey picked two winners.

• The guest win total does not include Wednesdays, when only The Special’s regular handicappers picks appear at thisishorseracing.com.

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RACING RETURNSAUGUST 8 - SEPTEMBER 7 | THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS AT 5PM

$500,000 in Daily Purses $1.8 MILLION in Stakes Purses$250,000 G-3 Virginia Derby on Saturday, August 31

Owner/Trainer Participation Incentives

BY TOM LAWEvelyn Benoit made a deal with Jose Camejo a

couple years back.The owner of Brittlyn Stables – that of Star Gui-

tar fame and those catchy TV commercials adver-tising Louisiana’s all-time leading earner – agreed to give the jockey-turned-trainer a few horses to see how he’d fare with the possibility of more in the future.

“He’s married to a relative, my husband’s niece,” Benoit said Wednesday at Saratoga Race Course. “He broke his neck riding and retired. He was a nice guy and all and asked me to give him a shot. I said, ‘OK, I’ll give you one or two and see how you do.’ That’s how it started, with just a couple.”

A couple turned into a dozen. A dozen turned into a couple dozen and eventually almost 50 with another 25 2-year-olds on the way.

“She decided to give me some horses and it worked out good,” said Camejo, who won 130 races in his abbreviated riding career. “She’s given me almost everything I have now. I have more than 100 horses now. Not just her, I have other owners, too. Almost all of them are by Star Guitar. They’re runners.”

Minit To Stardom falls into that category, a daughter of Star Guitar who orchestrated an upset of Wednesday’s Grade 2 Honorable Miss Handicap.

Disregarded at 20-1 and left alone on the lead early, Minit To Stardom and Mid-Atlantic-based jockey Alex Cintron won by 1 1/2 lengths over Chalon with 6-5 favorite Mia Mischief fourth of six.

Minit To Stardom improved to 3-for-3 since Ben-oit sent her to Camejo and became the first graded stakes winner for Star Guitar.

“Forty-five years I’ve waited for this moment,” Benoit said, standing in her high heels on the track waiting to meet Minit To Stardom and Cintron out-side the winner’s circle.

Benoit soaked in the moment, extolling every-thing from the success of Star Guitar on the race-track and the breeding shed to her trainer to the strength of the Louisiana breeding program and of course, Minit To Stardom.

The second foal out of the multiple stakes-win-ning Wildcat Heir mare Wild About Marie, Minit To Stardom won her second stakes in the Honor-able Miss. She took the Louisiana Champions Day Lassie as a 2-year-old and eventually earned a spot in last year’s Grade 1 Test at Saratoga while a mem-ber of Al Stall Jr.’s barn.

Minit To Stardom lost all chance in the Test when she stumbled at the break on the way to fin-ishing sixth. She made three more starts for Stall – all seconds, including two in stakes – before Benoit continued the consolidation of her stable to Came-jo’s spring and summer base at Delaware Park.

Benoit liked the fact Camejo rides members of his stable in the morning and hoped sending run-

Dave HarmonMinit To Stardom arrives with an upset in the Honorable Miss.

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Minit To Stardom wins Gr. 2 for Benoit

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ners north from Louisiana would ex-pose Star Guitar to a broader base of breeders.

Camejo, who saddled Minit To Stardom’s older full-sister Wild About Star to victory in Pimlico’s the The Very One Stakes on the Preakness Day undercard, immediately took to the Honorable Miss winner this spring.

“I’ve felt something like this,” he told his owner “We’ve got to take a shot.”

Benoit, convinced by her critically ill husband’s doctors to make the trip, hesitated at first but relished the op-portunity to head to Saratoga on her birthday.

“They’re going to think I’m nuts,” she remembers thinking. “But re-member in the Grade 1 here last year, Al thought we could win and then she tripped coming out of the gate. So it wasn’t that much of a stretch.”

Camejo initially wanted to run Minit To Stardom in last weekend’s $200,000 Caress Stakes.

She’d run well going 5 1/2 furlongs on the grass – the same trip as the Ca-ress – with a win at Laurel Park in her last start and a second in March at Fair Grounds.

He wanted a little more time and one more work for the filly and changed course to the Honorable Miss, where she’d face Grade 1 win-ner Mia Mischief, multiple stakes winner and 2018 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint runner-up Chalon, Grade 3 winner Honey Bunny, a pes-ky familiar foe in Ours To Run and multiple graded stakes-placed Pacific Gale.

Camejo lined Cintron up to breeze the filly last Thursday at Delaware Park and she went a half in :48.60.

“I was really con-fident going into the race,” Cintron said. “I knew she was ready for it. The two times she’s run, it was so easy for her, but she still ran huge numbers. Like I told the trainer, there would real-ly have to be something wrong for our filly to get beat today because she’s

been working really, really good.”Minit To Stardom won like she

won her other two starts for Came-jo. Cintron sent her to the front at the break while Mia Mischief chased a length back through the opening quarter in :22.49. She opened up by a touch more around the far turn and led by 1 1/2 through the half in :45.19

Mia Mischief, winner of the Grade 1 Humana Distaff two starts back and the Roxelana Stakes last time over top 3-year-old Covfefe, and Ricardo Santana Jr. gave it a run turning for home but didn’t find enough between Ours To Run and Chalon. Those two eventually overtook the favorite but were no match for Minit To Stardom, who won in 1:08.81.

“She’s naturally fast. She’s got a lot of speed,” Cintron said. “When I broke in front and (Mia Mischief) was taking hold a little bit, it let me get the lead so easy. I just take it and go for it.”

Minit To Stardom improved to 6-for-10 and boosted her earnings to $324,830. She’s inching up the list of leading runners by her sire, now trail-ing only Givemeaminit ($428,580) and Testing One Two ($401,910). More importantly, she provided her owner a birthday graded stakes win and a much-needed break from her stress at home.

“This is super special first of all be-cause it’s her birthday. I know it means a lot to her,” Camejo said. “Just being in Saratoga, it means a lot to me be-cause as a rider I always wanted to come here. It’s one of the best places in the country. To come here with the outsider horse (and win), it means the world.”

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Tod MarksTrainer Jose Camejo and owner/breeder Evelyn Benoit lead Minit To Stardom into the winner’s circle.

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Craig Allen’s experience with horse ownership has not been ordinary. The owner of All Star Wine & Spirits in nearby Latham became a stakes-winning owner June 23 when Rinaldi won the New York Stallion Series Spectacular Bid at Belmont Park.

“I was in my office screaming,” Allen said. “The customers thought someone was getting killed in my office. They were like, ‘What the hell is going on?’ I was yelling, my dog was barking, it was un-believable.”

Allen experienced winning a stakes again – this time in person not far from his home and business – when Rinaldi scored in the Cab Calloway division of New York Stallion Series Stakes Wednesday at Saratoga Race Course.

“It’s been years of thinking about doing this and to actually be here now, to be involved in Sarato-ga where I’m from and get a win, it’s an amazing feeling,” Allen said. “I’m on Cloud 9 right now, it’s unbelievable.”

Allen bought into Bond Racing Stable’s Rinaldi a few weeks before his debut. The gelding made his first start June 6 finishing third and then broke his maiden in the Spectacular Bid 17 days later.

“We’ve just been great friends for years,” Allen said of his relationship with the Bonds. “I’m in the wine business. The horse is named after an Italian wine, Rinaldi. This is the perfect horse, named after a wine.”

Jim and Tina Bond bought Rinaldi for $5,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale as a weanling. The Bonds breed most of the horses they race but liked the son of Posse’s pedigree enough to buy him.

“Jim trained his half-sister,” Tina Bond said of the stakes placed mare Hot And Spicy. “We bought him over here at the October sale when he was a weanling. He’s just been special, and it’s been spe-cial to have Craig involved.”

