Apprentice MALLORY STRANDBERG is getting good reviews for her riding ability and here she is breaking from the gate at Fort Erie yesterday. NORM FILES PHOTO
KEENELAND STARTS UP FRIDAY – one month until Breeders’ Cup!
Canadians have one month to see if they have Breeders’ Cup quality runners for the World Championships at Santa Anita.
So far, there does not seem to be much in the way of local representation: LLANARMON, the winner of the Natala Stakes, a Win and You’re IN race, is not going since she would have to be supplemented to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Filly Turf. Our top horses of this year, at least in Ontario, include FORTE DEI MARMI, who is headed to the Canadian International, UP WITH THE BIRDS, grass stake coming up for him, UNCAPTURED, Indiana Derby tomorrow and, well, maybe after this weekend we will have more news.
On Friday, Jim and Susan Hill’s GO BLUE OR GO HOME will try to get into the Sprint with a run in the Phoenix (he meets Mark Casse trained LAUGH TRACK. Ontario bred OCCASIONAL VIEW is also in the field.
EURICO DA SILVA will ride in a big one – the Grade 1 Alcibiades for Mark Casse and Conquest Stable. MY CONQUESTADORY won the Summer Stakes on the grass and she may be a Breeders’ Cup filly after Friday.
Friday, Keeneland, post time: 4:49 p.m. EDT
STOLL KEENON OGDEN PHOENIX S.-GIII, $200,000, 3yo/up, 6fA
(AWT)
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 Marchman Sharp Humor Lanerie Calhoun 118
2 Occasional View Silver Deputy Leparoux Motion 120
3 Reload Hard Spun Velazquez McGghy 120
4 Global Power K Pulpit Spieth Radsvich 122
5 Jasizzle Jazil Bridgmohan Mills 120
6 Laugh Track K Distrtd Humor Mena Casse 122
7 Gentlemen’s Bet Half Ours Smith Moquett 122
8 Go Blue Or Go Home KBluegrass Cat Lopez Baker 122
9 Hoofit (NZ) Mossman (Aus) Prado Motion 120
10 Ghost Is Clear Ghostzapper Napravnik Maker 120
11 Sum of the Parts Speightstown Goncalves Amoss 120
12 Hogy K Offlee Wild Rocco Catalano 122
13 Laurie’s Rocket K Bluegrass Cat Santana Lukas 120
14 Winning Cause K Giant’s Causwy Gomez Pletcher 120
15 Console War Front Hernandez Mott 120
Saturday, Indiana Downs, post time: 6:50 p.m. EDT
INDIANA DERBY-GII, $500,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 Mr Palmer Pulpit Goncalves Mott 124
2 Edge of Reality K Lawyer Ron Elliott Dutrow 124
3 Fordubai E Dubai Sanchez Geier 121
4 Ruler of Love Peace Rules Borel Scott 117
5 Power Broker K Pulpit Garcia Baffert 124
6 Bad Hombre Sky Mesa Luzzi Kimmel 121
7 Holy Lute K Midnight Lute Flores Cassidy 124
8 Uncaptured K Lion Heart Mena Casse 119
9 Bradester K Lion Heart Hernandez Kenneally 117
10 Take It Like a Man Rn Awy and Hde Franklin Gorder 124
11A Midnight Taboo K Langfuhr Santana Pletcher 121
12A Micromanage K Medaglia d’Oro Maragh Pletcher 124
DARLEY ALCIBIADES S.-GI, $400,000, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mA (AWT)
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 Designer Legs Graeme Hall Bridgmhn Stewart 118
2 Richies Party Girl Any Gvn Strdy Velazquez Ward 118
3 Sweetsoutherndame K Colonel John Morales Hamm 118
4 Maria Maria K Curlin Torres DiVito 118
5 Personal Diary City Zip Lanerie Oliver 118
6 Battlefield Angel K Proud Citizn Hill Catalano 118
7 My Conquestadory K Artie Schiller Da Silva Casse 118
8 Lil Honey Badger K Flatter Albarado Romans 118
9 Harlan’s Special K Harlan’s Hlidy Johnson Hartlage 118
10 She’s Offlee Good K Offlee Wild Leparoux Scherer 118
11 Who’s in Town Speightstown Saez Matz 118
12 Rosalind Broken Vow Lebron McPeek 118
13 Russian Night K Midnight Lute Schulepov Dorochenko 118
FRIDAY’S STOLL KEENON OGDEN PHOENIX ATTRACTS OVERFLOW FIELD
Alto Racing’s Winning Cause, undefeated in three career starts at Keeneland and winner of this spring’s Coolmore Lexington (G3), and Iowa Sprint winner Gentlemen’s Bet headline a field of 14 and one also-eligible entered Tuesday for Friday’s 161st running of the $200,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix (G3).
Scheduled as the eighth race on Friday’s opening-day 10-race program, the six-furlong Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix is a “Win and You’re In” race for the $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Xpressbet Sprint (G1) to be run Nov. 2 at Santa Anita. First post time Friday is 1:05 p.m. (ET) with the Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix scheduled at 4:49 p.m.
Trained by Todd Pletcher, who ranks second all time at Keeneland in stakes victories with 38, Winning Cause has not run in a one-turn race since an allowance victory here in April prior to his victory in the Coolmore Lexington. Garrett Gomez has the mount on Winning Cause, who will break from post position 14.
Harry Rosenblum’s Gentlemen’s Bet has won five of seven career starts and followed his victory in Iowa with a third-place finish in the Alfred G. Vanderbilt (G1) at Saratoga in his most recent start. Trained by Ron Moquett, Gentlemen’s Bet will be ridden by Mike Smith and break from post position seven.
The two most recent Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix winners also are in the field: Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence’s Sum of the Parts and Mrs. S. K. Johnston Jr.’s Hoofit(NZ).
