March, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Not This Time Colts 1-2 in Eventful Fountain of Youth

Tami Bobo's Simplification (Not This Time) avoided a nasty two-horse spill on the far turn and proved much the best in Saturday's GII Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth S. at Gulfstream Park while leading home an exacta for his red-hot young sire.

The unlucky last out GIII Holy Bull S. runner-up, drawn on the inside in post two, raced in midpack rounding the clubhouse turn as rail-drawn longshot Markhamian (Social Inclusion) led the way. Under a snug hold by Jose Ortiz while racing in some traffic down the backstretch, the 5-2 choice caught the eye as he began to roll with a six-wide blitz, one path to the outside of the unbeaten 'TDN Rising Star' Emmanuel (More Than Ready), as five of them lined up nearing the quarter pole.

With Simplification traveling much the best on the outside as half of the field bunched up, the comebacking GII Saratoga Special S. winner High Oak (Gormley) dramatically clipped heels and fell, unseating jockey Junior Alvarado. His Bill Mott trained-stablemate Galt (Medaglia d'Oro) also got tripped up, leaping over the fallen runner and losing his rider Joel Rosario as well.

Both horses escaped injury and walked back to the barn. Rosario reported back soreness and Alvarado was taken to a nearly hospital to evaluate a sore ankle.

Simplification, meanwhile, swept by Emmanuel and the forwardly placed Dean Delivers (Cajun Breeze) as they straightened for home and wasn't for catching from there while hanging on his left lead down the stretch, scoring by 3 1/2 lengths. He earned 50 qualifying points for the GI Kentucky Derby.

In Due Time (Not This Time), a flashy optional claiming winner at Gulfstream Feb. 4, finished nicely for second. Huge longshot O Captain (Carpe Diem) rallied from last to complete the trifecta. Emmanuel, the second choice at 5-2, was fourth in his stakes debut after a very wide trip. Last term's GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity winner Rattle N Roll (Connect) never factored while sixth.

The Florida-bred Simplification, a 16 3/4-length maiden winner versus state-breds Oct. 23, captured his stakes debut two starts later in wire-to-wire fashion in the Mucho Macho Man S. Jan. 1. He ran well to finish second, beaten 4 1/2 lengths, showing a new dimension after an eventful start in the Holy Bull.

Trainer Antonio Sano also won the 2017 renewal of the Fountain of Youth with Gunnevera (Dialed In).

“Five years ago here, we had [post] No. 2 [with Gunnevera], and now we have No. 2 again, Sano said. “We repeat history.”

He continued, “For me, I liked the trip. I talked to [jockey] Jose [Ortiz] this morning and said you don't need to be in the front. The start was very important. If the horse has a good start and a safe trip, you won't have a problem. I wanted him to stay outside. Our horse in front with the speed horses won't have a chance. The horse responded to Jose. He said, 'Go,' and it was all good.”

Sano added, “When my horse broke bad last time I thought, 'What a disaster.' I learned that the horse can run in the front or from behind. He doesn't have to be in the front. The plan today for the race was that he didn't need the front. If the start was good, I left it up to Jose to make the decision where to be.”

Sano said that Simplification would likely be pointed toward the GI Curlin Florida Derby.

Pedigree Notes:

Few sires are hotter right now than Taylor Made's Not This Time, who has the fewest crops of any of the top 10 sires on the 2022 general sire list. In addition to his one-two finish by Simplification and In Due Time in the Fountain of Youth, his Epicenter is also on the Derby trail with a stellar win Feb 19 in the GII Risen Star S. Not This Time also has an additional graded winner this year with Jan. 29 GII Inside Information S. winner Just One Time. His 17 black-type winners include six graded winners and his sustained success recently prompted Chris McGrath to name Not This Time possibly Giant's Causeway's “principal American successor.” Both Simplification and Epicenter are out of Candy Ride (Arg) mares, a remarkable statistic given that covers one-third of Not This Time's graded winners and 12% of his black-type winners. Candy Ride's daughters have produced 30 stakes winners to date.

