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WORTH REPEATING The Special’s quotes from Saratoga

Sean ClancyWash Day. The horse blankets were drying in the breeze behind Todd Pletcher’s barn at Oklahoma Wednesday morning.

“I said to start down at Voss’ end.”Trainer Jonathan Sheppard, on a fencing project at the Annex

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Too Bald or some such equine hero of yesteryear

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jockey Eddie Castro Wednesday morning

“Luckily, there are 30 some days left in the meet – maybe I can get that shot another day.”

Artist Mike Geraghty, showing off a paddock photo stepped into by The Special’s Ryan Clancy

“Right here I was nervous.”Trainer kelly Breen, watching the replay of the Sanford,

as Bern Identity sat third in the middle of the turn

“Part of buying horses is being lucky that you’re the last bidder, I don’t know how many I bid on that run well, I try not to follow them.”Breen, on buying Sanford winner Bern Identity for $75,000 at keeneland

“The pony was good, when he comes into the stretch, he still has that instinct.”

Owner George Hall, after riding the stable pony (Pilgrim winner Fagan’s Legacy at Saratoga

“Or 10...?”kylie Rushing, (9-year-old daughter of agent Steve)

after it was suggested that Ramon Dominguez could hold up seven fingers when he wins seven

“Hey, Love Bird.”Trainer John Parisella when seeing Ronnie “Love Man” Ebanks

“I could use a paint-ball gun.”Union Avenue Pinkerton, as traffic failed to slow down

“Grand, all together.”Trainer Janet Elliot, on how things were going Wednesday morning

“Star of screen, stage . . . and the Steve Byk show.”Trainer Pat kelly when seeing Daily Racing Form’s Mike Welsh

“Turning for home, I gave him just a little touch and he took off.”Jockey Junior Alvarado, about Evan Shipman winner Lunar victory

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“One for one.”Bowe White, handing off a program and taking a Special Sunday morning

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Rajiv Maragh, Ramon Dominguez, kathy Ritvo, Javier Castellano, Richard DePass, Steve Rushing and a bug boy and his agent

71: Score shot by blacksmith Ray Amato at Airways Meadows Golf Course.

1: Bottle picked up by trainer/backstretch litter patrol warden Pat Kelly (everybody do your part).

Partly Mocha, eighth race. R and H Stable’s 3-year-old gelding is by Half Ours, out of Choco-late Mon.

First Whippoorwill, ninth race. Stone Farm and Ken Tomlinson’s 4-year-old filly is by Mu-takddim out of Lonesome Sound. In Arabic, Mutakddim (or mutaqaddim) means “one who advances forward” or “one in front.” And everyone knows Whippoorwills make a lonesome sound. As Hank Williams sang in his 1949 song I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, “Hear that lonesome whip-poor-will/He sounds too blue to fly.” Covered by many (Elvis, Bob Dylan, Little Richard, Cowboy Junkies), the song ranked 111th on Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest songs of all time.

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One word comes to mind when thinking about an average morning at Saratoga – Intimidating. It’s cus-tomary to pass by the Hall of Famers, Eclipse Award winners, legends. It’s hard to imagine Bill Mott, Todd Pletcher or Nick Zito saddling his first starter at Sara-toga – but it did happen. Each saw his name in the program at Saratoga – and were nervous about it – at some point.

Those memories for the elite at Saratoga have long since passed, but for Maryland-based trainer Judy Di-Natale, her first race at Saratoga comes today.

Peaking behind a hay net in stall 13 of Ian Wilkes’ barn inside Clare Court, stands Single Malt Mac. The homebred runs in today’s eighth race, the $100,000 Quick Call at 5 1/2 furlongs for 3-year-olds on the turf. He’s 12-1 in a field of 10 and comes in with two wins and two thirds in five career starts, all this year.

“He was always just such a trusting horse. He was special, he really was,” DiNatale said. “Whether he was going to be a racehorse or not, we didn’t know,

but the disposition – we thought at whatever level he raced, he was going to be a winner. He’s got the killer instinct.”

On the farm in Glyndon, Md., John DiNatale, Ju-dy’s husband, is dubbed the breeding master.

“He’s always chosen the mating for the mares,” said Judy. “We’ve done really well for the class of broodmares we’ve had. I’m proud of that. One was

graded-stakes placed and we’ve had a couple of stakes winners from inexpensive mares.”

It’s one thing to have a horse that runs well. It’s an added bonus when they have personality.

“We call him Thunder,” DiNatale said. “You would go to the fence and you’d say ‘Thunder’ and I don’t

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John DiNatale, the son of restaurant owners, grew up in Philadelphia. Judy grew up around horses. The husband and wife chatted about working together. Working with family can be difficult. Working with horses and family under the same roof is nearly im-possible.

“We’ve had a few discussions, shall we say, over the years,” Judy said. “Back when we were first married I still galloped, and if you’re the exercise rider you have a little bit of an edge because when you go out there, no matter what he tells you, you do what you want to.”

Don’t let that fool you though; the pair could beat any three of a kind.

Wednesday morning, co-owners Bob and Paige Davey sat in Adirondack chairs a dozen yards from the barn. The son of Greek Sun is their first horse. Usu-ally horses are named after their sire or dam, but the Daveys and the DiNatales have a different approach.

“We call him Single Malt Mac because we both like

Macallan Scotch,” said Bob Davey. “We smoke cigars and drink single malt scotch.”

Bob Davey has a long history with the popular spice corporation McCormick. Beginning his career with the company in 1977, the Canada native worked his way up the corporate ladder from executive vice president and chief financial officer for McCormick Canada to president of the Global Industrial Group. After retiring in 2006, he stumbled upon an acquain-tance, John DiNatale, who got him interested in the horses.

“We said we’d like to buy half of one and John said, ‘well there’s one right there,’ ” said Davey. “And I said OK.”

Nothing is ever definite in horse racing. It’s a game of chance, but one thing is for sure, Bob Davey will be sticking to his superstitious routine.

“I literally wear the same underwear. I put a safety pin in them, so I know which one it is, and wash them. I wear them every single race,” he said. “And I always place the same bet. Doesn’t matter what the odds are, I make the same bet.”

In his first time over the turf, Single Malt Mac broke his maiden in April and paid $42.20. His next start proved that he was no fluke when he won an al-lowance at Pimlico. Last time out, he ran gamely to be third, beaten a 1 1/4 lengths in a Penn National allowance.

