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Saratoga’s Daily Newspaper about Thoroughbred Racing
All T imeToner filly gets past Catch A Glimpse
JOHN’S CALL STAKES PREVIEW • STABLE TOUR WITH RICK VIOLETTE • ENTRIES & HANDICAPPING
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here&there... at SaratogaNAMES OF THE DAYPop The Hood, eighth race. Chester and Mary Broman’s homebred 4-year-old is by Street Cry.
Renown, ninth race. Not to be confused with the American-bred 3-year-old filly with the same name this English-bred 5-year-old is out of Fame At Last.
Light Reign, 10th race. The 3-year-old filly is by Monarchos out of Luminate.
LICENSE PLATES OF THE DAYLV TOGA, New York.
BDHP, New York. It stands for Broken Down Horse Player and comes courtesy of reader Patrick Carroll. The plate pays tribute to former Chicago Sun-Times turf writer Dave Feldman, honorary chairman of the BDHP club.
BY THE NUMBERS1: Car in the ditch next to the 6 1/2-furlong pole on the main track Tuesday morning (Tuesday morning problems).
1: Thermos in a tree by the Oklahoma training gap (the cup/lid was on the back of the sign).
1: Hotwalker in a Captain America T-shirt at the Oklahoma Annex Tuesday morning.
2: Trips to Saratoga – without running – for steeplechaser Boogie Feeva, who missed out on a race because of rain Aug. 10 and a foot abscess Aug. 17.
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WORTH REPEATING“I’m happy it was the Troy and I met the mayor of Troy.”
Patricia Generazio after her homebred Disco Partner won the Troy
“Joe Falcone has galloped him here. He’s done a very nice job with him. He’s a pleasure to be around. He’s just a little horse that really gives 100 percent all the time.”
Trainre Jim Ryerson on Disco Partner
“And in the left corner at 145 pounds is Pedro on Tale Of Verve.”Trainer Dallas Stewart as Tale Of Verve pulled hard
with Pedro Velez while training on the Oklahoma Monday morning
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If I could talk to a horse“Is today your day?”
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If the two of us could converseBut it’s not practical, you understand’Cus it would make both of us hoarse
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WORTH REPEATING“It’s a shame those two races are one day apart.”
Trainer Elizabeth Voss, watching New York Turf Writers steeplechase favorite Bob Le Beau train with John’s Call runner Renown Tuesday morning (she was kidding, we think)
“Can I keep this?”Jockey Mike Smith, as he held on to a fan’s
Sharpie marker to sign more autographs after Songbird’s win Saturday
Bystander: “Jack Fisher doesn’t care if the halters are clean.”Connor Hankin (while cleaning a halter): “I do.”
“Moves just like her.”Trainer Jimmy Toner as Defiant Honor, a full-sister to Grade 2
stakes winner Recepta, walked off the track after a bullet work Monday morning
“We’ve got to get this hay bale back to the barn.”Trainer Graham Motion, climbing into a golf cart
with a bale of alfalfa tied in the back Monday morning
“Every time you come around we win.”Trainer Charlton Baker after winning the Summer Colony Stakes
the day after doing a Stable Tour with The Special’s Annise Montplaisir
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“When I used to let up on Shine Again, she’d break out in bumps, which doesn’t make any sense at all but I’ve watched it. Classy Mirage did that, too. You hate to waste a horse, say you weren’t going to run her for another six weeks. You figure you’re not going to keep drilling her, that’s when she’d get the bumps. Years ago, when we used to back off a horse we used to not feed them much grain. Maybe that’s the trouble, we feed them the same. I don’t, though. (Charlie) Whitting-ham told me, ‘Nah, I give ’em the same, I want ’em to get built up.’ Did you ever meet him? Some guy. Jimmy said he talked to him for 10 minutes and he could realize why he was so great. Lazaro was no slouch either. Lazaro Barrera.”
– Trainer Allen Jerkens 1929-2015
The Chief . . . Day 24
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As training hours wrapped up Aug. 19, Rick Violette sits in his of-fice in the middle of Barn 19 just off the three-quarter-pole gap of the main track at Saratoga Race Course.
Stable staffers rake the paths that wind through the grass area outside the shedrow, keeping everything neat and tidy, stools are washed and stacked next to the sprayed down wash pad, polos wrapped and await-ing their next ride. Stall guards hang with matching crisscrossed black and light blue runners above as horses gaze out at sets from other barns go-ing to and returning from the main track.
The Morning Line kitchen bus-tles with activity, tourists and horse-men grabbing a coffee or tea to get through the morning.
Violette’s Saratoga string is dis-persed with 22 horses in Barn 19, eight in neighboring barn 16 and an ever-changing number across the street at the harness track. The stable is winless from 13 starts through the first 28 days of the meeting, but has two seconds and three thirds. Three of the placings have come in graded stakes.
“We tend to like most of our hors-es,” Violette said. “If they try, we like them.”
Violette’s background is in the hunter/jumper world and he started training Thoroughbreds more than 30 years ago. In addition to his duties at the barn and the races, Violette has served as president of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Associa-tion since 2008.
Violette hosted The Special’s Shay-na Tiller for a stroll through his two barns on the main track.
Olive Branch: Ralph Evans’ 2-year-old Speightstown filly gazed out of her corner stall, watching horses return to their barns fol-lowing morning workouts. She finished fifth in Grade 3 Schuylerville July 22 and third in Grade 2 Adirondack Aug. 19. “Little tiny. She did (run well). Just buried on the inside, we never got clear. She settled, and broke really well. Jose (Ortiz) rode really well, third in a graded race is important for fillies, especial-ly with her pedigree. It’s too close to come back and do the Spinaway, I think the Frizette could certainly be part of the plan. I’m going to breeze her on the grass because she has some turf pedigree and give that a shot, kind of follow her lead. Miss cutie pie.”
Bea Bea: The petite gray City Zip filly, seventh in a maiden-claimer Aug. 11 and a 2014 Fasig-Tipton October graduate, stood with her head behind the hanging Jolly Ball, twisting her neck for attention as the trainer approached. “I own half of her (with Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners). She’s a 3-year-old. She ran earlier in the meet and was a little
disappointing. We’ll try her again before we leave. Little princess.”
Kathy’s Humor: New York-bred 4-year-old Justenuffhumor filly finished seventh in Aug. 7 allowance, following a second in a similar allowance at Belmont June 16. “She tied up on us in her last race. She was disappointing but fortunately it was only that. Actually, she’s go-ing to breeze soon and we’ll see where we are. We’re right on the cusp, if things go perfectly she will (make another start at the meet).”
Random Walk: Also owned by Evans and a Fasig-Tipton July 2015 graduate, the son of Super Saver finished second in Grade 3 Sanford Stakes July 23. “This is a nice horse, broke his maiden first time out very impres-sively at Belmont, and then was second in the Sanford opening weekend. He isn’t very big and he’s grown. He was tiny. Hopefully he’ll make the Hopeful.”
Diversify: A $150,000 buy at the 2014 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred sale, 3-year-old Bellamy Road gelding extended his neck and nudged his trainer for some atten-tion. “This is a colt owned by WinStar. He won his first time out going a mile (at Belmont July 14) and hopefully he’ll run by the end of the meet here. He broke his maiden right before we came up here, he ran very fast and looks like he’s a nice horse. Very kind, likes atten-tion.”
Deuces High: My Meadowview Farm’s homebred Noble Causeway colt finished sev-enth in the New York Derby at Finger Lakes July 23. “He won his first time out going a mile-and-a-sixteenth and we had him in the New York Derby and probably were too ag-gressive with him. We’ll come back down to earth and put him in an a-other-than (he’s en-
tered Friday). He and Samraat are owned by Len Riggio (My Meadowview Farm), who’s the CEO of Barnes & Noble.”
Jo’s Bold Cat: Stretching and twisting for pats, James Nolan’s homebred son of Coura-geous Cat finished second in a July 29 maiden race. “New York-bred 2-year-old got beat a lip opening week here his first time out. He’s doing great. He’ll run back. Pretty cool horse, came to us a little scatter-brained and he’s ac-tually kind of a different horse now.”
Samraat: A veteran of the 2014 spring clas-sics, My Meadowview Farm homebred son of Noble Causeway finished second in Grade 3 Westchester May 7, fourth in Grade 2 Brook-lyn Invitational June 11 and second in Grade 2 Suburban July 9. “Just breezed a mile actual-ly, he went great. A mile in (1:41.44) and went very, very well. We’re planning on running him in the Woodward. He got beat a lip in the Suburban, Effinex beat him literally a lip. He’s a pretty cool horse. Won the Withers and the Gotham as a 3-year-old and had some physi-cal issues that we gave him quite a bit of time off for. He’s come back and he’s a neat horse.”
Pocket Player: A $40,000 buy at last year’s Fasig Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale, son of Afleet Alex breezed a half in :50.22 Saturday. Violette reached to stroke the colt’s head and he snapped at him. “Oh, didn’t train you hard enough today? He’s a bit of a punk (in a good way). He went a half-mile this morning with Muselet.”
Muselet: Unraced 3-year-old daughter of Flatter has breezed five times at Saratoga, including Saturday’s half-mile with Pocket Player. “She’s a Flatter filly that hasn’t run yet. A muselet, I didn’t know what that was. So I called the owner and it’s the wire cap of a cork
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in a champagne bottle. We’re trying to make it; she just went a half-mile this morning. Without it being goose bumps it was good, hopefully we’ll make a race by the end of the meet.”
Upstart: The 4-year-old Flatter ridgling exits back-to-back thirds in Grade 1 Metropolitan and Whitney. Purchased at the 2013 Fasig-Tipton New York-bred sale here, the dark bay sticks just the tip of his tongue out as he extends his muzzle, seeking a pat on the face. “He will take a finger, be careful. He lulls you into a stupor. He’s doing great, we’re probably going to skip the Woodward with him and go to the Kelso. He is a goofball – he all of a sudden just stares at nothing in the air and stares away. He’ll be in the starting gate and there’ll be horses flying out of it and he’s just looking up there, oblivious to it.”
