November, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Silent Runner Graduates To Stakes Winner In Frost King At Woodbine

In a quick turnaround from his last-out win on Nov. 12, Silent Runner bested a field of six other Ontario breds to win the Frost King Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack. The 2-year-old son of Silent Name (JPN) gives his sire another stakes victory at the Toronto, Ontario racetrack, after Ya Mar won the South Ocean Stakes earlier on the card.

After an even break, Where's Neal showed his head first, taking a half-length lead over J M R Best of Turf and Silent Runner down the backstretch. Around the turn, jockey David Moran took Silent Runner to the outside of Where's Neal, the two dueling at the top of the stretch.

Down the Woodbine straight, Silent Runner dug in to pass Where's Neal midstretch, with Sir for Sure and Gatling Gun driving late. Silent Runner had too much momentum, hitting the wire thre-quarters of a length in front of Sir for Sure, who passed Gatling Gun in the race's final strides. Where's Neal held on for fourth.

The final time for the six furlongs over the Tapeta track at Woodbine was 1:16.96. Find this race's chart here.

Silent Runner paid $8.70, $4.50, and $2.80. Sir for Sure paid $7.40 and $4.40. Gatling Gun paid $3.40.

“He's a lovely little horse,” jockey David Moran said after the race. “He's a real ATM machine. I was a little worried coming back so quick with him (a winning performance on November 12). So, he broke really fast and I was there to take him back and get him in behind the speed. He settled lovely and then as you saw, when I asked him, he ran right to the wire. He's a lovely little guy.”

Bred in Ontario by owner C Scott Abbott Racing Stable, Silent Runner is out of the Bold n' Flashy mare Flashy Consort. Trained by Michael Doyle, the 2-year-old colt has three wins and three seconds in seven starts for career earnings of $166,177.

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Acclimate, Rockemperor Among Seven Entered For Friday’s Hollywood Turf Cup

Phil D'Amato-trained Acclimate, John Shirreff's Astronaut, and Chad Brown-conditioned Rockemperor, last seen at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif., in the $4 million Grade 1 Longines Breeders' Cup Turf, are among seven entered today for Friday's $250,000 G2 Hollywood Turf Cup.

A victory, or high placing, for Acclimate, Astronaut, or Rockemperor, would salve the sting of ill-starred efforts in the Breeders' Cup, in the case of Astronaut and Rockemperor after gaining entry through “Win and You're In” victories.

Astronaut rallied in the stretch for a half-length victory in the Del Mar Handicap at odds of 24-1 on Pacific Classic Day in August. Hall of Fame jockey Victor Espinoza found no clear path in the BC Turf, however, had to check hard before the quarter pole and finished 12th of 14. Rockemperor won the Turf Classic at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., in October but was in tight quarters throughout in the BC Turf and finished eighth.

Acclimate, with one win and three narrow losses in graded events leading up to the BC Turf, was close to the pace early before fading to last.

The post position draw was scheduled this afternoon. The entrants, in alphabetical order: Acclimate (Ricky Gonzalez); Astronaut (Espinoza); Award Winner (Juan Hernandez); Cupid's Claws (Abel Cedillo); Friar's Road (Umberto Rispoli), Rockemperor (Flavien Prat), and Say The Word (Kent Desormeaux).

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Motion Sends Single Soul In Pursuit Of Red Carpet Victory At Del Mar

Maryland-based trainer H. Graham Motion won the 2015 running of the Red Carpet Stakes with Rusty Slipper. Motion's assistant Alice Clapham, who has traveled with his horses to Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif., since 2009 as part of worldwide assignments, was here to do the preparation work and saddling.

That combination, both natives of England, will be seeking a second score in the $100,000 Grade 3 Red Carpet, a 1 3/8-mile race for older fillies and mares on Thanksgiving Day. It's the first of seven graded stakes which make up the four-day Turf Festival to end the Bing Crosby Season.

Single Soul, a 3-year-old English-bred daughter of Dubawi, notched her second win in six career starts in a Belmont Park allowance race on October 22 and has been training since at Motion's facility in Fair Hill, Maryland. The most recent work was Saturday, five furlongs in 1:03 breezing.

