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Violence Colt Turns In ‘Strong’ Debut, Earns ‘Rising Star’ Nod

Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's Forte (Violence) was no secret to the betting public as the heavy 1-5 favorite for the Friday lid-lifted at Belmont Park and ran away from his overmatched rivals down the lane to earn 'TDN Rising Star' accolades.

The$80,000 Keeneland November weanling turned $110,000 Keeneland September acquisition had registered three works since shipping up from trainer Todd Pletcher's South Florida base at Palm Beach Downs and signaled his readiness with a best-of-24 half-mile from the gate that was timed in :48 flat May 20, just outworking Summonyourcourage (Practical Joke), who was third when making his first career appearance at Churchill Friday afternoon.

Debuting in the Repole blue-and-orange, Forte was not the quickest away and was under a hustling ride from third behind a :22.43 opening quarter. Pulled out three wide to deliver his challenge as they neared the stretch, the prohibitive chalk engaged pacesetting Wasabi Boy (Lord Nelson x Gas Station Sushi) a furlong and a half from home, got a few left-handed reminders from Irad Ortiz, Jr. and was in hand for the final sixteenth of a mile. The winning margin was 7 3/4 lengths, while Wasabi Boy was over eight lengths ahead of the rest of the field.

Forte is the first foal from his dam, herself a four-time stakes winner and a half-sister to a pair of stakes horses. Queen Caroline is also the dam of a yearling colt by Uncle Mo and is was most recently bred to Authentic. The colt's third dam is a half-sister to Contrive (Storm Cat), the dam of champion 2-year-old filly Folklore (Tiznow). This is also the family of GSW Tizahit (Tiznow), GSP Divided Attention (A.P. Indy), GSP Iqbaal (Medaglia d'Oro) and Japanese Triple Crown hero Contrail (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}).

1st-Belmont, $87,300, Msw, 5-27, 2yo, 5f, :58.21, ft, 7 3/4 lengths.
FORTE, c, 2, by Violence
1st Dam: Queen Caroline (MSW, $401,608), by Blame
2nd Dam: Queens Plaza, by Forestry
3rd Dam: Kew Garden, by Seattle Slew
Sales history: $80,000 Wlg '20 KEENOV; $110,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $49,500. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG. Click for the free Equineline.com catalog-style pedigree.
O-Repole Stable & St. Elias Stable; B-Southgate Farm (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.

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Curlin Colt Kicks Home Impressively at Gulfstream

9th-Gulfstream, $53,000, Msw, 3-19, 3yo, 1m, 1:35.48, ft, 4 3/4 lengths.
BRIGHT FUTURE (c, 3, Curlin–Sophia's Song {SW & GSP, $155,892}, by Bellamy Road) was the less fancied of a pair of Todd Pletcher-trained Curlin newcomers at 4-1, and broke well before eventually backing off and allowing his stablemate Gasoline (Curlin) to establish the early lead. The blaze-faced chestnut bided his time in third off the inside behind soft splits, and ranged up to re-engage Gasoline approaching the straight. He put away that foe pretty easily in upper stretch, and finished with a flourish to run up the score to 4 3/4 lengths. Sixth-time starter Logico (Violence) tagged Gasoline for second. The winner's dam was also trained by Pletcher for a one-mile stakes victory at and Laurel and narrow third in the 2016 GIII Charles Town Oaks. Produced by a full-sister to champion Housebuster (Mt. Livermore), Sophia's Song has a 2-year-old Into Mischief filly who brought $300,000 at KEESEP and a yearling colt by Mitole. She was bred to Tiz the Law for 2022. Sales history: $350,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $31,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-Repole Stable & St. Elias Stable; B-Clearsky Farms (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.

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Daunt Goes For First Stakes Win In Friday’s Awad

Marc Keller's Kentucky homebred Daunt will look to make his stakes debut a winning one in Friday's $100,000 Awad, a 1 1/16-mile Widener turf test for juveniles at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

The Awad is one of four stakes on Friday's packed card, including the $200,000 Ticonderoga, a 1 1/16-mile turf test for state-bred fillies and mares; the $150,000 Tempted, a one-turn mile for juvenile fillies; and the $100,000 Atlantic Beach, a six-furlong turf sprint for 2-year-olds.

Trained by Bobby Ribaudo, Daunt, a 2-year-old Nyquist colt, finished a close fifth in his August debut traveling 1 1/16-miles over the firm turf at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He overcame a bobbled start to graduate at second asking with a strong rallying effort traveling 1 1/16-miles over firm Belmont turf on September 23.

Ribaudo said Daunt has matured considerably.

“He was a playful colt and we were considering gelding him, but he's really turned around,” Ribaudo said. “His race in Saratoga was real good. We just wanted to see what he was all about in that spot. He came back here and broke his maiden and it was a troubled trip for a young horse, but he handled it well mentally.”

The well-related Daunt is out of the graded-stakes placed Artie Schiller mare Promotional, who is a half-sister to multiple Grade 1-winner and $2 million earner Marketing Mix.

Keller purchased Promotional for $275,000 in foal to Nyquist out of the 2019 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale. A Glen Hill Farm homebred, the turf-focused Promotional made all but two of her 18 career starts at 1 1/16-miles or beyond, including a runner-up effort in the 12-furlong 2017 Grade 3 Dowager at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky.

“She was with Tom Proctor her whole career for Glen Hill, so she was in good hands racing wise. She's a homebred of theirs and we bought her in foal to Nyquist,” Ribaudo said. “This is her first foal and it turned out to be real nice. We have a Speightstown out of her but we're thinking about going back to Nyquist.

“The mare was all distance,” Ribaudo added. “She was placed going long in stakes and this horse [Daunt] shows the same kind of talent and he never gets tired.”

