BREAKTHROUGH

 

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Catalogue updates for the September 8 CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED HORSE SOCIETY yearling sale

299 yearling up for sale beginning at 11 a.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLOSIVE RUN FOR DANISH DYNAFORMER

9th Breeders’ win for Attfield, 4th for Husbands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, Danish Dynaformer is just fine, thank you. The beaten Queen’s Plate favourite was dusted at Fort Erie on the dirt in the second jewel of the Triple crown but the Breeders’ was always the biggest goal. And he accomplished it with flair.

Charles Fipke’s homebred by Dynaformer – Danish Wildcat by Danehill cruised to a 7 1/2 length win with a 91 Beyer Figure over a grass course that was on the yielding side. The 124th Breeders’ was the 9th Breeders’ win for trainer Roger Attfield and the fourth for jockey Patrick Husbands.

Queen’s Plate winner Shaman Ghost has been watching and waiting since he was 2nd in the prince of Wales. Wales winner breaking Lucky faded in the Breeders and was last.

Attfield is excited about the colt as a 4yo and does not know what is in store for the colt for the remainder of 2015. No doubt if he has his druthers, the colt may take a break until 2016, or race just once more. Certainly her next long grass races available will be for older horses.

Alan Garcia, jockey of runner-up Conquest Boogaloo, acknowledged a rough ride on his three-year-old.

“It was rough in the first part but he came with a big run,” Garcia said. “It was unlucky we were a little too far back, we followed the wrong horses and we ended up going backwards. It was just a tough trip.”

Lucky Lindy appeared to be a threat at the head of the lane, but he too succumbed to the much-the-best winner, according to jockey Robby Albarado.

“At the three-eighths pole I took a little run at the winner,” Albarado said. “He was the horse to beat and I made him work for a little while, but he showed his class and went on.”

Danish Dynaformer earned $300,000 for the win to push his career bankroll to over $608,938. He broke his maiden in February of this year on the turf at Gulfstream Park and romped in an allowance race over yielding turf at Keeneland.  He won the Plate Trial Stakes on June 14 on Woodbine Polytrack, setting the stage for his narrow loss to Shaman Ghost in the Queen’s Plate.

WAGERING on Breeders’ day was $4.3 million – more than $1 million higher than last year’s Breeders’ day. Wow.

 

INTERPOL UPSET/ BLUE IS RUTHLESS

(WITH FILES FROM WOODBINE MEDIA)

DENNIS NARLINGER’S Interpol, the longest shot on the board at 25-1, turned the tables on Are You Kidding Me and Golden Sabre to win a thrilling edition of Sunday’s $232,400 Grade 2 Sky Classic Stakes, at Woodbine.

Trained by Sid Attard for Narlinger’s  JMJ Racing Stables LLC, Interpol arrived at the 1 1/4-mile turf event from an even fifth-place run in the Grade 2 Nijinsky Stakes won by rival Are You Kidding Me by a half-length over Golden Sabre.

Sky Flight set the tempo in the Sky Classic posting moderate splits of :25.81, :50.07 and 1:14.02 over a ‘firm’ E.P. Taylor Turf Course, with Are You Kidding Me keeping close watch from second position.

Interpol, stalked from third position under Emma-Jayne Wilson, and advanced three-wide late in the turn to engage the new leader Are You Kidding Me as Golden Sabre, piloted by Luis Contreras, struggled to find racing room in third.

Interpol, with a powerful stretch drive, took command late in the lane and dug in to hold off the surging Golden Sabre by a neck. Are You Kidding Me lost the place position by a nose, while Mr Speaker, sent to post as the 8-5 mutuel favourite, rallied for fourth. Interpol stopped the clock in 2:01.05.

Wilson, who picked up the mount from the injured Jesse Campbell, was aboard Interpol for the first time.

“Sid said if it was slow enough he’ll be there and settle real nice for you. It was exactly what happened,” said Wilson. “Boulanger (on Sky Flight) shot away from the gate and I knew he would be in a nice tracking position and settle for me. When I called on him, he dug in deep, really deep.”

