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		<title>Jose Ortiz to Ride in Kentucky this Spring</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Edited Press Release  Jockey Jose Ortiz is named to ride eight races Saturday at Turfway Park and, after Jeff Ruby Steaks Day, fans in Kentucky will begin to see his name regularly in the program as he's slated to ride full-time this spring at Keeneland and Churchill Downs. For many years the 2017 Eclipse Award-winning</p>
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<p>Jockey Jose Ortiz is named to ride eight races Saturday at Turfway Park and, after Jeff Ruby Steaks Day, fans in Kentucky will begin to see his name regularly in the program as he's slated to ride full-time this spring at Keeneland and Churchill Downs.</p>
<p>For many years the 2017 Eclipse Award-winning jockey has been a regular rider on the New York circuit during the spring and summer, but this will be the first time he'll remain in Kentucky. Agent Steve Rushing, who also take the calls for his Eclipse Award-winning brother Irad Ortiz, Jr., will continue to have his book in Kentucky. (In a text, Rushing said Jose Ortiz is moving permanently to Kentucky, but will ride at Saratoga in the summer before returning for Kentucky Downs, where he won the 2018 and 2019 titles.)</p>
<p>Among his many mounts Saturday is GIII Sam F. Davis S. runner-up <strong>Agate Road</strong> (<a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link">Quality Road</a>) in the GIII Jeff Ruby Steaks for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. Listed at 4-1 on the morning line odds, Agate Road was cross-entered in Saturday's GII TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds but Pletcher said that he's, &#8220;leaning towards&#8221; running the bay at Turfway. Other notable mounts for Ortiz Saturday at Turfway include <strong>Wolfie's Dynaghost</strong> (<a href="http://www.hillndalefarms.com/ghostzapper/" class="horse-link">Ghostzapper</a>) in the GIII TwinSpires Kentucky Cup Classic and <strong>Blue Eyed George</strong> (<a href="https://www.darbydan.com/horse/flameaway/" class="horse-link">Flameaway</a>) in the Rushaway S.</p>
<p>Ortiz will make a brief return to Florida following Jeff Ruby Steaks Day, but will be back to Kentucky when Keeneland's Spring Meet begins Friday, Apr. 5.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Champion Fierceness (<a href="https://lanesend.com/cityoflight" class="horse-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">City of Light</a>) continued his preparations for a likely start in the GI <a href="http://www.hillndalefarms.com/curlin/" class="horse-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Curlin</a> Florida Derby Mar. 30 with a half-mile breeze Friday at Palm Beach Downs in company with fellow 'TDN Rising Star' Agate Road (<a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quality Road</a>). The pair clocked in at :48.89, leaving conditioner Todd Pletcher satisfied with the progress he'd</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Champion <strong>Fierceness</strong> (<a href="https://lanesend.com/cityoflight" class="horse-link">City of Light</a>) continued his preparations for a likely start in the GI <a href="http://www.hillndalefarms.com/curlin/" class="horse-link">Curlin</a> Florida Derby Mar. 30 with a half-mile breeze Friday at Palm Beach Downs in company with fellow '<strong>TDN Rising Star</strong>' <strong>Agate Road</strong> (<a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link">Quality Road</a>). The pair clocked in at :48.89, leaving conditioner Todd Pletcher satisfied with the progress he'd seen since the GIII Holy Bull S.</p>
<p>&#8220;Fierceness and Agate Road breezed a half together and both did really well, especially Fierceness. [He had] a strong gallop-out, looked good. He's continued to train really good since the Holy Bull,&#8221; Pletcher said.</p>
<p>He also added that, while Fierceness had also been training well up to his seasonal debut, the race dynamics may've done more against him than they'd initially thought. &#8220;[&#8230;] I don't think he needed a race. I think our expectations were so high for him that maybe we're not looking at it realistically. If you watch the start of the race, he got slammed pretty hard from both sides. Johnny [Velazquez], in order to execute the game plan, had to use him pretty hard to get to the first turn in the position we wanted to.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;He could have been a little rusty off the layoff, even though he was training great. He was top weight. [There are] a lot of subtle excuses that, for an ordinary horse, you would try to justify it. In his case, he trained so well and we expected so much of him, sometimes you think he can overcome everything.&#8221;</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Sent away as the somewhat surprising 33-10 favorite in Saturday's $250,000 GIII Sam F. Davis S. at Tampa Bay Downs, Morplay Racing's No More Time (<a href="http://www.taylormadestallions.com/horses/not-this-time-31064.html" class="horse-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Not This Time</a>) won the pace battle and ultimately the war, as he had enough in the tank late to hold off 'TDN Rising Star' Agate Road (<a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quality Road</a>) and</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sent away as the somewhat surprising 33-10 favorite in Saturday's $250,000 GIII Sam F. Davis S. at Tampa Bay Downs, Morplay Racing's <strong>No More Time</strong> (<a href="http://www.taylormadestallions.com/horses/not-this-time-31064.html" class="horse-link">Not This Time</a>) won the pace battle and ultimately the war, as he had enough in the tank late to hold off <strong>'TDN Rising Star' Agate Road</strong> (<a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link">Quality Road</a>) and earn 20 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. <strong>West Saratoga</strong> (Exaggerator), winner of last year's GIII Iroquois S. and a distant second to the G3 Saudi Derby-bound Book'em Danno (<a href="http://www.buccherostallion.com/" class="horse-link">Bucchero</a>) in Tampa's Pasco S. Jan. 13, also attended the fast fractions and stayed on bravely for third.</p>
