THIS SIDE UP: FOSTERING A SENSE OF LEGACY
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SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 2021
MAXFIELD THE ONE TO BEAT IN FOSTER
THIS SIDE UP: FOSTERING The talented Maxfield (Street Sense) headlines a field of nine
A SENSE OF LEGACY slated for Saturday's GII Stephen Foster S. at Churchill Downs, a
'Win and You're In' for the GI Breeders' Cup Classic. After
suffering his first career defeat finishing third in the
GI Santa Anita H. Mar. 6, the Godolphin homebred got back on
track with a strong performance in Churchill's GII Alysheba S. on
the GI Kentucky Oaks undercard. It was 3 1/4 lengths back to
Twinspires Kentucky Cup Classic S. winner Visitant
(Ghostzapper) in second that day and another 4 1/4 lengths
back to Chess Chief (Into Mischief) in third.
AWe shipped him up from Keeneland last week and worked an
easy half-mile [in :48 4/5 at Churchill Downs June 19],@ trainer
Brendan Walsh said of the 4-5 morning-line favorite. AHe did
most of his work at Keeneland prior to the Foster. He=s a fit and
happy horse. We=re ready to go and excited to get this race
underway.@
Maxfield's six-career victories include a win in the 2019 GI
Claiborne Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland.
Saturday's GII Stephen Foster favorite Maxfield | Horsephotos Warrior's Charge (Munnings), winner of the 2020
GIII Razorback H. and GIII Philip Iselin S. via disqualification,
by Chris McGrath looks to right the ship following a disappointing beginning to his
Ours is the most nostalgic of sports, sustained by trusted 5-year-old campaign. He was sixth after a slow start in a sloppy
cycles. And if the calendar pauses somewhat, between the end renewal of the GIII Steve Sexton Mile S. at Lone Star last time
of the Triple Crown and the renewal of beloved summer rituals May 31. The 7-year-old gelding Silver Dust (Tapit), third in this
at Saratoga and Del Mar, that won't preclude an evocative race last year, enters off a win in the GIII Ben Ali in the
resonance in some of the things we can enjoy Saturday. Keeneland slop Apr. 10.
True, the idea that Letruska (Super Saver) is any kind of
throwback, just because she is managing a second start in three
weeks, is a measure of how effete the modern Thoroughbred
has become. I've drawn attention previously to Jim Bolger's
campaigning of Poetic Flare (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}), who IN TDN EUROPE TODAY
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Cont. from p1
Be that as it may, the ferrous qualities perceived in the
Mexican mare will be doing no harm to a picaresque narrative
that has already exalted her from El Hipodromo de las Americas
to early mutterings about Horse of the Year. But if Letruska is
perhaps not quite as old-fashioned as would appear, then the
same could be said of another highlight of closing day at
Churchill.
The GII Stephen Foster S. is a race that somehow feels more
venerable than its history warrants. It was only inaugurated in
1982, and a couple of years ago lapsed from the Grade I status
secured by some who contributed to its precocious stature. In
1998, for instance, Awesome Again and Silver Charm rehearsed
to within half a step their GI Breeders' Cup Classic exacta that
November. The following year, Victory Gallop stopped the clock
at 1:47.28--a mark that still looms over Maxfield (Street Sense)
and friends today. Saint Liam, Curlin and Gun Runner are among
the other names decorating the roll of honor. But what really
gives the Stephen Foster that sepia tint is, well, Stephen Foster.
Gun Runner taking the 2017 Foster | Coady Photo
I find it very gratifying that our community honors a man who
notoriously died at 37, with 38 cents in his wallet, adrift in the
flophouses of the New York theatre district. Though he
celebrated our sport directly in Camptown Races, we view his
principal bequest as My Old Kentucky Home. Cont. p4
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This Side Up cont.
Recently, of course, the undertones of our Derby Day anthem
have been subjected to fresh examination. That's an exercise
pretty typical of our times and, for some, duly began with an
aggressive presumption that the song sought to place a romantic
gloss on the era of slavery. But while the same misapprehension
has doubtless been shared by many under the Twin Spires over
the past century, Foster's original lyrics and intentions have
instead been newly saluted for a compassion, uncommon at the
time, for the sufferings of those "sold down the river".
In many respects of his shadowed life, no doubt, Foster failed
to transcend the norms of the epoch in which his genius was
forged. But it feels right that we can still honor the human spirit
that still flickers, all these years later, in a soul darkened by drink
and despair. For once, perhaps, this controversial process has
Singing Foster's anthem is a Derby Day highlight | Coady Photo
actually served its purpose: not "cancellation", but a better
understanding of the pathos and dignity that unites Foster's own Will trainers be judged simply by the big races they have won?
story with that of his cherished lament. Or will it be additionally asked why Trainers A, B and C signed up
Food for thought, here, for any horseman who proudly to publication of their veterinary records, signed up to WHOA,
anticipates the respect of posterity. For how will history judge and maintained a clean violation history; and why Trainers D, E
those who are pushing the slack boundaries of their calling and F conspicuously did not? Because make no mistake, if our
today? No less than when we look back at Foster, it will be the sport has survived at all, then it will only be because those
context of our time that allows proper judgement, for better or questions have become much more important than appears to
worse, of what truly abides in our individual natures. be the case right now. Cont. p5
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McGrath cont. indeed, those who contest the GIII Bashford Manor S.--35
The fact is that if you're one of those trainers who can look minutes after the Ohio Derby--will also find his name in its
yourself in the mirror every morning, then you're also meeting annals.
with a candid eye the inquiring gaze of future Turf historians. This communal sense of legacy, however, only serves its
The river that unites Louisville and Foster's home state of purpose so long as it remains dynamic and not merely
Pennsylvania was also the medium through which his work ceremonial. We see that in an evolving relationship with the
became endowed with flavors of the antebellum South, of which sentimental anthem we have long harnessed to our greatest
his personal experience was actually extremely limited. But it's a occasion. Because we don't want a homesickness for a place
son of New Orleans I'd like to follow in the reverse direction that never existed; nor nostalgia for a past that didn't, either.
Saturday. Because the man who saddled Tom's d'Etat (Smart Respecting and understanding the past also instructs us about
Strike) to win the Stephen Foster last year, Al Stall, Jr., saddles a the present, and our duty to the future.
most interesting candidate for a race with a far longer history in A due sense of heritage reproves us that we are only ever
the GIII Ohio Derby. custodians of the Thoroughbred. As breeders, certainly, we
should always try to operate in a way that will earn the gratitude
of our successors. And trainers, similarly, should remember that
their deeds of today will not be judged tomorrow simply by their
trophies. None of us wants to end up in the gutter, with 38 cents
to our name. But wherever we end up, posterity will always
know whether or not we could still see the stars.
