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NYRA to Host Virtual Dog Adoption Series During Saratoga Meet

The New York Racing Association will help connect four-legged friends with their forever homes by hosting a Virtual Dog Adoption Series during the 2020 meet at Saratoga Race Course, which runs through Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7.

The series will highlight dogs available for adoption in partnership with the Saratoga County Animal Shelter and Greyhound Rescue of New York. NYRA will feature photos and a brief description of each dog with new dogs added as they become available throughout the meet. NYRA will underwrite the paperwork for each adoption up to $50.

The Virtual Dog Adoption Series will be hosted online at NYRA.com/DogAdoption.

The online series follows the success of last season’s inaugural one-day dog adoption clinic at Saratoga Race Course, which resulted in the adoption of four dogs and generated nearly 30 new applications.

“The Saratoga County Animal Shelter is pleased to partner with NYRA on its Virtual Dog Adoption Series,” said Saratoga County Animal Shelter Public Relations Coordinator Karlianna Russell. “We are grateful for the opportunity to showcase our adoptable dogs.”

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Moscato Aims for Sweet Win in A. P. Smithwick

The spring steeplechase season was compressed by the coronavirus pandemic into 21 races at two June race meets, but it had some sweet moments.

Perhaps none was as satisfying as the GIII Temple Gwathmey Steeplechase H. victory by Bruton Street-US’s Moscato (GB) (Hernando {Fr}), named after the sweet Italian wine. Moscato will have an opportunity to make his season even sweeter in Saratoga Race Course’s GI A. P. Smithwick Memorial Steeplechase H. Thursday.

Second in the weights to Rosbrian Farm’s Optimus Prime (Fr) (Deportivo {Fr}), 9-year-old Moscato very likely will be favored in the 2 1/16-mile Smithwick off his 11-length victory in the Temple Gwathmey June 13.

The victory was everything that was expected of Moscato since his arrival in leading trainer Jack Fisher’s barn in early 2017. Bred by Kirsten Rausing and formerly trained by Oliver Sherwood, Moscato bolted through the novice division with three New York stakes victories and was American jump racing’s leading earner going into the fall season.

Fisher and the Bruton Street partners-Maryland neighbors Charles Fenwick Jr., Mike Hankin, and Charles Noell entered Moscato for the GI Grand National, but he was scratched on the eve of the Far Hills, N.J., race with an injury that kept him off the racecourse for all of 2018.

He won his comeback race, the 2019 Temple Gwathmey, but did not return to the winner’s circle until his repeat victory last month.

In between, he was unplaced only once, an eighth-place finish in Belmont Park’s GI Lonesome Glory H. behind Wendy Hendriks’ Surprising Soul (Perfect Soul {Ire}), the likely pacesetter in Thursday’s Smithwick.

Bruton Street also entered Pravalaguna (Fr) (Great Pretender {Ire}), a front-running mare formerly trained by Willie Mullins. Shipped in for last fall’s Far Hills meet, she demolished an overmatched group of fillies and mares in the Peapack S.

The 8-year-old has not started since the Peapack. Fisher also entered Riverdee Stable’s Gibralfaro (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}), who found a sweet spot in the International Gold Cup’s GII David L. “Zeke” Ferguson Memorial Hurdle S. last October.

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Nobody Puts Bode In A Corner: After Late Scratch In Monmouth Cup, Bodexpress Nominated To Whitney

After a late scratch from Saturday's Grade 3 Monmouth Cup, fan-favorite Bodexpress has been nominated to the Grade 1 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 1, reports bloodhorse.com.

The 4-year-old son of Bodemeister, best-known for his riderless romp in the 2019 Preakness Stakes, was scratched by the state veterinarian when it was noted that the colt was bleeding near his nostrils. Gustavo Delgado, Jr., the assistant and 31-year-old son of trainer Gustavo Delgado, said the blood was due to a scratch on Bodexpress' nose incurred while he shipped to Monmouth Park.

“This horse is full of stories, but this one is not because of him,” said Delgado Jr. “He behaved well and he was doing everything that he had to do. He came back good, scoped fine, and he's already home and walked this morning.”

Bodexpress jumped onto the racing scene with a second-place finish as a maiden in the 2019 Florida Derby, running just behind Maximum Security. He finished 13th in the Kentucky Derby, and spun back to run in the Preakness Stakes two weeks later. The temperamental colt reared and lost jockey John Velazquez at the start, then ran around the Pimlico oval on his own before he was eventually corralled by an outrider. The antics earned Bodexpress a large fan following on social media.

He returned to the races five months later, breaking his maiden at Gulfstream Park West, and concluded his sophomore season with a third-place finish as the favorite in the G3 Harlan's Holiday at Gulfstream.

In January, Bodexpress ran fifth in the G1 Pegasus World Cup, but finished an uncharacteristic 11th in the Gulfstream Park Mile one month later. He returned in March to be third in the G3 Hal's Hope, again as the post-time favorite.

Overall, Bodexpress' record stands at 2-3-2 from 13 starts for earnings of $359,500.

Read more at bloodhorse.com.

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Uncle Chuck Breezes Bullet Six Furlongs At Del Mar

Los Alamitos Derby winner Uncle Chuck put in an “effortless” six furlong workout for Hall fo Fame trainer Bob Baffert on July 20 at Del Mar, covering the distance in bullet 1:13.40.

“He's got a big, long stride,” Baffert told the Daily Racing Form. “He's a galloper.”

The 3-year-old son of Uncle Mo is expected to make his next start in the 1 1/4-mile Travers Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 8. Owned by Karl Watson, Mike Pegram, and Paul Weitman, the colt won his first career start on June 12 before defeating stablemate Thousand Words in the G3 Los Alamitos Derby on July 4.

A $250,000 yearling purchase at the Keeneland September sale, Uncle Chuck has earned $120,000 in his two career starts and has 20 points toward the Kentucky Derby.

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