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Brown Wins Seventh Consecutive Belmont Spring/Summer Title; Irad Ortiz Jr. Top Rider

Trainer Chad Brown notched a record-extending seventh consecutive training title at the Belmont spring/summer meeting with 47 victories, the record for most wins earned by a trainer at a Belmont spring/summer meet. Irad Ortiz, Jr. secured the leading rider title with 48 wins, while Michael Dubb paced all owners with 16 wins. The Belmont spring/summer meet was conducted for 44 days from Apr. 28 through July 10.

The previous training record of 44 victories, set by David Jacobson at the 56-day 2013 spring/summer meet, was broken when 3-year-old filly Demandsrespect (Union Rags) graduated at fourth asking in a July 4 maiden special weight over the main track.

“My team should be very proud of themselves and proud of what they did,” Brown said of setting the meet record. “Obviously, it's never been done and they deserve every bit of it.”

Brown's successes at the meeting include 12 graded stakes victories, and he closed out the meet with a record of 153-47-30-22, earnings of $5,776,633, a 30.72% win percentage and a 64.71% in-the-money clip.

The battle for leading jockey came down to the final day of the meet as Ortiz Jr. entered the card one win behind Dylan Davis. Ortiz Jr. evened the score with a victory aboard Lady Yellen (Central Banker) in the opener before coming away with a one-win advantage aboard First to Act in race five. With the top two riders slated to ride in two more races, Ortiz, Jr. clinched the title–his 19th on the NYRA circuit–with a thrilling finish in race seven aboard Queen Bourbon (Empire Maker) to post his 48th win of the meet.

“It feels great,” said Ortiz Jr. “Honestly, we've been working so hard since the year started. Hard work, a lot of dedication. We've been out there every day that they ask for me. It feels good when you win a title. We love to win the meet; it's not easy, but thank God we got it done today. Thanks to my agent Steve Rushing for doing an amazing job. It was great. Dylan had a great meet, also.”

Ortiz, Jr.'s meet was one to remember, scoring the Classic win of his career in taking the GI Belmont S. atop the Todd Pletcher-trained Mo Donegal (Uncle Mo).

Live racing resumes on Opening Day Thursday of the summer meet at Saratoga with a 10-race card, featuring the $135,000 Wilton S. and $175,000 GIII Schuylerville S. First post is 1:05 p.m. Eastern.

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First Black-Type Winner for Freshman Sharp Azteca

Tyler's Tribe became the first black-type winner for his freshman sire (by Freud) with a daylight score in the Prairie Gold Juvenile S. Saturday at Prairie Meadows. Just like in his debut June 20 over this surface at a furlong shorter, the 2-year-old dark bay opened a clear lead early and stayed there. After capturing his unveiling by 16 3/4 lengths, he took Saturday's stakes event by 8 1/2 lengths. Tyler's Tribe broke from the rail Saturday, blazed to the front, set :22.07 and :45.16 fractions, and barreled home a sharp victor while never threatened.

Sharp Azteca, winner of the GI Cigar Mile H. in 2017, now has seven winners and one stakes winner in his nascent stallion career. He stands at Three Chimneys near Midway, Kentucky.

Tyler's Tribe topped the 2021 Iowa Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association Fall Sale at $34,000. His dam produced a Good Samaritan colt last year that sold as a short yearling at Keeneland January for $15,000 to Kentucky River Racing. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

 
PRAIRIE GOLD JUVENILE S., $122,200, Prairie Meadows, 7-9, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:03.64, ft.
1–TYLER'S TRIBE, 119, g, 2, by Sharp Azteca
               1st Dam: Impazible Woman, by Mission Impazible
               2nd Dam: Handlewoman, by Elusive Quality
               3rd Dam: Bamboo Queen, by Devil His Due
($34,000 Ylg '21 IOWOCT). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Timothy
Martin & Thomas D. Lepic; B-Clifton Farm & Derek
Merkler (IA); T-Timothy E. Martin; J-Kylee R. Jordan.
$82,200. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $106,554.
2–Toddchero, 119, c, 2, Bucchero–French Politics, by Political
Force. ($77,000 2yo '22 OBSAPR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Mark
Norman & Norman Stables LLC; B-GDS Racing Stable (FL);
T-Jayde J. Gelner. $20,000.
3–Top Recruit, 119, c, 2, Midshipman–Oh So Bella, by Afleet
Alex. ($67,000 Wlg '20 KEENOV; $120,000 Ylg '21 FTKJUL;
$170,000 2yo '22 OBSMAR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Paradise
Farms Corp., David Staudacher, Three Diamonds Farm &
Michael J. Maker; B-Dunwoody Farm (KY); T-Michael J.
Maker. $10,000.
Margins: 8HF, 3HF, 4. Odds: 2.80, 4.20, 0.70.
Also Ran: Undalay, Baytown Get It On, Free From Guilt. Scratched: Prove Right.

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Klimt Filly Caps Big Day for McPeek in Iowa Oaks

Well-supported at 39-10, Butterbean (Klimt) completed a most productive Saturday for the Ken McPeek barn, accelerating sharply three furlongs out before cruising home to a handy success in Saturday's GIII Iowa Oaks at Prairie Meadows.

