Shackleford Half to Monomoy Girl Tabbed a Rising Star at Del Mar

Superman Shaq (Shackleford), a half-brother to champion Monomoy Girl (Tapizar), disappointed with a dull effort in his debut, but made amends with a ‘TDN Rising Star’ worthy graduation at Del Mar Sunday. Shedding blinkers and sent off the 5-2 favorite for this second start, the chestnut colt strode out to the early lead and had company through a quarter in :22.08. He began inching clear turning for home, spurted further away after a half in :45.77 and bound home a 3 3/4-length winner. Parnelli (Quality Road) was second and Hot Pastrami (Dominus) was third. The time for the 5 1/2 furlongs was 1:04.25.

Superman Shaq was beaten 23 1/4 lengths when sixth after pressing the pace in his six-furlong debut at Del Mar Aug. 8, but had put in a solid string of three works since that Aug. 8 effort, most recently going five furlongs in 1:00 flat (3/58) Aug. 30.

“I thought I did, but I didn’t have him fit for the first race,” trainer Peter Miller admitted Sunday evening. “The blinkers off today helped him relax, too.”

Miller said the colt could make his next start in the Sept. 26 GI American Pharoah S., a Win and You’re in race for the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.

Superman Shaq was a $230,000 Fasig-Tipton October yearling and put in a sizzling quarter-mile work in :20 3/5 before reselling for $550,000 at this year’s OBS Spring sale. In addition to Monomoy Girl, who continued her illustrious career with a victory in Friday’s GI La Troienne S., the colt is a half to fellow ‘TDN Rising Star’ and graded winner Mr. Monomoy (Palace Malice). Drumette, in foal to Mastery, sold for $1.85 million at the 2018 Keeneland November sale. She produced a filly by Mastery in 2019 and a colt by Tapit in 2020.

7th-Del Mar, $56,500, Msw, 9-6, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:04.25, ft.
SUPERMAN SHAQ, c, 2, by Shackleford
                1st Dam: Drumette, by Henny Hughes
                2nd Dam: Endless Parade, by Williamstown
                3rd Dam: Mnemosyne, by Saratoga Six
$230,000 Ylg ’19 FTKOCT; $550,000 2yo ’20 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $33,500. O-Gary Barber; B-Frankfort Park Farm & Michael Hernon (KY); T-Peter Miller. *1/2 to Monomoy Girl (Tapizar), Ch. 3-year-old Filly, MGISW, $3,386,818; and to Mr. Monomoy (Palace Malice), GSW, $327,162. Click for the Equibase.com chart or Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Hough: Woodward Winner Global Campaign To Train Up To Breeders’ Cup Classic

Sagamore Farm and WinStar Farm's Global Campaign earned a 104 Beyer Speed Figure for his frontrunning score in Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Woodward Handicap at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Trained by Stanley Hough and forwardly ridden by Luis Saez, Global Campaign was tracked throughout by Juddmonte Farms' regally-bred multiple graded-stakes winning millionaire Tacitus through splits of 24.65, 48.89 and 1:11.90 on the fast main track.

A busy Saez kept to task on Global Campaign late in the final turn and repelled the challenge from Tacitus to secure a 1 3/4-length win. He covered 10 furlongs in a final time of 2:01.40

“It was quite a performance. I'm so proud of him,” said Hough. “He came out of the race great and will be coming back to Churchill Downs later this morning.”

A six-time winner from nine starts with purse earnings of $781,080, Global Campaign made the grade in the 2019 Grade 3 Peter Pan at Belmont Park and entered the Woodward from a frontrunning score on July 18 over Math Wizard in the Grade 3 Monmouth Cup.

Hough said Global Campaign overcame some minor issues and is now living up to his early promise.

“He's had a lot of issues with nagging kinds of things, but at Monmouth I think he turned the corner,” said Hough. “He's been doing very well and his feet are better. We had a little problem with his feet after Monmouth with the shedding of a 'frog' [located on the underside of a horse's hoof], but that happens at some racetracks. For him, it's something that happens, but we were able to shoe him regularly for this race and he went into it fine.”

