Get youR CATalogue ! It’s yearling sale time in Ontario! PUDS is the official greeter at HILL ‘N’ DALE FARMS in Aurora – he had a yearling showing on Tuesday. SEE MORE BELOW.
CANADIAN PREMIER YEARLING SALE – Sept. 8
WEDNESDAY NIGHT YEARLING SALE SIBLINGS – WOODBINE
Race 2 ALW
#4 Harlan’s Bear Hip 52 1/2 brother by Tale of the Cat
#5 Reallylikethisone Hip 287 1/2 sister by Silent Name
Race 5 OC$25K
#1 Queenstown Hip 51 1/2 brother by Strut the Stage
#2 Baganara Hip 133 1/2 brother by Victor’s Cry
Race 7 OC40K/NW#
#1 Swingin to the Sky Hip 221 1/2 brother by Caleb’s Posse
Race 8 CLM12500
#1 Solo Player Hip 210 1/2 sister by Showing Up
#8 Dixie Troop Hip 141 1/2 sister by Yes Its True
also..WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ELSEWHERE..
SARATOGA RACE 8 ALW
#3 Wavell Avenue Hip 111 1/2 sister by Court Vision (Wavell Avenue has been stakes placed since catalogued)
DELAWARE RACE 2 MSW
#1 Sky Burn Hip 208 1/2 sister by Court Vision
DELAWARE RACE 5 OC417K/SAL12K
#3 Star of the Forest Hip 227 1/2 sister by Court Vision
(Not really looking for out of towners, but Vicki ran across these three)
AMERICAN PHAROAH DRAWS POST 2 FOR TRAVERS
American Triple Crown winner American Pharoah will break from post position two for this year’s Grade 1 Travers Stakes, to be held Aug. 29.
A plane scheduled to transport American Pharoah and 2003 Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide (who is slated to appear at the Travers) was en route from Lexington, Ky., to California Tuesday afternoon to collect Pharoah, who will likely arrive at Saratoga on Wednesday.
American Pharoah was listed as the 1-5 morning line favorite.
A TALE OF TWO STARS
WOODBINE SUNDAY WRAP
REPORTING STAR arrived in Ontario last spring and reeled off 3 straight wins in route races on turf and Polytrack. He then proved he was a top notch competitor with 2nd and 3rd place showings in the Grade 2 Sky Classic and Grade 1 Northern Dancer Stakes.
After a winter in Florida, the gelding just missed in his return to Woodbine in July in a 2 turn Polytrack allowance before turning back to 7 furlongs for the Grade 2 Play the King Stakes on Sunday on turf.
The 5yo Circular Quay Florida-bred was a longshot at 16-1 with the likes of Bobby’s Kitten, the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner from last year making his 2015 debut and Tower of Texas and Kaigun in the field but the tough gelding had different ideas.
Known as a handful and a feisty fellow, Reporting Star gave his trainer Pat Parente all he could handle in the walking ring, refusing to stay still to have the saddle put on. He had to be moved around a lot but Parente and his team got it done.
The gelding went out and got it done too, rallying inside in the late stages to duel Tower of Texas to the wire, get passed and then come back on to win by a nose under Luis Contreras.
Contreras had his hands full too as the gelding was lugging in strongly through the stretch to the point that the rider thought he may end up over the inside railing.
Nevertheless, it was a big effort for the gelding who is now 5 for 22 in his career and an earner of over $520,000 for Chad and Christa Joe’s Copper Water Thoroughbred Company, based in British Columbia.
Chad and Christa had a big weekend as their Bluegrass Angus won the Richmond Derby Trial Stakes at Hastings Park, a prep for the BC Derby (see results below)
The time of 1:20.66 was good for a 98 Beyer Figure, matching Reporting Star’s best previous Beyer Figure.
Parente said there are a few options for the gelding going forward and no doubt one includes the Woodbine Mile on Sept. 13.
Earlier in the day, it was another star, BILLY’S STAR, yet another good 3yo to come out of the Queen’s Plate and win a stakes race. This guy, the sales topper at the CTHS yearling sale 2 years ago, rallied from far back for Perfect Timer Partnership to win by 1 1/4 lengths.
Trained by Roger Attfield, the son of Perfect Soul (IRE) arrived at the 1 1/8-mile ‘Poly’ event from a third-place finish in a 1 1/16-mile allowance race on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course, using the extra sixteenth of a mile to secure his first stakes win.
Bring on the Bull was the early pace setter, posting fractions of 24.33 and 48.68 as both Conquest Pacemaker and U S Marshal pressed throughout. With Eurico Rosa da Silva on board, Conquest Pacemaker made his move at the quarter pole, taking over the lead up until the final eighth of a mile.
But there was no denying Billy’s Star, last of six for most of the running under Alan Garcia, who rallied five-wide late in the turn and swooped to a 1 ¼ length victory. Firespike arrived late for place money, a length in front of Conquest Pacemaker. Billy’s Star covered nine furlongs in 1.51.42.
The Beyer Speed Figure was 84.
Attfield had confidence in the improving bay, providing Garcia, riding Billy’s Star for the first time, with perfect pre-race instructions.
“He’s got a good turn of foot,” said Attfield. “I said to Alan that he’ll sit off the pace, no problem, and he’s got a decent quarter-of-a-mile kick. It all worked out well.”
Billy’s Star was bred in Ontario by part owner Charles Fipke.
REPORTING STAR, rail, is kept straight enough by Luis Contreras to get the Play the King Stakes win over Tower of Texas and Kaigun (far right) MICHAEL BURNS PHOTO
BILLY’S STAR, named for the late Bill Ballard, streaks to victory in the Victoria Park Stakes – MR WILL WONG PHOTO
HILL ‘N’ DALE CANADA SHOWS OFF ITS YEARLINGS
On a cool, breezy afternoon in Aurora, Ontario, Glenn Sikura’s Hill ‘n Dale Farm had some invited guests check out the yearlings offered at the Sept. CTHS Ontario yearling sale.