Rinaldi broke on top of the eight-horse field con-testing the $150,000 stakes restricted to 3-year-olds who are the offspring of stallions nominated to the

New York Stallion Series. Rinaldi raced profession-ally around the first bend and through an opening split of :23.93. Luis Saez asked the bay gelding to open up from his competition around the final turn and he obliged. Rinaldi drew off through the stretch and crossed the wire 4 1/4 lengths in front after 1 mile over the inner turf in 1:36.28.

“I was like, ‘how he could be this far ahead? He’s pulling away. This isn’t close,’ ” Allen said. “The first race when he came in third, it was a pho-to finish, and when he won last time it was also a close finish, this time he just pulled away.”

Rinaldi was bred by Barry Ostrager, who bought Rinaldi’s dam Dynamite Cocktail after she did not meet her reserve at the 2014 Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

– Ben Gowans

• Hurdle horses looking for a path to Sarato-ga frequently use turf races at Parx Racing in early July. Restricted to jumpers, with higher weights and flag starts, the races are run at 1 1/2 miles and offer the perfect tighteners for the speedy 2-plus miles at Saratoga over jumps.

Unless you’re trainer Leslie Young, who skipped the preps with classy European imports Redicean and Bedrock in favor of training on the farm in Pennsylvania.

“We were talking about Parx with both of them, but they weren’t ready yet and I did not want to go to a race and have them exert themselves more than

they were ready for,” said Young. “We had a num-ber in our head of how many works we needed to get both of them to warrant coming (to Saratoga) and we got them in.”

And those works did their jobs, so far anyway.Sharon Sheppard’s Redicean passed the first

test, rallying from off the pace to win Wednes-day’s $75,000 Jonathan Kiser novice stakes by three-quarters of a length in his first start since April. The 5-year-old saved ground early, had some traffic trouble leaving the backside the final time, angled outside midway on the turn, moved farther out in the stretch and ran down fellow British-bred Arch My Boy in the final yards. Help From Heaven was 4 1/2 lengths back in third. Tom Garner rode the winner, who made his American debut and col-lected his fourth hurdle win in eight tries (to go with three wins on the flat).

“He traveled and jumped great, I wanted to make a move before the last but when I did actu-ally get a gap, it got shut, so I had to sit and suffer around the bend. If you asked me there, I wasn’t 100 percent confident,” Garner said. “When he did get in top gear, he kept galloping all the way to the line. He could step up in trip and he should come on for the run.”

Bred by Cheveley Park Stud, Redicean sold for $83,000 as a weanling and $54,000 as yearling at Tattersalls. He won twice on the flat in England,

Tod MarksRinaldi charges home to win the Cab Calloway division of the New York Stallion Stakes.

Spirited CelebrationRinaldi cruises in Cab Calloway for Bond family, Allen

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then brought $118,000 (again at Tattersalls) as a jumping prospect in 2017. With Alan King, Red-icean won his first three hurdle starts, was repur-chased by Cheveley Park and went to the 2018 Cheltenham Festival as a player in the Triumph Hurdle for 4-year-olds.

“I know the horse quite well from home, I used to ride out for Alan King,” Garner said. “When he was going for the Triumph Hurdle, I couldn’t have another horse who could beat him, I couldn’t look past him. When I heard he was coming over here, I was absolutely delighted, because he was one of my favorite horses. I was delighted to see him and over the moon when I got to ride him.”

Sixth of nine there, he went back to the flat and won twice on the all-weather late last year. Elev-enth in the Scottish Champion Hurdle in April, the son of Medicean and the Galileo mare Red Halo was slated to return to the Tattersalls sales ring this summer when Young and Sheppard changed his ca-reer path.

“He was one of the favorites for the Triumph Hurdle and just sort of lost his way a little bit I think,” said Young. “He’s a lovely horse, a big fish in a little pond with us, and that helps him.”

Bedrock gets his chance in today’s Grade 1 A.P. Smithwick Memorial.

– Joe Clancy

• Once the third was moved from the turf to the dirt, trainer David Donk wanted to use the change of surface as an opportunity to further first-time starter Sky Kitten’s preparation.

“I thought she got a good education and showed a desire to run,” Donk said after the 2-year-old daughter of Sky Mesa won the 7-furlong state-bred maiden under Manny Franco. “Honestly, she’s probably meant for the grass. Manny just said that, even though she won today.”

Sky Kitten came from off the pace to win by a length over Jen’s Battle. Despite the win on dirt, Donk still sees her future on turf.

“First time out, I’m not under the pressure. I don’t have to win,” said Donk. “I want the horse to have a good experience, they need to get educated. It’s a lot to come over here to the paddock in Sara-toga. They’re going to see things here that they’re never going to see.”

Not a stranger to the Saratoga winner’s circle, Donk hopes for similar success to what he enjoyed at the 2018 meet with eight victories. He’s already found satisfaction in the ability to remain competi-tive against Saratoga-caliber horses.

“The older we get, the more we appreciate it,” he said. “I’m very fortunate just to get to be here and train here. This place has humbled a lot of good people over the years; jockeys, owners, trainers. So I come with no expectations. I love to be here.

“I like to say I don’t have Saturday horses. I

don’t have the really good horses. I have great cli-ents and my business model works for me. I’ve got a lot of horses to run. I hope some of them are in the right spots.”

– Catherine Galbraith

• Frammento gave Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito his first win of the meet when the gelding made his first trip to the winner’s circle since Feb. 5, 2017.

The 11th place finisher in American Pharoah’s Kentucky Derby in 2015 rallied from last to win the fifth beneath Joey Martinez. It was the seven-pound apprentice jockey’s first career victory at Saratoga.

“I had $3 across the board but it came to this,” Zito said, pointing to a handful of cash.

Despite running for a claiming price for the first time in his career, Frammento was sent off at 31-1.

“I have to give a shout out to (Nina Moss) be-cause she always liked the horse,” Zito said of Frammento’s owner. “She likes them to run at 5, 6, 7. She said, ‘What do you think? Should we retire him, give him a good home?’ ”

Zito wasn’t convinced the 7-year-old gelding didn’t have any fire left.

“I don’t know why but when he comes up to Saratoga, he flips just like that,” Zito said as he snapped his fingers. “I really think the Saratoga en-vironment woke him up. My exercise rider, Melvin (Zepeda) has done a great job. He’s a great horse-man. All the people that work for me, I can’t thank them enough, that’s what it’s all about.”

Frammento rallied down the center of Saratoga’s main track to win by 2 3/4 lengths. Zito received congratulations from a multitude of friends and fans on his way to the winner’s circle. Frammento had to take a few extra turns before entering the winner’s circle in order for Zito to make it in time to get his picture taken.

“You know what happened? Ev-erybody stopped me,” Zito said. “You can’t be a jerk and not stop.”

– Ben Gowans

• Tom Amoss skipped the cham-pagne after his first win of the meet in the finale.

“Having a beer, immediately,” Amoss said when asked his plans after Risky Mandate’s victory in the 7-furlong allowance.

The cold beverage was well de-served with Risky Mandate improv-ing to 2-for-2 after her maiden victo-ry at Churchill Downs June 22. The trainer left it to Jose Ortiz to cut his preferred path through the allow-ance race.

“I’m never going to tell Jose Ortiz how to ride one of my horses,” said Amoss. “He does his homework. He had seen this filly run once before. He had watched the race at Churchill Downs.”

The Ghost Hollow Farms homebred pursued Fair Regis, a 5-year-old Bustin Stones mare, at the head of the pack and moved up for Ortiz in the stretch. They took the lead outside the eighth pole and won by 3 1/2 lengths in 1:22.79.

“When you have a pro like him, it’s just telling him if there are any bad habits, and she doesn’t have any of those,” Amoss said, mulling the filly’s next start as he watched the replay. “That’s a good question. Right now we are going to see how she came out of this race.

