Kentucky Downs/Belmont Fall Championship Meet/Road To The Cup
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JENNIE REES
</header><section class="content-with-sidebar" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; display: flex; flex-flow: row wrap;">FRANKLIN, Ky. (Sept. 14, 2016) — Kentucky Downs closes out what already has been a record-setting meet with its last of five strong racing programs held Thursday over America’s only European-style turf course.
Through four days, all-sources wagering already has totaled $18,880,172.59. Last year’s total handle, up 6.3 percent over 2014 and then an all-time high, was $16,887,188.
As usual, admission and parking are free at Kentucky Downs. The first of 10 races is 1:25 p.m. Central.
Also on closing day, legendary Secretariat jockey Ron Turcotte will be signing autographs starting at 11 a.m. Central on the clubhouse building patio. A portion of the $20 signing fee will go to the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund as part of Kentucky Downs’ annual fundraiser for the charity that provides financial assistance to some 60 former jockeys who have suffered catastrophic on-track injuries. The PDJF fundraiser is sponsored by the Jackson Kelly law firm.
Owner Ken and Sarah Ramsey, trainer Mike Maker and jockeyFlorent Geroux can cap a championship meet in style, teaming with 5-2 favorite Al’s Gal in Thursday’s closing-day $350,000 Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon. Maker already has clinched his third straight trainer’s title with seven wins, the Ramseys a fourth straight owner’s crown with four. Geroux, with 11 victories, is virtually assured of his second straight title. The only way he can lose is ifRobby Albarado goes 8 for 8 and Geroux is shutout. Albarado, who comes in with four wins, could tie with seven wins if Geroux is blanked.
But Maker, Ramsey and Geroux have every intention of padding their leads. Maker has eight horses in seven races. Ramsey is in four. He calls Al’s Gal his “coup de grace” horse, the one he thought he might need to clinch the title.
The Ladies Marathon at 1 5/16 miles is the ninth race. Should she win, the 5-year-old Al’s Gal would be the fifth stakes winner this meet for Maker — and also the fifth that his stable had acquired via the claim box. It would be the third stakes for Ramsey, all with former claimers, having already won the $400,000 More Than Ready Mile with Watchyourownbobber and the $350,000 Exacta Systems Dueling Grounds Derby with Oscar Nominated. Maker also won the $350,000 Dueling Grounds Oaks with Try Your Luck the $600,000, Grade 3 Calumet Farm Kentucky Turf Cup, the meet’s centerpiece, with Da Big Hoss for other owners.
“If we’d won the four stakes and didn’t win anything else and didn’t win the title, I wouldn’t be too worried about it at all,” Maker said with a laugh.
Al’s Gal, a Pennsylvania-born daughter of prominent turf sire English Channel, was claimed at Gulfstream Park 1 1/2 years ago for $35,000. She worked her way through her allowance conditions, also finishing second by a nose in a Pennsylvania-bred stakes, before advancing into open stakes company this year.
Second by a half-length in Keeneland’s Grade 3 Bewitch last spring, she captured Churchill Downs’ Keertana overnight stakes by 5 1/2 lengths in her only other race with Geroux aboard. In her last two races, Al’s Gal was second in Arlington’s Grade 3 Modesty and then a fast-flying second in the Grade 1 Beverly D, losing by only a half-length at 20-1.
“We’ve been chasing Chad (Brown-trained horses) from Gulfstream to Keeneland to Arlington. He keeps beating us,” Maker said. “No use going where you can’t win. Canada didn’t seem like it was long enough. Figured this was the logical spot.”
Because she’s not a Kentucky-bred, Al’s Gal will race only for the $150,000 base purse, with the other $200,000 from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund. “It still more than she’s been running for” most of the time, Maker said. “I figure if she runs her last couple of races back, she’ll be tough to handle.”
So is the combination of Maker and Geroux. They are 6 for 14 together this meet, including 3 for 5 in stakes. Geroux also is going for a fifth stakes win, having won on Da Big Hoss, Oscar Nominated and Try Your Luck, as well as the Ladies Sprint on the Mark Casse-trained Mississippi Delta.
