Per the bylaws, Barber will be required to run in the 2023 board election, when Strauss' term would have expired.

“My passion for Thoroughbred racing is steadfast,” said Barber. “I look forward to joining the Board of the TOC and hope to make a meaningful contribution to the health and welfare of our sport and help attract a new generation of fans.”

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Bad Beat Brian ($10.20) ran five furlongs in :54.78 over a firm turf course to extend trainer Mike Maker's record to 19 career Claiming Crown victories with his first in the Canterbury. He has won at least one race in all but three Claiming Crowns since 2007.

“Hopefully, we'll get a couple more,” Maker said.

Bad Beat Brian was unhurried under jockey Emisael Jaramillo while saving ground in the early going, as Oct. 2 Laurel Dash winner Xy Speed went right to the front and was challenged by Admiral Abe through a sizzling opening quarter-mile in :21.12. Xy Speed maintained an advantage around the turn and straightened for home in front after going a half in :43.46, with Jaramillo swinging out into the clear.

“The horse broke really sharp and the pace was lively. I was just hoping we'd have a chance somewhere to get out, and he did and ran them down,” Maker said. “As soon as he got him out without getting stopped, I felt pretty confident.”

Xy Speed held second, with 24-1 long shot The Connector third, and Harry's Ontheloose fourth. Discreet Tune was fifth with narrow 3-1 favorite Belgrano checking in seventh.

A 4-year-old Jack Milton gelding, Bad Beat Brian had gone winless in four starts since being claimed back by Maker for $40,000 July 16 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif., after losing him for $62,500 one start earlier at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

“He's good. He's a maintenance-free horse, very easy-going,” Maker said. “He's a favorite around the barn.”

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Breaking from post six, Tobys Heart settled in the back of the field of 11 early, content to hang back while Risky Reward led the field down the hill and around the bend. Into the stretch, Rosario found room on the rail to sneak through and pass Risky Reward to win by 2 3/4 lengths. Alwayz Late passed Risky Reward to take over second.

The final time for the 6 1/2 furlongs was 1:14.36. Find this race's chart here.

Tobys Heart paid $4.60, $3.00, and $2.80. Alwayz Late paid $7.40 and $6.00. Risky Reward paid $11.80.

Tobys Heart is a 3-year-old filly by Jack Milton out of the Lil's Lad mare Pick of the Pack. She was bred in Kentucky by Trackside Farms. She is owned by Gary Barber, Terry Hamilton, and Bryan Lynch, who also trains the filly. Consigned by Bold Arrow Thoroughbreds, Tobys Heart was purchased for $45,000 by Alistair Roden Bloodstock at the 2020 Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's March Two-Year-Olds In Training Sale. With her win in the Music City, Tobys Heart has two wins in six starts in 2021 and a lifetime record of four wins in eight starts with career earnings of $494,750.

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Co-owned by Terry Hamilton and trainer Brian Lynch, the 3-year-old filly was impressive in a pair of efforts sprinting on the lawn last term.

After kicking off her career with a 'Rising Star' performance beneath the Twin Spires June 4–following a slow start, she unleashed an explosive run to graduate by 6 3/4 lengths–Tobys Heart followed up with a good-looking, come-from-behind score in a loaded renewal of Saratoga's Bolton Landing S. most recently Aug. 19 (video).

The second through sixth-place finishers in the Bolton Landing–Joy's Rocket (Anthony Cross) (second), Amanzi Yimpilo (Ire) (No Nay Never) (third), Mischievous Dream (Into Mischief) (fourth), Quinoa Tifah (Gemologist) (fifth) and Sweet Souper Sweet (First Samurai) (sixth)-have all added stakes victories since.

“She had two tiny chips removed from the front of her P1 on both ankles,” Lynch said. “We cleaned them up and gave her a little bit of time and I think it's been a blessing. She seems like she's blossomed–bigger, stronger filly. It gives you something to look forward to.”

Tobys Heart has posted eight workouts at Lynch's Palm Meadows base since mid-December, including a five-furlong spin in 1:03.45 (12/26) on grass Friday.

“She hasn't missed a beat since we put her back into training,” Lynch said. “We're looking to stretch her out and look forward to seeing what she shows us when we try her around two turns. She's doing everything right, so fingers crossed.”

Tobys Heart, a $5,500 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall yearling, brought $45,000 from Alistair Roden Bloodstock on behalf of Hamilton and Lynch after breezing an eighth in :10 1/5 at OBS March.

