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NYRA Partners With Monmouth, Woodbine, Delaware For Summer’s Final Cross Country Pick 5

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will host the final Cross Country Pick 5 of the summer meet at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, teaming with Monmouth Park, Woodbine Racetrack and Delaware Park.

Live coverage will be available with Saratoga Live on FOX Sports and MSG Networks. Free Equibase past performances for the Cross Country Pick 5 sequence are now available for download at https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/racing/cross-country-wagers.

Saratoga, which offers four total graded stakes on Saturday's 12-race card, will start the Cross Country Pick 5 with the Grade 2, $150,000 Jim Dandy for sophomores going nine furlongs in Race 9 at 4:21 p.m. Eastern. Dr Post, the runner-up in the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes in June, will be making his first start since running third in the Grade 1 Haskell in July at Monmouth Park. The Todd Pletcher trainee also saw stablemate Happy Saver entered. Other contenders include Mystic Guide, Celtic Striker, Jesus' Team, Liveyourbeastlife and First Line.

Monmouth will have a full field of 3-year-olds and upward going one mile on the turf in Race 9 at 4:40 p.m. The claiming race will see trainer Timothy Hills enter a pair in Beach Traffic and Leading Factor, while Rudy Rodriguez enters King of Ranch and Michael Trombetta sends out Make a Stand.

Action will shift to Delaware Park for an allowance races for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up contesting at one mile and 70 yards on turf in Race 8 at 4:45 p.m. Trainer Michael Matz will send out La Babia, who has finished in the money in five of her last six starts.

Saratoga will host the fourth leg by featuring the Grade 2, $200,000 Prioress in Race 10 at 4:57 p.m. Reagan's Edge will look to turn the tables on Frank's Rockette in the six-furlong sprint for sophomore fillies. The two were separated by a head in the Grade 3 Victory Ride on July 4 at Belmont Park. Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown will saddle the dangerous duo of Center Aisle and Secondary Market to add to a competitive field.

The wager concludes with the fourth track to participate in the sequence, with Woodbine hosting the Grade 3, $125,000 Vigil for 3-year-olds and up going six furlongs on the main track in Race 9 at 5:10 p.m. Pink Lloyd, trained by Robert Tiller, will look to win the race for a fourth straight year, as the 8-year-old Sovereign Award-winner and 2017 Canadian Horse of the Year will seek his 23rd career stakes win.

The minimum bet for the multi-track, multi-race wager is 50 cents. Wagering on the Cross Country Pick 5 is also available on ADW platforms and at simulcast facilities across the country. Every week will feature a mandatory payout of the net pool.

The Cross Country Pick 5 will continue each Saturday throughout the year. For more information, visit NYRABets.com.

Cross Country Pick 5 – Saturday, September 5:
Leg 1 – Saratoga, Race 9: G2 Jim Dandy (4:21 p.m.)
Leg 2 – Monmouth, Race 9: (4:40 p.m.)
Leg 3 – Delaware Park, Race 8: (4:45 p.m.)
Leg 4 – Saratoga, Race 10: G2 Prioress (4:57 p.m.)
Leg 5 – Woodbine, Race 9: G3 Vigil (5:10 p.m.)

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Old Forester Colt Tops Canadian Premier Yearling Sale

A son of perennial leading sire Old Forester led the way at the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) Canadian Premier Yearling Sale, which took place Wednesday at Woodbine.

Wednesday's auction saw 142 horses sold for revenues of $2,795,300 (Canadian), down 17 percent from last year's renewal when 157 yearlings brought $3,381,400.

The average sale price fell 8 percent to $19,685 from $21,538. However, the median price rose 11 percent on Wednesday to $14,500 after finishing at $13,000 in 2019. The buyback rate finished at 28 percent, compared with 36 percent last year.

John Di Scola purchased Wednesday's sale-topper, an Old Forester colt, for $90,000 (Canadian).

The chestnut colt, offered as Hip 15, is out of the stakes-placed Smarty Jones mare Holidaysatthefarm, who is the dam of three winners from as many runners. Bred in Ontario by Whitford Bloodstock, the colt hails from the family of Grade 2 winner Wishing Gate and Grade 3 winner Rich in Spirit.

Cara Bloodstock consigned the sale-topper, as agent.

Two horses tied for the day's second-highest price, each bringing $82,000 (Canadian).

Hip 119, a Mr Speaker filly, went Jim Menzies. The bay filly is the first foal out of the unraced Proud Citizen mare She Stands Proud, from the family Canadian champion Woodcarver and Grade 3 winners Grand Bili and Firm Dancer.

The filly was bred in Ontario by Gustav Schickedanz, and she was consigned by Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency, agent.

Schickedanz and Hill 'n' Dale were also responsible for the other half of the second-highest price, Hip 136, a Langfuhr colt named Langstaff Road who sold to Derek Chin.

Langstaff Road is out of the stakes-placed City Zip mare Sweet Bama Breeze, whose four foals to race are all winners. He is a half-brother to stakes winner Will She and stakes-placed Sweet Grass Creek, and he is a full-sibling to stakes-placed Sweet Crimson and winner Wandofuhr.