“She’s only 3, and there were a lot of older mares in this race. What we do from here I don’t know. Could it possibly be in Saratoga? Yes it could. It’s early in the meet, we have about a month left, you might see her again.”

– Catherine Galbraith

• The weekend’s heat wave was long gone by post time for the first race. Sunny skies and tem-peratures in the high 70s graced a lively weekday crowd.

Owner Leonard Green scored his first of two wins on the card when Golani Brigade won the sec-ond, a 7-furlong maiden for New York-breds. The son of Maclean’s Music was making his second ca-reer start for trainer Chad Brown after a fourth last month at Belmont.

Green acquired Golani Brigade in 2018 for $325,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-year-olds in training sale. Javier Castellano rode the winner to a 2 1/2-length score.

Green won again when Another Miracle took the sixth, a 5 1/2-furlong maiden for 2-year-olds moved from the turf to dirt. Green owns the Amer-ican Pharoah colt in partnership with his son Jon-athan Green. Manny Franco rode the winner to a

gate-to-wire score by 1 1/4 lengths. The Gary Contessa trainee was mak-ing his second start, after a second in a July 4 maiden at Belmont.

Leading trainer Chad Brown got his second win of the day when the talented Annals Of Time drew off by 4 1/2 lengths to win the fourth, an al-lowance-optional going 1 3/16 miles on the grass.

The Grade 1 winner is on the comeback trail again, racing Wednes-day for the second time since being on the sidelines for nearly 21 months. The son of Temple City was joined in the winner’s circle by his owners Seth Klarman and Bill Lawrence.

Vicki Oliver shipped Pastime in from Keeneland to win the ninth, an allowance-optional going 5 1/2 fur-longs on grass for fillies and mares. G. Watts Humphrey Jr.’s homebred rallied through the stretch and struck the lead a few strides before crossing the wire a neck in front. The win was Castellano’s third of the day.

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Saratoga LeadersTRAINERS ............... 1STChad Brown ......................8Bill Mott ............................4Linda Rice .........................4Steve Asmussen ...............3James Bond ......................3Mark Casse .......................3Jeremiah Englehart ...........3Danny Gargan ...................3Mike Maker .......................3Todd Pletcher ....................3

JOCKEYS ................ 1STJose Ortiz ........................13Luis Saez .........................11Javier Castellano .............10Jose Lezcano ....................7Irad Ortiz Jr. .....................7Joel Rosario ......................6

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Wednesday July 24.

1ST $75,000, JONATHAN KISER NOVICE HURDLE, 4&UP, 2 1/16M1 Redicean (GB) T. Garner $8.50 $6.60 $4.8011 Arch My Boy (GB) K. Norris $9.20 $5.502 Help From Heaven R. Geraghty $3.70B Gelding 2014, by Medicean (GB) - Red Halo (IRE) by Galileo (IRE)Owner: Sheppard, Sharon, E.. Trainer: Leslie Young. Breeder: Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB).Late Scratches: Sportswear (GB), Belisarius (IRE) Time: 3:48.05Exacta (1-11), $44.50; Superfecta (1-11-2-6), $87.85; Trifecta (1-11-2), $107.12

SECOND $78,000, NY-BRED MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT, 3 & UP, 7F9 Golani Brigade J. Castellano $5.90 $3.70 $2.901 Freaky Styley J. Rosario $6.10 $3.803 Financialstability J. Ortiz $4.50B Gelding 2016, by Maclean’s Music - My Canary by MineshaftOwner: Green, Leonard, C.. Trainer: Chad Brown. Breeder: David W. Kamp & Dr. Patricia S. Purdy (NY). Time: 1:23.14Daily Double (1-9), $31.50; Exacta (9-1), $22.20; Quinella (1-9), $15.90; Superfecta (9-1-3-6), $87.85; Trifecta (9-1-3), $54.62

THIRD $78,000, NY-BRED MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT, 2 YO, 7F7 Sky Kitten M. Franco $17.60 $7.00 $4.402 Jen’s Battle J. Rosario $3.90 $2.9010 Beyond Brown J. Velazquez $3.00Dk B/ Br Filly 2017, by Sky Mesa - Nice Kitty Kitty by Forest WildcatOwner: Marquis, Charles K. and Behrendt, John T.. Trainer: David Donk. Breeder: John Behrendt & Charles Marquis (NY).Late Scratches: Apollo’s Abraxas, Classical Rose, Let It SlideTime: 1:26.97Daily Double (9-7), $35.25; Exacta (7-2), $36.50; Superfecta (7-2-10-8), $28.60; Trifecta (7-2-10), $68.75; Pic 3 (1-9-7), $242.75

FOURTH $98,000, AOC $80,000, 4 YO’S & UP, 1 3/16M2 Annals of Time J. Castellano $3.30 $2.40 $2.1010 Devamani (FR) J. Rosario $3.50 $2.501A Zapperini I. Ortiz, Jr. $3.20B Horse 2013, by Temple City - Lemon Haze by Distant ViewOwner: Klaravich Stables, Inc. and Lawrence, William H.. Trainer: Chad Brown. Breeder: Monticule (KY). Late Scratches: Tour de Force, Turco Bravo (CHI), Control Group, Lenstar Time: 1:54.71Daily Double (7-2), $17.40; Exacta (2-10), $5.40; Quinella (2-10), $5.70; Superfecta (2-10-1-5), $6.85; Trifecta (2-10-1), $10.50; Pic 3 (9-7-2), $74.75

FIFTH $50,000, CLAIMING $35,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 7F3 Frammento J. Martinez $65.00 $26.40 $11.207 Mohican B. Hernandez $10.80 $7.006 Cape Lookout R. Santana, Jr. $8.50Ch Gelding 2012, by Midshipman - Ginger Bay by Golden MissileOwner: Mossarosa. Trainer: Nicholas Zito. Breeder: Mr. & Mrs. Oliver S. Tait (KY). Late Scratches: PasscodeClaimed: Crea’s Bklyn Law claimed by Winning Move Stable for $35,000, Dr. Hipp claimed by Ten Strike Racing for $35,000, Indigo Yankee claimed by Hibiscus Stables LLC for $35,000 Time: 1:23.16Daily Double (2-3), $53.00; Exacta (3-7), $220.25; Superfecta (3-7-6-9), $632.80; Trifecta (3-7-6), $1,546.00; Pic 3 (7-2-3), $503.50

SIXTH $90,000, MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT, 2 YO, 5 1/2F1 Another Miracle M. Franco $6.70 $3.30 $2.503 Irish Mias R. Maragh $8.40 $3.806 Close Shave J. Velazquez $3.00B Colt 2017, by American Pharoah - Retraceable by Medaglia d’OroOwner: Green, Leonard Jonathan. Trainer: Gary Contessa. Breeder: Betz/J. Betz/CHNNHK/D.J.Stables/Lamantia/CoCo/Ramsby (KY).

