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‘Spectacular Individual’ Jackie’s Warrior Exits Champagne In Good Shape

Kirk and Judy Robison's Jackie's Warrior earned a career-best 100 Beyer for his second Grade 1 victory in the $250,000 Champagne at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., for Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen.

Piloted by Joel Rosario, the juvenile son of Maclean's Music parlayed his winning effort in the Grade 1 Hopeful into another Grade 1-victory, when displaying his usual frontrunning style early on and extending his advantage throughout the stretch run, sailing home a 5 1/2-length winner.

“We're just celebrating our win,” said Asmussen's Belmont Park-based assistant trainer Toby Sheets. “The horse came out of the race in good shape and we'll go from there. He's a spectacular individual.”

Sheets said Midnight Bourbon, who ran third in the Champagne, also emerged from the race in good shape. The son of Tiznow picked up his second placing in a graded stakes event. He was previously second in the Grade 3 Iroquois on September 5 at Churchill Downs.

“I was very happy with him. He ran his race,” Sheets said.

Jackie's Warrior, now unbeaten in four lifetime starts, earned an automatic entry into the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile after winning the Champagne, which is a Breeders' Cup “Win And You're In” event. He will likely arrive as one of the favorites for the 1 1/16-mile event on November 6 at Keeneland, in attempt to give Asmussen his eighth triumph in a Breeders' Cup race.

Bred in Kentucky by J & J Stables, Jackie's Warrior was purchased for $95,000 from the 2019 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, where he was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency.

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Apprentice Marquez Out Four Weeks After Fracturing Wrist In Belmont Spill

Apprentice jockey Charlie Marquez will be out four weeks after fracturing his right wrist in the last race of Saturday's card at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

His agent, Hall of Fame rider Angel Cordero, Jr., said Marquez will return to ride at the fall meet at Aqueduct Racetrack, which runs from November 6 through December 6.

The 17-year-old Marquez won three races during the Belmont fall meet, starting with Wushu Warrior on September 25 and following with Forgotten Hero on October 1 and Noble Thought on October 4. He moved his tack from Maryland to New York at the beginning of the fall meet.

Marquez, aboard Rock N Warrior for Race 11 over Belmont's inner turf on Saturday, was unseated early on the backstretch in Saturday's finale. Rock N Warrior was apprehended and walked off under her own power.

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Tiznow Filly Runs to Favoritism in Matron

Three Chimneys Farm’s homebred Royal Approval is two-for-two since returning from Royal Ascot followed a determined victory in the GIII Matron S. at Belmont Park Sunday. The 1-2 favorite tracked Union Gables (Speightstown) through a quarter in :22.53 and a half in :46.28. Union Gables attempted to scamper clear in upper stretch, but Royal Approval duly reeled in the scrappy pacesetter late to score going away.

Royal Approval chased stablemate Campanelle (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) home when second in her debut going five furlongs over the Gulfstream turf May 31. She followed her stablemate over to Royal Ascot where she checked in 17th as Campanelle won the June 20 G2 Queen Mary S. The bay returned stateside to score a 6 1/4-length maiden victory going 6 1/2 furlongs over the Kentucky Downs turf Sept. 9.

The Matron victory has earned Royal Approval a trip to the Breeders’ Cup, according to trainer Wesley Ward.

“We definitely will go to the Breeders’ Cup with her,” Ward said. “I’ll sit down with [Three Chimneys Farm vice chairman] Doug Cauthen and [chairman] Mr. [Goncalo Borges] Torrealba and see just which direction they want to go: the [Juvenile Fillies Turf] or the Juvenile Turf Sprint. Just after talking to Irad [Ortiz], the mile [Juvenile Fillies Turf] might be the better option for her, but again, we’ll sit down and see how she is.”

Ward continued, “As we get a little closer, we’ll have to really watch the weather, as this filly doesn’t handle the soft turf. At Keeneland in the fall, sometimes you’ll get that.”

Pedigree Notes:

Three Chimneys purchased Touch the Moon for $450,000 at the 2014 Fasig-Tipton Florida sale. The 8-year-old mare produced a colt by Connect in 2019 and a colt by Will Take Charge this year. She was bred back to Palace Malice. Royal Approval’s third dam, Here I Go, is the dam of GI Kentucky Oaks winner Summerly (Summer Squall).

Royal Approval is the 80th black-type winner and 45th graded winner for veteran sire Tiznow. She is the 15 graded winner out of a Malibu Moon mare. The same cross is responsible for Midnight Bourbon (Tiznow), third in Saturday’s GI Champagne S. and second in the GIII Iroquois S.

