The return of the Chrome today! The showdown for Ontario’s top 3yo colt tomorrow..and don’t forget the super new horse racing show TALKIN’ HORSES is on this morning at 11:30 on CTV2 and at 1 pm on CTV! Let’s go!
SHOWDOWN, AMI VS. COLTIMUS on SUNDAY!
COLTIMUS PRIME romps in Prince of Wales. Michael Burns Photo
AMI’S HOLIDAY wins the third jewel of the Triple Crown, the Breeders’ Stakes MICHAEL BURNS PHOTO
Could a Sovereign award for champion 3yo colt be on the line tomorrow at Woodbine?
Join Thoroughblog for the latest on the ONTARIO DERBY tomorrow morning!
PENDER HARBOUR GOES FOR 10TH STAKE WIN in loaded OVERSKATE
Dave Landry photo
Local hero and champion PENDER HARBOUR shortens up for today’s 7 furlong Overskate Stakes, a $125,000 stakes event with a super field. Pender is indeed the class and most accomplished but he also cuts back from 1 1/16 miles off his Elgin win. The 6yo gelding is already 3 for 6 this year with almost $250,000 in the bank.
So who are the dangers in this awesome Ontario sired event today?
There is the old timer PASO DOBLE, who almost won this race 3 years ago, and he comes off a win in the Shepperton Stakes on the lead. Or 3yo stakes winner SPADINA ROAD and improving 4yo SAN NICOLA THUNDER?
How about upstart 3yo TOO MANY EGBERT’S, winner of the Vice Regent Stakes in his last start?
check out the picks on JMBETS.ca
FRIDAY AT WOODBINE
Race 1 – from out of the clouds, CLOUDWATCHER rallied up the inside to win for $11,500 for Peter and Willie Armata, her first win for the team since she was claimed in June. This is a tough mare by macho Uno with 3 wins this year and 5 wins in her career from 14 races. Nick Webb with another deft ride.
Race 2- maiden 2yo fillies and PRETTY BIRD flew to victory solo as her entrymate Poly Anna was scratched. Pretty Bird is a daughter of hot, young sire Lookin at Lucky and she is out of a Tiznow mare. Debmar Stables own the filly and Ricky Griffith trains, She was a $15,000 yearling purchase and Patrick Husbands rode. The fillly raced 7 furlongs in 1:26 4/5. Firster Jeffreys Girl raced up the rail to be 2nd at 70 to 1 and she is by Saffir.
Race 3 – SKYDANCE, owned and bred by John Oxley, rallied from well off the pace in this 6 1/2 furlong turf maiden race for $50,000 claiming and won in his 2nd career race. His debut came way back on March 9 when he was 7th behind good ones like Picozza and VE Day (Travers winner). Gary Boulanger rode this gelding who won with his ears pricked. His Beyer was 75.
race 4 – FUN IN THE DESERT, debuting for Sam-Son farms with, what else, a gorgeous pedigree: Distorted Humor out of Eye of the Sphynx, this is half sister to Deceptove Vision, Hotep and Eye of the Leopard, won her debut with a 4 wide bid off the turn. She won this 6 1/2 furlong race in 1:17 3/5 – good for a 68 Beyer Figure. Malcolm Pierce takes his 25th win of the meeting.
race 5 – Plunging from allowance and a maiden win for $15,000, ITS A GIZMO led all the way through 5 furlongs to win this $7,500 claiming race for Polo Management and trainer Norm McKnight. She was bred by Wendy Rose and is 2 for 10 in her career. Just Stein rode.
Race 6 – a nice maiden allowance for Ontario sired 2yo fillies and the ONLY first time starter OBEAH WOMAN, owned and bred by Minshall farms, was the surprise winner by low percentage debut sire Mobil. At 21 to 1, Obeah Woman was in the back of the field under light handling by Emma-Jayne Wilson before she moved 3 and 4 wide on a huge crowd on the turn. She engaged 4th time starter JUST COZ in the stretch and edged that one to win her opener for Barb Minshall. Just Coz, by Jiggs Coz, was a good 2nd and Thalias Fire, by Philanthropist was 3rd.
race 7- MAN O BEAR, who won for $8,000 claiming on a huge class drop 20 days ago, was quickly gelded by by trainer Kevin Attard, and the son of Corinthian came back to win for $12,500. He posted a 71 beyer Figure for his 3rd win in 10 races and he was claimed by Pat Parente.
Race 8 – the feature of the day was an optional claiming/allowance race for $62,500 and off the March layoff, HAMMERS TERROR struck for Terry (the Hammer) Hamilton and trainer Brian Lynch. This Artie Schiller fellow, a stakes winner at Canterbury last year and a guy who has been to Turf Paradose, Fair grounds, Arlington, Mountaineer, you name it,. Friday he powered on to post a 91 Beyer Figure in this 7 furlong turf event for his 6th win in 23 races under Luis Contreras.
