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Now In Morey Barn, Shotgun Hottie Aiming For Aqueduct’s Ruthless On Feb. 6
Omar Aldabbagh and Jeff Ganje's Shotgun Hottie recently made the move from the barn of Tom Amoss to conditioner William Morey's stable at Belmont Park, recording her first work in the Empire State on Jan. 25 in preparation for the $100,000 Ruthless for sophomore fillies going seven furlongs on Sunday, Feb. 6, at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y.
A bay daughter of Gun Runner, Shotgun Hottie breezed a half-mile over Belmont's dirt training track in 49.78 seconds.
“The work went very well,” Morey said. “I train for the client and have another horse for them at Turfway. They called me and asked if I could take this filly and of course I said yes, so we sent her up to New York. She's easy to train and every horse I've had here has trained well over the training track at Belmont.”
A $45,000 purchase at the Ocala Breeders' Sale of 2-year-olds in training, Shotgun Hottie finished second in her 6 1/2-furlong debut in September at Churchill Downs before ultimately breaking her maiden at third asking when stretching out to 1 1/16 miles at Churchill.
Shotgun Hottie finished fourth last out in the Untapable at Fair Grounds on December 26 in her stakes debut, setting the pace for the mile and 70 yards before tiring and finishing 3 1/2 lengths behind winner North County, who is undefeated in three starts.
Morey's most recent win at the Big A came with 4-year-old filly Blushable, who took down a starter allowance on Jan. 6 for owners Mark Mathiesen, Sandra Benowitz, and Michael House.
“She's doing good and was supposed to run on Saturday but the card was canceled, so we entered her in one of the extras for Thursday and hopefully she gets in,” Morey said.
Blushable earned a career-best 70 Beyer Speed Figure for her allowance win and now boasts a record of 9-3-0-1 with earnings of $99,355.
A new addition to the Morey barn is veteran ridgling American Rule, who was claimed for $32,000 out of a well-beaten 11th in a claimer over a sloppy and sealed track at Aqueduct on Dec. 11. The 7-year-old son of Bernardini made his first start for Morey and new owners Robert Bone and Desperado Stables on Friday, getting back to a fast track and finishing a much-improved third in a one-turn mile claiming event.
“We were happy with his run and he came out of it good,” Morey said. “It was encouraging to see him get back to some of his old form. It looked like he didn't like the mud much the last time. I'm sure we'll look for a similar spot for his next race there at Aqueduct.”
American Rule has four wins from 45 lifetime starts with all but five of those starts occurring at NYRA tracks. Out of the stakes-placed Ghostzapper mare Myriad, American Rule is a half-brother to the multiple graded stakes-placed gelding Markitoff.
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Ed Maier, Canadian Thoroughbred Owner And Breeders, Passes at 71
Canadian Thoroughbred owner and breeder Ed Maier, president of Elevated Bloodstock, has died at the age of 71.
Born in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan on Oct., 1, 1950, Maier grew up on a ranch and developed an interest in racing at a young age.
He purchased his first horse, Tammy Dew, in 1978 and since then has gone on to own or breed over 200 Thoroughbreds that have been campaigned primarily in California and Western Canada. His most accomplished runner was multiple stakes winning Hero's Amor, a Street Hero mare who won seven of 18 starts and multiple stakes at Northlands Park and Hastings Park, including the British Columbia Oaks in 2015.
Through Elevated Bloodstock in 2014, Maier was able to provide leading Southern California jockey Flavien Prat an opportunity to relocate from his native France to Southern California by obtaining a P1 Visa for him.
“One thing Ed has never lacked is vision and he came up with great innovative and practical approaches that we employ on a daily basis at Elevated Bloodstock,” said his son, Scott Maier, vice president of marketing for Elevated. “He's always been big on importing a horse for breeding or racing purposes that would improve his chances of competing on a higher level.”
Ed Maier is survived by his wife of 49 years, Patsy, and his three children: Lea-Ann, Rhonda (Darren) and Scott, along with three grandchildren.
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Trainer Hofmans On Alphabet Soup: ‘A Good Horse To Be Around’
Trainer David Hofmans understandably had nothing but fond memories of his 1996 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Alphabet Soup, who was euthanized Friday at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement in Georgetown, Ky., due to chronic kidney disease.
Foaled on March 31, 1991, Alphabet Soup was 31.
“I guess his kidneys finally gave out,” said Los Angeles native Hofmans, who turned 79 on Thursday. “He's been a good horse to a lot of people. He was super; I've got all good memories about him.”
Alphabet Soup, a descendant of Nearco, was a gray son of Cozzene out of the Arts and Letters mare Illiterate. He compiled a 10-3-6 record from 24 lifetime starts, earning $2,990,270 for Mrs. Georgia Ridder's Ridder Thoroughbred Stable.
He set a track record for 1 ¼ miles at Woodbine when he won the 1996 Classic, defeating both the great Cigar and Preakness winner Louis Quatorze. Upon the death of A.P. Indy on Feb. 21, 2020, Alphabet Soup became the oldest living winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic.
Alphabet Soup raced in 1997 at age six, his best effort coming in defense of the San Antonio Handicap when he finished second to Gentlemen. Alphabet Soup retired to stud duty at Frank Stronach's Adena Springs in Kentucky.
“He was an absolute pleasure to train and an absolute pleasure to race,” Hofmans said. “He tried hard almost every time.
“If he didn't win it was usually because I had him in the wrong race, but he was a good horse to be around, I'll tell you.”
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