Made In Detroit: Second in the Woodhaven Stakes last year, 4-year-old Arch gelding fin-ished sixth in an allowance-optional last Friday. “He ran hard, very difficult race. He ended up on the lead and probably was a little too fast early. But he’s a very cool horse, got beat a head at Laurel in his previous start. Pretty cool, very hard-trying horse.”
Ryder Road: My Meadowview Farm’s home-bred Bellamy Road colt whinnied as Violette entered the barn, nodding and biting at his Jolly Ball until he got attention. Unraced colt breezed 5 furlongs from the gate in 1:01.87 Friday. “He’ll run up here. He’s doing well, broke out of the gate yesterday and he was a little bit slow, needs another try at it.”
Sky Gesture: “Hello?” Violette said as he leaned in the stall. The gray Tiznow filly, a My Meadowview homebred, turned around to greet the visitors. “She’s actually ready to run. She has some quality; I like her. She has some seri-ous ability, so we’ll find out.”
Core Portfolio: The Haynesfield colt, twice a Fasig-Tipton graduate, finished sixth in his last two state-bred allowance starts at Belmont June 9 and Saratoga Aug. 1. The chestnut nod-ded and nudged Violette, lipping his hand as he made a fist. “He’ll run by the end of the meet here. He’s won a couple of races and has been to a couple of racetracks he wasn’t too fond of. So we’ll give him another chance.”
Stable Tour – Continued from page 8
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BY LINZAY MARKSSometimes a non-traditional approach is just
what it takes to get the most of out a horse. That said, if you ask Niall Saville about the program for his starter in today’s 1 5/8-mile John’s Call Stakes on the turf, which includes dressage, jumping, and lots of hill work, he’ll tell you it’s just part of the usual routine. Linzay Marks
Moss Code checks out the Saratoga paddock this week.
Workin ProgressMoss Code meets crowded field of 10 in marathon turf test
JOHN’S CALL STAKES PREVIEW
Continued On Page 12
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“He’s not a special-case program here at Fair Hill. Maybe slightly dif-ferent than being stuck in Belmont for example,” Saville said this week about Moss Code’s training regimen.
The 4-year-old Congrats gelding came to Saville and his wife Rosella in February after Irv Naylor claimed him for $50,000 at Gulfstream Park to add another hurdle prospect to his successful steeplechase operation.
“He was a nice horse when we got him,” said Rosella, who works close-ly with her husband. “He was pretty straightforward.”
Niall Saville said Moss Code was on his radar for about six months be-fore the claim.
“We ran one the same day he was at Belmont,” he said of a start at Bel-mont in July 2015. “So, he popped on the radar there and Mr. Naylor asked me to look for a couple of horses that would make jumpers in the future. I thought he was a good looking horse, well put together, thought he’d make a nice hurdler. But in the mean time
I thought we could win a few races with him. He fit the bill for Mr. Nay-lor so that’s why I took him.
“They paid a lot of money for him originally, he’s well-bred and has an awful lot of class. That’s what I look for when I claim, because if you can figure out the key to them, they come good for you. I think quite highly of him to be honest.”
Out of the Housebuster mare Fun Project, Moss Code sold to owner Mossarossa for $190,000 at the 2014 Keeneland April 2-year-olds sale. The chestnut was unsuccessful in 10 starts before being claimed.
Moss Code won first time out for the Saville team April 15 at Aqueduct going 1 1/16 miles.
“I was actually very, very high on him winning up at Aqueduct, I was going to be surprised if he got beat,” Saville said. “He’d improved so much.”
The original plan following the claim was to run Moss Code back at Gulfstream, but an outbreak of equine herpes outbreak prevented them from leaving their winter base at Payson Park.
John’s Call – Continued from page 10
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“He worked out pretty nicely for us really, we took him to Payson Park to fiddle around with him for a few months and make tweaks,” Saville said. “The quarantine gave me a little extra time to figure him out. He got better and better.”
The tweaks include dressage work.“He just had a bit of an awkward head carriage,
when he was running his races, carried his head a bit high,” Saville said. “So we worked on him. Teaching him how to use himself the right way. He had a bit of a sore back from the way he was car-rying his head, so we just got him going a bit better that way.”
Rosella is often the one at Maryland’s Fair Hill Training Center to make sure his flatwork and mind stay correct.
Moss Code also schools over jumps occasionally and Rosella described him as “a nice ride and just a cool horse to take out and hack around. If he’s happy we’re happy.”
In addition to the dressage and jumping, the fu-ture hurdler gets plenty of time outside.
“We make use of the hills, you know, I don’t ac-tually think he has a huge amount of works because he does a lot out in the back fields here, you can’t really clock those. It helps him,” Niall said.
Keeping things fresh seems to work for Moss
Code. He’s won twice in three starts for the Savilles. The loss – a fourth in a 1 1/16-mile allowance May 8 at Belmont Park – is one to put a strike through, Saville said.
“I had a setback,” he said. “Ran him on soft ground his second race at Belmont. He came out of there muscle sore, it was a mistake running. I didn’t realize how soft the ground was, he was actually meant to go in the 1 1/4-mile race the week before, but it didn’t go.”
After a bit of time off, Moss Code returned July 27 at Delaware Park. He won that race going 1 mile and 70 yards, getting up in the final strides to nip Tobias by a nose.
Saville also thought he’d run Moss Code long, but the John’s Call wasn’t originally part of the gelding’s summer schedule. Saville entered him in a 1 1/16-mile allowance-optional on the grass Sun-day at Laurel Park.
Moss Code was on the also-eligible list for the Laurel race and scratched when the race was taken off the turf.
“This wasn’t on the agenda,” he said. “I would have liked to ease into going longer – I wanted to run him. He’s ready to go and this race (John’s Call) was coming up, I didn’t think it was particularly tough. I don’t know if he’s quite ready mentally to go this long yet, but I don’t think stamina will be an issue for him.
Another of the John’s Call entrants with connec-tions to the steeplechase world is Rum Tum Tugger.
Trained by Hall of Famer Jonathan Sheppard,
Rum Tum Tugger is experienced at distance races up to 2 miles and winning at 1 1/2 and 1 3/8 miles. The 7-year-old Afleet Alex gelding last ran Aug. 12 at Saratoga, finishing third by 6 3/4 lengths going 1 3/8 miles.
“(He’s training) quite well, the races are a little close together,” Sheppard said. “But you know he’s an older horse, he’s pretty tough and he takes care of himself. I don’t think it’s going to be a problem. And he seems very good in his training. I’m hap-py with him. He’s a solid horse and he likes the long-distance races.”
The field for the $100,000 John’s Call also in-cludes the first four finishers from the 1 1/2-mile Cape Henlopen at Delaware Park July 9 – Renown for trainer Elizabeth Voss, Street Fashion for Gra-ham Motion, Biz The Nurse for Tom Albertrani and Set To Music for Arnaud Delacour.
Trainer Mike Maker won last year’s John’s Call with Da Big Hoss and is back to defend with Pro-curement, who won a $25,000 claiming race on the grass at Saratoga July 23.
Mr Maybe, winner of last year’s Grade 3 Red Smith for trainer Chad Brown, is the 8-5 favorite on the morning line. He comes in off back-to-back defeats in the Grade 2 Mac Diarmida at Gulfstream and the Grade 1 United Nations at Monmouth Park. My Afleet and Beidermeier complete the field. The Nick Esler-trained Swear By It is expected to scratch.
John’s Call – Continued from page 12
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Wednesday, August 24.
