Month: October 2023

Iowa-Bred Glengarry Keeps Record Perfect With Bowman Mill Victory

Undefeated Iowa-bred Glengarry, the 2-1 favorite, took command inside the eighth pole and posted a half-length victory in the fourth running of the $169,775 Bowman Mill for 2-year-olds Saturday on the closing day of Keeneland's fall meet.

With Luis Saez aboard for trainer Doug Anderson, Glengarry covered six furlongs on a fast dirt track in 1:11.52. With the performance, Anderson secured his first Keeneland stakes victory. He co-owns the winner with Aaron Kennedy and Toby Joseph.

“We learned something today, that he'll rate,” Anderson said. “And hopefully we're on to better things. (Iowa) is a little bit smaller state in the horse business, and (winning at Keeneland) just helps everything. We're just tickled to be here.”

Bred by Highpoint Bloodstock, Glengarry is a gray/roan colt by Maximus Mischief out of the Tizway mare L. A. Way. He earned $90,675 for the victory to push his career earnings to $177,501. Glengarry is undefeated in three career races, including the Iowa Cradle Stakes at Prairie Meadows on Sept. 30 in his most recent start.

Glengarry paid $7.46 for the win. Normandy Hero, ridden by Alex Achard, finished 3 1/4 lengths in front of  third-place finisher Valentine Candy with Ricardo Santana Jr. aboard.

Patriot Spirit was fourth and was followed by Cowes, Maycocks Bay and Sweet Soddy J.

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Maximus Mischief’s Glengarry Too Strong in Bowman Mill

Iowa-bred Glengarry (Maximus Mischief) ran his record to three wins from as many appearances with a good-looking victory in Saturday's Bowman Mill S. at Keeneland.

The 5-2 second choice off a 12 3/4-length romp against his fellow state-breds in the Sept. 30 Iowa Cradle S., the gray colt was under the pump early from Luis Saez as he tried to match strides with Cowes (Outwork) to his outside, but when it was apparent that he was not going to make the lead, Glengarry was taken hold of for a stride or two and guided into the two path to stalk the loose leader. Asked to claim that front-runner as they hit the stretch, Glengarry went for home at the three-sixteenths, but may have idled a bit as Normandy Hero (Omaha Beach) began to cut into the lead. But the Doug Anderson trainee rebroke and maintained a safe margin to the wire.

“It was a pretty quick decision we had to make,” Saez said of the choice to drag Glengarry off the pace. “We know this horse has been running on the lead, and he's fast. Today was a tough race. He broke from there sharp, and we had a little pressure, but we had to make a quick decision and take a little hold. I put him right there outside, and he responded perfectly.”

A $55,000 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling, Glengarry made for a nice profit when hammering for $150,000 at this year's Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale in May. One of two stakes winners for his leading freshman sire (by Into Mischief), Glengarry is out of a half-sister to a pair of black-type placers and has a yearling half-sister by Good Samaritan and a weanling full-sister. L. A. Way was most recently bred to Tonalist. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

BOWMAN MILL S., $169,775, Keeneland, 10-28, 2yo, 6f, 1:11.52, ft.
1–GLENGARRY, 120, c, 2, by Maximus Mischief
1st Dam: L. A. Way, by Tizway
2nd Dam: L. A. Devine, by Pulpit
3rd Dam: Sunny Laugh, by Relaunch
($55,000 Ylg '22 FTKJUL; $150,000 2yo '23 EASMAY). O-Aaron Kennedy, Toby Joseph & Doug Anderson; B-Highpoint Bloodstock (IA); T-Doug L Anderson; J-Luis Saez. $90,675. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $177,501.
2–Normandy Hero, 118, c, 2, Omaha Beach–Swan of the Nile, by Pioneerof the Nile. 1ST BLACK-TYPE.  ($40,000 RNA Wlg '21 FTKNOV). O-Naoya Yoshida; B-Yoshida, Brock, Collins, Crawford, Doyle & Vanbeek (KY); T-Rodolphe Brisset. $39,000.
3–Valentine Candy, 118, c, 2, Justify–Taste Like Candy, by Candy Ride (Arg). 1ST BLACK-TYPE. ($250,000 Ylg '22 FTKOCT). O-L William & Corinne Heiligbrodt, Jackpot Farm, Whispering Oaks Farm LLC & Coteau Grove Farms LLC; B-Pine Creek LP (KY); T-Steven M Asmussen. $19,500.
Margins: HF, 3 1/4, 1. Odds: 2.73, 4.31, 4.82.
Also Ran: Patriot Spirit, Cowes, Maycocks Bay, Sweet Soddy J. Scratched: Market Street, Royal Slipper.

