Regis Racing roars! Woodbine Mile, waiting for the wise one and more!
NYRA PHOTO – ZINZAY all the way, first win for REGIS RACING
100 BEYER FOR DIMENSION
Could come back in Woodbine Mile
As we wait to find out what happens as far as WISE DAN coming or not coming to Woodbine for the Mile on Sept. 15, there are plenty of contenders for the $1 million grass mile.
DIMENSION led all the way over the hard Woodbine grass to win the Play the King, while EXCAPER chased hard for second.
RIDING THE RIVER boucned back for a good 3rd place finish.
The winner had been 2nd to Essence Hit Man in the Bold Venture with a good rally and on Sunday, he just scooted to the lead in 22 1/5 and while there was more speed expected, most tracked the 10 to 1 shot and that left him with lots for the final furlong.
His time of 1:19 4/5 was fast and the 100 beyer puts him in contention for the Mile, shoudl trainer Conor Murphy decide to wheel the horse back.
TURRALURE, the Mile winner 2 years ago, is to race in the Bernard Baruch this weekend and how he does will decide the next move for stablemate Wise Dan.
WOODBINE MILE CONTENDERS
Top 10 list set to land on Thoroughblog home page
1. WISE DAN
2. DIMENSION
3. TURRALURE
4. EXCAPER
5. RIDING THE RIVER
6. TRADE STORM
7. OBVIOUSLY
8. KING KREESA
9. HE BE FIRE N ICE
10. TIGAH
WOODBINE SUNDAY
MICHAEL BURNS photo of DIMENSION
RECONNECT was an upset winner of the $100,000 Belle Mahone in race 4. The 5yo by Niigon – A Familar Face by Cloud Cover is a homebred for John Brnjas’ Colebrook Farms. Ashlee Brnjas trains the stretch runner.
The race was supposed to go to the streaking SISTERLY LOVE, who had led all the way to win the Grade 3 Ontario Matron and Trillium Stakes. On Sunday, however, longshot MOONLIT BEAUTY was sent hard to the lead, cleared the favoured and essentially ran both her and the favourite intot he ground. The former finished last but Sisterly Love held on well for 2nd. She was pulled up quickly after the race by jockey Eurico da Silva.
The winner is 5 for 19 and she has won over $373,ooo. Jesse Campbells rode the winner as he enjoys a stellar season.
Congrats to John and Breeda Hayes, whose HONOLULULEMON won her maiden in race 2 on the grass, the first win for the couple this season. The winner was a $25,000 claim last September and she won a maiden allowance to boost her earnings to over $50,000. There is a half sister to the filly in the open session of the Canadian Premier Yearling sale by Rebellion (hip 250).
Honolululemon is by Compadre out of Tapping N Turning by Pleasant Tap and Patricia Martin bred the 4yo.
Trainer DANIEL WILLS and owner JEANNE RYAN won race 3 with STAR PROSPECTOR, who led all the way through 5 furlongs to take the $11,500 claiming race. The winner is an 8 yo who is 14 for 56 in his career and he is a BC bred by Millennium Allstar.
The roll continues to trainer GREG COX as he won yet another race when his homebred 2yo colt WHY TIE THE KNOT, by Where’s the Ring, won a maiden allowance in race 5. The dark bay gelding is also owned by Lisa McClallum Smith and Cindy Cox who are also co-breeders. The dam is U R Energy by Bold n Flashy. The winning Beyer for the 2yo was 60.
Another 2yo winner on the card was MONEY TALKS, an open length winner of race 9, an Ontario sired event. The winner is owned by RPI Stables and Natural Eight Stable et al and trained by Bill Tharrenos. The winner is by Mobil out of Willow Wooddman by Woodman and was a $23,000 purchase and was bred by Fred Pace. His Beyer was 48.
DIMENSION AND HIS TRAINER, OWNER CONOR MURPHY
Wild story on Murphy’s big betting win..
http://www.drf.com/news/woodbine-notes-dimension-might-take-wise-dan-woodbine-mile
more at Daily Mail
REGIS RACING’S FIRST WIN
“I probably will never be in the winner’s circle. I want to be in the stands,” – Nat Rea, Woodbridge, ON
Nat Rea’s REGIS RACING won its first race with its fourth starter when ZINZAY won a 2yo maiden allowance at Saratoga on Sunday to the tune of 19 to 1.
A small crowd gathered around TV’s to watch the pretty Smart Strike – Music Room filly, a $700,000 2yo purchase, storm to victory in a 1 1/16 mile turf maiden race, posting a 73 Beyer.
Trained by Rusty Arnold, Zinzay is a sleek dark bay with a white stripe and the first 2yo starter for Rea.
The stable raced Golden Mystery and Moment of Majesty late last year and this year.
Just before ZINZAY won, MOMENT OF MAJESTY lost by a scant head in the Belle Mahone Stakes at Woodbine for trainer Roger Attfield.