<p>With Jose Ortiz opting for Agate Road, it was Paco Lopez at the controls astride No More Time and he bounced the colt aggressively away from gate five to lead early from second choice <strong>Change of Command</strong> (Into Mischief). West Saratoga was hung out four deep into the backstretch, while Agate Road&#8211;returning to the dirt since debuting over the surface at Saratoga last summer&#8211;was void of any speed and dropped out to be a detached last.</p>
<p>Though he was forced through splits of :23.52 for the quarter and a testing :46.61 for the half, No More Time was still going nicely and met a three-wide bid from West Saratoga midway on the turn as the blinkered Change of Command began to back out of it. In the meantime, Agate Road commenced a rally at the 3 1/2-furlong marker and was weaving his way into contention nearing the stretch. Firmly in front passing the three-sixteenths pole, No More Time was asked for his best as Lopez took his trademark look back at the competition over his right shoulder and he gutted it out as Agate Road, wide into the stretch, took good ground off of him in the final yards. West Saratoga just lasted for third over <strong>Elysian Meadows</strong> (<a href="https://lanesend.com/cityoflight" class="horse-link">City of Light</a>).</p>
<p>There was some drama at the break, as <strong>Everdoit </strong>(Gary D) dropped his rider Huber Villa-Gomez after hitting the gate and ran through the outside rail at about the five-furlong marker. Track announcer Jason Beem tweeted later that the gelding had been caught by the outriders. After reviewing the start, stewards ruled that no changes would be made.</p>
<p>A wide second sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs at Gulfstream on debut Sept. 9, No More Time shot away to graduate by 6 3/4 lengths going the one-turn mile Oct. 22 and did not see action again until the Mucho Macho Man S. over that same track and trip on New Year's Day. Slowly away as the 21-10 second choice, he took the overland route around the turn, but nevertheless traveled into the race looking a threat at the quarter pole. He wasn't able to sustain that bid, finishing fifth, but the gamblers took a forgiving approach Saturday afternoon after No More Time was scratched out of the GIII Holy Bull S. last weekend.</p>
<p><strong>Pedigree Notes:</strong></p>
<p>No More Time is the 31st stakes winner and 14th graded winner for his newly turned 10-year-old sire and is bred on the same cross responsible for GI Madison S. heroine Just One Time. The late Speightstown is now the broodmare sire of 65 stakes winners, 25 at the graded level.</p>
<p>Baroness Juliette was purchased by trainer Clinton Stuart for $12,000 as a 2-year-old at Keeneland November in 2017 and was a maiden winner for a $10,000 tag at Prairie Meadows in nine starts at three in 2018. No More Time is her second foal and her third, the now-juvenile West Virginia-bred colt Mor d'Oro (Mor Spirit), was sold in utero for $7,000 at KEENOV in 2021. She is the dam of a yearling filly by Golden Years, also bred in the Mountaineer State.</p>
<p><strong>Saturday, Tampa Bay Downs</strong><br />
<strong>SAM F. DAVIS S.-GIII</strong>, $200,000, Tampa Bay Downs, 2-10, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:43.26, ft.<br />
1&#8211;<strong>NO MORE TIME, 120, c, 3, by <a href="http://www.taylormadestallions.com/horses/not-this-time-31064.html" class="horse-link">Not This Time</a></strong><br />
<strong>                1st Dam: Baroness Juliette, by Speightstown</strong><br />
<strong>                2nd Dam: Juliette Ava, by <a href="https://www.darleyamerica.com/stallions/our-stallions/medaglia-doro" class="horse-link">Medaglia d'Oro</a></strong><br />
<strong>                3rd Dam: Cherokee Crossing, by Cherokee Colony</strong><br />
<strong>1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN</strong>. ($40,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-Morplay Racing LLC; B-MAMAS Thoroughbreds, LLC (IA); T-Jose Francisco D'Angelo; J-Paco Lopez. $120,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0, $156,780.<strong> Werk Nick Rating: B. Click </strong><strong>for the </strong><a href="https://secure6.werkhorse.com/enicks/displayTDN.asp?no_more_time"><strong>eNicks report &amp; 5-cross pedigree</strong></a><strong>. Click for the free </strong><a href="http://www.equineline.com/tdn/pedigree.cfm?tk=TAM&amp;cy=USA&amp;rd=02/10/2024&amp;rn=10&amp;de=D&amp;ref=10945107&amp;pid=4127"><strong>Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree</strong></a><strong>.</strong><br />
2&#8211;<strong>Agate Road</strong>, 124, c, 3, <a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link">Quality Road</a>&#8211;Yellow Agate, by Gemologist. ($650,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). <strong>'TDN Rising Star'</strong>. O-Repole Stable and St. Elias Stables LLC; B-Chc Inc. (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $40,000.<br />