“I tell you what, especially at Kentucky Downs, those French jockeys who ride on the turf courses all the time (in Europe) and were brought up to ride on them, they fit the English-style turf course perfectly,” Ramsey said. “Uphill, downhill, those sweeping turns. And those Kitten’s Joys (offspring of his stallion, grass champion Kitten’s Joy) just love it down there and they’ve have done exceptionally well the past two or three years. We saved two horses just for the coup de grace: Walking the Kitten (in the seventh race) and Al’s Gal, who is not a Kitten’s Joy but was a good claim.
“By the way, if you don’t want to pay top dollar out at Keeneland for the first-round draft choices, what I’d advise somebody to do is observe the claiming game and you can always pick some of them up.”
Christophe Clement has numbers in his favor, sending out 9-2Trophee, a distance specialist with a trio of fourth places in graded stakes; 6-1 Notte d’Oro, third in the West Virginia President’s Cup in her last start; and 15-1 Paige, who won a Suffolk allowance race in her last start.
The biggest competition could come from Brazilian-bred Energia Fribby, part of the small string Hall of Fame trainer Neil Drysdalebrought from California. She’s also a distance specialist, including running against males when third in the Grade 2 San Luis Rey at 1 1/2 miles and fourth in the 1 7/8-mile San Juan Capistrano (G3).
“I’m really excited to ride the horse,” said jockey Joe Rocco Jr. “Neil Drysdale does a great job. Looks like she fits in the race. She’s back in with fillies. Distance obviously is not going to be an issue. It’s definitely a horse-for-course type of place. You really don’t know how they’re going to handle it until they go over it. But horses like this, that have run in other countries and at different racetracks, been thrown out of their element before are much better at handling it than horses who have always run on like a one-mile dirt track.”
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JENNIE REES
</header><section class="content-with-sidebar" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; display: flex; flex-flow: row wrap;">FRANKLIN, Ky. (Sept. 14, 2016) — Kentucky Downs closes out what already has been a record-setting meet with its last of five strong racing programs held Thursday over America’s only European-style turf course.
Through four days, all-sources wagering already has totaled $18,880,172.59. Last year’s total handle, up 6.3 percent over 2014 and then an all-time high, was $16,887,188.
As usual, admission and parking are free at Kentucky Downs. The first of 10 races is 1:25 p.m. Central.
Also on closing day, legendary Secretariat jockey Ron Turcotte will be signing autographs starting at 11 a.m. Central on the clubhouse building patio. A portion of the $20 signing fee will go to the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund as part of Kentucky Downs’ annual fundraiser for the charity that provides financial assistance to some 60 former jockeys who have suffered catastrophic on-track injuries. The PDJF fundraiser is sponsored by the Jackson Kelly law firm.
Owner Ken and Sarah Ramsey, trainer Mike Maker and jockeyFlorent Geroux can cap a championship meet in style, teaming with 5-2 favorite Al’s Gal in Thursday’s closing-day $350,000 Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon. Maker already has clinched his third straight trainer’s title with seven wins, the Ramseys a fourth straight owner’s crown with four. Geroux, with 11 victories, is virtually assured of his second straight title. The only way he can lose is ifRobby Albarado goes 8 for 8 and Geroux is shutout. Albarado, who comes in with four wins, could tie with seven wins if Geroux is blanked.
But Maker, Ramsey and Geroux have every intention of padding their leads. Maker has eight horses in seven races. Ramsey is in four. He calls Al’s Gal his “coup de grace” horse, the one he thought he might need to clinch the title.
The Ladies Marathon at 1 5/16 miles is the ninth race. Should she win, the 5-year-old Al’s Gal would be the fifth stakes winner this meet for Maker — and also the fifth that his stable had acquired via the claim box. It would be the third stakes for Ramsey, all with former claimers, having already won the $400,000 More Than Ready Mile with Watchyourownbobber and the $350,000 Exacta Systems Dueling Grounds Derby with Oscar Nominated. Maker also won the $350,000 Dueling Grounds Oaks with Try Your Luck the $600,000, Grade 3 Calumet Farm Kentucky Turf Cup, the meet’s centerpiece, with Da Big Hoss for other owners.