Rea was not in the winner’s circle at first glance in the Saratoga race.
The filly will not be heading to Woodbine for the Natalma but reportedly going to the Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland in October.
from BRISNET.COM
“I never expect them to pull out a victory,” Arnold said. “I expect them to run well. She had trained well and we thought she had performed well, and that’s all you can ask for a two-year-old first-time starter. Winning is just a bonus.”
Zinzay is the first foal to race out of Music Room, an unraced half-sister to Music Note, who posted Grade 1 scores in the Beldame, Coaching Club American Oaks, Ballerina, and Mother Goose on the dirt; and Musical Chimes, a Group/Grade 1 turf star who captured the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (French One Thousand Guineas) and John C. Mabee Handicap.
“She likes the grass,” Arnold said. “Her works were better on the grass. I don’t think she is going to see the dirt.”
On Sunday, Zinzay tracked 4-5 favorite Hillhouse High in second before striking to the front in midstretch and asserting herself late under jockey Joe Rocco, Jr. Crown Queen, a half-sister to Royal Delta, finished 3 1/4 lengths behind the winner in third.
“She did everything right,” Arnold said of Zinzay. “She acted good in the paddock, she acted good in the gate. She broke well and did everything the right way. We’re very happy with her. She had trained well, but you don’t know if they are going to do it until they do it.”
Arnold said Zinzay likely will make her next start in the Grade 3 Jessamine on October 9 at Keeneland.
MORE ON NAT REA..
Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/80029/newcomer-rea-to-see-first-horses-race-soon#ixzz2dAWhipA8
WOODBINE LEADERBOARDS
OWNERS
1 Sam-Son Farms 63 12 10 8 $1,451,417 19% 30 48%
2 John C. Oxley 74 17 11 13 $1,433,115 23% 41 55%
3 Chiefswood Stable 56 11 8 7 $1,025,648 20% 26 46%
4 Tucci Stables 39 4 7 10 $973,075 10% 21 54%
5 Hill, Jim and Susan 50 12 7 8 $818,904 24% 27 54%
6 Bear Stables, Ltd. 84 18 7 12 $728,753 21% 37 44%
7 Melnyk Racing Stables, Inc. 53 12 10 4 $715,657 23% 26 49%
8 Rolph A. Davis 23 9 2 0 $408,221 39% 11 48%
9 Gary Barber 19 5 3 0 $407,983 26% 8 42%
10 Frank D. Di Giulio, Jr. 44 7 9 10 $397,824 16% 26 59%
TRAINERS
1 Mark E. Casse 242 51 35 27 $3,367,447 21% 113 47%
2 Robert P. Tiller 164 35 28 25 $1,706,064 21% 88 54%
3 Reade Baker 135 27 13 19 $1,509,284 20% 59 44%
4 David Cotey 149 17 10 18 $772,643 11% 45 30%
4 Michael J. Doyle 112 17 17 10 $762,284 15% 44 39%
6 Sid C. Attard 111 16 17 14 $731,119 14% 47 42%
7 Nicholas Gonzalez 116 15 21 12 $1,301,429 13% 48 41%
7 Kevin Attard 74 15 16 12 $540,674 20% 43 58%
9 Malcolm Pierce 86 14 12 14 $1,654,274 16% 40 47%
9 Josie Carroll 65 14 7 6 $806,756 22% 27 42%
9 Michael P. De Paulo 104 14 10 14 $519,181 13% 38 37%
12 Brian A. Lynch 72 13 17 17 $1,011,657 18% 47 65%
12 Roger L. Attfield 67 13 9 10 $896,582 19% 32 48%
12 Sam Di Pasquale 87 13 12 18 $716,260 15% 43 49%
JOCKEYS
1 Luis Contreras 478 93 81 71 $4,722,252 19% 245 51%
2 Eurico Rosa Da Silva 374 86 69 52 $5,047,702 23% 207 55%
3 Justin Stein 339 51 35 35 $2,730,020 15% 121 36%
4 Jesse M. Campbell 342 48 42 48 $3,334,720 14% 138 40%
5 Emma-Jayne Wilson 344 45 59 45 $2,501,104 13% 149 43%
6 Gary Boulanger 322 36 46 35 $2,007,943 11% 117 36%
7 Todd Kabel 318 35 34 41 $1,623,153 11% 110 35%
8 Skye Chernetz 288 32 28 30 $1,194,966 11% 90 31%
9 Tyler Pizarro 239 29 25 44 $1,443,394 12% 98 41%
10 Omar Moreno 204 22 24 24 $952,344 11% 70 34%
11 Steven Ronald Bahen 227 20 34 20 $1,318,641 9% 74 33%
12 David Moran 230 19 18 31 $1,105,209 8% 68 30%
12 Gerry Olguin 208 19 19 24 $885,518 9% 62 30%
