April, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Brown Secures Aqueduct Spring Meet Training Title, Carmouche Takes Riding Title

Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown notched his second consecutive Aqueduct spring meet title when he conditioned 13 horses to victory over the 15-day meeting. Brown also took last year's spring meet with 10 victories.

Brown completed the meet with $1,018,560 in total purse earnings and a record of 39-13-9-5, boasting a win rate of 33.33% and an impressive in-the-money percentage of 69.23. The 44-year-old conditioner also captured the 2018 Aqueduct spring meet and has been the leading trainer at NYRA each year since 2015.

“I'm very pleased with the meet,” Brown said. “As always, I'm extremely appreciative of the efforts of the horses and my team, who do a great job. NYRA put together a really good book of races and stakes program for the month of April at Aqueduct, and it was something we really pointed towards.”

Brown and Klaravich Stables enjoyed a successful closing weekend at the Big A, sending out Unanimous Consent to remain undefeated in the $100,000 Woodhaven on Saturday and Consumer Spending to take the final stakes of the meet in the $100,000 Memories of Silver on Sunday.

Other meet highlights for Brown include a game runner-up effort from Grade 3 Withers winner Early Voting in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino on April 9 and a prominent allowance score with stakes-placed Pipeline that garnered a 102 Beyer Speed figure on April 22.

“We plan a lot in the winter time to come north and run at our home base of New York for better prize money, so it's nice when your patience is rewarded,” said Brown.

Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher finished in second with a record of 30-8-3-6 and $966,268 in total purse earnings, followed by Jeffrey Englehart in third with a 23-7-3-1 record and $233,790 in purses.

It was a battle to the wire between jockeys Dylan Davis and Kendrick Carmouche for the leading rider title with Carmouche coming out on top with 19 victories to earn his second title at NYRA, finishing one win ahead of Davis.

Carmouche finished the meeting with a record of 62-19-6-8 and $919,463 in earnings, while Davis wrapped up with a 104-18-17-17 record and $1,170,049 in earnings. Trevor McCarthy finished third with a 105-15-17-16 record and $1,060,496 in purses.

Carmouche, a 38-year-old native of Vinton, Louisiana, entered the card two wins ahead of Davis and had his lead cut to one after Davis won the opener aboard Fast N Fearious. Carmouche returned his lead to two with a win aboard Love's Misery in Race 2 before Davis piloted Subsidize to victory in Race 4. Carmouche's one win advantage held steady to the end of the nine-race card, giving Carmouche his first riding title since guiding 23 horses to victory to earn top honors at the 2020 Aqueduct fall meet.

“I'm very grateful for all the trainers and everybody who put in the work to give me the support to ride these horses and the confidence,” said Carmouche “That means a lot to me and my family and I'm ready for the next title.

“Each one is a memorable win,” Carmouche added. “It brings out more confidence in yourself that you can compete each day.”

Carmouche, who rode 42 less mounts than Davis throughout the meet, said he appreciates each opportunity to ride.

“I'm at the point at my age where I don't want to ride that many,” Carmouche said. “Six or seven is good for me, and I want to make the best of each mount. Every mount, I try my best to win and at the end of the day, I really just want to make it back safe.”

Seth Klarman's Klaravich Stables came out on top as leading owner with each of their seven winners trained by Brown. In all, the outfit posted a record of 23-7-6-1 with total earnings of $669,920. Klaravich Stables also secured the 2021-22 Aqueduct winter meet title with 10 wins.

“Seth Klarman is extremely patient and we do a lot of long-term planning together for the stable and our first area of interest is always to support New York first as we start to map out our schedule for our horses, being that's where our base is and who accommodates us year round,” Brown said of his longtime client. “We're very happy to participate in the program and enjoy our partnership in working with NYRA management and their schedule of races.”

Darryl E. Abramowitz finished second behind Klaravich Stables, posting a 5-4-1-0 record with $130,700 in earnings. Repole Stable was third with a 11-3-1-2 record and $248,015 in earnings.

