Month: September 2022

I’mgonnabesomebody Goes Wire To Wire In Inaugural Sam Spear Memorial

Named after Bay Area media icon Sam Spear, Monday's inaugural running of the Sam Spear Memorial at Golden Gate Fields was won by 4-year-old gelding I'mgonnabesomebody. Ridden to victory by Santos Rivera, the son of Will Take Charge set leisurely fractions of 24.64, 49.70, and 1:13.68 before holding of runner up finisher and 9-5 race favorite Jimmy Blue Jeans throughout the length of the stretch run.

I'mgonnabesomebody hit the wire three-quarters of a length ahead of Jimmy Blue Jeans and produced a final clocking of 1:43.76 seconds for one-mile and a sixteenth on firm turf.

Winning trainer Bill McLean was thrilled to win the Sam Spear Memorial, named after legendary sports media figure Sam Spear, who passed away last October at the age of 72. Spear was an icon in the Bay Area sports world and, along with hosting horse racing radio and television shows, also held the position as publicity director for Bay Meadows and Golden Gate Fields throughout a large portion of his career.

“I got to know [Sam] on and off-track,” said McLean. “I went to his house one night for a big party. We went to a bunch of wine tasting deals. After the races, we'd all go out to eat. Sammy was great, great, great. He had a great sense of humor. He was big for horse racing.”

I'mgonnabesomebody, sent off as the third choice in the betting at 7-2, paid $9.60 to win, $4.40 to place and $3.20 to show. Jimmy Blue Jeans returned $3.60 to place and $2.60 to show. Third place finisher Me and Mr. C paid $3.00 to show. Harmon rounded out the superfecta, followed by Black Caspian, Huge Bigly, Govenor's Party, American Farmer and Our Silver Oak.

I'mgonnabesomebody was purchased for $30,000 at the 2019 Keeneland September Yearling Sale by McLean and a large co-owner group that includes Nin Auyeung, Sharon Broetzman, Phillip Crosby, Cheryl Hauck, Todd Miller, Elizabeth Moran, and Marilyn Taylor. In his racing career, I'mgonnabesomebody has produced five wins and one third place finish from 11 lifetime starts. With the Sam Spear Memorial victory, career earnings for I'mgonnabesomebody have climbed to $109,780. He was bred in Kentucky by Elm Tree Farm LLC.

Live racing at Golden Gate resumes on Friday and runs through Sunday this week, with first post each day at 1:45 PM.

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Pensioned Sire Broken Vow Dies

Broken Vow (Unbridled–Wedding Vow, by Nijinsky II) passed away from natural causes Sept. 3 at his birthplace and longtime home, Pin Oak Stud. He was 25 years old.

The Pin Oak homebred won nine of 14 career starts, and won or placed in six graded stakes, earning $725,296. Trained by Graham Motion, Broken Vow won the GII Philip H. Iselin H. and GIII Ben Ali S. and placed in the GI Gulfstream Park H., GIII Fayette S., and the GII Meadowlands Cup H. before retiring to start his career at stud.

“He was an incredibly influential horse on my career and was probably my first 'big' horse,” commented Motion. “I'm so glad that I got to visit him in his field this past Spring. He was a happy horse enjoying his retirement. This truly is the end of an era.”

The stallion, who stood two decades at Pin Oak, was among the top 15 active sires, with 15% black-type horses from starters. He is the sire of 159 black-type horses in total, 80 of those black-type winners and 27 graded scorers. He also is responsible for six champions. Included among his six Grade I winners: Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner and Eclipse Champion Champagne Room, the co-topweight female sprinter of her year Sassy Image, as well as Cotton Blossom, Unbridled Belle, and Rosalind. As a broodmare sire, his daughters have already produced three champions and approximately 100 black-type horses, including Eclipse Champion Runhappy.

“Words cannot express the loss of Broken Vow to everyone here at Pin Oak,” said long time manager Clifford Barry. “We had been with him from birth to breaking, his races and his stud career.”

Barry continued, “As we reflect on the many great memories he provided, how we cheered for him in the royal blue and gray silks of Pin Oak, and we cheered even louder for his offspring as if they were ours and for the loyal breeders that supported him. He was a very special horse to be around–smart, classy and a huge will to succeed. And if he could speak, he would have said thank you to the vets and grooms that cared for him throughout his life. It's testament to Ms. [Josephine] Abercrombie's program that he spent his whole life here at the farm. I know she's getting to feed him sugar again.”

Broken Vow will be buried alongside other former Pin Oak stallions Sky Classic, Peaks and Valleys, and Maria's Mon.

 

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‘A Very Special Horse To Be Around’: Pin Oak Stud’s Broken Vow Dies At Age 25

Broken Vow (Unbridled–Wedding Vow, by Nijinsky II) passed away peacefully from natural causes on Sept. 3 at his birthplace and longtime home, Pin Oak Stud. He was 25 years old.

The Pin Oak homebred won nine of his 14 starts, and won or placed in six graded stakes, earning $725,296. Trained by Graham Motion, Broken Vow won the Grade 2 Philip H. Iselin Handicap and G3 Ben Ali Stakes and placed in the G1 Gulfstream Park Handicap, G3 Fayette Stakes, and the G2 Meadowlands Cup Handicap, etc., before retiring to start his career at stud.

“He was an incredibly influential horse on my career and was probably my first 'big' horse,” commented Motion. “I'm so glad that I got to visit him in his field this past spring. He was a happy horse enjoying his retirement. This truly is the end of an era.”

Broken Vow stood some 20 years at Pin Oak, climbing the ranks to be among the top 15 active sires, with an impressive 15 percent black type horses from starters. He is the sire of 159 black type horses in total, 80 of those black type winners, as well as six champions.

His six Grade 1 winners include Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner and Eclipse champion Champagne Room, the co-topweight female sprinter of her year Sassy Image, as well as Cotton Blossom, Unbridled Belle, and Rosalind.

Additionally, Broken Vow has made a name for himself as a broodmare sire, as his daughters have already produced three champions and some 100 black type horses, including Eclipse champion Runhappy.

“Words cannot express the loss of Broken Vow to everyone here at Pin Oak,” said longtime manager Clifford Barry. “We had been with him from birth to breaking, his races and his stud career.”

Barry continued, “as we reflect on the many great memories he provided, how we cheered for him in the royal blue and gray silks of Pin Oak, and we cheered even louder for his offspring as if they were ours and for the loyal breeders that supported him. He was a very special horse to be around – smart, classy and a huge will to succeed.  And if he could speak, he would have said thank you to the vets and grooms that cared for him throughout his life.  It's testament to Ms. Abercrombie's program that he spent his whole life here at the farm.  I know she's getting to feed him sugar again.”

Broken Vow will be buried alongside other former Pin Oak stallions Sky Classic, Peaks and Valleys, and Maria's Mon.

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