1ST (1:00PM). $65,000, ALW, 4 YO’S & UP, 2 1/16M (HURDLE)Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double1 ..... 1 ............Causeworthy .................. S. McDermott .................. J. Fisher ..................... 15-12 ..... 2 ............All for Us ........................ C. Hankin ......................... J. Fisher ....................... 4-13 ..... 3 ............Castle Hill ....................... G. Galligan ....................... J. Sheppard .................. 5-14 ..... 4 ............Stormy Alex ................... R. Geraghty ..................... C. Murphy .................. 10-15 ..... 5 ............Second Amendment ....... B. Dalton .......................... E. Merryman ................ 8-16 ..... 6 ............Share Out ....................... J. Doyle ........................... T. Wyatt ...................... 15-17 ..... 7 ............North Star Boy (IRE) ...... D. Nagle ........................... N. Saville ...................... 3-18 ..... 8 ............Help From Heaven .......... K. Norris .......................... P. Fout .......................... 7-29 ..... 9 ............Dyna’s Vow .................... P. Young .......................... L. Young ..................... 15-1
2ND (1:33PM). $37,000, MCL $20,000, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 6 1/2FExacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 5, Daily Double1 ..... 1 ............Antebellum ..................... I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ K. McLaughlin .............. 4-12 ..... 2 ............Bow Town Cat ................ K. Carmouche .................. P. Reynolds ................ 12-13 ..... 3 ............Road to Perfection ......... M. Franco ........................ D. Donk ...................... 15-14 ..... 4 ............Chorus Line .................... J. Alvarado ...................... W. Mott ........................ 5-15 ..... 5 ............Double Dose .................. J. Velazquez ..................... T. Pletcher .................... 3-16 ..... 6 ............Appealing Miss .............. E. Cancel .......................... J. Kimmel ................... 20-17 ..... 7 ............Dean’s Ticket .................. R. Santana, Jr. ................. G. Contessa ................ 12-18 ..... 8 ............Learning Curve ............... J. Ortiz ............................. R. Moquett ................... 7-29 ..... 9 ............Phantom Phasr .............. C. DeCarlo ....................... T. Albertrani .................. 9-2
3RD (2:06PM). $32,000, CLM $16,000, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 6FExacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 4, Daily Double1 ..... 2 ............Papa’s Missile ................ K. Carmouche .................. G. Sciacca .................... 4-11a .... 4 ............Redneck Gold ................. J. Torres .......................... G. Sciacca .................... 4-12 ..... 1 ............Staff Sgt Reckless .......... I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ J. Scott ......................... 9-23 ..... 3 ............Ultra Arumba (BRZ) ....... L. Saez ............................. K. McPeek .................... 8-14 ..... 5 ............Phocea ........................... E. Cancel .......................... J. Mazza ....................... 7-25 ..... 6 ............Ragazza Piu’ Bella .......... J. Alvarado ...................... B. Brown ...................... 5-16 ..... 7 ............Bee Noteworthy .............. J. Ortiz ............................. H. Bond ........................ 3-17 ..... 8 ............Stella Who ...................... A. Arroyo ......................... J. Parker ..................... 10-1
4TH (2:40PM). $47,000, CLM $40,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 5 1/2F (TURF)Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double1 ..... 1 ............Undercutter .................... J. Ortiz ............................. R. Barbara .................... 8-12 ..... 2 ............House of Friends ............ J. Alvarado ...................... W. Mott ...................... 10-13 ..... 3 ............Tapit Wicked................... I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ S. Asmussen ................ 2-14 ..... 4 ............Bow Tie Affair ................. S. Bridgmohan ................ P. Reynolds ................ 15-15 ..... 5 ............Stormin Stephen ............ J. Rosario ........................ A. Adsit ........................ 9-26 ..... 6 ............Crowd Funding ............... D. Davis ........................... R. Handal ................... 12-17 ..... MTO ......Afleet Martini .................. M. Franco ........................ J. Servis ....................... 3-18 ..... 8 ............Zoot Suit ........................ L. Saez ............................. P. Pugh ......................... 5-19 ..... 9 ............Peace Points .................. K. Carmouche .................. M. Trombetta .............. 20-110..... 10 ..........Lotza Heat ...................... J. Davis ............................ G. DiSanto .................. 30-111..... 11 ..........Big Air ............................ J. Lezcano ....................... L. Gaudet ...................... 6-1
5TH (3:14PM). $73,000, MSW, 2 YO, F , 5 1/2FExacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 6, Daily Double1 ..... 1 ............She’s My Ghibli .............. R. Santana, Jr. ................. G. Gullo ...................... 15-12 ..... 2 ............Ingrid ............................. C. DeCarlo ....................... M. Hushion .................. 9-23 ..... 3 ............Great Neck ..................... S. Bridgmohan ................ B. Cox .......................... 4-14 ..... 4 ............Sisella ............................ J. Toledo .......................... H. McMahon .............. 12-15 ..... 5 ............No Lunks ........................ J. Ortiz ............................. T. Pletcher .................... 7-26 ..... 6 ............Tainted Angel ................. L. Saez ............................. A. Adsit ........................ 5-17 ..... 7 ............Out of Trouble ................ K. Carmouche .................. K. McLaughlin .............. 4-18 ..... 8 ............Dr. Stone ........................ J. Velazquez ..................... B. Levine ...................... 6-1
6TH (3:48PM). $83,000, MSW, 2 YO, 5 1/2F (TURF)Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double1 ..... 1 ............Mongo Nation ................ J. Bravo ........................... D. Fawkes ................... 12-12 ..... 2 ............Let’s Get Loud ................ J. Velazquez ..................... W. Ward ....................... 7-23 ..... 3 ............Millenial ......................... I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ D. Lukas ..................... 15-14 ..... 4 ............Hembree ........................ J. Rosario ........................ J. Sharp ........................ 8-15 ..... MTO ......Best Case ....................... . Rider TBA ...................... S. Asmussen ................ 3-16 ..... 6 ............Forge .............................. J. Castellano .................... C. Brown ...................... 8-57 ..... 7 ............Toshiro ........................... K. Carmouche .................. H. Motion ..................... 6-18 ..... 8 ............Shareholder Value .......... R. Santana, Jr. ................. T. Amoss .................... 10-19 ..... 9 ............Cowboy Affair ................ L. Saez ............................. T. Wismer ..................... 8-110..... 10 ..........Grandview ...................... M. Franco ........................ N. Esler ...................... 20-1
7TH (4:24PM). $62,000, CLM $40,000, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 1M (INNER TURF)Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 4, Daily Double1 ..... 1 ............Reversiontothemean ...... J. Bravo ........................... R. Metivier .................. 20-12 ..... 2 ............Emerald Pond ................ J. Castellano .................... C. Brown ...................... 2-13 ..... 3 ............Magsamelia .................... M. Franco ........................ E. Barker .................... 12-14 ..... 4 ............Littlemissperfect ............ J. Lezcano ....................... L. Rice .......................... 6-15 ..... 5 ............Greywalls ....................... R. Santana, Jr. ................. J. Terranova, II ............. 5-16 ..... 6 ............Morethanawarning ......... E. Cancel .......................... P. Quick ...................... 10-17 ..... 7 ............Bargaining Table............. I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ M. Miceli .................... 12-18 ..... 8 ............Comet Sixty Two ............ J. Ortiz ............................. R. Barbara .................... 7-29 ..... MTO ......My Won Love ................. I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ S. Klesaris .................... 3-110..... 10 ..........Bissectrisa ..................... L. Saez ............................. J. Sharp ........................ 8-1
8TH (5:02PM). $78,000, AOC $40,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 6 1/2FExacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double1 ..... 1 ............John’s Island .................. A. Arroyo ......................... J. Jerkens ..................... 3-12 ..... 2 ............Bug Juice ....................... J. Rosario ........................ S. Klesaris .................... 4-13 ..... 3 ............Pop the Hood ................. J. Torres .......................... R. Ubillo ..................... 20-14 ..... 4 ............More Zen Tea ................. R. Santana, Jr. ................. S. Asmussen ................ 9-25 ..... 5 ............Proper Freud .................. K. Carmouche .................. M. Gory ...................... 12-16 ..... 6 ............Saratoga Heater ............. I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ D. Jacobson ................. 5-27 ..... 7 ............Candid Desire ................. J. Lezcano ....................... G. Sciacca .................. 20-18 ..... 8 ............Adirondack Posse .......... M. Franco ........................ G. Contessa ................ 12-19 ..... 9 ............Saltine Warrior ............... L. Saez ............................. J. Englehart ................ 10-1
9TH (5:40PM). $100,000, STK - THE JOHN’S CALL, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 5/8M (TURF)Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Daily Double1 ..... 1 ............Renown (GB) ................. A. Cruz ............................. E. Voss ......................... 4-12 ..... 2 ............Rum Tum Tugger ........... K. Carmouche .................. J. Sheppard ................ 15-13 ..... 3 ............Mr Maybe ....................... I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ C. Brown ...................... 8-54 ..... 4 ............Set to Music ................... J. Bravo ........................... A. Delacour ................ 12-15 ..... 5 ............Procurement .................. J. Ortiz ............................. M. Maker .................... 15-16 ..... 6 ............Biz The Nurse (IRE) ........ J. Castellano .................... T. Albertrani ................ 10-17 ..... 7 ............My Afleet ........................ J. Lezcano ....................... J. Lawrence, II .............. 8-18 ..... 8 ............Moss Code ..................... J. Alvarado ...................... N. Saville .................... 30-19 ..... 9 ............Swear by It ..................... M. Franco ........................ N. Esler ...................... 20-110..... 10 ..........Street Fashion ................ J. Rosario ........................ H. Motion ..................... 9-211..... 11 ..........Biedermeier .................... J. Velazquez ..................... T. Wyatt ...................... 30-1
10TH (6:17PM). $47,000, CLM $40,000, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 1M (INNER TURF)Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta1 ..... AE..........Light Reign .................... S. Bridgmohan ................ P. Kelly ......................... 8-11a .... MTO ......Saratiago ........................ J. Torres .......................... P. Kelly ......................... 8-12 ..... 1 ............Silver Vixen .................... S. Bridgmohan ................ C. Reese ....................... 8-13 ..... 2 ............Fly Ash ........................... K. Carmouche .................. P. Reynolds ................ 20-14 ..... 3 ............Stella Street (IRE) .......... I. Ortiz, Jr. ........................ C. Brown ...................... 8-55 ..... 4 ............Likeagirl ......................... J. Davis ............................ J. Antonucci ............... 20-16 ..... 5 ............Frosty Lady .................... L. Saez ............................. D. Schettino ............... 10-17 ..... 6 ............Foxy Posse ..................... M. Luzzi ........................... B. Levine .................... 20-18 ..... 7 ............Always Sarah ................. D. Davis ........................... J. Ryerson .................. 10-19 ..... 8 ............I Love You Still ............... A. Arroyo ......................... T. Bush ....................... 15-110..... 9 ............Marnesia Big Girl ........... J. Ortiz ............................. L. Rice .......................... 3-111..... 10 ..........Rosedale Arch ................ E. Cancel .......................... T. Albertrani .................. 6-112..... AE..........Cotton Candy Cutie ........ L. Saez ............................. B. Brown ...................... 8-113..... AE..........Taramislew ..................... J. Torres .......................... J. Schoeneman .......... 20-114..... AE..........Doxology ........................ J. Alvarado ...................... J. Scott ....................... 12-1Copyright 2016 EQUIBASE Company LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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North Star BoyHelp From Heaven
All For UsLearning Curve
AntebellumDouble Dose
Bee NoteworthyPhocea
Sciacca entryTapit Wicked
Zoot SuitStormin Stephen
IngridGreat Neck
Out Of TroubleForge
Let’s Get LoudShareholder Value
Emerald PondComet Sixty Two
ReversiontothemeanSaratoga Heater
John’s IslandBug JuiceMr MaybeRenown
Street FashionStella Street
Marnesia Big GirlFrosty Lady
North Star BoyHelp From Heaven
All For UsDouble DoseAntebellum
Learning CurveStaff Sgt Reckless
PhoceaRagazza Piu’ Bella
Tapit WickedStormin Stephen
Zoot SuitTainted AngelGreat Neck
IngridShareholder Value
Let’s Get LoudForge
Comet Sixty TwoEmerald Pond
GreywallsBug Juice
More Zen TeaSaratoga Heater
Mr MaybeSet To Music
Street FashionStella Street
Marnesia Big GirlFrosty Lady
North Star BoyShare Out
Stormy AlexAntebellumChorus LineDouble DoseStella Who
Ragazza Piu’ BellaPhocea
Tapit WickedBig Air
UndercutterGreat Neck
IngridNo Lunks
Let’s Get LoudForge
Shareholder ValueGreywalls
Emerald PondComet Sixty Two
John’s IslandBug Juice
Saratoga HeaterMr Maybe
Street FashionBeidermeier
Marnesia Big GirlRosedale ArchStella Street
All For UsNorth Star Boy
Castle HillChorus LineAntebellum
Double DoseBee Noteworthy
Staff Sgt RecklessRagazza Piu’ Bella
Tapit WickedStormin Stephen
UndercutterDr. Stone
Tainted AngelIngridForge
Cowboy AffairMongo NationEmerald Pond
Comet Sixty TwoMagsameliaJohn’s IslandMore Zen Tea
Saratoga HeaterMr Maybe
Rum Tum TuggerProcurementStella StreetFrosty Lady
Marnesia Big Girl
North Star BoyCastle HillShare Out
Learning CurvePhantom Phasr
Chorus LinePhocea
Staff Sgt RecklessRagazza Piu’ Bella
Tapit WickedZoot Suit
House Of FriendsGreat Neck
Out Of TroubleIngridForge
Let’s Get LoudHembreeGreywalls
Comet Sixty TwoEmerald PondMore Zen Tea
Bug JuiceJohn’s Island
Mr MaybeStreet Fashion
Swear By ItStella Street
Cotton Candy CutieRosedale Arch
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BY BRANDON VALVORain fell steadily as trainer Jimmy Toner made
his way to the winner’s circle after Sunday’s Lake Placid Stakes. He didn’t have a coat or an umbrella, just a set of binoculars draped over his shoulder. More droplets soaked into his suit with each step, but the weather couldn’t dampen the grin on his face.
