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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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$398 Payoff In Saturday’s All Graded Stakes Cross-Country Pick 5

Saturday's Cross-Country Pick 5 encompassing an all-graded stakes sequence from Belmont Park, Keeneland Race Course and Monmouth Park returned $397.75 for selecting all five winners for the 50-cent wager with a total pool of $126,982.

Almanaar started things off by becoming the first of two favorites to win in the Cross Country Pick 5, initiating the wager with a one-length victory in the Grade 3, $150,000 Monmouth Stakes for 3-year-olds and up going 1 1/8 miles on the New Jersey-based track's turf in Race 8. Trained by Chad Brown, the English-bred Almanaar came from well off the pace, tracking in eighth position in the nine-horse field before finishing strong under jockey Joe Bravo to hold off Serve the King by a head in a final time of 1:49.22. Almanaar returned $5 on a $2 win bet.

Civil Union won the first Grade 1 of the sequence in Belmont's Race 8, handling a stretch-drive showdown by besting the Brown-trained My Sister Nat and Nay Lady Nay to win the $250,000 Flower Bowl for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up going 1 1/4 miles on the inner turf. A “Win and You're In” qualifier to the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf next month at Keeneland, the Flower Bowl saw Civil Union hit the wire in 2:01.28 under jockey Joel Rosario, paying $8.10. Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey won the Flower Bowl for the second time in the last four runnings, joining War Flag in 2017.

Keeneland got in the action when Mr Freeze topped Aurelius Maximus by a neck in the Grade 2, $200,000 Fayette for 3-year-olds and up going 1 1/8 miles on the main track in Race 8. The Dale Romans trainee, off as the favorite, paid $5.20. Ridden by Hall of Famer Javier Castellano, Mr Freeze posted a final time of 1:50.71.

Brown trained his second winner of the sequence, saddling the French-bred Tamahere to a two-length victory in the Grade 2, $150,000 Sands Point for sophomore fillies in Belmont's Race 10. Making her United States debut, Tamahere overcome some initial reluctance approaching the gate before the race. Once the race started, she showed top form, surging home under jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. to win the one-mile turf test in a final time of 1:35.21. She paid $7 to win.

Closing out the Cross Country Pick 5 was the second Grade 1 of the contest, with Harvey's Lil Goil registering a three-quarter length win in the Grade 1, $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup in Keeneland's Race 9. Harvey's Lil Goil sat in second position as Sweet Melania led the seven-horse field of 3-year-old fillies before gaining command by the stretch and completing the 1 1/8 mile turf course in 1:48.72. Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott and ridden by Martin Garcia, Harvey's Lil Goil, who ran third in the Grade 1 Alabama in August at Saratoga Race Course, paid $9.20.

The minimum bet for the multi-track, multi-race wager is 50 cents. Wagering on the Cross Country Pick 5 is also available on track, on ADW platforms, and at simulcast facilities across the country. Every week will feature a mandatory payout of the net pool.

The Cross Country Pick 5 will continue each Saturday throughout the year. For more information, visit NYRABets.com.

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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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