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Year 19 • No. 22 Sunday, August 11, 2019
The aratoga
Saratoga’s Daily Racing Newspaper since 2001
Category Four ENTRIES & HANDICAPPING
GREEN LIGHT GO WINS SPECIAL
Got Stormy beats boys in Grade 1 CROWD CONVENES FOR GALWAY
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LICENSE PLATE OF THE DAY
TOGAGIRL, West Virginia.
NAMES OF THE DAY
Slip Sliding Away, third race. Jimmy Toner-trained filly is out
of Leading Astray.
Leeway, third race. As you may have learned, we are suck-
ers for one-word names and this one is a gem. Stone Farm’s
2-year-old is by Stroll, out of Dilly.
Highway Flyer, 10th race. WellSpring Stable’s colt is by Qual-
ity Road out of Aviate.
Cobble Hill, 10th race. The 3-year-old is by Verrazano out of
Relaxing Green. There is nothing like the shade of Cobble Hill,
Brooklyn.
TODAY’S CRAZY FACT
The Little League World Series uses video replay to review um-
pires’ calls.
WORTH REPEATING
“You told me that the Stable Tour would bring luck, now I’ve
got everything going.”
Tod Marks Trainer Carlos Martin, who hosted the
Inquiring Minds. Assistant trainer Miguel Clement and jockeys Irad Ortiz Jr. (center) and Jose Ortiz wait on a Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour last Saturday
decision after Friday’s fourth race. Miguel and Irad held on to the win. and won Friday’s Tale Of The Cat with Bon Raison
Hot Frosted
Frosted’s $850k filly at Saratoga is the highest price for a first-crop sire this year.
Only American Pharoah has had a higher priced first-crop
yearling at Saratoga in the past decade. Darley
Sunday, August 11, 2019 The Saratoga Special 3
Matthew J. Nielsen
Ed Kasperavich, CFA
Deborah Stackpole
here&there...at Saratoga
Managing Directors
Sports & Entertainment Group
WORTH REPEATING
mnielsen@stonecrestpartners.com “I feel the anvil lifted off my back.”
The Special’s Tom Law, when he hears someone on the staff
has finished a Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour each day
“That’s the name of the game.”
Your investment Clocker Dave Lynett, about picking winners
future starts “If I’m in there again, are there royalties involved?”
The ever-quotable Pat Reynolds (no)
here… Securities offered through Stonecrest Capital Markets, member
FINRA/SIPC Advisory services offered through Stonecrest Advisors, Inc. “It will be notes lost forever.”
Assistant trainer Sarah Shaffer when asked if her boss,
Mike Trombetta, could type out today’s Stable Tour
QUOTE OF THE DAY “I’m not crazy about that.”
Italian jockey Umberto Rispoli, visiting from Hong Kong and with agent Ron Anderson
“We’ve got one by Normandy Invasion and another by Saturday morning, when asked if he could be named on some steeplechase mounts
English Channel. We call one Churchill and one Ike.”
“More like you need cannons around here.”
Consignor Seth Gregory, about two of his yearlings in Trainer when someone suggested his barn needed a few more bullets
the New York-bred sale
“The last time we were here somebody made a comment that we run the horse too much. The
horse is healthy, he does better when he runs. Some horses run better when they run often,
some don’t.”
Empire State Thoroughbreds’ Peter Tournas on Friday’s Tale Of The Cat winner Bon Raison
“I have a feeling a few of them are going to look like that. It’s Saratoga.”
