Tag: Curlin

White Abarrio Dominates Whitney for Richard Dutrow Jr. Barn

White Abarrio (c, 4, Race Day–Catching Diamonds, by Into Mischief), making his second start for conditioner Richard Dutrow Jr., dominated the field by open lengths in the GI Whitney S. at 10-1 odds, and has secured his spot in the gate for the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita. Zandon (Upstart) held on for second while Cody's Wish (Curlin) won the photo for third. The final time was 1:48.45.

Sales history: $7,500 Ylg '20 OBSWIN; $40,000 2yo '21 OBSMAR. O-C Two Racing Stable and Antonio Pagnano; B-Spendthrift Farm, LLC (KY); T-Richard Dutrow, Jr.

 

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Saturday Insights: Coast-To-Coast Maiden Action Kicks Off Whitney Saturday

2nd-SAR, $136K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 1:07 p.m.

The action kicks off with a heavily-loaded maiden race on the Whitney undercard Saturday. A quartet of colts, all first-time starters, take to the dirt led by the inside draw BE YOU (Curlin), the first of a pair of starters for Todd Pletcher. Out of the graded-stakes winning mare Jacaranda, herself a $2,000,000 purchase by this colt's breeder Alpha Delta, Be You already has a stakes-placed full-sister in American West, a $925,000 Keeneland yearling herself. Jacaranda is out of the Distorted Humor mare Baffled, making her a half-sister to MGISW and leading sire Constitituion (Tapit) as well as GSW Boynton (More Than Ready). Further back in the family you'll find GISW Emcee (Unbridled's Song) and G1SP Surfer (Distorted Humor).

Pletcher's second starter, Locked (Gun Runner), brought $425,000 as a yearling at Keeneland last year. He is out of a half to MGSW Always a Princess (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) and MGISW Gabby's Golden Girl (Medaglia d'Oro).

Splitting the pair is Claude McGaughy runner Pentathlon (Speightstown), a Phipps Stable homebred who hails from the family of MGISW My Flag, the dam of champion 2-year-old filly Storm Flag Flying (Storm Cat).

Last of the quarter and the widest drawn of the four, Creek (Ghostzapper) will look to get trainer Bill Mott's day off to a winning start. The colt is out of a half to GSW/GISP Great Island (Scat Daddy) and to the dam of GSW Surprisingly (Mastery). Third dam Matlacha Pass also produced MGISW and sire Point of Entry (Dynaformer) and MGISW Pine Island (Arch). TJCIS PPS

1st-DMR, $82K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 5:00 p.m.

On the West Coast, Dagger Ranch (Curlin) will look to be the latest winner out of dual Eclipse champion Indian Blessing. The Bob Baffert trainee is already a half-brother to GISP Ten Blessings (Smart Strike) and draws the outside gate under Hall of Fame jockey Victor Espinoza.

Breaking from gate three is another son of Curlin for Bob Baffert in Mission Beach, a $400,000 Keeneland September yearling who is out of a full-sister to GISW Taris, the dam of GSW King Fury (Curlin). He put up a best-of-53 work at five furlongs July 24, going from the gate in :58 4/5. TJCIS PPS

1st-SAR, $136K, Msw, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 12:35 p.m.

Opening the Saturday card at the Spa, Agate Road (Quality Road), bred by China Horse Club, was a $650,000 pick up by the prolific connections of Repole Stable and St Elias Stable for trainer Todd Pletcher. Out of GI Frizette S. winner Yellow Agate, already the dam of a pair of winners, the colt traces back to GSW/MG1SP Without Connexion (Ire) (Rainbow Quest). TJCIS PPS

11th-SAR, $149.5K, Alw, 3yo/up, 7f, 6:16 p.m.

Carded right after the Whitney, this race features the return of not one but two 'TDN Rising Stars' both racing for Claude McGaughey. Drawn further to the inside is Signator (Tapit), a $1.7m OBS April pick up last seen breaking his maiden at Belmont's Aqueduct meeting last Oct. Racing with Lasix for the first time, the grey hails from the family of champion 3-year-old filly Heavenly Prize (Seeking the Gold).

