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Uncle Mo Colt Graduates in Style at the Spa

Golden Pal, still diploma-less despite two runner-up finishes and plenty of hype, put it all together Friday in Saratoga’s Skidmore S. A close second at 1-2 odds on the Gulfstream main track Apr. 17, the son of turf sprinting phenom Lady Shipman was just tagged late after showing the way in Royal Ascot’s

G2 Norfolk S. June 19. He and stablemate Fauci (Malibu Moon) appeared to have this compact field at their mercy, and the public got it right in installing Golden Pal as the 2-5 chalk. Blasting out of his outside stall to immediately clear off, the Randall Lowe homebred doled out splits of :21.99 and :44.37 with Fauci in closest pursuit. The race already appeared won as they straightened for home, and Irad Ortiz, Jr. just gave Golden Pal a couple of shoulder taps as he cruised home well clear of Fauci while stopping the timer in a sharp 1:00.88.

“He’s something special, this guy. I think we just got a little peek at it,” trainer Wesley Ward said of the winner. “From everything we’ve seen here, they’re coming into his home court like Michael Jordan in the United Center in the Breeders’ Cup this year. He’s a very, very nice colt. I’m very thankful for the owner [Randy Lowe]. He’s afforded me the time that myself and my team has needed, and this horse had some issues and my team has really worked hard on this guy. He’s so fast and he’s so gifted. To get him to this point is special.”

Ward indicated that Golden Pal would most likely train up to the GII Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint, to be held at Keeneland Nov. 6.

Golden Pal is the first foal to race out of brilliant 13-time winner Lady Shipman (Midshipman), who missed by a neck in the 2015 GI Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint. Lady Shipman has not produced a live foal since Golden Pal and was bred back to Omaha Beach for 2021. For more on Golden Pal and owner/breeder Randy Lowe, see Second Chances.

SKIDMORE S., $85,000, Saratoga, 8-21, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:00.88, fm.
1–GOLDEN PAL, 118, c, 2, by Uncle Mo
1st Dam: Lady Shipman (GSW-Can, MSW & GISP-USA, $902,387), by Midshipman
2nd Dam: Sumthingtotalkabt, by Mutakddim
3rd Dam: Nannetta, by Falstaff
($325,000 RNA Ylg ’19 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O-Ranlo
Investments LLC; B-Randall E Lowe (FL); T-Wesley A. Ward;
J-Irad Ortiz, Jr.. $46,750. Lifetime Record: 3-1-2-0, $73,056.
2–Fauci, 122, c, 2, Malibu Moon–Tashzara (Ire), by Intikhab.
($175,000 Ylg ’19 KEESEP). O-Lindy Farms & Ice Wine Stable;
B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward. $17,000.
3–Sky’s Not Falling, 122, g, 2, Seville (Ger)–Sky Copper, by Sky
Mesa. ($9,000 RNA Wlg ’18 EASDEC). O-R. Larry Johnson & R.
D. M. Racing Stable; B-R. Larry Johnson (MD); T-Michael J.
Trombetta. $10,200.
Margins: 3HF, 4, 3 1/4. Odds: 0.45, 3.40, 5.20.
Also Ran: Sunny Isle Beach, Kentucky Knight, Baytown Bear.
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Half To Vino Rosso Steps Out For Ballydoyle

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Today’s Observations features a trio of siblings to Grade/Group 1 winners.

12.55 Leopardstown, Mdn, €25,000, 2yo f, 7f 20yT
EARTH STRIKE (IRE) (Zoffany {Ire}) is an interesting debutante in this Irish EBF Median Sires Series Fillies Maiden, being a half-sister to the G1 Gold Cup and dual G1 Irish St Leger hero Order of St George (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Joseph O’Brien introduces the March-foaled bay, who carries the silks of her breeders Paget Bloodstock Limited and is also a half to the group and graded-stakes scorers Asperity (War Chant) and Angel Terrace (Ghostzapper).

1.30 Leopardstown, Debutantes, €16,500, 2yo, 7f 20yT
SONG OF PEACE (Uncle Mo) is a notable runner for Ballydoyle, being a John Gunther-bred half-brother to last year’s GI Breeders’ Cup Classic hero Vino Rosso (Curlin). The April-foaled bay, who is also half to the graded-stakes placed So Alive (Super Saver), cost $425,000 at Keeneland September.

5.58 Deauville, Debutantes, €22,000, 2yo, f, 7 1/2f (AWT)
VALLORIA (FR) (Dubawi {Ire}) debuts for the Haras de Saint Pair-Jean-Claude Rouget connection and is the latest progeny out of Celebre Vadala (Fr) (Peintre Celebre), whose previous includes the G1 Prix du Moulin-winning first-season sire Vadamos (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}). She meets Prince Faisal’s Noticeable Grace (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}), an Andre Fabre-trained close relative of last year’s Listed Prix Isonomy winner Tammani (GB) (Make Believe {GB}).