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Kent Barnes, Stallion Manager (859) 224-4585 Trainer Tom Amoss when it was suggested that Long Weekend would look even better
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$2.2 Million Yearling
in the paddock for Saturday’s Grade 2 Saratoga Special versus the shade of his stall
Sire of Seven
$100,000+ Earners
80% Won/Placed
ALBERTUS Four SWs including a G1 Winner
MAXIMUS By ALBERT THE GREAT
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Writers: Catherine Galbraith, Ben Gowans, Paul Halloran, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
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Blacktype Winners include Kentucky Oaks-G1 winner SERENGETI EMPRESS
$
5.2 Million
in Earnings
Over
83%
Won/Placed
NINE
Blacktype
Horses
Alternation
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Avg. Earnings
NA/Europe per Named Foal
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Jimmy Creed $
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ALTERNATION $
32,113
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Violence $
30,160
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Overanalyze $
28,685
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Point of Entry $
27,151
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Paynter $
26,066
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Poseidon’s Warrior $
25,551
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Flat Out $
23,668
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Justin Phillip $
21,306
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Orb $
20,224
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Animal Kingdom $
19,381
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Sunday, August 11, 2019 The Saratoga Special 5
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Saratoga Moments . . . WORTH REPEATING
“It’s a great complex and the vendors do a tremendous job. They see you coming though. It’s a
bit like if an American guy came down to look at my horses, I’d know what was going on, too.”
Australian buyer Shane McGrath of Aquis Farm,
“It was a hell of a sale when we sold (future 2-year-old which spent $1.5 million on a Curlin colt during the Saratoga select sale
champion) Vindication up here in 2001. We topped the
“I’m Bob or Robert, or Heyyou. I answer to ‘Hey you.’ ”
sale, Vindication went for ($2.15 million), we had another, Railbird Bob Agnello, introducing himself at Oklahoma last week
a Saint Ballado, that brought over a million. Back then, I
“We put it in some water and it turned into a regular-sized tuxedo.”
don’t think we knew. We knew we were in the hunt, but Jockey Rajiv Maragh, on the formal wear, accidentally
you don’t know it’s going to go like that, hell no. You’re ordered in toddler size, from Amazon for Friday night’s museum ball
worried as hell nobody’d buy them.” “I’m looking forward to getting confused if Pat Quick has an entry in tomorrow’s eighth race and
the trainer of Quick Quick Quick is someone else.”
– Duncan Taylor, Taylor Made Sales Reader Don Reed, who keeps us on our toes (we checked, no runners
from the Quick barn but probably plenty from quick barns, in the eighth)
Services for Carmen Barrera
Family and friends are invited to visitation for NYRA director of horsemen’s
relations Carmen Barrera from 5-9 p.m. today at William J. Burke & Sons Funeral
Home at 628 North Broadway in Saratoga Springs.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13 at St.
Thomas the Apostle Church, West Hempstead, N.Y. Burial will follow in the family
plot in the Cemetery of the Holy Rood in Westbury, N.Y.
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season to Mill Ridge Farm man’s oats, you’re going to stand in this man’s water.’ The best one was
stallion Oscar Performance. when Mr. Dreyfus came to the barn the first time, he was walking
Good luck to all, and
down the line, and Lasses is saying, ‘Every damn horse gotta go in
thanks for a great
first season
this ice water, ain’t a nothing a matter with him, still gotta go in
at stud. this ice water. If you don’t put him in this ice water, something
will be a matter with him.’ Mr. Dreyfus
said, ‘I don’t know how you do so good,
with this pirate ship you’re running.’ ”
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Sunday, August 11, 2019 The Saratoga Special 7
with Every day at Saratoga,
The Special presents
Mike Trombetta an exclusive Stable Tour
with a Saratoga trainer.
Mike Trombetta has come a long Somekindofmagician: Larry Johnson
way from his formative summer stints. purchased the son of Street Magician for
“My Saratoga was Timonium. $14,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Winter
Which is still fun but it’s not this Mixed Sale in 2016. The stakes-placed geld-
place. I can remember it as vividly and ing sleeps next to the tack room. “He’s run a
couple of times here, been third and fourth,
clearly, it’s been over 30 years, it’s an
probably run one more time, he’s just banging
indelible part of my memory,” Trom- around in the 35 never three condition.”