He beamed with a mix of happiness, relief and excitement as Phillips Racing Partnership represen-tative Debbie Phillips greeted him and they watched their horse, Time And Motion, return victorious.
Time And Motion’s win was a pivotal moment at the meet for Toner, who recorded his first victory in seven starts after narrowly losing a photo in the Grade 1 Diana with Recepta July 23. Recepta frac-tured her pelvis while galloping two weeks later, forcing an early end to her racing career.
“This is for Recepta,” an emotional Toner said.Although sent off as the public’s 8-5 second
choice, Time And Motion was an underdog in the $300,000 stakes as Catch A Glimpse sought to re-main undefeated on turf in her 10th start. She beat Time And Motion last time in the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational July 9 and last fall in the Breed-ers’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Keeneland. Last time, Time And Motion started 6 lengths behind the speedy Catch A Glimpse and lost by a half-length. A change of tactics helped put the daughter of Tapit in the Lake Placid winner’s circle.
“We had to be close and we had to keep her in contention,” Toner said. “There’s no way you’re go-ing to make up 5, 6 lengths on (Catch A Glimpse). You had to be on her tail the whole way.”
Catch A Glimpse broke on top of the 1 1/8-mile Lake Placid while jockey John Velazquez placed Time And Motion just behind her at the rail. While Catch A Glimpse set fractions of :23.44 and :48.58 over the wet going, officially listed as firm, Time And Motion stalked 2 lengths behind.
Catch A Glimpse continued her front-running mission through three-quarters in 1:12.78, but Velazquez revved up Time And Motion, guiding her to the outside and pushing her to pick up the tempo. Although briefly gathered up at the quarter pole as she slid on the soggy grass, Time And Mo-tion continued her pursuit undaunted.
Catch A Glimpse cut the corner and turned for home on a clear lead. Still 1 1/2 lengths behind with a furlong to run, Velazquez hit Time And Motion right-handed, then switched left as they reeled in the
Tod MarksTime And Motion (left) kicks away from Catch A Glimpse in Sunday’s Lake Placid.
Time And Motion avenges losses to Catch A Glimpse in turf stakes
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leader, slowly but surely. Time And Motion struck the lead a few strides from the wire and won by a neck in 1:48.39, ending Catch A Glimpse’s dominant streak on the turf. Euro-pean import Diamond Fields finished third at 23-1.
“The thing was last time, I should have stayed behind her and trusted my horse a little bit more,” Velazquez said. “By the five-sixteenths pole, I thought if I try to stay behind them, they’re going squeeze me, so I start-ed easing out from behind both of the horses and by the quarter pole (I lost) 3 lengths to go around two horses and by the time I came back, I just missed it. Today, the difference was I stayed right behind her.”
Ever humble, Toner praised the runner-up.
“She don’t quit, boy she’s tough that filly Catch A Glimpse,” Toner said. “We were life and death to get by her and we did, but I’ll tell you, that other filly is something else here.”
Toner doesn’t think the softer
ground made a difference in the out-come. If anything, the rain made it harder for Time And Motion to sustain her run at a critical point in the race.
“(Catch A Glimpse) beat me on soft ground in the Breeders’ Cup, so every time I look for something to beat her, I couldn’t find anything,” he said. “I don’t think the track helped. In fact, she slid a little bit about the quarter pole. Slid out, lost her traction.”
The John Phillips-led Phillips Rac-ing Partnership bred and owns Time And Motion, and has regularly cam-paigned top-class females (Grade 1 Winter Memories among them) with Toner. The 3-year-old filly is out of El-lie’s Moment, who the Phillipses and Toner campaigned to six wins and $291,241 in earnings from 2000 to 2003.
“Ellie’s Moment was a nice little filly that was very consistent,” Toner said. “Wasn’t quite a top-notch filly, but she tried very hard every time she- ran. The odd thing was, she only won on the grass once and it was here.”
Time And Motion earned her fourth victory in the Grade 2 Lake Placid and her first graded stakes win. She’s earned $623,150 in eight starts.
Debbie Bower, John Phillips’ sis-ter, remembers watching Time And Motion as a young horse and seeing something special.
“I just remember looking at her as a yearling and she reminded me of a horse we had, Memories Of Silver, and Time And Motion won the Mem-ories Of Silver (Stakes), which was really fun,” she said. “She has beau-tiful markings on her head and very elegant.”
Phillips Racing Partnership is a family endeavor led by Debbie’s brother, John. Although he couldn’t be at Saratoga Sunday, Debbie shared early memories of attending the races with her grandfather, the legendary owner and breeder John Galbreath of Darby Dan Farm.
“I remember at a young age with my grandfather coming here and go-ing to Hialeah and Belmont for Little Current and all of Grandpa’s horses, so we’ve all had a love for it and I just am the lucky one today who’s here, but I know my brother is so sad he’s not here,” she said. “We’re very for-tunate that we kept it going for 30 years because of John. We’re just re-ally excited and we’re in it to play the game and hopefully be able to have some good successes.”
Lake Placid – Continued from page 16
Tod MarksTime And Motion (right) relaxes early in the Lake Placid.
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The team from Pinnacle Farms Racing came up just short of winning the partnership’s first race at Saratoga Race Course in Sunday’s third as Saratoga Charlie lost the lead in the stretch to longshot Bold Illusion.
The loss was understandably disappointing, but the group bounced back and secured its Saratoga victory five hours later when homebred 2-year-old Le Grand Warrior led every step to win the fina-le. The son of Majestic Warrior, trained by Tom Morley, won the 5 ½-furlong maiden race for New York-breds after it was taken off the turf about three hours before post time due to rain.
The switch to the main track frustrated some, but not the Pinnacle Racing group.
“When they took the races off the turf,” said Charles Barringer of Pinnacle Farms, “I jumped up and down.”
The rest of the Pinnacle group jumped up and down, hugged and high-fived after Le Grand War-rior broke much sharper Sunday compared to his lackluster debut July 28. The chestnut colt was situated between horses while involved in a three-horse duel for the lead up the backstretch. Possibly in response to his experience earlier in the day with Le Grand Warrior’s half-brother Saratoga Charlie, Barringer got a bit nervous when he saw his horse vying for the lead.
“I patted my head and said, ‘no, no…don’t put him on the lead,’ ” Barringer said.
Le Grand Warrior shrugged off his two challeng-ers around the turn, drew off and was well clear of Fled at the finish.
Post time for the 11th was 6:55 on a wet and dreary Sunday, but the excitement from the Pinna-cle team lit up the grandstand.
Le Grand Warrior is out of the Roaring Fever mare Roaring Ghost, purchased by Pinnacle as a yearling for $7,000 in 2007. Roaring Ghost won three races and earned $94,720.
– Ben Gowans
• Owner Daniel Stone saw something in skit-tish, accident-prone Bold Illusion that made him encourage trainer Kerry Metivier to keep trying. The 4-year-old bay gelding, who was 0-for-10 com-ing into the third, finally proved to his trainer that Stone was right.
“They just wanted to keep me trying because they knew something was in there that was special,” Metivier said after Bold Illusion won the 6-furlong state-bred maiden claimer. “Finally everything just
came together and he got a good trip and wins by a length.”
Bold Illusion’s quirky personality created a dif-ficult training project for Metivier, who was ready to give up on the gelding’s career. Stone never lost faith and urged Metivier to persevere.
“He just had a rough go of it as a young horse and we’ve been really nurturing him along,” Metiv-ier said. “He’s a walking disaster area, every chance he gets, he gets hurt. But not on the racetrack. In
the stall, in the round pen, so just getting him here and getting him to feel good makes us feel great.
“I quit on this horse four times, and the owner said ‘No, you can’t quit, you’ve got to keep trying.’ It was just a very long road. He was always a little bit skittish in the start-ing gate, he’s always a very nervous type of horse. Like I said every time I throw up my hands, the answer is ‘You’ve got to work harder, I know there’s something in there.’ ”
Metivier praised the ride from Samuel Camacho Jr., who made a strong closing run to beat Saratoga Charlie by a length. The win was Metivier’s first of the meet and Cama-cho’s first at Saratoga.
