ALL THE WAY – BROOKLYNSWAY WINS BIG AT KEENELAND
The shocking upset of I’m a Chatterbox at Keeneland in the Grade 3 Doubledogdare came courtesy of Ontario-bred BROOKLYNSWAY, recently sold by John Ross at auction to Naveed Chowhan for $180,000.
The daughter of Giant Gizmo – Explosive Story by Radio Star fended off Chatterbox in the stretch to win at 25 to 1 by 1 1/4 lengths in 1:42.86. She earned a 90 Beyer Figure. It was her second start since she was bought as she was 4th at Fair Grounds in the Esplanade Stakes.
Bernie Flint (winning trainer of Brooklynsway)
On whether he was expecting such an effort
“Yes I was. We had a good series of works with her (since owner Naveed Chowhan purchased her last November). The more I worked with her, it seemed like the better she got. Sometimes you get them at the right time, and I got her at the right time. I gave her some time off, I freshened her up.”
On Brooklynsway’s next race
“I think we have a heck of a horse. We’ll have some fun with her at Churchill Downs.”
Robby Albarado (winning rider)
“Bernie gave me one instruction, and it was very instrumental. (He said) ‘you gotta get away running.’ Circumstances dictated that – being in the one hole – that I get her away running into the first turn. I’d ridden her before (in the Esplanade Stakes at Fair Grounds on March 18), and she got tired. I thought she might have needed the race. Bernie did an exceptional job of getting her here today, and she ran extremely well.”
WOW ! FOR THIS BROKEN VOW
$1.2 million 2-year-old headed to Woodbine
901 obsapril16 OBS photo Louise Reinegal
A sparkling and sleek 2-year-old colt by BROKEN VOW from the SILVER DEPUTY mare Haddie Be Good is the sales topper at the current April Ocala Two-Year-Olds In Training sale as he brought a bid of $1.2 million on Thursday from Breeze Easy Stable, a new group of owners led by Michael T. Hall and Phyllis Church from Ohio.
Hall and the Breeze Easy group have just formed the stable and their trainer is Troy Wismer, who has horses at Woodbine. It is reported that the sale topping colt along with several others the team purchased, are headed to the Toronto track.
The colt was originally a $55,000 weanling purchase at Fasig Tipton November from breeder Hal Snowden and a $105,000 Keeneland september purchase by Little Red Feather racing and Tom McCrocklin.
Wismer is the son of accomplished trainer Glenn Wismer, who was born in Brandon, Manitoba. Troy Wismer has been racing a few horses at Woodbine for the last couple of years.
Breeze Easy bought 7 juveniles at the sale for $1.940,000 including another Broken Vow offspring, a $220,000 filly foaled in Ontario and sold at Keeneland in September for $90,000. The filly was bred by Josham Farms.
Other news from the April sale:
The absence of Conquest Stable and Mark Casse from the this large auction was notable and there were not many Canadian buyers.
DARYL HASMATALI purchased two juveniles: a Not Bourbon filly bred by Kentucky named Jillionaire for $30,000 and a Sidney’s Candy youngster for $25,000.
Ontario breds in the sale with workout times:
NOT SOLD 37,000 42 11.0 C Exchange Rate Potra Clasica (ARG) Ontario Paul Sharp, Agent III C
NOT SOLD 30,000 105 10.2 F Badge of Silver Restless Indian Ontario Rockbridge Bloodstock, Agent IV 16
4,500 KANTAMARCI STABLE 527 10.3 C Not Bourbon Beaucette Ontario McKathan Bros., Agent IX 6
65,000 RON ELLIS 614 10.2 C Big Brown Champagne Eyes Ontario Niall Brennan Stables, Agent IV 8
110,000 Q.R.F. 758 10.1 C Algorithms Elusive Hope Ontario Julie Davies, Agent III E
220,000 BREEZE EASY 778 10.0 F Broken Vow Ethan’s Car Ontario RiceHorse Stables, Agent for Small Batch Thoroughbreds 17
NOT SOLD 70,000 800 10.2 F Munnings Faux Pas (IRE) Ontario King’s Equine, Agent for Peytona Farm 2
NOT SOLD 65,000 842 10.2 C Colonel John Friendofthefamily Ontario Eisaman Equine, Agent 7
40,000 Q.R.F. 891 10.3 C Blame Gravelly Bay Ontario Best A Luck Farm LLC, Agent XIV 3
5,500 A SANO 1104 10.4 C Haynesfield Margeisforthebirds Ontario Sugar Hill LLC, Agent VII A
OUT 1124 out C Maclean’s Music Meridian Mama Ontario Bobby Jones Equine LLC & Santa Fe Thoroughbreds,Agent I 18
NOT SOLD 12,000 1135 10.4 C Uncle Mo Miss Blakely Ontario Paul Sharp, Agent III C
WOODBINE FRIDAY GENTNER BARN WIN 2 STRAIGHT RACES
Dorothy Gentner won 6 races in all of 2015 and occasionally shipped a horse up to Woodbine. This year she won 2 races at Woodbine alone yesterday to make 3 wins in 2016.
