Month: August 2023

‘Rising Star’ Carl Spackler An ‘Ace’ In Hall Of Fame

It was a performance worth waiting for. Rescheduled from the end of last Friday's rain-cancelled card, the GII National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame S. finally got its day on course as 'TDN Rising Star' Carl Spackler (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) drove right on past his opposition to pick up his first graded-stakes win.

Second by a head on debut Jan. 21 to another 'Rising Star' in GI Belmont Derby winner Far Bridge (English Channel), the Chad Brown trainee responded with 8 3/4-length rout over the Gulfstream green Feb. 25, a performance that earned him a 92 Beyer Speed Figure. The 1 1/16 mile GII American Turf S. was next on the dance card but a troubled trip saw the race favorite toss up a bogey and tire to eighth.

With Tyler Gaffalione taking over the mount from Jose Ortiz for the first time Friday, Carl Spackler was outrun early by a host of horses to his outside and was nearly last in the opening furlong as the field passed the wire the first time by. Hugging the hedge inside of Ocean Vision (Ire) (U S Navy Flag) into the backstretch, he was comfortably second flight behind the pace-setting duo of his stablemate Appraise (Ire) (Kodica {GB}) and European invader Mysterious Night (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) through an opening quarter on the inner turf in :24.37.

The field of nine began to bunch up as they swung into the far turn and Carl Spackler got just the gap he needed to tip outside of rivals passing the quarter pole. With the same kick he showed in that Gulfstream maiden, the chestnut made up four lengths to get on even terms with the leaders and, with a sixteenth to run, went right on by his stablemate to secure the win by open lengths and top the Chad Brown exacta.

“The horse really benefitted from a break,” said winning trainer Chad Brown. “Like I said before the race, after the race at Churchill I shipped him back home to Belmont and he just was not looking well. He got sick on the trip and [owner] eFive Racing is always patient with their horses and Bob [Edwards] said, 'Listen, just point him to Saratoga and get him right' and the horse really blossomed. The last couple of weeks, his coat was shining, the horse had his energy back. His last two works were excellent. I felt even though it was off a layoff and it was a big race, he was ready to fire a big one.”

Pedigree Note:

Carl Spackler is the 116th stakes winner and 65th group/graded winner worldwide for his prolific sire. His dam Zindaya, herself a graded-stakes winner in America, has produced several well-received offspring in Europe including a pair of Tattersalls October Yearling Book 1 entries in Tribal Warrior (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) who brought 280,000gns and her 2021 Frankel filly for 450,000gns, both by the Godolphin operation. Zindaya is a half-sister to GISW Western Aristocrat (Mr. Greeley).  She reported a full-sister to Carl Spackler last year, was not bred for 2023, and visited Uncle Mo for next Spring.

Friday, Saratoga Race Course
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF RACING HALL OF FAME S.-GII, $500,000, Saratoga, 8-11, 3yo, 1mT, 1:36.29, gd.
1–CARL SPACKLER (IRE), 118, c, 3, by Lope de Vega (Ire)
                1st Dam: Zindaya (GSW, $567,240), by More Than Ready
                2nd Dam: Aristocratic Lady, by Kris S.
                3rd Dam: American Dynasty, by Quiet American
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. 'TDN Rising Star'. (350,000gns RNA Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-e Five Racing Thoroughbreds; B-Fifth Avenue Bloodstock (IRE); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Tyler Gaffalione. $275,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0, $336,000. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Appraise (Ire), 118, c, 3, Kodiac (GB)–Champagne Or Water (Ire), by Captain Rio (GB). (85,000gns Wlg '20 TATFOA; 180,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-Mr J & Mrs L Scott (IRE); T-Chad C. Brown. $100,000.
3–More Than Looks, 124, c, 3, More Than Ready–Ladies' Privilege, by Harlan's Holiday. ($135,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Victory Racing Partners; B-Hinkle Farms (KY); T-Cherie DeVaux. $60,000.
Margins: 2 1/4, NO, 2. Odds: 2.35, 7.80, 3.10.
Also Ran: Ocean Vision (Ire), Behind Enemy Lines (GB), Mischievous Angel, Mysterious Night (Ire), Bat Flip, General Jim.