“I’m really happy that he got that because he deserves it,” Metivier said of Camacho. “He works very hard, he comes out in the morning and whatever he can do, he says ‘let me breeze some horses, Kerry, let me get on these horses.’ ”
SUNDAY RACING RECAP
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BounceBack
Le Grand Warrior gives Pinnacle Farmfirst Saratoga victory
Tod MarksLe Grand Warrior throws mud at the pack to win Sunday’s finale.
Tod MarksTrainer Kerry Metivier (right) greets Bold Illusion after the upset.
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Metivier gave Camacho specific instructions about keeping the horse calm pre-race.
“I told Sam, ‘You have to handle him in the starting gate, because he’s very nervous. Stroke him and then don’t break on top, because there’s three first-time starters in here, they’re going to want to go,’ ” the trainer said. “And that’s exactly what the kid did. I’m really happy for him.”
Camacho beamed on his walk back to the jocks’ room after his first Sara-toga win aboard the 53-1 longshot.
“That’s my first time in Saratoga. Oh my God, I feel so excited,” he said. ”I win my first race. Thank God. Thank you to the trainer and thank you to all the connections.”
Camacho started his career in his native Venezuela before coming to the U.S. in 2011. He first rode in New York as an apprentice in 2012, the same year he won 40 races and $1,504,583 in purses.
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• Security Risk gave Phipps Sta-ble its first victory of the meet in the fourth, a 1 1/16-mile allowance on the turf.
“This is actually the first out of our barn that’s won,” said Ogden Phipps II, on hand with other members of his family. “It’s the first meet up here without my dad and things are a little different, the whole family is up here and I’ve been up here at times. We’re having a great time all being together. It means a lot to us to all be here and watch our horses run good and we’re looking forward to a good second half of the meet as well.”
Phipps lost his father, Ogden Mills “Dinny” Phipps, this spring after he lost a battle with pancreatic cancer at age 75.
“My sister Daisy and I have really taken responsibility for the stable, but really we have an unbelievable team that does everything and we’re here to enjoy it and help out when need-ed, but in terms of the day to day it’s been my sister and I,” Phipps said. “We wish it wasn’t the case, but we feel privileged and honored to have the opportunity to keep it going.”
Phipps said he’s been coming to Saratoga for as long as he can remem-
ber. His responsibilities at the private equity firm Snow Phipps don’t allow him to be in Saratoga every day, but he’s made the most of his trip so far this summer.
“I have a job in New York and I’m back here on the weekends,” he said. “I’m up here for a nice 10-day stretch right now and I’ve been up here every weekend. My sister Daisy has been up here a lot for the first 17 days or so. We’ve been tag-teaming it a little and it’s been great.”
Trainer Shug McGaughey was happy to deliver a victory with Phipps on hand.
“Good to win a race for them here, especially when all the kids are here. It’s fun,” he said.
Security Risk, a 4-year-old son of War Front, made his second start off a layoff.
He finished fifth in a similar turf allowance in late October at Bel-mont and didn’t race again until a fourth June 18 at Belmont.
“He went off form last fall, we just sent him down to Florida and gave him some time. We didn’t have to do anything,” McGaughey said. “He came back and he ran a good race to be fourth off a layoff. I sent him down to Fair Hill because he was a little bit hitchy behind. He didn’t really have any time off, but just kind of trained
and paddock time. He got training really well down there, came up here and had a really good breeze on the turf last week. We felt like he’d run good today.”
Security Risk is out of the Unbri-dled mare Smuggler, a champion for the Phipps Stable and McGaughey who won the 2005 Mother Goose and Coaching Club American Oaks.
“The mare was a champion, she was a good mare,” McGaughey said. “The family has been a little pecu-liar, but she wasn’t. She was pretty straightforward. That’s why I’ve been a little surprised that he’s been a bit different, not bad, but he has some funny traits about him.”
– Brandon Valvo
• Trainer Chris Englehart ended his 0-for-25 run at the meet when Chelios won the fifth, a 6-furlong claiming race on the main track.
“It felt great; off the schneid,” En-glehart said. “This horse had been training real good. The numbers said he couldn’t win it, but I didn’t know. I was expecting him to run well, not really expecting him to win. A little bit (of a surprise). I figured he’d run good, but I wasn’t sure he could beat these horses.”
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Englehart claimed Chelios for $12,500 at Sara-toga July 24. He teamed up with owner Island Wind Racing, a big supporter in recent years.
“My owner picked him out,” Englehart said. “He sent me a horse up to Finger Lakes, a cheap-er horse, and did well with it. One day, he called me and says he wants to go claim Be Bullish for $50,000 at Saratoga (in 2010) and I jumped in my car and claimed him and we’ve been doing very well since. He’s a smart guy and between the two of us, we do pretty well together.”
– Brandon Valvo
• Transferred to the dirt after her debut on the grass, Vertical Oak broke her maiden in the sev-enth for jockey Ricardo Santana Jr., trainer Steve Asmussen and owners Kirk and Judy Robison.
Fourth in her debut July 27, she rated behind Tazkeya in Monday’s 6-furlong maiden race before taking the lead in upper stretch. She won by 6 3/4 lengths in 1:10.58.
Vertical Oak trained with Bowie, a debut winner Opening Day, this spring and summer.
“She had worked really well before her first race and we did separate the fillies,” Asmussen said of his decision to run Vertical Oak on the grass. “Bow-ie ran in the first dirt race, and we thought we could split them up that way, but obviously she didn’t run as well on the turf. She just benefited from the race
and it made the difference late today.”The Giant Oak filly is out of the Pollard’s Vi-
sion mare Vertical Vision, who won two stakes and earned $202,979 for Asmussen from 2009 to 2011.
“I breezed her for the morning, I ride almost all the horses for Steve Asmussen,” Santana said. “He’s like my dad, he always gives me a chance.
“She was working really good on the dirt and the trainer wanted to try on the turf for the first time. She surprised me how she ran on the turf and I knew on the dirt she was tougher because she was working all summer on the dirt. She ran huge.”
– Shayna Tiller
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FIRST $73,000, NY-BRED MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT, 3 & UP, 6 1/2F1 Born for a Storm J. Alvarado $4.30 $3.00 $2.206 James Lane J. Lezcano $6.30 $3.705 J. J. Jake K. Carmouche $2.90B Colt 2013, by Flatter - Sheboygan by Quiet AmericanOwner: Cobra Farm, Inc.. Trainer: Chad Brown. Breeder: Berkshire Stud (NY). Time: 1:16.13Exacta (1-6), $20.80; Superfecta (1-6-5-4), $220.00; Trifecta (1-6-5), $105.00
SECOND $83,000, MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT, 2 YO, 1 1/16M9 Price too High I. Ortiz, Jr. $7.50 $3.90 $2.601 Defrock J. Alvarado $7.00 $4.7010 Wake Island J. Castellano $2.70Ch Filly 2014, by Scat Daddy - La Capella by Smart StrikeOwner: Head of Plains Partners LLC and Spellman, Kent. Trainer: Wesley Ward. Breeder: Stonestreet Tbred Holdings LLC (KY).Late Scratches: Teresa Z, Rimanisempreforte, Sweet Connie Girl, En-stone, Chastise. Time: 1:43.71Daily Double (1-9), $25.60; Exacta (9-1), $65.00; Quinella (1-9), $33.40; Superfecta (9-1-10-4), $687.00; Trifecta (9-1-10), $167.00
THIRD $45,000, NY-BRED MAIDEN CLAIMING $40,000, 3 & UP, 6F6 Bold Illusion S. Camacho, Jr. $109.50 $29.00 $8.203 Saratoga Charlie R. Santana, Jr. $5.00 $2.808 Sebonack J. Castellano $2.10B Gelding 2012, by Utopia (JPN) - Wisp of Magic by OdyleOwner: Stone, Daniel. Trainer: Richard Metivier. Breeder: Charles J. Furey Jr. (NY). Time: 1:11.75Claimed: Starry Messenger claimed by Pompa, Jr., Paul P. for $40,000Daily Double (9-6), $361.50; Exacta (6-3), $571.00; Superfecta (6-3-8-1), $5,280.00; Trifecta (6-3-8), $1,293.00; Pic 3 (1-9-6), $1,881.00
FOURTH $95,000, ALLOWANCE, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/16M4 Security Risk J. Rosario $19.80 $7.30 $4.301A Performance Bonus J. Castellano $3.10 $2.202 Runaway Posse J. Lezcano $5.20B Colt 2012, by War Front - Smuggler by UnbridledOwner: Phipps Stable. Trainer: Claude McGaughey III. Breeder: Phipps Stable (KY). Time: 1:40.79. Late Scratches: CadeyrnDaily Double (6-4), $1,271.00; Exacta (4-1), $53.50; Quinella (1-4), $23.40; Superfecta (4-1-2-11), $1,141.00; Trifecta (4-1-2), $323.00; Pic 3 (9-6-4), $8,005.00
FIFTH $32,000, CLAIMING $16,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 6F5 Chelios M. Franco $32.00 $13.20 $7.504 Gambler’s Ghost I. Ortiz, Jr. $5.60 $3.601 You Know I Know J. Ortiz $2.90B Gelding 2011, by Distorted Humor - Grat by A.P. IndyOwner: Island Wind Racing. Trainer: Chris Englehart. Breeder: Glen Hill Farm (KY). Time: 1:10.58Claimed: You Know I Know claimed by Repole Stable for $16,000, Whateveryouwant claimed by Wycoff, Jordan V. for $16,000Daily Double (4-5), $462.50; Exacta (5-4), $175.50; Superfecta (5-4-1-2), $3,016.00; Trifecta (5-4-1), $537.00; Pic 3 (6-4-5), $13,516.00; Pic 4 (9-6-4-5), $169,947.00; Pic 5 (1-9-6-4-5), $386,401.00