Live racing resumes Thursday on Opening Day of the spring/summer meet at Belmont Park with a nine-race card. First post is 1:20 p.m. (ET).

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Consumer Spending Turns Tables On BC Winner Pizza Bianca At Aqueduct

Chad Brown-trained Consumer Spending made her seasonal debut a winning one, prevailing narrowly over last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) heroine Pizza Bianca to take Sunday's $100,000 Memories of Silver Stakes on closing day of the spring meet Aqueduct Racetrack.

Not seen since finishing sixth, beaten 1 3/4-lengths by Pizza Bianca in the Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar to close out her juvenile campaign in November, Consumer Spending served notice in the Memories of Silver that she's an improved filly.

In the Juvenile Fillies Turf it was Pizza Bianca who got the upper hand despite finding herself dead last leaving the far turn and having to rally through traffic in the stretch, but with no such impediment on Sunday there was no doubt who the superior filly was as Consumer Spending came out three-quarters of a length on top in the 1 1/16-mile outer turf race for 3-year-old fillies.

“This filly has really done well over the winter,” Brown said of Consumer Spending. “I'm really proud of my team that got her ready. I was really pleased every week that I saw her to keep moving forward over the winter. Trainers will say it, but she really did do what you want to see from two-to-three, both physically and mentally, almost to the point I was surprised how much she improved.

“I wasn't sure off the Breeders' Cup if she was the type to train on,” he added. “I was torn between if she was a juvenile that got there early, or is she going to show some good quality down the road. It was pretty apparent from February that this filly was really going the right way and doing everything you need to do to have a nice career ahead of her. She certainly proved it today.”

Pizza Bianca, also making her 3-year-old debut under returning rider Jose Ortiz, broke well and flashed newfound early speed in the Memories of Silver, sitting a close fourth as longshot Sail By seized control of the early lead.

Consumer Spending, meanwhile, took up position just off the favorite's flank in fifth as the leader carved out sensible fractions of :24.38 for the opening quarter-mile, :50.22 for the half, and 1:15.26 for three-quarters on the firm going, with positions remaining unchanged until the field departed the backstretch.

It was the more tactical Pizza Bianca that made the first move, ranging up to the leaders while three wide on the far turn, but Consumer Spending and jockey Manny Franco didn't let her out of their sights as they commenced a slightly wider rally on the outer turf course.

The two favorites inevitably hooked up at the top of the stretch and surged by the pacesetter, with neither conceding an inch until inside the final sixteenth when Consumer Spending put her head in front for good, completing the distance in 1:43.59.

“I really had a great trip and followed the favorite the whole way around,” said Franco. “I was able to save ground in the first turn, and then in the backside I followed the right target. When my filly was clear, she just took off.

“I expected a little more of a fight,” Franco added. “I just hit my filly two times with the stick and my filly came running. I thought the other one (Pizza Bianca) was going to give me a little more (of a challenge), but my filly ran hard to the end.”

The win marked Consumer Spending's third from five career starts for owner Klaravich Stables, who, along with Brown won spring meet titles at Aqueduct on Sunday. As the second choice in the betting, Consumer Spending returned $6 and increased her bankroll to $240,000.

Pizza Bianca, trained by Christophe Clement for celebrity chef Bobby Flay, ran valiantly in defeat in what was only her fourth career start. The Breeders' Cup champ, who also placed second in last year's Grade 1 Natalma at Woodbine, finished second, 3 3/4-lengths ahead of Sail By.

“I had a very good trip. I don't have any excuses,” said Ortiz. “Chad's filly ran a good race and beat us today. She ran a good race in the Breeders' Cup, also. She's not a bad filly.”

Consumer Spending is a gray or roan daughter of More Than Ready out of the Scat Daddy mare Siempre Mia. She was bred in Kentucky by Forging Oaks Farm. Offered by Eaton Sales at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Select yearling sale, she sold to Northway Bloodstock for $200,000.

