July, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Brown-Trained Lemista Outduels Stablemate Fluffy Socks To Win Matchmaker

After a 1-2 finish in the Monmouth Cup (G3) on the Haskell Day card at Monmouth Park Saturday, trainer Chad Brown returned to win the next race, the $210,000 WinStar Matchmaker Stakes (G3), in similar fashion with Lemista leading in stablemate Fluffy Socks.

Jockey Flavien Prat rode Highly Motivated to a track record-setting win in the Monmouth Cup and then guided Lemista to a half-length triumph over Fluffy Socks in the Matchmaker.

Lemista moved up to track pacesetter Flighty Lady from second, a half length back through six furlongs in 1:12.21 with Fluffy Socks stalking from fourth, and bid two wide entering the far turn. Dispatching the front-runner, Lemista led on the home turn, then repelled a game bid from Fluffy Socks, who engaged her in early stretch, to prevail.

Time for 1 1/8 miles was 1:47.07 on firm turf.

Fluffy Socks, ridden by Manny Franco, finished a neck to the good of Vigilantes Way, who was third. Lady Rockstar, the 9-5 favorite, raced in last of seven and had no closing kick to finish fifth.

Lemista halted a six-race winless stretch, entering the Matchmaker off a third in Eatontown Stakes (G3) June 18 at Monmouth.

“Lemista doesn't have a great turn of foot and I've been frustrated when she's been out of position,” Brown said. “She ran decent last time when she got dragged to the back of the pack. She just needs to break into position, and today I thought for the first time that she had really good forward position. She has a good kick; she's just not going to circle the field. She's not that kind of horse, so I'm very pleased with the trip that Flavien (Prat) worked out for her. The other filly (Fluffy Socks) was a little bit wide but she was game as usual. She's very consistent. She had a more challenging trip having to lose some ground on that final turn and that was the difference.

“I was thinking about what might be next for both of them. The Beverly D might come back a little quick off a hot day and it's a hard stretch run there. If not there, races like the Ballston Spa at Saratoga, maybe. That will give them a little more time between starts. We'll see.”

Lemista, who returned $11.20, won for the first time in three starts this year and has a 5-1-2 record overall from 13 career outings with earnings of $362,350.

Owned by Peter Brant, Irish-bred Lemista is a 5-year-old daughter of Raven's Pass out of the Arcano mare Shortmile Lady.

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Brown Win Streak Continues with Adhamo in United Nations

Adhamo completed a straight graded pick 4 for trainer Chad Brown and Flavien Prat while providing his conditioner with a fifth victory and second in a row in the U.N.

A winner of the G3 Prix la Force last April for Freddy Head and Wertheimer and Frere, the bay's final European start was an eighth in Longchamp's G2 Qatar Prix Dollar Oct. 2, but that didn't dissuade agent Hubert Guy from going to €250,000 to pick him up that same evening at Arqana's Arc sale.

He resurfaced and rallied from out of the clouds to miss by a head in the GIII Fair Grounds S. Feb. 19, was third as the favorite in Churchill's GI Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic S. on the GI Kentucky Derby undercard May 7, and most recently finished second to speedy stablemate and defending U.N. champ Tribhuvan (Fr) (Toronado {Ire}) in the GI Resorts World Casino Manhattan S. on Belmont S. day June 11.

Adhamo broke sluggishly but settled in midpack on the fence and traveled strongly as Tribhuvan took up his usual spot on the front end, doling out splits of :24.70, :48.86, 1:13.26 and 1:36.35. Adhamo was guided to the outside heading for home as the frontrunner continued on strongly like he might complete his Presious Passion impersonation. Adhamo bore down on his stablemate at the head of the lane and was met with momentary resistance, but he found a final burst leaving the sixteenth pole to settle the issue.

“He didn't break super sharp and I was a little worried with post one. But the pace was fair, a little slow but fair, and he relaxed well,” said Prat, who piloted Tribhuvan in this race 12 months ago. “When they slowed it down he was pulling me. I had to be patient and wait to get out. He made a great run in the stretch. When I tipped him out he was ready to go. I think I have won two or three stakes races in a row, but never four in a row like this.”

Brown said of the winner: “He's been a little unlucky this year. He's still a little bit of a work in progress. I'm still trying to figure out what his best distance is, and ground and such. I was pretty confident going in to today that if he was able to get out in the clear and with a little bit extra ground to work with that he could run down a horse as good as Tribhuvan, and he did. He's a pretty talented horse. We're still figuring the horse out.”

