Month: August 2022

Ready To Purrform Puts Away ‘Good Group Of Horses’ In Hall Of Fame Stakes

Donegal Racing's Ready To Purrform and jockey Joel Rosario led all the way in Friday's Grade 2 National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Stakes at Saratoga, defeating what his trainer Brad Cox called a “good group of horses” by 1 1/4 lengths at the wire. Sent off as the co-second choice at odds of 7-2, the sophomore son of Kitten's Joy ran out fractions of :23.66, :47.17, and 1:10.72, completing one mile over the firm inner turf course in 1:33.99.

“He showed up and put them away turning for home and he really ran well,” Cox said. “It didn't look like there was much speed on paper. It looked like the one [No. 1 Chanceux] would go and maybe we could track that colt, but he didn't get away quite as well as we did. Joel [Rosario] did take this colt away and let him warm up a bit because that was the intent on being forwardly placed with the lack of speed on paper. Overall, I'm very proud of the performance. I thought it was a big race.”

Bred in Kentucky by Bonne Chance Farm, Ready To Purrform was a $150,000 yearling purchase at the Keeneland September sale. He is out of the winning More Than Ready mare Elementar, a half-sister to Sovereign Award winner Grand Adventure. Ready to Purrform won the Laurel Futurity last fall just after breaking his maiden, and has not finished off the board in three stakes starts this year.

“I do think he'll stretch out,” Cox continued. “I think he's bred to stretch out. He showed the new dimension today of being forwardly placed and we'll start talking about races a mile and an eighth and beyond that even. It may be more of a benefit and an advantage because sometimes there is a lack of pace in these turf races at a mile and an eighth and beyond.”

Trying turf for the first time in his career, Todd Pletcher trainee Wit ran on well to finish second, closing from sixth with a four-wide run under Jose Ortiz.

“I thought he [Wit] ran really well,” Pletcher said. “He closed super-fast, we just didn't get it. He handled it [turf] really well, just closed too late and had a little too much to do turning for home.”

Celestial City got up for third, while post-time favorite Tiz The Bomb finished fourth. The remaining order of finish was: Double Clutch, Wow Whata Summer, Stolen Base, and Chanceux.

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Weather Causes Early End To Laurel’s Friday Program

After pushing back their usual 12:40 p.m. post time to 1:50 p.m. due to heat, a severe thunderstorm forced the Maryland Jockey Club to cancel Laurel Park's live Friday program following the seventh race, with just two races remaining on the card. Racing will resume Saturday at 12:40 p.m. with a 10-race card.

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US-Breds Dot Sunday Newcomers’ Events at Niigata

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here is a quartet of horses of interest for this Sunday running in consecutive newcomers' events at Niigata Racecourse:

Sunday, August 7, 2022
5th-NII, ¥13,400,000 ($99k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1600mT
WINE WINE RED (c, 2, Justify–Streaming, by Smart Strike), a half-brother to SP Soaring (Tapit), cost owner Susumu Fujita $650,000 at last year's Keeneland September and the early April foal gets the endorsement of leading rider Yuichi Fukunaga for the debut. The chestnut is the fourth foal to the races for his dam, winner of the 2013 GI Hollywood Starlet S., whose stakes-winning full-sister Treasuring is the dam of Sweet as Pie (Tapit), third in the Leslie's Lady Overnight S. in June. Streaming is also a half-sister to SW Cascading (A.P. Indy) and to the dam of MGSW and $3.65-million juvenile Cezanne (Curlin). The colt's third dam is $14-million mare Better Than Honour (Deputy Minister), herself responsible for a pair of GI Belmont S. winners and the granddam of MGSW Greatest Honour (Tapit). A Justify colt out of Streaming's daughter Shadowing (Tapit) is cataloged as hip 70 at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Monday evening. B-Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings & Stretch Run Ventures LLC (KY)

ESPERANZA FLAG (f, 2, Point of Entry–Place of Honor, by First Samurai) is a full-sister to the dual stakes-placed Hierarchy and was purchased in utero for $70,000 at the 2019 Keeneland November Sale. The filly's second dam is the outstanding My Flag (Easy Goer), whose daughter Storm Flag Flying (Storm Cat) won the 2002 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies en route to champion 2-year-old filly honors. This is also the family of dual-surface GSW Parading (Pulpit) as well as SW & GISP Miles D (Curlin). This sire's eight winners from nine to race in Japan includes MGSW/G1SP Lotus Land. B-Crown Farm USA (KY)

6th-NII, ¥13,400,000 ($99k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800m
ELEGANT MAIDEN (f, 2, American Pharoah–Sunshine for Life, by Giant's Causeway) is the latest foal of racing age from his Grade III-winning dam, a half-sister to GSW Tubrok (Rahy) and to the dam of Big Trouble (Tiz Wonderful), winner at two of the GIII Sanford S. Elegant Maiden, a $110,000 KEESEP yearling, looks to become the 26th Japanese winner from 31 starters for American Pharoah. She is joined in the field by fellow U.S.-bred filly Modernize Queen (Distorted Humor), purchased for $180,000 at KEESEP last fall and a maternal granddaughter of G1 Chilean Derby heroine and U.S. GISW Noches de Rosa (Chi) (Stagecraft {GB}). B-Jane Schosberg (KY)

 

 

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Severe Weather Causes Early End To Laurel’s Friday Program

A severe lightning and thunderstorm passing through the Mid-Atlantic region forced the Maryland Jockey Club to cancel Laurel Park's live Friday program following the seventh race.

Laurel had two races remaining on Friday's card, which had its usual 12:40 p.m. post time pushed back to 1:50 p.m. due to a high temperatures topping 90 degrees, heavy humidity and a heat index of 100.

Live action will return to Laurel Saturday with 10 races including the $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby for 3-year-olds going 1 3/16 miles and $100,000 Searching for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles, both scheduled for the grass.

Saturday's forecast calls for a high of 89 degrees and a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m.

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