LETRUKSA BLOOMING AHEAD OF FLEUR DE
LIS
Masqueparade | Coady Photo
Masqueparade (Upstart) certainly has the best of antecedents,
bred by Brereton C. Jones and his exemplary team at Airdrie,
and trained by a gentleman whose record of achievement--
highlighted by another Stephen Foster winner in Blame-
-presents so cleanly. Stall brought the horse along steadily
through the Fair Grounds winter, taking four attempts to break
his maiden, but that dozen-length romp on the Derby undercard
looked a real coming of age. Masqueparade was awarded a 97
Beyer for that, breathing down the neck of Medina Spirit
(Protonico)'s 102 in the main event, and I hope that he can now Letruska | Chris Rahayel
break into the elite of a crop with much to play for in the second
half of the season. by Christina Bossinakis
Raised the way he was, Stall will be well aware that 1924 St. George Stable LLC's Letruska (Super Saver) has proven near
Kentucky Derby winner Black Gold, whose remains are interred invincible since turning five and will try to add her sixth graded
in the Fair Grounds infield, won this race on his first start after victory in Saturday's GII Fleur de Lis S. at Churchill Downs, a 'Win
Churchill. Sadly, one of the great fairytales of the American and You're In' for the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff at Del
Thoroughbred would reach an unworthy conclusion when Black Mar this fall. Winner of last summer's nine-furlong GIII Shuvee
Gold, having proved infertile, was restored to competition only S., the bay kicked off a two-race win skein when taking
to suffer a grotesque breakdown. Gulfstream's GIII Rampart S. Dec. 12 and the Jan. 31
Though his one and only foal was killed by lightning, Black Gold GIII Houston Ladies Classic S.
survives in the fabric of our sporting heritage. Back at Churchill, Cont. p6
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Fleur de Lis cont. GOLDEN GOOSE
A desperate head behind GI Kentucky Oaks winner
Shedaresthedevil (Daredevil) in the Mar. 13 GII Azeri S., she
came right back to nose out dual champion Monomoy Girl
(Tapizar) and third-place finisher and GI Preakness S. heroine
Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil) in the GI Apple Blossom H. Apr. 17.
She bounded home an easy winner over Bonny South
(Munnings) with Shedaresthedevil back in third in Belmont's GI
Ogden Phipps S. June 5.
AShe=s in a good condition to run,@ said trainer Fausto
Gutierrez. AThis is a very important race. We=re going step by
step for now and this is the next race we had in mind. I know it=s
just 21 days from the [Ogden Phipps]. When a horse wants to
run and they=re ready to run, we have to let them run. She=s at
Keeneland training and we=re looking forward to getting her to
Churchill.@
Walking L Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm's 'TDN Rising Star' Always Carina | Adam Coglianese
Envoutante (Uncle Mo) will try to punch her own ticket to the
by Christina Bossinakis
Breeders' Cup at Churchill Saturday. Winner of the
Five sophomore fillies face off against a compact but well-bred
GIII Remington Park Oaks and GII Falls City S. last term, she was
bunch in Saturday's GII Mother Goose S. at Belmont Park.
fourth in the Azeri before finishing second to Shedaresthedevil
Heading the quintet is Three Chimneys Farm's Always Carina
in the Apr. 30 GI La Troienne S. Most recently, the dark bay
(Malibu Moon), who earned her 'TDN Rising Star' status only
strolled home a facile 4 1/4-length winner in Churchill's
two days removed from her superstar sire's death at age 24. A
Shawnee S. May 29.
four-length winner going six panels in her debut at the Big A
Robert and Lawana Low's Spice Is Nice (Curlin) has shown
Apr. 11, the Chad Brown trainee blew the doors off with a
mixed form since her sparkling career debut at Gulfstream in
dominating 9 3/4-length score while stretching to a mile against
January of 2020. Earning 'TDN Rising Star' status following her
optional claiming company here May 20.
12-length triumph in that one-mile event, the daughter of
AIt's a super race,@ said Doug Cauthen, vice chairman of Three
Grade I winner Dame Dorothy (Bernardini) was runner-up in the
Chimneys Farm. AI think it's a good stepping stone as far as
GII Davona Dale S. next before checking in fifth in the
distance and now we'll see if she can handle the step up in class
8 1/2-furlong GII Gulfstream Park Oaks. Given a softer place to
because it's clearly going to be a challenging race. We think she
land for her return in a Belmont optional claimer in July, the
has talent and she deserves the chance to be in there.@
chestnut responded with a 2 3/4-length win for trainer Todd
The well-bred filly is a half-sister to the 2019 GI Breeders= Cup
Pletcher, but failed to carry that through next time out when a
Juvenile Turf winner Structor, who was also conditioned by
well-beaten sixth in last summer's GI Alabama S. Freshened for
Brown. She is out of Miss Always Ready (More Than Ready),
this season, she took an 8 1/2-furlong optional claimer at
who is a full-sister to 2010 GII Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf
Keeneland in April before making it two straight in Pimlico's
champ More Than Real.
May 14 GIII Allaire DuPont Distaff S. over nine panels.
AThe mare just keeps throwing very nice foals,@ added
If anyone can benefit from a potential early speed duel it is
Cauthen. AAlways Carina showed a lot of promise but had a
Alpha Delta Stables' Point of Honor (Curlin). While winless since
setback and didn't get to run at two, but so far she's shown the
taking the 2019 GII Black-Eyed Susan S., the chestnut has hit the
talent we thought she had.@
board in seven of eight starts since, including seconds in the
The most likely candidate to keep Always Carina company
GI Ogden Phipps S. and GII Beldame S. and thirds in the
early is Gary Barber's Make Mischief (Into Mischief), who broke
GI Personal Ensign S. and GI Apple Blossom S. In her latest trip to
her maiden against Empire-breds at Belmont last June before
post, she rallied late to be sixth--beaten 4 1/2 lengths--in last
finishing runner-up in a trio of Saratoga sprint stakes for fillies
November's Breeders' Cup Distaff at Keeneland.
over the summer, chief among them the Aug. 12 GII Adirondack
S. Cont. p7
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Mother Goose cont. Also with a graded stakes win already under his belt,
Off the board in Santa Anita's Sept. 26 GII Chandelier S., the Woodford Thoroughbreds, WinStar Farm and Rock Ridge
bay won a pair of state-bred races--including a muddy renewal Racing's lightly raced Promise Keeper (Constitution) debuted
of the one-mile Maddie May S. at Aqueduct Feb. 20--before with a fourth sprinting six panels at Gulfstream in January
finishing fifth in that oval's Busher S. Mar. 6. Back on top going a before showing his appreciation for the added yardage and the
mile in the slop there Mar. 28, she came home third in the wet going by winning stretching to a mile Feb. 6. Tiring to finish
Apr. 30 GII Eight Belles S. at Churchill and again most recently in an uncharacteristically poor 12th in the GII Tampa Bay Derby
Belmont's GI Acorn S. June 5.
Mar. 6, the chestnut rebounded to score by 5 1/2 lengths going
Another contender bred in the purple is Stonestreet's Clairiere
nine panels in a Keeneland optional claimer Apr. 8 and made it
(Curlin), winner of Churchill's GII Rachel Alexandra S. in
two straight when annexing the May 8 GIII Peter Pan S. at
February. Since then, the daughter of multiple Grade I winner
Belmont.