betta said. “I remember the people, I
remember the horses. I would be over Wet Your Whistle: Grade 1 winner fin-
there from 4 o’clock in the morning ished fourth in the Troy here. “Subsequently
until 6 o’clock at night. Every racing came out of it with a bit of a temperature. I
day. And we used to race 38, 39 days. don’t know if he caught a little virus after the
We had a lot of fun.” race or whether it caused him to maybe not be
The Maryland-based trainer has at his best. We’re going to leave him here for
gradually grown his stable from a a bit, if everything goes well, we’ll go to Ken-
tucky Downs in his next start, the $700,000
fledgling claiming outfit at the Mary-
Turf Sprint. It’s a better distance. Today was
land State Fair to the nine-stall barn Michael Trombetta Jr. his first day back to the track, he’s on the
in Horse Haven, a barn at Laurel Park Mike Trombetta’s barn sets the standard. mend and he should be fine. I was worried
and a booming engine room at Fair about the 5 ½ of the Troy, the turf was run-
Hill Training Center. This year, stakes winners Wet ning fast which wasn’t conducive to him, the way the numbers
Bossy Bride: Three Diamonds paid $135,000 for the daugh-
Your Whistle and Global Access anchor the string, ter of Malibu Moon at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling came back he probably ran his par. All that being said, now,
overseen by Trombetta’s assistant Sarah Shaffer. I’m wondering if him getting sick afterward had anything to do
Sale in 2017. She’s hit the board in three of six starts. “Ran in
Trombetta bedded down his first horses at Sara- a maiden race the other day, hope to run her back one more with his performance, because he was very unhappy a couple
toga about 12 years ago. Like any father, he tells time. Going to try her on the grass, I’m going to work her on of days later.”
time by his children’s growth chart rather than by the grass (Sunday). She was second at Laurel, fourth at Bel-
Remain Anonymous: The 2-year-old daughter of Tapiture
a calendar. mont and didn’t run quite as good here, she got outsprinted,
has been working steadily at Laurel Park. “She’s coming up
“These guys were in car seats. You’re 15, I’m which a lot of them do on this track.” today, been working pretty good at home, I’m going to enter
going to say 12, 13 years ago,” Trombetta said, her next week.”
pointing to his 15-year-old son Michael Jr. “It was Enjay’s Brass: Daughter of Shanghai Bobby owns three
a big move but it was cool. For the most part, each wins and finished third at Saratoga Friday. “Longest shot in Frosted Rose: Purchased for $17,000 at Fasig-Tipton Mid-
year, we were able to win a race. Nobody realizes the race. We thought she could run OK, a whole lot more so lantic Eastern Fall Yearling Sale in 2018, son of Oxbow won a
than the public and she did. Probably try her back at the end of
how hard it is to come up here and win until you’ve the meet. Michael bet her to place, my son Dominic bet her to restricted maiden race here Aug. 1. “Cute little horse, we’ve al-
done it. It can go by real quick and you get out of show, she paid 20 bucks.” ways liked him. He’s going to possibly run in the Skidmore. The
here and you haven’t won a race.” auction races give the B team a chance, right? For the owner
Trombetta has one win so far this year to go Our Little Jewel: Live Oak homebred made her debut at who wants to experience this and has a better investment than
what a claiming horse would be early, it gives them a chance. It
along with 55 wins nationwide. He shuttles hors- Saratoga Friday. “She was unplaced, but she needs further, was a great idea and I hope it stays around. Even with my small
es, depending on the condition book and the past she’s a two-turn type. Yesterday was her get-acquainted- stable, I’ll bring up three or four horses that can participate.
performances. to-how-racing-works race. She ran good, she was beaten 7 He could have run in Maryland or Colonial in maiden special
“I’ve been in this barn for the last six, seven lengths, she was steadied twice, she could have done better weights, he got a chance to come to Saratoga and win a race.