Today, the team and their two-time winner will try to beat the odds. The 12-1 shot gets Ramon Domin-guez aboard for the 5 1/2-furlong trip over the Sara-toga lawn.

Shipping in from Maryland as well is Love Those Boots for trainer Robbie Bailes. The 6-1 shot is win-less in two starts in his 3-year-old season, but showed potential with a second in his turf debut last time. Jose Lezcano rides.

Manly for trainer Mike Maker and owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey is the lukewarm favorite at 3-1. Mak-er claimed Manly from Steve Margolis at Churchill Downs in May for $50,000. Since then, the 3-year-old son of Seeking The Gold is 2-for-2 and has an unbeat-

en record at the distance. Javier Castellano is aboard for the first time.

Canadian trainer Josie Carroll, who won the Al-abama with Careless Jewel two years ago, brings Drago’s Best. He shows only one off-the-board per-formance in six starts, going long on the all-weather surface at Woodbine. He was third last time at Wood-bine in his first turf start, but shows a liking to a short-er distance. Julien Leparoux will ride.

George Weaver looks to capture his second turf sprint stakes at the meet with Partly Mocha and Rich-mond County. Partly Mocha sits atop a 3 1/4 length victory last time out in a claiming race on the turf at Belmont June 15. He will have to prove he can run against slightly tougher company in his first time over the Saratoga sod. Owned by Richlyn Farm, Richmond Country will have to prove himself at 20-1. He shows two impressive performances going 5 furlongs on the turf at Gulfstream Park in March, including a second in front of Quick Call entrant Gentlemans Code.

Front running Gentlemans Code achieved his first career and stakes victory as a 2-year-old in England for trainer Wesley Ward, followed by a four-race los-ing streak. Something clicked last April at Keeneland when he won his first of three consecutive races. Jock-ey Elvis Trujillo ships in for a chance at number four.

Al Stall looks to continue Full’s already established ability going short on the turf. At 7-2, Full has a good shot at tacking on a stakes win to his record for jockey Joel Rosario.

Artest finished seventh when stretched out to a mile Opening Day for Michelle Nihei who took over from trainer Rick Dutrow. Owned by Dennis Narlinger and ridden by John Velazquez, Artest owns a victory sprinting on the turf at Gulfstream Park.

Longshot Capetown Devil rounds out the field of 10 as he looks to improve in his first start for trainer Bob Hess. The son of Cape Town finished seventh in his last two starts in two-turn stakes at the Fair Grounds, and will see if the distance and Saratoga turf course are a good fit. The 20-1 shot is unraced since March.

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“My dad brought me out to the race-track when I was a young kid, about 14 years old, and I’ve been with them ever since, walking horses, cleaning stalls,” he said. “I’m 78 years old now, and, be-sides four years where I was drafted to South Korea, I’ve been doing this for 63 years and I still love every day.”

If a trainer could pick a track to have good luck at, Saratoga would surely top the majority of lists, and Leggio has had such luck at the Spa so far.

“I shipped in with Happy Ticket (in 2005),” he said. “I bought just her up here to run in the Ballerina, it was my first time to Saratoga, first time ever running in a Grade 1 and I won it, so that was good, that was fun.”

He returns this year with another star filly, St. John’s River. She won the Grade 2 Delaware Oaks last year, and finished fifth in the Alabama. Owner Dede McGehee’s 4-year-old daughter of Include runs in today’s second race, a $90,000 optional claimer going 1 1/8 miles. She’s 4-5 in a field of nine that includes several stakes performers.

Wednesday, St. John’s River stood beside her trainer and idly played with a Jolly Ball she likes to throw around.

“You’ll need to give her a carrot, son” Leggio said to a visitor. McGehee, a veterinarian with a small Kentucky breeding operation explained how things work around St. John’s River. “She’s the Queen, as long as she gets what she wants, just don’t turn your back on her.”

With a solid effort today, St. John’s River could step into the Ballerina here Aug. 24 or the Personal Ensign Aug. 26. She hasn’t run since she finished third behind Royal Delta in the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis at Churchill Downs, but has been working forwardly in preparation for her reappearance, posting bullet works

Connie BushSt. John’s River stands out in today’s second race, an optional claimer.

Here she isGr. 2 winner St. John’s River eyes big return for veteran trainer Leggio

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at the Spa both times – 5 furlongs in 59 4/5 seconds July 19 and a half-mile in 46 4/5 seconds July 12.

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When a track veteran of 63 years is kinda impressed a little bit, it kinda makes you take note.

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2ND (1:35PM). $90,000, AOC $50,000, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 1 1/8MExacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Pic 3, Pic 4, Daily Double1 3 Acting Happy .............J. Castellano ......... R. Dutrow, Jr. ..........5-11a 9 Believe in A. P. ...........J. Castellano ......... R. Dutrow, Jr. ..........5-12 5 North Freeway ...........R. Dominguez ...... A. Dutrow ................4-12b 8 Twice the Lady...........R. Dominguez ...... A. Dutrow ................4-13 1 Hard Life ...................J. Rosario ............. R. Dutrow, Jr. ........15-14 2 St. John’s River .........R. Napravnik ........ A. Leggio, Jr. ...........4-55 4 Sea Island .................J. Lezcano ............ C. McGaughey III ...12-16 6 Hearts of Red ............R. Maragh ............ R. Nicks .................15-17 7 Imperial Pippin ..........J. Alvarado ........... W. Mott ...................8-1

3RD (2:08PM). $35,000, MCL $20,000, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 6FExacta, Trifecta, Pic 3, Daily Double1 1 Royal Heart ...............E. Prado ............... R. Lerman .............12-11a 7 Just Safe ...................E. Prado ............... R. Lerman .............12-12 2 Discreet Lady ............D. Cohen .............. J. Kimmel ................6-13 3 Still Shea to Me .........J. Lezcano ............ R. Barbara ...............6-14 4 Perimele ....................J. Castellano ......... T. Pletcher ...............3-15 5 Signora Sofia .............W. Garcia .............. G. Sciacca .............30-16 6 Dynamic Star .............R. Maragh ............ B. Brown .................5-27 8 Aiglemont ..................R. Dominguez ...... M. Hushion ..............5-18 9 Knight of Thunder .....J. Leparoux .......... E. Kenneally .............8-19 10 My Big Angel .............E. Castro .............. W. Badgett, Jr. .......15-1