Trained by Tom Amoss, Sum of the Parts enters the race off a nearly four-month layoff. Leandro Goncalves has the mount Friday on Sum of the Parts, who will break from post position 11.
Trained by Graham Motion, Hoofit returns to the scene of his most recent victory that came in the 2011 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix by a nose. Never worse than third in four 2013 starts, Hoofit will break from post position nine and be ridden by Edgar Prado, who was aboard for the 2011 victory in the race.
Three other graded stakes winners are in the field: William Stiritz’s Hogy, Susan and Jim Hill’s Go Blue Or Go Home and Gary Barber and WinStar Farm’s Laugh Track.
Hogy, trained by Wayne Catalano, enters the Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix on a two-race win streak with scores in the Presque Isle Downs Mile and Troy Stakes at Saratoga. In May, Hogy won the Grade 3 Hanshin at Arlington. Hogy will break from post position 12 and be ridden by Joe Rocco, who has been aboard for the past two victories.
Go Blue Or Go Home, winner of the Highlander (G3) at Woodbine in July, will break from post position eight under Paco Lopez for trainer Reade Baker. Laugh Track, winner of the Vigil (G3) at Woodbine in June, will be ridden by Miguel Mena and break from post position six for trainer Mark Casse.
JOYFUL VICTORY RETIRED
Ontario foaled JOYFUL VICTORY will be sold at the Fasig Tipton sale in November. She has been retired and was one of the best horses ever bred by Bill Graham’s WINDHAVEN. Photo by VANESSA NG
Letter from Rick Porter on Facebook:
I have decided that Joyful Victory has done all and more than Larry Jones and I have asked of her during the last four years. I have been very proud to race Joyful Victory in the red and white silks of Fox Hill Farm but it is time for her to begin her career in the breeding shed. She will fit right in with any of the top broodmare bands worldwide. She is by the top sire, Tapit and is his leading earner in 2013 and 5th leading lifetime earner. She ticks all the boxes to be a successful broodmare. I went to Santa Anita yesterday hoping to see her win her last career start but it was not to be. At least I was able to witness her final race. Joyful Victory won or hit the board in 12 of her 16 starts in graded stakes. She raced at 10 different tracks. She retires with a record of 20-7-5-4 and was a millionaire with earnings of $1,252,679. She has been entered in the Fasig-Tipton November Select Sale and will be consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency. I sure will miss watching this gorgeous gray mare race at the top of the sport.
First time starter ALL OF OLIVE’S LOVE is. a – happy and excited.. b- just got stung by a bee…c – not sure she likes this racing gig…see photo at right for more. NORM FILES PHOTOS
ALL OF OLIVE’S LOVE got away in the Fort Erie paddock yesterday and ran around before she was finally caught. Then she finished 4th in a MSW in that 2yo debut.
KEENELAND NOVEMBER
Horse Racing League and Stronach selling Horses of Racing Age
The HORSE RACING LEAGUE is coming to an end and all of the horses in the 6 syndicates will be sold at the Keeneland November sale. These include stakes winner PYRITE MOUNTAIN and other locals like COUNTY LINEMAN and SILENT ADMIRER.
Frank Stronach, whose Adena Springs has a consignment of some 270 mares and HORA also is selling his own runners like Plate Trial winner RIVER RUSH, MOBILIZER, HONDURAN, FIAKER, etc.
Other consignments at Keeneland include a dispersal by Richard Lister’s Cinnamont Stable,
BAIL OUT: JOSE PAYE is making waves with his photography at WOODBINE. here he catches a scary incident with horse, rider and starting gate crew at Woodbine. Thank you to Jose for the photo.
CANADIAN BREDS SEPT 22-28 TOP BEYER FIGURES
from DRF Breeding Newsletter
108 Private Zone….4……….G………Macho Uno…………………..STK………Vosburgh Invitational S. (G1)……BEL…………..28-Sep………….6F………………D……………….1…………ON…………. 19-5-6-1
100 Joyful Victory……………..5……….M……… Tapit……………………………..STK………Zenyatta S. (G1)……………………….SA…………….28-Sep………….1 1/16M………..D……………….3…………ON…………. 20-7-5-4
96 Marketing Mix……………5……….M………Medaglia d’Oro……………..STK………Rodeo Drive S. (G1)…………………SA…………….28-Sep………….1 1/4M………….T……………….2…………ON…………20-10-5-1
94 Phil’s Dream.……..5……….G……… Philanthropist……………….STK………Overskate S……………………………..WO…………..22-Sep………….7F…………………AW……………1…………ON…………..11-6-2-1
93 Ultimate Destiny.………..4……….G……… Dance to Destiny…………..STK………Overskate S……………………………..WO…………..22-Sep………….7F…………………AW……………2…………ON…………. 20-5-8-1
91 Pender Harbour………….5……….G……… Philanthropist……………….STK………Overskate S……………………………..WO…………..22-Sep………….7F…………………AW……………3…………ON………….22-8-3-3
87 Awesome Vow……………6……….M……… Awesome Again……………AOC………………………………………………………MTH…………22-Sep………….1M………………..D……………….1…………ON………….39-8-6-4
87 Drago’s Best.………………4……….C……… Seeking the Best (IRE)…..CLM………………………………………………………WO…………..28-Sep………….7F…………………T……………….1…………ON…………. 13-4-3-2
84 Bigstormbrewin’..……….5……….G……… Stormy Atlantic……………..CLM………………………………………………………WO…………..28-Sep………….7F…………………T……………….2…………ON…………. 14-3-3-3
83 Spirit Warnings…….…….4……….G………Weather Warning………….STK………Overskate S……………………………..WO…………..22-Sep………….7F…………………AW……………4…………ON…………..10-3-2-1
