September, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Weather Forces Kentucky Downs Cancellations (Updated)

Extreme weather forced Kentucky Downs to cancel the last four races on Saturday's card, including the $1-million GIII WinStar Mint Million S. Lightning caused a weather delay prior to the cancellation. The Franklin, Ky. track will determine any rescheduling at a later date.

The track has also decided to delay Sunday's card by 24 hours due to the inclement weather. Kentucky Downs will run the entirety of what was Sunday's card on Monday, Labor Day, which was originally scheduled as a dark day. Tickets for Sunday will be transferred to Monday. Any updates to the schedule will be announced by 5 p.m. CT Sunday.

The next scheduled regular race date for Kentucky Downs is Thursday, Sept. 8.

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Speightstown’s Olympiad Triumphs in JCGC

Grandview Equine, Cheyenne Stable and LNJ Foxwoods's Olympiad (Speightstown), a head-scratching fourth in the GI Whitney S., bounced back with a powerful performance in Saturday's 'Win and You're In' GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga.

The 8-5 favorite jumped well from his inside draw and sat a perfect, stalking trip in second behind longshot pacesetter Tax (Arch) through fractions of :24.54 and :49.70. Racing in between rivals as last year's GI Cigar Mile H. winner Americanrevolution (Constitution), one of four entered for Todd Pletcher, continued to draw closer heading into the far turn, Olympiad struck the front as Tax was the first to blink approaching the quarter pole.

Olympiad turned for home as the clear cut one to beat, was still going strong three-sixteenths from home while Americanrevolution remained one paced in an all-out second and sailed home two lengths clear over that rival in his first career attempt at the Classic distance. First Captain (Curlin) was up for third.

Olympiad, a $700,000 Keeneland September Yearling graduate, opened 2022 with five straight wins, including the GII New Orleans Classic Mar. 26, GII Alysheba S. May 6 and GII Stephen Foster S. July 2. He finished 9 1/4 lengths behind the ultra-talented Life Is Good (Into Mischief) on a very hot and humid day in upstate New York last time Aug. 6.

“It's gratifying to see him come back,” said winning Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, who captured previous runnings of the Jockey Club Gold Cup with Hall of Famer Cigar (1995), Flat Out (2012), and Ron the Greek (2013). “The [performance] the other day [in the Whitney] was almost too bad to be true considering the form he had been in the previous five races. It was just good to see him bounce back. He's a Grade I winner, he's won six out of seven races this year and he's got a pretty good record for himself.

Mott continued, “I liked the way he looked [in the paddock]. After we put the saddle on him, he was walking around on his toes. He was a little quiet the other day when it was so hot–he kind of had his head down a little bit and looked a little too quiet. I think everyone was moving a little slow. But today, he looked like he had a little extra energy and like he had a little extra bounce in his step just before we put the jocks on. He looked good.”

Pedigree Notes:

Olympiad's win was another Grade I breeding for the coffers of Emory Hamilton and the legacy enjoyed by her family's King Ranch. For more on both Hamilton's family and their connection with Olympiad's family, as well as what was behind his mating, click for a recent story that appeared in TDN.

Olympiad represents six generations of King Ranch/Emory Hamilton breeding. His dam, who is a half to the dam of 2019 GI Woodward S. winner Preservationist (Arch), has a 2-year-old filly by War Front (who sold for $450,000 at Keeneland September to Larkin Armstrong), a yearling colt by American Pharoah, and is reported to be carrying a full-sister to Olympiad for 2023.

WinStar stallion Speightstown has 129 black-type winners from his 15 Northern Hemisphere crops of racing age, which also include 62 graded winners. Remarkably, seven of those stakes winners are out of Medaglia d'Oro mares. Other than Olympiad, the others include MGISW Rock Fall, GISW Competitionofideas, SW & MGISP Dawn the Destroyer, GSW & GISP Souper Stonehenge, and GSW Strike Power. He is now the sire of 25 Grade I winners.

Saturday, Saratoga Racecourse
JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP S.-GI, $1,000,000, Saratoga, 9-3, 3yo/up, 1 1/4m, 2:02.11, ft.
1–OLYMPIAD, 126, c, 4, by Speightstown
                1st Dam: Tokyo Time (GSP, $249,177),
                                by Medaglia d'Oro
                2nd Dam: Flying Passage, by A.P. Indy
                3rd Dam: Chic Shirine, by Mr. Prospector
1ST GRADE I WIN. ($700,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP). O-Grandview
Equine, Cheyenne Stable, LLC and LNJ Foxwoods; B-Emory A.
Hamilton (KY); T-William I. Mott; J-Junior Alvarado. $535,000.
Lifetime Record: 12-8-1-1, $2,007,560.
Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Americanrevolution, 126, c, 4, Constitution–Polly Freeze, by
Super Saver. ($275,000 Ylg '19 SARAUG). O-CHC Inc. and
WinStar Farm LLC; B-Fred W. Hertrich III & John D. Fielding
(NY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $185,000.
3–First Captain, 126, c, 4, Curlin–America, by A.P. Indy.
'TDN Rising Star' 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($1,500,000 Ylg '19
FTSAUG). O-West Point Thoroughbreds, Siena Farm LLC, Bobby
Flay & Woodford Racing, LLC; B-B. Flay Thoroughbreds (KY);
T-Claude R. McGaughey III. $100,000.
Margins: 2, 1 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 1.70, 2.35, 5.20.
Also Ran: Untreated, Keepmeinmind, Dynamic One, Chess Chief, Tax. Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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Lynx Dominates Florida Sire Stakes Filly Rivals In Susan’s Girl