Cavorting has finished second in the GII Fair Grounds Oaks
Cypress Creek, Arnold Bennewith and Spendthrift Farm's
before coming home fourth in the GI Kentucky Oaks over nine
furlongs Apr. 30. Irad Ortiz, Jr. picks up the mount. Keepmeinmind (Laoban) was one of the 'talking horses' heading
Looking to rebound off a flat seventh in Churchill's grassy up to last month's GI Preakness S., but his awkward gate exit left
GII Edgewood S. Apr. 30 is Shadwell's Zaajel (Street Sense), who him no better than fourth, beaten just under 10 lengths, by
rolled to a 7 3/4-length score at Gulfstream in December before Rombauer (Twirling Candy). Winner of last season's Kentucky
adding a win in the GIII Forward Gal S. Jan. 30. The half to GSP Jockey Club, he was sixth in the GII Rebel S. in March and fifth in
Ajaaweed (Curlin) was a well-beaten sixth in the Fair Grounds the GII Bluegrass S. before finishing seventh on the first
Oaks. Saturday in May. The son of late sire Laoban gets blinkers for the
Requiring a solid pace up front to compliment her come-from- first time Saturday.
the-clouds style, Michael and Reiko Baum's Illiogami (Tapit) SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables and Stonestreet
rides a two-race win streak leading into this first attempt against Stables' Hozier (Pioneerof the Nile), formerly with the
stakes company. A $400,000 KEESEP yearling purchase, the gray beleaguered Bob Baffert, resurfaces with trainer Rodolphe
is out of the multiple Group 1-winning Odeliz (Ire) (Falco). She Brisset. A maiden winner at Santa Anita in February, the bay was
graduated at fourth asking at Keeneland Apr. 2 before posting a runner-up in the Rebel before failing to fire when sixth in the
1 1/4-length win in an optional claimer at Churchill Downs Apr. 10 GI Arkansas Derby. Favored for his latest, he had to
Apr. 30. settle for second--beaten a head--in Pimlico's Sir Barton S.
AAt Keeneland, she didn't get away good,@ explained trainer May. 15. Chris Landeros gets the call.
Rusty Arnold. AWe didn't think she'd be that far back, but she
just got in a tangle and didn't get away. At Churchill, it was more
what we were hoping for. We weren't going to rush her out of
there and she gained momentum as she came on. We're really
excited about her.@
KING FURY RETURNS IN OHIO DERBY
Well regarded before being knocked out of the GI Kentucky
Derby after spiking a temperature on the eve of the big race,
Fern Circle Stables and Three Chimneys Farm's King Fury (Curlin)
looks to bolster his sophomore resume in Saturday's GIII Ohio
Derby at Thistledown. Last season's Street Sense S. victor came
home seventh in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile before finishing
fifth in the Nov. 28 GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. at Churchill
Downs. Let go at 18-1 for his seasonal reappearance in the
Apr. 10 GIII Lexington S. at Keeneland, the Ken McPeek trainee
closed from off the pace to score by 2 3/4 lengths.
King Fury prior to the Kentucky Derby | Horsephotos
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BIG FIELD SET FOR BASHFORD MANOR
MOONLIGHT D'ORO ON COMEBACK TRAIL
Glacial | Coady Photo
A wide-open field of 11 juveniles, including one filly, will line
up for Saturday's GIII Bashford Manor S. at Churchill Downs.
The 3-1 morning-line favorite Glacial (Frosted) dueled free
after a slow start to post a 2 1/2-length debut victory over the
stakes-placed maiden Vodka N Water (Fed Biz) beneath the Moonlight d'Oro | Benoit Photo
Twin Spires May 29. The $140,000 OBSMAR graduate, produced
by an unraced half-sister to GISW Cupid (Tapit), is trained by by Steve Sherack
Norm Casse. Moonlight d'Oro (Medaglia d'Oro), taken off the GI Kentucky
Lansdowne (Super Saver), a half-brother to MGISW Midnight Oaks trail with a knee chip following a visually impressive score
Lucky (Midnight Lute), led by five lengths at the stretch call en in the GIII Las Virgenes S. at Santa Anita Feb. 6, is aiming for a
route to a front-running, 1 1/2-length debut victory for Dallas return to Hall of Famer Richard Mandella's barn later this
Stewart at Churchill May 22. summer with an eye on a fall campaign.
Winchell homebred Red Run (Gun Runner) became the first AThe surgery went well,@ said Joe Mishak, MyRacehorse's
winner for his highly regarded freshman sire with a three-wide Racing Operations Manager. AShe's been doing great, filling out
rally on debut in the Churchill slop May 9. Red Run is the first and looking really good. Just biding her time, which is standard
operating procedure [following surgery], especially for the
foal out of an unraced full-sister to champion 3-year-old filly and
Mandella barn. The last 30 days or so she's been out at Bonnie
GI Kentucky Oaks heroine Untapable (Tapit).
Acres [in California] getting treadmill therapy building up her
Double Thunder (Super Saver) posted a field-best 60 Beyer
fitness. Hopefully in a couple of weeks if all things remain on
Speed Figure for Todd Pletcher in a debut victory at Monmouth
course, she should go to an offsite facility to start training and
June 5. get that foundation at the track. Then a month after that, she'll
Keeneland debut winner Shesgotattitude (Tiznow), drawn head back to the Mandella barn in early-to-mid August once she
widest of all in post 11, takes on the boys for a second straight has the fitness.@
time for John Ennis following a fourth-place finish in the Campaigned in partnership with Spendthrift Farm, the
Kentucky Juvenile S. in the slop Apr. 28. $620,000 KEESEP yearling buy earned her diploma at third
asking in her two-turn debut with a career-high 87 Beyer Speed
Figure at Los Alamitos Dec. 13, then doubled up with a powerful
last-to-first tally in the Las Virgenes.
Bred in Kentucky by Stonehaven Steadings, Moonlight d'Oro is
a half-sister to the juvenile graded stakes-placed Olive Branch
(Speightstown). Moonlight d'Oro's winning dam Venetian Sonata
(Bernardini) is a full-sister to GSW Wilburn and SW & GSP La
Appassionata and a half-sister to GSW Beethoven (Sky Mesa).
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APB cont. Technology Initiatives Company (CDTIC).
Any intended targets penciled in for Moonlight d'Oro's return Allegedly, PID is not treating those on-property bets that come
to the races? through CDTIC platforms as "on-track wagers" that would
AWe'll see where she is with her training, but it's kind of an provide greater revenue for purses.
awkward time of the year [for a 3-year-old filly to return],@ Additionally, the PAHBPA is arguing that the source market fee
Mishak said. AThe surgery went well, but a little bit of extra (derived from ADW bets made by in-state residents) that PID
caution gave her 120 days off rather than 90. Hopefully, she'll be agreed to with CDTIC is too low in comparison to industry
coming back in the October timeframe, and at that stage, I think standards.
you're just looking for the right type of race to return in. Because of this, according to court documents, the PAHBPA is
Mishak concluded, AShe showed early in the year that she was seeking "in excess of $75,000 beyond the contractually
the best 3-year-old filly on the West Coast. When she won the negotiated and agreed on percentage of revenue sharing as to
Las Virgenes, she didn't even have her best that day. It was source market fees."
rather exciting to get her to that level. I don't know if we'll make On Feb. 3, 2020, the PAHBPA's attorney, Jan Budman II, sent a
the Breeders' Cup this year--it's probably too close--but we'll "demand for arbitration" letter to PID in an attempt to settle the
have all of next year to have a really top filly in training.@ matter.
"PID has breached and is currently breaching [sections of] the
Live Racing Agreement as a result of patrons located at PID
placing wagers through PID's >racing vendor' and corporate
PRESQUE ISLE TAKES HBPA TO COURT TO affiliate CDTIC as opposed to in the racetrack enclosure at PID,"
Budman wrote. "PID has perpetuated these breaches through
KEEP ADW >MONEY GRAB' FROM messages and other marketing encouraging patrons to place
ARBITRATION wagers through PID's corporate affiliate CDTIC instead of in the
racetrack enclosure, which, incidentally, also violates [the
Pennsylvania Horse Racing Industry Reform Act]."