4TH (2:41PM). $47,000, MCL $50,000, 2 YO, F , 5 1/2FExacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Pic 3, Daily Double1 1 Happy Inside .............R. Dominguez ...... A. Dutrow ................5-21a 4 Nodebtdanny .............C. Velasquez ......... R. Rodriguez ...........5-22 2 The Party’s Here ........W. Garcia .............. M. Peebles ............15-13 3 Queen Nine ................J. Rosario ............. W. Ward ..................9-54 5 Shrinking Violet .........E. Trujillo .............. W. Ward ..................2-15 6 Reckless Mama .........I. Ortiz, Jr. ............ R. Schosberg ........10-16 7 Bozique .....................C. Montalvo .......... R. Ribaudo ............10-17 8 Lady Jarlyn ................A. Lezcano ........... R. Persaud ............30-1

5TH (3:15PM). $48,000, CLM $25,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 7FExacta, Trifecta, Pic 3, Pic 6, Daily Double1 4 Star of New York .......R. Dominguez ...... R. Dutrow, Jr. ..........9-51a 7 Coosada ....................J. Rosario ............. R. Rodriguez ...........9-52 1 Sun Dance Moon .......J. Castellano ......... T. Hills ...................15-13 2 Bernie the Maestro ....R. Maragh ............ B. Levine .................2-14 3 Flying Pegasus ..........J. Leparoux .......... R. Nicks ...................6-15 5 Meridian Magic .........D. Cohen .............. D. Jacobson ..........10-16 6 Settle for Medal .........M. Luzzi ............... R. Schosberg ........12-17 8 Jet Set Vinny .............J. Alvarado ........... R. Rodriguez ...........5-1

6TH (3:49PM). $37,000, CLM $20,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 5 1/2F (TURF)Exacta, Trifecta, Pic 3, Daily Double1 1 Hookdonchurchpunch .S. Husbands ......... A. Ronen ...............20-12 2 Key Victory ................R. Napravnik ........ J. Hertler ...............12-13 3 Tiger Willie ................W. Garcia .............. D. Shivmangal .......30-14 4 All Class ....................C. Velasquez ......... C. Englehart ...........12-15 5 Lord Chelsie ..............J. Rosario ............. W. Ward ..................6-16 6 Precious Metal ..........J. Leparoux .......... S. Asmussen ...........9-57 7 Coronation Day .........J. Alvarado ........... G. Weaver ..............15-18 8 Postpone ...................E. Castro .............. B. Cox......................3-19 9 Beer Is Good .............J. Lezcano ............ W. Bailes .................4-110 MTO Runawayeightyfour ...J. Castellano ......... D. Galluscio .............5-211 MTO Emily’s Twist..............D. Cohen .............. D. Jacobson ............8-112 MTO Shankopotamus ........R. Maragh ............ J. Terranova, II ........5-1

7TH (4:23PM). $85,000, MSW, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 1M (INNER TURF)Exacta, Trifecta, Pic 3, Pic 4, Daily Double1 1 Jayezaa ......................E. Prado ............... K. McLaughlin .........5-12 2 Holiday’s Jewel ..........J. Lezcano ............ C. Martin ...............12-13 3 Battle Bridge ..............R. Dominguez ...... D. Romans ..............7-24 4 Geisha Gal .................J. Alvarado ........... W. Mott .................12-15 5 He Loves Me More ....C. Velasquez ......... R. Barbara .............20-16 6 Despite Her Form ......R. Maragh ............ G. Weaver ................4-17 7 Flower Mart ...............A. Garcia .............. C. Clement .............12-18 8 Bella Bandita .............J. Leparoux .......... J. Baker ...................8-19 9 Abaco ........................J. Castellano ......... C. McGaughey III .....3-110 10 Regal Citizen .............I. Ortiz, Jr. ............ L. Gyarmati ............12-111 AE Daddy’s Kiss ..............R. Dominguez ...... N. Esler ..................10-112 MTO Lily Olay ..................... ........................... E. Kenneally .............6-113 MTO Glorious View ............J. Alvarado ........... W. Mott ...................5-214 MTO Lady Kierkegaard ........ ........................... C. Clement ...............8-18TH (4:57PM). $100,000, STk - THE QUICk CALL, 3 YO, 5 1/2F (TURF)Exacta, Trifecta, Pic 3, Daily Double1 1 Richmond County .....C. Velasquez ......... G. Weaver ..............20-12 2 Manly ........................J. Castellano ......... M. Maker .................3-13 3 Single Malt Mac ........R. Dominguez ...... J. DiNatale .............12-14 4 Love Those Boots ......J. Lezcano ............ W. Bailes .................6-15 5 Artest ........................J. Velazquez ......... M. Nihei .................10-16 6 Partly Mocha .............E. Castro .............. G. Weaver ..............15-17 7 Gentlemans Code ......E. Trujillo .............. W. Ward ..................4-18 8 Capetown Devil .........R. Napravnik ........ R. Hess, Jr. ............20-19 9 Full ............................J. Rosario ............. A. Stall, Jr. ...............7-210 10 Drago’s Best ..............J. Leparoux .......... J. Carroll ..................8-1

9TH (5:31PM). $70,000, SOC $50,000, 3 & UP, F & M, 1M (INNER TURF)Exacta, Trifecta, Daily Double1 5 Downtown Hottie.......J. Castellano ......... A. Dutrow ................4-11a AE Shakeira ....................J. Castellano ......... C. Brown .................4-12 1 Scenario Analysis ......J. Lezcano ............ C. Brown .................3-13 2 Molly Morgan ............J. Rosario ............. D. Romans ..............6-14 3 Starship Sabrina ........R. Maragh ............ M. McDonald .........30-15 4 Sheza Heartbreaker ...I. Ortiz, Jr. ............ G. Sciacca .............20-16 6 Arsenal ......................C. Velasquez ......... R. Lerman .............12-17 7 Proficient ...................R. Napravnik ........ A. Goldberg ...........15-18 8 Princess Mara ...........J. Leparoux .......... D. Romans ............10-19 9 First Whippoorwill .....E. Prado ............... H. Motion ................5-110 10 Ginny’s Classic ..........R. Dominguez ...... M. Hushion ..............7-211 MTO Fiftyfour Forever ........J. Castellano ......... A. Quartarolo ...........7-212 MTO Bid a Moon .................C. Velasquez ........ R. Schosberg ..........6-113 MTO Royal Sighting ............ ........................... C. Englehart .............4-1