A convincing 5 3/4-length winner of the local Oaks prep in the June 11 Panthers S. over a mile, the chestnut was dragged back to last and dropped down onto the fence to caboose the field through an opening couple of furlongs in a solid :23.50. Content to bide her time in the rear, Butterbean had one beaten entering the turn, but made eyecatching progress inside at the three-eighths pole. Tipped out under a full head of steam by Glenn Corbett, Butterbean raced up to odds-on Falconet (Uncle Mo) with a bit more than a furlong to travel and scampered clear to score impressively. Free Like a Girl (El Deal) made the running inside of Falconet and held gamely for third.

McPeek was also represented by GI Belmont Derby upsetter Classic Causeway (Giant's Causeway) and Runaway Wife (Gun Runner) and Silverleaf (Speightster), second and third, respectively, in the GIII Indiana Oaks.

Runner-up in auction-price-restricted maiden allowances at Churchill in October and November last year, Butterbean completed the exacta in an 'open' Gulfstream maiden Jan. 22, but was only sixth in a similar test at Keeneland Apr. 10. A neck second when in search of a confidence boost against $75,000 maiden claimers beneath the Twin Spires May 4, the $22,000 Keeneland September bargain graduated 23 days later and made it two straight when last seen in the Panthers.

Pedigree Notes:

The first graded winner for the expatriated Klimt, Butterbean is out of an unplaced half-sister to GSW Conquest Daddyo (Scat Daddy) and SW Hangingbyathread (Giant's Causeway). Her 2-year-old half-brother Fast Forward (Bolt d'Oro) is unplaced in a single start in Churchill maiden special weight company this past May and Letting Go produced a full-sister to Butterbean last season.

 

 

 

Saturday, Prairie Meadows
IOWA OAKS-GIII, $225,000, Prairie Meadows, 7-9, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:43.72, ft.
1–BUTTERBEAN, 122, f, 3, by Klimt
                1st Dam: Letting Go, by Johannesburg
                2nd Dam: Hangingbyamoment, by Thunder Gulch
                3rd Dam: Kermis, by Graustark
1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($22,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP).
O-Magdalena Racing & William Klimashousky; B-Woodgate
Farm (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek; J-Glenn W. Corbett.
$134,400. Lifetime Record: 8-3-4-0, $294,510. Werk Nick
Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Falconet, 122, f, 3, Uncle Mo–Birdatthewire, by Summer
Bird. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($250,000
Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-CHC Inc. & WinStar Farm LLC; B-WinStar
Farm, LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $44,800.
3–Free Like a Girl, 122, f, 3, El Deal–Flashy Prize, by Flashy Bull.
1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($5,500 Ylg '20 ESLYRL). O-Gerald
Bruno, Jr., Carl J. Deville, Chasey Deville Pomier and Jerry
Caroom; B-Kim Renee Stover & Lisa Osborne (LA); T-Chasey
Deville Pomier. $22,400.
Margins: 3, 5, 1. Odds: 3.90, 0.70, 9.90.
Also Ran: Candy Raid, My Friend Amy, Hartley, Miss Hard Knocks, Nosilverspoonshere.
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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Filly Beats the Boys to Become First Stakes Winner for Good Magic

The Doug O'Neill-trained Vegas Magic became the first black-type winner for freshman sire Good Magic (by Curlin) with a late-closing, nail-biting rush to the front in Pleasanton's Everett Nevin S. One of three fillies going up against colts, Vegas Magic bided her time near the back of the field early, content to let others duke it out up front as the fractions clicked by in :22.07 and :45.17. Still well back in sixth at the top of the stretch, Vegas Magic suddenly closed with a vengeance, splitting horses late and hurling toward the wire in a rush. She got up just in time, winning by a nose as the 6-5 favorite.

Vegas Magic is unbeaten in two starts. The bay was unveiled June 11 at Santa Anita, winning a five-furlong maiden special weight by a length to become her sire's second career winner and is now his first stakes winner. Good Magic, the champion 2-year-old colt of 2017, stands at Hill 'n' Dale Farm near Paris, Kentucky and has four career winners to date.

A $100,000 purchase at OBS March after working in :10 2/5, Vegas Magic has a yearling half-sister by Kantharos. Her dam also produced a filly by Sharp Azteca Apr. 9. Click for the Equibase.com chart.

EVERETT NEVIN S., $76,800, Pleasanton, 7-9, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:05.39, ft.
1–VEGAS MAGIC, 118, f, 2, by Good Magic
               1st Dam: Heidi Maria (MSW, $220,764), by Rockport Harbor
               2nd Dam: Third Street, by Salt Lake
               3rd Dam: Bisque Doll, by Quadrangle
($130,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP; $100,000 2yo '22 OBSMAR). 1ST
BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Omar Aldabbagh, Todd Cady, & Ty
Leatherman; B-Machmer Hall (KY); T-Doug F. O'Neill; J-Frank
Alvarado. $45,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $85,200.
2–Fumano's Girl, 117, f, 2, Big Bad Leroybrown–Boo Who
Who, by Unusual Heat. 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Jeffery Berger,
& Thomas N. Valenzuela; B-Tom Wyrick & Janis Wyrick (CA);
T-Michael Lenzini. $15,000.
3–Man Oh Man, 121, c, 2, Stanford–Alwazabridesmaid, by
Kafwain. 1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-Tommy Town
Thoroughbreds, LLC (CA); T-Jonathan Wong. $9,000.
Margins: NO, 1, 3/4. Odds: 1.30, 19.00, 5.60.
Also Ran: Stolen Vote, Electric Lettuce, Passarando, Good N Thirsty, Kid Azteca, Chuckanut Bay.

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