September 8 (UPI) – So what did they tell us about a Labor Day horse racing weekend that included the Kentucky Derby and other major races?
We learned that coach Brad Cox had a heavy blow to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff with Shedaresthedevil, 3, and Monomoy Girl, 5, both weekend winners at Churchill Downs.
Some owners and coaches have learned that Kentucky Downs presented much more cash than some of the most prominent tracks.
And internationally, we didn’t really want to know that Enable has a valid chance of winning his third arc, however, it was great to see a brilliant victory, a little more than paid training, on Saturday at Kempton Field for all weather.
Absorb the lessons, then move on and everything about it.
Although Authentic beat the favorite, Tiz the Law, right in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, it would be unruly to tell the latter for the rest of the season.
The Constitution colt had run at Churchill Downs once before, suffering his loss, and Master Barclay Tagg said he simply hadn’t controlled the track on Saturday.
“The sportsman said that when he had to pass and run, he would swim on that track,” Tagg said the day after the race.
“He just does not like the track. You can see it in the stretch. It looked like he passing to pass on and win easily. . . . If you need to make an excuse, that is probably an excuse. I do not know, I do not know. “
Tiz the Law also worked with 4 weeks off after winning the 1 1/4 mile Travers Stakes.
In the last 8 months, his departures had been spaced more than 8 weeks apart, which he can argue against him from the Preakness Stakes on October 3, the final stage of this year’s Triple Crown.
“Well, I don’t need to put too much that in the paper, ” said Tagg. “I just have to see how he’s doing, that’s all. “
The Derby is not the only race of the weekend that has implications for the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic on November 7 at Keeneland.
By My Standards surpassed a slow speed at the start to start in Friday’s Class II Alysheba stretch race at Churchill Downs, winning in 1 3/4 lengths over Owendale in 1:42. 24.
Silver Dust third, McKinzie fourth with Gabriel Saez, By My Standards ran second, advanced in the stretch and was not disturbed after that. He had won three consecutive races in New Orleans before a couple of Stephen Foster Grade II finalists at Churchill Downs and Whitney Grade I in Saratoga.
“Today, Gabe took him on alert and put him in a smart position. That’s the key,” winning coach Brett Calhoun said. “We’re definitely headed for the Classic Breeders’Cup. “
Country playing in the ranks of 3-year-olds here – Godolphin’s Ghostzapper colt, Mystic Guide, jumped to win $ 150,000 Jim Dandy Saturday in Saratoga.
With José Ortiz in place, Mystic Guide recovered from the end to the end of the back leg, crossed between horses and kept Liveyourbeastlife 3/4 long.
On Monday, Federico Tesio Stakes at Laurel Park in Maryland was a “victory and you are” for the Preakness. Happy Saver, a son of Super Saver, won this year’s edition, remaining undefeated after 3 openings and teacher Todd Pletcher said the Preakness was a imaginable target for the colt, one of the Wertheimer family.
Since 3-year-olds are suddenly not as impressive as they did before the Kentucky Derby, the focus is on older horses, adding those vying for Saturday’s $500,000 Woodward Class I handicap in Saratoga.
Only five were on the field, and Global Campaign took full advantage, which led to a 1,3/4-length win over the odds favorite, Tacitus, who had each and every chance, but may simply not find the necessary overdue kick.
Prioritize, Spinoff and Math Wizard finished the final order as the Global Campaign received the house in 2:01. 40 for Luis Saez.
Global Campaign, a 4-year-old Curlin colt, subsidized a Monmouth Grade III Cup victory in its final start and is now 3 out of 4 this season, improving further.
“I’m more than satisfied, ” said Global Campaign master Sanley Hough. He beat a horse. We’re all excited. It’s a wonderful victory. That’s the goal of the game. You’re looking to expand horses that will continue and be a parent and I think it will. “
The $1. 25 million Category I Kentucky Oaks were announced as a showdown between Gamine and Swiss Skydiver, one of the division’s most promising talents, the other a well-proven one.
But after the two men clashed to submit, Shedaresthedevil advanced in the stretch to win through 1 1/2 lengths. Swiss paratrooper moment and Gamine a well-beaten third.
Winning owner Stanton Flurry of Hot Springs, Ark. , who parked cars at Oaklawn Park in his youth, said the Breeders’ Cup seemed like a big target, but that next spring’s Apple Blossom on his home circuit is even better for him.
