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Regally Bred Curlin Filly Earns ‘Rising Star’ Tag at Belmont

Shadwell Stable’s Malathaat (Curlin), a daughter of Grade I winner Dreaming of Julia (A.P. Indy), ran to the money and her pedigree with a ‘TDN Rising Star’-worthy debut victory at Belmont. Breezing a half-mile bullet in :49 1/5 (1/10) on Saratoga’s Oklahoma training track Oct. 3, she was hammered down to 4-5 favoritism for this career bow. Running the middle of the bunched up sextet early, the $1.05-million KEESEP buy pushed her way up to contest the pace as the first quarter went in :23 flat. Clocking a half-mile in :47.15, the bay was briefly headed by Caramel Swirl (Union Rags) on the backstretch, but reasserted herself at the top of the lane. Caramel Swirl did her best to stay with her rival, but Malathaat was always going the better of the two and held off the Godolphin homebred by 1 3/4 lengths at the line. It was 11 1/4 lengths back to third-place finisher. The victory marked Hall of Famer John Velazquez’s 2,000 win at Belmont Park.

Barbara Banke’s Stonestreet Stables bred and campaigned 2012 GI Frizette S. heroine Dreaming of Julia, who was ridden by Velazquez and trained by Malathaat’s conditioner Todd Pletcher. Dreaming of Julia is the first foal out of two-time Grade I winner Dream Rush (Wild Rush), who also produced MGSW Dream Pauline (Tapit) and stakes-winning young sire Atreides (Medaglia d’Oro). Malahaat is the third foal out of Dreaming of Julia, but the first to race. The 10-year-old mare’s recent produce includes a yearling colt by Medaglia d’Oro and a Curlin filly born Apr. 6 of this year. She was bred back to Medaglia d’Oro last spring.

 

4th-Belmont, $63,000, Msw, 10-9, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:23.37, ft, 1 3/4 lengths.
MALATHAAT, f, 2, Curlin
                1st Dam: Dreaming of Julia {GISW, $874,500},
                by A.P. Indy
                2nd Dam: Dream Rush, by Wild Rush
                3rd Dam: Turbo Dream, by Unbridled
Sales history: $1,050,000 Ylg ’19 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $34,650. O-Shadwell Stable; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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One-Eyed Mighty Heart To Bid For Canadian Triple Crown In Oct. 24 Breeders’ Stakes

OLG Canadian Triple Crown contender Mighty Heart tops a list of a dozen Canadian-bred three-year-old Thoroughbreds nominated to the 129th running of the $400,000 Breeders' Stakes.

Mighty Heart remains on target to make an historic attempt at sweeping Canada's Triple Crown of Thoroughbred racing following a pair of spectacular performances in the Queen's Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes last month in rein to Daisuke Fukumoto for Hall of Fame trainer Josie Carroll and owner/breeder Lawrence Cordes.

“It would be a great thing to accomplish, I'd certainly be thrilled,” said Carroll. “It's very seldom you get a horse that is genuinely capable of winning these races on all three surfaces and that makes it very exciting.”

The connections of 11 other sophomore stars have made the October 7 sustaining payment to remain eligible to the Breeders' Stakes, which will be contested over 1 ½ miles on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course at Woodbine Racetrack on Saturday, Oct. 24.

The one-eyed Dramedy colt opened his Triple Crown bid on Sept. 12 with a 7 ½-length triumph over 1 ¼ miles on Woodbine's Tapeta surface.

The nominations list includes Queen's Plate runner-up Belichick, a lightly raced maiden, also trained by Carroll and owned by NK Racing and LNJ Foxwoods. The Lemon Drop Kid colt, who launched his career on turf in July with a rallying third-place effort over seven furlongs, has finished no worse than third in his first three career starts.

Mighty Heart and Belichick are both scheduled to work on Saturday at Woodbine in preparation for the Breeders' Stakes.

“Tomorrow will be Mighty Heart's first breeze since he ran in the Prince of Wales, so as long as everything goes well, we're pointing in that direction,” confirmed Carroll.

Mighty Heart could face another familiar foe in the Breeders' Stakes as Clayton looks to complete the tri-surface series. After winning the Plate Trial in mid-August, the Kevin Attard trainee hit the board in both the Queen's Plate and Prince of Wales. Owned by Donato Lanni and Daniel Plouffe, the son of Bodemeister finished 2 ½ lengths behind Mighty Heart in the middle jewel at 1 3/16 miles over Fort Erie's dirt track on September 29.