3&#8211;<strong>West Saratoga</strong>, 122, c, 3, Exaggerator&#8211;Mo Wicked, by <a href="https://coolmore.com/farms/america/stallions/uncle-mo" class="horse-link">Uncle Mo</a>. ($11,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-Harry L. Veruchi; B-Two Hearts Farm II LLC (KY); T-Larry W. Demeritte. $20,000.<br />
Margins: 1 1/4, 5 1/4, HD. Odds: 3.30, 4.30, 31.00.<br />
Also Ran: Elysian Meadows, Fulmineo, Crazy Mason, Tireless, El Principito, Patriot Spirit, Copper Tax, Change of Command, Everdoit.<br />
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">#5 NO MORE TIME ($8.60) takes the them wire-to-wire<br />
in <a href="https://twitter.com/TampaBayDownsFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TampaBayDownsFL</a>'s $250,000 GIII Sam F. Davis Stakes! #6 Agate Road finished a quick-closing second.</p>
<p>Paco Lopez was in the irons for trainer <a href="https://twitter.com/DangeloStable?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DangeloStable</a> and owners <a href="https://twitter.com/MorplayRacing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MorplayRacing</a>. <a href="https://t.co/wIYDa0Wpou">pic.twitter.com/wIYDa0Wpou</a></p>
<p>— TVG (@TVG) <a href="https://twitter.com/TVG/status/1756460832031232279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Tampa Road to the Kentucky Derby heats up Saturday afternoon, as a full field of 12 sophomore males is set to face the starter for the $250,000 GIII Sam F. Davis S., with 42 Kentucky Derby qualifying points (20-10-6-4-2) up for grabs. When Litigate (<a href="https://claibornefarm.com/stallions/blame/" class="horse-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blame</a>) took out the 2023 renewal, he was giving trainer</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Tampa Road to the Kentucky Derby heats up Saturday afternoon, as a full field of 12 sophomore males is set to face the starter for the $250,000 GIII Sam F. Davis S., with 42 Kentucky Derby qualifying points (20-10-6-4-2) up for grabs.</p>
<p>When Litigate (<a href="https://claibornefarm.com/stallions/blame/" class="horse-link">Blame</a>) took out the 2023 renewal, he was giving trainer Todd Pletcher a seventh victory in the Davis, having won the race for the first time in 2006 with Bluegrass Cat (Storm Cat). <strong>'</strong><a href="https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/tdn-rising-stars/?hid=693201"><strong>TDN Rising Star</strong></a><strong>' Agate Road</strong> (<a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link">Quality Road</a>) will be the more-fancied of Pletcher's two runners as he returns to the dirt for the first time since missing by a nose in a rained-off maiden at Saratoga last August. A had-to-see-it-to-believe-it winner of his turf debut at the Spa the following month, the $650,000 Keeneland September purchase found his best stride late to take out the GIII Pilgrim S., but he was done no favors by the one-mile trip of the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, running on belatedly to finish fifth. Agate Road's seasonal debut is best taken with a grain of salt, as Tocayo (<a href="https://www.winstarfarm.com/horses/always-dreaming-38710.html" class="horse-link">Always Dreaming</a>) set a leisurely tempo in the Jan. 6 Dania Beach S. and was never threatened, with Agate Road chipping away late to be second. He certainly fits on class and figs, but he would be dodgy at a skinny number with Jose Ortiz in the irons. Pletcher also sends out <strong>Tireless </strong>(<a href="http://www.taylormadestallions.com/horses/not-this-time-31064.html" class="horse-link">Not This Time</a>), a local maiden winner over an extended mile Jan. 14.</p>
<p>Iowa-bred <strong>No More Time</strong> (<a href="http://www.taylormadestallions.com/horses/not-this-time-31064.html" class="horse-link">Not This Time</a>) broke his maiden impressively going a mile at Gulfstream in October, but was off slowly from the inside gate in the Jan. 1 Mucho Macho Man and loomed a wide threat at the head of the lane before fading into fifth. The dark bay tries the two-turn game for the first time, with Paco Lopez taking over from Ortiz for trainer Jose D'Angelo.</p>
<p>Courtlandt Farms' <strong>Change of Command</strong> (Into Mischief) blew the doors off a field of Gulfstream maidens going seven furlongs Dec. 17 and gutted out a neck victory trying a route of ground for the first time in Hallandale Jan. 5. Shug McGaughey elects to puts blinkers on the $1.05-million KEESEP acqusition.</p>
<p><strong>Elysian Meadows</strong> (<a href="https://lanesend.com/cityoflight" class="horse-link">City of Light</a>) is perfect in two starts to date, both over three-quarters of a mile at Aqueduct, and the form of his first-level state-bred allowance victory Dec. 15 was franked when the runner-up Mischief Joke (<a href="https://coolmore.com/farms/america/stallions/practical-joke" class="horse-link">Practical Joke</a>) returned to win the Rego Park S. It'll be up to Junior Alvarado to work out a trip from the 12 hole for trainer Bill Mott. That combination teamed to win the 2021 Davis with Candy Man Rocket (<a href="https://lanesend.com/candyride" class="horse-link">Candy Ride</a> {Arg}).</p>
<h2><strong><em>Small, But Select Field For Rescheduled Las Virgenes</em></strong></h2>
<p>Saturday's GIII Las Virgenes S., postponed due to impending rains last Sunday, has lured a field of five, but what the race may lack in numbers, it appears to make up for in terms of quality.</p>