Saturday, Monmouth Park
UNITED NATIONS S.-GI, $618,000, Monmouth, 7-23, 3yo/up, 1 3/8mT, 2:12.68, fm.
1–ADHAMO (IRE), 118, c, 4, by Intello (Ger)
1st Dam: Foreign Tune (GB) (SW & GSP-Fr, $161,614), by Invincible Spirit (Ire)
2nd Dam: Gwenseb (Fr), by Green Tune
3rd Dam: La Popesse, by St. Jovite
1ST GRADE I WIN. (€250,000 3yo '21 ARARC). O-Madaket Stables LLC, Michael Dubb & Louis Lazzinnaro LLC; B-Wertheimer et Frere (IRE); T-Chad C Brown; J-Flavien Prat. $360,000. Lifetime Record: 15-5-3-3, $755,090. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Epic Bromance, 118, g, 6, Kitten's Joy–Anura (Ire), by Giant's Causeway. ($50,000 Ylg '17 FTKTUR; $100,000 2yo '18 OBSAPR). O-Epic Racing LLC; B-Kenneth L & Sarah K Ramsey (KY); T-J Kent Sweezey. $120,000.
3–Temple, 124, g, 6, Temple City–Desant, by Quiet American.
1ST G1 BLACK-TYPE. ($19,000 RNA Wlg '16 KEENOV; $75,000 Ylg '17 FTKTUR; $75,000 RNA 2yo '18 OBSAPR). O-Paradise Farms Corp & David Staudacher; B-Mark Toothaker & Dan White (KY); T-Michael J Maker. $60,000.
Margins: 1HF, HD, HD. Odds: 1.80, 72.70, 12.30.
Also Ran: Tribhuvan (Fr), Gufo, Carpenters Call, Kentucky Ghost, Glynn County, Mohs, He'spuregold. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

Pedigree Notes:

Adhamo is the second highest-level winner for 2013 G1 Prix du Jockey Club hero Intello (Ger) (Galileo {Ire}) and, like 2018 G1 Prix Jean Prat winner Intellogent (Ire), he's out of a mare by a Green Desert stallion. Invincible Spirit is now the broodmare sire of four Grade I/Group 1 winners (three in the Northern Hemisphere).

Adhamo hails from a typically deep Wertheimer family. He's a half to a pair of stakes-placed runners in France, including 2-year-old and recent Prix Roland de Chambure third Neversay (Fr) (No Nay Never), and his dam is out of a group winner and kin to four stakes performers, including multiple Group 2-winning full-sister Impassable (Ire).

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Half To Raging Bull Debuts At Dieppe

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Sunday's Observations features a half-brother to Grade I winner Raging Bull (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}).

2.33 Dieppe, Debutantes, €27,000, 2yo, c/g, 7fT
KUBRICK (IRE) (Dubawi {Ire}) is a notable newcomer to grace the small Normandy venue, being a half-brother to the GI Hollywood Derby, GI Shoemaker Mile and GI Maker's Mark Mile hero Raging Bull (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Jean-Claude Rouget has charge of White Birch Farm's homebred bay, who encounters eight rivals.

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Into Mischief Colt Highly Motivated Lowers 37-Year-Old Track Record In Monmouth Cup Victory

Klaravich Stables' homebred Highly Motivated spurted away from stablemate Pipeline in the stretch and blazed to a track record-setting win in the $400,000 Monmouth Cup (G3) Saturday at Monmouth Park.

Ridden by Flavien Prat for trainer Chad Brown, Highly Motivated covered the 1 1/8 miles 1:46.53, eclipsing the previous record of 1:46.80 set 37 years ago by Spend a Buck in the Monmouth Handicap (G1) in August 1985.

The triumph marked the first graded stakes win for the son of Into Mischief who was runner-up by a neck in the Blue Grass (G1) following a hard-fought stretch duel with winner Essential Quality after setting the pace. He subsequently finished unplaced in the Kentucky Derby (G1) then went to the sidelines for almost a year. He returned May 16, finishing fourth in allowance company at Keeneland then took a second-level allowance with a claiming option at Belmont Park on May 28 before his record-breaking win.

Anitgravity set the early pace Saturday, laying down fractions of :23.63 and :47.47 for a half mile while Prat positioned Highly Motivated three wide in sixth then fifth in the field of seven. Pipeline stalked from third then moved to press Antigravity before the half, then got his head in front to clock six furlongs in 1:10.34 while Highly Motivated advanced to third.

Bidding entering the far turn, Highly Motivated engaged Pipeline approaching the quarter pole, grabbed command entering the stretch, and shook free en route to a 1¾-length win in track record time.

Pipeline held for second, 2 ¼ lengths in front of third-place finisher Informative.

The 4-5 favorite, Highly Motivated returned $3.60.

“In hindsight, the grueling stretch duel in the Blue Grass really took a toll on him,” Brown said. “Going into the (Kentucky) Derby he didn't run at all. He went to the sidelines for quite a while. It's really taken me this long to get the horse back from that tough, tough race against Essential Quality (Blue Grass). He's finally — over a year later — rounding back into that good form. He required incremental steps. I let him find his legs again to find that sharpness he had.

“He needs to be a bit more forwardly placed and I saw it today. He broke good and was happy to rate, but always in hand and ready to go. That's the Highly Motivated I'm used to, and the horse he was early on the Derby trail.”

Brown said Pipeline ran great.

“The plan was to go to the lead. It sounds like from Manny (Franco, the rider) there were a couple riders who were so intent on the inside that he didn't feel it would be good judgment to clear him because he potentially would have been hounded. He decided to rate the horse. The horse ran very, very well. I think he probably prefers to go to the lead when the conditions are right.

“I haven't looked beyond this race what's next for either of them.”

Kentucky-bred Highly Motivated, who is out of the Warrior's Reward mare Strong Incentive, improved his record to 4-2-1 from nine career starts and boosted his lifetime bankroll to $617,375 with the $240,000 winner's share of the Monmouth Cup purse.

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