SIXTH $47,000, CLAIMING $40,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/16M11 Gracious Plenty J. Castellano $10.80 $5.70 $4.006 Mr Harlan J. Lezcano $8.70 $6.804 Veya I. Ortiz, Jr. $7.10B Colt 2013, by Proud Citizen - Gracious Sakes by LangfuhrOwner: Pompa, Jr., Paul, P.. Trainer: Todd Pletcher. Breeder: Dr. Dede McGehee (KY). Time: 1:43.64Late Scratches: Crafty Colonel, Regal Kitten, Strong, Gunlock, Good
Response, Knight of ValorClaimed: Arctic King claimed by Paradise Farms Corp. for $40,000Daily Double (5-11), $250.00; Exacta (11-6), $116.00; Superfec-ta (11-6-4-8), $8,885.00; Trifecta (11-6-4), $867.00; Pic 3 (4-5-11), $3,181.00
SEVENTH $83,000, MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT, 2 YO, 6F9 Vertical Oak R. Santana, Jr. $11.80 $5.40 $3.807 Tazkeya E. Cancel $4.80 $3.202 Gloaming J. Ortiz $6.20Ch Filly 2014, by Giant Oak - Vertical Vision by Pollard’s VisionOwner: Robison, J. Kirk and Judy. Trainer: Steven Asmussen. Breeder: Millennium Farms (KY). Time: 1:10.58Late Scratches: She’s Had Enough, Starr BearDaily Double (11-9), $81.00; Exacta (9-7), $57.50; Superfecta (9-7-2-1), $1,898.00; Trifecta (9-7-2), $484.50; Pic 3 (5-11-9), $2,357.00
EIGHTH $300,000, STAKES - LAKE PLACID S., 3 YO, 1 1/8M1 Time and Motion J. Velazquez $5.50 $2.70 $2.102 Catch a Glimpse F. Geroux $2.20 $2.107 Diamond Fields (IRE) J. Alvarado $3.50B Filly 2013, by Tapit - Ellie’s Moment by Kris S.Owner: Phillips Racing Partnership. Trainer: James Toner. Breeder: Phillips Racing Partnership (KY). Time: 1:48.39Late Scratches: PricedtoperfectionDaily Double (9-1), $41.60; Exacta (1-2), $8.50; Superfecta (1-2-7-5), $123.50; Trifecta (1-2-7), $59.00; Pic 3 (11-9-1), $285.50
NINTH $78,000, NY-BRED AOC $40,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 5 1/2F13 Saratoga Heater I. Ortiz, Jr. $4.40 $3.30 $2.3012 True Bet J. Velazquez $5.90 $3.502 Doctor J Dub K. Carmouche $3.00B Gelding 2012, by Temple City - Hot Spell by Salt LakeOwner: Jacobson, David. Trainer: David Jacobson. Breeder: Machmer Hall (NY). Time: 1:05.05Late Scratches: Bond Vigilante, Manoffire, Whiskey Seven, Bug Juice, Latigo Trail, Captain Gaughen, Banana Thief, The Crocheron Kid, Curi-ous CalDaily Double (1-13), $17.20; Exacta (13-12), $19.80; Superfecta (13-12-2-6), $217.40; Trifecta (13-12-2), $90.50; Pic 3 (9-1-13), $123.00
TENTH $75,000, NY-BRED ALLOWANCE, 3 YO’S & UP, 7F2 Big Zip I. Ortiz, Jr. $8.50 $5.10 $3.301 Here Comes Tommy M. Luzzi $7.50 $4.109 Nobody Move J. Castellano $2.80B Gelding 2013, by City Zip - Spring Elusion by Elusive QualityOwner: Dubb, Michael, Bethlehem Stables LLC, Imperio, Michael and Simon, David. Trainer: Rudy Rodriguez. Breeder: Sue Vitro & Danzel Brendenmuel (NY). Time: 1:24.79Late Scratches: OveraweDaily Double (13-2), $14.20; Exacta (2-1), $48.40; Superfecta (2-1-9-10), $606.00; Trifecta (2-1-9), $117.50; Pic 3 (1-13-2), $70.50; Place Pix Nine (2/7/9-1/2/7-2/12/13-2), $24.40
ELEVENTH $73,000, NY-BRED MDN SPECIAL WEIGHT, 2 YO, 5 1/2F9 Le Grand Warrior J. Ortiz $19.00 $8.10 $5.307 Fled J. Castellano $4.20 $2.905 Horoscope J. Rosario $4.10Ch Colt 2014, by Majestic Warrior - Roaring Ghost by Roaring FeverOwner: Pinnacle Farms Racing LLC. Trainer: Thomas Morley. Breeder: Pinnacle Farms I LLC (NY). Time: 1:07.02Late Scratches: King Cupid, Rule Number One, Shiraz, Tiz Wicked, Conquest Prankster, CespedesDaily Double (2-9), $99.00; Exacta (9-7), $105.50; Superfecta (9-7-5-12), $2,773.00; Trifecta (9-7-5), $465.50; Pic 3 (13-2-9), $163.00; Pic 4 (1-1/3/7/8/9/10/11/13/15/16-2/7), $1,168.00; Pic 6 (11-9-1-1/3/7/8/9/10/11/13/15/1), $360.50
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BY ANNISE MONTPLAISIRTrainer Charlton Baker always saw potential
in Rachel’s Temper. He’d watched the smallish, plain-looking dark bay mare for two years. The right time and opportunity just wasn’t quite there to take a shot and claim the 5-year-old, until she showed up for a $62,500 tag last month at Sarato-ga Race Course.
Baker got father-son owner duo Max and Saul Kupferberg on board, made the claim and got the mare in his barn. Twenty-six days later, Rachel’s Temper became a stakes winner, beating a group of graded-stakes winning and placed fillies and mares in Monday’s $100,000 Summer Colony Stakes.
“She’s just been a consistent, nice mare,” Baker said. “I’ve liked her for a couple years now. We nev-er had a chance to claim her but the last time she was in for a claiming price. I’ve been watching her, she’s been running some real nice races, but not this kind of caliber. She was one that looked like she could take on better horses.”
Saul Kupferberg credited Baker for his savvy se-lection and placement of the daughter of Flatter in the 1 1/8-mile stakes.
“I’ve got to give Charlie all the credit, he spotted her, talked me into claiming her,” Kupferberg said. “He picked the spot, I’m just along for the ride. He liked the horse a lot and it worked out great.”
From the day he made the claim, Baker mapped out a plan for Rachel’s Temper. He figured she could take a step up in class, but it would have to be the right type of field. When the Summer Colony came up at a distance he thought the mare would favor, Baker entered and checked out the competition.
“The plan was to claim her and find a small stake, which was this,” Baker said. “And once the nomination was up we said we’ll put her in there and see what it comes up like. If it was a little too tough we wouldn’t go, but it came up where it was going to be a six-horse field.”
Rachel’s Temper finished second going 1 1/8 miles July 27, when she was claimed by Baker and the Kupferbergs. She closed well in that race but didn’t quite get up in time, losing by a nose to Go-ing For Broke.
Going For Broke came back to finish second be-hind undefeated champion Songbird in Saturday’s Grade 1 Alabama Stakes, and third-place finisher Jules N Rome won the Saratoga Dew Stakes Aug. 15, solidifying Baker’s confidence in Rachel’s Tem-per’s potential.
“She’d run the distance when I claimed her, and she ran against two nice fillies that came back to run really good races,” Baker said. “The winner was a nice filly, the third horse came back to win a stake. So we had a little gauge to go by from those horses performing.”
The bay mare walked calmly in the paddock, peering through her blue bridle at onlookers hud-
Susie RaisherRachel’s Temper floats home with a victory in Monday’s feature for trainer Charlton Baker.
Rachel’s Temper scores for Baker after $62,500 claim
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dled over racing programs. Her coat remained dry and her face relaxed through the post parade as she amble alongside a stocky chestnut pony.
Rachel’s Temper’s ears swiveled back and forth, one on her pony, the other on jockey Joel Rosario, then ro-tated forward and to the right as she analyzed her surroundings. As they jogged to the gate, Rachel’s Temper tossed her head, flicking it into the air twice, edgy anticipation replacing her relaxed state.
The behavior was par for the course from what Baker had wit-nessed. Calm and good-natured in the barn, Rachel’s Temper could some-times wash out in the paddock and on her way to the gate for her races. Excited, but not overly stressed.
Milaya went straight to the front at the break, with Money’sonchar-lotte passing her from the inside as they rounded the first turn.
The two pushed the pace, stretch-ing their lead to 5 lengths in front of Tiger Ride in an opening quarter of
:23.04. Rachel’s Temper trailed the field, unhurried, behind the strung-out group through fractions of :46.74 and 1:11.69.
Rosario made a five-wide move as they rounded the far turn, urging Rachel’s Temper around the field as the front-runners faded. He hand rode Rachel’s Temper past Tiger Ride and Sweetgrass, who tried to make a run up the rail. Bred in Kentucky by Charles Deters from the Down The Aisle mare Fergie’s Folly, Rachel’s Temper cruised past those two and won by 1 1/2 lengths.
“Well I thought we were going to be a little closer, but it looked like they were going a good pace for the distance,” Rosario said. “She can do a lot, she can come from behind, from way back and trying to make a run in the end I was just taking my time with her and you how the pace was setting up early. She did very good.”
The Summer Colony, restricted to fillies and mares that had not won a graded stakes in 2016, was Rachel’s Temper’s stakes debut and she collect-ed her sixth victory from 32 starts. The $60,000 winner’s share boosted her earnings to $371,905.
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Weekend Hideaway shrugged off a fourth in his last start and rolled to victory in Monday’s sixth race at Saratoga Race Course, a state-bred conditioned allowance that looked more like a stakes.
Beaten a length in the John Mor-rissey July 28, Weekend Hideaway won for the third time in four starts this year in the $85,000 allowance going 6 furlongs. He won by a length from Bond Vigilante in 1:09.74 under Luis Saez.
“Coming off the loss here opening week it seemed like a logical place to put him,” said trainer Phil Serpe, who trains the 6-year-old son of Speight-stown for Mike Hoffman’s Red and Black Stable. “I was very, very confi-dent actually.”
Weekend Hideaway registered back-to-back wins at Belmont Park in the Affirmed Success Stakes April 29 and Commentator Stakes May 30.
