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Hough: Woodward Winner Global Campaign To Train Up To Breeders’ Cup Classic

Sagamore Farm and WinStar Farm's Global Campaign earned a 104 Beyer Speed Figure for his frontrunning score in Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Woodward Handicap at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Trained by Stanley Hough and forwardly ridden by Luis Saez, Global Campaign was tracked throughout by Juddmonte Farms' regally-bred multiple graded-stakes winning millionaire Tacitus through splits of 24.65, 48.89 and 1:11.90 on the fast main track.

A busy Saez kept to task on Global Campaign late in the final turn and repelled the challenge from Tacitus to secure a 1 3/4-length win. He covered 10 furlongs in a final time of 2:01.40

“It was quite a performance. I'm so proud of him,” said Hough. “He came out of the race great and will be coming back to Churchill Downs later this morning.”

A six-time winner from nine starts with purse earnings of $781,080, Global Campaign made the grade in the 2019 Grade 3 Peter Pan at Belmont Park and entered the Woodward from a frontrunning score on July 18 over Math Wizard in the Grade 3 Monmouth Cup.

Hough said Global Campaign overcame some minor issues and is now living up to his early promise.

“He's had a lot of issues with nagging kinds of things, but at Monmouth I think he turned the corner,” said Hough. “He's been doing very well and his feet are better. We had a little problem with his feet after Monmouth with the shedding of a 'frog' [located on the underside of a horse's hoof], but that happens at some racetracks. For him, it's something that happens, but we were able to shoe him regularly for this race and he went into it fine.”

Hough said Global Campaign will now train up to the Grade 1, $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic on November 7 at Keeneland Race Course.

“We're hoping if everything stays good that we can take him to the Breeders' Cup,” said Hough. “We have 60 days, so the timing is good.”

By Curlin, Global Campaign is out of the late A.P. Indy mare Globe Trot, who passed away from complications giving birth to Global Campaign. Globe Trot produced three foals including multiple stakes winner and multiple graded-stakes placed Sonic Mule and multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire Bolt d'Oro, who now stands at Spendthrift Farm.

Hough said Global Campaign has the credentials to be a successful stallion.

“I think Global Campaign is a really talented horse and with that pedigree, as far as being a stud goes, I don't think there's anybody more qualified than him,” said Hough.

Hough said a more mature Global Campaign will hopefully be a handful for his opponents, rather than himself, in the Breeders' Cup.

“He's been his own worst enemy in the past,” said Hough. “As a young horse he could be a little playful and some of the things that bothered him, he caused himself. But he's maturing, so I'm hoping he has at least one more good one in him.”

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Global Campaign Runs Away From Tacitus In Woodward

It might have seemed that the Woodward Handicap would finally be the opportunity for favored Tacitus to claim a coveted Grade 1 victory, but Global Campaign had other plans. Under Luis Saez, Global Campaign took command out of the gate, closely tracked by Tacitus and never looked back. The big gray mounted a challenge in the turn but by midstretch was all out and unable to quite catch Global Campaign, who won the 1 1/4 mile contest with his ears up in a time of 2:01.40.

Stanley Hough trains the 4-year-old colt for Sagamore Farm and WinStar Farm.

Tacitus settled for second, while Prioritize was third. Global Campaign's final wining margin was 1 3/4 lengths.

Global Campaign, who was the second betting choice, paid $7.80 to win.

Global Campaign came to the Woodward off a win in the G3 Monmouth Cup on July 18. He also has a win in the 2019 G3 Peter Pan to his credit. He is the son of Curlin and A.P. Indy mare Globe Trot. Global Campaign was a $250,000 yearling at the 2017 Keeneland September Sale, where he was consigned by Select Sales and purchased by Sagamore.

The victory was the second on the Saratoga card for Saez.