Simplification's history was recently detailed, but his immediate family has some wildly familiar names. His granddam is a full-sister to 2004-05 champion Ashado (Saint Ballado), as well as additional GISW Sunriver. Hall of Famer Ashado was a $9-million purchase by John Ferguson for Godolphin at the 2005 Keeneland November sale. Simplification's dam has a 2-year-old filly by Mendelssohn (a $190,000 RNA as a Fasig-Tipton New York yearling) and a yearling filly by Audible (a $47,000 RNA at the recent OBS Winter sale). Simply Confection delivered a Union Rags filly the day before the Fountain of Youth.

Saturday, Gulfstream Park
FASIG-TIPTON FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH S.-GII, $400,000, Gulfstream, 3-5, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:44.04, ft.
1–SIMPLIFICATION, 120, c, 3, by Not This Time
       1st Dam: Simply Confection (SP, $124,688), by
                       Candy Ride (Arg)
       2nd Dam: Ballado's Halo, by Saint Ballado
       3rd Dam: Goulash, by Mari's Book
   1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($50,000 RNA Wlg '19 KEENOV).
O-Tami Bobo; B-France & Irwin J. Weiner (FL); T-Antonio Sano;
J-Jose L. Ortiz. $238,080. Lifetime Record: 6-3-1-1, $411,350.
Click for eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating:
   A++.
2–In Due Time, 120, c, 3, Not This Time–Sweet Sweet Annie, by
Curlin. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($9,500
Wlg '19 KEENOV; $35,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP; $95,000 2yo '21
OBSAPR). O-Edge Racing, Medallion Racing & Parkland
Thoroughbreds; B-Gary & Mary West Stables Inc. (KY); T-Kelly
Breen. $76,800.
3–O Captain, 118, c, 3, Carpe Diem–Mama Nadine, by A.P. Indy.
. ($17,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-OGMA
Investments, LLC and Towell, Jr., Jack Hardin; B-WinStar Farm,
LLC (KY); T-Gustavo Delgado. $38,400.
Margins: 3HF, 1, 3/4. Odds: 2.50, 6.20, 87.70.
Also Ran: Emmanuel, Dean Delivers, Rattle N Roll, A. P.'s Secret, Markhamian, Howling Time, High Oak, Galt. Scratched: Giant Game, Mo Donegal.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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Forbidden Kingdom In A League Of His Own In San Felipe

It was all too easy for Forbidden Kingdom to earn 50 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby; the 3-year-old son of champion American Pharoah simply ran his rivals off their feet in Saturday's Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita Park.

Owned by MyRacehorse and Spendthrift Farm, Forbidden Kingdom was in front all the way around the track in Arcadia, Calif., crossing the wire first by over five lengths in his first start around two turns. Ridden by Juan Hernandez for Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella, Forbidden Kingdom covered 1 1/16 miles over the fast dirt in 1:43.98.

Sent to post at even-money odds off his victory in the seven-furlong San Vicente (G2), Forbidden Kingdom again defeated Bob Baffert trainee Doppelganger, who was relegated to second. Happy Jack got up for third, while Beautiful Art ran fourth.

(Doppelganger is not eligible to earn the 20 Derby points allotted to his finishing position, due to Churchill Downs' ban of his trainer.)

Beautiful Art reared in the gate and briefly unseated jockey Mike Smith, then hopped at the start of the San Felipe. Meanwhile, Forbidden Kingdom broke very well from his near-outside post, and immediately rushed up to the lead under Hernandez. Around the clubhouse turn, Forbidden Kingdom led Armagnac by two lengths while covering the first quarter mile in :22.66. He extended his lead to as many as 10 lengths down the backstretch, ticking off fractions of :45.90 and 1:10.96 with his ears pricked.

Doppelganger, the second choice, was fifth early on with at least 10 lengths to make up on the runaway leader. Jockey Flavien Prat was able to get Doppelganger to second around the far turn, but Forbidden Kingdom turned for home with a six-length advantage.

Despite going a bit wide around the turn, Forbidden Kingdom continued to race on like a professional through the stretch. With minimal encouragement from Hernandez, Forbidden Kingdom cruised under the wire a winner by at least five lengths. Though Doppelganger dug in gamely, he was not able to make up ground on the leader and had to settle for second. Happy Jack, third in the early going, hung around to finish third, while Beautiful Art overcame his bad start to finish fourth.

