Tag: Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In

Fourstardave Handicapping Challenge Registration Open

Registration for the Fourstardave Handicapping Challenge scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 13 at Saratoga officially opened July 29, announced officials at NYRA. Participants may register through Friday, Aug. 12 at 5 p.m. ET on the official webpage with an option to either play online via NYRA Bets or on-track at Saratoga, where seating and lunch is included as part of the entry fee.

The contest will run in conjunction with the 38th running of the one-mile GI $500,000 Fourstardave H. over the inner turf, a “Win and You're In” qualifier for the GI Breeders' Cup Mile in November at Keeneland. The live-money contest features a $3,000 Entry Fee [$2,000 in Live Money Wagers/$1,000 to Prize Pool], contributing to a prize pool that NYRA is seeding with an additional $5,000. Also on offer for the winner is one seat to an upcoming $3,000 NYRA Challenge event. Players must wager $400 on at least five races during the Aug. 13 card at Saratoga, and can place win, place, show, trifecta, quinella and daily double wagers.

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Titleholder Earns Ticket to Breeders’ Cup with Takarazuka Kinen Win

The fan's pick Titleholder (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}) lived up to his star billing with a facile two-length victory in Sunday's G1 Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin, a 'Win and You're In' event to the GI Breeders' Cup Turf later this fall. With the top 10 runners in the 2200-meter event selected by fan voting, the 4-year-old was installed the 3-1 second choice behind Efforia (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}).

Titleholder vied for the early lead with Panthalassa (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) before settling in second. Inching closer to the pacesetter in the latter stages, the colt reached the weakening leader turning for home and strode clear late to score by a comfortable two-length margin. Hishi Iguazu (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}) closed to take second, while 2020 Fillies' Triple Crown heroine Daring Tact (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}) offered a nice closing kick to grab third. Favored Efforia was sixth. The final time of 2:09.7 equaled the track record for the distance.

“This was my fourth race with Titleholder and I knew how the colt could run in good rhythm,” commented winning rider Kazuo Yokohama. “The pace was fast, but I wasn't concerned because he still had enough power left at the straight. He's still in the process of maturing and I think he'll get better going forward.”

Victorious in last season's G1 Kikuka Sho (Japanese St Leger) at Hanshin, the dark bay also took Nakayama's G2 Deep Impact  Kinen and finished runner-up in the G1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) during the 2021 season. He kicked off this term with a victory in the G2 Nikkei Sho at Nakayama in March before returning to his favored surface at Hanshin to triumph in the May 1 G1 Tenno Sho (Spring).

Titleholder becomes the first horse to capture both the Tenno Sho and Takarazuka Kinen in the same year since Deep Impact (Jpn) in 2006.

According to trainer Toru Kurita, “I've been told by the owner that the colt will go to 'the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe if he wins' so we're planning to send him straight to France with Kazuo.”

Pedigree Notes:
Takarazuka Kinen winner Titleholder went one better than his sire, dual Group 1 winning Duramente, who finished runner-up in the 2016 renewal of the race. The Japanese Derby and 2000 Guineas scorer is also responsible for this season's G1 Japanese Oaks heroine Stars on Earth (Jpn). With only two named foals to her credit, 13-year-old Mowen (GB) (Motivator {GB}) is also responsible for the minor winner Melody Lane (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}), who finished 13th behind her more exalted sibling in Sunday's Takarazuka Kinen.

 

Sunday, Hanshin, Japan
TAKARAZUKA KINEN-G1, ¥385,400,000, Hanshin, 6-26, 3yo/up, 2200mT, 2:09.70 (NCR), fm.
1–TITLEHOLDER (JPN), 128, c, 4, by Duramente (Jpn)
1st Dam: Mowen (GB), by Motivator (GB)
2nd Dam: Top Table (GB), by Shirley Heights (GB)
3rd Dam: Lora's Guest (Ire), by Be My Guest
(¥20,000,000 Wlg '18 JRHAJUL). O-Hiroshi Yamada; B-Okada Stud; T-Toru Kurita; J-Kazuo Yokoyama; ¥203,780,000. Lifetime Record: 12-6-2-0, ¥793,111,000. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Hishi Iguazu (Jpn), 128, h, 6, Heart's Cry (Jpn)–La Liz (Arg), by Bernstein. (¥97,000,000 Wlg '16 JRHAJUL). O-Masahide Abe; B-Northern Farm; T-Noriyuki Hori; J-Damian Lane. ¥81,080,000.
3–Daring Tact (Jpn), 123, m, 5, Epiphaneia (Jpn)–Daring Bird (Jpn), by King Kamehameha (Jpn). (¥12,000,000 Ylg '18 JRHAJUL). O-Normandy Thoroughbred Racing; B-Hasegawa Farm; T-Haruki Sugiyama; J-Kohei Matsuyama. ¥50,504,000.
Margins: 2, 2, NO. Odds: 3.20, 8.50, 6.30.
Also Ran: Deep Bond (Jpn), Meiner Fanrong (Jpn), Efforia (Jpn), Win Marilyn (Jpn), Panthalassa (Jpn), Stay Foolish (Jpn), Gibeon (Jpn), Potager (Jpn), Gloria Mundi (Jpn), Melody Lane (Jpn), Arrivo (Jpn), Iron Barows (Jpn), African Gold (Jpn), King of Koji (Jpn). Scratched: Authority (Jpn). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Click for the JRA chart and video.

