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NYRA, Resorts World Partner at Saratoga

Resorts World will serve as naming rights partner for the Founders Room and Legends Hall, which are located within the 1863 Club at Saratoga Race Course, and will be the presenting sponsor of the $750,000 GI Sword Dancer S. on GI Runhappy Travers Day, Aug. 28, the New York Racing Association (NYRA) announced Saturday.

“We are excited to expand our partnership with Resorts World, our longtime neighbor at Aqueduct Racetrack,” said Tony Allevato, NYRA Chief Revenue Officer. “We invite and encourage our fans to experience and enjoy the many amenities this summer at the Resorts World Founders Room and Resorts World Legends Hall inside the 1863 Club.”

Meghan Taylor, Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations at Resorts World, added, “Racing has a long and storied history in New York and we are proud to partner with NYRA at the world-famous Saratoga Race Course. We look forward to welcoming fans to the Resorts World Founders Room where they will have a front row seat to all the racing action.”

Resorts World unveiled a new hotel on property this month at its Queens location, the Hyatt Regency JFK Airport at Resorts World New York, and has been named the official hotel provider of Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park and the 2021 Belmont Stakes.

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Lemon Drop Kid Firster Good As ‘Gold’ At the Spa

1st-Saratoga, $100,000, Msw, 8-7, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:44.28, fm, 2 1/4 lengths.
DRIPPING GOLD (c, 2, Lemon Drop Kid–Aurelia, by Danzig) was let go at a generous 63-10 off a 9-2 morning line and took advantage of a golden trip to score by a comfortable margin in the Whitney Day opener at Saratoga. In the early vanguard, Dripping Gold came back to Jose Lezcano to sit a close-up fourth for the opening six furlongs. Pulled off the inside to deliver his challenge passing the quarter pole, he pinched a winning break and had 2 1/4 lengths on the rail-rallying Gooch Go Bragh (Distorted Humor) at the line. A full-sister to Aurelia's Belle, a two-time graded winner on synthetic and a Grade III winner on turf, of $346,387, Dripping Gold hails from one of the deepest families in the stud book, as her dam is a daughter of GSW Aishah (Alydar), whose notable produce include MGSW Atelier (Deputy Minister), Saratoga GISW Aldiza (Storm Cat), SW Arabis (Deputy Minister) and a trio of additional black-type performers. Dripping Gold's third dam is Broodmare of the Year Courtly Dee (Never Bend), the dam of champion MGISW Althea (Alydar), whose daughter Aurora (Danzig) bred four full stakes winners, including the late Arch (Kris S.), GISW Acoma (Empire Maker) and UAE Horse of the Year Festival of Light (A.P. Indy). Althea's MGSW sister Aquilegia produced SW Amelia (Dixieland Band), whose seven winners from 10 to race include GSW/GISP Kindergarden Kid (Kitten's Joy), GSW Assateague (Stormy Atlantic), GISP sire He's Had Enough (Tapit), MGSW & GISP Rainha Da Bateria (Broken Vow) and Japanese GSWs Rabbit Run (Tapit) and Asakusa Genki (Stormy Atlantic). An $80,000 KEESEP yearling purchase, Dripping Gold fetched $300,000 at OBSMAR after breezing an eighth of a mile in :10 1/5. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $55,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-West Point Thoroughbreds, John A Ballantyne & Titletown Racing Stables; B-Alexander-Groves Thoroughbreds (KY); T-Claude R McGaughey III.

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Mohaymen’s Elm Drives Takes Sorrento

Elm Drive became the first black-type winner for her freshman sire Mohaymen with a gutsy score in the Sorrento Friday evening at Del Mar. Wiring the field by eight lengths in her debut at Los Alamitos June 26, she was the 2-1 co-second-choice along with Eda. Away alertly, Elm Drive was overtaken by 70-1 shot First Promise (First Samurai) and pressed from second through a first quarter in :22 flat. The bay took control on the backstretch run and was soon joined by an eager Eda, who made an eye-catching move approaching the turn. The two sailed clear in the lane, matching strides as they put daylight between them and the rest of the field. The gutsy duo fought it out all the way to the wire with Elm Drive securing a narrow victory.

Pedigree Notes:

Elm Drive is one of seven winners from the first-crop of MGSW Mohaymen and the only black-type winner thus far. Lets Dance Charlie is also the dam of a 2021 colt by Accelerate and was bred back to Volatile.

Friday, Del Mar
SORRENTO S.-GII, $201,500, Del Mar, 8-6, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:10.64, ft.
1–ELM DRIVE, 118, f, 2, by Mohaymen
                1st Dam: Lets Dance Charlie, by Indian Charlie
                2nd Dam: Dance Darling, by Devil's Bag
                3rd Dam: Danzig Darling, by Danzig
   1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($40,000 Ylg
'20 OBSOCT; $165,000 2yo '21 OBSMAR). O-Little Red Feather
Racing; B-Kenneth D'Oyen (KY); T-Philip D'Amato; J-Juan J.
Hernandez. $120,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $147,000.
*1/2 to Mother of Dragons (First Dude), MSW, $153,995. Werk
   Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Eda, 120, f, 2, Munnings–Show Me, by Lemon Drop Kid.
($240,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP; $550,000 2yo '21 OBSMAR).
O-Baoma Corporation; B-Nathan McCauley (KY); T-Bob Baffert.
$40,000.
3–Smash Ticket, 120, f, 2, Midnight Lute–Hennesey Smash, by
Roll Hennessy Roll. O-King, Brad, Kirby, Stan and Kirby,
Suzanne; B-Brad King (KY); T-Todd W. Fincher. $24,000.
Margins: HD, 13 1/4, 3 1/4. Odds: 2.30, 2.10, 1.30.
Also Ran: Sax, She's So Shiny, Roses for Suzzett, Loveherheart, First Promise. Scratched: At the Spa, It's Simple, Shesgotattitude. 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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Gulfstream Institutes Crop Rule

Following an agreement between 1/ST RACING's Gulfstream Park, the Jockeys' Guild and the Florida Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, Gulfstream Park will institute new house rules regarding the usage of riding crops.

The implementation of the new crop rules come into effect on Friday, Aug. 6. The extensive list of rules includes: designating when a rider is not carrying a whip; the crop may be used to maintain focus or for safety, but the horse must be given a chance to respond after two taps before trying again; crops may not be used on 2-year-olds prior to Apr. 1. The rules also apply to horses during workouts. Further details on the crop usage rules can be found here.

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