Although the two sides organized grievance committees to try
and hash out a solution during 2020, now, more than 16 months
after that demand letter was written, PID has filed a federal
lawsuit that seeks to block the PAHBPA's "unsupported
allegations" from going to arbitration.
According to PID's civil complaint initiated Thursday in United
States District Court (Eastern District of Pennsylvania), PID also
wants the PAHBPA to pay for the legal costs the racino is
incurring to have the court assert in a declaratory judgment that
"there is no claim(s) to submit to arbitration under the narrow
arbitration clause agreed to by the parties in the Live Racing
Agreement."
"PAHBPA's asserted allegations of breach are nothing more
Presque Isle Downs | Coady Photo
than a money grab without legal merit," the complaint
by T.D. Thornton contends. "Rather than raising questions as to PID's compliance
Federal court documents filed June 24 show that Presque Isle with the terms of the Live Racing Agreement, PAHBPA's asserted
Downs and Casino (PID) and the Pennsylvania Horsemen's allegations are an attempt to renegotiate through arbitration a
Benevolent and Protective Association (PAHBPA) have been long standing contractual provision, that with the benefit of
locked in an ongoing dispute over the revenue sharing of hindsight and changed circumstances, they now disfavor. In
advance-deposit wagers (ADW). essence, PAHBPA alleges that the source market fee received by
The disagreement centers on allegations by the PAHBPA that PID from the collateral agreement is too low." Cont. p10
over the past several years, PID--whose corporate parent is
Churchill Downs, Inc., (CDI)--has been steering on-track patrons
to make bets through ADW platforms like TwinSpires that are
controlled by another CDI-owned entity, the Churchill DownsTDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • JUNE 26, 2021
PID vs. PAHBPA cont. NJ HARNESS DRIVER FINED $5,000,
The complaint continues: "PAHBPA's asserted allegations take
issue with PID's collateral agreement, but the Horsemen never SUSPENDED 20 DAYS FOR WHIPPING PRIOR
negotiated into the Live Racing Agreement any consent or veto TO 3-HORSE SPILL by T.D. Thornton
rights concerning the source market fee flowing to PID from the A harness driver in New Jersey--where whipping a horse to
collateral agreement. Further, the Live Racing Agreement does make it run faster is prohibited in Thoroughbred racing but
not set a required rate or amount for source market fees that permitted with restrictions in Standardbred races--has been
PID must receive from a vendorY. fined $5,000 and suspended 20 days for whipping his pacer so
"[P]rior to the collateral agreement, PAHBPA received no indiscriminately during a race last month that the judges
money whatsoever from a source market fee under the Live deemed his actions caused a three-horse spill that injured one
Racing Agreement. In contrast, what PAHBPA did negotiate into rival horse so severely it had to be euthanized.
the Live Racing Agreement was that if PID received a source According to a ruling posted on the New Jersey Racing
market fee from a vendor, then PAHBPA would get a fixed Commission (NJRC) website, driver Joe Bongiorno was in the
percentage of that source market fee. PID has paid to PAHBPA bike behind Pat Stanley N in the seventh race on May 29 at the
that contractually negotiated percentage of the source Meadowlands when he "failed to keep the lines reasonably taut
market fee it receives from the collateral agreement." during the race [and] displayed exaggerated movement with the
It's important to note that the original version of the live racing whip, using more than wrist action and raising his whipping arm
contract between the two parties was inked 12 years prior to to a level above shoulder height.
CDI's 2019 purchase of PID, although that document has since "Mr. Bongiorno continued to use the whip to urge his horse
been amended seven times, most recently on May 1, 2021. after the horse was no longer responding," the ruling continued.
A TDN email to Budman seeking comment on the lawsuit on "The culmination of these actions, each of which is a violation of
behalf of the PAHBPA did not yield a reply prior to deadline for [New Jersey's whipping rules] placed Mr. Bongiorno in a position
this story. of being unable to respond when [his] horse stumbled and fell,
However, in his 2020 demand letter that PID included in its unseating Mr. Bongiorno as well as two other drivers."
court filing as an exhibit, Budman wrote that PID was not dealing According to a post-accident Twitter posting by the track, one
in good faith with specific regard to the track and its ADW of the horses affected by Bongiorno's actions had to be
provider both being controlled by the same corporate parent. euthanized. The two others suffered scrapes, but walked back to
Budman wrote that PID "attempted to exploit the language of the paddock. US Trotting News reported Bongiorno himself was
the Live Racing Agreement by agreeing with its own corporate evaluated at a local hospital but reportedly had no fractures.
affiliate CDTIC to terms in the Vendor Agreement that would When crafting the state's new whip rules last year, the NJRC
deprive PAHBPA benefits under the Live Racing Agreement. The explained in a statement why there would be distinctions
payment terms under the Vendor Agreement are clearly not between breeds:
commercially reasonable and were not the result of good faith "Jockeys who ride horses have more methods to encourage
or arms' length negotiationsY" and control horses than do drivers, as the jockey is in close
"[I]nstead, the Vendor Agreement is a self-serving proximity to the horse and a jockey's hands and feet are in
intercompany transaction between closely related entities that contact with the horses. Drivers, who have no contact with the
was clearly designed to enrich CDI (the common parent of PID horse, have no method to encourage a horse other than with
and CDTIC) at the expense of PAHBPA and its members." the use of the whip. As a result, the Commission does not
In its lawsuit, PID countered that "PID does not own the believe it can eliminate the use of the whip entirely as the
majority of CDTIC. CDTIC is a separate legal entity from PID." Commission is proposing for Thoroughbred racing."
The commission did, however, prohibit shoulder and elbow
action in Standardbred races.
FIND US ON FACEBOOK It was not immediately clear if Bongiorno is appealing the
www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews ruling.TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • JUNE 26, 2021
TEAM PUERTO RICO WINS WORLD JOCKEY
CHALLENGE
PIMLICO'S WEEKEND TURF RACES MOVED TO
MAIN TRACK
World Jockey Challenge day at Indiana Grand | Coady Photo
Indiana Grand Racing & Casino hosted the seventh annual
World Jockey Challenge Thursday with the team of seven
jockeys representing Puerto Rico getting the win over a total of
nine countries in the competition. Team Mexico was the runner-
Pimlico | EquiSport Photos
up while Team United States came in third.
With the track renovations at Laurel Park ongoing and the A special winner=s circle presentation honored Team Puerto
season extended nearly three months at Pimlico Race Course to Rico with the World Jockey Challenge trophy. The trophy is on
compensate, all of the upcoming weekend's grass racing at display in the grandstand.