Bred in Kentucky by Springhouse Farm, Forbidden Kingdom is out of the Grade 3-winning Five Star Day mare Just Louise. A $300,000 yearling purchase at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky sale, the colt won his debut over 5 1/2 furlongs on the dirt at Del Mar. Returning in a five-furlong turf stakes on the grass, Forbidden Kingdom ran third.

The colt was defeated by the highly-regarded Messier over seven furlongs on dirt in the G3 Bob Hope Stakes, but rebounded 2 1/2 months later to win the G2 San Vicente over the same distance. The San Felipe win improves his overall record to three wins from five starts, for earnings of over $400,000.

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$80K Claim Temple Pays Off For Trainer Mike Maker In G2 Mac Diarmida

It seems Mike Maker just didn't want to let go of Temple — and the gelding validated his trainer's faith on March 5 when he picked up a win in the Grade 2 Mac Diarmida at Gulfstream Park.

Maker had lost Temple to an $80,000 claim by Tom Morley for Flying P Stable in June 2021 at Belmont Park, and claimed the horse back for $80,000 in November 2021.

The Mac Diarmida was the first graded stakes win for 4-1 Temple, who was piloted in the race by Jose Ortiz. Ortiz and Temple were bumped out of the gate and tucked to the outside of what looked to be a relaxed early pace in the 1 3/8-mile contest, allowing long shots Safe Conduct and Tide of the Sea to control the field. On the backstretch, Ortiz and Temple moved into striking position, taking over the lead ahead of the turn with Shamrocket and Abaan in pursuit. Temple moved off from the field with Shamrocket on his heels, but held off his rival at the wire by one length.

Temple paid $10.40, $5.40, and $3.80. Favored Abaan was fourth.

According to the chart, no fractional times were available. The final time recorded for the race was hand-timed at 2:15.30.

Shamrocket was second, followed by Maker-trained Media Blitz.

Temple is owned by Paradise Farms and David Staudacher. He was second in the G3 William McKnight in his last out on Jan. 29. He is the son of Temple City and Quiet American mare Desant, and was bred in Kentucky by Mark Toothaker and Dan White. Temple was a $19,000 purchase at the 2017 Fasig-Tipton Turf Showcase Yearling Sale, where he was consigned by Paramount Sales and purchased by agent Tom McCrocklin.

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California-Bred Leggs Galore Shows Her Heels To Buena Vista Foes

Opening up by as much as eight lengths at one point, trainer Phil D'Amato's speedy California-bred Leggs Galore prevailed by a half length in Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 Buena Vista Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. A William Sims homebred 5-year-old mare by 2014 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Bayern, Leggs Galore was ridden by Ricardo Gonzalez and got one mile on turf in 1:34.29.

In total control throughout, Leggs Galore had a five-length edge at the top of the lane and although she was shortening stride late, held off a big finish from the actual 2-1 favorite Going to Vegas, who was ridden by Flavien Prat.

Fresh off a big 2 ¼-length score going 6 ½ furlongs down the hillside turf in the Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf on Jan. 15, Leggs Galore was off as the second choice at 2-1 and paid $6.80, $3.80, $2.80.

In procuring her first-ever graded stakes win, Leggs Galore, who is out of Sims' Indian Charlie mare Cashing Tickets, Leggs Galore notched her fifth career stakes win and improved her enviable overall mark to 13-8-1-0. With today's winner's share of $120,000, she increased her earnings to $560,208.

“That was a pretty ambitious move (re: Ricky Gonzalez's move out of the gate and opening up on the field),” said D'Amato. “I was holding my breath there. I was just waiting for the wire to be there. We got it done. She took another step up. This was a solid open company field. She's a double threat now with Cal-breds and open company. We'll see where we go from here.”

Idle since well beaten in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf going a mile and three eighths at Del Mar Nov. 6, Going to Vegas ran huge in defeat, finishing with her ears pinned while three quarters of a length clear of Closing Remarks.

A Grade 1 stakes winner two starts back on Oct. 2, Going to Vegas returned $3.80 and $2.80.

Far back early, the Carla Gaines-trained Closing Remarks put in a solid late bid, finishing three quarters of a length in front of multiple graded stakes winner Mucho Unusual. Ridden by Joe Bravo, Closing Remarks was off at 4-1 and paid $3.00 to show.

Fractions on the race were 23.18, 46.70, 1:10.29 and 1:22.25

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