years. I’ve been different places but this is very com- with a cleaner trip. We’ll leave her here for a bit and see how All the years our family has been in it, we’ve only won a couple
fortable,” Trombetta said. “Some will stay up the she does, if she runs out of time here, we’ll certainly consider of races up here. To win a race here, it goes a long way. Lovely
whole meet, some will run once and go home, some Belmont, seven-eighths to a mile. She’s a sweetheart.” way of going. He’s only been here a short time but everybody
of them will run once, go home and come back. It knows who he is, you walk down the road and somebody will
Blessingsofliberty: Trombetta purchased her for $22,000 call him by name, I took him back and schooled him today, the
works good. I would like to do more but I don’t at Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern Fall Yearling Sale. “She’s one
gate guys knew who he was just walking back there.”
know if I can do more well. It’s hard to leave Fair of RDM Stable. Brought her up to run in an auction race on the
Hill. That’s where the staff is and it’s a great place turf, rained off, ran her anyway. Rider’s comments were she Global Access: Live Oak’s homebred stakes winner resides
to train.” needs turf. I said, ‘That was the original plan.’ She’s going to in the last stall in the barn and eyes visitors like he was expect-
He visited the nine stalls with The Special’s Sean hang out for a little bit longer and hope it doesn’t rain.” Continued On Page 9
Clancy Saturday morning.
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Stable Tour – A.G. VANDERBILT ALICIBIADES ARLINGTON MILLION AWESOME AGAIN
BELMONT DERBY BREEDERS’ CUP TURF BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC BREEDER
Continued from page 8
CUP FILLY AND MARE TURF DELAWARE HANDICAP DONN HANDICAP
ing them. “He was third in the Hall of Fame,
ran a good race. If he trains well, he’ll run DUBAI
back WORLD CUP FRIZETTE FOREGO FRANK KILROE MILE GARDEN CITY
in the Saranac on the 31st. John (Velazquez)
GRAND NATIONAL HURDLE HASKELL INVITATIONAL HOLLYWOOD TURF CUP
got along with him OK, he’s a little hard to ride.
After the race, I could sense he would have
done it a little bit differently, he would proba- IROQUOIS HURDLE JOE HIRSCH TURF CLASSIC KENTUCKY DERBY
bly have just let him run on a bit more instead
of getting him tucked in and snugged down. KING’S BISHOP LONESOME GLORY HURDLE MAKER’S 46 MILE MANHATTAN
He pulls on you, he wants to go on. You can
cover him up if they’re really speeding, but if MAN O’ WAR MATRIARCH METROPOLITAN MILE NEARCTIC STAKES
you cover him up and they slow him down,
he’s right up on their heels, then he wears you PRIORESS QUEEN ELIZABETH II SHADWELL TURF MILE SPINAWAY
out, he drags you into the action. If he had a
do-over, he would have let him run on SPINSTERa little SWORD DANCER TEST UNITED NATIONS VANITY HANDICAP WHI
bit, I think, and let him get some of his energy
out of him. There’s no way to practice NEY that, HANDICAP WOOD MEMORIAL A.G. VANDERBILT ALICIBIADES ARLINGTO
even if he came over here and breezed him, he
had to ride him in a race. The Saranac gives MILLION AWESOME AGAIN BELMONT DERBY BREEDERS’ CUP TURF
him an extra sixteenth of a mile. He’s always
been a little bit of a heavy-headed horse BREEDERS’
to CUP CLASSIC BREEDERS’ CUP FILLY AND MARE TURF DELAWAR
ride, some of his races have been good but
they would have been better if he would HANDICAP
have
Winning when it matters.
DONN HANDICAP DUBAI WORLD CUP FLORIDA DERBY FRIZETT
cooperated a little more.”