Hough said Global Campaign will now train up to the Grade 1, $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic on November 7 at Keeneland Race Course.

“We're hoping if everything stays good that we can take him to the Breeders' Cup,” said Hough. “We have 60 days, so the timing is good.”

By Curlin, Global Campaign is out of the late A.P. Indy mare Globe Trot, who passed away from complications giving birth to Global Campaign. Globe Trot produced three foals including multiple stakes winner and multiple graded-stakes placed Sonic Mule and multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire Bolt d'Oro, who now stands at Spendthrift Farm.

Hough said Global Campaign has the credentials to be a successful stallion.

“I think Global Campaign is a really talented horse and with that pedigree, as far as being a stud goes, I don't think there's anybody more qualified than him,” said Hough.

Hough said a more mature Global Campaign will hopefully be a handful for his opponents, rather than himself, in the Breeders' Cup.

“He's been his own worst enemy in the past,” said Hough. “As a young horse he could be a little playful and some of the things that bothered him, he caused himself. But he's maturing, so I'm hoping he has at least one more good one in him.”

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Maidens Figure to Have Big Say in Del Mar Futurity

Dr. Schivel (Violence), a blowout maiden winner last out, plus a pair of horses yet to earn their diploma make up a quality trio of major contenders in Monday’s GI Runhappy Del Mar Futurity.

Backed down to 3-2 debuting June 21 at Santa Anita, the Luis Mendez trainee rallied to be third after some trouble and was runner-up July 4 at Los Alamitos. Jumping way forward in his local bow Aug. 8, the bay blasted clear to a 5 3/4-length victory, earning by far his highest career Beyer with an 86.

Returning to take another crack at him is the runner-up from that day, Spielberg (Union Rags). Selling for a cool $1 million at Keeneland September, the chestnut was backed down to 4-5 debuting for Bob Baffert, but was no match for Dr Schivel. Breaking from the rail, he drilled five furlongs in :59 3/5 (2/74) over this track Aug. 22.

Dixie’s Two Stents (Quality Road) looks to give Doug O’Neill his third Del Mar Futurity win. Narrowly bested by Baffert’s odds-on Freedom Fighter (Violence) debuting locally Aug. 1, the $60,000 Keeneland November buy clocked his final furlong in :11.49 that day and has come back to blow out five panels in a bullet :59 flat (1/58) Aug. 30.

Weston (Hit It a Bomb), a 21-1 victor over Dr. Schivel in the aforementioned Arcadia heat, backed up that result with a game tally in the GII Best Pal S. Aug. 8. He’ll likely need a big figure boost off his career top of 67 to make it three in a row.

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Preakness Next Stop For Authentic: ‘We Want To Give Him Every Opportunity’

Spendthrift Farm, MyRaceHorse Stable, Madaket Stables and Starlight Racing's Authentic, upset winner of Saturday's Kentucky Derby (G1), and beaten favorite Tiz the Law could be headed for a rematch in the 145th Preakness Stakes (G1) Saturday, Oct. 3 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md.

Trainer Bob Baffert said Sunday morning that Authentic emerged from his front-running 1 1/4-length triumph in good shape and would remain in Kentucky with fellow Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas to prepare for the Preakness, presented this year as the final jewel in a refashioned Triple Crown.

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, all three Triple Crown races were rescheduled and the order adjusted starting with the Belmont (G1), typically the final leg, from June 6 to June 20. The original dates for the Derby and Preakness were May 2 and May 16, respectively.

“I couldn't believe it. I thought he'd be a little tired, but the track was in really good shape and it was fast and he got over it really well,” Baffert said. “They were planning on leaving tomorrow for California but being that the Preakness is a few weeks away, I thought it might be a little too hard for him to go back.

