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Slider to Miss Gotham With Bruised Foot

Slider (Jimmy Creed), third last out in the GII San Vincente S. to Nysos (Nyquist), will miss Saturday's Gotham S. at Aqueduct with a bruised left front foot, according to part-owners Rob Murphy and West Point Thoroughbreds' Terry Finley.

Murphy, one of the West Point Partners, said that Slider had shipped to New York on Tuesday to prepare for the race, but came up with the issue Friday morning.

Finley, a partner in the horse, said that X-rays of Slider's foot and ankle had come up negative.

Slider broke his maiden in his second start at Del Mar on Sept. 9, before winning the Speakeasy S. at Santa Anita. He was 9th in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint before making his 2024 debut in the Jan. 6 San Vincente.

The partners had no word on Slider's next start.

Murphy pitched in the major leagues for 11 years and was one of the most effective left-handed relievers in the game, playing primarily for the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Red Sox.

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E.T. Baird Wins Coast To Coast To Be Named Jockey Of The Week

With the closing of Arlington Park, jockey E.T. Baird may have had just two mounts last week but he made the most of them going on the road for stakes race engagements at Finger Lakes and Santa Anita. The wins earned Baird Jockey of the Week for Sept. 27 through Oct. 3. The honor, which is voted on by a panel of racing experts, is for jockeys who are members of the Jockeys' Guild, the organization which represents more than 1050 active, retired and permanently disabled jockeys.

Riding for trainer Larry Rivelli, Baird rode Adios Asher in the Aspirant Stakes at Finger Lakes on Sept. 27. A stakes race for New York-bred 2-year-olds, Adios Asher dueled with the favorite Daufuskie Island with Dylan Davis in the irons throughout the six-furlong race. He took the lead by a half-length at the top of the stretch and held on determinedly as the favorite chipped away at his lead. Adios Asher kept his nose in front at the wire, stopping the clock in 1:11.12.

Next stop for trainer Larry Rivelli and E.T. Baird was Santa Anita's opening day card on Friday and the Speakeasy Stakes, a “Win & You're In” challenge race qualifier to the Grade 2, $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. One Timer and Baird came into the race unbeaten in two previous starts. One Timer dueled with the post time favorite Forbidden Kingdom and Juan Hernandez through the opening quarter mile and led by 2-1/2 lengths in the stretch. They held off a late threat by Time to Party and Flavien Prat to win the five furlongs race by three quarters of a length in 55.45.

“He broke well, I had him out of there, but he's pretty professional outside of the post parade,” said Baird. “He just kept running true. I think he took to the (turf) great.”

A multiple graded stakes winning jockey, Baird has been a Chicago mainstay at both Arlington Park and Hawthorne. He finished the recently completed meet at Arlington Park in second place in the standings with 55 wins and more than $1 million in purse earnings.

Baird out-polled fellow jockeys Flavien Prat with four graded stakes wins, Guillermo Rodriguez who posted nine wins, Evan A. Roman with a 36 percent win rate and the leading rider title at Golden Gate, and Joel Rosario with three graded stakes wins.

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Trappe Shot Colt Shoots and Scores in WAYI Speakeasy

Chicago-based invader One Timer took to the turf Friday to skate into the GII Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Del Mar with a guaranteed spot in the starting line-up. A 12 1/2-length debut romper at Arlington back in June over recent GIII Iroquois S. runner-up Tough to Tame (Speightster) and another future stakes performer, the bay paired up 80 Beyer Speed Figures when annexing Woodbine's Victoria S. July 31. He was scratched as a would-be heavy favorite from the Aug. 28 Arlington-Washington Futurity won by stablemate Nobals (Noble Mission {GB}), having shown no published works since before the Victoria, but breezed three times in September over the Arlington all-weather and soon proved he was ready to roll.

One Timer was hustled along between horses by ET Baird to knock heads with favored Forbidden Kingdom. He began to get away from that rival after a :21.01 opening quarter, and looked to be in complete control approaching the straight as Forbidden Kingdom struggled to corner. Time to Party got going and made a race of it late, but One Timer had already built up an insurmountable advantage and glided under the line a comfy winner.

“First of all I want to say the reason that he's name that is because [trainer] Larry [Rivelli]'s son is an excellent hockey player,” said Baird. “He's a hot prospect right now and that's where his name comes from.”

Rivelli's son Dominick plays right wing for the Green Bay Gamblers, a junior team in the competitive USHL, and has committed to Miami of Ohio.