Late Scratches: More Like It, Get Set, Chimney Rock, Proven Strate-gies, Now Is, Alfie Solomons Time: 1:03.33Daily Double (3-1), $117.75; Exacta (1-3), $25.00; Superfecta (1-3-6-11), $10.00; Trifecta (1-3-6), $35.25; Pic 3 (2-3-1), $118.50; Pic 4 (7-2/4/6/7-3-1), $708.75; Pic 5 (9-7-2/4/6/7-3-1), $4,109.00

SEVENTH $150,000, STAKES - NY STALLION SERIES S., 3 YO, 1M3 Rinaldi L. Saez $8.10 $3.80 $2.809 Funny Guy R. Maragh $3.10 $2.504 Albie J. Velazquez $4.00B Gelding 2016, by Posse - Dynamite Cocktail by DynaformerOwner: Bond Racing Stable. Trainer: H. Bond. Breeder: Barry R. Ostrager (NY).Late Scratches: Dark Money, Blindwillie McTellTime: 1:36.28Daily Double (1-3), $14.60; Exacta (3-9), $11.50; Superfecta (3-9-4-2), $36.15; Trifecta (3-9-4), $39.87; Pic 3 (3-1-3), $394.00

EIGHTH $200,000, HONORABLE MISS H., 3 & UP F&M, 6F5 Minit to Stardom A. Cintron $43.40 $12.60 $5.802 Chalon J. Castellano $3.90 $3.706 Ours to Run J. Velazquez $3.50B Filly 2015, by Star Guitar - Wild About Marie by Wildcat HeirOwner: Brittlyn Stable, Inc.. Trainer: Jose Camejo. Breeder: Brittlyn Stables, Inc. (LA). Time: 1:08.81Daily Double (3-5), $107.25; Exacta (5-2), $86.50; Superfecta (5-2-6-4), $64.60; Trifecta (5-2-6), $150.75; Pic 3 (1-3-5), $363.00

NINTH $95,000, AOC $62,500, 3 YO’S & UP, 5 1/2F1 Pastime J. Castellano $13.60 $6.20 $4.008 Violent Times J. Velazquez $3.90 $3.207 Mentality D. Davis $3.90Dk B/ Br M 2014, by Lonhro (AUS) - Dream Regime by Roman RulerOwner: Humphrey, Jr., G., Watts. Trainer: Victoria Oliver. Breeder: G. Watts Humphrey Jr. (KY). Late Scratches: Leah’s DreamTime: 1:02.94Daily Double (5-1), $163.50; Exacta (1-8), $28.25; Superfecta (1-8-7-6), $49.30; Trifecta (1-8-7), $59.87; Pic 3 (3-5-1), $651.50; Place Pix Nine (1/3/6-1/3/4/5/9-2/5/6-1), $31.25

TENTH $92,000, ALLOWANCE, 3 YO’S & UP, 7F3 Risky Mandate J. Ortiz $6.10 $3.80 $2.702 Fair Regis K. Carmouche $8.00 $4.7012 Proximity Bias I. Ortiz, Jr. $4.50Dk B/ Br Filly 2016, by Strong Mandate - Paying Off by Malibu MoonOwner: Ghost Hollow Farm. Trainer: Thomas Amoss. Breeder: Ghost Hollow Farms, LLC (KY).Late Scratches: Diamond Crazy, No Deal, Well Hello, Surging TideTime: 1:22.79Daily Double (1-3), $22.80; Exacta (3-2), $25.00; Superfecta (3-2-12-11), $45.65; Trifecta (3-2-12), $67.87; (5-1-3), $498.00; Pic 4 (3-5-1-3/4/9/13), $1,349.00; Pic 3 ((X-COUNTRY 2-3-3-1-3/4/9/13)), $1,855.00; Pic 5 (1-3-5-1-3/4/9/13), $5,196.75; Pic 6 (3-1-3-5-1-3/4/9/13), $2,432.00

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Finley’sluckycharmHonorable Miss 2018

BY JOE CLANCYThe racing gods – or at least the gods of Sarato-

ga’s Honorable Miss Stakes – owed Finley’slucky-charm one.

In 2017, Carl Moore’s speedy filly did every-thing but win the Grade 2 stakes named for a 1970s star who won 19 races including back-to-back Fall Highweight Handicaps against males. Finley’sluckycharm set the pace through con-tested fractions of :22.69 and :45.46, put away a pesky rival to her inside and responded to a challenge in the stretch only to come up a neck short. In a battle of all-run-together names, Pau-lassilverlining picked up the win and stopped the runner-up’s winning streak at three.

A year later, Finley’sluckycharm returned to Saratoga for another go at the 6-furlong stakes. The daughter of Twirling Candy did everything right, again, but wound up in the winner’s cir-cle this time. She sat just off early leader Verti-cal Oak, assumed command while three wide at the quarter pole and won by 2 ¼ lengths as the even-money favorite.

Trainer Bret Calhoun loved it.“It was disheartening to get real close the year

before,” he said last week. “You don’t always get (another chance), but we got it done. I was proud of her and I’m sure she was proud of herself too. The confidence level of these horses means a lot. Believe me they know when they win.”

Finley’sluckycharm made a habit of that, with 11 lifetime wins from 19 starts. In addition to the 2018 Honorable Miss, she took down the Grade 1 Madison at Keeneland and three other graded stakes while earning $928,068.

Bred in Kentucky by Lakland Farm, the dark bay was part of Burleson Farm’s consignment at Keeneland September in 2014. Calhoun gave Moore credit for finding a gem among the 4,000-

odd yearlings in the sale.“He found this filly and had me go back and

look at her with him,” said the trainer. “She was just a typical Twirling Candy, a little immature early but everything was in the right places. She was an athletic looking filly. Our budget is a little smaller than a lot of them, so we were trying to find something that would fit. She fit in the price range Carl was shopping in, probably because she was a little smaller.”

Small but mighty, Finley’sluckycharm won her only start as a 2-year-old, an off-the-turf maiden the day after Christmas at Fair Grounds. She fol-lowed that with an allowance score at Oaklawn Park in January. Off the two wins, Calhoun and Moore thought she might be something more than a sprinter, and tried the Grade 2 Rachel Al-

exandra at Fair Grounds in February. It didn’t go well.“She was very impressive her first couple of

outs, which led us into trying to stretch her out into those first preps for the Fair Grounds Oaks,” Calhoun said. “She just wasn’t there at that time physically to do that.”

Seventh going 1 1/16 miles, Finley’slucky-charm exited the race with some small chips in a knee and went to the sidelines for surgery and some rest. The time away from the training barn helped, as she returned bigger, stronger and bet-ter.

“We backed off and took those chips out and it was a blessing in disguise,” said Calhoun. “They

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cleaned up real well and the time off allowed her some time to grow up physically. From there on she became who she is – a very, very fast filly.”

Named after Moore’s granddaugh-ter Finley, the filly blitzed allowance foes at Churchill Downs in late Sep-tember, did it again in November, won the Dream Supreme Stakes by 8 ½ lengths in 1:08.58. That last win earned a Grade 1 try in Santa Anita’s La Brea, and Finley’sluckycharm was beaten a neck when second to Con-stellation.

She won four of six as a 4-year-old in 2017, the only losses coming in the Honorable Miss and the Breed-ers’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, and opened her 5-year-old campaign with a second in the Mardi Gras Stakes at Fair Grounds and the Grade 1 Mad-ison score. Fourth in the Humana Distaff at Churchill Downs going 7 furlongs, she went back to 6 furlongs and came through.

She’d won a Grade 1 that spring, but the Honorable Miss win felt

sweet, especially since Calhoun and Moore passed up easier opportunities at home in Kentucky.

“Grade 2 at Saratoga, that’s a big deal,” Calhoun said. “She had won a Grade 1 and that was nice to have on her resume, but Saratoga is Saratoga. You go there to run against the best.”

The Honorable Miss of 2018 proved to be Finley’sluckycharm’s fi-nal win as she closed 2018 with losses in the Grade 1 Ballerina at Saratoga and Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint.

Of her 11 wins, nine came at 6 fur-longs or shorter. She only lost at those distances twice – the 2017 Honorable Miss and a second going 5 ½ furlongs to start 2018. She was purchased as a broodmare prospect by Japanese breeder Katsumi Yoshida.

Calhoun hated to see her go, but – like after the Honorable Miss win – was proud of his pupil.

“We miss her a lot, she left a big void in our barn,” said Calhoun, whose wife Sara was Finley’slucky-charm’s regular exercise rider. “She’d leave a big void in anybody’s barn, but she was special for us. It was tough to watch her go, but she got a very deserving retirement.”