Other Breeders' Stakes hopefuls include Conrad Farms' Muskoka Giant, who broke his maiden over one mile of turf two starts prior to his fifth-place finish in the Prince of Wales for trainer Mark Casse, and Al and Bill Ulwelling's multiple stakes placed filly Merveilleux, another Attard trainee who was a game third in the Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser prior to finishing sixth in the Queen's Plate.

Enchant Me, Glorious Tribute and Olliemyboy are also nominated after making an appearance in the opening legs of the Triple Crown.

Deviant, Kunal, Meyer and Pleasecallmeback complete the list of Breeders' Stakes eligibles with notable turf experience. Roger Attfield, who co-owns and conditions Pleasecallmeback, has trained three of the past seven Triple Crown winners (With Approval in 1989, Izvestia in 1990, Peteski in 1993).

In 2018, the Casse-trained filly Wonder Gadot won the first two Triple Crown races but did not compete in the Breeders' Stakes. Casse sent out Neepawa to victory in the final leg that year.

The last Triple Crown contender prior to Wonder Gadot was Wando, who was crowned just the seventh horse to complete the series sweep when he won the 2003 Breeders' Stakes with jockey Patrick Husbands aboard for trainer Michael Keogh and the late owner/breeder Gustav Schickedanz.

Since then, A Bit O'Gold (2004), Pender Harbour (2011) and Tone Broke (2019) also claimed two-thirds of the Triple Crown by taking the last two legs.

An additional $5,000 payment or supplementary fee of $12,500 is due upon entry. The entry box closes and post positions will be drawn to finalize the field for the 2020 edition of the Breeders' Stakes on Wednesday, Oct. 21.

BREEDERS' STAKES NOMINATIONS

Horse – Trainer – Owner

  • Belichick – Josie Carroll – NK Racing and LNJ Foxwoods
  • Clayton – Kevin Attard – Donato Lanni and Daniel Plouffe
  • Deviant – Mark Casse – Red Lane Thoroughbreds LLC
  • Enchant Me – Santino Di Paola – York Tech Racing Stable
  • Glorious Tribute – Barbara Minshall – Bruce Lunsford
  • Kunal – Steven Chircop – Vincente Stella Stables LLC
  • Merveilleux – Kevin Attard – Al and Bill Ulwelling
  • Meyer – Martin Drexler – Bruno Schickedanz
  • Mighty Heart – Josie Carroll – Lawrence Cordes
  • Muskoka Giant – Mark Casse – Conrad Farms
  • Olliemyboy – Sid Attard – JMJ Racing Stables LLC
  • Pleasecallmeback – Roger Attfield – Roger Attfield and Dan Gale

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Champion Comando Intimo The Latest Stallion Killed In Peru

Late last year, a raid on Haras Barlovento in Peru made global headlines when the list of equine casualties included North American-born stallions Cyrus Alexander and The Lieutenant; the latter being a half-brother to Triple Crown winner Justify.

South American publication Turf Diario reports that the violence has continued at Peru's stud farms, with the latest strike being at Haras El Castillo on the dawn of Sept. 29. The attack claimed the life of 2004 Peruvian Horse of the Year Comando Intimo, along with two other horses on the farm.

According to Turf Diario, early theories by investigators speculate that the attack was conducted by a group aiming to collect and sell the horses' meat.

The stallions at Haras Barlovento were also killed for their meat, according to that farm's social media channels. The attack on Haras Barlovento was so catastrophic to its operation that it announced its exit from the breeding industry less than a week later.

Comando Intimo was one of Peru's biggest native stars on the racetrack, winning seven of 27 starts over the course of five seasons.

He was named Peru's Horse of the Year in 2004, with a campaign that included venturing out to Chile to win the Group 1 Latin American Grand Prix, one of the continent's biggest races. He was also named Peru's champion 3-year-old colt that season, with a domestic win in the Clasico Marina de Guerra del Peru, and in-the-money efforts in the Peruvian Derby and 2,000 Guineas.

Comando Intimo began his stallion career at Haras Barlovento, and he was later moved to Haras El Castillo. The 20-year-old son of Riyadian has been used sparingly at stud, with just 36 foals over nine crops of racing age, according to Peruvian Stud Book records. However, the small sampling of runners has produced several stakes winners.

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