Pimlico has been moved to the main track. The time will be used
for enhanced maintenance to prepare the grass course for
extended use. BREEDERS= CUP EXTENDS XB NET DEAL
There were originally four turf races scheduled for Friday and XB Net and the Breeders' Cup have signed a three-year
two for Saturday, with none scheduled on Sunday. All races over contract extension for the Breeders= Cup World Championships.
the weekend will be held on the dirt. The distribution deal comprises worldwide broadcast and
"As a result of our extended race meet at Pimlico, we will video-streaming distribution rights from the Breeders= Cup,
pause all turf racing this coming weekend so that we may including the 2021 edition which will be held Nov. 5-6 at Del
execute an enhanced maintenance program that will allow us to Mar.
sustain turf racing through August," said the Maryland Jockey AThe Breeders= Cup is proud to extend and expand our close
Club in a statement. collaboration with XB Net to further broaden the international
Pimlico's Preakness Meet's closing day has been extended reach of our world-class festival of Thoroughbred racing,@ said
from May 31 to Aug. 22. Following the Maryland State Fair Meet the Breeders= Cup's executive vice president and COO John
at Timonium, live racing will return to Laurel Sept. 9. Keitt.TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • JUNE 26, 2021
TRACKS SET FOR 2021 NATIONAL HORSEPLAYERS KENTUCKY DERBY 148 LOGO UNVEILED
CHAMPIONSHIP
A total of seven North American tracks have been selected for
the 2021 NTRA National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), to
be held Aug. 27-29. All mandatory and optional races will be
from Del Mar, Ellis Park, Golden Gate Fields, Gulfstream Park,
Monmouth Park, Saratoga Race Course, or Woodbine Racetrack.
The NHC is the world's richest and most prestigious
handicapping tournament.
AThe menu of racetracks represents the best possible mix of
quality racing and geographical diversity,@ said NTRA COO and
NHC tournament director Keith Chamblin. ADel Mar and
Saratoga, which on Saturday, Aug. 27, will feature six Grade I
events headed by the Runhappy Travers S., highlight the racing,
but it will be great to introduce Ellis Park, Monmouth Park, and
Woodbine to NHC contest play.@
More than 600 horseplayers have entered this year's NHC, Churchill Downs has released the official logo for Kentucky
which will feature nearly $3.8 million in cash and prizes. The Derby 148. The logo was created by MogoSME, a strategic
three-day NHC requires players to make mythical $2 win and branding agency that has designed the Derby and Kentucky Oaks
place wagers on eight mandatory races and 10 optional races on logos for the past 14 years.
each of the first two days, with semi-finals and finals following. The 2022 GI Kentucky Derby is slated to be held Saturday,
The winner will receive $800,000 and an Eclipse Award as the May 7.
Horseplayer of the Year.
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STEPHEN FOSTER S.-GII, $600,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/8m
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML
1 Chess Chief Into Mischief Estate of James J. Coleman, Jr. Stewart Velazquez 12-1
2 Empty Tomb K Speightstown Three Diamonds Farm Maker Santana, Jr. 30-1
3 Necker Island K Hard Spun Daniels, R, Scherr, W & Will Harbut Racing Hartman Murrill 15-1
4 Sprawl City Zip Claiborne Farm and Dilschneider, Adele B. Drury, Jr. Hernandez, Jr. 10-1
5 Silver Dust K Tapit Tom R. Durant Calhoun Beschizza 6-1
6 Warrior's Charge Munnings Ten Strike Racing and Madaket Stables LLC Cox Geroux 6-1
7 South Bend Algorithms Barber, Gary, Wachtel Stable, Deutsch, Peter & Mott Gaffalione 12-1
Pantofel Stable, LLC
8 Maxfield Street Sense Godolphin, LLC Walsh Ortiz 4-5
9 Visitant Ghostzapper Williamson Racing LLC Morey Graham 6-1
Breeders: 1-Morgan's Ford Farm, 2-WinStar Farm, LLC, 3-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 4-Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider, 5-Don
Alberto Corporation, 6-Al Shaquab Racing, 7-Highclere, Inc., 8-Godolphin, 9-Williamson Racing, LLC
Saturday, Churchill Downs, post time: 2:45 p.m. EDT
FLEUR DE LIS S.-GII, $300,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML
1 Point of Honor K Curlin Alpha Delta Stables, LLC McGaughey III Castellano 6-1
2 Antoinette Hard Spun Godolphin, LLC Mott Geroux 20-1
3 Vault Jump Start Kueber Racing, LLC, Barlar LLC, Madaket Stables Cox Gaffalione 10-1
and Little Red Feather Racing
4 Envoutante K Uncle Mo Walking L Thoroughbreds & Three Chimneys Farm McPeek Hernandez, Jr. 2-1
5 Spice Is Nice K Curlin Low, Lawana L. and Robert E. Pletcher Velazquez 8-1
6 Letruska Super Saver St. George Stable LLC Gutierrez Ortiz 4-5
Breeders: 1-Siena Farms LLC, 2-Godolphin, 3-Barlar, LLC, 4-Jumping Jack Racing LLC, 5-B. Flay Thoroughbreds LLC, 6-St George Stables
Saturday, Churchill Downs, post time: 5:26 p.m. EDT
WISE DAN S.-GII, $300,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/16mT
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML
1 Set Piece (GB) Dansili (GB) Juddmonte Cox Geroux 8-5
2 Mutakatif (Ire) K Acclamation (GB) Marc Ricker Davies Murrill 50-1
3 Somelikeithotbrown Big Brown Skychai Racing LLC and Sand Dollar Stable LLC Maker Ortiz 2-1
4 Super Sol Awesome Again Sea, Nathan and Milliner, Mark Cano Saez 20-1
5 Hierarchy Point of Entry Carl R. Moore Management LLC Sharp Beschizza 15-1
6 Kentucky Ghost Ghostzapper BBN Racing, LLC Oliver Bejarano 20-1
7 Ride a Comet K Candy Ride (Arg) Oxley, John C. and My Meadowview Farm LLC Casse Gaffalione 5-1
8 Field Pass Lemon Drop Kid Three Diamonds Farm Maker Santana, Jr. 5-1
9 Spooky Channel English Channel NBS Stable Barkley Velazquez 15-1
10 In Love (Brz) Agnes Gold (Jpn) Bonne Chance Farm, LLC and Stud R D I, LLC. Lobo Talamo 20-1
Breeders: 1-Juddmonte Farms (East) Ltd, 2-T. Molan, 3-Hot Pink Stables & Sand Dollar Stables, 4-Town & Country Horse Farms, LLC, 5-Phipps Stable,
6-Blue Devil Racing Stable, LLC, 7-My Meadowview LLC, 8-Mark Brown Grier, 9-Calumet Farm, 10-Fazenda Mondesir / Stud Rio Dois IrmaosSaturday, Belmont, post time: 4:40 p.m. EDT
MOTHER GOOSE S.-GII, $250,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML
1 Make Mischief Into Mischief Gary Barber Casse Cancel 4-1
2 Always Carina Malibu Moon Three Chimneys Farm, LLC Brown Prat 1-1
3 Clairiere Curlin Stonestreet Stables LLC Asmussen Ortiz, Jr. 9-5
4 Zaajel Street Sense Shadwell Stable Pletcher Rosario 12-1
5 Illiogami K Tapit Baum, Reiko and Michael Arnold, II Leparoux 6-1
Breeders: 1-Avanti Stable, 2-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC, 3-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 4-Shadwell Farm, LLC, 5-Reiko Baum, Michael Baum
&The Tapit Syndicate
Saturday, Thistledown, post time: 4:20 p.m. EDT
OHIO DERBY-GIII, $500,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML
1 Promise Keeper K Constitution Woodford Thoroughbreds LLC, WinStar Farm LLC Pletcher Saez 7-2
& Rock Ridge Racing LLC
2 Falcons Fury K Fed Biz Willow's Green Stables, LLC Maxey Paucar 30-1
3 Hozier Pioneerof the Nile SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Brisset Landeros 12-1
Stonestreet Stables LLC, Golconda Stable,
Siena Farm LLC and Masterson, Robert E.
