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Miss Marissa Seeks Fourth Straight

Cammarota Racing’s Miss Marissa (He’s Had Enough) goes for her fourth-straight victory and third over nine panels in Aqueduct’s GIII Comely S. Friday. The James Ryerson pupil kicked off her streak with a Monmouth allowance victory July 11, and cleared her next condition at Saratoga Aug. 13 at odds of 20-1. She added to her career ROI last out with a 10-1 upset in the GII Black-Eyed Susan S. Oct. 3.

“We’re very pleased with how she’s training,” Ryerson said. “We gave her a little blowout before this and she’s done well since the Black-Eyed Susan and we’re looking forward to it… Early on, we thought she’d stretch out. She really likes the two-turn pace scenario. I think it’s just getting that stretch out and the two turns, her efforts have been much better.”

Project Whiskey (Tapizar), a 38-1 upset winner of the GIII Delaware Oaks July 4, was sixth in the Black-Eyeed Susan.

Gale (Tonalist), a $450,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic purchase, looks to add to her own streak. The Maryland-bred aired by 6 1/2 lengths on the Laurel lawn Oct. 22, then ran up the score to 13 1/2 lengths in a rained-off one-mile allowance back there Nov. 5. Both of those wins came when employing aggressive front-end tactics that she figures to use again under first-time pilot Jose Ortiz.

New York-breds Makingcents (Goldencents) and Ice Princess (Palace Malice) have both shown an affinity for this distance, having finished one-two in the restricted Fleet Indian S. at Saratoga Sept. 4. Both also own wins at Aqueduct.

Thankful (American Pharoah), a $625,000 FTSAUG yearling, defeated Mrs. Danvers (Tapit) in a Sept. 27 N1X allowance over a one-turn mile. The latter came back to clear that condition Oct. 25, and is the somewhat surprising 5-2 favorite on the morning line.

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Shared Sense Takes Show On The Road To Aqueduct For Discovery

Godolphin's Shared Sense has proven himself against highly competitive graded stakes company during his sophomore campaign and will try to end a prosperous season on a high note when facing four other 3-year-olds in Saturday's 76th running of the Grade 3, $100,000 Discovery at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y.

The 1 1/8-mile event over the main track honors Alfred G. Vanderbilt II's 1935 Horse of the Year, who notched three straight victories in both the Brooklyn Handicap and Whitney Handicap from 1934-36. Regarded as one of the greatest horses of the 20th century, Discovery's notable resume earned him a spot in the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame in 1969.

Trained by Brad Cox, Shared Sense, who boasts a consistent 10-4-2-0 record and lifetime earnings of $447,745, arrives at the Discovery off a two-length triumph in the Grade 3 Oklahoma Derby on September 27 at Remington Park. The bay son of Street Sense took command with a furlong and a half out to the finish, holding off an inside rally from two-time winner Mo Mosa. The victory registered a career best 94 Beyer Speed Figure.

Two starts earlier, Shared Sense made his nine-furlong debut a winning one when capturing the Grade 3 Indiana Derby on July 8 at Indiana Downs by three lengths over subsequent Kentucky Derby contestants Major Fed and Necker Island.

Shared Sense has earned his four trips to the winner's circle at four different tracks. Prior to becoming a graded stakes winner, he was elevated to first in his third career start going two turns for the first time in a Churchill Downs maiden special weight last November and defeated winners going one mile on February 29 at Oaklawn Park.

“He definitely knows how to take his show on the road,” said Jimmy Bell, President of Godolphin's North American operations.

Since his Oklahoma Derby triumph, Shared Sense has put together a series of five works over the Churchill Downs main track, including a five-furlong breeze in 1:01 flat on November 21.

Bell said he is hopeful Shared Sense can parlay a successful campaign into his 4-year-old season.

“We've sort of chosen the path less traveled,” Bell said. “He's done fantastic this year. He's been a bit of an overachiever. He's run against some tough competition here, there and yonder. We gave him a bit of a breather after the last go around. It's the last chance to run against straight 3-year-olds and there's always some tough knockers up there in New York, so we're giving it a chance.”

Godolphin vies for their second Discovery triumph after winning in 2013 with Romansh.

A Kentucky homebred, Shared Sense is the first progeny out of the Bernardini mare Collective, who is full sister to graded stakes winner and multiple Grade 1-placed Penwith.

Jockey Jose Lezcano will climb aboard Shared Sense for the first time from post 1.

Dual stakes-winner Monday Morning Qb will return to the Big A after finishing fourth in the Grade 3 Withers on February 1.

