Month: November 2022

Renegade Rebel broke on top, showed the way throughout, and had just enough left in the tank to take top prize in the $150,900 Mazarine Stakes (G3) Saturday at Woodbine.

The 1 1/16-mile main track event attracted a field of five 2-year-old fillies, including D. J. Stable LLC's Renegade Rebel, a daughter of Nyquist bred by Shadwell Farm LLC, and trained by Mark Casse.

Renegade Rebel was put on the front end just off the rail by Rafael Hernandez, while Honor D Lady and Collect Dattt followed in second and third, respectively. State of Mind was positioned fourth and Ryder Ryder Ryder, who broke in the air, sat last.

Ahead by 1 ½ lengths after an opening panel reached in :25.09, Renegade Rebel was two clear after a half :49.60, and then began to stretch her lead through three-quarters in 1:13.06, leaving her four rivals with plenty of work to do.

On top by three lengths at Robert Geller's stretch call, Renegade Rebel, making her stakes debut, then saw her lead shrink considerably, as both Ryder Ryder Ryder and Honor D Lady came running late, but ultimately ran out of real estate.

At the wire, Renegade Rebel was a neck winner, while stablemate Ryder Ryder Ryder bested Honor D Lady by three-quarters of a length for the runner-up spot.

The final time was 1:44.80.

“First of all, I thought she was getting tired,” said Hernandez. “When the other ones were coming, she kept going. It looked like she was kind of waiting. After the wire, I could not pull her up. I had to go up to the outrider to get me pulled over.”

It was the second straight triumph for the Kentucky-bred gray, who broke her maiden last time out via a seven-length score in a 1 1/16-mile race over the Woodbine Tapeta on October 29.

“The maturity is starting to kick in better,” Hernandez said. “She was more relaxed. You can tell today. The pace was more relaxed. Everything worked out perfect for us.”

A $700,000 purchase from Eisaman Equine at the OBS Spring Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale in April, Renegade Rebel, now 2-1-1 from five starts, paid $4.30 for the win. Her dam is the Hard Spun mare Hasilah.

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Ron Charles and Samuel Gordon's Lammas broke from the inside post position and never left the rail under jockey Kevin Radke, rallying past front-running I'mgonnabesomebody in the stretch to win Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Berkeley Handicap at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, Calif.

A 5-year-old English-bred import  by Heeraat trained by Manuel Badilla, Lammas covered 1 1/16 miles on the synthetic Tapeta surface in 1:42.42 and paid $10.20 as the third choice in the field of five older runners.

I'mgonnabesomebody finished second, beaten 1 1/4 lengths, with even-money favorite Freeport Joe third in the field of five. Rip City and Tulsa Tornado completed the order of finish.

I'mgonnabesomebody set all the fractions (:24.01, :48.00, 1:11.58) without significant pressure as Lammas raced in third position for much of the way, in a pocket along the rail as Rip City was to his outside.

When jockey Santos Rivera allowed I'mgonnabesomebody to drift off the rail at the top of the stretch, Radke seized the opportunity, sending Lammas through to vie for the lead, eventually putting his head in front at the furlong pole and gradually drawing clear.

The win was the fifth in 19 career starts for Lammas and second from seven starts in the U.S.  The Berkeley weas the gelding's first stake triumph in North America.

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Off the pace early, Hong Kong Harry closed with determination in the stretch, dispatched the two front-runners in the shadow of the wire, and captured the $250,000 Seabiscuit (G2) Saturday at Del Mar.

Ridden by Flavien Prat from trainer Phil D'Amato, Hong Kong Harry rallied strongly through the final furlong and to the outside of pacesetter Masterofhounds and runner-up Beyond Brilliant, who had collared that rival in the final sixteenth to lead. Hong Kong Harry eagerly responded when called upon and was up in the final strides to prevail by a neck as the 8-5 favorite in the eight-horse field.

Hong Kong Harry finished the 1 1/16-mile turf contest in 1:39.79, just shy of the course record of 1:39.50 set by Fly to Mars in 2018.

Beyond Brilliant outfinished Masterofhounds by a head for second.

A 5-year-old Irish-bred gelding by Es Que Love, Hong Kong Harry came into the Seabiscuit off a victory in the Del Mar Mile (G2) Sept. 3. Prior to that he was runner-up in the Eddie Read (G2) July 30 at the seaside track after capturing his first graded race in the American (G3) June 19 at Santa Anita. His 2022 record improves to 5-1-0 from six starts, and overall his career line stands at 9-2-1 from 13 outings and $565,097 in earnings.

Hong Kong Harry, whose dam is the Gold Away mare Vital Body, is campaigned by Scott Anastasi, Jimmy Ukegawa, and Tony Valazza. He returned $5.20.

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Courtlandt Farm's Powerful contested the early pace from the inside and surged clear inside the final sixteenth to win Saturday's second running of the $200,000 Ed Brown for 2-year-olds by one length over Mr. Bob at Churchill Downs.

Trained by Steve Asmussen and ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, Powerful covered the 6 ½ furlongs on a fast track in 1:17.12.

A 2-year-old Kentucky-bred son of Nyquist out of the Pulpit mare Antiquity, Powerful improved his record to 2-1-0 in three starts and added $121,140 to his bankroll and increased his earnings to $207,390. Previously, he finished 11th in the $600,000 Breeders' Futurity (G1) at Keeneland after breaking his maiden at Saratoga.

Powerful returned $7.16 as the 5-2 favorite in the field of seven juvenile sprinters. Mr. Bob, ridden by Luis Saez, finished second, and Frosted Departure finished third under Brian Hernandez Jr.

Accident was fourth and was followed by Top Recruit, Bourbon Bash and Mounsieur Coco.

Powerful was bred in Kentucky by Parks Investment Group LLC. His dam is the Pulpit mare Antiquity.

Red Carpet Ready Dazzles In Fern Creek

Ashbrook Farm and Upland Flats Racing's Red Carpet Lady caught pace pacesetter Twirled at the top of the stretch and drew clear inside the final furlong to win the second running of the $200,000 Fern Creek for 2-year-old fillies.

Key of Life, the odds-on 2-5 favorite, was another neck back of Twirled in third.

Red Carpet Lady, trained by Rusty Arnold and ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr., ran 6 ½ furlongs over a fast track in 1:16.72.

The victory was worth $122,070 and increased Red Carpet Lady's earnings to $191,070 with a record of two wins in two starts. She is a Kentucky-bred daughter of Oscar Performance out of the Street Sense mare Wild Silk, and broke her maiden at first asking on Oct. 30 at Churchill Downs by 10 lengths.

Sent off at odds of 7-1, Red Carpet Lady returned $16.84

Baytown Lovely, The Great Maybe, and Tell Me When completed the order of finish.

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