“Absolutely, absolutely. For me, winning at Hot Springs in Oaklawn is the sensible thing on the wish list,” Flurry said. “It’s up there, so Array . . . I hope we can give her some time and bring her back, run a couple of races there. I think there’s a Bayakoa there. There’s even the Apple Blossom. “
A career earlier, Monomoy Girl returned after a one-year absence with a dominant $500,000 La Troienne Class I victory at Churchill Downs.
Mare Tapizar, 5, was slowly a step away from the outside door, was slightly glued to the curve of the clubhouse and well to the pair of heads on the back leg.
Monomoy Girl finished first out of 8 runs in 2018, was disqualified for the time being in one, among the victories were Kentucky Oaks and Breeders’ Cup Distaff.
He was then out of action for a year due to a variety of problems. He continued where he left off this year, with three direct victories.
“She’s special. Once in a lifetime, to be fair to you,” Coach Brad Cox said. “I am very grateful to the owners. They may have simply unplugged the plug and lifted or sold it.
The virtual era sometimes came when stretching in Saturday’s $1 million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic at Churchill Downs, sold out the speed of Factor This and gained 3/4 duration over the opponent.
Rockemperor and Sacred Life came here later, giving coach Chad Brown a 1-3-4 result. Digital Age, a 4-year-old Irish colt through Invincible Spirit, scored 1 1/8 miles on the company’s land in 1:47. 79 with Javier. Spanish on horseback. The foal got his first victory in the putt.
“He had a wonderful trip, ” said Brown’s assistant Whit Beckman. “I think Chad discussed racing tactics with riders and everyone knows what they’re doing to get to this place.
The 3-year-olds took their turn at the $500,000 American Turf Stakes tournament on Saturday. Fancy Liquor recovered among his rivals in the final stretch, took the lead in the middle of the track and won in 1/2 duration over Taishan, who came here. from afar in his first race on the lawn.
Field Pass troisième. et favorite, Smooth Like Strait, passed tired due to finishing fourth. Fancy Liquor, a Lookin at Lucky colt, reported on 1:42. 83 with Florent Geroux in the irons for coach Mike Maker. He has won two of them in the last 3 openings, most commonly at the head.
“I have nothing, ” said Geroux about Fancy Liquor’s peculiar journey. “For some reason, I couldn’t stay any closer. I didn’t need to rush it. I felt the speed was pretty fast, so I just gave him a smart break and when it came time to go, it was very brave to the end. “
A couple of German men arrived at the house 1-2 on the $300,000 One Dreamer Stakes on Monday at Kentucky Downs. Dalika, a 4-year-old Pastorius filly, pressed the pace early, then took the lead with a metre remaining and held on to win for 1 duration over Madita.
Civil Union maintained speed at Saturday’s $200,000 Glens Falls Catepassry II for Saratoga grassy pes and mares, hit the front with a 16 pass and held on for a one-body victory.
My favorite sister Nat got a little in front of race leader Beau Belle to get the second one. Civil Union, a 5-year-old war front mare, trained through Shug McGaughey and mounted through Joel Rosario, ran 1 3/8 miles on the company’s lawn at 2:19. 80.
It is his third consecutive victory as he made progress for the first time in a graduate society.
Raymundos Secret led John C’s $150,000. Mabee Stakes Class II on Saturday at Del Mar, then held on to win through a neck over the pressed Lady Prancealot. Catch the Eye came in third place.
Raymundo’s Secret, a 4-year-old Treasure Beach filly, ran 1 1/8 miles on the company’s lawn at 1:48. 60. Flavien Prat toured coach Phil d’Amato. The winner now has wins in seven runs and Prat won 4 winners on Sea Day.
Beau Recall, eight-on-one, exploded by beating his favorite newspaper in half of the $5000,000 Longines Churchill Downs Distaff Turf Mile on Saturday and ran to win through 1 1/2 lengths.
Newspaperofrecord took a position so far as his promising winning streak ended in two. Signare is third.
“I was hoping someone would happen to her, ” said Franco. ” I stayed behind, let her feel comfortable and waited for her to take off. When I transparently in the middle of the track, he just made it. “
Franco also had the winning solution aboard Sharing, which maintained speed with Friday’s $300,000 Grade II Edgewood for 3-year-olds at Churchill Downs, took the lead in returning to the house and was not rejected in the stretch, winning in 1 1/4 in length. about Hendy Woods.
Lucky Betty was third while Sharing, a potra from Speightstown, ran 1 mile on a smart turf at 1:36. 87. Sharing, trained through Graham Motion, was making its first start since it completed the moment when the brilliant Alpine Star in Group 1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.
“She put me in a position where I sought to pass and after that, she knew how to do the right thing. It’s very professional,” Franco said.