Owned by Chuck Zacney's Cash Is King Racing and LC Racing, Monday Morning Qb bested his Maryland-bred counterparts last out in the Maryland Million Classic on October 24 at Laurel Park, where he sat close to the pace and drew off to a 3 ¼-length triumph over Grade 3 Pimlico Special winner Harpers First Ride.

However, it was his runner-up effort in the September 7 Federico Tesio at Laurel, his first start since the Withers, that really captured the attention of trainer Robert 'Butch' Reid, Jr., finishing 1 ½ lengths behind next-out Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Happy Saver.

“The Tesio was really the race that set him up,” said Reid. “He showed that day how nice of a horse he really is, and I thought it was impressive for him to run like that off a layoff. He came out of his last race well and put up some nice, sharp breezes since that effort. It's a good opportunity to run against straight 3-year-olds and we're looking forward to running on Saturday.”

Reid commented on his horse's size and said that even as a 2-year-old, he displayed an imposing stature.

“He was over 1,200 pounds as a 2-year-old, so he's a big, heavyset dude,” Reid said.

Reid blamed the result in the Withers on a poor break but said that he has developed and matured well since his last outing in New York.

“He doesn't switch leads well turning for home and he hasn't come out of the gate well, which is what cost him in the Withers,” said Reid. “He's a much-improved horse since then.”

Bred in Maryland by Cary Frommer and Bowman and Higgins Stable, Monday Morning Qb is by Grade 1-winning millionaire and second-crop sire Imagining and is the first progeny out of the Not For Love mare How My Heart Works.

Dylan Davis will pilot Monday Morning Qb from post 2.

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott will send out Forza Di Oro after a sharp victory in a first-level allowance event in his first start in 10 months.

Owned and bred by Don Alberto Stable, Forza Di Oro dwelt at the start of his September 2019 debut at Belmont Park before closing to finish second to eventual multiple graded-stakes placed Ajaaweed. The Speightstown chestnut graduated at second asking in October 2019 in a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight at Belmont ahead of a disappointing off-the-board effort last December in the Grade 2 Remsen at the Big A that sent Forza Di Oro to the shelf.

Forza Di Oro, trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, enters the Discovery from an impressive victory off the layoff when rallying to a neck score after a hesitant start in a 1 1/16-mile allowance tilt against older horses on October 9 at Belmont Park.

“That's nothing compared to last year,” said Mott assistant Leana Willaford of the slow start last out. “Last year, first time out, he stood in the gate and spotted the field many lengths but still came running to be second. We did a lot of gate work with him and he was able to win second out.

“He came out of the Remsen with a little problem, so we gave him a little time,” added Willaford. “He came back and won well. We thought he was a good horse last year and I still think he is, but we had to get him over a few little speedbumps.”

Junior Alvarado has been aboard for all of Forza Di Oro's career starts and retains the mount from post 3.

Trainer Dale Romans will send Jim Bakke and Gerald Ibister's Attachment Rate after a sharp first-level allowance triumph on October 29 going 1 1/16 miles over a sloppy main track at Churchill Downs.

The last-out victory provided a touch of class relief for the Hard Spun chestnut, who raced against stakes company in his previous six starts, which included a third-place effort in the Grade 3 Gotham on March 7 at the Big A, where he finished two lengths to Mischevious Alex. Prior to his last out allowance score, Attachment Rate was 14th to Authentic in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby on September 5.

Jockey Jose Ortiz will be aboard from post 5.

Rounding out the field is LLP Performance Horse's Ralston, who invades from South Florida and makes his first start outside of the Sunshine State for trainer Carlos David.

The son of second-crop sire Tapiture defeated winners last out going one mile at Gulfstream Park West, where he led at every point of call to defeat stablemate Glory of Florida.

Jockey Kendrick Carmouche will pilot Ralston from post 4.

The Discovery is slated as Race 3 on Aqueduct's 10-race program, which offers a first post of 11:50 a.m. Eastern. America's Day at the Races will present daily television coverage of the Aqueduct fall meet with coverage to air on FOX Sports and MSG Networks.

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Mind Control Pointing Toward Cigar Mile; Sisterson May Run Pair

Multiple Grade 1-winner Mind Control, trained by Gregg Sacco for Steve Brunetti's Red Oak Stable and Sol Kumin's Madaket Stables, posted a five-eighths work in 1:01.85 Sunday on the Belmont Park dirt training track in preparation for the Grade 1, $250,000 Cigar Mile for 3-year-olds and up on December 5 at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y.

