August, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

2-Year-Old Filly Escapes Ellis for Interstate

In a bizarre incident Saturday at Ellis Park, 2-year-old filly Bold and Bossy (Strong Mandate) got loose in the post parade prior to the first race after unseating rider Miguel Mena, ran off the track, and went on a merry tour of U.S. 41N, Interstate 69, and Veterans Memorial Parkway. She made it quite a distance, crossing state lines from Kentucky into Indiana, before being caught and returned via horse ambulance to the Ellis Park barn area, where the state veterinarian immediately began administering fluids and additional treatment.

In spite of being dehydrated and tying up, as well as missing a few shoes and grabbing a quarter, Bold and Bossy was reported by owner-trainer Michael Ann Ewing from her Lexington base to be doing well.

“She's not lame. No [broken] bones or stitches needed,” said Ewing. “Probably traumatized mentally, but she's going to be fine. We'll have our own vets check her out and monitor her, and after a few days to make sure everything is good I'll probably give her some time on the farm. But thank God she's fine.”

Trainers Wes Hawley and Jack Hancock were instrumental in catching the loose filly, who was due to make her racing debut, first trying to apprehend her in the barn area and then on the public roads. Click for a brief video of the filly's escapade taken by a driver.

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Going Global Gets The Right Trip To Win Del Mar Oaks

After finishing second to Madone in the Grade 2 San Clemente last out, Going Global (IRE) returned to the familiar confines of the winner's circle thanks to Flavien Prat's bold move between horses at the top of the Del Mar stretch. Clear of the field, Going Global drew away to win the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks by a length at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif.

The Phil D'Amato trained 3-year-old filly broke cleanly from the third post, with Prat putting his mount in the middle of the field early in the 1 1/8-mile G1 stakes. Javanica, coming off a wire-to-wire win in an optional claiming race in mid-July, took the lead, with Feathers, Ivy League, and Closing Remarks behind her. With early fractions of :24.35 and :48.66, Javanica ran easily on the front, Going Global still in fifth behind her entering the final turn. After a moderate three-quarters in 1:13.59, Javanica entered the stretch with the closers on her heels, Feathers trying to pass her as Prat split horses to move his filly into position.

Javanica could not hold on to her lead as Going Global found clear running off the rail, passing the former front-runner and striding out to a one-length victory. Closing Remarks was second, with Fluffy Socks third and Feathers fourth. Madone, Javanica, Ivy League, Soaring Sky, and Tetragonal rounded out the field.

The final time for the 1 1/8-mile G1 Del Mar Oaks was 1:48.91. Find this race's chart here.

Going Global paid $4.80, $3.00, and $2.40. Closing Remarks paid $5.40 and $3.40. Fluffy Socks paid $2.80.

Bred in Ireland by N. Hartery, Going Global is by Mehmas out of Wrood, by Invasor. She is owned by CYBT, Michael Dubb, Saul Gevertz, Michael Nentwig, and Ray Pagano. Consigned by the Castlebridge Consignment, she was purchased by Pioneer Racing for $16,987 at the 2019 Goffs Sportsman's Yearling Sale. With her win in the G1 Del Mar Oaks, Going Global has five wins in six starts in 2021, for a lifetime record of six wins in 10 starts and career earnings of $468,792.

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Going Global Makes Amends in Del Mar Oaks

Going Global (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) was given a letter-perfect steer from the in-form Flavien Prat and outkicked an unlucky Closing Remarks (Vronsky) to salute in Saturday's GI Del Mar Oaks.

Looking to avenge her defeat at the hands of Madone (Vancouver {Aus}) in the GII San Clemente S., Going Global was off without incident from gate three and took up a mid-field position as Javanica (Medaglia d'Oro) led at a moderate tempo from 60-1 Feathers (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) and Ivy League (Medaglia d'Oro) into the first turn. Switched off nicely under a long hold down the backstretch, Going Global was felt for at the three-eighths marker and loomed up into contention, getting first run on the rail-skimming Closing Remarks and leaving Umberto Rispoli praying for a way out. The favorite bulled her way out three deep at the top of the lane, splitting Feathers to her inside and Ivy League to the outside, kicked it into another gear at the eighth pole and won the 220-yard sprint home. Closing Remarks was locked away into the final furlong, and when she saw daylight, she hit her best stride, but it was all a fraction too late. Fluffy Socks (GB) (Slumber {GB}) came with an unimpeded run from the latter third of the field to round out the triple.

A maiden winner over the Dundalk all-weather in four Irish starts for trainer Mick Halford, Going Global made an immediate impression upon import, winning the GIII Sweet Life S. sprinting over the Santa Anita turf course on Valentine's Day. She won her next three going a route of ground–the one-mile China Doll S. Mar. 6 following by the GIII Providencia S. Apr. 3 and the May 22 GIII Honeymoon S.–and was beaten a half-length into second by Madone in the San Clemente.