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Uncle Mo Firster Live From Rail in Sorrento

When signing for a $340,000 Uncle Mo filly at this year’s OBS March Sale, Dennis O’Neill, noted bloodstock advisor and brother of trainer Doug O’Neill, told the TDN’s Steve Sherack that he “kept telling [owner] Paul [Reddam] that she was my female Nyquist.” The April foal, now named Get On the Bus, looks a live chance on debut as she breaks from the rail in Friday’s GII Sorrento S. at Del Mar.

The April foal, produced by a winning half-sister to G1 Dubai World Cup hero African Story (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), was a $150,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling and was hammered down to O’Neill after working an eighth of a mile in :10 1/5 over the SafeTrack surface at OBS.

“She’s real racey and athletic looking,” O’Neill continued. I just loved her breeze and she galloped out really good. She’s a very classy filly. We’re very excited to get her in the barn.”

Erich Brehm homebred My Girl Red (Texas Red) became the first winner for her freshman sire (by Afleet Alex) with a pacesetting, 4 1/4-length victory going 4 1/2 furlongs at Santa Anita June 14. Flavien Prat elects to stick with My Girl Red for her graded-stakes debut.

The hot-riding Abel Cedillo replaces the Frenchman atop morning-line favorite September Secret (Grazen). A debut ninth against Cal-bred maiden allowance company at Los Alamitos July 2, the gray filly was dangled for a $50,000 tag when facing state-breds at this venue July 24 and made light work of nine rivals, scampering clear to graduate by 7 3/4 lengths.

Trainer Jim Chapman sends out three of the Sorrento’s seven runners, the most promising of which looks to be Scaterra (Verrazano), a seven-length winner over the Arlington Poly July 25. Umberto Rispoli sees fit to take the call.

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Caracaro ‘In Another Category’ Than Delgado’s Other Derby Starters

Global Thoroughbred and Top Racing's Caracaro has alternated wins and losses in his brief career, and trainer Gustavo Delgado is hoping that pattern continues as he points the lightly-raced colt to Saturday's Grade 1, $1 million Runhappy Travers at Saratoga.

Caracaro ran second in his unveiling last December at Gulfstream Park, returning to the South Florida track with an impressive six-length maiden triumph four weeks later. He exited that race with a minor injury that needed time, and he went unraced until finishing second by a neck to fellow Travers aspirant Country Grammer in the Grade 2 Peter Pan on Saratoga's opening day July 16.

For the first time this year, the Travers will offer 100-40-20-10 qualifying points to the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby, postponed from May 2 to September 5. Caracaro earned 20 points for his Peter Pan effort, and Delgado is looking to ensure the son of champion Uncle Mo's spot in the Run for the Roses.

“We have the chance to run in the Derby. He came here to win,” Delgado said. “It's only three weeks back from the Peter Pan but we have to take the chance. The horse is doing very good. He came back very good, and he likes the track. The horse is very talented, but we need to have good luck.”

Delgado's 31-year-old son and assistant, Gustavo Delgado, Jr., has been with Caracaro since they arrived in Saratoga from South Florida last month. His father, one of Venezuela's most successful trainers who won his country's Triple Crown a remarkable four times before moving to the U.S. in 2014, joined him this week.

Delgado Jr. said the turnaround from the Peter Pan to the Travers is a concern, particularly with their main goal, the Derby, looming in another four weeks. The final leg of the Triple Crown, the Grade 1 Preakness, will be run October 3 at Pimlico Race Course.

“He's doing really good, actually. After the last race we were concerned about running him back after three weeks, but we went easy on him. We only made him gallop,” Delgado, Jr. said. “We did a couple open gallops, nothing with time, and he seems to have accepted that. I think he's ready to run a nice race. We like what we see. The last couple of days he's doing really good. We always wanted to get the points. The horse is good, we're here in Saratoga and he likes the track, so let's do it.”

Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano, aboard in the Peter Pan, gets the return call in the 1 ¼-mile Travers, a race the fellow Venezuelan has won a record six times, most recently with Catholic Boy in 2018. They will break from post 7 in a field of eight led by even-money program favorite Tiz the Law.

The Delgados were entered to run once before in the Travers, but Majesto had to be scratched after spiking a fever the morning before the 2016 race. They have been to the Derby twice, running 18th with Majesto and 13th with Bodexpress in 2019, and are looking forward to making a third trip.

“The only good thing about the virus is that we have a shot now to make the Derby,” Delgado, Jr. said. “Since he got in the barn last year, we always considered him a nice horse. We're not a big barn where we get a quantity of nice babies every year. We went to the Derby with Majesto and Bodexpress, and you can tell this horse is doing things that the other two didn't do. He's in another category than them.”

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