The Cigar Mile Day card also includes a pair of Grade 2, $150,000 nine-furlong events for juveniles in the Remsen and its filly counterpart, the Demoiselle, as well as the Grade 3, $100,000 Go for Wand Handicap for fillies and mares at one mile.

Sacco said Mind Control, a 4-year-old son of 2012 Cigar Mile champ Stay Thirsty, is likely to enter the Cigar Mile, although the six-furlong Grade 3, $100,000 Fall Highweight Handicap on November 29 at the Big A remains under consideration.

“He worked well. He went five-eighths in 1:01 and change and out in 1:15. The track was a little heavy this morning,” said Sacco. “I'll talk it over with my brother [racing manager Rick Sacco], Steve Brunetti and Sol Kumin, but it looks like we're going to point him to the Cigar Mile.”

The talented colt captured the seven-furlong Grade 1 Hopeful at Saratoga Race Course as a juvenile and added the seven-furlong Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens to his ledger last August at the Spa.

A four-time winner at Aqueduct, Mind Control captured the one-mile Jerome here in his first sophomore start and ran second to Haikal at one mile in the 2019 Grade 3 Gotham ahead of a score in the seven-furlong Grade 3 Bay Shore. He continued his good form at Ozone Park earlier this year with wins in the Grade 3 Toboggan in January and Grade 3 Tom Fool Handicap in March.

After running off-the-board on a sloppy track in the Grade 1 Runhappy Carter Handicap in June at Belmont, Mind Control returned to form with a strong third in the Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga. His chances in the Grade 1 Forego presented by America's Best Racing at Saratoga were hampered by a sloppy track, resulting in an eighth-place finish.

“He's been a bit of a victim of circumstance this year,” said Sacco. “He started out the year great, but caught the slop in the Carter and then he ran well on the fast track in the Vanderbilt before catching slop again in the Forego. He really can't hold up in the slop.”

Mind Control found class relief in the Mr. Prospector on September 12 at Monmouth Park but was checked down the backstretch en route to a third-place finish. Last out, in the Lafayette at Keeneland, Mind Control was in range to strike when a horse fell in front of him at the quarter pole causing Hall of Fame rider John Velazquez to take up his mount.

Sacco said he is hopeful Mind Control can return to winning form at Aqueduct against an expected field that includes top contenders Performer and Firenze Fire.

“He's won at a mile early in his 3-year-old career in the Jerome and he was a good second in the Gotham,” said Sacco. “We always thought between seven-eighths and a mile was his best distance. Three-quarters is a little short for him even though he's won at that distance and ran a dynamite race in the Vanderbilt at Saratoga.

“He loves Aqueduct and he came out of the Kentucky race well,” added Sacco. “We know it's going to be a tough heat. Performer is a hell of a horse and there's a few other really nice horses in there.”

Sisterson may start pair in Cigar
Trainer Jack Sisterson saddled his first Grade 1-winner this summer with Vexatious in the Personal Ensign at Saratoga and said he is hoping to double up when he sends out Calumet Farm's True Timber and Bon Raison in the Grade 1 Cigar Mile.

“We'll definitely send True Timber and there's a good chance we'll send Bon Raison for the Cigar Mile as well,” said Sisterson.

True Timber, a 6-year-old son of Mineshaft, will be making his third Cigar Mile appearance following a close second to Patternrecognition in 2018 and a third a year ago in an event won by Maximum Security.

A veteran of 28 career starts, True Timber boasts a record of 28-4-5-9 with purse earnings in excess of $1 million. He joined the Sisterson barn earlier this season following the retirement of former trainer Kiaran McLaughlin.

In four starts with Sisterson, True Timber has posted two thirds and a closing second last out in the Lafayette at Keeneland.

“He's a lovely horse and the way he tries on the day he really deserves to win a big race. He's definitely got the talent to do it,” said Sisterson. “He's very workmanlike in the morning, so I've learned to let him just put his feet where he wants to put them and keep him happy.”

His lone off-the-board effort for Sisterson was a fourth in the Grade 2 Vosburgh Invitational in September at Belmont when leaving from the inside post in a race won by Cigar Mile-rival Firenze Fire.

“He didn't like being stuck down on the rail at Belmont two races back [in the Vosburgh], and that's just him. Put a line through that race and he's run some competitive races with us,” said Sisterson. “He seems to be peaking into his best possible performance to date with us. He has one more breeze here next week and if all goes to plan, I definitely expect him to run as good in there as he has done in the past. He's probably looking forward to getting up there.”

