August, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

City of Light Represented By First Two Winners

About 24 hours before Lane's End Farm's City of Light (Quality Road–Paris Notion, by Dehere) celebrated his first American winner in the form of Ellis Park second-time starter Roja Ligera, the first-crop stallion was represented by his first winner when the colt City of Knowledge raced away to graduate by daylight in a 5 1/2-furlong allowance over a sloppy strip at Hipodromo Camarero outside of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, July 30.

Sent off the 4-5 second choice in a field of six, the $100,000 Keeneland September yearling and $32,000 OBS March breezer won the break and was soon clear beneath leading jockey Juan Carlos Diaz through an opening quarter-mile in :23.24. Opening up on his rivals on the turn, the dark bay carried a five-length advantage into the final eighth of a mile and went on to best favored Husky Driver (Outwork) by a handy 5 3/4 lengths. The final time was 1:04.71 (see below, SC 3).

Bred in Kentucky by Betz/B & K Canetti/J Betz/D J Stables/Graves/GTL, City of Knowledge is the first foal out of three-time winner and $174,425 earner Mo Knows (Uncle Mo), a half-sister to GSW & GISP Payton d'Oro, who was acquired by Bill Betz's Betz Thoroughbreds for $285,000 with the colt in utero at the 2019 Keeneland November Sale. Mo Knows is also the dam of a yearling colt by American Pharoah and a colt foal by Justify.

Roja Ligera made it a weekend double for City of Light when running out a 1 1/4-length winner of a sloppy Ellis maiden July 31. The bay filly took some nibbles at 9-1 for her July 1 debut at Churchill, but bombed the start and finished well-beaten.

Spectacular in winning the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational S., City of Light is the sire of 101 foals of racing age and stood the most recent breeding season for $60,000 at Lane's End.

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Observations: Dubai Breeze Up Sensation Debuts

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. Tuesday's Insights features Goffs Dubai World Cup 2yo Sale grad Tango Man (GB).

2.10 Catterick, Mdn, £6,899, 2yo, 7f 6yT
TANGO MAN (GB) (Kingman {GB}) was the third-highest lot at €495,846 at the Goffs Dubai World Cup 2yo Sale and debuts for Amo Racing And Omnihorse Racing and the David Loughnane stable. A half-brother to the G1 Irish St Leger runner-up Agent Murphy (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}), the April-foaled bay takes on nine rivals at the small North East venue.

How They Fared
14.10 Naas, Mdn, €16,000, 2yo, f, 8fT
Flaxman Stables Ireland's Foniska (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a daughter of G2 Kilboy Estate S. victrix and G1 Pretty Polly S. runner-up Bocca Baciata (Ire) (Big Bad Bob {Ire}), made little impression in this belated debut and finished seventh.

14.40 Naas, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, c/g, 8fT
Aidan O'Brien trainee Denmark (GB) (Camelot {GB}), last year's €440,000 Arqana October sale-topping half to G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud third Big Blue (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), dominated the closing stages of this debut and posted a 3 1/4-length success.

15.40 Naas, Cond, €300,000, 2yo, 5f 205yT
Juddmonte's 'TDN Rising Star' Apricot Twist (Ire) (Expert Eye {GB}), making a swift reappearance in this valuable Irish EBF Ballyhane S., was close enough if good enough, but failed to reproduce her impressive debut burst and finished ninth.

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San Diegan Cady Earns Nearly $100K In Del Mar Summer Challenge

Todd Cady, from San Diego, Calif., hit a huge Double wager in races eight and nine for over $18,000 which was enough to claim victory over 130 total entries in the 19^th annual Del Mar Summer Challenge that took place on Saturday and Sunday, July 30-31.

Cady wins $67,000 cash, a $10,000 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) entry and a $3,000 entry to the Pacific Classic Betting Challenge at Del Mar or online through TVG.com on September 3.

All in all, he netted over $97,000 in cash and prizes including his final bankroll of $17,024. His bankroll was just $112 hihe than runner-up Ciaran Thornton.

Players started with a $3,500 bankroll in the two-day Challenge. The top six finishers receive $10,000 Breeders Cup Betting Challenge entries.

PLACE	NAME	FINAL BANKROLL
1	Todd Cady	$17,024.00
2	Ciaran Thornton	$16,912.00
3	Richard Ilharreguy	$10,318.60
4	Damian Roncevich (2)	$10,180.00
5	Tyler Hoffman	$8,906.00
6	Jeffrey Schmitz	$8,640.60

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Simplification, Skippylongstocking Top Seven Entrants In West Virginia Derby

Simplification, winner of the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes, and Skippylongstocking, third in the G1 Belmont Stakes in his last start, are among the seven 3-year-olds entered in Saturday's Grade 3, $500,000 West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort.

The 1 1/8-mile Derby for 3-year-olds is one of seven stakes on a nine-race Saturday program that begins at the special post time of 2 p.m.

Owned by Tami Bobo and Tristan De Meric, Simplification has had a productive 3-year-old campaign dating back to Jan. 1. After the Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park, he finished third in the G1 Florida Derby and a closing fourth in the G1 Kentucky Derby. In his most recent start, the Not This Time colt was sixth in the G1 Preakness Stakes and received a short rest before a series of workouts to prepare for the remainder of 2022.

Trained by Antonio Sano, who is based in Florida, Simplification has been stabled at Mountaineer since July 30 to get acclimated and the early arrival has been positive, according to Alessandro “Alex” Sano, the trainer's son and assistant who is overseeing the horse at Mountaineer.

“He got here Saturday around noon,” Alex Sano said. “He has been doing well on the track and he likes the environment—it has been in the mid-60s in the morning. He's comfortable. (Aug. 1) was his first day on the track and the exercise rider said the horse was very happy. He has always done well when he ships, and so far he is checking all the boxes.”

Simplification had a bullet work at Gulfstream a week before the journey to West Virginia. Sano said the stable is taking one race at a time but the Grade 1, $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing on Sept. 24 remains a goal after the West Virginia Derby.

Simplification drew post position 2 and will be ridden by Jose Lezcano for the first time.

Daniel Alonso's Skippylongstocking, trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., has performed well in top company since arriving in New York after wintering in Florida. The Exaggerator colt finished third in the G2 Wood Memorial Stakes before a fifth-place finish in the Preakness, and then finished a solid third in the Belmont in his most recent start.

“He has been training well (since the Belmont),” Joseph said. “This race has been the main target.”

Skippylongstocking, expected to ship to Mountaineer two days before the Derby, will start from post position 7 with Edwin Gonzalez aboard.

We the People, owned by WinStar Farm, CMNWLTH and Siena Farm, ran fourth in the Belmont after leading for more than a mile in the 1 ½-mile third leg of the Triple Crown. Trained by Rodolphe Brisset, the colt by Constitution won the G3 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont by more than 10 lengths at the West Virginia Derby distance.

Trainer Brad Cox nominated five to the Mountaineer fixture and opted to enter Gary and Mary West's Home Brew, a winner of his last two starts: the Oaklawn Stakes at Oaklawn Park and the Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park in New Jersey. The Street Sense colt is four-for-six so far in his career.

Steve Asmussen, who has won five editions of the West Virginia Derby—the most of any trainer—entered Three Chimney Farm's King Ottoman, who won the Texas Derby at Lone Star Park before finishing third in the G3 Indiana Derby.

The Aug. 6 card also includes the $200,000, Grade 3 West Virginia Governor's Stakes at 1 1/16 miles. The 10-horse field is headlined by Jon Lapczenski and JIL Stable's Mr. Wireless, who won the 2021 West Virginia Derby.

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