“If we’d won the four stakes and didn’t win anything else and didn’t win the title, I wouldn’t be too worried about it at all,” Maker said with a laugh.
Al’s Gal, a Pennsylvania-born daughter of prominent turf sire English Channel, was claimed at Gulfstream Park 1 1/2 years ago for $35,000. She worked her way through her allowance conditions, also finishing second by a nose in a Pennsylvania-bred stakes, before advancing into open stakes company this year.
Second by a half-length in Keeneland’s Grade 3 Bewitch last spring, she captured Churchill Downs’ Keertana overnight stakes by 5 1/2 lengths in her only other race with Geroux aboard. In her last two races, Al’s Gal was second in Arlington’s Grade 3 Modesty and then a fast-flying second in the Grade 1 Beverly D, losing by only a half-length at 20-1.
“We’ve been chasing Chad (Brown-trained horses) from Gulfstream to Keeneland to Arlington. He keeps beating us,” Maker said. “No use going where you can’t win. Canada didn’t seem like it was long enough. Figured this was the logical spot.”
Because she’s not a Kentucky-bred, Al’s Gal will race only for the $150,000 base purse, with the other $200,000 from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund. “It still more than she’s been running for” most of the time, Maker said. “I figure if she runs her last couple of races back, she’ll be tough to handle.”
So is the combination of Maker and Geroux. They are 6 for 14 together this meet, including 3 for 5 in stakes. Geroux also is going for a fifth stakes win, having won on Da Big Hoss, Oscar Nominated and Try Your Luck, as well as the Ladies Sprint on the Mark Casse-trained Mississippi Delta.
“I tell you what, especially at Kentucky Downs, those French jockeys who ride on the turf courses all the time (in Europe) and were brought up to ride on them, they fit the English-style turf course perfectly,” Ramsey said. “Uphill, downhill, those sweeping turns. And those Kitten’s Joys (offspring of his stallion, grass champion Kitten’s Joy) just love it down there and they’ve have done exceptionally well the past two or three years. We saved two horses just for the coup de grace: Walking the Kitten (in the seventh race) and Al’s Gal, who is not a Kitten’s Joy but was a good claim.
“By the way, if you don’t want to pay top dollar out at Keeneland for the first-round draft choices, what I’d advise somebody to do is observe the claiming game and you can always pick some of them up.”
Christophe Clement has numbers in his favor, sending out 9-2Trophee, a distance specialist with a trio of fourth places in graded stakes; 6-1 Notte d’Oro, third in the West Virginia President’s Cup in her last start; and 15-1 Paige, who won a Suffolk allowance race in her last start.
The biggest competition could come from Brazilian-bred Energia Fribby, part of the small string Hall of Fame trainer Neil Drysdalebrought from California. She’s also a distance specialist, including running against males when third in the Grade 2 San Luis Rey at 1 1/2 miles and fourth in the 1 7/8-mile San Juan Capistrano (G3).
“I’m really excited to ride the horse,” said jockey Joe Rocco Jr. “Neil Drysdale does a great job. Looks like she fits in the race. She’s back in with fillies. Distance obviously is not going to be an issue. It’s definitely a horse-for-course type of place. You really don’t know how they’re going to handle it until they go over it. But horses like this, that have run in other countries and at different racetracks, been thrown out of their element before are much better at handling it than horses who have always run on like a one-mile dirt track.”