On Sunday at Del Mar, Pixelate maintained speed in the $200,000 Grade II Dervia Del Mar, then advanced strides through the last yards to defeat Margot’s Boy with a headbutt.
Dominant Soul, with a 50-1 chance, led in a deep stretch and finished third, some another 1 1/4 bodies later. Pixelate, a Godolphin colt through City Zip, covered 1 1/8 miles on the farm at 1:50. 25 with Umberto Rispoli, at the Kent Stakes Grade III in Delaware Park on his last outing.
Ivar led and controlled to keep the show’s cash. Flavius, a breed of Juddmonte Farms, is a 5-year-old son of War Front of the dynaformer Starformer mare. He raced in Ireland earlier in his career, claiming his third victory in seven runs completing in 1: 32. 21 with Javier Castellano.
“He came here to Churchill Downs last Monday [from Saratoga],” said assistant Brown Beckman. “I don’t know what the resolution is to come here, but you came here from Europe and maybe you’d like this kind of course. smart resolution. “
Diamond Oops had only one opponent defeated as he approached the turn at the $2, 5 and 000 Grade II Sprint TwinSpires Turf on Friday, a smart stage on a five-and-a-half-stage leaderboard.
But jockey Florent Geroux had covered it, advancing sharply down the lane, then darted into the seto to beat the favorite, Extravagant Kid, through a neck. Bound for Nowhere an expired scratch. Diamond Oops, a 5-year-old Lookin at Lucky Castrate, finished at 1:04. 18.
Diamond Oops wasn’t brilliant but, as Geroux pointed out, it was versatile. “It will run on any type of surface, any distance, from 6 stages to a mile,” the pilot said. “I have no idea what’s going to take place for him because he runs on the grass, runs down the ground, does everything. “
With Javier Castellano in place, the gray colt waited for the first leaders, overtook them on the stage and walked away to win by 1 3/4 lengths. The far shot Sonneman also passed quite a bit of time due to the final moment with Tap It to Win third. The one lap mile was in 1: 34. 41.
“We’re pretty pleased with what happened here,” Coach Michael McCarthy said of the resolve to bypass the Run for Roses. “I didn’t think it would have been proven enough in combat. I hope we have a glorious time part of the year. .
“I don’t know where we’re going from here. I know we now have a lot of features and a horse with a bright future. “
At Gulfstream Park on Saturday, Cool Arrow took Krsto Skye on leaps and bounds to win the $100,000 Grade III Smile Sprint Stakes 3/4 long.
He’s got three other bodies for Double Crown in the third. Cool Arrow, a 6-year-old Into Mischief castrated, finished 6 stages in a fast band in 1:08. 82 with Leonel Reyes on board.
This is his first attempt at a ranked corporate picket since reaching 10th place in the 2017 Grade II Risen Star at the fairgrounds. Ascending in elegance recently, he now has 3 consecutive victories.
Bell is in fact the one who won a $500,000 In Class I Derthrough City Distaff on Saturday at Churchill Downs, chasing the favorite, Serengeti Empress, to win with a headbutt on the wire.
“I think they gave it to us,” Pessin said of Serengeti Empress, the winner of Kentucky Oaks in 2019. “She came back to us . . . We were expecting a dead end. “
Pessin said he was expecting fast speed and when he saw the first quarter mile pass by 21. 95, “I didn’t know if that was fast enough. But it was, through ‘so much’. I think we’re passing by to go straight to the Breeders’ Cup from here. “
Sconsin exploded through the leaders of the duel, Mundaye Call and Four Graces, and left them in the dust at the end of the $300,000 of 8 Category II Belles on Friday for 3-year-olds.
Sconsin, an Include foal, ran 7 stages on the Churchill Downs fast track in 1:21. 30. Four Graces retained the position for the time being with Never Forget in third and Mundaye Call disappearing to finish in fourth.
Sconsin well beaten through Four Graces, two races back and By Mundaye Call last time. This time, those two first came in and eliminated each other. “That’s what we’re looking for perfectly,” winning coach Greg Foley said. “We needed that rhythm. “
At Saratoga, Frank’s Rockette was the first leader of Saturday’s $200,000 Grade II Priory for 3-year-olds, took the lead off the corner and walked away to beat 2 1/2 Reagan’s Edge corps.
On Sunday at the Spa, Come Dancing chased Lady’s Island to win the honorable Grade II Miss Handicap of $150,000 3/4 in length.