The decision to engage Are You Kidding Me at the top of the lane was key.

“I thought (Are You Kidding Me) was one of the horses to beat. We got half a head in front of him and I was just concerned with whether or not I could hold Are You Kidding Me off.  (If we held him) then I think we could hold everyone else as well. I think he (Interpol) had the same thought. With his ears pinned, he kept his head in front and he was doing it all on heart fighting for everything he could get.”

The victory marked the first added money score for the four-year-old English Channel bay who finished a game second on this day last season when second in the Breeders’ Stakes, at odds of 18-1, to Ami’s Holiday.

Ruth Less Blue went gate to wire to take Saturday’s co-featured $150,000 Vandal Stakes, at Woodbine.

Trained by Scott Fairlie for Rijack Farm and Ace Racing Stable Inc., the dark bay son of Giant Gizmo, sent to post as the 4-5 mutuel favourite in the six furlong ‘Poly’ stake for Ontario-bred juveniles, was guided to a second consecutive victory by Michelle Rainford.

Ruth Less Blue’s front-running score was characteristic of his maiden victory on August 2 when sprinting six furlongs on the Woodbine main. Leaving from the outside post in a compact field of five, Ruth Less Blue broke out of the gate swiftly and took a commanding lead through splits of :22:85 and :46.23 with Get’erdonebud tracking his early foot. Ruth Less Blue moved comfortably around the turn, holding onto a narrow lead, as Get’erdonebud and Conquest Daddyo advanced into contention.

With an eighth of a mile to run, Ruth Less Blue veered towards the rail, when hit right handed and ducked in sharply again at the sixteenth pole, but quickly straightened out, resiliently staying on for a half-length win. Conquest Daddyo, piloted by Patrick Husbands, rallied three-wide down the stretch, to earn place by 1 ¼-lengths over Get’erdonebud. Final running time for the six furlong event was 1:10:7. It was a 70 Beyer Figure.

 

Habibi, patiently ridden by Emma-Jayne Wilson, was full of run down the lane en route to an impressive score in Saturday’s co-featured $102,600 Flaming Page Stakes, at Woodbine.

Trained by Mark Frostad for Augustin Stable, Habibi arrived at the 1 1/2-mile turf stake for older fillies and mares from a disappointing eighth-place run against the boys in the Grade 3 Singspiel Stakes on July 5.

Bred in New Zealand, the six-year-old Ekraar mare was winning her first race since conquering the boys in the Group 1 New Zealand Derby on March 2, 2013.

 Habibi covered 1 1/2-miles in 2:28.81.

Wilson was pleased with the trip she engineered in the 1 1/2-mile stamina test.

“I was a little worried the pace may string out and that Tiz Ro could get away on her own. I just wanted to have my filly settled, covered in behind somebody, and switch her off a little bit,” said Wilson. “She was just cruising easy. A mile and a half is fun when you have a horse that can go the distance and she’s bred to do it.”

Habibi arrived in North America in 2014 and made a single start when eighth in the Grade 2 Royal Heroine at Santa Anita. The dark bay mare returned to action this spring at Santa Anita for a pair of starts before shipping to Woodbine and narrowly missing a win in her Canadian debut when nosed at the wire in a grassy optional claiming event.

Habibi banked $60,000 in victory while improving her record to 7-1-3 from 15 starts.

HAMMERS VISION – graded stakes placed for sire COURT VISION

First crop Ontario sired COURT VISION is off a to good start at stud and his son HAMMERS VISION was 3rd in the Grade 2 Saratoga Special last week for owner Terry Hamilton. The Donver Stable-bred had won his debut on the Belmont turf and he was a good, rallying 3rd at Saratoga, 5 1/2 lengths behind Exaggerator. His Beyer Figure was 72.

 

FIRST WINNER FOR EXHI

First crop Ontario sire EXHI had his first winner when THAT’S A STRETCH rallied from a hopping strat to win a maiden allowance on Sunday at Woodbine with a 61 Beyer Figure. The winner is a C E C Farm 2yo gelding out of Victoria Princess and he was bred by John Carey and George BIgliardi. Ralph Biamonte trains and Eurico Rosa da Silva rode.
The gelding was a $45,000 yearling purchase at last year’s CTHS Woodbine sale.
There is a half brother to this guy in the Sept. 8 sale by War Cry and 2 Exhi yearlings in the catalogue.