<p>Michael Lund Petersen's <strong>'</strong><a href="https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/tdn-rising-stars/?hid=701060"><strong>TDN Rising Star</strong></a><strong>' Kinza</strong> (<a href="http://www.taylormadestallions.com/horses/not-this-time-31064.html" class="horse-link">Not This Time</a>) steps up in class and up in trip for this second go after earning a towering 96 Beyer Speed Figure in annexing her racecourse debut by 7 1/2 lengths going six furlongs Dec. 29. The $17,000 FTNOCT weanling, $30,000 OBSOCT yearling and $350,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic breezer will try to give trainer Bob Baffert an eighth Las Virgenes and third straight for Petersen following Adare Manor (<a href="https://coolmore.com/farms/america/stallions/uncle-mo" class="horse-link">Uncle Mo</a>) in 2022 and Faiza (<a href="http://www.airdriestud.com/horses/girvin.html" class="horse-link">Girvin</a>) last year.</p>
<p><strong>Kopion </strong>(Omaha Beach) holds an experience edge over Kinza and exits a front-running, 5 3/4-length success in the seven-furlong GIII Santa Ynez S. Jan. 7. The $270,000 KEESEP graduate had previously defeated <strong>She's a Tempest</strong> (<a href="https://lanesend.com/connect" class="horse-link">Connect</a>) into second to open her account at first asking at Del Mar in late November, and She's a Tempest did her part to validate the effort with a tenacious victory over next-out maiden winner Ultimate Authority (<a href="https://coolmore.com/farms/america/stallions/practical-joke" class="horse-link">Practical Joke</a>) over this track and distance Jan. 5.</p>
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		<title>Pletcher Group Leads Keeneland Workers; White Abarrio Back On Track</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Trainer Todd Pletcher sent out a total of 12 horses, all of whom are pre-entered in next weekend's Breeders' Cup races, for half-mile works at Keeneland Friday morning in advance of their Saturday departure to Santa Anita. GII Pilgrim S. winner Agate Road (<a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quality Road</a>) (Juvenile Turf) worked in company with Haul (<a href="http://www.hillndalefarms.com/army-mule/" class="horse-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Army Mule</a>) in</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Trainer Todd Pletcher sent out a total of 12 horses, all of whom are pre-entered in next weekend's Breeders' Cup races, for half-mile works at Keeneland Friday morning in advance of their Saturday departure to Santa Anita.</p>
<p>GII Pilgrim S. winner <strong>Agate Road </strong>(<a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link">Quality Road</a>) (Juvenile Turf) worked in company with <strong>Haul </strong>(<a href="http://www.hillndalefarms.com/army-mule/" class="horse-link">Army Mule</a>) in :49 flat (32/63). GI Darley Alcibiades winner <strong>Candied </strong>(<a href="https://lanesend.com/candyride" class="horse-link">Candy Ride</a> {Arg}) (NetJets Juvenile Filles) went in company with GII Chandelier runner-up <strong>Scalable </strong>(<a href="https://www.winstarfarm.com/horses/speightstown-2018.html" class="horse-link">Speightstown</a>) (Juvenile Fillies) in :49.20 (37/63).</p>
<p>About Candied, Pletcher said, &#8220;She worked very well. She worked on the inside of Scalable. Finished up nicely, galloped out good. She was a little late on her lead change, which has kind of been a thing with her. But she did get it the second time when Luis (Saez) asked for it. And once she did, she leveled off nicely, finished up strong and galloped out great.&#8221;</p>
<p>As for Pletcher's older horses, GII Suburban S. winner <strong>Charge It </strong>(<a href="https://gainesway.com/stallions/tapit/" class="horse-link">Tapit</a>) (Big Ass Fans Dirt Mile) worked in :48.60 (17/63) while GI Jockey Club Gold Cup winner <strong>Bright Future </strong>(<a href="http://www.hillndalefarms.com/curlin/" class="horse-link">Curlin</a>) (Classic or Dirt Mile) worked in company with <strong>Dreamlike </strong>(<a href="https://www.threechimneys.com/horse/gun-runner/" class="horse-link">Gun Runner</a>) (Dirt Mile or Classic) in :48.40 (9/63).</p>
<p>'<strong>TDN Rising Star</strong>' <strong>Fierceness </strong>(<a href="https://lanesend.com/cityoflight" class="horse-link">City of Light</a>) (FanDuel Juvenile) went in company with <strong>Noted </strong>(<a href="http://www.airdriestud.com/horses/cairo-prince.html" class="horse-link">Cairo Prince</a>) (Juvenile) in :48.60 (17/63).</p>
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<p>Two <a href="https://twitter.com/BreedersCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BreedersCup</a> horses from the Todd Pletcher barn, NOTED and FIERCENESS working out this morning at Keeneland. <a href="https://t.co/7pLNLDmTHl">pic.twitter.com/7pLNLDmTHl</a></p>
<p>— TVG (@TVG) <a href="https://twitter.com/TVG/status/1717934846532518375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Life Talk </strong>(<a href="https://www.threechimneys.com/horse/gun-runner/" class="horse-link">Gun Runner</a>) (Juvenile Fillies) was in company with GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity winner <strong>Locked </strong>(<a href="https://www.threechimneys.com/horse/gun-runner/" class="horse-link">Gun Runner</a>) (Juvenile) in :48 flat (6/63).</p>