10TH (6:04PM). $52,000, CLM $35,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/16M (TURF)Exacta, Trifecta1 1 Irish Lion ...................I. Ortiz, Jr. ............ W. Badgett, Jr. .......30-12 2 Screenplay ................E. Prado ............... J. Terranova, II ........5-13 3 King Ting (IRE) ..........E. Castro .............. H. Motion ................6-14 4 Lighthouse Sound .....R. Dominguez ...... C. Brown .................4-15 5 Bell by the Ridge .......R. Napravnik ........ M. Maker ...............12-16 6 Red Jack ...................J. Castellano ......... D. Lukas ................10-17 7 Deciphering Dreams ..J. Rosario ............. R. Dutrow, Jr. ..........9-28 8 Fastest Magician .......P. Lopez................ A. Quartarolo .........12-19 9 Rogue Victory ...........K. Desormeaux ..... R. Hess, Jr. ............15-110 10 Voter .........................J. Alvarado ........... W. Mott .................15-111 11 Grand Rapport ...........J. Leparoux .......... G. Contessa .............7-212 MTO Sky Music .................I. Ortiz, Jr. ............ G. Contessa .............5-113 MTO Joe Corrigan ..............W. Garcia .............. R. Ubillo ..................6-1

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I SKen Ramsey barged through the winner’s circle and

stood next to trainer Rusty Arnold.“Who closed the door on me?” Ramsey said, watch-

ing the replay of Stephanie’s Kitten getting stopped inside the furlong pole as the Arnold-trained Centre Court scratched out a roughly run Lake George Stakes Wednesday.

Arnold wasn’t venturing a guess.“I don’t know,” Arnold said, with a poker face that

would make Phil Ivey proud. “All I know is they left it open for me.”

Arnold walked to the apron of the winner’s circle while Ramsey went to commiserate with jockey John Velazquez.

Arnold eyed the toteboard for the inquiry sign.“Nothing up yet,” he said. “I thought they might

take her down in her last race, it was rough too.”Stewards posted the official sign and Arnold

summed it up in a word, “Whew.”

That goes for the race and the meet. Arnold drew a blank here last year.

“It’s a little bit better than last year,” Arnold said. “I’m already one ahead of that.”

G. Watts Humphrey’s Centre Court improved her win streak to three with a hard-fought neck victory over Better Lucky who had a head on British import Samitar who had a head on Stephanie’s Kitten.

Close? Pacesetter Elusive Rumour finished last, 3 3/4 lengths behind the winner, a homebred daughter of Smart Strike, who has now won three of six starts, including two graded stakes.

Elusive Rumour sprinted to the lead from the inside post as Medolina angled over from her outside post,

tightening it up on Samitar who caused a chain reac-tion of steadying for the rest of the field. Elusive Ru-mour and Medolina gunned through a quarter-mile in 23.44 and a half in 47.13, instantly turning the Grade II stakes into two different races. The pacesetters were ignored by the peloton, which lagged 7 lengths be-hind the leading pair. Ramon Dominguez navigated into the third spot aboard British import Samitar as Julien Leparoux rated Centre Court right off his heels in sixth. Favorite Stephanie’s Kitten trailed.

Leparoux was content.“I was following Ramon, I knew he would bring

LoveFilly

Dave HarmonCentre Court stretches out to hold off several charges near the finish of Wednesday’s Lake George Stakes.

Centre Court prevailsin wild finish to Gr. 2

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me somewhere,” Leparoux said. “I was very comfort-able.”

At the quarter pole, it looked like the opening of a Target on Black Friday as the trailing six pounced on the leading two. Samitar and Better Lucky swung wide, jumping first as Leparoux sliced inside Somali Lemonade and Samitar, then outside Medolina. All the while, Better Lucky plugged on from the outside and Velazquez surveyed for land, trying to go between Centre Court and Medolina. Stymied by a savvy Lepa-roux and a game Centre Court, Velazquez switched across heels, diving for the rail but wound up finish-ing a hard-luck fourth. Centre Court held her ground, winning a four-way photo while stopping the timer in 1:41.71 for 1 1/16 miles.

Leparoux shrugged off the space race inside the eighth pole.

“We went through very nice and then she ducked out a little bit, everything opened, and I wanted to get back next to Javier, I wanted to make sure I kept her straight, I came back in and Johnny tried to get in there, I didn’t try anything bad, just stay straight and it made us win the race,” Leparoux explained. “Johnny has to make sure we know he’s there, but it was already done. He wasn’t mad, it was not only me, Javier came out too. I had the spot, it’s mine, I keep it. Part of the game.”

Arnold was relieved to win a space-embargoed race with a homebred filly who has thrived since she breezed on the turf at Palm Meadows in the winter.

“She’s really a pretty good filly, she’s a little bitty thing and got bounced around in there. She’s training really well and seems like she’s getting better,” Arnold said. “You’re always looking for that horse that can run and acts good, they’re hard to find. She walks in to be saddled and cocks her leg, in the post parade, behind the gate, she just stands there waiting to be loaded, she’s been that way since day one, she’s one of

those fillies that likes it, not scared of it, to me, that’s always a good sign.”

Centre Court showed nothing but bad signs through her 2-year-old season, finishing fifth in her debut at Churchill Downs in July, then hitting the shelf, before resurfacing at Palm Meadows this winter. The daugh-ter of Smart Strike couldn’t break 50 seconds for a half-mile on the dirt, was lugging out, couldn’t keep up. Arnold decided to breeze her on the grass.

Light on.“It was a different story,” Arnold said. “She’s by

Smart Strike and if you go to the second dam, it’s all grass, she’s got a tremendous second dam, it goes back to so many good European horses, Nureyev. The day we put her on the grass, I came back and was like, ‘uh oh.’ It was just what we were looking for.”

Centre Court finished second in a tough maiden turf at Gulfstream and then came back to finish sec-ond again to Michael Matz-trained Colonial Flag at Keeneland.

“We ran her in her that maiden, off of six, seven months off, she just didn’t win, a nice filly beat her

and they ran a huge race. At Keeneland, Michael’s filly got the jump on her, we were shocked she got beat, everything’s gone good since then. If she won earlier, she would have gone straight to a graded race right after that so it might have worked best.”