Lined up to his outside, Capture the Flag (Quality Road) earned his 'Star' tag at first asking with a three-length maiden win at this meet just over a year ago but hasn't raced since. This colt, a half to GSW Personal Best (Tapit), is out of a full-sister to Hong Kong's champion stayer Lines of Battle. His third dam also produced MGSW and late leading sire Dynaformer (Roberto). TJCIS PPS

3rd-MTH, $55K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:36 p.m.

Drawn furthest outside, Spendalot (More Than Ready) lived up to her name with a $650,000 purchase price as a yearling at Keeneland last Fall. She is a full-sister to Chad Brown's Consumer Spending who took last month's GIII Matchmaker S. over this same track.

And all the way to the rail is Madame Mischief (Into Mischief), a $550,000 OBS March grad who checked in second while sprinting five furlongs on the grass July 2. Her dam is a half-sister to MGISW and sire Divisidero (Kitten's Joy). TJCIS PPS

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Cody’s Wish Streaks Into Whitney

Cody's Wish (Curlin) will be heavily favored over five rivals to add another chapter to racing's feel-good story in Saturday's GI Whitney S. at Saratoga.

The Godolphin homebred, winner of last term's GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and the stallion-making GI Hill 'N' Dale Metropolitan H. at Belmont Park June 10, seeks his first career win beyond one mile in the nine-furlong Whitney, a 'Win and You're In' for the GI Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita.

The 1-2 morning-line favorite, named after Cody Dorman, who was born with the rare genetic disorder Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome and is unable to walk or communicate without utilizing a tablet, is currently riding a six-race winning streak. He will exit widest of all from post six with regular rider Junior Alvarado aboard.

“We have reason to believe he could do it,” Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott said of Cody's Wish tackling the additional distance. “He's come a long way. He was terribly green when we ran him at three in his first few races. He just didn't know whether to go forward or that sort of thing.”

Mott continued, “This is a very good horse and hopefully for our sake, he can go on. There's a great story that goes with him with Cody Dorman, so the whole scenario turns out to be very special.”

The field for the Whitney also includes: last term's GI Blue Grass S. winner Zandon (Upstart), runner-up to Cody's Wish in the Met Mile; and 'TDN Rising Star' Charge It (Tapit), a last out winner of the GII Suburban S. July 8 and fourth-place finisher in the Met Mile.

Saturday's stacked 12-race program at the Spa also co-features a fantastic renewal of the GI Test S. Godolphin homebred and 'TDN Rising Star' Pretty Mischievous (Into Mischief) cuts back to seven furlongs following top-shelf wins in the GI Kentucky Oaks May 5 and GI Acorn S. June 9. The rail-drawn, 9-5 morning-line favorite will face off versus unbeaten New York-bred Maple Leaf Mel (Cross Traffic), a sharp winner of the GIII Victory Ride S. downstate July 8.

A field of nine will line up for the GI Saratoga Derby Invitational over the Mellon Turf Course, led by LSU Stable's GI Belmont Derby Invitational S. winner and 'TDN Rising Star' Far Bridge (English Channel). Glen Hill Farm and Mrs. John Magnier's GI Fasig-Tipton Belmont Oaks Invitational S. winner Aspen Grove (Ire) (Justify), cross-entered in Friday's GIII Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Oaks Invitational, will instead take on the boys in the Saratoga Derby.

Last term's GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint upsetter and GI Jaipur S. heroine Caravel (Mizzen Mast), meanwhile, will take on males once again in the GIII Troy S. on the Whitney undercard.

“She's been able to beat the boys three out of her last four and hopefully four out of her last five,” trainer Brad Cox said. “It would be exciting if she can do it again.”

Saturday's graded stakes action also includes Del Mar's GI Clement L. Hirsch, a 'Win and You're In' for the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will be represented by the imposing duo of Adare Manor (Uncle Mo) and Fun to Dream (Arrogate) in the five-horse field. Adare Manor captured her third straight win in the GII Santa Margarita S. June 10 while Fun to Dream just got tagged by a head in the GI Beholder Mile S. last time Mar. 11.

The weekend's graded stakes action rolls into Sunday with upset GIII Schuylerville S. debut winner Becky's Joker (Practical Joke) headlining a field of 10 in the GIII Adirondack S. at Saratoga; the GIII La Jolla H. at Del Mar; Mountaineer Park's GIII West Virginia Derby and GIII West Virginia Governor's S.; and Ellis Park's GIII Pucker Up S.