It was a fun and interesting afternoon examining some of the stars of the future.
‘LAMBCHOP’ is a filly by Court Vision out of Golden Vow, dam of stakes placed Bold ‘n Golden Bred by Ericka Rusnak – Hip 64
Owner/trainer John Ross, an ace at buying yearlings, checks out a Court Vision filly out of Clear Lake – Hip 14
A Midnight Lute filly out of Siwa, half sister to Cristina’s Halo. Hip 207
(corrected) ‘BLINKY’ a Stormy Atlantic colt, first foal of stakes winner ANNE’S PURSE Hip 268
A Victor’s Cry colt out of El Tara, a half brother to stakes placed, recent winner Quidi Vidi Hip 39
A lovely Milwaukee Brew filly out of Panteccaria, thus a half sister to Nicki Knew – Hip 153
PARKER, a colt by Stormy Atlantic – Singit hip 206
Owner Robert Marzilli (left), whose filly Caren is a top 2yo filly on the Woodbine circuit, studies the catalogue with trainer Mike DePaulo and Josie DePaulo
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA LAST FRIDAY..chart information courtesy
THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS
BRITISH COLUMBIA CUP DISTAFF H., C$50,000, HST,
8-21, (S), 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m, 1:51.10, ft.
1–TOUCHING PROMISE, 115, m, 5, Touch Gold– Promise One (MSP), by Old Trieste. O-Russell J. &
Lois Bennett; B-R. J. Bennett (BC); T-Barbara Heads; J-Amadeo Perez. C$32,500. Lifetime Record: GSW,
25-4-2-8, $176,898.
2–Locket, 115, m, 5, Rosberg–La Belle Creole, by Ascot Knight. O/B-E. M. Braithwaite, M. A.
Braithwaite & I. M. Gorasht (BC); T-Frank E. Barroby.
C$10,000.
3–Amber Moon, 116, f, 4, Finality–Guinevere’s Gold, by Naevus. O-Bennett, Russell J. and Lois; B-R. J.
Bennett (BC); T-Barbara Heads. C$5,000.
Margins: NK, 6, 8 3/4. Odds: 2.35, 1.20, 7.55.
RICHMOND DERBY TRIAL H., C$50,000, HST, 8-21, (prep for BC Derby)
3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:44.95, ft.
1–BLUEGRASS ANGUS, 121, g, 3, Bluegrass Cat–Lady
Dynasty (MSP, $140,418), by Richter Scale. ($5,000Ylg ’13 KEESEP). O-Copper Water Thoroughbred
Company; B-Richard S. Kaster (KY); T-Craig MacPherson; J-Richard Harvey Hamel. C$30,500.
Lifetime Record: 8-4-3-0, $99,952.
2–Don’t Hold Me Back, 119, g, 3, Hold Me Back– Carolina Blue, by Victory Gallop. ($100,000 2yo ’14
OBSAPR). O-J & G Racing Stable; B-Cindy Falter, Jenny Moyer & Sarah Wrather (KY); T-Steve Henson.
C$10,000.
3–Aditya, 118, g, 3, Mass Market–Remarkable Miss, by Finality. O-James Redekop; B-L. S. & K. Nordahl
(BC); T-Anita Bolton. C$5,000.
Margins: 2, HD, 3HF. Odds: 0.35, 25.90, 3.15.
NEW WESTMINSTER H., C$50,000, HST, 8-21, 2yo,
6 1/2f, 1:19.30, ft.
1–STANZ IN COMMAND, 119, g, 2, Second in Command–Serengeti Sunrise, by Dixieland Diamond.
(C$7,500 Ylg ’14 BRCSEP). O-Robert Scott; B-White House Stables (BC); T-Charlene Miller; J-David G.
Lopez. C$28,500. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $42,787.
2–Dashing Don, 119, g, 2, Popular–Summer Bay, by Meadowlake. O-JDP Holdings Ltd., Nancy Betts,
Don Adams &Ross Rees,; B-Rod & Lorraine Rodriguez
(CA); T-Nancy Betts. C$10,000.
3–Fear of the Cat, 116, g, 2, Abraaj–Imaflashycat, by Tale of the Cat. (C$7,500 Ylg ’14 BRCSEP). O-Stuart
& May Carmichael & David & Sylvea Gregory; B-Rob McDonald (BC); T-Sylvea Gregory. C$5,000.
Margins: HF, 2, 2 1/4. Odds: 2.35, 6.10, 1.95.
HARD ROCK CASINO VANCOUVER H., C$50,000,
HST, 8-21, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:18.62, ft.
1–C U AT EAU CLAIRE, 118, f, 2, Haynesfield–Sweetheart Rose, by Awesome Again.
(C$38,000 Ylg ’14 BRCSEP). O-Don B. Danard; B-Tod Mtn. Thoroughbreds (BC); T-Greg Tracy; J-Richard
Harvey Hamel. C$30,500. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, $46,156.
2–Snuggles, 115, f, 2, Rosberg–Daymaker, by Fusaichi Pegasus. O-Swift Thoroughbreds Inc.; B-Swift
Thoroughbreds Inc. (BC); T-Dino K. Condilenios.
C$10,000.
3–Our Bonita Rose, 116, f, 2, Storm Victory–Broken Hearted, by B L’s Appeal. O-Blue Willow Dairy Ltd. &
Jarvis, Pat; B-Blue Willow Dairy & Pat Jarvis (BC); T-Pat Jarvis. C$5,000.
Margins: 3 1/4, 5 1/4, 1. Odds: 0.95, 1.95, 12.25.