Race 9 – SUDDEN BID, by Alphabet Soup, won for Clive Rammauth and trainer Alison Crook in an $8,000 claiming race. It was her 2nd win in 10 races and she was bred by Margaret Spencer. Jesse Campbell rode the 3yo filly to the win.
RETURN OF THE CHROME
Watch or wager? How about both? The return of the 3yo king CALIFORNIA CHROME is today at Parx and the 1 1/8 mile Penn derby is a good starting point for the Derby and Preakness winner. He has to get past Candy Boy and Tapiture, who are razor sharp.
Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II)
Parx Racing, Saturday, September 20, 2014, Race 12
1 1/8m
Dirt
$1,000,000
3 yo
5:40 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Weight Trainer
1 California Chrome (CA) Victor Espinoza 124 Art Sherman
2 Candy Boy (KY) Joel Rosario 122 John W. Sadler
3 Protonico (KY) Javier Castellano 122 Todd A. Pletcher
4 Bayern (KY) Martin Garcia 124 Bob Baffert
5 Noble Moon (VA) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 122 Leah Gyarmati
6 Classic Giacnroll (KY) Kendrick Carmouche 117 Lisa Guerrero
7 Tapiture (KY) Rosie Napravnik 122 Steven M. Asmussen
8 C J’s Awesome (KY) Edgar S. Prado 117 Kenneth G. McPeek
philly.com DICK JERARDI, DAILY NEWS
PARKING and admission are free at Parx Racing. It was that way long before the casino rose in the massive parking lot off Street Road, the property bordered by Route 1, I-95 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
The racetrack building, which opened 40 years ago and has been refurbished several times, most recently after all those slot machines headed across the parking lot 5 years ago, typically gets small crowds on all but the most special of race days. That is typical of the sport in the 21st century, because 95 percent of the money is bet offtrack. Horse racing is the one sport in which players can bet online legally.
http://articles.philly.com/2014-09-19/sports/54073686_1_california-chrome-parx-racing-kentucky-derby
ONTARIO SUFFERS 33% drop in foals
2013 Mares Bred 2013 Live Foals 2014 Live Foals Percent Change
Kentucky 15,857 10,726 11,089 3.4%
California 2,508 1,582 1,629 3.0%
Florida 2,958 1,751 1,585 -9.5%
Louisiana 2,057 1,172 1,037 -11.5%
New York 1,637 971 1,025 5.6%
New Mexico 1,089 503 531 5.6%
Pennsylvania 997 608 514 -15.5%
Oklahoma 1,091 470 455 -3.2%
Ontario 903 684 454 -33.6%
Texas 974 417 440 5.5%
TOP SIRES BY MARES BRED
Court Vision 121 ON
Victor’s Cry 66 ON
Wilko 61 AB
Old Forester 53 ON
Gayego 47 AB
Schramsberg 40 AB
Giant Gizmo 38 ON
Signature Red 36 ON
Leonnatus Anteas 33 ON
Milwaukee Brew 32 ON
Saffir 32 ON – deceased
Second in Command 28 BC
Cape Canaveral 27 AB
Finality 26 BC
Cause to Believe 25 BC
Exhi 24 ON
Vengeful Wildcat 24 MB
Musketier (GER) 23 ON
Strut the Stage 23 ON
Spaniard 22 ON
Storm Victory 22 BC
Kentucky Bear 21 ON
Stephanotis 21 BC
Where’s the Ring 21 ON – sent to Alberta
Formal Gold 20 AB
Whiskey Wisdom 20 AB
North Light (IRE) 19 ON
Max Forever 18 AB
Not Bourbon 18 ON
Marchfield 17 ON
Going Commando 16 MB
Rosberg 16 BC
Teeman 15 AB
Singing Saint 14 ON
Smile Again 14 AB
Big E E 13 AB
Mass Market 13 BC
True Sense 13 MB
Honour Devil (ARG) 12 MB
Plan 12 ON
Sir Gallovic 12 BC
Sungold 12 BC
Kissin Kris 11 AB
Naughty New Yorker 11 ON
Boston Glory 10 SK
Forest Grove 10 BC
Line of Heat 10 BC
Sligo Bay (IRE) 10 ON
Teide 10 BC
Quest 28 MB
Canadian elsewhere:
Saturday, Charles Town, post time: 10:30 p.m. EDT
CHARLES TOWN OAKS-GIII, $500,000, 3yo, f, 7f
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 Stormy Novel K Bernardini Carmouche Servis 120
2 Miss Behaviour Jump Start Toledo Schoenthal 118
3 Nesso Roman Ruler Jaen Hernandez Jr. 118
4 Executive Allure Bold Executive Acosta Banach 120
5 Honey’s Ryan Student Council Castellano Jr. Delong 118
6 Pixie Dust Ecclesiastic Dunkelberger Lawrence II 118
7 Saintly Joan Northern Afleet Serpa McBurney 120
8 Kiss to Remember K Big Brown Lopez Amoss 118
9 Size First Samurai Alvarado Mott 123
10 Aqua Regia Pollard’s Vision Castro Albertrani 118
11 Discreetly Elusive Discreet Cat Castellano Pletcher 118
12 Sky Crew K Sky Mesa Radosevich Englehart 118
BEAN-TOWN
National Post feature
In 2008, Toronto’s city council voted to give $120-million in property taxes breaks to kickstart Woodbine Live, a $1-billion joint venture between the Woodbine Entertainment Group and a U.S. developer for shops, restaurants, clubs and a hotel next to the Woodbine racetrack in Rexdale.