<p>&#8220;Locked just does everything so easily and effortlessly,&#8221; Pletcher said. &#8220;He's a colt that we had high expectations for when he came in. He's a very quiet, laid-back colt. Unassuming, until we got serious with him, and then it was like, wow, this is a really nice colt. I thought his debut was sneaky impressive. I thought his mile maiden win at Saratoga was the most impressive 2-year-old performance of the meet. Then to come here and win (the Claiborne Breeders' Futurity) from an outside draw and a wide trip the entire way, I thought that was a very determined effort on his part. He's done everything well since then. We've been blessed with some very good 2-year-olds, and I think that he's right there with them.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Life's an <a href="https://www.winstarfarm.com/horses/audible-42268.html" class="horse-link">Audible</a> </strong>(<a href="https://www.winstarfarm.com/horses/audible-42268.html" class="horse-link">Audible</a>) (Juvenile Fillies Turf) ran in company with <strong>Appellate </strong>(<a href="https://www.winstarfarm.com/horses/constitution.html" class="horse-link">Constitution</a>) in :48.80 (25/63).</p>
<p>GI Coolmore Turf Mile winner <strong>Up to the Mark </strong>(<a href="http://www.taylormadestallions.com/horses/not-this-time-31064.html" class="horse-link">Not This Time</a>) (Turf or Mile) breezed in company with <strong>Be You </strong>(<a href="http://www.hillndalefarms.com/curlin/" class="horse-link">Curlin</a>) in :48.80 (25/63).</p>
<p>&#8220;Up to the Mark has had two good breezes now since his win in the (Coolmore) Turf Mile,&#8221; said Pletcher. &#8220;I thought we got what we wanted in terms of some good conditioning. Strong gallop out, seems to be doing well. We're going to continue to lean towards going in the Turf.&#8221;</p>
<p>At Santa Anita Friday, <strong>White Abarrio </strong>(Race Day) worked five furlongs in :59.80 (3/39). According to private clocker Gary Young, the 4-year-old went the final quarter mile in :22.80.</p>
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<p>WHITE ABARRIO worked for the <a href="https://twitter.com/BreedersCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BreedersCup</a> Classic earlier this morning. 5 furlongs in :59.4 for the G1 Whitney winner. <a href="https://t.co/pPKFhZefTD">pic.twitter.com/pPKFhZefTD</a></p>
<p>— TVG (@TVG) <a href="https://twitter.com/TVG/status/1717911070587928879?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Trained by Richard Dutrow Jr., White Abarrio was originally slated to work this past Monday but that drill was postponed. Connections attributed the delay to an issue with White Abarrio's shoes. Noted blacksmith Ian McKinlay flew in Monday and re-shod White Abarrio. He galloped Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday prior to Friday's drill.</p>
<p>&#8220;He worked great. He cooled out great. We're thrilled,&#8221; Chip Dutrow said.</p>
<p>Working for the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies was <strong>Chatalas </strong>(<a href="https://www.threechimneys.com/horse/gun-runner/" class="horse-link">Gun Runner</a>) for trainer Mark Glatt. Winner of the GII Chandelier S. Oct. 7, the filly worked five furlongs 1:01.00 (15/39).</p>
<p>Trainer Peter Eurton worked a trio of 2-year-old Breeders' Cup contenders: <strong>Flattery </strong>(Flatter), <strong>Stay Hot </strong>(<a href="http://www.airdriestud.com/horses/summer-front.html" class="horse-link">Summer Front</a>) and <strong>Dark Vintage (Ire) </strong>(Dark Angel {Ire}). Flattery worked four furlongs on the training track in :48 flat (2/12). Stay Hot worked four furlongs on the training track in a bullet :47.40 (1/12). Dark Vintage worked four furlongs on the main track in :47.40 seconds (2/37).</p>
<p>Trainer John Sadler worked the Speakeasy winner, <strong>Slider</strong> (Jimmy Creed), who went five furlongs in :59.80 (3/39).</p>
<p>Working towards the Juvenile Turf was <strong>Endlessly</strong> (<a href="https://millridge.com/oscar-performance" class="horse-link">Oscar Performance</a>) for trainer Michael McCarthy. He drilled four furlongs in :47.80 (8/37).</p>
<p>Rounding out Friday's Breeders' Cup workers were <strong>Elm Drive </strong>(Mohaymen) and <strong>Where's My Ring </strong>(<a href="https://lanesend.com/twirlingcandy" class="horse-link">Twirling Candy</a>), who is on the also-eligible list for the Juvenile Fillies Turf. Elm Drive, pre-entered in the $1 million Filly &amp; Mare Sprint, worked five furlongs on the training track in 1:03.20 (5/6) for trainer Phil D'Amato.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Trainer Todd Pletcher breezed a remarkable 12 of his intended Breeders' Cup starters at Keeneland on Thursday morning over the main track.  Heading the dozen was GI Breeders' Cup Classic hopeful Bright Future (<a href="http://www.hillndalefarms.com/curlin/" class="horse-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Curlin</a>), who arrived in Kentucky this week from Saratoga. He worked five furlongs in 1:01.40. Also working five furlongs for a possible</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Trainer Todd Pletcher breezed a remarkable 12 of his intended Breeders' Cup starters at Keeneland on Thursday morning over the main track. </span></p>
<p><span>Heading the dozen was GI Breeders' Cup Classic hopeful <b>Bright</b> <b>Future</b> (<a href="http://www.hillndalefarms.com/curlin/" class="horse-link">Curlin</a>), who arrived in Kentucky this week from Saratoga. He worked five furlongs in 1:01.40. Also working five furlongs for a possible Breeders' Cup start was <b>Charge</b> <b>It</b> (<a href="https://gainesway.com/stallions/tapit/" class="horse-link">Tapit</a>), who covered the distance in 1:01.20. </span></p>
<p><span>&#8220;We originally were going to work all of our Saturday (Nov. 4) horses tomorrow but with rain in the forecast for tomorrow, we moved it up a day,&#8221; Pletcher said. &#8220;It was a good morning, and I was pleased with all the works. They did what we wanted them to.&#8221; </span></p>
