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First North American Winner for Slipper Winner Vancouver

Vancouver (Aus) (Medaglia d’Oro) was represented by his first North American winner at Thistledown Tuesday afternoon.

Nicky Two Shoes, off at odds of 5-2 to debut a winner, chased early in third, hit the gas with a rail run on the far turn, took over as they hit the quarter pole, and after enjoying a clear lead from there, held on by a half-length over the unlucky favorite Latin Spice (Buffum), who was bumped hard by a rival and nearly went down in the stretch.

The winner’s dam had a colt by Shanghai Bobby in 2019 and a filly by Midnight Lute this year.

The 2015 G1 Golden Slipper S. and ‘TDN Rising Star’ Vancouver reverse shuttled from Coolmore Australia to the farm’s Ashford Stud in Versailles, Kentucky, for the 2017 breeding season.

6th-Thistledown, $21,000, Msw, 6-23, 2yo, 5f, 1:00.46, my.
NICKY TWO SHOES (c, 2, Vancouver {Aus}–Wendy Wow, by Invasor {Arg}) Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $12,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Southern Comfort Farm (KY); T-William D. Cowans.

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Unbeatens Meet Grade I Winner in Acorn

Unbeaten ‘TDN Rising Star’ Gamine (Into Mischief) will look to take her record to a perfect three-for-three while making her stakes debut in the GI Longines Acorn S. at Belmont Park Saturday.

The highly regarded $1.8-million Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old sale topper debuted with the easiest of victories as the 1-9 favorite sprinting at Santa Anita Mar. 7, then gamely held off the hard-knocking subsequent GII Santa Oaks runner-up Speech (Mr Speaker) by a neck in front-running fashion in her two-turn debut in an optional claimer at Oaklawn May 2. The even-money morning-line favorite will be on the engine from her rail draw with Hall of Famer Johnny Velazquez in the irons.

“We took our time with her, let her develop,” Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert said of the Michael Lund Petersen colorbearer. “Her two races have been really nice races. I could have stayed home and run her here two turns in the [Santa Anita] Oaks, but I wanted to give her a couple extra weeks. I thought the Acorn with the bigger, wider turns, I think she’ll like that. And it’s a lot of prestige.”

Perfect Alibi (Sky Mesa), heroine of last summer’s GI Spinaway S. at Saratoga, is the seven-horse field’s lone graded winner. A well-beaten second behind British Idiom (Flashback) in the GI Darley Alcibiades S. at Keeneland Oct. 4, she kicks off her sophomore season following a fourth-place finish behind last year’s champion 2-year-old filly in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita.

“She’s been ready to run for about three months,” newly minted Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse said. “She’s always been very, very professional. If anything, she’s a little better work horse than she was. Last year, if you wanted to give some confidence to another horse you’d just work them with her because she’d let anybody beat her–except when they run in the afternoon. This year and recently, she’s been a little more aggressive in her works.”

The lightly raced and unbeaten Casual (Curlin) paired up 90 Beyer Speed Figures in a pair of hard-fought tallies, including an optional claimer going seven furlongs at Churchill Downs last time May 22. She makes her stakes debut for Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen here.

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Short, But Talented Field Set for Woody Stephens

The streaking Mischevious Alex (Into Mischief) will look for his fourth straight score, third at the graded level, versus four fellow sophomores in Saturday’s GI Woody Stephens S. at Belmont Park.

A jaw-dropping seven-length winner of Gulfstream’s GIII Swale S. at this same seven-furlong distance, the speedy bay outslugged 10 rivals for a sharp decision in the GIII Gotham S. going a one-turn mile last time at the Big A Mar. 7.

“I’d love to be running in the Belmont,” trainer John Servis said. “But I wanted to run him shorter first back off the layoff and then stretch him out after that. The Woody Stephens seemed like a good spot.”

Mischevious Alex, campaigned in partnership by Cash is King and LC Racing, fired a five-furlong bullet in :59 4/5 (1/70) at Parx June 9.

“He’s training very good coming into the race,” Servis said. “We had some time between races with the coronavirus and I eased off on him a little bit because we didn’t have a schedule.”

‘TDN Rising Star’ Echo Town (Speightstown) could find himself in the garden spot if Mischevious Alex hooks up with the rail-drawn ‘TDN Rising Star’ No Parole (Violence).

Echo Town was a painful second when a head short of Long Weekend (Majesticperfection) in the Bachelor S. at Oaklawn Apr. 25, then refused to lose after dueling throughout in an optional claimer at Churchill Downs May 25. The 9-5 morning-line favorite makes his first start beyond six furlongs here.

If you forgive No Parole’s eighth-place finish when stretched to 1 1/16 miles in a sloppy renewal of the GII Rebel S., the Louisiana-bred has been ultra-impressive in his four other trips to the post, including a front-running optional claiming tally going six furlongs in Hot Springs last time Apr. 24.

“We think he’s a top sprinter,” trainer Tom Amoss said.

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Memorable Week for Heider

Scott Heider enjoyed a memorable couple of days on both sides of the Atlantic last week. Thoughtfully (Tapit), a $950,000 purchase last summer at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga, debuted on Thursday at Churchill Downs and ran to the money with a dominant score to become a TDN Rising Star. The following day Crossfirehurricane (Kitten’s Joy) carried his colours to victory in the G3 Coolmore Ten Sovereigns Gallinule S. at The Curragh.

TDN‘s Gary King caught up with Heider to reflect on this success and to learn more about his interests in the Thoroughbred business. (Click here to listen.)

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