After watching Centre Court train at Saratoga, including a cool 47-second half-mile breeze over the Oklahoma turf July 20, Arnold confidently entered in the Lake George. Fresh off exacting revenge on Colo-nial Flag in the Grade III Regret at Churchill Downs, Centre Court attracted plenty of money in the betting ring, going off second choice behind Breeders’ Cup Ju-venile Fillies Turf winner Stephanie’s Kitten.

“I loved this filly today, if we were going to beat Stephanie’s Kitten, today was the day, I knew every-thing hadn’t been perfectly smooth because they were going to Ascot and they didn’t get to go,” Arnold said. “The European filly, they either run great or they don’t. All that said, you could be third, and like them just as much and run just as good, just the way the trip goes. I could have been third and walked out of here and said she ran great.”

That’s how Tom Albertrani, Mick Channon, Wayne Catalano, Todd Pletcher and Michael Matz walked out after the Lake George.

“I got the some of the breaks that you don’t get when things aren’t going well,” Arnold said.

As for last year’s blanking, Arnold took it in stride, at least the best he could.

“It happens, what are you going to do? If you don’t laugh at yourself you’d end up crying in this business, especially for the people I work for, not that everybody doesn’t want to win, but they don’t want to come up here and lose against all their buddies,” Arnold said. “Last year, I had some horses that I thought were OK, but I’m better this year.”

Centre Court made sure of it, staving off Stepha-nie’s Kitten in the stretch battle of the meet so far.

How tight was it in there?Centre Court finished with a nick on her left hip.

Arnold and Leparoux swore it came from the teeth of Stephanie’s Kitten.

Lake George – Continued from page 14

Dave HarmonLake George winner Centre Court returns.


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The partnership of Adele Dilschneider and Clai-borne Farm has been a fruitful one, most recently with Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Blame. The duo com-bined to win Wednesday’s eighth race, a tough allow-ance going 9 furlongs on the main track with Blame’s former work partner, Cease.

Dilschneider was ebullient following Cease’s allow-ance win.

“We’re thrilled to death,” Dilschneider said. “My nephew Walker Hancock is working with Al Stall, so it’s a real thrill.”

Patience has been necessary with Cease, and Dilschneider explains that they have always been will-ing to give the massive 5-year-old son of War Chant the time needed.

“We always try to do right by the horses, and this horse is a nice guy so we always want to do him right,” Dilschneider said. “We’ll keep our fingers crossed, hope he comes back good and go from there.”

But it hasn’t always been easy for Claiborne Farm and trainer Al Stall.

“We’re not too smart, it took us two three-turn rac-es to figure out he didn’t like three turns,” Stall said. “We tried the Louisville Handicap also and he just didn’t stay. Maybe beaten by a world champ limits him. He’s a two turn, mile and an eighth, mile and a quarter horse.”

That’s just what Cease proved yesterday. Amidst the pack nearly the entire trip, he outpaced the field down the stretch winning by a length and a half over

Golden Gulch and Schoolyard Dreams for jockey Joel Rosario. Tough spot? The field included Belmont Stakes winner Ruler On Ice (he finished last) and had combined to earn over $3.2 million in their careers.

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Dave HarmonCease (6) rumbles home with a powerhouse score in Wednesday’s eighth, his third career win at Saratoga.

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SECOND $67,000, STARTER HANDICAP $25,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 6 1/2F5 Hillswick R. Dominguez $5.00 $3.10 $2.206 Wee Freudian C. Velasquez $6.10 $2.704 Itsagoodtendollars R. Maragh $2.40B Gelding 2006, by Grand Slam - Up an Eighth by FerdinandOwner: Winning Move Stable and Jacobson, David. Trainer: David Jacobson. Breeder: Eugene Melnyk (KY). Late Scratches: Afleet Lass. Time: 1:15.87Daily Double (3-5), $40.00; Exacta (5-6), $21.40; Quinella (5-6), $14.00; Trifecta (5-6-4), $47.80

THIRD $48,000, MAIDEN CLAIMING $50,000-$40,000, 3 & UP, 1 1/16M4 Knock Rock J. Alvarado $13.80 $6.10 $4.505 Superestrella J. Rosario $4.10 $3.001 Dervish Prince J. Lezcano $5.40B Gelding 2009, by Corinthian - Lady Cozzette by CozzeneOwner: Schwartz, Scott, M.. Trainer: Scott Schwartz. Breeder: Bloodstock Holdings LLC (KY). Late Scratches: Praetorian Guard, Port Conway. Time: 1:42.39Daily Double (5-4), $60.50; Exacta (4-5), $47.40; Superfecta (4-5-1-8), $1,541.00; Trifecta (4-5-1), $298.00; Pic 3 (3-5-4), $442.50

FOURTH $41,000, CLAIMING $35,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 5 1/2F4 Double the Energy J. Leparoux $8.60 $4.60 $3.407 Zero Yield R. Dominguez $4.10 $3.001 A Time to Love K. Desormeaux $3.30Gr/ro Filly 2009, by Unbridled Energy - Double Doubleville by Mt. LivermoreOwner: Salzman, Jr., John, E.. Trainer: John Salzman, Jr.. Breeder: Cheryl A Prudhomme & Dr. Michael TGallivan (NY).Late Scratches: SalvarClaimed: Union Boss claimed by Iglesias, Jesse for $35,000Time: 1:02.84Daily Double (4-4), $69.00; Exacta (4-7), $38.00; Quinella (4-7), $21.20; Superfecta (4-7-1-6), $2,374.00; Trifecta (4-7-1), $112.50; Pic 3 (5-4-4), $306.50

FIFTH $80,000, MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT, 2 YO, 5F8 Teen Pauline J. Leparoux $6.80 $3.60 $2.802 My Happy Face R. Dominguez $5.20 $3.903 Gadget Girl R. Maragh $4.60Dk B/ Br Filly 2010, by Tapit - Effectual by Carson CityOwner: Stonestreet Stables LLC. Trainer: Steven Asmussen. Breeder: Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY).Late Scratches: The Party’s Here, Ol Donyo, Fierce, Krazy for KayaTime: :56.53Daily Double (4-8), $44.00; Exacta (8-2), $40.20; Superfecta (8-2-3-7), $569.00; Trifecta (8-2-3), $211.50; Pic 3 (4-4-8), $319.00; Pic 4 (3/5-4-4-8), $1,393.00