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Sharing Leaves No Doubt With Decisive Edgewood Victory Under Franco

Sharing came ready to run in the Grade 2 Edgewood Stakes at Churchill Friday, holding off a late challenge from rival Hendy Woods at the wire of the mile-long turf contest. Under the guidance of Manny Franco, Sharing broke sharply and was keen for the lead in the early going of the race before agreeing to settle for Franco behind pacesetter In Good Spirits, tracking a pedestrian early pace. The filly, who was 3-5 by race time, kicked into gear enthusiastically at the top of the stretch and took command, drawing clear for her fifth lifetime victory.

Sharing paid $3.20 to win.

Lucky Betty was fourth behind Hendy Woods. The final time for the mile was 1:36.87.

The win for the Graham Motion trainee comes after some difficulty with foot issues following her trip to Royal Ascot, where she was second in the G1 Coronation. She had originally been slated to ship to California after her return from England, but instead required the summer off. Previous wins include the G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf and the Tepin Stakes.

Sharing is owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Gainesway Stable. She was bred in Maryland by Sagamore Farm and is the daughter of Speightstown and Pleasantly Perfect mare Shared Account.

No doubt Franco is hopeful Sharing's victory is a sign of good things to come for him this weekend, as he will be aboard odds-on Kentucky Derby favorite Tiz the Law on Saturday.

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EDGEWOOD QUOTES, courtesy of the Churchill Downs media office

Manny Franco (winning rider, Sharing) — “She has tactical speed. She broke out of there good and put me in a position where I wanted to go. After that, she knows how to get it done. She is so nice and has a really good turn of foot. She is very professional.”

Graham Motion (winning trainer, Sharing) — “I can't lie, I was pretty anxious about it because she was coming off a long trip and a long break. But she's so classy, she makes us all look good I think. She had a great work last weekend and Manny (Franco) gave her a perfect ride. It couldn't have set up any better quite honestly.

“I figured she probably would be (a little fresh). The last thing I said was just tell Manny to keep her settled. She hasn't run for a while so it's not surprising but she's never overly anxious. She's such a pro.

“The only question I have in my mind is how far she wants to go. She obviously loves this distance. The next race would be 1 1/8 miles if we go to the QE2 at Keeneland. I don't know if she wants to go that far, I don't know why she wouldn't, but she seems awfully good going a mile. I think the QE2 is a race anyone with a good 3-year-old filly wants to go. I'm so tickled to get a race under her now because this makes it easier going forward now we've got this level of fitness. And I can't say enough about working with Aron (Wellman) and Antony (Beck). I feel like we've called the right shots and it's because of them, they've never put any pressure on me.”

John Velazquez (rider, Hendy Woods, second) – “She ran really well. She's looking at the infield and everything. She's not kind of settled behind the horses there. But finally she got settled on the second turn. I made a run with her. A good horse beat her today.”

Mark Casse (trainer, Hendy Woods, second) – “Very pleased. I want to talk to (jockey) Johnny (Velazquez) because twice he checked her and fell back in the saddle. I don't know if that cost us anything but definitely when you run against a filly like that (Sharing) and run second, there is no shame.”

Declan Cannon (rider, Lucky Betty, third) — “She kind of was not liking the soft ground, but I got in behind Sharing down the back and she made one run. She tried hard. I wish it was harder ground because she may have gotten a lot closer to Sharing, but my hat's off to the winner. She's the best in the country right now.”

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South Bend Joins Derby Cast Just Before Post Position Draw

Trainer Bill Mott will have a chance to win back-to-back Kentucky Derbies after all. Shortly before Tuesday's post position draw at Churchill Downs, the Daily Racing Form's Marty McGee announced on Twitter that South Bend would be the 18th horse in the starting gate this Saturday, Sept. 5. Tyler Gaffalione will have the mount.

The 3-year-old son of Algorithms won the listed Street Sense Stakes at Churchill Downs last fall when campaigned by Sagamore Farm and Stanley Hough, and earned several stakes placings on the turf before returning to the main track for the June 27 Ohio Derby (G3), in which South Bend finished second.

After that start, the colt was purchased privately by Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable, Peter Deutsch and Pantofel Stable, and transferred to Mott's barn to be prepared for the Grade 1 Travers.

Mott saddled South Bend to a fourth-place finish in the Travers, improving his record to 3-2-2 for earnings of $390,114.

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