Arindel's undefeated Lynx kept her chances of sweeping the 2022 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes series for fillies alive Saturday at Gulfstream Park, rallying though the stretch to win the $200,000 Susan's Girl by a dominating 4 ¾ lengths.

The Susan's Girl, a seven-furlong sprint for fillies, co-headlined Saturday's program with the $200,000 Affirmed, a seven-furlong open division of the series for 2-year-olds sired by accredited stallions standing in Florida.

Lynx, who captured the first leg of the FSS series while winning the $100,000 Desert Vixen after a slow start Aug. 6, got into the Susan's Girl early with an alert start under jockey Edgard Zayas. The homebred daughter of Brethren raced in fourth along the backstretch as Cajun Tease opened a clear lead along the backstretch during a 22.53-second first quarter-mile. The early pacesetter continued to show the way on the turn, completing a half-mile in 45.63 seconds, pursued by Time Passage and Guardian Angel. Zayas angled Lynx to the far outside leading the turn into the homestretch, and she responded with a devastating kick to draw away to a convincing victory.

On Oct. 1, Lynx will be eligible to become the first filly to sweep the Florida Sire Stakes series since 2013. Scandalous Act was the last to win the $100,000 Desert Vixen at six furlongs, $200,000 Susan's Girl at seven furlongs and $400,000 My Dear Girl at 1 1/16 miles.

“Nice to see her a little closer this time. Really, she's not meant to win these sprints,” Brian Cohen of Arindel said. “So for her to win the first and the second one … the distance won't be too much of a problem next time.”

With Cajun Tease setting swift fractions, Lynx needed some encouragement from Zayas to keep pace entering the far turn.

“Today she broke a lot better and was a lot closer and sharp. Once I got her to the outside, she started coming and coming,” Zayas said. “Seven furlongs is a tough race for fillies the first time but I wasn't concerned about her finishing. I knew they would come back.

“She's still learning,” he added. “She'll be better next time. She was better this time than last time.”

Trainer Carlos David gave kudos to Zayas for his well-executed ride.

“I told Edgard it was key to get a good break. Last time, she had been off so long, she broke a little slow and it took her a little while to get into the race. That was key that she got a good break and was up there with the bunch,” David said. “She was able to take a bit of a breather, then came around and finished strong. I have to give it up to Edgard. He did a great job getting her up there, taking her out and getting that ultimate gear.”

Lynx ran seven furlongs in 1:25.79 to win her third race without defeat. Guardian Angel finished second, 1 ½ lengths ahead of Cajun Tease.

David saddled Arindel's Octane for Florida Sire stakes victories last year in the $200,000 Affirmed and the $400,000 In Reality.

“I have to thank these guys [Arindel],” David said. “They usually have a bunch of babies, and I've been lucky enough to get ones who make it to these races. I'm blessed.”

Lynx is just the latest Florida Sire Stakes success for Brethren, who also sired Octane.

“I think durable is a good word. They all get to the track, they all run. They all do a little of everything,” Cohen said.

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Bolt d’Oro’s Instant Coffee Brings A-Game in Unveiling

8th-Saratoga, $105,000, Msw, 9-3, 2yo, 7f, 1:22.77, ft, 3/4 length.
INSTANT COFFEE (c, 2, Bolt d'Oro–Follow No One {SP}, by Uncle Mo), let go at a tick under 15-1 while breaking from the rail, had to be coaxed from the gate, but he chased along well from sixth from the inside down the backstretch. Just off that fence coming through the bend and three wide into upper stretch, he took a narrow advantage just inside the eighth pole, brushing with Arthur's Ride (Tapit) as the pair battled to the wire. Instant Coffee inched away to a 3/4-length win in the end to stop the clock in 1:22.77, the fastest of the three 2-year-old colt divisions run on Saturday's card. 'Insights' runners Juan Valdez (Medaglia d'Oro), a $900,000 FTFMAR purchase, finished eighth after a rough start and trip while $550,000 EASMAY buy Fantasist (Always Dreaming) tired to sixth. $400,000 KEESEP Dubyuhnell (Good Magic) best of the insighted runners in fourth at 17-1. Instant Coffee is Bolt d'Oro's 14th winner. The flag bearer for his dam to the races, Instant Coffee has a yearling half-sister by Frosted. The mare aborted her 2022 Speightstown foal and visited Maclean's Music for 2023. Sales history: $200,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $57,750. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-Gold Square LLC; B-Sagamore Farm, LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.

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