Month: March 2023

Collected’s Kalik Game in Seasonal Bow on Gulfstream Grass

1st-Gulfstream, $70,000, Msw, 3-17, 3yo, 1mT, 1:34.64, fm, nose.
KALIK (c, 3, Collected–Coronation Street, by Street Cry {Ire}) began his career in a Sept. 16 Belmont at Big A maiden special over the main track which yielded 'TDN Rising Star' Signator (Tapit) and next-out winner Warman Road (Unified), finishing last in that field. The Triple Crown-nominated chestnut was moved to the turf and stretched out to 1 1/16 miles Oct. 23 at the venue, and came a much improved second to next-out stakes-winner Bat Flip (Good Magic). Opening his sophomore docket here riding a healthy record on the work tab, Kalik tracked in fourth from two off the fence early as Cumberland (Classic Empire) stepped out to do all the running in the beginning stages. Tipped to the four path and called on for a run through the far turn, he took aim from six wide in the stretch and was making good progress before starting to move slightly inward during his rally. Bumping with a rival nearing the line, Kalik nailed the game Cumberland in a photo and overcame a stewards' inquiry into the homeward drive as the even-money favorite.

A half-brother to Bringer of Rain (Twirling Candy), GSP, $112,830, the Ontario-bred has a yearling half-sister by Hard Spun. Unraced dam Coronation Street is out of MGSW Sara Louise (Malibu Moon), making her a half-sister to GSP Sara Street (Street Sense). That second dam is herself a half-sibling to GSW Just Louise (Five Star Day), the dam of GISP & MGSW Forbidden Kingdom (American Pharoah). Coronation Street is due to Collected for 2023. Sales history: $80,000 Wlg '20 FTKNOV; $200,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $62,425. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-Robert V. LaPenta, eFive Racing Thoroughbreds and Madaket Stables LLC; B-Peter A. Berglar Racing Interests, LLC & Anderson Farms (Ontario) (ON); T-Chad C. Brown.

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Weekend Lineup Presented By Sky Racing World: Older Horses Take Center Stage At Oaklawn

A pair of graded stakes races for older horses at Oaklawn Park are the highlight of this weekend's racing action in North America, including the six-furlong Whitmore (G3) for sprinters and the 1 1/16-mile Essex Handicap (G3) for routers. Each race drew a competitive field of 10, and the weather forecast should leave the track dry and fast for Saturday's card.

Laurel Park offers five stakes races worth $450,000 on Saturday's card, headlined by the $100,000 Private Terms for 3-year-olds and $100,000 Beyond The Wire for 3-year-old fillies. Gulfstream has a pair of sprint stakes scheduled for Saturday, the Hutcheson for 3-year-olds on the dirt and the Silks Run for older horses on the turf.

Other significant stakes action around the country on Saturday includes the Cicada Stakes at Aqueduct; the McCann's Mojave at Golden Gate; the Liz Bracken Memorial at Rillito Park (part of NYRA's Cross Country Pick 5); and the China Doll Stakes at Santa Anita.

Sunday's action includes the Damon Runyon Stakes at Aqueduct and the Sensational Star Stakes at Santa Anita.

Meanwhile, south of the equator, fans of Tom Petty and of America's most recent Triple Crown winner will be attracted to an undefeated filly, when Rosehill Racecourse hosts the world's richest race for 2-year-olds this Friday night in Sydney, Australia. Learning To Fly, a daughter of Justify, is second wagering choice for the US$3.25 million Golden Slipper Stakes. Among four other Group 1 races on a stellar card, the spotlight will shine on record-breaking Horse of the Year Anamoe. The card will broadcast live on FanDuel TV and is available to stream on the Sky Racing World App (First Post 9:10 p.m. ET/6:10 p.m. PT).

Saturday

4:33 p.m. – Private Terms Stakes at Laurel Park

The Private Terms at about 1 1/16 miles is the next step in Laurel's series of stakes for 3-year-olds following the one-mile Miracle Wood Feb. 18 and preceding the $125,000 Federico Tesio going 1 1/8 miles April 15, a 'Win and In' qualifier for Triple Crown-nominated horses to the 148th Preakness Stakes (G1) May 20 at historic Pimlico Race Course.