FOREGO FRANK KILROE MILE
Fair Hill Equine GARDEN
Therapy CITY GRAND NATIONAL HURDLE
Center horses
English Minister. Fitzhugh veteran home-
bred is in Maryland and has won three inHASKELL INVITATIONAL HOLLYWOOD
row. “I’m going to run him in the Find next
a
include 64 individualTURF Grade CUP IROQUOIS HURDLE JOE
1 winners
week (at Laurel). I talked to the owners and HIRSCH TURF CLASSIC KENTUCKY DERBY KING’S BISHOP LONESOME
suggested that he retires at the end of this
and the winners of 99 Grade 1 races.
season. I’m going to protect him and giveGLORY him HURDLE MAKER’S 46 MILE MANHATTAN MAN O’ WAR MATRIARCH
METROPOLITAN MILE Just some of the races they’ve won… QUEEN ELIZABETH II
a good retirement. I was going to bring him up
here for 50 but they would take him, so I didn’t NEARCTIC STAKES PRIORESS
do it. That’s the only reason he’s not here, he
loves this track. He was having a hard time SHADWELL TURF MILE SPINAWAY SPINSTER SWORD DANCER TEST
winning, he was grinding out enough mon-
ey to pay his bills but he wasn’t gettingUNITED the NATIONS VANITY HANDICAP WHITNEY HANDICAP WOOD MEMORIAL
wins, some of it was because I was trying to
protect him because everybody is so fond of A.G. VANDERBILT ALICIBIADES ARLINGTON MILLION AWESOME AGAIN
him. This year, I took a little different path, he’s
BELMONT DERBY BREEDERS’ CUP TURF BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC BREEDER
been really fresh, really good. For a 9-year-old,
he’s a really happy horse. He lasts because he
gets the winter off every year, he goes out in a CUP FILLY AND MARE TURF DELAWARE HANDICAP DONN HANDICAP
field for three months. I usually get him back
February 1. As soon as his last day of racing DUBAI WORLD CUP FLORIDA DERBY FRIZETTE FOREGO FRANK
or training at the end of the year, I’m not sure
he even goes in the barn, he goes KILROE straight MILE GARDEN CITY GRAND NATIONAL HURDLE HASKELL INVITATIO
outside. You don’t have to let him down, you
don’t have to worry about him running into a AL HOLLYWOOD TURF CUP IROQUOIS HURDLE JOE HIRSCH TURF
fence, it’s the way you should treat a horse.
They’re old-fashioned, when you say turn out CLASSIC KENTUCKY DERBY KING’S BISHOP LONESOME GLORY HURDLE
a horse, they’re turned out.”
MAKER’S 46 MILE MANHATTAN MAN O’ WAR MATRIARCH METROPOLITAN
Monte Crista: Country Life Farm purchased MILE NEARCTIC STAKES PRIORESS QUEEN ELIZABETH II SHADWELL TURF
the Maryland-bred for $30,000 from the
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2017 2-year-old sale.
Winner of the Riskaverse here last summer,
MILE SPINAWAY SPINSTER SWORD DANCER TEST UNITED NATIONS
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy | AquaPacer | Cold Saltwater Spa | Dry Salt Room | Vibration Therapy | Training Center
she’ll stick to Maryland. “She’s going to run
in the All Brandy. Maryland Pride Day is taking
VANITY HANDICAP WHITNEY HANDICAP WOOD MEMORIAL A.G. VANDER-
some of my runners out of here. I have BILT Bo- 721 Training Center Drive, Elkton, Maryland 21921
nus Points and English Minister for the Find. I
ALICIBIADES ARLINGTON MILLION
Phone: 610-496-5080 AWESOME AGAIN BELMONT DER-
www.fairhilletc.com
have Monte Crista and My Sistersledge forBY the BREEDERS’ CUP TURF BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC BREEDERS’ CUP FILLY
All Brandy, pretty solid in those two races. If
they train well, I have Sky Magician andAND Never MARE TURF DELAWARE HANDICAP DONN HANDICAP DUBAI WORLD CU
Enough Time for the 3-year-old sprints.”