<p><span>Among the dozen workers were three Grade I winners from Keeneland's Fall Stars Weekend. </span></p>
<p><span>Coolmore Turf Mile winner <b>Up</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>Mark</b> (<a href="http://www.taylormadestallions.com/horses/not-this-time-31064.html" class="horse-link">Not This Time</a>) breezed a half-mile in :50.20 in company with 2022 Coolmore Turf Mile winner <b>Annapolis</b> (<a href="https://claibornefarm.com/stallions/warfront/" class="horse-link">War Front</a>); Darley Alcibiades winner <b>Candied</b> (<a href="https://lanesend.com/candyride" class="horse-link">Candy Ride</a> {Arg}) worked a half-mile in :49; and Claiborne Breeders' Futurity winner and `TDN Rising Star' <b>Locked</b> (<a href="https://www.threechimneys.com/horse/gun-runner/" class="horse-link">Gun Runner</a>) worked a half-mile in :48.20. </span></p>
<p><span>The remainder of the Pletcher brigade each worked half-miles: `TDN Rising Star' <b>Agate</b> <b>Road</b> (<a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link">Quality Road</a>) (:49.60), `TDN Rising Star' <b>Fierceness</b> (<a href="https://lanesend.com/cityoflight" class="horse-link">City of Light</a>) (:48.40), <b>Life</b> <b>Talk</b> (<a href="https://www.threechimneys.com/horse/gun-runner/" class="horse-link">Gun Runner</a>) (:49), <b>Life's</b> <b>an</b> <b><a href="https://www.winstarfarm.com/horses/audible-42268.html" class="horse-link">Audible</a></b> (<a href="https://www.winstarfarm.com/horses/audible-42268.html" class="horse-link">Audible</a>) (:50), <b>Noted</b>  (<a href="http://www.airdriestud.com/horses/cairo-prince.html" class="horse-link">Cairo Prince</a>) (:49.60) and <b>Scalable</b> (<a href="https://www.winstarfarm.com/horses/speightstown-2018.html" class="horse-link">Speightstown</a>) (:49.60). </span></p>
<p><span>Pletcher said he planned to give his runners one more work at Keeneland next Thursday or Friday before shipping to Santa Anita on Oct. 28. </span></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's AGATE ROAD (c, 2, <a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quality Road</a>–Yellow Agate, by Gemologist) saved his best for last, as he found his best stride inside the final furlong and edged away to take Wednesday's GII Pilgrim S., earning an all-expenses-paid trip to Santa Anita for the Nov. 3 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's <strong>AGATE ROAD (c, 2, <a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link">Quality Road</a>&#8211;Yellow Agate, by Gemologist)</strong> saved his best for last, as he found his best stride inside the final furlong and edged away to take Wednesday's GII Pilgrim S., earning an all-expenses-paid trip to Santa Anita for the Nov. 3 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf in the process. Favored at 2-1 off a Saratoga <strong>'TDN Rising Star'</strong>-worthy maiden victory that really had to be seen to be believed, the $650,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase was content to sit one from the tail as the outposted Spirit Prince (<a href="http://www.airdriestud.com/horses/cairo-prince.html" class="horse-link">Cairo Prince</a>)&#8211;a latest third in the GIII With Anticipation S. Aug. 31&#8211;crossed and cleared all the inside traffic to lead through an opening quarter in :23.51. Quietly ridden down the back by Irad Ortiz, Jr., Agate Road was asked for some acceleration as the field hit the turn, but was consigned to an overland run and lost some ground. Spun wide into the stretch, Agate Road began to zero in on the front-runners with less than a furlong to travel and did his best work through the wire. The final time for the 8 1/2 furlongs was 1:42.83. Fulmineo (Bolt d'Oro) knifed through late for second ahead of the dead-heating Liam's Journey (<a href="https://lanesend.com/liamsmap" class="horse-link">Liam's Map</a>) and Spirit Prince. Sales history: $650,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP. O-Repole Stable &amp; St Elias Stable; B-CHC Inc (KY); T-Todd Pletcher.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>After significant rainfall cancelled the entire Friday and Saturday Belmont at the Big A cards, a pair of Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' Challenge races were moved from Sunday to Wednesday in order to allow everyone to dry out. The GII Miss Grillo S., a pathway to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf,</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After significant rainfall cancelled the entire Friday and Saturday Belmont at the Big A cards, a pair of Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' Challenge races were moved from Sunday to Wednesday in order to allow everyone to dry out.</p>
<p>The GII Miss Grillo S., a pathway to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, brings together a cast of 12. Only Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott's <strong>Gala Brand</strong> (<a href="https://www.hillndalefarms.com/violence" class="horse-link">Violence</a>) has graded experience. The chestnut filly delivered in her second start when she faced males and won the GIII With Anticipation S. Aug. 31 at Saratoga over next-out GI bet365 Summer S. hero Carson's Run (<a href="https://coolmore.com/farms/america/stallions/cupid" class="horse-link">Cupid</a>).</p>