To view the auction's full results, click here.

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‘Never Be Another One Like Him’: Pink Lloyd Could Surpass $2 Million Mark In Vigil Stakes

Multiple graded stakes winner and 2017 Canadian Horse of the Year, eight-year-old Pink Lloyd, faces eight rivals in the $125,000 Vigil Stakes (Grade 3), Saturday at Woodbine.

Sovereign Award winner and 22-time stakes champion Pink Lloyd chases another stakes crown in a race he has owned the past three years. Trained by Robert Tiller for Entourage Stable, the eight-year-old gelded son of Old Forester goes after his fourth consecutive Vigil score.

The chestnut, bred by John Carey, has rhymed off a perfect three straight victories this season, his latest tour de force coming in the Bold Venture (G3) on August 15.

Pink Lloyd launched his current campaign with a triumph in the Jacques Cartier (G3) on June 25. That was followed by a win in the Shepperton Stakes on July 23.

Riding a nine-race win streak, the Ontario-bred could go double platinum in earnings with a first or second-place finish in the Vigil.

Tiller, who would love to see Pink Lloyd reach the $2 million (CDN) mark in career purse earnings this Saturday, is keeping his focus strictly on the race itself.

“I try not to think about things like that,” said the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee. “I've reached the point where if I start thinking about winning another race with him, or any other accomplishment… we just try to keep carrying on and what will be will be. Thank God I have enough horses in the barn to keep my mind occupied. Winning another race with Pink Lloyd… we just try to our best with him. If we win, I'm thrilled, obviously. But I try to stay as grounded and focused as possible.”

Admittedly, it's not always an easy task.

But watching the multiple stakes champion make his way to the winner's circle is a scene that never gets old for Tiller.

“They'll never be another one like him, and they'll never be another one close to him. I'm always trying to come up with a new phrase or new way to talk about him. It's hard, but I'll think of something soon. He's just a phenomenal animal and athlete. He's amazingly perfect. The more he wins, the more you realize that.”

As does everyone who works with Tiller.

“The groom, the exercise rider, the hotwalkers – everybody loves him. No question. We're all very much in love with him.”

Win or lose this weekend, Pink Lloyd isn't ready to hang up his horseshoes for now.

“The party, it's still on,” said Tiller.

Trainer Mark Casse sends out the trio of Blind Ambition, Not So Quiet, and Olympic Runner. A four-year-old son of Gio Ponti, Olympic Runner finished second, just a neck back of Pink Lloyd in the Bold Venture.

Multiple stakes placed Silent Jimmie, bred, owned, and trained by Paul Buttigieg, was second to Pink Lloyd in the Shepperton.

Trainer Barb Minshall won three straight editions of the Vigil, two with Kiridashi (1996-97) and the other with Sea Wall (1995).

Post times for the Thoroughbred racing programs on Friday, Sept. 4, and Saturday, Sept. 5 at Woodbine Racetrack have been shifted earlier to 12:50 p.m. ET. Sunday's first race post time will remain unchanged (1 p.m. ET).

The Vigil is slated as race nine on Saturday's 11-race card. First post time is 12:50 p.m. Fans can watch and wager on all the action via HPIBet.com.

FIELD FOR THE GRADE 3 VIGIL STAKES
POST – HORSE – JOCKEY – TRAINER
1 – Silent Jimmie – Daisuke Fukumoto – Paul Buttigieg

2 – City Boy – Davy Moran – Mike Keogh

3 – Not So Quiet – Emma-Jayne Wilson – Mark Casse

4 – Malibu Secret – Sahin Cavici – Martin Drexler

5 – Eskiminzin – Darryll Holland – Carlos Grant

6 – Olympic Runner – Kazushi Kimura – Mark Casse

7 – Pink Lloyd – Rafael Hernandez – Robert Tiller

8 – Blind Ambition – Patrick Husbands – Mark Casse

9 – Roaring Forties – Justin Stein – Daniel Vella

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Queen’s Plate Post Position Draw Will Be Livestreamed Sept. 9

Woodbine Entertainment has announced that the post position draw for the 161st running of the $1 million Queen's Plate, first jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown, will be presented online via a live stream on Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 10 a.m.

Racing analyst Jason Portuondo will host the virtual production live from Woodbine Racetrack and will be joined by Jim Lawson, President and CEO of Woodbine Entertainment.

The traditional Queen's Plate post position draw format will be conducted with a draw to decide the order in which connections will select their posts. Following physical distancing protocols, one representative for each horse will be present to make their post position selection and take part in a brief interview with Portuondo.

Live streaming will be available on Woodbine's website at Woodbine.com and Facebook page.

The field is starting to take shape with 16 probable contenders on target for this year's Queen's Plate, which was originally scheduled for June 27 prior to COVID-19 postponements and will now be contested on Saturday, Sept. 12.

Clayton stamped himself as one of the early favourites for the million-dollar Canadian classic when he won the Plate Trial on August 15 at Woodbine, the traditional 1-1/8-mile prep, for trainer Kevin Attard. The Bodemeister-Smarthalf colt is three-for-four in his career and has earned just over $200,000 for owners Donato Lanni and Daniel Plouffe.