“The horse had been really train-ing well, he looks great,” Serpe said. “I like the fact that some cooler weather came in here the last couple days because he’s not about a lot of heat, which I really think affected him when he ran in the John Morrissey.”
Weekend Hideaway was one of four horses Hoffman purchased from the Flying Zee Dispersal sale at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky in October 2011. Hoffman paid $40,000 for the yearling colt out of the Wiseman’s Ferry mare Apocalyptical.
“This is the best one we’ve ever had, and we’ve had about 50 or 60 horses with Phil,” Hoffman said. “If Phil feels good about it we think we’re going to try the (Grade 1) Vosburgh Oct. 1. We ran in it last year at peak condition (finishing sixth), but it’s up to Phil.”
A good performance there might lead to even bigger things.
“Then maybe the Breeder’s Cup,” Hoffman’s daughter Siobhan said, getting a laugh.
– Shayna Tiller
• It’s not often you see an owner don their own silks, but that’s what Avram Freedberg did for the first. Walking into the winner’s circle as he buttoned up a set of his gold silks that feature a white ball and a photo of a dog in the middle, Freedberg met his horse, Another Genius.
“Our stable is called Everything’s Cricket Racing. That’s Cricket there,” he said, pointing to the portrait of the dog on his colors. “Cricket was 16 years old when we formed the stable and she met our first horse, Ahvee’s Destiny, and they have a picture of them kissing, it’s very sweet.”
Another Genius won her debut in the 5 1/2-furlong New York-bred maiden special weight on the Mellon Turf Course. The 3-year-old filly by Einstein raced midpack early, saved ground under Jose Ortiz, angled out at the midway point of the turn and kicked clear to win by 1 3/4 lengths.
Purchased for $42,000, the Linda Rice trainee encountered her share of issues despite showing promise early. Freedberg tried to sell her as a 2-year-old, but she RNA’d for $22,000 at the 2015 OBS June sale.
“This horse was bought at the (Fasig-Tipton) Saratoga fall mixed sale in 2013, so we’ve had her since she was a weanling,” Freedberg said. “When we first took her down to Florida, Tori, Linda’s cousin, rode her and thought she was great. Then she started giving them little head prob-lems, so bad that we actually put her in a sale in Florida, but she didn’t reach reserve and boy are we now glad. We thought she wasn’t going to perform well, but she’s turned into something that maybe will turn into something more.”
Freedberg was thrilled to be back in the Saratoga winner’s circle. He’s visited many times since forming Ev-erything’s Cricket Racing in 2006,
but it’s been a few years since his last win here.
“We won in Saratoga the first sev-en years we were here at least once ev-ery meet, so we were on cloud nine,” Freedberg said. “Last year, we had nobody run, the year before nobody win, so it’s great to be back in the winner’s circle here. We love it here.”
– Brandon Valvo
• Tom Albertrani celebrated his first win of the meet and breathed a sight of relief after Sadler’s Joy won the second, a 1 1/2-mile maiden race on the grass.
Albertrani beamed, posing along-side the lanky chestnut son of Kitten’s Joy in the winner’s circle and enthusi-astically helped jockey Javier Castel-lano off the horse, eager to discuss the long-awaited win.
“I’m very excited for this horse’s future,” said Albertrani to Castellano.
Bred and raced by Woodslane Farm, Sadler’s Joy came into Mon-day’s race with three off-the-board finishes on the grass. He finished fourth going 1 3/8 miles July 30, be-hind Richmond Street and Uncle Gio, second and fourth, respectively in Monday’s race.
“Relieved in one way,” Albertrani said of his emotions getting the first win with his 31st starter. “And really excited to see the horse run the way he did because after the first time he ran he had such a strong kick. I got really
excited the first time, then I got a lit-tle disappointed with his next couples races.”
Sadler’s Joy raced in sixth for the first 1 1/4 miles before accelerating between rivals in the stretch to win by 2 lengths in 2:30.97.
“What I saw today was really ex-citing, that he was able to finish off of a slow pace like that,” Albertrani said. “Distance could be a key with this horse, a little bit longer, the bet-ter. It’s been a slow start, but maybe we’ll come with a strong finish like this horse did today.”
– Shayna Tiller
• Greyjoy broke his maiden for a $20,000 claiming tag in the nightcap Aug. 17 going 6 furlongs. Trainer Carlos Martin decided to wheel the 4-year-old back in five days, stretch-ing out to 1 1/8 miles for a $16,000 tag.
“I know I was going to get crit-icized,” Martin said. “My man (NYRA television host) Andy Ser-ling, who I think is a fan of mine, he always says I do a great job. I knew he’d rip me apart a little bit, but I’ve had a little bit of luck doing it.
“It works out sometimes and a lot of times it’s a little bit of an aggressive move, but the horse came out of the race so well and I saw this race in the book, I said, ‘Let me put this horse
Susie RaisherWeekend Hideaway makes it look easy in Monday’s fourth race.
MONDAY RACING RECAP
Big DreamsNY-bred Weekend Hideaway rolls in loaded Monday allowance race
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in and see how he acts the last four or five days and he was just coming out of his skin. I took a little bit of a calculated risk.”
Greyjoy stalked the pace while rac-ing three wide around both turns. He came into the stretch on even terms with Luckybuck Syndrome and Geo Niko and despite giving them all the ground and carrying more weight, Greyjoy won by a head.
Greyjoy, claimed by Martin for $16,000 in January, was taken for the identical tag Monday by trainer Steve Asmussen and owner Clark Brewster. Although he didn’t take Greyjoy back to his barn, Martin didn’t leave empty handed after claiming sixth-place fin-isher That Makes Sense.
“It’s a little bittersweet because I love the horse and I think I finally got him going in the right direction,” Martin said. “But you have to play the game. But we claimed a really well-bred horse from Mr. Lukas that he paid $550,000 for, so we’ll make him a new gelding and go from there.”
– Brandon Valvo
• Trinity Farm’s Jaye and Tom Egan enjoy a bittersweet moment each time their 5-year-old homebred Macagone wins.
“It’s not spelled correctly in Gaelic,
but it means son of Egan. Tom’s son died a few months before the foal was born so it was just fitting to name him Macagone,” said Jaye Egan of the Artie Schiller gelding named in honor of Jes Egan, who passed away at age 36. “He’s (Macagone) been such a joy for us. So, it was fitting, feels like he’s here with us.”
The bay gelding went straight to the lead in the seventh, a $93,000 al-lowance-optional going 1 mile on the turf. He led gate to wire to give train-er Michelle Nihei her first win of the meet from her fourth start.
“He’s pretty one-dimensional,” Nihei said. “He doesn’t have a lot of other cards to play. What’s key for us obviously is the first quarter-mile, maybe the first half-mile fraction. As long as that goes relatively controlled, then we have most of it in the pock-et.”
Nihei also said Macagone bene-fited from the softer turf because it slowed down the early fractions.
Macagone, winner of the Danger’s Hour Stakes in April at Aqueduct, held off a field that included Grade 2 winner March, Grade 3 winner Night Prowler and stakes winners Vision Perfect and High Noon Rider. He won a three-horse photo by a nose from Dancetrack with March another nose back in third.
Macagone is out of the Skip Away mare Isabel Away, whom the Egans purchased for $60,000 at the 2003 Keeneland September yearling sale
and campaigned for a win at Bel-mont. Isabel Away resides at Keane Stud in Amenia, N.Y. with her 2016 colt by Freud.
“She has a yearling, also has 2-year-old who is better than this guy,” Tom Egan said of the Pure Prize colt named Red Knight.