 

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No Distaff But Xigera Still A Winner In Mother Goose

In just her second start on the dirt, Rigney Racing's Xigera (Nyquist) impressed her connections with a 6 1/4-length win in Churchill's Seneca Overnight S. Sept. 23. The effort was enough to prompt a Breeders' Cup discussion and the daughter of Nyquist was pre-entered in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff only to be withdrawn from consideration early week and rerouted to Saturday's GII Mother Goose S. The move proved to be a smart one as Xigera rewarded her connections with another open-length win at even money.

Switched to the main track after four-straight turf races dating back to a poor performance in last year's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, the 3-year-old went off favored Saturday in her second attempt at a graded stake on the dirt (she was fourth in last year's GI Alcibiades). Out moved to the front by an eager Undervalued Asset (Speightstown), Xigera was content to sit a stalking trip in second into the backstretch. A length off that leader through a half mile in :48.46, Julien Leparoux kept his filly under wraps even as Defining Purpose (Cross Traffic) began to make an early bid alongside into the far turn. Sandwiched between runners with a quarter left to run, Xigera had plenty left to offer as the pacesetter faded to the inside and quickly moved clear inside the final sixteenth to win going away under a hand ride. Defining Purpose held on for second over a closing Occult (Into Mischief).

“The hindsight is the easiest sight, so now that it's done, it was the right decision [to come here rather than the Breeders' Cup],' said winning trainer Phil Bauer. “I'm overwhelmed. It's a pretty cool race historically. This year, as a whole, has just been phenomenal for Richard [Rigney, owner] and us, and to accomplish what we have is something special and we need to make sure we don't take it for granted. It was the right decision and hopefully, it will springboard her to a 4-year-old campaign that has been as impressive as her last two races.”

 

Pedigree Note:

Argent Affair, a stakes winner herself, RNA'd at last year's Keeneland November Breeding Stock sale for just $100,000 despite producing GSW Forty Under (Uncle Mo) along with GSP Myriskyaffair (Verrazano) and Saturday's winner. A $190,000 yearling, Xigera is one of 21 stakes winners from four racing crops for champion 2-year-old colt and GI Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist. Damsire Black Tie Affair (Ire), himself a Horse of the Year and GI Breeders' Cup Classic victor, also sired the dam. of MG1SW Mastercraftsman (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}). Xigera's only younger half-sibling is a weanling Street Boss filly. Argent Affair visited Mo Donegal for 2024.

Saturday, Belmont The Big A
MOTHER GOOSE S.-GII, $250,000, Belmont The Big A, 10-28, 3yo, f, 1 1/8m, 1:48.99, ft.
1–XIGERA, 122, f, 3, by Nyquist
                1st Dam: Argent Affair (SW, $154,895),
                                by Black Tie Affair (Ire)
                2nd Dam: Caty's Quest, by Norquestor
                3rd Dam: Cataque, by Clever Trick
1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($190,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP).
O-Rigney Racing, LLC; B-Cedar Hill, LLC (KY); T-Philip A. Bauer;
J-Julien R. Leparoux. $137,500. Lifetime Record: 9-5-1-1,
$576,601. *1/2 to Forty Under (Uncle Mo), GSW, $380,536;
1/2 to Myriskyaffair (Verrazano), GSP, $271,095. Werk Nick
Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Defining Purpose, 124, f, 3, Cross Traffic–Defining Hope, by
Strong Hope. ($14,000 RNA Ylg '21 KEEJAN). O-Katsumi
Yoshida; B-Colette Marie VanMatre (KY); T-Kenneth G.
McPeek. $50,000.
3–Occult, 124, f, 3, Into Mischief–Magical Feeling, by Empire
Maker. ($625,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC;
B-Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY); T-Chad C. Brown.
$30,000.
Margins: 3HF, 3/4, 2 3/4. Odds: 1.05, 7.20, 2.00.
Also Ran: Julia Shining, Foggy Night, Undervalued Asset, Peak Popularity.
Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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