<p>From the inside gates, <strong>Appellate</strong> (<a href="https://www.winstarfarm.com/horses/constitution.html" class="horse-link">Constitution</a>) from the Todd Pletcher barn and <strong>Hard to <a href="https://coolmore.com/farms/america/stallions/justify" class="horse-link">Justify</a> </strong>(<a href="https://coolmore.com/farms/america/stallions/justify" class="horse-link">Justify</a>) from Chad Brown's shedrow will tussle once again. The latter won on debut by a head over the former July 23 at Saratoga, but the Pletcher trainee made a start since Sept. 3 upstate and gained some valuable grass experience as a runner-up once again.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Gainesway homebred <strong>Memorialize</strong> (<a href="https://gainesway.com/stallions/karakontie/" class="horse-link">Karakontie</a> {Jpn}) for Graham Motion is looking to build on her own maiden victory, this one at second-asking, when the chestnut filly won confidently by three lengths Aug. 20 at Saratoga.</p>
<p>The boys get their chance later on the BAQ card when the GII Pilgrim S. goes off with GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf implications at stake. Leading the way is <strong>'TDN Rising Star' Agate Road </strong>(<a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link">Quality Road</a>), who absolutely rolled from seemingly nowhere Sept. 2 at Saratoga to break his maiden by a neck at second asking.</p>
<p>&#8220;His last breeze was very good. He's training well and came out of his race in good order,&#8221; said the colt's trainer, Todd Pletcher. &#8220;He got a very wide trip, which maybe turned out to be a blessing with all that was going on at the eighth pole. Turning for home, I thought he had way too much to do, and he really kicked in late. He's had a little bit of experience, so hopefully that pays dividends.&#8221;</p>
<p>A pair of runners who might fly under the radar are <strong>Liam's Journey</strong> (<a href="https://lanesend.com/liamsmap" class="horse-link">Liam's Map</a>) for Mike Maker and <strong>Fulmineo</strong> (Bolt d'Oro) for Arnaud Delacour.</p>
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		<title>Thanks To Explosive Finish From Agate Road, Repole Wins Another Saratoga Maiden</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Just five races after Mike Repole was visiting the Saratoga winner's circle with 2-year-old winner Life's an <a href="https://www.winstarfarm.com/horses/audible-42268.html" class="horse-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Audible</a> (<a href="https://www.winstarfarm.com/horses/audible-42268.html" class="horse-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Audible</a>) in Saturday's first race, the owner wasted little time getting back to that same spot. Repole won his second maiden special weight race on the day and his seventh at the meet when Agate Road (Quality</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just five races after Mike Repole was visiting the Saratoga winner's circle with 2-year-old winner Life's an <a href="https://www.winstarfarm.com/horses/audible-42268.html" class="horse-link">Audible</a> (<a href="https://www.winstarfarm.com/horses/audible-42268.html" class="horse-link">Audible</a>) in Saturday's first race, the owner wasted little time getting back to that same spot. Repole won his second maiden special weight race on the day and his seventh at the meet when Agate Road (<a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link">Quality Road</a>) unleashed a furious stretch drive to win the day's sixth race, a maiden on the turf.</p>
<p>Repole's 2-year-olds continue to be a relentless force at the Spa.</p>
<p>&#8220;He's a nice <a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link">Quality Road</a> and we really liked him,&#8221; Repole said. &#8220;Todd (Pletcher) is having a great meet, we're having a great meet and my team is doing a great job. A lot of these are 2-year-olds we bought at the sales. Our 2-year-olds are running really well. We're really loading up for this year and next year.&#8221;</p>
<p>Agate Road was a $650,000 Keeneland September purchase and the dam, Yellow Agate (Gemologist) won the GI Frizette S. for trainer Christophe Clement. Though there didn't appear to be a lot of turf breeding in the colt's pedigree, Pletcher must have known something. He entered Agate Road in an Aug. 5 maiden that was washed off the turf. Agate Road finished second in the one-mile event, losing by just a nose.</p>
<p>But rather than staying on the dirt, Pletcher placed the juvenile right back in a turf maiden. The result was a much- improved effort from the even-money favorite. Breaking from the 10 hole in a field of 10, Agate Road came out at the start and by the time he could be straightened up by Irad Ortiz, Jr. he was last. Ortiz got the colt going near the top of the stretch, but it still looked like a lost cause. At the eighth pole, he had just one horse beat. But from there launched a stretch rally for the ages. He passed eight horses and made up about six lengths inside the final furlong to win by a neck over Stolen Magic (<a href="http://www.hillndalefarms.com/good-magic/" class="horse-link">Good Magic</a>).</p>
<p>&#8220;I wouldn't say it was a masterful ride from Irad when he went 10-wide,&#8221; Repole said. &#8220;He's had better rides. When he broke a little slow from the 10 post he was going to be wide. He must have come home in under 12. He was flying at the end.&#8221;</p>
<p>The final time for the mile-and-a-sixteenth run over a firm turf course was 1:46.79 and Agate Road paid $4.10.</p>