His connections will get a further indication of how far Coffeewithchris wants to go when their multiple stakes-winning sophomore attempts two turns for the first time. Coffeewithchris won't have to contend with his main rival in the Private Terms, Brittany Russell-trained Prince of Jericho, who is sitting this one out to await the Tesio. Coffeewithchris beat Prince of Jericho in the Miracle Wood and Dec. 30 Heft and was second to him in the Jan. 21 Spectacular Bid.

The Miracle Wood was the longest race to date for Coffeewithchris, a gelded son of 2014 Preakness and Arkansas Derby (G1) runner-up Ride On Curlin that Salzman purchased for just $2,000 as a yearling in October 2021. Coffeewithchris has made nine of his 10 starts in Maryland, including stops at Pimlico and Timonium, and ran fifth in the 2022 Hickory Tree at Colonial Downs in his stakes debut. The Private Terms will be his sixth consecutive stakes attempt and fourth in a row with Jaime Rodriguez, battling for leading rider at Laurel's winter meet. They drew outermost Post 8 at topweight of 124 pounds, yielding six pounds to each of their rivals.

While Russell is giving Prince of Jericho a breather until the Tesio, she will be represented in the Private Terms by Sycamore Hall Thoroughbreds' Circling the Drain, a Triple Crown-nominated Maryland homebred that is entered to make his stakes debut. Circling the Drain, by West Coast out of the Cozzene mare Who's Cozy, has two wins from four starts, both coming at the Private Terms distance. He was a front-running graduate by seven lengths in a Dec. 9 maiden claimer second time out, and exits a rallying two-length optional claiming allowance triumph Feb. 20.

The other Triple Crown-nominated horse in the Private Terms is Dixiana Farms homebred Hayes Strike, trained by Preakness and Belmont (G1) winner Ken McPeek. Hayes Strike has a one-mile maiden win last summer at Ellis Park to his credit and also at 2 ran second to Two Phil's in the Street Sense (G3) and third behind Instant Coffee in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2), horses respectively ranked 13th and ninth on the current Kentucky Derby (G1) points leaderboard.

Private Terms Entries

5:22 p.m. – G3 Whitmore Stakes at Oaklawn Park

Tejano Twist leads a field of 10 for Saturday's six-furlong Whitmore Stakes, most recently having finished second to Gunite in Oaklawn's King Cotton. Gunite followed that win with a hard-fought second in the Riyadh Dirt Sprint in Saudi Arabia, flattering Tejano Twist's form for trainer Chris Hartman.

Hartman has also entered Edge to Edge, a two-time allowance winner at this Oaklawn meet, who will be returning to stakes competition for the first time since his juvenile season.

Cogburn is the second choice on the morning line for trainer Steve Asmussen, having won an allowance race at Oaklawn after an eight-month break from the races. Prior to that, the son of Not This Time finished second in the G3 Chick Lang Stakes at Pimlico, beaten just three-quarters of a length.

Whitmore Entries

5:54 p.m. – Grade 3 Essex Handicap at Oaklawn Park

Saturday's $500,000 Grade 3 Essex Handicap at Oaklawn Park brings together a field of 10 with nine million dollars in career earnings between them.

Leading the field in that category is 2022 Essex winner Rated R Superstar at $1.8 million, entering the race off a fourth place finish in the Grade 3 Razorback Handicap last month. Rated R Superstar also won the Essex in 2019, and finished second in the race in 2021. At 10 years old, Rated R Superstar has won 13 of his 67 lifetime starts.

The Razorback was won by Last Samurai, which boosted his earnings to $1.6 million. Trained by D. Wayne Lukas, the five-time winner is the 5-2 favorite on the morning line with recent fourth-place finishes in the G1 Pegasus World Cup and G1 Clark Handicap.

Next is Silver Prospector, no slouch with $1.1 million in career earnings including the 2020 G3 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn. The Steve Asmussen trainee's confidence should be up after an allowance win last month at Oaklawn.

Classic Causeway has banked $1.1 million, the bulk of that when winning the G1 Belmont Derby on the grass last summer. He'll run on dirt here for trainer Ken McPeek, looking to overcome a four-race losing streak.

Second choice on the morning line is Bill Mott trainee Vittorio, a 5-year-old son of Ghostzapper entering his first stakes race. He was most recently second to Charge It, beaten 1 1/2 lengths in an allowance at Gulfstream after an eight-month break from the races.