“He broke well, I had to ask him out of there, but he's pretty professional outside of the post parade,” Baird said of One Timer. “He just kept running true. I think he took to the [turf] great. We worked him one time in Chicago [back in July] over the grass and I happened to work another horse, an older horse on the same morning, and the older horse ended up winning a stake after that work, against older horses, but he didn't work that well over it, and this horse worked excellent over it. It pretty much hasn't changed–he just likes to go. I mean, he's competitive, he loves to run.”

The winner is a grandson of GSW grasser La Gran Bailadora (Afleet Alex), who produced 2019 GI Belmont S. winner Sir Winston (Awesome Again). He has a yearling half-brother by Tapwrit and a foal half-sister by Arrogate. Spanish Star, who sold for $275,000 to Crestwood Farm at last year's Keeneland November sale, visited Twirling Candy for 2022.

SPEAKEASY S., $100,500, Santa Anita, 10-1, 2yo, 5fT, :55.45, fm.
1–ONE TIMER, 122, g, 2, by Trappe Shot
                1st Dam: Spanish Star, by Blame
                2nd Dam: La Gran Bailadora, by Afleet Alex
                3rd Dam: Affirmed Dancer, by Affirmed
($21,000 Ylg '20 FTKOCT). O-Patricia's Hope LLC & Richard
Ravin; B-St. Simon Place LLC (KY); T-Larry Rivelli; J-E. T. Baird.
$60,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $138,153.
2–Time to Party, 118, g, 2, Kantharos–Party Smart, by Smart
Strike. ($12,000 Wlg '19 KEENOV; $72,000 Ylg '20 OBSWIN;
$45,000 RNA 2yo '21 OBSMAR). O-Gary Barber; B-Gainesway
Thoroughbreds LTD & Bridlewood Farm, LLC (KY); T-Peter
Miller. $20,000.
3–Forbidden Kingdom, 118, c, 2, American Pharoah–Just
Louise, by Five Star Day. ($300,000 Ylg '20 FTKSEL).
O-MyRacehorse and Spendthrift Farm LLC; B-Springhouse
Farm (KY); T-Richard E. Mandella. $12,000.
Margins: 3/4, 2HF, 1HF. Odds: 1.90, 6.80, 1.80.
Also Ran: Miss Alacrity, Blame It On Rose, Rock the Belles. Scratched: Anmer Hall.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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Rivelli-Trained One Timer Earns Way Into Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint

Chicago invader One Timer established control going into the far turn and proved best in Friday's $100,000 Speakeasy Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. The Speakeasy is a Breeders' Cup “Win & You're In” Challenge Race qualifier that provides the winner a fees-paid berth into the Grade 2 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint Nov. 5 at Del Mar.

Unbeaten in two previous starts over synthetic surfaces, and now unbeaten in three starts, One Timer, a 2-year-old Kentucky-bred gelding by Trappe Shot, was handled by Chicago-based veteran E.T. Baird, who guided him to a five-furlong turf win in 55.45. Trained by Larry Rivelli, One Timer was head and head to the three-furlong pole with race favorite Forbidden Kingdom. With a 1 ½-length advantage turning for home, One Timer prevailed by three quarters of a length over a fast finishing Time to Party and remained well in front on the gallop out around the Club House turn.

One Timer was bred in Kentucky by St Simon Place LLC and sold for $21,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearling Sale.

“He broke well, I had to ask him out of there, but he's pretty professional outside of the post parade,” said Baird. “He just kept running true. I think he took to the (turf) great. We worked him one time in Chicago (at Arlington Park) over the grass and I happened to work another horse, an older horse on same morning and the older horse ended up winning (a) stake after that work…I mean, he's competitive, he loves to run.”

The second choice at 9-5 in a field of six juveniles, One Timer paid $5.80, $4.00 and $2.40.

Owned by Patricia's Hope, LLC and Richard Ravin, One Timer, who is out of the Blame mare Spanish Star, picked up $60,000 for the win, increasing his earnings to $138,153.

Ridden by Flavien Prat, Time to Party rallied well to be second, finishing 2 ½ lengths in front of Forbidden Kingdom. Off at 6-1, he paid $5.80 and $3.00.

The actual favorite at 9-5 with Juan Hernandez up, Forbidden King tired to finish third and returned $2.40 to show while 1 ½ lengths clear of Miss Alacrity.

Fractions on the race were 21.01 and 43.48.

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