Bred in Kentucky by Trackside Farms, Tobys Heart is from the second crop of young Crestwood Farm stallion Jack Milton. She is out of the stakes-winning Lil's Lad mare Pick of the Pack, a half-sister to GSW Great Attack (Greatness).

Lynch and his aforementioned longtime client also campaign recent GIII John B. Connally Turf Cup S. winner Spooky Channel (English Channel). The duo, of course, also teamed up on popular GISW Heart to Heart (English Channel).

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Davis, a native of Manhasset, New York, will turn 26-years-old on November 15 and he is hoping to celebrate early following his first ever Breeders' Cup mount.

“I want to do the best I can do and hopefully win,” said Davis. “A win would be great, but if we could get in the top four, I'd still be ecstatic. But we've come to win and we're riding to win. I want to get the best placing I can for him and the team.”

Trained by the Saratoga-based Phil Gleaves, who seeks his first Breeders' Cup win in his fourth attempt, Second of July posted a 68-1 upset score in his Sept. 20 debut in a six-furlong maiden allowance sprint on the Belmont Park turf.

Davis said he felt no pressure entering Second of July's debut effort.

“As a first timer, Phil just wanted me to teach him the ways of racing and race dynamics and just let him learn,” said Davis. “We got into a position where I thought we could make a good run, got out in the clear, and he responded. There was a horse that came up on his outside, but he was pretty game about it and we were lucky enough to win first time out. It's nice when a horse will do everything you want him to do and still respond willingly to the wire.

“In general, when I'm riding a longshot, I just want to make sure I get a good trip,” added Davis. “I don't feel like there's not as much pressure, you still want to ride your best race. I try to ride every horse to give them an opportunity to win or get their best placing.”

Second of July, a Kentucky homebred named for the owner's son Reed's date of birth, followed with a second consecutive victory at long odds, besting a seven-horse field at 15-1 in the 130th Grade 3, $100,000 Futurity, earning an automatic entry to the Juvenile Turf Sprint.

“He was a lot calmer and he knew what was going on second time out,” said Davis. “He broke OK, not too aggressive, and then we just got involved within the race into the turn and being between horses and letting him settle before making a run like he did first time out. With those two races, being involved with the pack and being able to run through, I think he's ready for tomorrow.”

The Jack Milton chestnut's Futurity score came at the expense of returning-rivals After Five, Momos and County Final, who completed the superfecta last out.

Over the past 13 months, Davis has picked up marquee wins in the 2019 Grade 2 Kelso with Pat On the Back and the Grade 3 Withers with Max Player in February at the Big A.

The up-and-coming rider enters his Breeders' Cup debut off a solid run of form with an impressive rail-skimming effort in the Awad aboard Step Dancer to score a 7-1 upset for trainer Barclay Tagg on Saturday at Belmont.

Davis had guided Step Dancer to a 24-1 maiden win in September on the Saratoga turf and has earned the respect of Tagg's partner and assistant trainer Robin Smullen, who will saddle Breeders' Cup Classic hopeful Tiz the Law on Saturday.

“He rode him beautifully,” said Smullen. “He's learned so much riding in this colony and he certainly looks like he belongs and he's riding like he's right at the top.”

In 2018, Davis guided Tale of Silence to a memorable rail-riding win for Tagg in the Grade 3 Westchester, prevailing by a nose at odds of 12-1 as the distant fourth choice in a five-horse field.

“We've won some good races with Dylan,” said Smullen. “He's had some real good finishes for us. He rode Tale of Silence to his only stakes win and it was a four-horse photo that he won by a nostril.”

Davis said he's been able to grow his skillset exponentially by riding in New York.

“To be able to compete on the NYRA circuit and be involved daily with top riders and Hall of Famers is great,” said Davis. “It's difficult, but you're always learning and striving to be the better you and ride good races. To be on the same track with those guys, you can learn something daily.”

Davis is the son of veteran rider Robbie Davis, who competed in 10 Breeders' Cup events, with a pair of fourth-place finishes his best efforts, including aboard Not Surprising in the 1995 Sprint at Belmont won by Desert Stormer.

He said he talked to his dad on the phone earlier this week and received good advice.

“My dad told me to ride my race, ride smart and know that there's nothing different about this race except the money, so just ride your race and don't put too much pressure on yourself,” said Davis, who also credits retired champion jockey and current America's Day at the Races analyst Richard Migliore, Hall of Fame rider Chris McCarron and Eclipse Award-winning apprentice jockey turned trainer Wesley Ward among his confidantes.