Essex Entries

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Sheikha Hissa Announces Death Of Sarayir

Sarayir (Mr. Prospector), a daughter of champion Height of Fashion {Fr}) (Bustino {GB}) and the dam of 2009 G1 1000 Guineas heroine Ghanaati (Giant's Causeway), has passed away, Sheikha Hissa Hamdan tweeted Friday. She was 29 years old.

A half-sister to the likes of Nashwan, Unfuwain, Alwasmi, Mukddam and Nayef, Sarayir won her maiden and the Listed Oh So Sharp S. at two for Major Dick Hern and added a third career success as a 3-year-old in 1997. The first of her produce to make an impact at the races was her foal of 2005 Mawatheeq (Danzig), winner of the G3 Cumberland Lodge S. and runner-up in the G1 Champion S. for trainer Marcus Tregoning.

Foaled in 2006, Ghanaati was conditioned by Barry Hills to three wins from six trips to the races, graduating by a half-dozen lengths at second asking in 2008 before taking the 1000 Guineas and G1 Coronation S. in succession the following season. Ghanaati would go on to produce G2 Joel S. hero Mutasaabeq (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and Wafy (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), winner in Dubai of the G3 Mahab Al Shimaal S.

Rumoush (Rahy) continued Sarayir's streak of breeding shed success, winning the Listed Feilden S. for Tregoning before crossing the line in fourth, but placed third via disqualification, behind Snow Fairy (Ire) in the 2010 G1 Investec Epsom Oaks. Rumoush was also third in the G3 Prix de Psyche in France and second in the G2 Park Hill S. before going on to account for multiple Dubai Group 3 winner Muntazah (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), G3 City of York S. heroine Talaayeb (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and listed winner Wadilsafa (GB) (Frankel {GB}). This is also the female family of German Group 1 winner Wind in Her Hair (Alzao), famously the dam of the outstanding Deep Impact (Jpn), and of Miqyaas (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), expected to run in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint next weekend.

Sarayir, a full-sister to Baaeed (GB)'s fourth dam Bashayer, was the granddam of the stakes-winning Zawraq (Ire) (Shamardal), G2 Queen Mary S. winner and 1000 Guineas G1 Cheveley Park S. third Maqaasid (GB) (Green Desert). She was the third dam of G1 Sydney Cup victor Shraaoh (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and G3 Bahrain Trophy hero Raheen House (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}).

“Thank you for everything sweet girl, we already miss you,” Sheikha Hissa tweeted.

 

 

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Pletcher: Forte ‘Doing All The Things The Way You’d Want Him To Be Doing Them’

Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's Forte returned to the worktab at Palm Beach Downs Friday in preparation for a scheduled start in the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) April 1 at Gulfstream Park.

The Todd Pletcher-trained 2022 Eclipse Award-winning 2-year-old male breezed for the first time since his tour de force 2023 debut in the $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) March 4 at Gulfstream Park. The son of Violence breezed a half-mile in 50.72 under regular jockey Irad Ortiz Jr.

“I thought it was super. The horse is doing extremely well. He came out of the Fountain of Youth in great shape. He had a nice breeze this morning, just a half-mile. He finished up strongly with a good gallop-out,” Pletcher said. “He's very happy and moving well.”

Forte showed he doesn't need things to go his way to dominate his rivals when he overcame bumping at the start and raced in traffic before launching a four-wide bid into the stretch, where he drew off to win by 4 ½ lengths without coming under pressure.

“He came back with really good energy. His appetite has been super. He's doing all the things the way you'd want him to be doing them,” Pletcher said. “He's coming out of a big race and leading up to another big one. I couldn't be more pleased.”

The Hall of Fame trainer has saddled a record six Florida Derby winners; Scat Daddy, (2007), Constitution (2014), Materiality (2015), Always Dreaming (2017), Audible (2018) and Known Agenda (2021).

At Gulfstream Park, Antonio Sano-trained Congruent and Il Miracolo breezed five furlongs Friday morning. Congruent, who captured the Battaglia Memorial (G3) at Turfway last time out, was timed in 1:01.37 in preparation for a planned start in the March 25 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3). Il Miracolo was timed in a 'bullet' 1:00.50 in preparation for a likely start in the Curlin Florida Derby.

Gustavo Delgado-trained Mage, who finished fourth in the Fountain of Youth in only his second career start, breezed five furlongs Friday morning in 1:02.38.

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