<p>From his army of 2-year-olds, Repole may not be done. On Sunday, he will run Scalable in a six-furlong maiden special weight race and Miz Sense (<a href="https://www.darleyamerica.com/stallions/our-stallions/street-sense" class="horse-link">Street Sense</a>) in the GI Spinaway S. On Monday, he will send out Be You (<a href="http://www.hillndalefarms.com/curlin/" class="horse-link">Curlin</a>) in the closing-day feature, the GI Hopeful S.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Repole Stable and St Elias Stable's Agate Road (c, 2, <a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quality Road</a>–Yellow Agate, by Gemologist) was hammered into even-money favoritism for his turf and two-turn debuts on the strength of a near-miss runner-up effort in a rained-off maiden Aug. 5. At the end of 8 1/2 very eventful furlongs Saturday afternoon at the Spa, the</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Repole Stable and St Elias Stable's <strong>Agate Road (c, 2, <a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link">Quality Road</a>&#8211;Yellow Agate, by Gemologist)</strong> was hammered into even-money favoritism for his turf and two-turn debuts on the strength of a near-miss runner-up effort in a rained-off maiden Aug. 5. At the end of 8 1/2 very eventful furlongs Saturday afternoon at the Spa, the $650,000 Keeneland September purchase was named a <strong>'TDN Rising Star'</strong>.</p>
<p>Drawn widest in a field of 10, Agate Road was behind the eight ball right from the opening bell, as he broke a good two paths to his outside, costing himself any shot at securing a forward position. To make matters a bit more complicated, he didn't take the first turn particularly well and settled near the tail of the field as 11-1 <strong>Ocala Rocket</strong> (<a href="https://www.darleyamerica.com/stallions/our-stallions/hard-spun" class="horse-link">Hard Spun</a>) led them along at a moderate early clip. Racing with just two behind as they hit the backstretch, but still patiently handled by Irad Ortiz, Jr., Agate Road found himself with about eight lengths to find banking around the final turn, but was forced to take the scenic route, conceding ground to add to his trouble line through the opening 6 1/2 furlongs. But, switched out widest into the lane and despite being bothered by a shifting-out rival nearing the furlong grounds, Agate Road steamed home down the center of the course to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in a race he really had no business winning. He becomes the 15th <strong>'Rising Star'</strong> for his sire.</p>
<p>Agate Road is the second winner from three foals to race out of Yellow Agate, a $70,000 Keeneland November weanling turned $210,000 KEESEP yearling purchase by China Horse Club who validated 13-10 favoritism in the GI Frizette S. in 2016. The mare is also responsible for Agate Road's year-older full-sister Plentitude, a maiden winner at first asking over the Tampa main in April track before taking an allowance sprinting over the Belmont turf course in June. She was most recently fourth in the Blue Sparkler S. at Monmouth July 8</p>
<p>The dam of the yearling filly Gin's Beach Road (<a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link">Quality Road</a>), a $650,000 acquisition by Live Oak at last month's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, Yellow Agate aborted her <a href="https://www.winstarfarm.com/horses/constitution.html" class="horse-link">Constitution</a> foal of 2023 before being bred once again to <a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link">Quality Road</a>.</p>
<p><strong>6th-Saratoga, $105,189, Msw</strong>, 9-2, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:46.79, fm, neck.<br />
<strong>AGATE ROAD, c, 2, by <a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link">Quality Road</a></strong><br />
<strong>1st Dam: Yellow Agate (GISW, $291,503), by Gemologist </strong><br />
<strong>2nd Dam: Lemon Sorbet, by Lemon Drop Kid</strong><br />
<strong>3rd Dam: Flabbergasted (Ire), by Sadler's Wells</strong><br />
Sales history: $650,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $78,750. <strong>Click for the </strong><a href="http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=6&amp;BorP=P&amp;TID=SAR&amp;CTRY=USA&amp;DT=09/02/2023&amp;DAY=D&amp;STYLE=EQB"><strong>Equibase.com chart</strong></a><strong> or </strong><a href="https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/race-replays/0/202309021529STD6/"><strong>VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV</strong></a><strong>.</strong> <strong>Click for the </strong><a href="https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AgateRoadPedigree.pdf"><strong>free equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p>
<p>O-Repole Stable &amp; St Elias Stable; B-CHC Inc (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher.</p>
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<p>AGATE ROAD, a 2YO by <a href="https://twitter.com/LanesEndFarms?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LanesEndFarms</a> stallion <a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad" class="horse-link">Quality Road</a> breaks his maiden in an exciting come-from-behind victory in Race 6 with <a href="https://twitter.com/iradortiz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@iradortiz</a> aboard for trainer <a href="https://twitter.com/PletcherRacing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PletcherRacing</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/RepoleStable?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepoleStable</a> <a href="https://t.co/kBL3M08k8W">pic.twitter.com/kBL3M08k8W</a></p>
<p>— NYRA (<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f3aa.png" alt="&#x1f3aa;" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />) (@TheNYRA) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheNYRA/status/1698060632321355935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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