Ribaudo said if Daunt continues to improve, he would be a good fit for NYRA's Turf Triple Series.

“He's going to be a very nice horse next year,” Ribaudo said. “I'm hoping he stays around for those long races here next year for 3-year-olds.”

Daunt breezed a half-mile in :50.22 seconds October 24 over firm Belmont inner turf, which was softened somewhat by overnight rain. Ribaudo said he expects Daunt will be able to handle less-than-firm footing this weekend if needed.

“Since the race, he's really been training good. I worked him the other day on the turf and he did well,” Ribaudo said. “Soft turf is tiring for young horses but he never gets tired, so I don't think it will affect him as much it might the other horses.”

Manny Franco will have the call from post 3.

Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's Royal Spirit graduated on debut at 1 1/16-miles over firm Spa turf in August for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. By Into Mischief, the $450,000 Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Showcase purchase was bumped at the break before rallying to finish second last out in the one-mile Nownownow over good turf at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., on September 26.

Pletcher said he's hopeful of a good effort on Friday.

“I think he's proven he's a stakes quality horse,” Pletcher said.

Royal Spirit will emerge from post 6 under Paco Lopez.

General Ken, a recent private purchase for owner Louis Lazzinnaro, will make his stakes debut for four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown.

A Violence juvenile, General Ken earned a 74 Beyer for a front-running 7 1/4-length maiden score traveling a mile and 70 yards over good turf at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Del., on September 15.

General Ken has breezed five times at Belmont with his last two works coming over the inner turf, including a five-eighths effort Saturday in 1:01.40.

Dylan Davis will pilot General Ken from post 2.

Rounding out the field are maiden winners Geno [post 5, Jorge Vargas, Jr.], Artie's Angel [post 1, Wilmer Garcia], and Ohtwoohthreefive [post 4, Eric Cancel].

The Awad is slated as Race 7 on Friday's 10-race card. First post is 12:35 p.m. Eastern.

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Catalina Cruiser Filly Tops Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale

The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Sale, canceled last year due to the pandemic, returned to the Humphrey S. Pavilion Monday with a weanling filly from the first crop of multiple graded stakes winner Catalina Cruiser (Union Rags) (hip 215) bringing top price of $195,000. The filly, bred by Robert Chasanoff's Gentry Stable and consigned by Sequel New York, was purchased by Dean and Patti Reeves, in partnership with Steven Rocco.

“That's as balanced and as solid a looking filly as I've seen in a long time,” Dean Reeves said of the weanling. “She seems to be pretty special. We can just imagine what she'll look like as a 2-year-old when we get her back up here to New York to run.”

The sale-topper is out of stakes winner Catcha Rising Star (Red Giant), who was purchased by Chasanoff for $85,000 at the 2017 Keeneland November sale.

The Reeveses also purchased the weanling's half-sister by Liam's Map for $260,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred Yearling Sale in August.

“We really like that mare,” Reeves said. “We are excited to have this family, we think it's going to be a pretty solid family.”

Catcha Rising Star, in foal to Honest Mischief, also sold Monday. She was acquired by Thorndale Farm for $53,000.

The Reeveses will be heading to the Breeders' Cup with another graduate of the Saratoga Fall Sale. The couple purchased Dakota Gold (Freud) for $83,000 at the auction's 2019 renewal. The juvenile is now two-for-two and punched his ticket to championship weekend with a win in the Nownownow S. at Monmouth Park Sept. 26.

“I think it's a great value sale and I think when you look at it, the really superlative horses stand out,” Reeves said. “I have found that that translates into a nice runner and you get a really great bang for your buck. We are up here in the summers and we like racing in the New York program and having these runners. Then sometimes you get one like Dakota Gold that steps outside of the New York-bred program that shows he's got some talent and here we are with him in the Breeders' Cup.”

Reeves Thoroughbred Racing purchased four weanlings at the Fall sale Monday. In addition to the sale topper, the operation also acquired a colt by Freud (hip 256) for $100,000, a colt by Malibu Moon (hip 159) for $95,000 and a filly by Mucho Macho Man (hip 92) for $40,000.

“I have to give a lot of credit to Jimmy Gladwell who helped me look at these horses,” Reeves said. “He's got a great eye. He's been up here helping Patti and me look at the horses and talked about what we need in the stable to try to be competitive in the next couple of years.”

The weanling purchases weren't the only successes for the Reeveses in upstate New York Monday. The couple was represented by Senbei (Candy Ride {Arg}), impressive winner of the New York Breeders' Futurity at Finger Lakes.

“I love him,” Reeves, who watched the race between bidding in the upstairs lounge in the sales pavilion, said of the two-time stakes winning juvenile. “He's just a really competitive young horse.”

The sale-topper was one of seven weanlings to bring six figures at the Fall sale. Vinnie Viola's St Elias Stables purchased three of those seven lots, led by a colt by Kantharos (hip 199) who sold for $120,000 and a pair of colts by the operation's GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner Vino Rosso (hip 292 and hip 214) who each sold for $100,000. St Elias also purchased a filly by Connect (hip 185) for $95,000.

The 5-year-old Nice Smile (Smiling Tiger), in foal to multiple Grade I winner Vekoma, was the auction's top-priced mare when selling for $70,000 to Goose Wickes.

In all, 163 head sold for $3,657,800 for an average of $22,440 and a median of $10,000. With 69 horses reported not sold, the buy-back rate was 29.7%.

“As usual, it's a competitive market for those horses who are pretty good standouts,” Reeves said of the market in Saratoga Monday.

During the 2019 Fall sale, 134 lots grossed $3,384,700 for an average of $25,259 and a median of $15,000. The buy-back rate was 38% and six horses sold for six figures.

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