SIxTH $70,000, SOC $65,000, 3 YO, 1M10 Hobbs J. Castellano $13.00 $6.60 $4.909 Kitten’s Kid J. Rosario $3.80 $3.102 Key to Power J. Alvarado $5.60B Gelding 2009, by Put It Back - Minster Abbey by DehereOwner: Repole Stable. Trainer: Todd Pletcher. Breeder: Minerva Stud LLC (FL).Late Scratches: Thomas Hill, Splendiferous, Master Achievement, Truetap, Hoist, Back AwayTime: 1:35.38Daily Double (8-10), $54.50; Exacta (10-9), $53.50; Superfecta (10-9-2-7), $924.00; Superfecta (10-9-2-8), $756.00; Trifecta (10-9-2), $356.00; Pic 3 (4-8-10), $340.50

SEvENTH $35,000, MAIDEN CLAIMING $20,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 6F4 Redemption Road J. Alvarado $8.50 $4.90 $3.907 Chief Gaga A. Garcia $11.20 $6.803 Curve Ball J. Rosario $7.90B Colt 2009, by Scat Daddy - Headed Home by AneesOwner: Centennial Farms. Trainer: James Jerkens. Breeder: Machmer Hall (KY).Late Scratches: Boyz Night, Romolo’s Friar, Quiet ValueClaimed: Chief Gaga claimed by Johnson, Tamzen for $20,000, Curve Ball claimed by Happy Horse Stables for $20,000, Revere claimed by Novak, Brian and Kerry for $20,000Time: 1:10.62Daily Double (10-4), $65.50; Exacta (4-7), $95.50; Superfecta (4-7-3-14), $7,364.00; Trifecta (4-7-3), $1,050.00; Pic 3 (8-10-4), $340.50

EIGHTH $95,000, AOC $75,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/8M6 Cease J. Rosario $5.60 $3.50 $2.707 Golden Gulch J. Lezcano $7.70 $4.005 Schoolyard Dreams R. Dominguez $2.40B Gelding 2007, by War Chant - Limit by Cox’s RidgeOwner: Dilschneider, Adele and Claiborne Farm. Trainer: Albert Stall, Jr.. Breeder: Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider (KY).Claimed: Pleasant Prince claimed by Chalk Racing for $75,000Time: 1:48.90Daily Double (4-6), $29.00; Exacta (6-7), $44.60; Superfecta (6-7-5-4), $953.00; Trifecta (6-7-5), $142.50; Pic 3 (10-4-6), $205.50

NINTH $200,000, STAkES - LAkE GEORGE S., 3 YO, 1 1/16M3 Centre Court J. Leparoux $7.50 $3.80 $2.804 Better Lucky E. Castro $12.00 $6.106 Samitar (GB) R. Dominguez $4.20Dk B/ Br Filly 2009, by Smart Strike - Let by A.P. IndyOwner: Humphrey, Jr., G., Watts. Trainer: George Arnold, II. Breeder: G. Watts Humphrey Jr. & Louise IrelandHumphrey Revocable T (KY).Late Scratches: Harbor MistTime: 1:41.71Daily Double (6-3), $20.40; Exacta (3-4), $77.00; Superfecta (3-4-6-2), $1,125.00; Trifecta (3-4-6), $429.50; Pic 3 (4-6-3), $115.50; Place Pix Nine (2/9/10-3/4/7-5/6/7-3), $85.00

TENTH $43,000, CLAIMING $25,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1M3 Fisherman’s Wharf R. Dominguez $8.50 $4.80 $3.304 Free Brave I. Ortiz, Jr. $6.20 $3.106 Annawon J. Alvarado $3.10B Gelding 2005, by Silver Deputy - Sandy’s Storm by Storm CatOwner: Dubb, Michael and Aisquith, Gary. Trainer: Rudy Rodriguez. Breeder: James S. Karp (KY).Late Scratches: Sun Dance Moon, Coosada, Settle for Medal, My Man Marty, Manteca, Versailles Road, TawaaredTime: 1:36.03Daily Double (3-3), $38.40; Exacta (3-4), $44.00; Superfecta (3-4-6-8), $1,712.00; Trifecta (3-4-6), $197.50; Pic 3 (6-3-3), $140.50; Pic 4 (4-6-3-3), $564.00; Pic 6 (8-10-4-6-3-3), $243.50; Pic 6 (8-10-4-6-3-3), $25,536.00

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“We’ve got five more weeks and he’ll be sky high by Labor Day.”

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• “Fifty-six and two fifths seconds for the five furlongs! And that I believe is a new track record!”

Track announcer Tom Durkin was correct, it was indeed a new track re-cord set by Teen Pauline and jockey Ju-lien Leparoux in the fifth, a 2-year-old filly maiden.

It certainly fooled Leparoux.“I didn’t think I went that fast. I never

whipped her. I kind of just smooched at her because she was looking around,” said Leparoux, who won three on the day. “So easy. They said it was a track record, I was like, ‘What?’ ”

Almost a year to the date after J C’s Pride set the record, Teen Pauline sprint-ed through 5 furlongs in 56.53, 1/100 of a second faster than J C’s Pride. Bred and owned by Stonestreet Stable and trained by Steve Asmussen, the daugh-

ter of Tapit promised big things to come with an effortless victory.

“We just want this to be the first step in a very successful career,” said Asmus-sen after the race.

Holding her own through the first half of the race, staying within a head of the leader Gadget Girl, Leparoux let his filly loose in the stretch.

“Teen Pauline, and Julien Leparoux

say ‘go,’ and she is indeed going,” said Durkin, adding after the race, “Teen Pauline could not have won that any easier.”

With split times of 21.82 and 44.73, the dark bay filly has certainly found solid footing with dirt sprint races.

“The timing of it worked out well, she had a very easy move over at the Oklahoma and then 2 breezes after

that,” Asmussen said. “I thought she was spot on and the timing would be perfect for her.”

As for where she’s headed from here, “We just want this to be the first step in a very successful career,” said Asmus-sen. “She’s special, she really is.”

– ryan jones and sean Clancy

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Dave HarmonTeen Pauline glides to the finish with a new track record in Wednesday’s fifth.

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• In the fourth race, Double The En-ergy sat just off the pacesetter, Union Boss, going the first half in 45.16. The field of nine turned for home, and the first-timer on the turf shifted to a higher gear, clearly enjoying her run on the Saratoga turf to win by 2 1/4 lengths.