He still has two bodies and three-quarters of the blame in third place. Come Dancing, a 6-year-old Malibu Moon mare, ran 6 stages in 1:08. 74 with a maximum weight of 122 pounds, adding Irad Ortiz Jr.
Last year, she scored 4 staggered victories, adding the Grade I Dancer, before reaching sixth place in the Breeders’ Cup Filly
Labor Day races produced some contestants for the Breeders’ Youth Cup and Kentucky Derby 147, one in Del Mar and the other in Saratoga.
Jackie’s Warrior couldn’t have been more impressive by winning the Grade I Runhappy Hopeful at $250,000 in Saratoga, repeating her victory in the previous Grade II Saratoga Special in the competition.
The Maclean’s Music colt came out of the door like a pro, led everyone and won through 2 1/4 bodies, well wrapped through jockey Joel Rosario in the final steps.
The favorite, Reinvestment Risk, moment and Mutasaabeq 3rd, while Jackie’s Warrior ran 7 stages on a fast track in 1:21. 29. Jackie’s Warrior, formed through Steve Asmussen, now has 3 out of 3 wins across padded margins.
I was hoping it would move on to Champagne [October 10 at Belmont Park] and the Breeders’ Cup from there, but one race at a time. We don’t need to get too far ahead. “
Meanwhile, in the west: Dr. Schivel followed the speed of three widths in grade I of $250,000, Happy Run Del Mar Futurity, wrestled with the favorite, Spielberg, and then left him behind, winning in 1 3/4 bodies.
Weston in the first combination settled for third place, still at 3 3/4 bodies behind. Dr. Schivel, a Violence colt, ran 7 stages on a fast track in 1:24. 16 with Flavien Prat on horseback for master Luis Mendez.
Dr. Schivel sold privately before the race and will be moved to Mark Glatt’s barn for his new owners, Jed Cohen and his son, Tim.
“I am very proud of myself and the team for what we did to win this race,” said Mendez. “Now I thank the homeowners for giving me this horse and I have to move the house over and start raising young children for them. “
Perhaps Coach Dale Romans, in spite of everything, has his Kentucky Derby winner. The Louisville native, who grew up in the shadow of the Twin Spires, did not win the Rose Race and would love to.
The Iroqueses are a ‘victory and you’ for the Breeders’ Youth Cup and an early qualifying race for the 2021 Kentucky Derby, which we all hope will take place on the first Saturday of May.
“I think I know the way to Keeneland,” Romans said on the online page for this year’s Breeders’ Cup. And, before Derby 147, he added: “Let’s close bankruptcy 2020 and move on. I think everyone can agree on that. “
On Friday at Saratoga, Thin White Duke rallied from the penultimate of the seven to win the $ 150,000 Funny Cide Stakes for New York 2-year-olds through 1/2 duration over the favorite, Eagle Orb.
Thin White Duke, a Dominus castrated horse trained through Phil Gleaves, achieved his first victory after two-thirds and two seconds. Gleaves said it’s “a practical horse” on both grass and dirt.
And on Friday in Del Mar, Good With People took the lead in I’m Smokin Stakes for young people raised in California and remained to win for 1/2 duration as a favorite odds.
Tacoflavoredkisses and Pappy Boyington finished the final order. Good With People, a Curlin filly Peter Miller, now has two wins and a moment in three openings.
Attorney Tom, fired with a 44-1 probability, took the lead for the $500,000 more runway than a youth loan Monday at Kentucky Downs and held back to win for 1/2 duration from Pivotal Mission.
“Tyler drove it perfectly. Third row saved. I’m excited,” said Michael Ann Ewing, barrister Tom’s manager-owner. He said lawyer Tom could compete in the Grade II Bourbon in Keeneland on October 4 “but I hope we can move on to the Breeders’ Cup. “
Big Fish stored flat at the $1000,000 Del Mar Juvenile Turf on Monday, worked ahead among the horses to take the lead and resisted a fight to win in 1 length.
Second Ebeko, with Ambivalent, Get Her and Cotopaxi all in some other length. Big Fish, a Castrated through Mr. Big, ran 1 mile on company ground in 1:38. 21 with Victor Espinoza. Trained through David Hoffmans, he arrived here in Kentucky after breaking up his young daughter in Del Mar on August 21.
Just a day after winning the Kentucky Derby, Baffert on her way to the 2021 Classics when Princess Noor made a tough start and scored 6 1/2 on the $250,000 Del Mar rookie on Sunday.
The filly Not This Time broke in at first, prompting a chain reaction from the crashing cars that My Girl Red stopped. The commissioners took a look and made no changes. Princess Noor stepped forward to 2 by 2 after completing 7 stages on a fast track in 1:23. 15.