4 King Fury Curlin Fern Circle Stables & Three Chimneys Farm LLC McPeek Lanerie 9-2
5 Ethical Judgement K Honor Code Phoenix Thoroughbred, LTD Walsh Garcia 8-1
6 Hello Hot Rod Mosler George A. Sharp Caramori Arrieta 15-1
7 The Reds K Tonalist Flanagan Racing Kimmel Davis 6-1
8 Keepmeinmind Laoban Cypress Creek Equine, Bennewith, Arnold & Diodoro Cohen 4-1
Spendthrift Farm LLC
9 Proxy Tapit Godolphin, LLC Stidham Bravo 5-1
10 Masqueparade K Upstart FTGGG Racing Stall, Jr. Mena 8-1
11 Channel Fury Even the Score Elkhorn Oaks, Inc. Jackson Rivera 20-1
Breeders: 1-Rock Ridge Thoroughbreds, LLC, 2-Buck Pond Farm, Inc., 3-WinStar Farm, LLC, 4-Heider Family Stables, LLC, 5-Mercedes Stables LLC,
6-Hillwood Stables, LLC, 7-R. S. Evans, 8-Southern Equine Stables, LLC, 9-Godolphin, 10-Brereton C. Jones, 11-Elkhorn Oaks Inc.
Saturday, Churchill Downs, post time: 4:55 p.m. EDT
BASHFORD MANOR S.-GIII, $150,000, 2yo, 6f
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML
1 Vodka N Water K Fed Biz Parkland Thoroughbreds, Medallion Racing, Asmussen Ortiz 6-1
RTA Family Trust and Little Red Feather Racing
2 Lansdowne K Super Saver Willis Horton Racing LLC Stewart Court 7-2
3 Tapped Off K Tapiture Darrin M. H. Williams Williams Van Dyke 12-1
4 Glacial Frosted Robert E. Masterson Casse Talamo 3-1
5 Whatstheconnection K Connect Knowles Farm, LLC Ennis Pedroza 20-1
6 Knocker Down K Cairo Prince Murphy, Travis Swan, Trent, Matt, Murphy Murphy 20-1
Camacho, Manny and Zieser, Dave
7 Whistlewhileyoumow K Mohaymen NBS Stable Arnett Saez 30-1
8 Double Thunder Super Saver Phoenix Thoroughbred, LTD Pletcher Velazquez 4-1
9 Red Run Gun Runner Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC Asmussen Santana, Jr. 7-2
10 Rising Outlaw K Bodemeister Chapman, James K. and Obrecht, Rolf Chapman Bejarano 30-1
11 Shesgotattitude Tiznow Donworth, Ken and Ennis, John Ennis Graham 20-1
Breeders: 1-T/C Stable, LLC, 2-Charles Fipke, 3-Mike Heitzmann, Jill Heitzmann &Roger Heitzmann, 4-Mike G. Rutherford, 5-Knowles Farm, LLC, 6-Estate
of Harvey A Clarke, 7-Clearsky Farms, 8-WinStar Farm, LLC, 9-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC, 10-Vehbi Hakan Keles, Tarik Tekce & SerdarKemal Ozcolak,
11-Des Ryan, Ken Donworth & Tony DardisSaturday, Woodbine, post time: 4:30 p.m. EDT TRILLIUM S.-GIII, C$150,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Crystal Glacier Curlin Live Oak Plantation Casse Kimura 12-1 2 Souper Escape Medaglia d'Oro Live Oak Plantation Trombetta Contreras 2-1 3 Red Cabernet Signature Red Piano Bar Racing Black Bahen 15-1 4 Royal Wedding Court Vision William B. Thompson, Jr. Squires Husbands 20-1 5 Merveilleux K Paynter Ulwelling, Al and Bill Attard Stein 3-1 6 Brassy Medaglia d'Oro Godolphin, LLC Harty Fukumoto 20-1 7 Skygaze K American Pharoah Tracy Farmer Casse Husbands 6-1 8 Heavenly Curlin K Curlin Barber, Gary and Oxley, John C. Casse Wilson 5-2 Breeders: 1-Southern Equine Stables, LLC, 2-Live Oak Stud, 3-Paul Buttigieg, 4-Michael C. Byrne, 5-Mike Carroll, 6-Godolphin, 7-Normandy F arm LLC, 8-Elevage II, LLC Saturday, Arlington, post time: 7:13 p.m. EDT CHICAGO S.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 W W Fitzy Well Positioned Contreras Stable Inc. and Randy Wientjes Contreras Esquivel 5-1 2 She Can't Sing Bernardini Lothenbach Stables, Inc. Block Carroll 12-1 3 Compelling Smile K Constitution Giddyup Stables, LLC and Mark DeDomenico LLC Puhich Bowen 15-1 4 Mind Out Tapit Gainesway Stable, LNJ Foxwoods & Rosen, Andrew Medina Felix 15-1 5 Amazima K Noble Mission (GB) J. Steven Wilson Walsh Cannon 8-1 6 Club Car K Malibu Moon Ball, Michael and Katherine G. Colebrook Emigh 4-1 7 Abby Hatcher (Ire) Acclamation (GB) David Meah Meah Achard 12-1 8 Mariafoot (Fr) Footstepsinthesand (GB) Edward Vaughan Vaughan Baird 20-1 9 Ambassador Luna Brethren Voodoomon Racing Gulick Roman 15-1 10 Our Bay B Ruth K Candy Ride (Arg) Homewrecker Racing LLC and Summerplace Farm Kenneally Loveberry 6-1 11 Dreamalildreamofu Commissioner Full of Run Racing, LLC and Madaket Stables LLC Cox De La Cruz 5-2 Breeders: 1-William P. Stiritz, 2-Lothenbach Stables Inc, 3-Rose Hill Farm & TNIP LLC, 4-H. Allen Poindexter & Tapit Syndicate, 5-Mount Brilliant Farm & Ranch, LLC, 6-Brett A. Brinkman & P. Dale Ladner, 7-Glacken View, 8-Jean-Claude Seroul, 9-Voodoomon Racing, 10-Payson Stud, Inc., 11-T om Cross Thursday, Woodbine, post time: 4:24 p.m. EDT DOMINION DAY S.-GIII, C$150,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Lookin to Strike K Lookin At Lucky Gary Barber Casse Kimura 119 2 March to the Arch Arch Live Oak Plantation Casse Husbands 123 3 Atone Into Mischief Godolphin, LLC Harty Stein 119 4 Mighty Heart Dramedy Lawrence Cordes Carroll Fukumoto 125 5 Malibu Mambo Point of Entry Stronach Stables Doyle Moran 119 6 Belichick K Lemon Drop Kid NK Racing and LNJ Foxwoods Carroll Contreras 121 7 Skywire K Afleet Alex Barber, Gary and Tucci, Lucio Casse Hernandez 123 Breeders: 1-Fedai Kahraman, 2-Live Oak Stud, 3-Godolphin, 4-Larry Cordes, 5-Adena Springs, 6-Sean Fitzhenry, 7-William D. Graham
Friday, July 2, Prairie Meadows, post time: 10:12 p.m. EDT
PRAIRIE MEADOWS CORNHUSKER H.-GIII, $300,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Drifting West New Year's Day Bryan Hawk Offolter De La Cruz 113
2 Dinar K Union Rags Al Rashid Stables, LLC Lawrence Quinonez 114
3 Tenfold Curlin Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC Asmussen Santana, Jr. 118
4 Last Judgment Congrats Michael Dubb, Steve Hornstock, Bethlehem Stables Maker Ortiz 120
LLC & Nice Guys Stables
5 Knicks Go K Paynter Korea Racing Authority Cox Rosario 126