The New York-based trainer sent out SPEARHEAD to win the 3rd race for $50,000 claiming in his first start since March. The handsome Speightstown 5-year-old, racing as a gelding for the first time, sat just off the speed of favoured Organized Mind and went on to win in his first synthetic and distance attempt.
In the next race, SPECIAL DINNER ‘made a meal’ out of his field (courtesy Robert Geller) as he led all the way to win a $6,250 claiming race with an 82 Beyer Figure (6 1/2 furlongs in 1:17.72. The Formal Dinner 6-year-old was 3rd in his only previous run at Woodbine last fall in a longer race. He too was coming off a short rest time.
Emma-Jayne Wilson rode both winners.
More Woodbine Friday
Race 1- just 5 Ontario sired gals in this 1 1/16 mile race and NIIGON’S LEGACY, while green, led all the way to win for CHiefswood Stable and trainer Roger Attfield. Justin Stein rode the very dark bay by Niigon – Pipers Honour by Honour and Glory. It was her 2nd win in 4 races. The allowance event was a god starting point for the winner as she heads to the Woodbine Oaks. Good race too by GARAVOGUE COLLEEN (Sligo Bay) who ran hard to be 2nd.
race 2 – MEL’S RING rushed to the lead soon after the start and led all the way to win this 5 furlong race for $20,000 claiming for CEC Farms. Trained by Ralph Biamonte, the Where’s the Ring filly was ridden by Eurico da Silva.
race 5- ODE TO JOE led all the way after an early pace battle win this 7 furlong maiden race for $8,000. He was 7 to 2 for owner and trainer Julia Carey, who had picked him up a year ago in Florida for $25,000 claiming. Heavily favoured Blutarsky was outrun in his first race for trainer Dan Vella and the Joey Gee Thoroughbreds.
Gerry Olguin rode Ode to Joe for his first win of the season.
race 6- An $8,000 claiming race for fillies and mares and STARSHIP SABRINA, dropping from allowance races and high clamming events, wore down Probably to win for the 8th time in her career. The winner was claimed by trainer Anthony Adamo while Probably was claimed by Gary Chudobiak.
race 7 – a $10,000 claiming race for fillies and mares and RING FOR MADDIE led all the way under Steve Bahen to win for the 2nd time in her career. She is owned by CR Stables and trained by Conrad Belaire. The winner is a Paul Buttigieg bred by Where’s the Ring.
race 8 PEGGY O touted herself on the track as she pranced around like a showhorse and then she went on to rally from inside and then off the rail, getting up to take this 5 furlong allowance race. The Philanthropist 4yo filly out of Simply Precious by Ascot Knight was the only Ontario sired horse in the field and thus she raced for a purse of over $81,000. Owner/breeder Kingview Farms (Richard Day) took home $56,00 for the score.
Catherine Day Phillips was starting her first horse of the season and Eurico da Silva rode. It was the 4th win in 7 races for Peggy O.
Her time of 58.71 was good for an 83 Beyer Speed Figure.
race 9 – maidens for $32,000 and the class plunging, long layoff gelding SOMETHING AWESOME from Stronach Stables led all the way to win. He had not raced since April 2015 when at Santa Anita and this son of Awesome Again from the millionaire mare Somthinaboutlaura had huge Beyer Figures when he raced in California. He put up a good number in this win for trainer Dan Vella and jockey Alan Garcia – 84 beyer for 1:17.52 for the 6 1/2 furlongs.
Wagering was a solid $1.9 million.
DUDDLEY WINS MAIDEN, QUEEN’S PLATE HOPEFULS BANTER THIS WEEKEND
Ken and Sarah Ramsay’s Sir Duddley Digges won his maiden at Keeneland on Friday and is a Queen’s Plate eligible. The son of Gio Ponti was bred in Ontario by Bernard and Karen McCormack. He won a 1 1/16 mile race on turf in 1:47.55. His Beyer Figure was 77/ Duddley was a $110,000 yearling purchase.
Queen’s Plate contenders are in action this weekend including the unbeaten AMIS GIZMO on Sunday. Ivan Dalos’ colt was at Keeneland expected to race in the Lexington Stakes but he had to miss that race. He meets Conquest Daddyo, also a Plate hopeful and several strong American breds in what is a very competitive race.