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#1 was scratched from R1
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Presque Isle Downs STAKES
Purse $400,000. For Fillies And Mares, Three Years Old And Upward. No Nomination Fee. $500 to pass the entry box. $1,000 additional to start. Money to be divided: $240,000 to the Winner; $80,000 to Second; $40,000 to Third; $20,000 to Fourth; $10,000 to Fifth; $6,000 toSixth, $2,000 to Seventh and Eighth, and $200 each to Ninth through Twelfth. WEIGHTS: Three-year-olds 119 Lbs.; Older 121 Lbs. Winners of a Graded Sweepstakes in 2016 to carry 2 Lbs. additional; Non-Winners of a Sweepstakes with a value of $100,000 or greater to the winner in 2016 allowed . 3 Lbs.; Non-Winners of $60,000 in 2016 . 6 Lbs.; Non-Winners of $30,000 in 2016. 9 Lbs.; (Maiden, Claiming, or Starter races not considered in estimating allowances). Nominations Closed Wednesday, September 7, 2016With 49 Nominations. TROPHY TO THE WINNING OWNER, PRESQUE ISLE DOWNS MASTERS STAKES JACKET TO THE WINNING TRAINER, TROPHY TO THE WINNING JOCKEY AND A BASKET TO THE WINNING HORSE. Six And One Half Furlongs. (All Weather Track)[TABLE="class: table-hover clear entryTablePadding, width: 100%"]
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[/TH]
[TH="class: entryTable, align: center"]Virtual
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]1
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Cactus Copy (KY)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]3/F[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]W Martinez[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]110[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]R D Walsh[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]6/1[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]N/A[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]1A
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]9[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Cactus Kris (KY)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]5/M[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]H Villa-Gomez[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]123[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]R D Walsh[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]6/1[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]2
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Elusive Collection (KY)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]4/F[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]L Contreras[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]112[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]J Carroll[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]9/2[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]N/A[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 2"] SCR[/TD]
[TD]Athena (KY)[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]10/1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]4
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Meshell (KY)[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]<input type="checkbox" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 25px; max-width: 25px; border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]4/F[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]J Rocco, Jr.[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]112[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]J C Lynn[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]10/1[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]5
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Living The Life (IRE)[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]<input type="checkbox" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 25px; max-width: 25px; border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]6/M[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]F Prat[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]123[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]G Mandella[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]4/1[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]6
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Bar of Gold (NY)[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]<input type="checkbox" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 25px; max-width: 25px; border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]4/F[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]J Rosario[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]121[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]J C Kimmel[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]8/1[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]7
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Birdatthewire (KY)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]4/F[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]C J Lanerie[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]112[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]D L Romans[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]5/1[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]8
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Regia Marina (KY)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]4/F[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]P Morales[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]112[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]E G Harty[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]12/1[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]9
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Unbridled Courage (FL)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]4/F[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]J L Ortiz[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]112[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]J C Englehart[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]30/1[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]10
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]11[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Sarah Sis (KY)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]4/F[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]F Geroux[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]123[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]I Mason[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]12/1[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]N/A[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]11
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]12[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Disco Barbie (KY)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]6/M[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]A A Gallardo[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]118[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]D Capuano[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]10/1[/TD]
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Purse $400,000. For Fillies And Mares, Three Years Old And Upward. No Nomination Fee. $500 to pass the entry box. $1,000 additional to start. Money to be divided: $240,000 to the Winner; $80,000 to Second; $40,000 to Third; $20,000 to Fourth; $10,000 to Fifth; $6,000 toSixth, $2,000 to Seventh and Eighth, and $200 each to Ninth through Twelfth. WEIGHTS: Three-year-olds 119 Lbs.; Older 121 Lbs. Winners of a Graded Sweepstakes in 2016 to carry 2 Lbs. additional; Non-Winners of a Sweepstakes with a value of $100,000 or greater to the winner in 2016 allowed . 3 Lbs.; Non-Winners of $60,000 in 2016 . 6 Lbs.; Non-Winners of $30,000 in 2016. 9 Lbs.; (Maiden, Claiming, or Starter races not considered in estimating allowances). Nominations Closed Wednesday, September 7, 2016With 49 Nominations. TROPHY TO THE WINNING OWNER, PRESQUE ISLE DOWNS MASTERS STAKES JACKET TO THE WINNING TRAINER, TROPHY TO THE WINNING JOCKEY AND A BASKET TO THE WINNING HORSE. Six And One Half Furlongs. (All Weather Track)[TABLE="class: table-hover clear entryTablePadding, width: 100%"]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]1
