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Curlin’s Souper Sensational Earns ‘Rising Star’ Tag at Woodbine

Sent off the 1.35-1 favorite in what appeared to be an above-average Woodbine maiden Saturday afternoon, Live Oak Plantation’s Souper Sensational (Curlin) lived up to her name at first asking, pulling confidently clear to graduate by a bit more than two lengths in a ‘TDN Rising Star’-worthy performance.

Beaten for speed, the $725,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga grad sat the box seat from third, but traveled nicely on the bridle, with her chief market rival-‘Rising Star’ Shirl’s Speight’s full-sister Speightstown Shirl (Speightstown)–lapped to her outside. The Fipke homebred got first run on Souper Sensational, accelerating from the two path to carry the lead into the stretch, but Souper Sensational had the move covered, descending on Speightstown Shirl approaching the eighth pole before going on to a very soft, 2 1/4-length success. Speightstown Shirl proceeded to gallop out strongly into the backstretch. Diamond Ore (Tapit), a $750,000 Keeneland November weanling and half-sister to the late Arrogate (Unbridled’s Song), ran on well for third while no menace to the top two.

The winner’s unraced dam is a daughter of Sue’s Good News, a Grade III winner and dam of GISW Tiz Miz Sue (Tiznow), whose son Tatweej (Tapit)–a $2.5-million Keeneland September yearling–ran his record to three wins from four starts with a handy Gulfstream allowance score at Gulfstream Sept. 25. Tiz Miz Sue’s Group 3-placed 3-year-old daughter Serein (Uncle Mo) also saw action Saturday, dead-heating for second in an allowance race at Chukyo Racecourse in Japan.

Kateri is the dam of a yearling Maclean’s Music colt and a foal full-sister to Souper Sensational. She was bred to American Pharoah this year.

5th-Woodbine, C$73,600, Msw, 9-26, 2yo, f, 7f (AWT), 1:23.54, ft.
SOUPER SENSATIONAL, f, 2, by Curlin
1st Dam: Kateri, by Indian Charlie
2nd Dam: Sue’s Good News, by Woodman
3rd Dam: Montera, by Easy Goer
Sales history: $725,000 Ylg ’19 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $32,269. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Click for the Equineline.com catalog-style pedigree.
O-Live Oak Plantation; B-Newtownanner Stud (KY); T-Mark E Casse.

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Immaculately Bred Curlin Firster Scores at Belmont

3rd-Belmont, $63,000, Msw, 9-26, 2yo, f, 1m, 1:39.43, ft.
AMERICAN WEST (f, 2, Curlin–Jacaranda {GSW, $207,200}, by Congrats), a $925,000 Keeneland September purchase, sat relatively handy to a strong pace, came calling for the lead three off the inside at the furlong grounds and withstood a late rails rally from Millefeuille (Curlin) to graduate at first asking Saturday at Belmont Park. Settled in a stalking third as favored Jouster (Noble Mission {GB}) set the pace from expensive Louisiana-bred Leia Marie (Exaggerator), American West, chilly on the board at 5-1, was asked to quicken at the quarter pole, set her sights on the leader entering the final eighth of a mile and was home 3/4 of a length to the good of Millefeuille, leading home a 1-2 finish for their sire. Leia Marie, a paternal granddaughter of Curlin who cost $400,000 at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga to rank as her sire’s dearest first-crop auction yearling, held for third. American West’s dam won the 2014 GIII Tempted S. for Barry K. Schwartz and Mike Hushion, but has seen her stock rise since, as her half-brother Constitution (Tapit) has become one of this country’s top young sires. American West was the second most-expensive filly from Curlin’s 2018 crop. Jacaranda is the dam of a yearling Medaglia d’Oro filly, a filly foal by Justify and was most recently bred back to Curlin. The cross of Curlin over A.P. Indy-line mares has resulted in the likes of GISWs Stellar Wind and Global Campaign. Sales history: $925,000 Ylg ’19 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $34,650. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Peter M Brant; B-Alpha Delta Stables LLC (KY); T-Chad C Brown.

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Preakness Hopefuls Tune Up

A trio of candidates for the GI Preakness S. at Pimlico Oct. 3 turned in their final serious moves Saturday morning at Churchill Downs.

Bruce Lunsford’s Art Collector (Bernardini), who was forced to miss the Sept. 5 GI Kentucky Derby owing to a minor foot injury, tuned up for the final leg of this year’s reconstituted Triple Crown by drilling a half-mile in :48 flat with big-race rider Brian Hernandez, Jr. in the saddle. The GII Toyota Blue Grass S. and Runhappy Ellis Park Derby hero was caught in fractions of :12.40, :24.40 and :35.80 before galloping out six furlongs in 1:13.60. The half-mile clocking ranked as the seventh-fastest of 78 works at the distance.