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Saratoga LeadersTRAINERS .......................... 1STChad Brown ..................................30Todd Pletcher ................................20Kiaran McLaughlin ........................11George Weaver................................9Rudy Rodriguez ..............................9David Jacobson ...............................9Mike Maker .....................................8Charlton Baker ................................8Bill Mott ..........................................7Jason Servis ...................................7
JOCKEYS ........................... 1STIrad Ortiz Jr. ..................................39Jose Ortiz ......................................38Javier Castellano ...........................34John Velazquez .............................30Joel Rosario ..................................23Luis Saez .......................................21Manny Franco ...............................16Jose Lezcano ................................14Ricardo Santana Jr. .......................11Junior Alvarado ...............................9Julien Leparoux ...............................6Florent Geroux ................................6
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FIRST $73,000, NY-BRED MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT, 3 & UP, 5 1/2F4 Another Genius J. Ortiz $7.60 $5.10 $4.801 Wake Up Smiling J. Lezcano $3.30 $2.705 Tiffanys Freud E. Cancel $8.30B Filly 2013, by Einstein (BRZ) - Countyourblessings by Golden MissileOwner: Everything’s Cricket Racing. Trainer: Linda Rice. Breeder: Howard C. Nolan (NY). Time: 1:02.92Late Scratches: Overdrive, Rock Ave. RoadExacta (4-1), $24.00; Superfecta (4-1-5-2), $892.00; Trifecta (4-1-5), $221.50
SECOND $83,000, MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/2M5 Sadler’s Joy J. Castellano $9.80 $3.30 $3.007 Richmond Street J. Alvarado $2.70 $2.309 Big Timer M. Franco $4.10Ch Colt 2013, by Kitten’s Joy - Dynaire by DynaformerOwner: Woodslane Farm. Trainer: Thomas Albertrani. Breeder: Woodslane Farm, LLC. (KY). Time: 2:30.97Late Scratches: Roustabout, ZarandDaily Double (4-5), $47.00; Exacta (5-7), $25.60; Quinella (5-7), $11.20; Superfecta (5-7-9-10), $372.00; Trifecta (5-7-9), $135.50
THIRD $32,000, CLAIMING $16,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/8M7 Greyjoy I. Ortiz, Jr. $6.90 $3.80 $2.906 Geo Niko J. Castellano $4.20 $3.105 Luckybuck Syndrome A. Gryder $4.50Gr/ro Gelding 2012, by Rockport Harbor - Grand Consequence by Grand SlamOwner: WGG Racing Stable. Trainer: Carlos Martin. Breeder: Mike Abraham (KY). Late Scratches: Country MoneyClaimed: Greyjoy claimed by Brewster, Clark O. for $16,000, Battle Mid-way claimed by Our Blue Streaks Stable for $16,000, That Makes Sense claimed by Paradise Farms Corp. for $16,000Time: 1:52.02Daily Double (5-7), $34.60; Exacta (7-6), $24.80; Superfecta (7-6-5-3), $491.00; Trifecta (7-6-5), $150.00; Pic 3 (4-5-7), $125.00
FOURTH $45,000, CLAIMING $35,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/16M1 Detail I. Ortiz, Jr. $5.60 $3.40 $2.306 Eqho J. Ortiz $3.30 $2.507 Doukas J. Castellano $2.80Dk B/ Br Filly 2012, by City Zip - Lady Buckingham by Formal DinnerOwner: Pompa, Jr., Paul, P.. Trainer: Chad Brown. Breeder: Barry R. Ostrager (NY). Time: 1:43.70Late Scratches: Five Hearts, Quiet PredictionClaimed: Eqho claimed by Lyster, Stephen S. for $35,000Daily Double (7-1), $24.40; Exacta (1-6), $16.20; Quinella (1-6), $6.80; Superfecta (1-6-7-5), $144.40; Trifecta (1-6-7), $39.60; Consolation Double (7-8), $6.60; Pic 3 (5-7-1), $104.00; (5-7-8), $29.80
FIFTH $56,000, MAIDEN CLAIMING $75,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1M10 Mr. Magic J. Castellano $10.00 $5.70 $3.902 Brotherly F. Geroux $4.40 $3.808 Jess I Am K. Carmouche $3.60Ch Colt 2013, by Scat Daddy - Tu Tu Larue by Theatrical (IRE)Owner: Scatuorchio, James T. and Pletcher, Jake J.. Trainer: Todd Pletcher. Breeder: Hunter Valley Farm & Bourque Gold-steinThoroughbreds, LLC (KY). Time: 1:37.89Late Scratches: River Echo (GB), Turf Commander, Nseventeen, Energy Policy, GlennevanDaily Double (1-10), $27.60; Exacta (10-2), $58.50; Superfecta (10-2-8-7), $2,179.00; Trifecta (10-2-8), $272.50; Pic 3 (7-1-10), $112.00; (7-8-10), $34.60; Pic 4 (5-7-1/3/8-10), $447.50; Pic 5 (4-5-7-1/3/8-10), $2,273.00
SIXTH $85,000, NY-BRED ALLOWANCE, 3 YO’S & UP, 6F1 Weekend Hideaway L. Saez $5.20 $3.80 $2.405 Bond Vigilante J. Torres $18.40 $4.803 Ostrolenka J. Castellano $2.60Ch Horse 2010, by Speightstown - Apocalyptical by Wiseman’s FerryOwner: Red and Black Stable. Trainer: Philip Serpe. Breeder: Flying Zee Stables (NY). Time: 1:09.74Daily Double (10-1), $33.00; Exacta (1-5), $100.50; Superfecta (1-5-3-2), $636.00; Trifecta (1-5-3), $286.00; Pic 3 (1-10-1), $88.00
SEVENTH $93,000, AOC $80,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1M7 Macagone J. Ortiz $11.20 $6.60 $4.101 Dancetrack J. Lezcano $13.60 $9.3010 March I. Ortiz, Jr. $3.50B Gelding 2011, by Artie Schiller - Isabel Away by Skip AwayOwner: Trinity Farm. Trainer: Michelle Nihei. Breeder: Trinity Farm, LLC (NY). Time: 1:35.57Late Scratches: Mewannarose, Chiropractor, Slim Shadey (GB), Iconic Artist, Catholic CowboyDaily Double (1-7), $42.40; Exacta (7-1), $167.50; Superfecta (7-1-10-2), $2,248.00; Trifecta (7-1-10), $929.00; Pic 3 (10-1-7), $242.50
EIGHTH $100,000, STAKES - SUMMER COLONY S., 3 & UP, 1 1/8M4 Rachel’s Temper J. Rosario $8.40 $4.80 $3.302 Tiger Ride E. Prado $4.10 $2.803 Sweetgrass I. Ortiz, Jr. $3.50Dk B/ Br Mare 2011, by Flatter - Fergie’s Folly by Down the AisleOwner: Kupferberg, Saul J. and Max. Trainer: Charlton Baker. Breeder: Charles H. Deters (KY). Time: 1:50.31Daily Double (7-4), $51.50; Exacta (4-2), $35.20; Superfecta (4-2-3-6), $171.00; Trifecta (4-2-3), $127.50; Pic 3 (1-7-4), $179.00; Place Pix Nine (2/8/10-1/3/5-1/7/10-4), $48.60
NINTH $39,000, NY-BRED MAIDEN CLM $25,000, 3 & UP, 6 1/2F5 Ditch Em M. Franco $6.20 $3.90 $3.003 Splash of Sass E. Cancel $6.50 $4.507 U Do That J. Torres $5.30Dk B/ Br Filly 2013, by Uncle Mo - Vroom Hilda by Bold ExecutiveOwner: Campbell, David, E.. Trainer: George Weaver. Breeder: David Campbell (NY). Time: 1:19.11Daily Double (4-5), $35.00; Exacta (5-3), $42.00; Superfecta (5-3-7-2), $1,223.00; Trifecta (5-3-7), $235.50; Pic 3 (7-4-5), $253.50; Pic 4 (1-7-4-5), $925.00; Pic 6 (1/3/8-10-1-7-4-5), $96.00; Pic 6 (1/3/8-10-1-7-4-5), $6,618.00
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There is no walk like it in sports. Two thick red lines mark the path, as it burrows through bettors and drinkers under the clubhouse, descends a few feet, past the hand stampers and around the bend, past the red railing where the gate crew hangs, then slices diagonally right, past the bands and the dancers, between the food stands, through the charbroiled burger smell, then juts back to the left past the administrative offices, through the jocks’ agents and wives waiting for celebration or com-miseration, then a hard right into the sanctuary of the jocks’ room.
Jockeys, valets and security guards make the walk from the scales to the room, nine, 10, 11 times a day. Trainers join the jockeys for part of it, some-times the whole thing if they’re mad or confused. Fans, from old to young, dot the walk, thrusting programs, asking for goggles, high-fives or ever so rarely a negative critique – I still remember the gam-bler who threw a handful of rolled up tickets at me in the early 1990s, “Cash these for me Clancy,” af-ter I got beat on a Sheppard favorite.
The walk is where many of us became fans of this crazy sport. I remember Cash Asmussen teach-ing me manners when he said, “How about a please and a thank you?” after I thrust a program in his face. Then he scrawled his name across the pro-gram, slashing dollar signs for the S in Cash. I was impressed.
The walk is always good, at least, for the winner. For Mike Smith, twice this summer, it was iconic.
The Hall of Famer made his career in New York but now resides in California. When he comes here, wins the Coaching Club American Oaks and Ala-bama on the undefeated Songbird, well, the walk becomes part victory lap, part family reunion.
After the CCA Oaks, it went like this…Mikey. Mikey. Mikey. Thanks for coming.
Come back to the East Coast. Zenyatta or Songbird at a mile-and-a-sixteenth, who’s bet-
ter, Mikey? Who’s better? Mikey, can I get a picture of you and my son? I don’t know how you do it, Mike. Holy Bull. Holy Bull. Holy Bull. Think you can take Beholder…? You’re the best, Mikey. Can I take a picture with you? Thank you so much. You sticking around, Mikey? Sign it to Andrew…to Andrew. I’ve got to go, guys, I’m sorry, I’ve got to catch a plane. Clear the path. Clear the path. Clear the path. Goggles, Mike, one pair of goggles. Awesome, Mike. Awesome. You got a camera. Hurry up. Hurry up. Make it work. Make it work…
In between and among the celebration, Smith hugged Gary Sciacca, accepted congratulations from John Velazquez, Kendrick Carmouche and jockeys who look young enough to be Smith’s kids. By the time Smith got to the jocks’ room, he had posed for photos with a kid in a stroller and a wom-an in her 80s. One long black Sharpie mark had flicked across Fox Hill Farm’s silks, Smith laughed, “That looks kind of like my signature.”
A month later, Smith returned to win the Ala-bama. The walk was longer, better.
Mike. Mike. Mike. Thanks, Mike. Ain’t that something. What are you wearing Florent Geroux’s helmet for? Ain’t that something. You need a better pen. Let’s go, real quick. Look up. Look up. Look up. Can you sign this, thank you so much. For Chile. For Chile. Whewwww. Selfie. Selfie. Selfie. I gotta go. I gotta go. I gotta go. Can I have your goggles? Goggles, Mikey. Selfie! Mike, you’re still the greatest. Hey, Mike, you going to Sperry’s tonight? Thank you, Dad. Please, brother, please. Right here, Mike. Right here. Thank you, Mike. Take it, take the picture. You know, it was really good, we were running, brother. Great trip, Mike. Outside the red lines, please. You’re the best, Mike. You’re the best. Hey, Smitty. You’re the man. Songbird. Songbird. Smitty, buy yourself a helmet. I got one, don’t I? For this little girl, this little girl here. Thank you, Mike. Take the picture. Take the picture. Mikey. Mike. Smitty. Great ride. You are my hero. The champion. I love you man...A longer, sweeter walk, Smith reached the jocks’
room after 10 minutes and 11 seconds, finishing with a Sharpie, from a fan who had happily traded a pen for a signature. Smith had signed enough red Songbird posters to wallpaper the Reading Room, signed a $2 win ticket, written his phone number on a press pass, taught a woman how to use an iP-hone camera. Smith hugged Leo and Joan O’Brien, Selma, Wendy, Tony Allevato and his son. By the end of the walk, a woman waited for one perfect picture, as Smith walked into the frame, her phone rang, Chelsey flashed on her screen. The wom-an slammed her thumb down like she was play-ing Whac A Mole. Smith slowed, waited and she snapped her photo, shrieking while she did it. Smith smiled, a walk complete.
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