Bon Raison, a 5-year-old Raison d'Etat horse, is a Calumet homebred, who returned to the fold in July when claimed for $80,000 from an optional-claiming sprint at Saratoga.

A veteran of 44 career starts, Bon Raison owns a record of 11-4-7 with purse earnings of $674,534. He captured the 6 ½-furlong Peeping Tom at Aqueduct as part of a marathon 21-race campaign last year that also included a score in the six-furlong Tale of the Cat at Saratoga. Earlier this year, Bon Raison picked up graded black type when third to Mind Control in the Grade 3 Tom Fool at the Big A.

“He's a homebred and has a special place in Calumet's heart,” said Sisterson. “If you really diagnose his form and numbers, he's got some big numbers to go back to. He's run quite a few times and at different distances and he was able to withstand all of that. It goes to show the will to run he has.”

In his second start for Sisterson, Bon Raison tried the Grade 3 Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs in September but failed to fire. He came back and won a hard-fought nose score in an optional-claiming sprint on October 16 on the Keeneland main track.

“We took a shot at Kentucky Downs and some horses take to that course and some don't,” said Sisterson. “He came out of that race fine and trained forwardly into the nice little allowance race at Keeneland which he somehow ended up winning. He just got up. It just goes to show he still has the will to run.”

Last out, Bon Raison was a non-threatening tenth in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Sprint on November 7 at Keeneland under Adam Beschizza. He exited that effort to work a half-mile in 49.40 Saturday on the Keeneland dirt.

“If you look closely at the Breeders' Cup Sprint, Adam Beschizza got off him and said, 'Jack, you have to watch the replay, I didn't even touch him with the whip. I had nowhere to run,'” said Sisterson. “So, he didn't have a tough race coming out of the Breeders' Cup Sprint and he worked great yesterday.”

Sisterson said the Calumet pair have complimentary running styles, with True Timber likely to be prominently placed.

“One will be forwardly placed and one will be coming from off the pace and it wouldn't shock me if either of them won it in two weeks' time,” said Sisterson. “He [True Timber] has a naturally high cruising speed and if you can get him into a good rhythm, I think he can carry that over a distance of ground.”

Sisterson said Kendrick Carmouche will have the call aboard True Timber, while Jorge Vargas, Jr. will pilot Bon Raison.

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Early look at the Grade 1, $250,000 Cigar Mile on December 5, 2020
Probable: Bon Raison (Jack Sisterson), Firenze Fire (Kelly Breen), King Guillermo (Juan Carolos Avila), Mr. Buff (John Kimmel), Mind Control (Gregg Sacco), Performer (Shug McGaughey), True Timber (Jack Sisterson)

Possible: Majestic Dunhill (George Weaver)

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Fasig New York-bred Record Setter Runs to the Money at Big A

5th-Aqueduct, $70,000, (S), Msw, 11-22, 2yo, f, 1m, 1:40.42, ft, 5 1/4 lengths.
BRATTLE HOUSE (f, 2, Malibu Moon–Savvy Sassy, by Street Sense), who set a Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearlings Sale record when she brought $775,0000 from Larry Best last August, began repaying that investment Sunday with a facile debut win against an overmatched group of New York-bred fillies. Looking to follow in the hoofsteps of stablemate Harper’s in Charge (Malibu Moon), who dusted an open group of maidens here a week earlier to be named a ‘TDN Rising Star‘, the 4-5 favorite broke running from the rail and made the early lead fairly easily. Reined in by Joel Rosario to allow a rival to join in on pacesetting duties along the fence, Brattle House began to pull away from that foe into a :48.75 half. Flower’s Fortune (Effinex) ranged up and attempted to run with the chalk heading for home, but Brattle House cantered away all by herself with a high-headed action to romp by a geared-down 5 1/4 lengths. “I’ve never shopped the New York sale before,” Best said after signing the ticket last year on Brattle House. “I didn’t even intend to shop today. But I had nothing to do this afternoon, so I came over and looked at some horses and that one caught my eye. It’s a beautiful day. I had other business to do this morning, got doneearly and felt like I’d come over and look. And here we are.” The winner is half to this year’s Jerome S. runner-up Bourbon Bay (Bayern) and a weanling filly by Flatter. Her dam, who took her own unveiling for trainer Christophe Clement by 5 3/4 lengths at Belmont in 2014, is a full to Canadian MGSW Southdale and was bred to Constitution for 2021. Sales history: $775,000 Ylg ’19 SARAUG. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $38,500. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-OXO Equine LLC; B-Oak Bluff Stables, LLC & Christophe Clement (NY); T-Christophe Clement.

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