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Cauthen answered the throw-away question as five fillies circled in the paddock before the Grade 1 Coach-ing Club American Oaks Sunday. Alone and fidgeting, Cauthen would have been pacing, but there was just a sliver of shade and a sliver of grass on the edge of the 4/5 tree. Beyond the tree and the shade, Gaurana, cir-cled and waited to put her undefeated record on the line. Owned and bred by Three Chimneys Farm, Guarana changed the tune in minutes.

“I feel good. I feel good. I feel good,” said Cauthen, walking out of the win-ner’s circle on the way to the Saratoga

Room. “She’s special, you know.”The final two words were a little

bit of question and a lot of statement.Guarana had made another state-

ment in the 9-furlong stakes, her first attempt around two turns, wiring four rivals under Jose Ortiz to im-prove to 3-for-3. Trained by Chad Brown, the daughter of Ghostzapper broke her maiden by 14 3/4 lengths at Keeneland in April and tacked on the Grade 1 Acorn at Belmont Park in June. The CCA Oaks was the next logical step in an illogical campaign. Well, illogical on paper. Guarana has burned the blueprint. Tod Marks

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“I’ve never had a horse start off 3-for-3 with two Grade 1 wins, it’s very rare but she’s a rare horse,” Brown said. “She always trained very well in the morning, like she could be special, then when she debuted at Keeneland and won like she did, she confirmed what we hoped. From there, we’ve managed her aggressively.”

Ortiz rode Guarana aggressively, hovering over her withers and allow-ing her natural speed to propel her to the lead in the opening strides. That move relegated Champagne Any-one to a wide second as the compact field rounded the first turn. Guarana loped through the first quarter-mile in :24.27 as Champagne Anyone set up to her right, just off her saddle tow-el. Off Topic and Boxwood paired up in the next wave while second choice Point Of Honor settled in the back.

Under a long and light hold, Gua-rana posted an easy half-mile in :49.49 and three-quarters in 1:13.58 as Champagne Anyone and Off Top-ic ranged up two and three wide and Point of Honor revved up from the back. Passing the quarter pole, Gua-rana cut the corner, Champagne Any-one and Off Topic began to paddle and Point Of Honor swung wide for the runway. Ortiz slapped Guarana twice right-handed, switched to his left hand and triggered the only anx-ious moment in Guarana’s career. The bay filly drifted out, surprised by the urgency. Well clear, the move provoked an owner’s claim of foul by Eclipse Thoroughbreds’ Aron Well-man, but that’s all. Guarana rolled under the wire to score by a length after 9 furlongs in 1:49.65.

To the dedicated crowd watching the rescheduled card, the result was expected, a 1-5 shot scoring for Brown over a short field in a Grade 1. For Three Chimneys’ Goncalo Borges Tor-realba, it was expected and agonizing.

“When you have a horse who is 1-5, you’re always nervous. The 30-1 doesn’t get you nervous,” Torrealba said from the winner’s circle. “But, today, I was not surprised to be frank. In the Acorn, I was surprised.”

Torrealba called Brown after Guarana’s impressive maiden win at Keeneland and suggested the Acorn, a one-turn Grade 1 on Belmont Stakes Day. The owner and trainer discussed

it, penciled it in and waited for the nominations. When Kentucky Oaks winner Serengeti Empress showed up on the list, Torrealba began to waver.

“Wow, I’m daring but not this much,” Torrealba said.

He called Brown. “‘Hey Chad, if you don’t want to

go, don’t worry,” Torrealba said. Brown tabled the decision until

Guarana breezed, then called Torre-alba.

“No, Boss, we’re going.”.Torrealba was finished wavering.“If you don’t trust your trainer,

you’re in a bad place,” he said. Sent off favorite in the Acorn, Gua-

rana drew off to win by 6 lengths, a Grade 1 score in just her second start and a career on the cusp of brilliance.

“I believe him, but it was lovely to see it,” Torrealba said. “And the way she did it…”

For Cauthen and the rest of the Three Chimneys team, Guarana has been a reward for their confidence and conviction. The second foal from Magical World, a Phipps-bred daugh-ter of Distorted Humor, Guarana lacked perfection for the commercial world but kept showing up on the keep side for Cauthen, Chris Baker and anybody else Torrealba asked. She was put into the select Three Chimneys racing band and allowed time to develop.

“She was always gorgeous, beau-tiful body, looked fast as can be, but she was just busy in front as a year-ling,” Cauthen said. “You knew you weren’t going to get 300 or 400,000 for her, you appraised her for a buck and a half at the time, those are the kind you keep.”

Sent to Gene and Bill Recio in Oc-ala, Guarana bided her time while fol-lowing the cursive route to maturity, arriving to Brown’s stable in October.

“Never stopped training, always was moving forward, but just took time. The patience paid off,” Cau-then said. “She was always beautiful, the majority of the horses go to the sale but she didn’t because it wasn’t a good commercial decision. She would have been a filly I would have been buying for someone else if she was in the sale and I think I told him that. We appraise them all every month or two, when you looked at the apprais-al and you looked at the horse, you were like, ‘Hey, I’d rather invest in the long term, the future.’ ”

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BY TOM LAWJane Lyon didn’t know Harvey Clarke, only

of Harvey Clarke based on his strong reputation, when Bobby Spalding relayed the contents of a phone conversation he and trainer Bill Mott had in early January.

Spalding, manager of Lyon’s Summer Wind Farm in Georgetown, Ky., learned that the promis-ing 4-year-old Medaglia d’Oro filly Golden Award would soon be up for sale. Clarke bred and raced the half-sister to I’ll Have Another, a colt he bred who put him in the national spotlight when he won two-thirds of the Triple Crown and the Eclipse Award for champion 3-year-old male in 2012.

Golden Award had won twice and finished sec-ond twice in four starts to that point. Mott knew Lyon might consider buying a filly with Golden Award’s pedigree for her top-class broodmare band led by American Pharoah’s dam, Littleprincessem-ma, and that Clarke’s representatives would consid-er offers for their ailing client.

“The truth is I bought her sight unseen,” Lyon said. “I rarely do that. Billy had spoken with Bobby Spalding and explained that this filly was going to be sold and that he really liked her.

“Billy has trained for me for many years, not that I had many horses, but he has trained for me and I trust him implicitly. For him to suggest that she might be something that could join our brood-mare band – he knows our broodmare band – this is icing on the cake.”

The icing was Golden Award’s mild upset in Sunday’s Grade 3 Shuvee that closed a 13-race card in sweltering heat at Saratoga Race Course. Gold-en Award defeated last year’s Breeders’ Cup Dis-taff runner-up Wow Cat and 2019 Grade 1 winner She’s A Julie in the 9-furlong Shuvee, giving Clarke another graded stakes winner and providing Lyon with yet another well-bred mare to join the brood-mare band.

Lyon, Spalding and Mott conceded the win was bittersweet since it came about seven months after Clarke passed away at his New Jersey home. Lyon and Spalding also credited Mott for his help with the purchase.

“I knew the mare and this is a terrible thing to say, Mr. Clarke was really sick,” Spalding said. “We bought the mare the Thursday before he died. The guy that was handling the case for them he said, ‘Don’t worry about the money, we know Jane Lyon.’ The paperwork wasn’t even signed, this was a verbal agreement over the telephone.

“I’m going to tell you, if it hadn’t been for Billy we wouldn’t have gotten it done. It was because of him, no other reason. All credit to him.”

Golden Award raced in Summer Wind’s wheat and green colors for the first time Jan. 16 at Gulfst-ream, five days after Clarke passed away. She won a 1-mile optional under Tyler Gaffalione, who rode her for Mott in an allowance win in early Novem-ber 2018 and again in the Shuvee.