FLORIDA DERBY FRIZETTE FOREGO FRANK KILROE MILE GARDEN CITY
Sunday, August 11, 2019 GRAND NATIONAL HURDLE The Saratoga SHASKELL
pecial
INVITATIONAL HOLLYWOOD TURF 9 CUP
FOURSTARDAVE STAKES RECAP
Got a
Week?
On heels of De La Rose,
filly beats boys in Gr. 1
BY SEAN CLANCY
Gary Barber called Mark Casse Monday, two
days after Got Stormy won the De La Rose and two
days before entries closed for the Grade 1 Fourstar-
dave.
“She left half her feed,” Casse said.
“Did you feed her twice as much?” Barber asked.
That was just one of many exchanges between
owner and trainer during a tense seven days be-
tween Got Stormy’s facile win as the favorite in
the restricted stakes and the audacious challenge of Tod Marks
Continued On Page 12 Got Stormy pulls away from Raging Bull in the Fourstardave.
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Sunday, August 11, 2019 The Saratoga Special 11Fourstardave – eighth pole. Made You Look offered
nothing and Got Stormy sprinted
home, widening with every stride to
Continued from page 10 win by 2 ½ lengths over the closing
trio of Raging Bull, Uni and March
coming back in seven days to take on To The Arch. Got Stormy stopped the
the boys in the $500,000 stakes. clock in a course-record 1:32.
The conversations might have been Casse tends to run his horses more
tense, but the result was intense, as often than most trainers in today’s era
Got Stormy set a course record while of reading the sheets and demanding
dominating eight rivals in the 1-mile the rests, but this move was out of his
turf stakes. Owned by Barber and wheelhouse.
Southern Equine Stable, the daughter “Allen Jerkens said to me years
of Got Stormy earned her seventh win ago, ‘Run them when they’re good.
and first Grade 1 stakes win, increas- Rest them when they’re not,’ ” Casse
ing her earnings to $760,078. Ricar- said. “We don’t do that enough. Now,
do Santana Jr. guided the chestnut a week is a little unusual.”
filly, deputizing for Tyler Gaffalione, Casse would not have run back
committed to Casse’s other runner in seven days without Barber’s ca-
March To The Arch. joling (that might be too soft for it)
Got Stormy broke sharply from and without Got Stormy showing she
post 6, angled left before abstaining, could handle it.
sliding into fourth behind Gidu, Dr. “He’s never been this strong, but
Edgar and Made You Look. Gidu he did not override me. He knew I
scampered to the lead, opening up an didn’t want to do it but if I had one
ambitious margin over Dr. Edgar and little doubt, all I had to do was tell
Made You Look. Got Stormy settled him,” Casse said. “My only concern
into a sweet spot in fourth along the about running back is hurting her.
rail. That’s all. The only thing Mark Casse
Gidu ripped through a quarter-mile would be known for is hurting this fil-
in :22.65 and a half-mile in :44.61, af- ly. But, she was fine, I wasn’t worried
ter those fractions, his trainer, Todd about that.”
Pletcher, lowered his binoculars. The Barber had the Fourstardave in
gray speedster was nothing but a mind before the De La Rose. When
hood ornament at that stage. After Got Stormy won the mile stakes with
three quarters of a mile in 1:08.36, ease. When the owner checked the
Gidu was reeling as Made You Look speed numbers, he ramped up the
swung past him and opened up a pressure to run back in a week.
2-length lead. Santana wasn’t wor- “Very seldom do we disagree. In
ried, stealing a look under his right
Continued On Page 14
arm as Got Stormy rolled past the
Tod Marks
Owner Gary Barber (right) helps lead in Get Stormy after the Fourstardave.
12 The Saratoga Special Sunday, August 11, 2019Sunday, August 11, 2019 The Saratoga Special 13
Fourstardave –
Continued from page 12
this case I had to do a lot of arm twist-
ing,” Barber said. “I was never going
to back off. My bloodstock advisors
were calling me, ‘You can’t do this.’