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Elite Power Noses Out Gunite In Vanderbilt, Keeps Win Streak Going

Now, that's how you celebrate a birthday.

Champion sprinter Elite Power (Curlin) came charging down the sealed, sloppy stretch at Saratoga to nail Gunite (Gun Runner) by a head in Saturday's GI Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. on Hall of Famer Bill Mott's 70th birthday.

Racing over a wet surface for the first time, the even-money favorite was sixth though an opening quarter in :22.64. He was tipped out by Irad Ortiz, Jr. approaching the quarter pole and set his sights on the aforementioned slight second choice, who enjoyed first run and was beginning to get away. Elite Power was just getting started, however, and kept on motoring home to get there in dramatic fashion to win his eighth straight.

“It looked like Gunite certainly had the jump on him turning for home,” Mott said. “Great, great, great effort on this horse. He's a big, strong horse, heavy horse. He handled (the off track) well, but it doesn't have to be his best surface and I think it's great. There was that question beforehand. You just don't know. It's like trying a new distance for the first time. When you try a new track surface, you just don't know what's going to happen. But class came through.”

Elite Power's winning streak also includes last term's GI Breeders' Cup Sprint at Keeneland Nov. 5, the G3 Riyadh Dirt Sprint in Saudi Arabia Feb. 25 and the GII True North S. at Belmont Park June 10.

“For him to put up a streak like this against top competition just really boils down to him being a really good horse,” Mott said. They don't do it by accident.”

Mott added that Elite Power would likely target the GI Forego S. at Saratoga Aug. 26.

Pedigree Notes:

Elite Power, a $900,000 KEESEP yearling purchase by Juddmonte, is one of 54 graded winners, 20 at the Grade I level, for the mighty Curlin.

Broodmare sire Vindication, the unbeaten winner of the 2002 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Arlington, is responsible for 12 graded winners, six at the top level.

Elite Power is bred on the same Curlin/Vindication cross as GI Preakness S. winner Exaggerator. Elite Power's dam Broadway's Alibi, a MGSW & GI Kentucky Oaks runner-up and Robsham homebred, brought $2.15 million from Alpha Delta Stables while in foal to Smart Strike at the 2013 KEENOV sale. Broadway's Alibi is also represented by a Curlin colt of 2021.

Elite Power's fourth dam is champion 2-year-old filly and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies heroine Eliza (Mt. Livermore). This is also the family of GISW and young sire Dialed In (Mineshaft).

“(The late) Prince Khalid was the one that wanted to win the Kentucky Derby,” Juddmonte's Garrett O'Rourke said. “We bought this guy by Curlin out of a mare that was second in the Kentucky Oaks. That was our dream. But this is a very, very good consolation prize. That was Prince Khalid's idea and dream at the time, but now we've moved on to his sons who are taking a tremendous interest and they're the ones carrying this forward. I'm thanking them for the point of view of Juddmonte and I think it's great for the whole legacy of Juddmonte that they're carrying it through.”

 

Saturday, Saratoga
ALFRED G. VANDERBILT H.-GI, $350,000, Saratoga, 7-29, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:09.22, sy.
1–ELITE POWER, 126, h, 5, by Curlin
           1st Dam: Broadway's Alibi (MGSW & GISP, $521,500), by Vindication
           2nd Dam: Broadway Gold, by Seeking the Gold
           3rd Dam: Miss Doolittle, by Storm Cat
($900,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP). O-Juddmonte; B-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC (KY); T-William I. Mott; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr.. $192,500. Lifetime Record: Ch. Sprinter, 11-8-0-1, $2,635,711. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Gunite, 124, c, 4, Gun Runner–Simple Surprise, by Cowboy Cal. O/B-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen. $70,000.
3–Dean Delivers, 120, g, 4, Cajun Breeze–Slick and True, by Yes It's True. 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. O/B-Stonehedge LLC (FL); T-Michael Yates. $42,000.
Margins: HD, 6 1/4, 5. Odds: 1.10, 1.20, 9.50.
Also Ran: Gun It, Synthesis, Awesome Aaron, Little Vic.
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