“Brian and I discussed it beforehand, and that’s what we were shooting for,” said trainer Tommy Drury about the methodical splits, “I told Brian, ‘He’s a 12s kind of horse. He seems to do that easy enough, so let’s just do what he does easily.’ Kind of textbook: 48, out in a minute. I think they had him three-quarters (of a mile) in 1:13. He seems to have bounced out of it well. Now we just stay out of his way for a week.”

“I think he got plenty out of his work last week, so we were just looking for something maintenance this week,” Drury said, “and that’s kind of his maintenance work. Brian was letting him cruise along. I didn’t see that he ever moved his hands. We got exactly what we were looking for.”

With jockey Florent Geroux at the controls and blinkers back on, Albaugh Family Stables and Spendthrift Farm’s Thousand Words (Pioneerof the Nile) went five furlongs in 1:00.60 in splits of :11.80, :24.40 and :48.20. He, too, was out three-quarters of a mile in 1:13.60. The $1-million Keeneland September yearling purchase was scratched from the Derby after flipping in the paddock.

“We were hoping that he would do something like this,” Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert said from California. “He had to work better than he did last week. Last week, he was just sort of lazy and didn’t get into it, but now he worked really well. This week he was very willing, which is very good. You want to see a horse that is very willing and he was very willing today.”

“I thought he worked a lot better today with blinkers,” Geroux told the Churchill notes team. “Last week was his first work over the track so he didn’t wear them but went very easy. It was a bit more of a serious work today.”

Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil) breezed five panels in 1:00.80 beneath Tyler Gaffalione. The GI Alabama S. winner and recent runner-up in the GI Longines Kentucky Oaks clicked off fractions of :12, :23.60 and :35.80 before pulling up six furlongs in 1:15.20. Trainer Ken McPeek later told Daily Racing Form that Swiss Skydiver has been given the green light for the Preakness.

Country Grammer (Tonalist), winner of the GIII Peter Pan S. and fifth-place finisher in the GI Runhappy Travers S., breezed a half-mile in :50.25 Saturday morning at Belmont in preparation for a scheduled Preakness start.

Liveyourbeastlife (Ghostzapper), runner-up in the GII Jim Dandy S., worked six furlongs in 1:16.20 at Belmont.

“He had a nice maintenance breeze this morning; nice and steady. I wasn’t looking for anything crazy,” trainer Jorge Abreu said.

Jesus’s Team (Tapiture), third in the Jim Dandy S., breezed five furlongs in 1:03.40 at Monmouth Park Saturday morning in preparation of the Preakness.

Undefeated Federico Tesio S. winner and ‘TDN Rising Star’ Happy Saver (Super Saver) and GI Belmont S. runner-up Dr Post (Quality Road) will both bypass the Preakness. Trainer Todd Pletcher said the former will target the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup Oct. 10 at Belmont Park.

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Envoutante Set for Graded Breakthrough in Remington Oaks

Envoutante (Uncle Mo) may not have been up to the likes Speech (Mr Speaker) and stablemate Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil) in her two most recent tries, but she looks poised to be the headline act in a field of eight for Sunday’s GIII Remington Park Oaks in Oklahoma City.

The $250,000 Keeneland September yearling, raced in partnership by Walking L Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm, was an easy allowance winner at Churchill in May and was hardly disgraced when third behind Speech in the GI Ashland S. at Keeneland July 11. Connections kept the faith and gave their charge another top-level attempt in the GI Alabama S. at Saratoga Aug. 15 and she split the field of seven while finishing nearly 11 lengths adrift of Swiss Skydiver.

Ken McPeek will also send out the progressive Curls and Bows (Curlin) who broke her maiden for a $50,000 tag at Keeneland–a claim for her was subsequently voided–and exits an Ellis allowance score Aug. 21 in which she was bumped and hit the rail at the furlong grounds, but managed to get home a neck best. Curlin supplied last year’s Oaks winner Lady Apple.

Paige Anne (Take Charge Indy) raids from California for trainer Simon Callaghan. Fourth to Donna Veloce (Uncle Mo) in the GIII Santa Ysabel S. at Santa Anita Mar. 8, the bay was third in the May 31 California Oaks on the Golden Gate Tapeta and was a distant third to Harvest Moon (Uncle Mo) when last seen in Del Mar’s GIII Torrey Pines S. Aug. 22.

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