Sunday, Belmont Park
MATRON S.-GIII, $100,000, Belmont, 10-11, 2yo, f, 6fT, 1:09.10, fm.
1–ROYAL APPROVAL, 120, f, 2, by Tiznow
1st Dam: Touch the Moon, by Malibu Moon
2nd Dam: Touch Here, by Touch Gold
3rd Dam: Here I Go, by Mr. Prospector
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($95,000
RNA Ylg ’19 KEESEP). O/B-Three Chimneys Farm (KY); T-Wesley
A. Ward; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $55,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0,
$117,400. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Union Gables, 120, f, 2, Speightstown–Tonasah, by Malibu
Moon. ($40,000 Ylg ’19 KEESEP; $90,000 2yo ’20 OBSAPR).
O-GMP Stables LLC & F Bellavia, LLC; B-Stonestreet
Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $20,000.
3–Magisterium (Ire), 122, f, 2, Elzaam (Aus)–Dubaya (GB), by
Dubawi (Ire). (€35,000 Ylg ’19 GOFSPT). O-Michael Dubb,
Madaket Stables LLC & Wonder Stables; B-John Hutchinson
(IRE); T-Christophe Clement. $12,000.
Margins: 3/4, 3/4, 1. Odds: 0.55, 10.20, 4.40.
Also Ran: Amalfi Princess, Fabricate, Rossa Veloce, Niente. Scratched: Bravo Regina. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Son of Jack Milton Pulls Off Another Upset in Futurity

Bryan Hilliard’s homebred Second of July (Jack Milton), who was a 68-1 outsider when he captured his debut at Belmont Park last month, came back to score another upset victory in the GIII Futurity S. in Elmont Sunday. The win earned the gelding an automatic berth in the GII Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Keeneland Nov. 6.

“I knew he was very fit and sharp and doing good, so I knew he would run his race, but I just wasn’t sure if it was going to be good enough, but it turned out to be,” said winning trainer Phil Gleaves.

Sent off at 15-1, Second of July was second to last through an opening quarter in :22.10 and was mired in traffic in a compact field after a half in :45.45. He found clear sailing in midstretch and strode to the lead before holding off the late-rushing After Five (The Factor) to win by a half-length. ‘TDN Rising Star’ Momos (Distorted Humor) held third after setting the pace.

“He broke well for me, but I just could not get any early foot on him,” said winning rider Dylan Davis. “Once we got to the turn, he wanted to get a little aggressive and I allowed him to move up a little bit. From then on, I was just trying to find a clear spot to get going on him and once I did, he excelled.”

After Five was last at the top of the lane and behind a wall of horses. Irad Ortiz tipped the colt to the center of the course and he closed furiously late to just miss.

“The horse ran a great race,” trainer Wesley Ward said of the runner-up. “It’s just unfortunate he had traffic trouble and that’s what happens in racing. He lost, but he’s a very nice horse.”

Second of July was always up close in his six-furlong debut, graduating by 3/4 lengths against a well-connected group of runners at Belmont Sept. 20.

“The first time out, he was pretty green about everything,” said Davis. “Today, he was very professional and I hope he will be third time out. He was a lot better with the gate and the pony and the whole race scenario. He was a lot better for me.”

Gleaves said he expects Second of July, a reference to Hilliard’s son Reed’s birthday, will head to Keeneland for championship weekend.

“All being well and if the horse is OK, we will head to the Breeders’ Cup,” Gleaves confirmed.

Pedigree Notes:

The unraced Wichita, purchased as a 4-year-old for $32,000 at the 2015 OBS January sale, produced a colt by Temple City this year and was bred back to Jack Milton. Second of July’s third dam, Northern Dynasty, produced stakes winner and graded placed Dynasty (Time for a Change), who is dam of the graded winner Harissa (Afleet Alex).

Second of July is the second stakes winner, and first graded winner, for 2015 GI Maker’s 46 Mile S. winner Jack Milton. The stallion is also represented by ‘TDN Rising Star’ Tobys Heart, who is now two-for-two after winning the Bolton’s Landing S. at Saratoga this past summer.

Sunday, Belmont Park
FUTURITY S.-GIII, $100,000, Belmont, 10-11, 2yo, 6fT, 1:09.33, fm.
1–SECOND OF JULY, 120, g, 2, by Jack Milton
1st Dam: Wichita, by Curlin
2nd Dam: Lady Dynasty, by Richter Scale
3rd Dam: Northern Dynasty, by Northern Jove
1ST-BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O/B-Bryan
Reed Hilliard (KY); T-Philip A. Gleaves; J-Dylan Davis. $55,000.
Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $89,650. *Second SW for sophomore sire (by War Front). Werk Nick Rating: B.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–After Five, 118, c, 2, The Factor–Idle Talk, by Olmodavor.
($22,000 RNA Wlg ’18 KEENOV; $17,000 Ylg ’19 OBSOCT;
$165,000 2yo ’20 OBSMAR). O-Breeze Easy, LLC; B-Mary E.
Eppler Racing Stable, Inc. & A. Leonard Pineau (MD); T-Wesley
A. Ward. $20,000.
3–Momos, 120, c, 2, Distorted Humor–Inspeight of Us, by
Speightstown. ‘TDN Rising Star’ ($75,000 Ylg ’19 OBSWIN;
$180,000 2yo ’20 OBSMAR). O-Ironhorse Racing Stable LLC and
Secure Investments; B-Tami D. Bobo & Distorted Humor
Syndicate (KY); T-Christophe Clement. $12,000.
Margins: HF, HF, HF. Odds: 15.50, 2.20, 3.25.
Also Ran: County Final, Gypsy King, Trade Deal, Bright Devil (Ire). Scratched: Kentucky Knight, Newbomb, Nutsie, Sky’s Not Falling. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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