6 Rated R Superstar Kodiak Kowboy Danny R. Caldwell Villafranco Cabrera 116
7 Modernist Uncle Mo Pam & Martin Wygod Mott Alvarado 120
Breeders: 1-Gary & Mary West Stables Inc., 2-Royal Oak Farm, LLC, 3-Winchell Thoroughbreds, LLC, 4-Woodford Thoroughbreds, 5-Angie Moore,
6-Thorndale Stable L.L.C., 7-Wygod Family, LLC
Friday, July 2, Prairie Meadows, post time: 9:42 p.m. EDT
IOWA OAKS-GIII, $225,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Army Wife Declaration of War Three Diamonds Farm Maker Rosario 121
2 Pauline's Pearl Tapit Stonestreet Stables LLC Asmussen Santana, Jr. 121
3 Sister Annie K Carpe Diem Thrash, Ike and Dawn Cox Geroux 115
4 Shesa Mystery Verrazano Let It Ride Stables Hiles Cabrera 112
5 The Grass Is Blue K Broken Vow Medallion Racing, Charles Deters Mott Alvarado 121
and Parkland Thoroughbreds
6 Oliviaofthedesert K Bernardini Susan Moulton McPeek Laviolette 115
7 Windmill K Street Sense Fox Hill Farms, Inc. Jones Birzer 118
Breeders: 1-J D Stuart & AR Enterprises, Inc., 2-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 3-Andres Bezzola, 4-Sally Thomas & New Dawn Stable LLC,
5-Phillips Racing Partnership, 6-Timber Town Stable, LLC & Jane Winegardner, 7-Nesco II LimitedSIRE LISTS Sponsored by
2021 Leading Dirt Sires of 3YOS
for stallions standing in North America through T hursday, June 24
Earnings represent worldwide figures, stud fees listed are 2021 fees.
Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings
1 Into Mischief 8 18 5 11 -- 3 94 42 960,000 4,892,457
(2005) by Harlan's Holiday Crops: 10 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $225,000 Mandaloun
2 Tapit 3 6 3 4 1 2 43 12 1,880,000 3,644,079
(2001) by Pulpit Crops: 14 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY Fee: $185,000 Essential Quality
3 Curlin 6 10 5 8 2 3 43 15 953,000 3,389,034
(2004) by Smart Strike Crops: 10 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa KY Fee: $175,000 Malathaat
4 Protonico 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 2 2,260,000 2,302,378
(2011) by Giant's Causeway Crops: 2 Stands: Castleton Lyons KY Fee: $5,000 Medina Spirit
5 Dialed In 1 6 1 3 1 1 72 31 668,000 2,210,950
(2008) by Mineshaft Crops: 6 Stands: Darby Dan Farm KY Fee: $15,000 Super Stock
6 Constitution 4 7 1 3 -- -- 51 27 294,700 1,898,644
(2011) by Tapit Crops: 3 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $85,000 Warrant
7 Twirling Candy 2 5 1 2 1 2 48 15 830,000 1,872,098
(2007) by Candy Ride (Arg) Crops: 7 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $40,000 Rombauer
8 Street Sense 4 6 2 3 -- 1 47 11 856,600 1,827,157
(2004) by Street Cry (Ire) Crops: 11 Stands: Darley KY Fee: $60,000 Concert Tour
9 Oxbow 1 2 1 1 -- 1 58 19 1,202,000 1,815,008
(2010) by Awesome Again Crops: 5 Stands: Calumet Farm KY Fee: $7,500 Hot Rod Charlie
10 Maclean's Music 2 3 2 2 1 2 46 18 493,950 1,679,033
(2008) by Distorted Humor Crops: 6 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa KY Fee: $25,000 Drain the Clock
11 Union Rags 2 4 -- 3 -- 1 63 20 193,250 1,573,935
(2009) by Dixie Union Crops: 6 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $30,000 Nova Rags
12 Flatter 3 5 2 4 1 2 30 8 804,000 1,503,307
(1999) by A.P. Indy Crops: 15 Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $35,000 Search Results
13 Candy Ride (Arg) 2 2 2 2 1 1 42 18 495,000 1,494,068
(1999) by Ride the Rails Crops: 14 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $75,000 Rock Your World
14 Frosted 2 4 1 3 -- -- 59 19 349,500 1,458,268
(2012) by Tapit Crops: 2 Stands: Darley KY Fee: $25,000 Travel Column
15 Liam's Map 2 3 1 2 -- -- 51 18 292,020 1,298,189
(2011) by Unbridled's Song Crops: 3 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $30,000 Crazy Beautiful
FOR ALL TDN SIRE LISTSBINCLUDING INDIVIDUAL CROP-YEAR REPORTS--VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/TDN-SIRE-STATS/SATURDAY=S RACING INSIGHTS:
By Christie DeBernardis
Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency
MOTT SADDLES ANOTHER INTO MISCHIEF
'ROCKET'
2nd-CD, $100K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 1:14 p.m. IN ORDER OF PURSE:
Frank Fletcher and Bill Mott have enjoyed success with KELLY'S LANDING OVERNIGHT S., $107,025, Churchill Downs,
offspring of Into Mischief in the past with MGSW Frank's 6-25, 3yo/up, 7f, 1:21.25, ft.
Rockette and they debut a son of that super sire here in ROCKET 1--BANGO, 123, c, 4, Congrats--Josaka, by Smart Strike.
ONE. The $600,000 KEESEP acquisition is a half to GSP Dancing O-Tamaroak Partners LLC; B-Tamaroak Stable (KY); T-Gregory
Belle (First Samurai). Their dam is a half to MGSW and D. Foley; J-Tyler Gaffalione. $65,640. Lifetime Record:
millionaire Last Gunfighter (First Samurai) and dual graded 18-7-1-1, $459,197. *1/2 to Eton Ridge (Stephen Got Even),
winner Tiger Moth (Street Sense). TJCIS PPs SW-PR, $274,962.
2--Mucho, 123, h, 5, Blame--Extent, by Pulpit. O-WSS Racing,
LLC and 4 G Racing, LLC; B-Claiborne Farm & Adele B.
PRICEY NOT THIS TIME COLT DEBUTS IN NY
Dilschneider (KY); T-John Alexander Ortiz. $21,400.
2nd-BEL, $90K, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:31 p.m.
Repole Stable and St Elias Stable have been quite a successful
3--Strike Power, 123, h, 6, Speightstown--Gold d'Oro, by
team, campaigning the likes of champion Vino Rosso (Curlin) and
Medaglia d'Oro. ($300,000 RNA Ylg '16 KEESEP).
promising juvenile and 'TDN Rising Star' Wit (Practical Joke). The
O/B-Courtlandt Farm (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen. $10,700.
powerhouse duo unleash another pricey juvenile here in
$450,000 KEESEP purchase UP TO THE MARK (Not This Time).
Margins: NO, 2, 1HF. Odds: 6.50, 19.10, 4.00.