[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable"]Cactus Copy (KY)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]3/F[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]W Martinez[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]110[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]R D Walsh[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]6/1[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]N/A[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]1A
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]9[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Cactus Kris (KY)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]5/M[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]H Villa-Gomez[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]123[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]R D Walsh[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]6/1[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]N/A[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]2
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Elusive Collection (KY)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]4/F[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]L Contreras[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]112[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]J Carroll[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]9/2[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]N/A[/TD]
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[TD]Athena (KY)[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]10/1[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]4
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Meshell (KY)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]4/F[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]J Rocco, Jr.[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]112[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]J C Lynn[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]10/1[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]N/A[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]5
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Living The Life (IRE)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]6/M[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]F Prat[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]123[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]G Mandella[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]4/1[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]N/A[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]6
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Bar of Gold (NY)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]4/F[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]J Rosario[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]121[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]J C Kimmel[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]8/1[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]7
[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable"]Birdatthewire (KY)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable"]C J Lanerie[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]112[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]D L Romans[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]5/1[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]8
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Regia Marina (KY)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]4/F[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]P Morales[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]112[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]E G Harty[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]12/1[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]9
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Unbridled Courage (FL)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]4/F[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]J L Ortiz[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]112[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]J C Englehart[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]30/1[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]10
[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable"]Sarah Sis (KY)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]4/F[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]F Geroux[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]123[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]I Mason[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]12/1[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]N/A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]11
[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]12[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]Disco Barbie (KY)[/TD]
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[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]A A Gallardo[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: center"]118[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable"]D Capuano[/TD]
[TD="class: entryTable, align: right"]10/1[/TD]
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from Bloodhorse.com:
Trainer John Servis has a plan.
It's not one he is willing to share publicly, or even one he is certain will be successful. But when trying to conquer a force that has yet to be seriously challenged—much less beaten—simply winging it once the starting gate opens does not qualify as suitable preparation.
"I can't give away my strategy," Servis coyly responded when asked what instruction he will give jockey Javier Castellano in their attempt to thwart the beautiful force that is champion filly Songbird.
Part of what Servis is counting on headed into in the $1 million Cotillion Stakes (gr. I) Sept. 24 at Parx Racing is the fact Songbird has yet to hook a rival who offers what his Longines Kentucky Oaks (gr. I)-winning charge, Cathryn Sophia, brings to the table.
While Songbird has systematically dispatched divisional challengers en route to being undefeated in ten career starts, Cash is King's Cathryn Sophia looms as a new threat who could throw a previously unseen wrinkle at the bay daughter of Medaglia d'Oro.
In addition to owning two wins over the Parx surface, including her 6 1/2-length win in the Princess of Sylmar Stakes on Sept. 3, Maryland-bred Cathryn Sophia has flaunted her own fearsome level of tactical brilliance, earning her six career victories by a combined winning margin of 50 3/4 lengths.
Even her two defeats have been admirable efforts, running third in both the April 9 Central Bank Ashland Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland and the June 11 Acorn Stakes (gr. I) atBelmont Park.
"I wonder if (Songbird) has hooked into a filly as good as mine," Servis said. "And that's not to take anything away from any of the other fillies by any means, or (Songbird). She's obviously super talented, she's a champion. And I don't know if my filly is good enough to beat her.
"But she came into her last race (at Parx) really well and I couldn't have written the script any better. She didn't have to put out too much of an effort to get the win and I think it will set her up good for this race coming up."
When Cathryn Sophia finished third in the Ashland Stakes, her first try around two turns, Servis initially expressed concern that the temperamental filly had distance limitations. The daughter of Street Boss erased that worry when she hit the wire 2 3/4-lengths in front in the 1 1/8-miles Kentucky Oaks after getting a perfect stalk-and-pounce trip.
Before Songbird was declared out of the Kentucky Oaks due to illness, Servis stated his intentions to send Cathryn Sophia to the seven-furlong Eight Belles Stakes (gr. II) on the Oaks undercard. Where Songbird's absence opened a door of opportunity for Cathryn Sophia on the first Friday in May, their scheduled meeting in the Cotillion is one Servis feels his filly is now better equipped handle.
"We freshened her up (after the Acorn) and she needed that," Servis said. "It should be very interesting this Saturday."
Trainer John Servis has a plan.