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Santa Anita Autumn Meet to Offer 26 Stakes; Five ‘Win and You’re In’ Races

A total of 26 stakes–15 of them graded–will be offered during Santa Anita's 18-day Autumn Meet which opens Sept. 30. The stakes line-up will include five Breeders' Cup “Win & You're In” stakes over the first two weekends, Oct. 1 and 2 and Oct. 8 and 9. These include three Grade I events: the $300,000 Awesome Again S. Oct. 1; and the $300,000 American Pharoah S. and $300,000 Rodeo Drive S., both Oct. 8.

The Awesome Again highlights an Oct. 1 card that also includes the $200,000 GII Eddie D S.; the $200,000 GII John Henry S.; the $200,000 GII Santa Anita Sprint Championship; $200,000 GII City of Hope Mile; and the $85,000 Unzip Me S.

The Oct. 2 card features the $200,000 GII Zenyatta S.; $100,000 GIII Chillingworth S.; the $100,000 Speakeasy S.; the $100,000 Tokyo City Cup; and the $100,000 Senator Ken Maddy S.

The Golden State Juvenile and the Golden State Juvenile Fillies have had purses increased from $150,000 to $175,000, while the Unzip Me and the Anoakia S. have purses of $85,000, up from $75,000 last year. Additionally, two restricted stakes, the Swingtime S. and the Lure S., now offer purse money of $80,000, an increase of $10,000 each.

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Casa Creed Right At Home in the Jaipur

Sent off at a fraction of the 10-1 mutuel he returned to his supporters 12 months ago, Lee Einsidler's LRE Racing and Mike Francesa's JEH Racing Stable's Casa Creed (Jimmy Creed) enjoyed a beautiful inside trip in defense of his title in the GI Jaipur S. Saturday afternoon and, once tipped out a furlong from home, ran down an alibi-free favorite Arrest Me Red (Pioneerof the Nile) to score at 4-1.

Making his U.S. reappearance on the back of strong turf sprint efforts in Saudi Arabia and Dubai, Casa Creed settled in about a midfield position as 14-1 True Valour (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) cut out a reasonable tempo of :22.36 for the opening section in advance of Arrest Me Red, who would have been giving Irad Ortiz, Jr. any number of positive vibes while matching motors to the outside.  Ridden for luck by Luis Saez, Casa Creed remained hard against the hedge as they raced into the final quarter mile and took advantage of an opening inside of the mare Change of Control (Fed Biz) with a furlong and a half to travel. Roused right-handed at the eighth pole, Casa Creed was steered out into the three path at and closed powerfully–particularly after switching his leads–to be along in time. True Valour held nicely for third, with Change of Control the long-odds superfecta kicker. The victory secures Casa Creed a fees-paid berth into this year's GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland Nov. 5.

Casa Creed stretched back out to a mile to be third to Got Stormy (Get Stormy) in the GI Fourstardave H. last August and was fifth to Gear Jockey (Twirling Candy) in the GIII Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs Sept. 11 before running on to be eighth, beaten 3 1/2 lengths, in last year's GI Breeders' Cup Mile. The bay rallied to run recent G1 Yasuda Kinen heroine Songline (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) to a neck in the G3 1351 Turf Sprint Cup in Riyadh Feb. 26 and was exiting a respectable fifth behind A Case of You (Ire) (Hot Streak {Ire}) in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan Mar. 26. The latter heads to next Saturday's G1 Platinum Jubilee S. on the final day of the Royal Ascot meeting.

Pedigree Notes:

The lone Grade I scorer for the under-appreciated Jimmy Creed, Casa Creed is out of an unraced daughter of four-time graded winner Wild Heart Dancing (Farma Way), the dam of MSPs Unbridled's Heart (Unbridled's Song) and Leopard Rock (Speightstown). Third dam Star of Wicklow was responsible for GISW Man From Wicklow (Turkoman). Achalaya is the dam of Jimmy Creed's 2-year-old full brother, a yearling by Omaha Beach and a filly by Horse of the Year Authentic foaled Apr. 15.

Saturday, Belmont
JAIPUR S.-GI, $400,000, Belmont, 6-11, 3yo/up, 6fT, 1:07.44, fm.
1–CASA CREED, 124, h, 6, by Jimmy Creed
               1st Dam: Achalaya, by Bellamy Road
               2nd Dam: Wild Heart Dancing, by Farma Way
               3rd Dam: Star of Wicklow, by Fast Play
($15,000 Ylg '17 OBSWIN; $105,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP). O-LRE
Racing LLC and JEH Racing Stable LLC; B-Silver Springs Stud,
LLC (KY); T-William I. Mott; J-Luis Saez. $220,000. Lifetime
Record: 26-6-4-4, $1,428,308. *1/2 to Chess's Dream (Jess's
Dream), GSW, $174,315. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for
the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Arrest Me Red, 124, c, 4, Pioneerof the Nile–Maraschino
Red, by Medaglia d'Oro. 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. O-Lael Stables;
B-M. Roy Jackson (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward. $80,000.
3–True Valour (Ire), 120, h, 8, Kodiac (GB)–Sutton Veny (Ire),
by Acclamation (GB). 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. (19,000gns Wlg
'14 TATFOA; €100,000 2yo '16 GBMBR; $225,000 6yo '20
FTKHRA). O-R. Larry Johnson; B-Mr P. O'Rourke (IRE); T-H.
Graham Motion. $48,000.
Margins: HF, HF, 2. Odds: 4.20, 1.85, 14.50.
Also Ran: Change of Control, Whatmakessammyrun, Greyes Creek, Gregorian Chant (GB), Smokin' Jay, Omaha City, Gear Jockey, Scuttlebuzz, Filo Di Arianna (Brz), Chasing Artie.
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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