On Friday, Davis will be tasked with negotiating a winning trip from post 13 at a morning-line assessment of 8-1 in a 14-horse field led by the 8-5 Golden Pal.

Gleaves said he is confident in Davis' ability to find a result in the 5 1/2-furlong sprint.

“I imagine he'll be in the second flight. He's a pretty tractable horse,” said Gleaves, whose previous Breeders' Cup starters include Happy Jazz Band [fourth, 1990 Juvenile], Devil on Ice [10th, 1991 Juvenile], and Mambo Meister [fifth, 2009 Dirt Mile]. “Dylan will have to work out a trip from there. The biggest obstacle will be the 14 horses going 5 ½ [furlongs]. It'll be a cavalry charge.”

Davis said he would have preferred a more inside draw, but is already strategizing options.

“I didn't like it at first, but as I've looked through it, I have Golden Pal on my outside and he has a lot of speed,” said Davis. “The 10-horse [Bodenheimer] has a lot of speed and has ran over the course before. Those horses will put a lot of pressure into the early speed, so we might run out with them a little bit and try to get some early position. I don't have the same speed they do, but it should spread the field out a little bit with those horses on the outside. From that post, I might lose some ground, but when the time is right to get some run, I'll be ready to have a clear trip.

“We're battle ready and being in the mix is no problem for him,” added Davis. “Whether he's inside or outside, he does fight to the wire with horses around him. He hasn't won by big margins, but he puts up a fight when horses come up next to him.”

Davis has posted nine wins at Keeneland over the course of his career, the most recent coming in April 2014 aboard Tell All You Know with a prominent performance in a 5 1/2-furlong allowance turf sprint.

“I was here at Keeneland with the bug,” said Davis. “I haven't been here in a while, but I remember the course well and I've been watching the races to see how the course has been playing.”

With no other mounts lined up for Friday's Keeneland card, Davis said he will prepare himself just as he does for his mounts in New York.

“I'll go through my normal routine with a lot of stretching and replay watching,” said Davis. “I only have the one race so I don't have a lot of handicapping to do. I'll get to the jock's room early and watch the races before ours and get a feel of how the turf is playing.

“Before the race, I'll have a bit of a workout to get my body ready,” he added. “It's just one race so I have to make sure that I'm all stretched out and ready to go when the gates open.”

And Davis said he is looking forward to the biggest moment of his career thus far, having put in the hard work day in and day out against the toughest jockey colony on the continent.

“I've learned fast,” said Davis. “A lot of good horses come through New York and I was hoping to find one of my own and now here he is – Second of July – I've waited a while for this moment and I know I'm ready for it.”

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“I knew he was very fit and sharp and doing good, so I knew he would run his race, but I just wasn’t sure if it was going to be good enough, but it turned out to be,” said winning trainer Phil Gleaves.

Sent off at 15-1, Second of July was second to last through an opening quarter in :22.10 and was mired in traffic in a compact field after a half in :45.45. He found clear sailing in midstretch and strode to the lead before holding off the late-rushing After Five (The Factor) to win by a half-length. ‘TDN Rising Star’ Momos (Distorted Humor) held third after setting the pace.

“He broke well for me, but I just could not get any early foot on him,” said winning rider Dylan Davis. “Once we got to the turn, he wanted to get a little aggressive and I allowed him to move up a little bit. From then on, I was just trying to find a clear spot to get going on him and once I did, he excelled.”

After Five was last at the top of the lane and behind a wall of horses. Irad Ortiz tipped the colt to the center of the course and he closed furiously late to just miss.

“The horse ran a great race,” trainer Wesley Ward said of the runner-up. “It’s just unfortunate he had traffic trouble and that’s what happens in racing. He lost, but he’s a very nice horse.”

Second of July was always up close in his six-furlong debut, graduating by 3/4 lengths against a well-connected group of runners at Belmont Sept. 20.

“The first time out, he was pretty green about everything,” said Davis. “Today, he was very professional and I hope he will be third time out. He was a lot better with the gate and the pony and the whole race scenario. He was a lot better for me.”

Gleaves said he expects Second of July, a reference to Hilliard’s son Reed’s birthday, will head to Keeneland for championship weekend.

“All being well and if the horse is OK, we will head to the Breeders’ Cup,” Gleaves confirmed.