It's not one he is willing to share publicly, or even one he is certain will be successful. But when trying to conquer a force that has yet to be seriously challenged—much less beaten—simply winging it once the starting gate opens does not qualify as suitable preparation.
"I can't give away my strategy," Servis coyly responded when asked what instruction he will give jockey Javier Castellano in their attempt to thwart the beautiful force that is champion filly Songbird.
Part of what Servis is counting on headed into in the $1 million Cotillion Stakes (gr. I) Sept. 24 at Parx Racing is the fact Songbird has yet to hook a rival who offers what his Longines Kentucky Oaks (gr. I)-winning charge, Cathryn Sophia, brings to the table.
While Songbird has systematically dispatched divisional challengers en route to being undefeated in ten career starts, Cash is King's Cathryn Sophia looms as a new threat who could throw a previously unseen wrinkle at the bay daughter of Medaglia d'Oro.
In addition to owning two wins over the Parx surface, including her 6 1/2-length win in the Princess of Sylmar Stakes on Sept. 3, Maryland-bred Cathryn Sophia has flaunted her own fearsome level of tactical brilliance, earning her six career victories by a combined winning margin of 50 3/4 lengths.
Even her two defeats have been admirable efforts, running third in both the April 9 Central Bank Ashland Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland and the June 11 Acorn Stakes (gr. I) atBelmont Park.
"I wonder if (Songbird) has hooked into a filly as good as mine," Servis said. "And that's not to take anything away from any of the other fillies by any means, or (Songbird). She's obviously super talented, she's a champion. And I don't know if my filly is good enough to beat her.
"But she came into her last race (at Parx) really well and I couldn't have written the script any better. She didn't have to put out too much of an effort to get the win and I think it will set her up good for this race coming up."
When Cathryn Sophia finished third in the Ashland Stakes, her first try around two turns, Servis initially expressed concern that the temperamental filly had distance limitations. The daughter of Street Boss erased that worry when she hit the wire 2 3/4-lengths in front in the 1 1/8-miles Kentucky Oaks after getting a perfect stalk-and-pounce trip.
Before Songbird was declared out of the Kentucky Oaks due to illness, Servis stated his intentions to send Cathryn Sophia to the seven-furlong Eight Belles Stakes (gr. II) on the Oaks undercard. Where Songbird's absence opened a door of opportunity for Cathryn Sophia on the first Friday in May, their scheduled meeting in the Cotillion is one Servis feels his filly is now better equipped handle.
"We freshened her up (after the Acorn) and she needed that," Servis said. "It should be very interesting this Saturday."
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From NYRA:
Among those who will be taking aim at Flintshire in the Turf Classic is Al Shaqab Racing's Group 1 winner Ectot, who in his first two North American starts was fourth in the Lure on August 6 and second in an optional claimer going 1 ½ miles on September 4 at Saratoga for trainer Todd Pletcher.
"We're hoping with that [last] race under his belt, it will get him that much fitter, and hopefully a little more relaxed early on," said Pletcher of the 5-year-old British-bred son of Hurricane Run, who counts the 2014 Group 2 Qatar Prix Niel and Group 3 Prix de Fontainebleau and the 2013 Group 1 Criterium International and the Group 3 Prix des Chenes among his European victories. "It's a very tough race with Flintshire in there. His form from Europe at one time was very good. He's shown us at times in his training he's still got some great races in him. We're hoping that one of those will be Saturday."
Also representing the Pletcher barn on Saturday will be KRA Stud Farm's J.S. Choice, a maiden winner last out at Saratoga who is targeting the Grade 3 Pilgrim at 1 1/16 miles on the turf. The Congrats colt finished fifth of 10 in his first start at the Pilgrim distance after being steadied early and going five-wide into the stretch.
"I thought he ran very well in his second start; he was sneaky good in his first start," said Pletcher. "Good win, finished up well, and hopefully it's the kind of race he can build on."
Multiple graded stakes winner Off the Tracks, most recently fourth as the favorite in the Grade 2 Prioress, will be stretching back out to 1 1/8 miles in the Grade 1, $400,000 Beldame on Saturday. The 3-year-old Curlin filly, third in the Grade 1 Test in August after contesting a hot early pace, won the Grade 1 Mother Goose at 1 1/16 miles and was a close second in the Grade 1 Acorn in her two previous starts at Belmont.