“A friend of mine has been telling me all along, get her on the turf, get her on the turf. It finally worked out,” said train-er John Salzman Jr. “That was huge.”

The 3-year-old daughter of Unbri-dled Energy finished fourth in her most recent start, an optional claimer at Bel-mont. The winner of that race, Better Lucky, went on to win the Sand’s Point in her next start and finished second in the Grade II Lake George later on Wednesday’s card. Her sire, Unbridled Energy produces 13 percent with first-time turf starters.

“Unbridled Energy, man. If you look, he throws some runners on the turf. So I just had to do it, because she’s so fast that I can get the five eighths and the five and a half. Three quarters is pushing her distance,” Salzman said. “I really want-ed the sprint part of it. It didn’t matter if it came off the turf, she’ll run either way. They are the best kind to have.”

At 3-1, the Maryland shipper gave owner/trainer Salzman his first win from his first start at Saratoga.

Zero Yield came closed for second with quick turn of foot in the final yards while A Time To Love wound up third.

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Wednesday – Continued from page 22

Dave Harmonknock Rock (right) turns back Superestrella in Wednesday’s third race for owner/trainer Scott Schwartz.

Saratoga LeadersThrough Wednesday

TrainersTony Dutrow....................................... 3Steve Asmussen ................................ 3Rudy Rodriguez ................................. 3George Weaver................................... 2Chad Brown ....................................... 2Eddie Kenneally .................................. 2Todd Pletcher ..................................... 2Al Stall ................................................ 2

JockeysRamon Dominguez .......................... 12Jose Lezcano ..................................... 6Joel Rosario ....................................... 5Cornelio Velasquez ............................. 4Javier Castellano ................................ 4Junior Alvarado .................................. 4Julien Leparoux .................................. 4Edgar Prado ....................................... 3Irad Ortiz Jr. ....................................... 3Rosie Napravnik ................................. 3

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Sean ClancyTrainer Rusty Arnold has seen plenty in his 26 seasons at Saratoga.

Trainer Arnold recalls past at the Spathe Derby winner. And that was my first experience of what can happen to you at Saratoga.”

Arnold’s horse, Bippus, went on to win more than $100,000 in her career. It is safe to say he knows that the Spa is not the place to come if you want a sure thing.

“I’ve had years that I didn’t win a race,” he says. “Last year I didn’t win one.”

Yet he returns to the track that seems to catalogue every possible way to lose and condense the agony into a six-week period for its own twisted amusement. Why?

“When you lead your best over there, they’re against the best. You ob-viously can take some of these fillies to other places out of town and be more efficient with them, but I think every-body has that [feeling] that you’re here and you’d like to give it a try. You have the rest of the year after [Saratoga] to do that, and all year before this. But for these seven weeks, you want to . . . just see how good you are.”

This mindset, which could reason-ably be interpreted as pride obscur-ing fiscal responsibility, is nothing if not refreshing to the sports fan who has grown sick of bloated contracts and consolidation of top talent that now pervade more mainstream athletic organizations (cough, cough . . . the NBA).

Besides, Arnold understands that the racing gods are fair with their dis-tribution of gut-wrenching beats and fortuitous victories. One of the latter also included a filly that he thought very highly of, yet for unknown rea-sons continually faded toward the fin-ish.

“Her name was Belle Artiste, and we had liked her quite a bit. I had her for Mr. John Peace, and first time I ran her she broke really well, laid up close, didn’t get anything. Second time, same thing; third time, same thing. And we said, ‘She’s not as good as we thought.’

“Near the end of the meet here I ran her one more time . . . She had the one hole; she fell on her head out of the gate. Right to the ground. Stood up, she’s about 3 or 4 lengths behind the field. She follows the field down the backside; they swing her into the middle and she comes flying down the middle of the racetrack and wins. She pays like $40 (actually an even health-ier $66.50). She was a come-from-be-hind sprinter and we found it out by accident.

“She ended up making somewhere around $300,000; won a lot of stakes all coming from the back of the pack . . . It was one that just happened to turn it around by luck. Maybe we would have found that out later, but maybe not.”

Fortune may not necessarily favor the bold, but if Saratoga Race Course proves anything it’s that it certainly doesn’t discriminate against them ei-ther.

Arnold – Continued from page 26

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“The first year I came here, I had a maiden I thought was a really good filly. So I brought her, I could get her in. She trained tremendous. I run her; she’s third; beaten by 8 or 9 lengths. I was devastat-ed. The winner was Winning Colors, and the second place finisher was a filly called Epitome. She ended up winning the Breeders’ Cup in the fall, and Win-ning Colors won the [Kentucky] Derby the next year. So I was third to the champion 2-year-old filly and

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Stop 2. The Union Avenue backstretch gate. Traffic backs up for the horses, which is OK.

Stop 3. The barn. The newspapers go on a golf cart, with a teenager, and off they go to the grandstand, the clubhouse, the racing office, the stakes barn, the mail room, the jocks’ room, the security guards at various posts along the route.

Stop 4. The Morning Line Kitchen, after a nice walk (since the cart went the opposite direction). Hel-los to Carlos Martin, Pat Kelly, Phil Serpe, Al Stall, Charlie Lopresti. They talk horses, some good, some bad, some coordinated, some clumsy. Tea and an Eng-lish muffin from Lucy. Seth Gregory talks about two old dogs. A picnic table beckons, time to look at the paper (there’s another bad cutline) and have break-fast while hearing a joke each from Jack Clancy and Bob Giordano. One about a bear, one about a pirate. Clean, both of them.

Stop 5. The cart is back and off we go, headed to the Oklahoma Annex. Teenage driver at the wheel. Note to self, taking notes or using an iPhone while someone else drives a golf cart induces vertigo.

Stop 6. The Oklahoma Annex. Steeplechaser Ser-geant Karakorum (he’s in today’s first) stands quiet-ly at a single yellow runner while getting tacked by Brian Crowley. The New York-bred looks sleepy and gets even sleepier with a little rubbing on his cheeks. He’d be a great hypnotist’s assistant. “You are getting sleepy, very sleepy . . . when I clap my hands, you are going to awake and win the race at big odds . . .” A few doors down, 3-year-old flat horse Ever So Lucky stands in Stall 41 next to the tack room. He’s wear-ing one bell boot (right front) and two ice boots up past his knees. He was briefly on the Kentucky Derby trail this spring, then bounced off it back to the farm. Now he’s on the rebound, and headed to Friday’s Cur-lin. Jonathan Sheppard trains them both, two parts of Saratoga’s most mixed string (old steeplechasers, fast 3-year-olds, green 2-year-olds).