Esplanade took the lead and finished second, 1 1/2 bodies ahead of Lady Lilly. The favorite of the same price, Beautiful Memories, stopped early and let go. Vequist, a nyquist filly, ran seven stages on a fast track in 1:22. 29.
Vequist was the moment in her only start on July 29 at Parx Racing, but master Robert Reid Jr. said: “We knew she was a smart horse. I was going to look for longer things along the way. I didn’t expect it, to get a grade I with a girl, but I knew distance wasn’t a problem. “
On Friday in Saratoga, Samborella opened a massive lead in the $150,000 Seeking the Ante Stakes for two-year-olds raised by the state, then remained to win in two bodies.
The favorite, Make Mischief, finished second, nine bodies ahead of his nearest enemy. Amborella, an Outwork colt trained through Jeremiah Englehart, joined the winning ranks after completing third place in his professional debut in July at the Spa.
Lawn for juvenile potras
In the Kentucky Downs, Plum Ali survived a complicated start at Monday’s Mint Juvenile Fillies Stakes bets, stored on the floor in the middle of the package, then took full credit for the long stretch of the singles court to win 2 3/4. .
Final moment flown with Oliviaofthedesert and Cecile’s Chapter, present. Plum Ali, a filly of the First Samurai trained through Christophe Clement, ran 1 mile on the company’s lawn in 1:35. 74 with Tyler Gaffalione on the irons.
Madonna stumbled at the beginning of the $100,000 Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf lawn on Sunday, then fell into the box in the sequence. Passing in-house to the leaders, he arranged a rally that led home first halfway over the short- experienced leader Nimbostratus.
He then relegated to third place through sports commissioners for interfering with his rival Ivy League near pole 16. Madonna, a woman from Vancouver, ran 1 mile on the company’s grass in 1:39. 09 with Flavien Prat on horseback. 2 for coach Simon Callaghan with the next two victories to face Del Mar.
He did not have the most productive start in Saturday’s bets on Kempton’s all-weather surface, however, once Frankie Dettori introduced his beloved Enable, none of the other five had a chance to stay with her.
In the end, she 7 bodies ahead of Kirstenbosh, whose connections can never say they had the jump in Enable, for about 1 furlong. The Prince of Arran finished third in what coach Charlie Fellowes fortunately admitted a tennis for another swing in the Melbourne Cup. .
Enable also took advantage of the 2018 race to prepare for his moment of victory in Arc after missing the first two-thirds of the season.
The Persian king organized an exhibition on Sunday from the Longchamp Mill Prize Group 1.
After chasing and getting rid of Queen Anne Stakes winner Circus Maximus, kingman’s 4-year-old colt opened a huge lead with a hundred yards to run and even a desperate race through Prix winner Jean Prat, Pinatubo, not enough to reach it. He.
The final margin 1 3/4 durations with Circus Maximus six durations further back, 1 duration ahead of Irish winner Guineas Siskin.
It turns out that the complicated 2019-20 season just ended a few days ago, however, the 2020-2021 crusade, however, Sunday in Sha Tin with eyes already set on the organization 1 costs 3 months later.
Perfect Match extended its running mark to 8 wins from 16 openings until winning the HKSAR CEO Cup, which stood out through a convincing 1 1/2 race.
The victory also raised his score to 103, further unifying his score for the Longines Hong Kong Sprint Group 1 in December.
“I’m aiming towards December,” coach Danny Shum said of the neutered Not A Single Doubt, who has taken over well-known amounts such as Champions Way, Beauty Legacy and Fat Turtle. “It will pass to Hong Kong Pique. “
The Premiership rider’s career got off to a smart start with Joao Moreira winning three races and Zac Purton winning two.
“We probably had the most productive start we can expect for the new season – incredible results,” said Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, CEO of HKJC. “I can only tell all the members of our team, that this season on the Road has been hard work, many plans and many things in the scenes. “
Pink Lloyd did it again. On Saturday at Woodbine, the Canadian champion claimed his fourth victory in 4 runs this year and the 26th of 31 for life, winning the $125,000 (Canadian) Vigil Stakes for 1 duration at Olympic Runner.
With Rafael Hernandez riding, the castrated 8-year-old Old Forester recovered from the nine-horse midfield and did his thing, completing 6 stages in 1:08. 06, without his own 0. 01-second runway.
“He is so expensive to my heart. We’ve got a lot on it,” Coach Robert Tiller said. “He’s going to have two months off now and he deserves it. We’ll be back in the fall. “