“It was a very sad reason to buy her but I’m so thrilled to have the opportunity,” Lyon said. “The day she ran in our colors, it was a very emotional

win for me. She won that day. I had only known Harvey Clarke by reputation and I’d heard so many wonderful things about the man. I’m honored to have her.”

Since the change of ownership Golden Award won at Gulfstream, finished fourth in the Grade 3 Doubledogdare at Keeneland and second by a nose in the Grade 3 Allaire duPont Distaff at Pimlico.

Mott prepped Golden Award for her return from a two-month break at Belmont Park, breezing five half-miles on the training track before sending her to Saratoga. She breezed once, 5 furlongs in 1:01 on the Oklahoma a week before the race.

Golden Award finished second in a 7-furlong maiden for Clarke and Mott last summer at Sara-toga. She won two months later at Belmont and about two months beyond that in the Churchill allowance. Then came the call that put Golden Award in her new connections’ hands.

“The racing manager called me and said, ‘Har-vey is not doing good. He’s in the hospital. You bet-ter start thinking about what you want to do with those horses,’ ” Mott said. “I got on the phone and called Jane. She’s well-bred, I knew she would be her type.

“An hour later, we verbally got the deal done and said we would do all the transfers tomorrow. Harvey died at 4 o’clock that morning. It was aw-ful. And what a good guy he was. Good guy, nev-er bothered you. This race alone makes her worth some money, the price tag doesn’t look that high now.”

Tod MarksGolden Award scores in Sunday’s Shuvee Stakes.

Stay GoldYounger half-sister to I’ll Have Another wins Grade 3 stakes

SHUVEE STAKES RECAP

Tod MarksTeam Golden Award accepts the Shuvee trophy.


BY TOM LAWSean Shay lived the life of a race-

horse owner Sunday. Shay started his day early, rising

before most of his friends and family spending the weekend in Avalon on the southern end of the New Jersey Shore. He soaked up enough sun and heat the day before and figured the roughly 300-mile drive to Saratoga Race Course would provide the per-fect tonic to a day of college reunion celebrations with friends and family.

The trip took on a bit more pur-pose with Mominou running in the $200,000 Caress Stakes and the best member of his stable, Grade 1 winner Hunter O’Riley, convalescing after a setback that will knock him out of a targeted stakes appearance Saturday.

“My wife is still there,” Shay said. “I had enough sun yesterday, it was 100 degrees and I didn’t need to be in the sun again today so I got up early, came here, I’m in the race. You don’t know if you should come or not sometimes. If you lose you wished you didn’t come but if you win and you didn’t come you’d wish you had come.”

Shay didn’t end up in either sce-nario. He showed up, with plenty of

time to go to Rood & Riddle Sarato-ga with trainer Jimmy Toner to check on Hunter O’Riley, and Mominou sprang the upset in the Caress.

The 4-year-old daughter of Con-grats led all the way under Kendrick Carmouche for her first stakes win at 29-1. A $150,000 purchase by Mike Ryan for Shay at the 2017 Fasig-Tip-ton Midlantic May 2-year-olds in training sale, Mominou won by 1 1/4 lengths over Fire Key with Broadway Run and even-money favorite Morti-cia in a dead-heat for third.

“Awesome, just awesome,” Ton-er said walking down from the box seats. “That was encouraging for ev-erybody. I’m thrilled to death that this filly won.”

The winning team – Shay, Toner and members of the barn – needed a little encouragement.

Hunter O’Riley, winner of the Grade 1 United Nations last time out, went to the clinic last week af-ter not responding to a leg infection. The 6-year-old Tiz Wonderful gelding was expected to breeze last week in preparation for Saturday’s Grade 2 Bowling Green around the time of the setback. He won the Bowling Green in 2017.

Shay watched that one in the mid-dle of another gathering of friends.

“I was at a wedding in Utah up on a balcony,” said Shay, who watched via some FaceTime commentary from his friend Chuck Brower. “He’s on the phone, giving me the play-by-play. The horse is dead last and he always comes from behind. Chuck, he starts priming me for the loss.

“He’s telling me, ‘something could happen, you never know, it’s tough, it’s Saratoga,’ all that stuff. Then the horse starts making up ground and I hear all these people around him go-ing nuts. I wish I recorded that. I’m like, ‘I won, I won,’ standing on top

of a mountain in Park City. I felt like I was on the Sound of Music.”

Shay didn’t have the same anxious moments in the Caress.

Mominou and Carmouche took the lead from the break and opened up a length lead from fellow long-shot Factorofwon through the open-ing quarter in :21.94 over the firm ground. They still led through a half in :44.50 while Fire Key, Broadway Run, Morticia and Significant Form chased in a bunch.

Morticia, winner of the 2017 Cor-onation Cup at Saratoga as a 3-year-old and an earner of $677,369 over 23 starts sprinting on the grass before the Caress, caught the worst of the traffic. Stopped behind rivals at the top of the lane under Tyler Gaffali-one, Morticia finally found a seam in the stretch to make her late run.

Mominou cleared the field at that point, running alone down the lane to

win by a safe margin. Fire Key finished three-quarters of a length in front of the dead-heated duo, with 5-2 second choice Significant Form fifth of eight. Mominou won in 1:01.54.

“Boy, what a great lift this is for him and for the whole crew,” Toner said. “We were just over at the clin-ic this afternoon, before the race, to check on (Hunter O’Riley). He’s do-ing fine, I think we’re over the hump, but to have this is a really huge lift. We went from there, looking at him and now we’re looking at her. It’s great for Sean, he deserves it.”

Mominou improved to 4-for-12 with the Caress victory, her first stakes win after a third in the Politely last time at Monmouth Park May 18 and off-the-board efforts in the Coro-nation Cup, Christiecat and Captiva Island.

Tod MarksMominou and Kendrick Carmouche show off in Sunday’s Caress win.

CARESS STAKES RECAP

Spirit BoostWith Hunter O’Riley ailing, Mominou boosts Toner barn

Tod MarksTrainer Jimmy Toner.


Rusty Arnold faced the task of finding the best possible route for Borracho to the Grade 1 Allen Jerk-ens Aug. 24.

The choices were a race five weeks out from the Grade 1 against tough older horses in a second-level al-lowance-optional at 7 furlongs or a week later in the Grade 2 Amsterdam against 3-year-olds going 6 1/2 fur-longs. Arnold chose the former. Bor-racho won.

“It gave me a little more time, I wanted to win a race here,” Arnold said Sunday on his way to the pad-dock to saddle Caress favorite and eventual third-place finisher Morticia. “The distance was the same as the Al-len Jerkens and I just thought it was a good opportunity to get him a race over the track and it worked.”

Chris Landeros guided Borracho to victory in Sunday’s 10th race, part of the card moved from Saturday due to excessive heat. Landeros stayed patient down the backside, angled out around the turn to make a run and stayed clear of last year’s Grade 1 Malibu Stakes runner-up Identity Politics in the stretch to win by 1 3/4 lengths.

Owned by Preston Madden, Bor-racho came into Sunday off a half-mile workout in :45.94 over the main track.

“It was too fast. There’s a story to it,” Arnold said of the work. “We were going to work him on the Okla-homa, but a horse got injured, they closed the track while he was gallop-ing to breeze. So, we had to bring him off of that track and over here and he was just fired up when we got him here. He just ran off. It worked for us yesterday when they canceled. We were happy we got that extra day.”

Borracho finished third behind Hog Creek Hustle and Nitrous in the Grade 1 Woody Stephens on the Bel-mont Stakes undercard June 8.

“He’s a different horse, he was a baby last year, didn’t know what he was doing,” Arnold said. “He got

good in the fall, we tried him two turns, he didn’t want two turns. Now that we’re sprinting him, he’s turned into a nice horse.”