“I went to meetings week after week after week,” said Rob Ford, then the area councillor, boasting of his efforts to bring jobs to northwest Toronto. “That’s how you get a vibrant city.”
Four years later, the Woodbine Live project fell apart; the dreams of glittering palaces near the airport disappeared.
But there is silver lining to this tragedy: soybeans.
HORSE LOVE – Eurico Rosa da Silva
KEENELAND CONTINUES
Canadian Buyers and Canadian-breds (previous posts on THOROUGHBLOG have recorded all Canadian-breds and Canadian buyers since Day 1, the occasional omission could occur)
Buyers:
1996 CH.F. Congrats — Le Mi Geaux Gail Cox, Agent 50,000
Woodford Thoroughbreds, Agent
2082 B.F. Twirling Candy — Relaxing Green Ian Howard 27,000
Brookdale Sales, Agent for Jack Swain
2090 B.F. Street Sense — Rosemark Ian Howard 40,000
VanMeter Sales, Agent VII
2096 CH.F. Scat Daddy — Santa Rosalia Donver Stable 85,000
Bettersworth Westwind Farms, Agent
2254 B.F. Lemon Drop Kid — Christmas Player Rob Smithen 62,000
Paramount Sales, Agent XCI
B.F. Lookin At Lucky — Golden Sphinx Donver Stable 80,000
Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent CXXVI
2351 CH.F. City Zip — Halo River Windways Farm Limited 75,000
Warrendale Sales, Agent XLVII
B.F. Henrythenavigator — Lost Empire David Rowbotham 20,000
Gainesway, Agent XXVI
2407 CH.F. Drosselmeyer — Magicalmysterycat David Rowbotham 40,000
Denali Stud (Craig & Holly Bandoroff), Agent XLV
2419 DB/BR.C. Sky Mesa — Mighty Mags Ole A. Nielsen 9,000
Legacy Bloodstock (Tommy & Wyndee Eastham), Agent X
2441 CH.F. Birdstone — Overboard Ole A. Nielsen 40,000
Penn Sales
2472 CH.C. Cape Blanco (IRE) — Rapid Decision Rob Smithen 40,000
Brandywine Farm (Jim & Pam Robinson)2701 B.C. Zensational — Embur’s Melody David Rowbotham 75,000
Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, Agent
2749 DB/BR.F. Bellamy Road — Honor Hymn James Perron Racing Stable 47,000
Lisa and Tim Turney, Agent I
CANADIAN-BREDS –
2016 Afleet Alex – Mendocinao Beano $80,000
2038 Gio Ponto – My Pal Lana $110,000
2095 Afleet Alex – Sanibel Star $70,000
2332 Big Brown Gal’s Victory $10,000
2461 B.F. City Zip — Princess Ruckus Kim Seek 15,000
Woods Edge Farm (Peter O’Callaghan), Agent II
2589 2589 CH.F. Langfuhr — Wood Fern Ends Well 10,000
Woods Edge Farm (Peter O’Callaghan), Agent II
2647 2647 B.F. Afleet Alex — Casey’s Dreamin’ Kaizen Sales, Agt. for J. Stephen McDonald 25,000
Elm Tree Farm LLC (Mr. and Mrs. Jody Huckabay), Agent XI
2695 2695 CH.C. Indygo Shiner — Dream Date Diva R.N.A. (35,000) —
Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent CXII
2701 2701 B.C. Zensational — Embur’s Melody David Rowbotham 75,000
Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, Agent
2706 2706 CH.C. Sidney’s Candy — Ethan’s Car R.N.A. (37,000) —
Denali Stud (Craig & Holly Bandoroff), Agent
2707 B.F. Zensational — Ever Elusive Mike Puhich, Agent 105,000
Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, Agent
still to be updated:
2784
2822
2869
2870
2895
2933
2956
2986
2988
3045
3063
3100
3132
3158
3171
Alberta
2535