Miss You Ella, Alittleloveandluck, and On Alert completed the order of finish.

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Dettori and Dancing Brave Inducted Into QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame

Charismatic international jockey Frankie Dettori and 1980s legend Dancing Brave (Lyphard) are the two newest members of the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame. Launched in 2021, the Hall of Fame is specifically for UK Flat racing, and both inductees will be honoured through a special presentation moment ahead of the G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket Racecourse on Saturday, Apr. 30.

Dettori, 51, is the third jockey to be inducted after Lester Piggott and Pat Eddery. He has ridden almost 3,300 British winners, third to Piggott and Willie Carson, as well as celebrated major victories in at least 24 countries. The Italian holds the record for scores in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Tromphe, with six. One of Dettori's greatest triumphs in the saddle was riding all seven winners on a card at Ascot on Sept. 28, 1996. Dubbed the 'Magnificent Seven', the feat's cumulative odds were 25,051-1.

“Winning every race on a card was something that I didn't think was possible, not in my lifetime anyway,” Dettori recalled. “It's the biggest achievement of my career, without question.”

The reinsman also has 270 wins at the Group 1 level to date. In Britain, he has booted home the winners of 21 Classics, among them triumphs in the G1 Derby aboard Authorized (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) in 2008 and Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) in 2015. At Royal Ascot, he has 76 winners to his credit, second only to Piggott. Dettori has been named the top jockey at the Royal Meeting eight times.

Dettori said, “Joining the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame gives me an immense feeling of pride and I'm honoured for my career to be recognised in this way, placing me alongside others who I have looked up to my whole life. Lester was my idol when I came over from Italy and I was lucky to ride against him on a few occasions, while Pat was the most gifted horseman I have ever seen.

“When I first started out, my ambition was to be a mid-division jockey. This spiralled out of control early on; I quickly became Champion Jockey, I got an awesome job with Luca [Cumani], and the dream came alive. When I first set out on this path, I didn't quite believe in myself but, as things snowballed, I realised I could make it to become the jockey I am today.”

Trained by Guy Harwood for the late Prince Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte operation, Dancing Brave is the sixth horse to enter the Hall of Fame, 36 years after his G1 2000 Guineas victory. Bred by Glen Oak Farm and Gainesway Farm in Kentucky, Dancing Brave was a $200,000 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Summer Yearling Sale graduate and won both starts at two. The bay colt returned at three to take six races in 1986, including the G1 2000 Guineas, G1 Eclipse S., G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. and a strong renewal of the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. His only losses were an unlucky second in the G1 Derby to Shahrastani (Nijinsky II) whom he beat in the Arc, and a fourth to Manila (Lyphard) in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf at Santa Anita in November of 1986. The colt was so highly thought of that since the International Classifications began in 1977, only Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), a Juddmonte homebred and fellow Hall of Famer, has been rated higher.

“On behalf of Prince Khalid's family, for Dancing Brave to be the second horse owned by him, after Frankel (GB), to be inducted into the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame is testament to Prince Khalid's passion and vision for the Thoroughbred,” said Douglas Erskine Crum, Chief Executive of Juddmonte. “It is another significant landmark in Prince Khalid's legacy which endures into the future. Everyone at Juddmonte is delighted that Dancing Brave has received this prestigious accolade.”

Added Harwood, “He was definitely the horse of the decade (1980s), if not amongst the top two or three in the last 40 years. What made him different to others was that most horses were specialists–either specialist milers, mile and a quarter or mile and a half–but Dancing Brave would have been a champion over any distance.

“My absolute standout memory of Dancing Brave has to be winning the Arc de Triomphe; it was one of the occasions where I had complete confidence that the horse was going to win. I was never in any doubt that he was at his best and at his best, he was unbeatable.”

The National Horseracing Museum in Newmarket has also established an official display for the Hall of Fame, providing visitors with an opportunity to find out more about some of the most adored and important stars of British Flat racing in person. To view videos of the inductees, please go to the Hall of Fame's website.