Exhi is a graded stakes winner by Maria’s Mon.

 

LUCKY SPEED, AMERICAN ST LEGER WINNER, COULD BE ON WAY BACK TO WOODBINE

(ARLINGTON POST/HORSE RACING NATION)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grade III $350,000 American St. Leger winner and track record-setter Lucky Speed was in top shape on Sunday morning after his sharp victory. The race was his first win since taking the Group I $642,000 German Derby in 2013. Currently under sale consideration, the son of Silvano may change hands soon. Otherwise, the plan is to race in the Grade I $300,000 Northern Dancer Stakes at Woodbine in September, as well as the Grade I $1,000,000 Canadian International at that same course in October.

Qatar Racing and Newsells Park Stud, the owners of disqualified Secret Gesture from the Grade I $700,000 Beverly D., are appealing the decision. Demoted to third-place for interfering with original third-place finisher Stephanie’s Kitten in the final furlong, the Ralph Beckett trainee was in excellent shape Sunday morning and is under consideration for the Grade I E. P. Taylor Stakes at Woodbine this fall.

 

 

SUNDAY/SATURDAY RE-CAPS

SUNDAY – TIZZARUNNER was 85 cents on the dollar in his 2nd career start and he won by inches with a 76 Beyer Figure for John Oxley. The time was 1:23.37 for 7 furlongs.  This Maryland bred, a $3250,000 2yo purchase, is trained by Mark Casse and Patrick Husbands rode. He had been 3rd in his career debut in the Colin Stakes behind Riker.

race 2- a maiden allowance for fillies and mares and it was ENGLISH GARDEN and Alan Garcia who won this 1 1/16 mile race in her 2nd local start. Owned by John Gunter amd Tony Chedraoui, this Kentucky bred is trained by Dan Vella.

race 3- a $10,00 claiming race and the race was made interesting by the arrival of 7yo NINE O WONDERFUL, dropped from stakes and allowances off a 1 year layoff for Jim Bond. This gelding looked good in the paddock but he was last. The winner was WEATHER BILL for Barry Kerbel and Denyse McClachrie, Justin Stein rode.

race 4 – the heavily favoured entry of Colebrook farms and trainer Ashlee Brnjas finished 1st and 3rd. CANTBEATTHESTORY, by Sligo Bay – Happy to Be Home, won the 1 1/8 mile turf race under Jermaine Bridgmohan. She was bred by Windhaven and was a $65,000 yearling purchase in 2012.

race 7 – Congratulations to trainer ALISON CROOK who sent out CLEMENTIS for a win in this $10,000 claiming race at 13-1 – the first win for Crook at Woodbine this season. The 8yo mare was winning for the first time in a couple of seasons. Luis Contreras rode.

race 8 – THE GREAT GIZMO posted a 91 Beyer Figure in a very game win in this first level allowance race at1 1/16 miles (1:43.58). This large chestnut by Giant Gizmo – Great Gazoo by Great Gladiator is owned by Rolph Davis and trained by Robert Tiller. It was his 4th win in 13 races and this $30,000 yearling purchase has won over $175,000. Eurico Rosa da Silva rode. Keen Gizmo was 2nd.

race 10 – BREAKINTHECLOUDS won for $10,000 claiming to take her maiden on the turn-back from 1 1.16 miles to 7 furlongs. The Broken Vow filly is out of a Storm Cat mare and Sheena Ryan rode for trainer Robert Gerl.