I said, ‘I’m doing it. OK. I’ll take full
blame.’ That’s it. She’s been working
like a monster, that was a workout
last week, he was a statue on her. I
can take being wrong, I’ve been there
Tod Marks
before, that’s why I’m going to enjoy
Trainer Mark Casse.
this. You put so much into this game,
these are the moments you wait for, “The way she did things, it just
it’s a joy.” reminded me of Tepin,” Casse said.
Bred by Mt. Joy Stable and the “Tepin didn’t start out great, Tepin
McLean family, Got Stormy sold for became great. This filly started out
$23,000 at Keeneland September OK and she’s just gotten better and
Sales in 2016. Purchased by Equine better.”
Invest, she returned at the Fasig-Tip- Got Stormy finished third in the
ton Midlantic 2-year-old sale in 2017 Grade 1 Jenny Wiley in her next start
in Niall Brennan’s consignment where and second in the Churchill Downs
she was purchased for $45,000 by Distaff Turf in May. Freshened, she
Alan Quartucci. Trained by Lisa Lew- has scourged Saratoga, winning twice
is for Quartucci, the daughter of Get in seven days, her first Grade 1 and
Stormy finished third in her debut at setting a course record. Yeah, she
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No Stopping
Green Light Go rolls to second
straight win in Grade 2 stakes
BY TOM LAW SARATOGA SPECIAL STAKES RECAP
Jimmy Jerkens gave Junior Alvara-
do some leeway for his second spin “But if you can’t take the lead,
aboard Green Light Go in Saturday’s don’t keep rushing him, don’t go too
Grade 2 Saratoga Special Stakes. The fast,” Jerkens said.
two met in the paddock before the And there’s “some leeway.”
co-feature on Fourstardave Day at Alvarado wound up not taking the
Saratoga and Jerkens asked his rider lead, not going too fast early and it
a simple question. worked out anyway. Green Light Go
“What are you going to do?” Jerk- ran his record to 2-for-2 with a sharp
ens asked. 3 3/4-length victory over the some-
Alvarado, who rode Green Light what troubled Noose in the $200,000
Go to a debut victory at Belmont stakes for 2-year-olds. A homebred
Park July 4, knew enough about the for Stronach Stables, Green Light Go
Hard Spun colt’s talent to provide an covered 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:15.68.
answer his trainer would appreciate. “I did tell Jimmy, ‘Don’t worry, I’m
“Listen, I’m going to get out of going to teach him something then. Tod Marks
there running,” Alvarado said. “I Continued On Page 18 Green Light Go powers to the finish of the Saratoga Special Stakes.
might just take the lead again.”
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Sunday, August 11, 2019 The Saratoga Special 17Saratoga Special – lengths behind the runner-up and Peruvian
Boy 4 lengths back of that one in fourth.
“It turned out he didn’t break quite as fast
Continued from page 16 as his first start,” Jerkens said. “But it was a
little better bunch, too. He sat in the pock-
We’re going to be all right,’ ” Alvarado said, et nice up against the bridle. He didn’t care
continuing to relay the paddock conversa- about taking dirt, that was nice to see.
tion. “I was trusting what I got from him last “He leaned a little in the stretch; maybe a
time. He broke good and he was involved in little green, but I guess he’s still learning, too.
the race a little bit and I could feel the first He had good purposeful works between rac-
three-sixteenths of a mile he wasn’t in the es and has handled it. He was also composed
bridle like I wanted. He was a little off the in the paddock, so we might really have a
bridle, chasing the pace a little bit. nice one here.”
“Maybe they were going a little fast for Green Light Go showed Jerkens that
him but as soon as we hit the three-eighths much this spring at Belmont, training with
pole he jumped in the bridle, got into his purpose over the training track for his ear-
rhythm and that’s when I said, ‘Oh, now ly summer debut. He turned in three 3-fur-
they’re in trouble.’ At that point I knew what long breezes and four half-mile drills before
he wanted to do.”