A pair of fillies will be looking to tackle the boys in this year's edition, including the Kevin Attard-trained multiple stakes placed Merveilleux, who closed well through traffic to hit the board last time out in the Woodbine Oaks presented by Budweiser for owners Al and Bill Ulwelling.

Oaks champion Curlin's Voyage wowed in winning the $500,000 first leg of the Triple Tiara and is now being pointed to the Plate by Canadian Hall of Fame trainer Josie Carroll, a two-time winner of the race who campaigned one of the three fillies in the past decade to achieve the Oaks-Plate double (Inglorious, 2011).

Following her Sovereign Award-winning two-year-old campaign, Curlin's Voyage was a runner-up in the Star Shoot Stakes before earning back-to-back wins in the Fury Stakes and Oaks. The latter was an impressive 1-3/4 length victory over 1-1/8 miles and boosted her bankroll to nearly $665,000 for Hill 'n' Dale Holdings and Windsor Boys Racing. The Curlin-Atlantic Voyage filly now sports a career record reading 5-2-1 from nine starts.

The winner's ledger for the Queen's Plate includes a total of 37 fillies, including nine since 1956 when the race was first run at the new Woodbine.

Lawrence Cordes' Dramedy colt Mighty Heart is another probable starter from the Carroll barn.

A close runner-up in the Plate Trial following his July 4 victory in the Queenston Stakes, Halo Again is a top contender for American Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, whose first attempt at the OLG Canadian Triple Crown last year awarded him two-thirds of the prize as Tone Broke won the Prince of Wales and Breeders' Stakes following a third-place finish in the opening leg.

Halo Again, a son of Speightstown out of Halo's Verse, has won half of his six career starts while banking $287,732 for owners Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis Horton Racing.

He will attempt to become the first horse in 44 years (Norcliffe, 1976) to complete the Coronation Futurity and Queen's Plate double.

Asmussen, who counts the famed Curlin among his list of stars, became the all-time leading trainer at Churchill Downs earlier this season and is approaching 9,000 career wins.

Canadian Hall of Fame horseman Sid Attard will be vying for his first Queen's Plate victory with a pair of contenders, including Norseman Racing Stable's Dotted Line and JMJ Racing Stables' Olliemyboy. The former Signature Red-Springledge colt was a two-time juvenile stakes winner and mostly recently posted third-place finishes in both the Grade 3 Marine, finishing 4-1/4 lengths behind the Preakness-bound Shirl's Speight, and Plate Trial, just a half-length behind Clayton and Halo Again.

Trained by two-time Queen's Plate-winning conditioner Daniel Vella, the lightly raced Conquest Curlinate gelding Sweepin Hard is expected to join the battle for top prize as a supplement following a maiden-breaking victory in mid-August over 1-1/8 miles on the main track for Borders Racing Stable.

At age 26, up-and-coming trainer Santino DiPaola is looking forward to making his Queen's Plate debut with Enchant Me, a maiden Magician-Me Love colt owned by York Tech Racing Stable.

Other probable starters include Famished, F F Rocket, Glorious Tribute, Golden Wave, Holyfield, Tecumseh's War and Truebelieve.

Final entries are due through the entry box by 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9.

While this year's event will not be open to the public, Woodbine welcomes fans to experience The Queen's Plate safely from home with family and friends in their bubble while tuning into The Queen's Plate @ Home digital experience via Instagram @WoodbineTB and live television broadcast starting at 4:30 p.m. ET on TSN and CTV. Post time for the afternoon's first race will be 12:30 p.m., with the main event scheduled as Race 10 at approximately 5:41 p.m.

PROBABLE FIELD FOR THE 161ST RUNNING OF THE $1 MILLION QUEEN'S PLATE

Horse – Trainer – Owner(s)

Clayton – Kevin Attard – Donato Lanni & Daniel Plouffe

Curlin's Voyage (filly) – Josie Carroll – Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings & Windsor Boys Racing

Dotted Line – Sid Attard – Norseman Racing Stable

Enchant Me – Santino DiPaola – York Tech Racing Stable

Famished – John Kimmel – Tobey L. Morton

F F Rocket – Keith Dickey – Frank Fletcher Racing Operations

Glorious Tribute – Barbara Minshall – Bruce Lunsford

Golden Wave – Michael De Paulo – Mickey Demers

Halo Again – Steven Asmussen – Winchell Thoroughbreds & Willis Horton Racing

Holyfield – Catherine Day Phillips – Kingfield Racing Stable, Roderick Ferguson & Anderson Farms Ontario

Merveilleux (filly) – Kevin Attard – Al and Bill Ulwelling

Mighty Heart – Josie Carroll – Lawrence Cordes

Olliemyboy – Sid Attard – JMJ Racing Stables

Sweepin Hard (supplement) – Daniel Vella – Borders Racing Stable

Tecumseh's War – Catherine Day Phillips – Ilium Stables

Truebelieve – Cole Bennett – Centennial Farms (Niagara)

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