His second dam is Grade I winner Capote Belle (Capote), who is
Also Ran: Aloha West, Home Base, Art Collector, Bourbon
responsible for SW Zapper Belle (Ghostzapper), dam of fellow
Calling, Long Range Toddy, Relentless Dancer.
SW Kabella (Kitten's Joy). TJCIS PPs
Bango scored his second straight black-type victory at this oval
Friday afternoon. Keeping the pacesetting Strike Power in range
from a two-wide fourth as the first quarter went in :22.63, the
bay loomed on the leader's outside turning for home. Shaking
off that foe in the lane, Bango held off a bold late charge from
Mucho to score.
AIt=s been a great day for our barn and our owners,@ said
winning trainer Greg Foley. AThis is why we get up early in the
morning and do our job. It makes it all worth it when horses like
this run as well as they do. Bango loves Churchill Downs. He=s a
neat little horse and Tyler [Gaffalione] gave him a great ride.@
Fifth in an off-the-turf renewal of the Colonel Power S. Feb. 13,
Bango checked in fourth in Keeneland's GIII Commonwealth S.
Apr. 3 and was sixth in the GI Churchill Downs S. May 1. He
captured this venue's Aristides S. last time May 29.
Josaka produced an Outwork filly named Crimaldi in 2019 and
a Congrats colt in 2021. Click for the Equibase.com chart or
VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
Interstatedaydream became the latest winner for Classic Empire.
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Saturday, Churchill Downs, post time: 3:50 p.m. EDT Saturday, Monmouth Park, post time: 2:11 p.m. EDT
WAR CHANT S., $150,000, 3yo, 1mT BOILING SPRINGS S., $75,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML
1 Accredit Flatter Doyle Matejka 7-2 1 Miss Leslie Paynter Mejia Gonzalez 12-1
2 Starrininmydreams Super Saver J. Ortiz Stewart 6-1 2 Orbs Baby Girl Orb N/A Margotta 8-1
3 In Effect Dialed In Beschizza Sisterson 15-1 3 Shantisara (Ire) Coulsty (Ire) Juarez Brown 3-1
4 Dyn O Mite Goldencents Hernandez Desormeaux 8-1 4 Ravir Uncle Mo Diaz Clement 7-2
5 Royal Prince Cairo Prince Geroux Cox 3-1 5 Seasons Tapit Lopez Toner 8-5
6 El Kabong Noble Mission (GB) Graham Arnold 8-1 6 Marlborough Road (Ire) The Gurkha (Ire) N/A Sweezey 15-1
7 Helium Ironicus Gaffalione Casse 7-2 7 Por Que No Wicked Strong Peterson Sweezey 4-1
8 Next Not This Time Velazquez Ward 5-1
Saturday, Churchill Downs, post time: 6:27 p.m. EDT
TEPIN S., $150,000, 3yo, f, 1mT
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML
1 Invincible Gal (GB) Invincible Spirit (Ire) J. Ortiz Motion 9-2
2 Sylvia Q Violence Santana Bauer 12-1
3 Fairchild Speightstown Saez Casse 20-1
4 Town Avenger Speightstown Van Dyke Lynch 6-1 IN ORDER OF PURSE:
5 Navratilova Medaglia d'Oro Hernandez Arnold 12-1 9th-Churchill Downs, $105,813, Alw (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm
6 Bullseye Beauty Dialed In Burke McKeever 15-1 ($62,500), 6-25, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:08.35, ft, 3 1/2 lengths.
7 Adventuring Pioneerof the Nile Velazquez Cox 5-1
ANSWER IN (g, 4, Dialed In--D'ya Knowwhatimean {MSP,
8 Tobys Heart Jack Milton Castellano Lynch 4-1
9 Malloy Outwork Talamo Catalano 20-1 $125,520}, by Broken Vow), third in the GIII Southwest S. last
10 New Boss Street Boss Beschizza Calhoun 10-1 term, missed by a neck in a Gulfstream optional claimer Jan. 31
11 Commanders Palace Declaration of War Geroux Casse 20-1 and captured a Keeneland allowance next out Apr. 9. Rallying
12 Barista Medaglia d'Oro Graham Baker 8-1 from well back to be fifth in a local optional claimer May 27, he
13 Arm Candy Twirling Candy Gaffalione Asmussen 12-1 was favored at 2-1 to improve here. The bay kept a watchful eye
from fifth as the top two battled through a snappy first quarter
Saturday, Churchill Downs, post time: 4:22 p.m. EDT in :21.71. Four wide exiting the bend, the bay shot to the front
DEBUTANTE S., $150,000, 2yo, f, 6f
at the top of the stretch and charged clear for a decisive 3 1/2-
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML
length victory. Night Time (Majesticperfection) was best of the
1 Wicked Halo Gun Runner J. Ortiz Asmussen 4-1
2 Cartel Queen Cairo Prince Hernandez Amoss 6-1 rest in second. The winner is the first foal for D'ya
3 Tizplenty Speightstown Santana Asmussen 4-1 Knowwhatimean, who is also responsible for the unraced 3-
4 Classiness Classic Empire Saez Barkley 20-1 year-old colt Absorbin (Orb); the juvenile colt American
5 Catchusifyoucan Practical Joke Beschizza Calhoun 10-1 Democracy (American Freedom), who graduated at second
6 Mollie Kate Tapizar Graham Ennis 8-1 asking May 30; and a yearling filly by Mastery. Sales history:
7 Behave Virginia Unified Hernandez McPeek 9-2 $175,000 Wlg '17 KEENOV. Lifetime Record: GSP, 11-3-3-2,
8 Oontheonesandtwos Jimmy Creed Geroux Casse 5-2 $359,740. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO,
9 Compressed Energy Turbo Compressor De La Cruz Garcia 30-1
sponsored by TVG.
10 Mi Estrella Orb Pedroza Garcia 30-1
O-LaPenta, Robert V. and Madaket Stables LLC; B-Glen Oak Farm
Saturday, Belmont Park, post time: 5:12 p.m. EDT & Two Stamp Stables (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.
WILD APPLAUSE S., $100,000, 3yo, f, 1mT
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 6th-Churchill Downs, $100,086, Alw, 6-25, (NW1X), 3yo/up,
1 Alda Munnings Prat Motion 6-1 1 1/16m, 1:42.96, ft, 3/4 length.
2 Minaun (Ire) Zoffany (Ire) Franco Brown 5-2 MAJOR FED (c, 4, Ghostzapper--Bobby's Babe, by Smart Strike)
3 Lovestruck Tapit Alvarado Mott 5-1 was second in both the GII Risen Star S. and GIII Indiana Derby
4 Nevisian Sunrise War Front I. Ortiz Brown 5-1
last year and closed out his sophomore season with a second in
5 Alwayz Late Animal Kingdom Hernandez Mott 30-1
6 Bubbles On Ice (Ire) Starspngledbnnr (Aus) Cancel Clement 8-1 a track-and-trip allowance in September. Hammered down to 4-
7 Bye Bye Into Mischief Rosario Clement 9-2 5 favoritism in this 2021 debut, the dark bay saved ground near
8 Sussex Garden (Ire) Acclamation (GB) Leparoux Delacour 12-1 the back through a :23.61 opening quarter and :47.62 half-mile.
9 Runaway Rumour Flintshire (GB) Lezcano Abreu 8-1 Swung out to the center of the track at the top of the lane,You can also read