"We were kind of trying to figure out what to do with her at Saratoga," said Pletcher. "She did well in the Test, set some very fast fractions before tiring late, which was understandable. We made a decision to go shorter in the Prioress; it was probably a little too short for her. Considering she ran well in the Acorn and won the Mother Goose we felt like this was the logical next step."
Among those she will be facing are Grade 1 Apple Blossom winner and likely favorite Forever Unbridled, Grade 1 Test winner Paola Queen, Rachel's Temper, Penwith and Tiger Ride.
Among those who will be taking aim at Flintshire in the Turf Classic is Al Shaqab Racing's Group 1 winner Ectot, who in his first two North American starts was fourth in the Lure on August 6 and second in an optional claimer going 1 ½ miles on September 4 at Saratoga for trainer Todd Pletcher.
"We're hoping with that [last] race under his belt, it will get him that much fitter, and hopefully a little more relaxed early on," said Pletcher of the 5-year-old British-bred son of Hurricane Run, who counts the 2014 Group 2 Qatar Prix Niel and Group 3 Prix de Fontainebleau and the 2013 Group 1 Criterium International and the Group 3 Prix des Chenes among his European victories. "It's a very tough race with Flintshire in there. His form from Europe at one time was very good. He's shown us at times in his training he's still got some great races in him. We're hoping that one of those will be Saturday."
Also representing the Pletcher barn on Saturday will be KRA Stud Farm's J.S. Choice, a maiden winner last out at Saratoga who is targeting the Grade 3 Pilgrim at 1 1/16 miles on the turf. The Congrats colt finished fifth of 10 in his first start at the Pilgrim distance after being steadied early and going five-wide into the stretch.
"I thought he ran very well in his second start; he was sneaky good in his first start," said Pletcher. "Good win, finished up well, and hopefully it's the kind of race he can build on."
Multiple graded stakes winner Off the Tracks, most recently fourth as the favorite in the Grade 2 Prioress, will be stretching back out to 1 1/8 miles in the Grade 1, $400,000 Beldame on Saturday. The 3-year-old Curlin filly, third in the Grade 1 Test in August after contesting a hot early pace, won the Grade 1 Mother Goose at 1 1/16 miles and was a close second in the Grade 1 Acorn in her two previous starts at Belmont.
"We were kind of trying to figure out what to do with her at Saratoga," said Pletcher. "She did well in the Test, set some very fast fractions before tiring late, which was understandable. We made a decision to go shorter in the Prioress; it was probably a little too short for her. Considering she ran well in the Acorn and won the Mother Goose we felt like this was the logical next step."
Among those she will be facing are Grade 1 Apple Blossom winner and likely favorite Forever Unbridled, Grade 1 Test winner Paola Queen, Rachel's Temper, Penwith and Tiger Ride.
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A. P. Indian to scratch from Vosburgh, per Arnaud Delacour, will point to Phoenix at Keeneland
A. P. Indian to scratch from Vosburgh, per Arnaud Delacour, will point to Phoenix at Keeneland
Lloyd Braun
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Mark Hennig @Hennigracing <small class="time" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(136, 153, 166);"> 39m39 minutes ago</small>
NYRARACING: Attention Horsemen: Races 1, 2, 4, and 11 are OFF the Turf today.
NYRARACING: Attention Horsemen: Races 1, 2, 4, and 11 are OFF the Turf today.
Lloyd Braun
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Race 4: Pick 3 1,7/1,3,6/4
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Get that
Lloyd Braun
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:shake2:
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And pk3 #2,4/3/2,4,6,7
Lloyd Braun
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Money Multiplier would be the one to beat Flintshire, just think the moisture makes it a much harder task
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They've been working in co.
I actually thought MM could like the going more than Flintshire today
Lloyd Braun
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I was looking back at the Hill Prince when MM ran on a soft turf, but looking closer the poor performance was probably more trip related than the ground.
Lloyd Braun
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Basically 7-1 on Flintshire, I'll take that
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And Win 3