Stop 7. Out back at the Annex on the jogging ring. Sheppard sounds like a riding instructor, telling Crow-ley and Darren Nagle to “jog on” aboard Sergeant Karakorum and El Season. They take laps, cross over and switch directions – I didn’t notice if they nailed the diagonals. Sheppard talks the whole time – about Ever So Lucky, Sergeant Karakorum, jockeys, owners, horse deals.

Stop 8. The Oklahoma infield for a short blowout and schooling session. The horses gallop about once

around, jump a single fence – El Season in front – then repeat the school over two in a row. Spot on, boys.

Stop 9. The rail by the horse path on the turn at Oklahoma. Doc Richardson and Brant Laue hold court – on anything from Woody Stephens to breed-ing to grading races to cattle-hauling mishaps. Ask Doc about Woody’s Belmont watch and get Brant to tell you about tying the Charolais to the rest-stop fence. The second best part (behind the tales) about that spot is the traffic. Racing’s reigning queen Royal Delta might walk past. En Fuego, once a turf horse with Clement and now a jumper with Fisher, might too. Top jocks Ramon Dominguez (Saratoga), Paddy Young (steeplechasing) and Mary Motion (point-to-point) cross paths there. John Velazquez and Tristan Barry ride by talking a furlong a minute in unique ac-cents that somehow sync. Tom Voss sidles up to dis-pense wisdom, wearing a velvet helmet that was new when his uncle painted Seabiscuit. Barclay Tagg rides past on a pony, leading a turf worker. Edgar Prado adjusts a stirrup (shorter, for sure).

Stop 10. Nowhere. The morning has dripped away. The teenager-driven golf cart is long gone. The horses have returned to their stalls – or round pens (where two Bill Mott ponies share one). The Oklahoma side slowly empties of cars owned by racetrackers and be-gins to fill with those driven by fans. A dog stretches and flops in the dirt. Hotwalkers trade lead shanks for rakes. Trainers organize paddock schoolers. Clockers holster watches.

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Sellito promised Alvarado he would get his foot (golf cart) in the door (shedrow) of big stables in New York, especially millionaires row of Bill Mott. Sellito has built a friendship and a solid working relationship with the Hall of Famer.

Alvarado listened but was, justifiably, skeptical. Then it happened.

“When my agent said we were going to ride a lot of horses for Billy Mott . . . it’s not easy to get in a big barn and get first call, this is New York, this is not easy,” Al-varado said. “When we started riding for him, I was like, ‘Wow, this is really happening.’ It’s been working. Just keep going.”

Alvarado and Sellito will see to that. Alvarado guided Mott-trained Lunar Victory to a

dominant win in the Evan Shipman Monday, their fourth win in a row together. The New York-bred could step out of those ranks and become a major factor in the older

horse division by season’s end. Of course, Mott will need to travel with the likes of Lunar Victory, Flat Out, To Honor And Serve and Ron The Greek holding pillars un-der that tent. You can be sure, Alvarado will be involved.

Alvarado followed his dad into a riding career, getting started in his native Venezuela before being pushed to America by his father. He arrived in Florida, traveled to Chicago, dabbled at New York with a stint at Aqueduct.

“Two years ago, I came in the winter, I did pretty good, finished fifth, but I knew I wasn’t ready,” Alvarado said. “I saw how good I was against the best and said, ‘It would not be a good idea to stay’ so I went back to Arlington. I didn’t want to burn myself.”

Alvarado regrouped, won races, honed his skills and came back. This time, with Sellito driving the cart.

Alvarado finished second to Ramon Dominguez in the Aqueduct standings through the end of 2011. Then chased Cornelio Velasquez and Dominguez through April. It was a strong stand, one good enough to con-vince Alvarado to stick around. He finished fifth at the Belmont Spring Meet, behind Dominguez, Javier Castel-lano, Jose Lezcano and Rosie Napravnik. Yes, the water gets deeper as you go from Aqueduct to Belmont to Sara-toga, but Alvarado is swimming hard.

“I couldn’t have asked for better during winter time. I knew it would get a little bit tougher in Belmont. I still finished fifth in the standings, I won some stakes races, it was even better than I was expecting,” Alvarado said. “Right now, Saratoga is a tough meet. I’ve only won two races so far (plus two more Wednesday), but trainers are putting me on horses, I’m excited. I’m working hard in the mornings, hoping I can get a shot to ride something. This is the big league, they don’t give you any shot here, you have to try 110 percent here.”

That’s not a problem for Alvarado who was meant

to be called Rafael Alvarado Jr., after his father but was mistakenly registered as Junior Alvarado at the hospital. The name stuck and the riding ability was handed down.

“My dad was a rider too. I did pretty good as a bug boy in Venezuela but my dad always put it in my mind, ‘You should go to the United States.’ I’m like, ‘I’m doing good here.’ I wasn’t really thirsty,” Alvarado said. “We watched racing from the United States, I was like, ‘Wow, I kind of like it.’ Dad say, ‘Let’s try to do it, maybe we can find some help there, get somebody to sign your paper.’ He was the one with the idea.”

Alvarado calls his dad in Venezuela every day. They talk racing, celebrate his wins, analyze his losses, miss each other.

“I’m still trying to get the papers for him to come here, they’ve denied him two times, I pay everything, sign ev-erything, just to stay for a visit, they make it tough,” Al-varado said. “I went home for a week with my son last year and that was nice but, yeah, it’s tough to not have him here.”

As for Saratoga 2012, Alvarado just wants to leave with a better memory than last year when he came here to ride Top Surprize in a claimer for Arlington-based Larry Rivelli. Sent off favorite in the mile turf race, Top Surprize reached the front too soon and was caught late.

It still hurts. “It wasn’t a good ride, I made a really quick move and

they got me right on the wire, I didn’t know the track. Those things make you learn,” Alvarado said. “I was up-set with myself, I couldn’t get that thing out of my mind, I was like, ‘I’m not ready for this.’ I knew it.”

A year later, he has four wins on the docket, including a stakes. He’s not going back to Arlington Park.

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by Sean Clancy

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