 

SATURDAY – Race 1 – MOVIE TICKET was the feature in this maiden $20,000 claiming race. The son of Yes It’s True, owned by Derek Chin, was making his 4th career start and 2nd start this year and he won for trainer Dan Vella and jockey Luis Contreras.

race 2- a $10,00 claiming race for fillies and mares, non-winners of 3, and ONE NINE NINE won for John Ross and jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson, who had a good weekend. This 5yo by E Dubai was bred by RMC Stable and it was her 2nd race of the season.

race 4 – The longshots started crashing the party – in this maiden $10,000 race, CLEVER ON TAP made an early move in this  7 furlong race to get the lead at the half mile pole under Sheena Ryan to win at 25-1 for Un Stable and trainer Lorna Perksin. This 4yo had been beaten 25 lengths in a route race for $12,500 in his previous race but enjoyed turning back to a sprint distance. Un Stable bred the son of Pleasant Tap.

race 5- Shrewd move here by trainer Ricky Griffith: TUSCAN GETAWAY, often a speed runner who has not held on for a win in 2 seasons, was back in action in 8 days and on the grass for the 8th time. He had never won on turf but under Kirk Johnson, let all the way at 26-1 to 1 to beat odds-on My Name Is Michael, Debmar Stables own this Stroll 4yo who is 3 for 25 in his career. Avie’s Quality was claimed for $62,500 from Ivan Dalos by Trinity Gary McMaster and Brad McKnight. He ran 1 1/16 miles on turf in 1:40.83 – an 86 Beyer Figure.

race 6- a nice maiden allowance for 2yo fillies  – Ontario sired – went to a very game beginner named BELLA’S BALLERINA, the first Ontario bred for American owner BRUCE LUNSFORD. This 2yo filly by Old Forester is the first foal for the mare Dixie’s Sandals by Dixieland Band.
This filly broke from the rail in an 11 horse field and battled all the way to edge the favoured Generous Touch, a beginner by Philanthropist. She was 10 to 1 and is trained by Barb Minshall. Jeff Alderson rode the filly who was on Lasix.

race 7 – MC CULLEY, under a smart ride by Jermaine Bridgmohan, rallied to win his maiden for owner/breeder Charles Boyd and trainer Harold Ladouceur. This is a Giant Gizmo gelding out of the Stravinsky mare Nossenko. The gelding had 5 races this year and 3 previous riders and he raced with blinkers off.

race 9 – older horses for $20,000 at 7 furlongs and DANGER BAY won as the favourite for Norseman Racing and Sid Attard. This delicate 6yo rig by Stormy Atlantic  posted an 83 Beyer for 1:22.89 and Eurico Rosa da Silva rode.

race 10 – Roger Attfield and Kingview Farms’ ENTWISTLE turned things around in a big way in this 1 1/8 mile tirf race for Ontario sired non-winners of 2. The Strut the Stage 3yo had won his maiden at this distance on Polytrack 2 starts ago but he was 7th in a 10 furlong turf allowance last time as the favourite. He came from a few lengths off the lead and was 10-1 in a big turnaround in form.
The half brother to graded stakes winner Something Extra was ridden by Da Silva.

Wagering on Saturday was $4.1 million

 

INSTANT WIN AT CHAMPIONS!

Champions, Woodbine Entertainment Group’s (WEG) off-Track betting arm announced today that they will launch the second installment of the $100 Daily Instant Win promotion​. The campaign is slated to begin this September across its province-wide teletheatre network.

Starting September 1, guests who visit a Champions Off-Track Betting location including Turf Lounge or WEGZ Stadium Bar will have the chance to share in $30,000 in instant ticket giveaways. Every day for the month, 10 lucky horseplayers wagering at Champions will take home $100 prizes.

Similar to last year’s fall launch, the promotion will have the participation of all locations across its robust network of 40 plus sites.

“Our guests at our Off-Track facilities really enjoyed the 2014 start of this promotion, it was received positively by the horseplayer,” said Tom Papakonstantinou, WEG’s General Manager, Ontario Operations, Champions Off-Track Betting.  “There is something really exciting about placing your wager and having the chance of a $100 message display. Each time our guests approach a betting terminal there is a sense of anticipation.”

Champions Off-Track Betting gives horse racing fans the chance to watch and wager on live Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing from tracks across the world, right in their own neighbourhood. Follow @BetAtChampions on Twitter to get all the latest Off-Track updates on events and offers including HPIbet, or visit BetatChampions.com to find your nearest teletheatre location.