Single Soul is scheduled to journey here on Tuesday. Clapham has been at Del Mar since before the Breeders' Cup earlier this month.

“I haven't heard anything about the work, but (Motion) must have been happy with it or he wouldn't have entered her,” Clapham said this morning. “I've been around her before and she's a really sweet filly. She hasn't traveled before but she seems quite sensible, so you'd think she will be OK with it.”

Single Soul had a forgettable debut for trainer Chad Brown on a yielding surface at Belmont a year ago. In five starts for Motion, she has never been off the board, notching a maiden win at Belmont Park in June and the 1 1/8-mile allowance there as an odds-on favorite in a field of six last month.

The Red Carpet will be her first race at the stakes level.

“We think she'll like the longer distance and we know she likes firmer turf,” Clapham said. “You can't really get that in New York right now, so this looks like a nice spot. Graham is sending out some for other races as well, so it kind of works out.”

A field of five was entered Saturday for the Red Carpet. From the rail out with riders in parentheses: England's Rose (Victor Espinoza); Luck (Flavien Prat); Neige Blanche (Juan Hernandez); Single Soul (Joe Bravo), and Nicest (Umberto Rispoli).

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Classic Empire’s Classy Edition Remains Perfect in Key Cents

Classy Edition took her record to a perfect three-for-three and earned the second stakes victory of her career in the Key Cents S. at Aqueduct Sunday. The bay filly was outfooted in the early strides and raced near the back of the pack before rushing up three wide to be mid-pack down the backstretch. She ranged up five wide at the top of the lane, took charge with a furlong to run and strolled clear to the wire.

“It went pretty smoothly,” said winning trainer Todd Pletcher. “It looked like a race on paper that had plenty of pace. The main thing is we just wanted to keep her clean and out of trouble and Irad [Ortiz, Jr.] was able to do that. We had to sacrifice a little bit of ground, but she was able to get into a good, comfortable rhythm.”

Ortiz added, “She broke a step slow, but she put me in the race quick and after that I just waited in the turn. She's the type of filly that needs a little time to get going. She probably wants to go a little farther, but she kept coming and she got there on time. At the quarter-pole, she went by and she just kept going. She's a nice filly.”

Classy Edition was tabbed a 'TDN Rising Star' following a 6 3/4-length romp versus state-bred foes in her 5 1/2-furlong bow at Saratoga Sept. 5 and she followed up with another dominant performance when an eight-length winner of the seven-furlong Joe A Gimma S. at Belmont Sept. 24.

Of possible next starts for Classy Edition, Pletcher said, “We'll see what other options we have now and what we'll do with her for the winter. We're looking forward to stretching her out because I think she ultimately wants two turns.”

Newbie produced a colt by American Pharoah in 2020. She was bred to Laoban in 2021. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

KEY CENTS S., $100,000, Aqueduct, 11-21, (S), 2yo, f, 6f, 1:12.19, ft.
1–CLASSY EDITION, 122, f, 2, by Classic Empire
                1st Dam: Newbie, by Bernardini
                2nd Dam: Changeisgonnacome, by Cherokee Run
                3rd Dam: Top Tip, by Lost Code
'TDN Rising Star' ($550,000 2yo '21 EASMAY). O-Lawana L. &
   Robert E. Low; B-Chester & Mary R. Broman (NY); T-Todd A.
   Pletcher; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $55,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0,
   $184,250. *1/2 to Newly Minted (Central Banker), MSW,
   $516,738; and to New Girl in Town (Boys At Tosconova), MSP,
   $172,505.
2–Captainsdaughter, 120, f, 2, Midshipman–Joan's Rose, by
Service Stripe. O-Joseph Birnbaum; B-Ocean View Stable (NY);
T-Russell J. Cash. $20,000.
3–Shesawildjoker, 122, f, 2, Practical Joke–Tarquinia, by
Speightstown. ($80,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-Joseph Bucci;
B-Three Diamonds Farm (NY); T-David G. Donk. $12,000.
Margins: 3HF, NK, HF. Odds: 0.95, 50.75, 38.25.
Also Ran: Silver Fist, Cupid's Heart, Tosconova Beauty, Makin My Move, Miss Alacrity.

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