Keeneland catalogues arrived at the door, the ‘caws’ of crows are now heard more than chirps of robins…it’s getting time for September, whoa nelly!
Tonight – Wednesday night racing at Woodbine as we have gone past the halfway point of the season, lots of rain today at points and extreme high winds projected for this evening…ALSO, small fields for 7 races tonight and during this week is in part due to an illness on the Woodbine backstretch..
Travers Stakes is Saturday and the draw is today, there are 2 horses of interest for Canada…
Speaking of the Travers – here’s one from the past won by the brilliant, legendary great…… EAAAAASY GOER!
TRAVERS DRAW
Moonshine Mullin looks to make up lengths on Stay Thirsty
DICK JOHNSON’S homebred MOONSHINE MULLIN (Albert the Great) is to be entered in the prestigious Travers Stakes today for Ontario trainer Reade Baker. Milton’s EMMA JAYNE WILSON is going to ride too.
Canadian-bred BOWMAN’S CAUSEWAY (Giant’s Causeway, bred by Adena Springs), a close 2nd in the Prince of Wales to Pender Harour, is also in the field.
WORKOUTS BY COIL and STAY THIRSTY from NYRA…
MOONSHINE MULLIN feature…
http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Moonshine-on-rise-2136605.php
COIL will run in the Travers…Vanessa Ng photo
More from Woodbine
MOONLIT BEAUTY’S upset win in the Belle Geste Stakes for Ontario sired mares on turf was the 3rd stakes win of the career of trainer John LeBlanc Jr. The Pergiee Moon mare was well prepared to won off a short layoff for owner/breed Bill Gierkink, a longtime consignor, breeder in Ontario.
LEADING OWNERS BY WINS
1 Bear Stables, Ltd. 102 22 9 10 $1,097,010 22% 41 40%
2 Melnyk Racing Stables, Inc. 46 21 5 3 $1,168,438 46% 29 63%
3 Steven M. Asmussen 39 14 7 5 $370,903 36% 26 67%
4 Stronach Stables 64 13 14 9 $825,686 20% 36 56%
5 Donver Stable 34 9 0 4 $1,337,495 26% 13 38%
6 Centennial Farms (Niagara) Inc. 27 8 0 4 $390,218 30% 12 44%
6 Tucci Stables 58 8 12 16 $383,914 14% 36 62%
8 Wesley A. Ward 18 7 3 2 $291,375 39% 12 67%
9 Sam-Son Farms 50 6 5 6 $582,864 12% 17 34%
9 Chiefswood Stable 19 6 4 0 $349,462 32% 10 53%
9 C. Scott Abbott Racing Stable Ltd. 31 6 3 4 $222,568 19% 13 42%
9 Nickolas De Toro 63 6 5 5 $135,565 10% 16 25%
9 Linmac Farms 22 6 1 1 $79,209 27% 8 36%
LEADING TRAINERS BY WINS
Rank Trainer Name Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings Win% Top3 Top3%
1 Mark E. Casse 303 69 46 42 $4,035,812 23% 157 52%
2 Reade Baker 158 33 24 17 $1,840,864 21% 74 47%
3 Steven M. Asmussen 122 27 26 18 $873,159 22% 71 58%
4 Sid C. Attard 151 26 31 27 $1,799,104 17% 84 56%
5 Robert P. Tiller 155 21 25 22 $1,206,063 14% 68 44%
6 Roger L. Attfield 98 20 15 21 $1,506,698 20% 56 57%
7 Josie Carroll 88 19 6 9 $1,940,927 22% 34 39%
8 Michael J. Doyle 156 17 16 14 $1,025,009 11% 47 30%
9 Ralph J. Biamonte 72 16 12 11 $938,316 22% 39 54%
9 Laurie Silvera 114 16 16 15 $745,425 14% 47 41%
9 Scott H. Fairlie 133 16 17 25 $626,434 12% 58 44%
HASTINGS REPORT – 2YO STAKES LAST WEEK
Sunnyside Gal has 56 owners!@!
Vancouver, B.C. (Aug. 19/11) – The 2-year-olds strutted their stuff in Friday night’s back-to-back $100,000 stakes races at Hastings Racecourse and the most popular filly on the grounds didn’t disappoint her syndicate of owners.
When Sunnyside Gal won the Sadie Diamond Futurity by a comfortable 3 ¼ lengths, her 56 investors came storming out of the stands accompanied by friends and family, expanding the welcoming committee to well over 100.
With organizer Glen Todd leading the parade, the North American Thoroughbred 2010 Limited Liability Partnership (NAT2010LLP) basked in the victory with trainer Troy Taylor and jockey Mario Gutierrez.
Sunnyside Gal, coming off an 8-length win in the BC Cup Debutante on August 1, finished the Sadie Diamond in a final time of 1:18.15 over 6 ½ furlongs and paid $3.50, $2.70, $2.30.
Todd and partner Patrick Kinsella were hoping to score a double with odds-on favourite Herescomelucky looking to make it three stakes wins in a row following victories in the BC Cup Nursery and New Westminster. It looked at the final turn as though Gutierrez would score another win but Satorialist with Isaias Cardenas aboard got up in the closing strides to win the Jack Diamond Futurity by a half-length over Herescomelucky.
Trained by Dino Condilenios for Swift Thoroughbreds Inc., Satorialist finished the 6 ½ furlongs in a final time of 1:19.05 and paid $11.50, $4.30, $3.80.
OCALA YEARLING SALE 1ST SESSION
average price creeps up $3,000
Local buyers:
122 10 F. AFLEET ALEX /YONG MUSICIAN RALPH BIAMONTE, AGT. 45,000
BETH BAYER, AGENT VIII
161 10 F. CIRCULAR QUAY /DESTINY’S YIELD JOHN MATTINE, AGT. HOWARD 40,000
WALTON
COOL TODD PLETCHER FEATURE
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/sports/for-pletcher-managing-a-training-empire-is-all-in-a-days-work.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1