– Ben Gowans

• Although Chestnut Street hadn’t raced for nearly 11 months, Ray Han-dal expected a big effort in the sixth. The trainer wasn’t shy about his sure-ness in the $30,000 claimer on the grass with owner Sol Kumin.

“I felt supremely confident,” Han-dal said. “I told Sol and the crew, ‘When are we winning this race? This is my duck-buster.’ I had a ton of con-fidence in her. Aside from something crazy going on, I didn’t see her getting beat today.”

Handal’s intuition proved right as the 5-year-old mare came from eighth early and advanced throughout the race to score by a half-length at 4-1 under Tyler Gaffalione.

Previously in the barn of Chad Brown, Chestnut Street was sixth on debut at Belmont May 10, 2018 for Kumin’s Madaket Stable. She finished second by a nose next out June 24 and connected with a 3-length win at Saratoga Aug. 6. After a fifth in an al-lowance here Aug. 26, the Scat Dad-dy daughter went on the shelf with a minor injury.

Chestnut Street trained with Bruce Jackson at Fair Hill Equine Thera-py Center on the way to her return before Kumin, Brad Weisbord and Liz Crow decided a change of scen-ery would be beneficial for the mare when she returned to the track.

“They had a few horses that they thought would fit my program,” Han-dal said. “Her and a few other fillies that have a little bit of quirks to them that need a more hands-on work. They thought it would be a good spot for her to be with me.

Handal worked to keep Chest-nut Street’s interest and on a regular

eating program, and frequently took the mare to environments besides the Oklahoma Training Track.

“She’s funny with her appetite, she gets a little sour sometimes with her training. You’ve got to keep things fresh and change it up for her,” he said. “Nothing terribly bad, but just changing her feeding regimen, may-be taking her to Clare Court, taking her to the pony track, the main track, just keeping her happy. She’s kind of a lighter-framed filly, so we wanted to make sure she was using herself and keeping her in the feed tub at the same time and we were able to do that for her.”

Chestnut Street, who improved to 2-for-5 and earnings of $83,440, was claimed by Chad Summers.

“It was off a year layoff, so I thought maybe we’d slide by here and get her starter eligible and get some more conditions and she’s a New York-bred,” Handal said. “But at the end of the day, everybody wanted a ‘W’ and this was the spot to go in to get it.”

– Brandon Valvo

• Mike Wagner stood in the cen-ter of the winner’s circle with his wife Dana and son Mikey and watched as Steve Asmussen met Basin on the track.

“All good Steve?” a nervous Wag-ner asked.

“All good,” the Hall of Fame train-er reassured.

After getting his picture taken, Wagner reflected on the victory and the magic of Saratoga.

“Just to be here with my family and win is exciting,” he said. “This is our first win, this is my family’s first time here. We love this horse business. It’s very good to us. What a neat place. We’ve been to Keeneland, we’ve been to Churchill, both awesome, but this has that old-school feeling. This feels like you’re somewhere 100 years ago. I love the town. We’ve had a great time.”

A $150,000 buy out of the 2018 Keeneland September yearling sale, Basin finished second by a nose to eventual Grade 3 Sanford Stakes win-

Tod MarksBorracho gets doused by Chris Landeros after winning Sunday’s 10th race.

SUNDAY’S RACING RECAP

Positive PrepBorracho heads back to Grade 1 off allowance triumph for Arnold



ner By Your Side on debut at Chur-chill Downs June 14. Basin won by 1 1/4 lengths Sunday, becoming the first winner for sire Liam’s Map and the first Saratoga winner for Jackpot Ranch.

“I’m really fortunate to be involved with them,” Wagner said. “They’re really good friends. I’m here repre-senting the group. They’ll be here for the next one, I can guarantee you.”

Asmussen also won the second, a $16,000 claimer for non-winners of two, with Blue Gem for owner Clark Brewster.

– Brandon Valvo

• Vivien Malloy’s 38 years in the Thoroughbred breeding business are evident in Riendo’s pedigree. The 4-year-old son of Kitten’s Joy and Then She Laughs rewarded his breed-er’s patience with a win in the 12th, an allowance going 1 1/16 miles on turf for state-breds.

“There’s nothing like winning in Saratoga,” Malloy said. “It’s like tri-ple value to anybody, breeders espe-cially.”

Riendo and Malloy have history. In 2001, the horsewoman spent $40,000 on the Sovereign Dancer mare Danc-es With Quack (in foal to Distorted Humor) at Keeneland January. That Distorted Humor foal turned out to be Then She Laughs, who won four races for owner Vincent Papandrea and later joined Malloy’s broodmare band. All told, she’s produced four winners and counting.

Riendo did not break his maid-en until the 13th start at Aqueduct in April, his first start back in Rick Schosberg’s barn after wintering at Tampa Bay Downs.

“I asked Rick early on what he thought of the horse,” Malloy said. “He pointed like this between his ears and said, ‘Nothing much there.’ He just had to learn.”

Riendo fought against Kendrick Carmouche’s grasp while going by the stands the first time.

“I’ve had him a long time,” Schos-berg said. “He started getting good and as he got good, he got so full of himself and pretty tough to handle. Kendrick and I have been working together. He hasn’t ridden him every

time but he and I have been work-ing on how to settle him down, what different equipment to use. But when they go the quarter in :26, no equip-ment is going to hold that horse back. He was lucky he had horses in front of him because he will drop his head, but if he sees daylight like in his last race, he runs off.”

Carmouche got the chestnut geld-ing to settle down the backside. Rien-do made a sustained run around the final bend to win by a head.

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Sunday NotesSunday’s card started at 12:20 p.m.

with an allowance hurdle win by Cite, for owner Gill Johnston and trainer Jack Fisher.

Ridden by Willie McCarthy, the 6-year-old reeled in pacesetter Re-peat Repeat in the stretch to score by a half-length and collect his second jump win to go with three on the flat (including one at Saratoga two years ago) for breeders Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider.

The hurdle win kicked off a Sara-toga double for Claiborne stallion Blame, whose 4-year-old son Pen-alty scored by a neck in the ninth, a $92,000 allowance going a mile on the inner turf. Trained by Bill Mott for Dilschneider (like Cite was), the winner caught Halladay late while winning for the second time in eight starts.

Sagamore Farm and trainer Stan Hough won their second of the meet when Scars Are Cool came through in the fifth, a maiden special weight go-ing 1 1/8 miles.

Tyler Gaffalione rode the son of Malibu Moon, who started his career with two races at Churchill Downs this spring.

Trainer Mark Casse sent out Fly So Pretty to win a 5 1/2-furlong turf maiden for 2-year-old fillies in the seventh.

Tracy Farmer’s daughter of Sky Mesa found room to the outside on the turn and won a scrap to the wire by a neck over Sequin with Sharing a nose back in third. Javier Castellano rode the winner.

Paid attendance on Sunday’s expanded card was 21,116 with all-sources handle topping $20.7 million (just shy of $3.4 million on-track).

Sunday – Continued from page 30

Tod MarksCite (left, who won on the flat here in 2017) shadows Repeat Repeat early in Sunday’s win.

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stand. Basin, coming off a second be-hind Sanford winner By Your Side, wins the eighth. I don’t bet, working on my resiliency.

It’s 4:33 in the afternoon. My phone is on 7 percent. I’ve eaten a piece of Madeline Tillotson’s banana bread at 9 in the morning. That’s it. I look around, scan the menu, I set-tle for a soft pretzel, there is nothing like the first bite and the last bite of a soft pretzel. But it does provide sustenance, we still have miles to go, mountains to climb.