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Gulfstream Rainbow 6 Gross Jackpot Pool Guaranteed At $375k Saturday

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 Gross Jackpot Pool will be guaranteed at $375,000 Saturday at Gulfstream Park, where the popular multi-race wager went unsolved Friday for the 17th racing day following a mandatory payout.

The Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 5-10, featuring the $65,000 Proud Man Stakes, in which seven of the eight entrants are eligible for the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes series that gets underway at Gulfstream Sept. 9. The Race 9 feature, which will be contested by 2-year-olds going six furlongs, offers a $25,000 win-only bonus to a Florida-bred winner.

Antonio Sano-trained Divieto, the only Kentucky-bred in the field, is rated as the 5-2 morning-line favorite on the strength of an impressive career debut July 21. The son of Dialed In defeated stablemate Le Dom Bro by 4 ½ lengths. Le Dom Bro came back Friday to graduate at Saratoga.

Juan Alvarado-trained Reaper, who captured the Prairie Gold Juvenile at Prairie Meadows last time out; Jose D'Angelo-trained Bentornato, who rallied from off the pace to win his recent debut; Eddie Plesa Jr.-trained Big Effect, who graduated smartly after getting caught late by Bentornato in his debut; and Michael Yates-trained Keep On Coming, an easy winner in his May 5 debut; are all prime candidates for the FSS series.

The Rainbow 6 jackpot is paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70 percent of that day's pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

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TOBA National Awards Announces 2023 Finalists

The winners, finalists, and official sponsors for this year's TOBA National Awards were announced Friday by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.

The National Awards Dinner will be held Saturday, Sept. 9 at Fasig-Tipton in Lexington, KY and the National Awards Luncheon, which honors breeders from 20 states and Canada, will be held Friday, Sept. 8 at WinStar Farm.

The finalists for the National Owner of the Year are Peter M. Brant, Godolphin, Hronis Racing, Klaravich Stables, and Winchell Thoroughbreds.

The three finalists for the National Breeder of the Year are Godolphin, Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC., and Summer Wind Equine.

The entire list of finalists and winners can be viewed here.

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$2-Million Juvenile Purchase Muth Has Just Four Rivals In Sunday’s Best Pal

When you put up $2-million to buy a 2-year-old in training, you're obviously taking a big swing. But then Amr F. Zedan, the 48-year-old billionaire, Saudi Arabian businessman and serial venture capital investor has been to the plate for big swings before.

The young horse we're focusing on here is the 2-year-old colt named Muth, a bay son of Good Magic out of the Uncle Mo mare Hoppa. The $2-million price was reached at the March Ocala Breeders' Sale in Florida and the colt – properly owned by Zedan Racing Stables – found a home in Southern California with trainer Bob Baffert.

The conditioner, who has worked his exceptional horse training skills with many a young runner, got Muth to the races for the first time on June 18 at Santa Anita and the result was what you'd expect for a 3-10 first-time starter: an 8 1/2-length victory over straight maidens going five furlongs in a rapid :57.20 for the distance. He was handled by top rider Juan Hernandez and won “geared down” according to the chart.

Now comes swing No. 2 for the youngster as he steps into graded stakes company for the first time Sunday in Del Mar's 53rd edition of the $200,000, Grade 3 Best Pal Stakes for juveniles taking on four rivals going six furlongs. He'll partner once again with Hernandez and Baffert has put a series of solid recent works into his charge in anticipation of this move up.

Del Mar's morning line maker Jon White has no doubts about Muth:  He'll be 3-5 and beat him if you can on the program Sunday.

Here's the from-the-rail-out lineup – with riders and morning line odds — for the dash, which will go as Race 4 on the 10-race card:

Great Friends Stables or Davis' Raging Torrent (Antonio Fresu, 15-1); William Peeples' Tranche (Edwin Maldonado, 4-1); Reddam Racing's Who Is Pavel Mario Gutierrez, 30-1); Muth, and SF Racing, Starlight Racing and Madaket Racing's Prince of Monaco (Flavien Prat, 9/5).

The chief treat to the top one also is trained by Baffert in Prince of Monaco. He, too, was a galloping winner in his debut, scoring by eight at Los Alamitos on July 9. He gets the saddle services of Prat, a seven-time leading rider at Del Mar who has come in from his regular gig at Saratoga for the program and has been named on six different horses over the course of the afternoon.

First post for Sunday's card is at 2 p.m.

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