“We'll just run him out of here,” he added. “If he's working well and all is going well, then he'll go to the Preakness. We want to give him every opportunity.”

Baffert said that 2020 Robert B. Lewis (G3) and 2019 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) winner Thousand Words is also being pointed to the Preakness. Albaugh Family Stables and Spendthrift's Thousand Words flipped in the paddock after being saddled for the Derby and was scratched.

“We're planning on sending both if they're doing well,” Baffert said. “He didn't even have a scratch on him. He fell on his side, so we were fortunate.”

Authentic won the Sham (G3), San Felipe (G2) and Haskell (G1) and was second in the Santa Anita Derby (G1) this year. The Kentucky Derby was the first time in six career starts that the bay Into Mischief colt didn't go off as the favorite.

That role was filled by Sackatoga Stable's Tiz the Law, who had been unbeaten during his 3-year-old season with wins in the Holy Bull (G2) and Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park over the winter, the Belmont and most recently the 1 1/4-mile Travers (G1) Aug. 8 at Saratoga.

Trained by Barclay Tagg, Tiz the Law got within a head of Authentic with a quarter-mile to run but was never able to get by. Tiz the Law's only two losses in eight starts have come at Churchill; he was third by less than a length over a sloppy track in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) last fall.

“I haven't seen a speed figure but it sounds like he bounced a little bit off the big Travers effort, and Barclay has a question that maybe he just really doesn't like the racetrack,” Sackatoga managing partner Jack Knowlton said Sunday. “Watching him finish, he said he was kind of swimming a little bit maybe coming down the stretch. But, he ran the race that we were looking for. He got the trip. [Jockey] Manny [Franco] gave him a great ride and he just didn't beat one horse. There's no shame in running second in the Kentucky Derby.”

Knowlton said Tiz the Law is scheduled to fly back to Belmont Park on Tuesday. While he is leaning toward going on to the Preakness, the final decision will come after talking to Tagg and ultimately will rest with the horse.

“He ran good and came out of it great. I was over at the barn this morning and all is well,” Knowlton said. “I'll have that discussion with Barclay and we'll take a little time to see. My thinking is that we will, but we'll have the horse dictate what's going to happen. Certainly that would be my preference but we've just go to see how he comes out and see how he works when we have the next work in a couple weeks. We'll have time for a couple works.”

Trainer Bret Calhoun said following the Derby that Mr. Big News, who ran third at odds of 46-1, was likely headed to Baltimore. Mr. Big News earned an automatic berth in the Preakness by virtue of his victory in the April 11 Oaklawn Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

Three horses that were scratched from the Derby the week of the race are also being pointed to the Preakness – Tampa Bay Derby (G2) winner King Guillermo, Blue Grass (G2) and Ellis Park Derby winner Art Collector, and Finnick the Fierce, third in the Arkansas Derby (G1) who beat Tiz the Law by a head when second in the Kentucky Jockey Club.

Among other potential Preakness horses are Mystic Guide and Dr. Post, respectively first and fourth in Saturday's Jim Dandy (G2) at Saratoga; Manitoba Derby winner Mongolian Wind, entered in Monday's Gold Cup Stakes at Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg; Lebda, winner of the Miracle Wood and Private Terms at Laurel Park over the winter and most recently third in the Robert Hilton Memorial Stakes Aug. 28 at Charles Town; Pneumatic, last out winner of the Pegasus Stakes Aug. 15 at Monmouth Park and fourth in the Belmont for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen; and the Baffert-trained Azul Coast, winner of the El Camino Real Derby Feb. 15 at Golden Gate and second to Authentic in the Sham.

The $100,000 Federico Tesio Monday at Laurel Park is a 'Win and In' qualifier for Triple Crown-nominated horses to the Preakness. Happy Saver, undefeated in two career starts for trainer Todd Pletcher, is the 1-2 program favorite for the 1 1/8-mile Preakness prep.

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