In the paddock for the ninth, Bob-by Ribaudo shakes me off Rapt as a jump prospect. We laugh, an old-fash-ioned horse. I bet Penalty to win, he obliges. Rapt closes ground to finish third. I think about Halladay who fin-ishes second on a day when the late, great Roy Halladay is inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Tom Law shows up with my phone charger, I stoop and reach under the TV and plug in my phone, timing is everything, it’s on 1 percent. Amaz-ing how little you check Twitter when your phone battery is in the red.

I skip the paddock for the 10th, just too many steps already taken. Favorite Borracho puts Rusty Arnold on the board. Our team asks and wonders if they should cover the win. Rusty Arnold, Borracho, Chris Land-eros…at the least, go get your lede for the Allen Jerkens. They’re off in a flash.

Morticia gets stopped more often than a gun-control bill in congress, winding up third in the Caress while Kendrick Carmouche guides and glides Mominou through 5 ½ fur-longs of precision. She wins at 29-1. Tom, who has covered more Chad Brown horses than his blue cool-ers, looks at me, “TONER!” I raise my hands in victory. Terry Hill asks, “You had that horse?” “No, I just like Jimmy Toner.”

Tom and I bound down the steps to the winner’s circle, I don’t have an assignment, just an interest, a need to feel the moment of a Jimmy Ton-er 61-dollar horse. In the middle of the winner’s circle scrum, Carmouche points to a tall man who looks on proudly from the periphery. Tom looks at me and says, “The Fog Jock-

ey.” Wow. I introduce myself to Syl-vester Carmouche, infamous jockey, proud dad, amazing man. It’s his first time to Saratoga, his son just lit up the board, it’s more than an interview, it’s a conversation, a celebration. I shake his hand but want to hug him.

They turn for home in the 12th and in tumble-dry motion, a jockey in orange flies in the air, a tangle of legs and turmoil, the horse rolls, the field splits. We gasp, everybody gasps. The pall, that dreaded pall. We inhale and exhale, look to see who it is and how it’s looking, the race-tracker’s double-take. We turn back to the finish, Car-mouche delivers Riendo on the line to nail Pipes in the final stride. I talk to the son, half an hour after talking to the father. We walk through the crowd, Kendrick talks loud, wildly loud but so clear and so concise. We stop at the apron of the jocks’ room, his kids listening, fans gathering, it’s an impromptu presser, I keep asking questions because he keeps answering them and the crowd keeps listening. He cries, the local kid making it in the big world. We start to shake hands and then we hug, Vivien Malloy’s sweat-soaked silks melding into my sweat-soaked sport coat. I walk away, reminded yet again of what it’s like to win a race at Saratoga, what it’s like to better your lot in life, what it’s like to appreciate and respect life and op-portunity.

And then it’s the last race. Gaf-falione, listening to Bill Mott’s in-structions, guns Golden Award to get separation from Wow Cat and She’s A Julie around the far turn, they pull away, score by themselves. We have one more good story to write. In the winner’s circle, Gaffalione says to Mott, “That was fun. That was fun.” Mott invites us for champagne, we toast Golden Award, meet Mott’s other son Brady, talk about the Der-by, the day. Tom holds the door for a band of revelers, some go left, some go right.

We walk home, past the detritus of a race day – losing tickets strewn like yesterday’s dreams, programs still open to the last race but tossed flip-pantly to the ground, forlorn bettors who didn’t get out in the last heading for the doors.

It’s 8:02. We jaywalk across Union Avenue to King’s Tavern. Thirteen races in the books, nine hours and 29 minutes at the track.

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Once upon a time I watched 13 races at Saratoga Race Course.

It goes like this.Substituting for my brother who skips town to

see his family in Maryland, I walk in the Union Av-enue gate at 10:33, stopping at the racing office for a brief air-conditioned respite before joining Andy Serling on the morning show to talk about the jumpers. I give out Cite. He wins. Whitman’s Poetry loses his jockey, then falls on his own. He’s hot. I hose him off, nearly staying clear until I drag the hose across my left knee. I walk back with winning jockey Willie McCarthy. “This is my Cheltenham.” He’s crying. I pat him on the back.

I watch the second from the racing office, $16,000 claimers. It’s quiet until Heyitsnricopalazo squirts out on the turn, wracking up horses like tin cans in a shooting gallery. Mike Selitto from the bench groans, others follow as horses clip heels and carom off each other. Everybody stays up. It’s an eight or nine or 10-way shake for the second horse, Brush Country. Trainers, assistants, owners and grooms wait to see if they have a new recruit. Tom Morley’s number is called.

I walk to the paddock for the third, looking for jump recruits among the $65,000 maiden claim-ers on the grass. I take notes, none wow me, I bet Crypto Gold and Dylan Davis, win and place, the Shell Evans-bred 3-year-old now trained by Linda Rice should appreciate the 9-furlong trip. Turning for home, I’m yelling for Dylan while others yell for Dillon. We all lose as Dillon Rocks fades to second and Dylan Davis closes for third.

The feature. The Coaching Club American Oaks. I understand numbers but hate that the iconic 3-year-old filly stakes is being run at 2:07 in the af-ternoon. A day-tripper to Saratoga, looks at me and says, “There isn’t a bad looking horse in the field.” “Welcome to a Grade 1 at Saratoga.” Guarana an-swers the third and final question in her burgeoning

career, handling two turns and holding off Point Of Honor. We scuttle to the winner’s circle, catch-ing up with Three Chimneys’ Doug Cauthen and Chris Baker on the way. Larry Collmus breaks the celebration with the well-worn announcement that there’s a claim of foul. An owner’s claim of foul. Aron Wellman says, “I had to do it.” Jose Ortiz talks on the phone, glances at the replay, the mo-ment where Guarana drifts out, and says to no one, everyone, “I was clear. I was clear.” Wellman says, “I know. I know.” It’s dismissed quickly. I walk with Cauthen, carrying the red CCA Oaks saddle towel in his right hand, sweat dripping off his nose, his ears, his forehead like he’s playing game seven in the NBA Finals. He doesn’t notice, that’s what Grade 1 stakes at Saratoga will do for you.

A race later, Stan Hough and three women in a back row clubhouse box watch Scars Are Cool

rally on the outside to win an allowance race. The women leap in the air, shriek like they’ve seen Elvis. Hough, ever the poker player, doesn’t utter a word, just stands and watches. He’s glad to be back. Sat-isfaction.

Tyler Gaffalione wins his second in a row, a kid’s summer getting better and better, as Chestnut Street drops in for $30,000 off a long layoff in the seventh. The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, she’s claimed by Chad Summers.

Six down. Seven to go. Fresh off a turf work, I love Sequin in the seventh

and watch Wesley Ward explain the turf work to Gaffalione, in the exact same way I saw it a week earlier. I’m feeling confident. I make my biggest bet of the meet, keying the daughter of Bayern in ev-erything from exactas to pick threes. The first-time starter breaks Wesley from the gate, rips around the turn, opens up 3 and I start slotting in my exactas, triples and supers. “Come on 1…I need the 1, 2…I need the one 1, 2…” The 1 and the 2 are unearthing themselves from the bump and run coverage of a juvenile turf sprint. “I need the 1…I need the 2…” Then I hear Ben Gowans in my left ear, “You need the wire.” I switch back to Sequin, who was once 3 clear, my overconfidence, my zeal, my euphoria shortening as fast as her stride in the waning em-bers. Fly So Pretty nails Sequin. I bet everything straight, too confident to box. It’s a bust. There is silence in the box.

But we are resilient. And the day is still young. Off to the paddock for 2-year-olds. I take notes

on 10 horses, hard to fault any of them. Joe Brock-lebank, Kip Elser and I reminisce about Jimmy Pi-cou, a class trainer and a class guy, who died two days earlier. On the way from the paddock, Tracy Attfield buys me a bottle of Saratoga Water at the old binocular stand – man, I miss that binocular

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