Month: May 2023

A mare working out in England had some unexpected company during her gallop this week.

Trainer Joe Tickle posted the video below showing 7-year-old Simple Words encountering a herd of running deer during a workout on an artificial surface gallop course in North Devon.

 

Busy on the gallops this morning! pic.twitter.com/vaqK1Il0yA

— joe tickle (@TickleJoe) April 30, 2023

Tickle told the Paulick Report that Simple Words is “very sensible” and that the deer are a common sight for Thoroughbreds working out in the area. Simple Words was out for a work at Nigel Hawke Thorne Farm near Tiverton.

“She's a racehorse so she is used to galloping in close proximity to other horses,” Tickle said when asked about the mare's relaxed attitude in a moment that may have overfaced other horses.

Tickle took over the training of Simple Words before her return to the races earlier this season. She is entered on Thursday at Salisbury.

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Spendthrift Farm's Major Dude, a two-time graded stakes winner on turf headlines a field of 14 3-year-olds and two also-eligibles entered Monday for Saturday's 32nd running of the $500,000 American Turf (G2) going 1 1/16 miles over the Matt Winn Turf Course at Churchill Downs.

The American Turf will go as the ninth race with 3:40 p.m. post time.

Trained by Todd Pletcher, Major Dude won the Pilgrim (G2) last fall and the Kitten's Joy (G3) in February and most recently was second in the Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) on the all-weather surface at Turfway Park. Irad Ortiz Jr. has the mount and will break from post one.

Also in the field are graded stakes winners Mo Stash, owned by BBN Racing and trained by Vicki Oliver, and Susan Moulton's Andthewinneris, trained by Wayne Catalano.

Adding further intrigue to the race are two of the top colts to debut this winter at Gulfstream Park: Lawrence Sarf's undefeated Far Bridge and e Five Racing Thoroughbreds' Carl Spackler (IRE).

The field for the American Turf, with riders and weights from the rail out, is:

1. Major Dude (Irad Ortiz Jr., 122 pounds),
2. Far Bridge (Joel Rosario, 118),
3. Mendelssohns March (Brian Hernandez Jr., 118),
4. Talk of the Nation (Tyler Gaffalione, 118),
5. Johannes (Umberto Rispoli, 118),
6. Behind Enemy Lines (GB) (Flavien Prat, 118),
7. Desert Duke (Corey Lanerie, 118),
8. Mo Stash (Luis Saez, 120),
9. Anglophile (John Velazquez, 118),
10. Otago (Adam Beschizza, 118),
11. Carl Spackler (IRE) (Jose Ortiz, 118),
12. Funtastic Again (Gerardo Corrales, 118),
13. Andthewinneris (Florent Geroux, 122),
14. Webslinger (Javier Castellano, 118.
15. Also-eligible: Wadsworth (Manny Franco, 118),
16. Also-eligible: Scoobie Quando (Christophe Lemaire, 118).

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Gainesway Stable's Spendarella, a winner of four of five starts including the Del Mar Oaks (G1), headlines a field of eight for the 38th running of the $500,000 Longines Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (G2) for fillies and mares racing over the Matt Winn Turf Course at Churchill Downs.

The Longines Churchill Distaff Turf Mile will go as Saturday's fifth race with a 12:36 p.m. post time.

Trained by Graham Motion, Spendarella will be making her first start since the Del Mar Oaks in August. Her lone setback came at Royal Ascot last June in the Coronation (G1). Tyler Gaffalione has the mount Saturday and will break from post five.

To be successful in her 2023 debut, Spendarella will have to get past a trio of Chad Brown-trained runners that includes 2022 race winner Speak of the Devil (FR).

Owned by Peter Brant, Speak of the Devil returned from a nine-month layoff to finish fifth in the Honey Fox (G3) last month. Flavien Prat, who was aboard for last year's 2 ¾-length victory in this race, has the call Saturday and will break from post position two.

Other Brown entrants include Bradley Thoroughbreds, Belmar Racing and Breeding, Tim and Anna Cambron and Team Hanley's Haughty and Head of Plains Partners' Fluffy Socks.

Unraced since winning the Lake Placid (G2) at Saratoga in August, Haughty will be making her Churchill Downs debut. Third in the 2021 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) at Del Mar, Haughty will be ridden by Jose Ortiz and break from post three.

Fluffy Socks, a two-time graded stakes winner and six times graded stakes placed, will be making her first start since finishing fourth in the Rodeo Drive (G1) at Santa Anita in October. Irad Ortiz Jr. has the mount and will exit post seven.

The field for the Longines Churchill Distaff Turf Mile, with riders and weights from the rail out, is:

1. Sharp Hero (Jareth Loveberry, 118 pounds),
2. Speak of the Devil (FR) (Prat, 118),
3. Haughty (Jose Ortiz, 120),
4. Wakanaka (IRE) (Joel Rosario, 120),
5. Spendarella (Gaffalione, 120),
6. Sister Lou Ann (Luis Saez, 118),
7. Fluffy Socks (Irad Ortiz Jr., 118),
8. Freedom Speaks (James Graham, 118).

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A well-balanced field of 14, headed by Saratoga Special (G2) winner Damon's Mound, passed the entry box Monday for the 99th running of the $500,000 Pat Day Mile (G2) for 3-year-olds racing on the main track.

The Pat Day Mile will go as Saturday's eighth race at Churchill Downs, with a 2:46 p.m. post time.

Owned by Michele and Cliff Love, Damon's Mound debuted here last July with a 12 ½-length victory before going to Saratoga before his victory in the Special. Trained by Michele Lovell, Damon's Mound returns to the dirt after his 2023 debut on turf at Keeneland last month.

Gabriel Saez has the mount and will break from post 13.

Three other graded stakes winners are in the field: Michael McLoughlin's Curly Jack, Courtlandt Farms' General Jim and Calumet Farm's Tall Boy.

The field for the Pat Day Mile, with riders and weights from the rail out, is:

1. Kangaroo Court (John Velazquez, 118 pounds),
2. Tall Boy (Rey Gutierrez, 120),
3. Lugan Knight (Manny Franco, 118),
4. Midnight Rising (Luan Machado, 118),
5. Echo Again (Florent Geroux, 118),
6. Frosted Departure (Brian Hernandez Jr., 118),
7. Fort Bragg (Joel Rosario, 118),
8. Bourbon Bash (Flavien Prat, 118),
9. General Jim (Luis Saez, 120),
10. Curly Jack (Edgar Morales, 118),
11. Gilmore (Irad Ortiz Jr., 118),
12. Gun Pilot (Tyler Gaffalione, 118),
13. Damon's Mound (Gabriel Saez, 122),
14. Freezing Point (Corey Lanerie, 118).

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