“I was up a little closer today because the pace was slow early,” Prat said after winning his third stakes of the afternoon and scoring his first Del Mar Oaks. “But she was always traveling well, so I wasn't worried. I had plenty of horse. I was just waiting to find a spot to run. When I asked her she really got going.”

Pedigree Notes:

Going Global is one of 14 stakes winners and one of seven group/graded winners from the first two crops for his Tally-Ho Stud-based stallion, a son of Acclamation (GB) who was represented as recently as Friday by G2 Gimcrack S. winner Lusail (Ire).

Going Global is one of three winners from three to race for her dam, each of which has achieved black-type, including the mare's 4-year-old Group 3–placed son Finans Bay (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) and 2-year-old colt Mitbaahy (Ire) (Profitable {Ire}), who was third in Saturday's five-furlong Listed Julia Graves Roses S. at York.

Wrood, a half-sister to GSW Racer Forever (Rahy) and to the dam of SW & GSP Gallic Star (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), has a yearling filly by U S Navy Flag and a filly foal by Saxon Warrior (Jpn).

Saturday, Del Mar
DEL MAR OAKS-GI, $302,000, Del Mar, 8-21, 3yo, f, 1 1/8mT, 1:48.91, fm.
1–GOING GLOBAL (IRE), 122, f, 3, by Mehmas (Ire)
                1st Dam: Wrood, by Invasor (Arg)
                2nd Dam: Ras Shaikh, by Sheikh Albadou (GB)
                3rd Dam: Aneesati (GB), by Kris (GB)
1ST GRADE I WIN. (€15,500 Ylg '19 GOFSPT). O-CYBT, Michael
Dubb, Saul Gevertz, Michael Nentwig & Ray Pagano; B-N.
Hartery (IRE); T-Philip D'Amato; J-Flavien Prat. $180,000.
Lifetime Record: 10-6-1-0, $468,792. Werk Nick Rating: C.
   Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Closing Remarks, 122, f, 3, by Vronsky
                1st Dam: Orange Cove, by Unusual Heat
                2nd Dam: Aspen Gal, by Talkin Man
                3rd Dam: Treegees, by Geiger Counter
O-Harris Farms, Inc.; B-Harris Farms (CA); T-Carla Gaines.
$60,000.
3–Fluffy Socks, 122, f, 3, by Slumber (GB)
                1st Dam: Breakfast Time, by Kitten's Joy
                2nd Dam: Costume Designer, by Capote
                3rd Dam: Ravnina, by Nureyev
O/B-Head Of Plains Partners (KY); T-Chad C. Brown. $36,000.
Margins: 1, 3/4, 1. Odds: 1.40, 6.00, 3.20.
Also Ran: Feathers (Ire), Madone, Javanica, Ivy League, Soaring Sky (Ire), Tetragonal (Ire).
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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Mo Forza Repeats In Del Mar Mile

A year ago, Mo Forza surged to the front in the last eighth of the 2020 Del Mar Mile, winning the Grade 2 stakes by 4 1/4 lengths. In the 2021 edition, the 5-year-old had to work a little harder to find the winner's circle, overcoming a slow pace to sprint past Smooth Like Strait in the final strides, winning his second Del Mar Mile by a head on Pacific Classic Day at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif.

Off of a ten-month layoff, Mo Forza ducked in at the start of the G2 stakes, cutting off Count Again to take up position behind leader Nepture's Storm, Smooth Like Strait, and Hit the Road. On the front end, Nepture's Storm ran the first quarter of a mile in :23.69 and then slowed the pace down, the half-mile timed at :48.52. Mo Forza lingered toward the back of the short field, seven lengths off Neptune's Storm through the backstretch. On the turn, jockey Flavien Prat asked his horse to go, taking him to the outside for their closing run.

Into the stretch, Smooth Like Strait moved past Nepture's Storm, taking a short lead in the last eighth, but both Hit the Road and Mo Forza were on the move. Mo Forza closed fastest, passing Smooth LIke Strait in the last yards, hitting the wire a head in front of Smooth Like Strait. Hit the Road was third with Nepture's Storm and Count Again rounding out the field.

The final time for the G2 Del Mar Mile was 1:35.03. Find this race's chart here.

Mo Forza paid $4.20, $2.60, and $2.10. Smooth Like Strait paid $2.60 and $2.20. Hit the Road paid $2.60.

“He did it last year and he did it again this year, so all the credit goes to the trainer. He broke well and then relaxed nicely for me. He really responded when I asked him to run and we were in a sprint from the eighth mile pole home. I knew we got up,” Prat said after the race.

“I was worried if I had him fit enough, I really was,” trainer Peter Miller said after the Del Mar Mile. “But he's a champion and he's got that heart of a champion. I'm just glad I had him fit enough. Just enough.”

Bred in Kentucky by Bardy Farm, Mo Forza is by Coolmore stallion Uncle Mo out of the Unusual Heat mare Inflamed. Trained by Peter Miller, the 5-year-old is owned by Bardy Farm and OG Boss. With this win, Mo Forza has a lifetime record of seven wins in 13 starts for career earnings of $914,460.

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