Pedigree Notes:

The unraced Wichita, purchased as a 4-year-old for $32,000 at the 2015 OBS January sale, produced a colt by Temple City this year and was bred back to Jack Milton. Second of July’s third dam, Northern Dynasty, produced stakes winner and graded placed Dynasty (Time for a Change), who is dam of the graded winner Harissa (Afleet Alex).

Second of July is the second stakes winner, and first graded winner, for 2015 GI Maker’s 46 Mile S. winner Jack Milton. The stallion is also represented by ‘TDN Rising Star’ Tobys Heart, who is now two-for-two after winning the Bolton’s Landing S. at Saratoga this past summer.

Sunday, Belmont Park
FUTURITY S.-GIII, $100,000, Belmont, 10-11, 2yo, 6fT, 1:09.33, fm.
1–SECOND OF JULY, 120, g, 2, by Jack Milton
1st Dam: Wichita, by Curlin
2nd Dam: Lady Dynasty, by Richter Scale
3rd Dam: Northern Dynasty, by Northern Jove
1ST-BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O/B-Bryan
Reed Hilliard (KY); T-Philip A. Gleaves; J-Dylan Davis. $55,000.
Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $89,650. *Second SW for sophomore sire (by War Front). Werk Nick Rating: B.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–After Five, 118, c, 2, The Factor–Idle Talk, by Olmodavor.
($22,000 RNA Wlg ’18 KEENOV; $17,000 Ylg ’19 OBSOCT;
$165,000 2yo ’20 OBSMAR). O-Breeze Easy, LLC; B-Mary E.
Eppler Racing Stable, Inc. & A. Leonard Pineau (MD); T-Wesley
A. Ward. $20,000.
3–Momos, 120, c, 2, Distorted Humor–Inspeight of Us, by
Speightstown. ‘TDN Rising Star’ ($75,000 Ylg ’19 OBSWIN;
$180,000 2yo ’20 OBSMAR). O-Ironhorse Racing Stable LLC and
Secure Investments; B-Tami D. Bobo & Distorted Humor
Syndicate (KY); T-Christophe Clement. $12,000.
Margins: HF, HF, HF. Odds: 15.50, 2.20, 3.25.
Also Ran: County Final, Gypsy King, Trade Deal, Bright Devil (Ire). Scratched: Kentucky Knight, Newbomb, Nutsie, Sky’s Not Falling. 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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The winner’s stakes-winning dam Pick of the Pack is a daughter of GSW Cat Attack (Storm Cat) and a half-sister to GSW Great Attack (Greatness). The 19-year-old mare produce a Comissioner colt in 2019 and a Commissioner filly Apr. 15 of this year. She was bred back to Astern (Aus). Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

BOLTON LANDING S., $85,000, Saratoga, 8-19, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 1:02.31, gd.
1–TOBYS HEART, 122, f, 2, by Jack Milton
                1st Dam: Pick of the Pack (SW, $107,450), by Lil’s Lad
                2nd Dam: Cat Attack, by Storm Cat
                3rd Dam: Harp Strings (Fr), by Luthier (Fr)
($5,500 Ylg ’19 FTKOCT; $45,000 2yo ’20 OBSMAR). 1ST BLACK
   TYPE WIN. O-Hamilton, Terry and Lynch, Brian A.; B-Trackside
Farm (KY); T-Brian A. Lynch; J-Jose L. Ortiz. $46,750. Lifetime
Record: 2-2-0-0, $92,150.
2–Joy’s Rocket, 122, f, 2, Anthony’s Cross–Queenie’s Pride, by
Special Rate. ($47,000 2yo ’20 OBSMAR). O-Team Hanley;
B-Weston Thoroughbreds Training & Sales (FL); T-Steven M.
Asmussen. $17,000.
3–Amanzi Yimpilo (Ire), 122, f, 2, No Nay Never–Honourably
(Ire), by Galileo (Ire). ($300,000 Ylg ’19 KEESEP). O-Moulton,
Susan, Detampel, Marc and CJ Thoroughbreds; B-Longueville
Bloodstock &Matrix Bloodstock (IRE); T-Wesley Ward. $10,200.
Margins: 1 1/4, 2 1/4, 1HF. Odds: 0.55, 7.10, 6.40.
Also Ran: Mischievous Dream, Quinoa Tifah, Sweet Souper Sweet, Hara, Sassy Hannah. Scratched: Stylish Rags, Sunny Isle Beach.

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