Dave Harmon his debut. Green Light Go flashed speed that
Sent off as the 3-2 favorite off his 3 Green Light Go pricks his ears at the finish. day, running away from next-out winner An-
1/4-length maiden victory, Green Light Go other Miracle to do what neither his dam or
settled off the pace set by the dueling Long front approaching the quarter pole when Alvarado granddam could do and win first time out.
Weekend, Zyramid and Tuggle just ahead of Flor- angled a few paths off the fence and pulled along- Frank Stronach purchased Green Light Go’s
ida shipper Iberico through the opening quarter in side the leaders. dam, the stakes-winning Grade 1-placed Pleasantly
:21.71. Green Light Go rolled past, came in and brushed Perfect mare Light Green, in foal to Quality Road
Zyramid, looking to give Steve Asmussen three Tuggle slightly in the lane before Alvarado cor- at the 2011 Keeneland November breeding stock
2-year-old winners on the card after Tumbling Sky rected the big colt for the final furlong. Alvarado sale.
won the fifth and Gozilla took the seventh, backed put his whip away inside the sixteenth pole while Bred and raced by the late Ned Evans, the
out first. Alvarado sent Green Light Go between Noose and Corey Lanerie continued to overcome mare sold as part of the leading breeder’s disper-
Zyramid and Iberico approaching the far turn and their slow start to run past Tuggle for the place sal. Trained by Todd Pletcher, Light Green won or
stayed inside the latter entering the bend. spot.
Long Weekend and Tuggle continued to duel up The rest were well back, including Tuggle 1 3/4 Continued On Page 20
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Continued from page 18
placed in six of seven starts, taking the 2009 Fall
Aspen Stakes at 6 furlongs and finishing second
in the Grade 1 Prioress at the same trip that same
season. Light Green is out of the Sheikh Albadou
mare Green Light, who was bred by John Gunther’s
Glennwood Farm and bought as a weanling by Ev-
ans for $95,000 at the 1994 Keeneland November
sale.
“His mother had good speed, even though she
was a Pleasantly Perfect,” Jerkens said. “That’s
beautiful, he has the Pleasantly Perfect stamina plus
the speed to go with it. And if ever there is one, a
2-year-old at this time of year that looks like a dis-
tance horse, it’s him.
“Mark Hennig trained the grandmother and
Todd trained the mother. Mark bought (Green
Light) for Mr. Evans. We were talking about it, be-
cause he ran in the same race when this horse broke
his maiden. We were saddling horses next to each Tod Marks
other and were talking about it.” Junior McFarlane leads Green Light Go and Junior Alvarado into the winner’s circle.
Alvarado agreed with Jerkens’ assessment,
which just about anyone within sight of the colt in he’s very talented horse and can win at those short Last time he went wire-to-wire. We never thought
the paddock, preliminaries, the race and post-race distances. “ that was a thing he could do, he was big, maybe
could see, too. “He’s probably a better horse than the others. a little heavy first time out. But just like today, he
“You’re 100 percent right, he’s a horse that will Not going to take anything away from the other proved he was much the best. He took the lead and
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July 13. Beaten three-quarters of a length under
Irad Ortiz Jr. in the 1 1/16-mile turf maiden after
racing seven wide into the stretch, Decorated In-
vader finished 2 lengths ahead of next out Whitney
Day winner Our Country for George Weaver.
“(Decorated Invader) ran and he just had a tough
trip, but he was second best that day,” Finley said.
“The good thing is, Weaver’s horse was a troubled
fourth and he came back and won the other day
very impressively. That was a good sign.”
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Durkin. Bill Sandbrook, a first-timer with West
Point, and Bill Freeman have their names in the
Continued from page 22 saying there was a really nice Declaration Of War program. Finley said introducing new owners to
up on the hill. We went up and he’s just big, beau- the sport is the best part of his job.
2-year-old colt back in Saturday’s third and named tiful. Did he bring a lot of money? If you would “I just want to take Tom Durkin to the Breed-
Junior Alvarado, Finley felt confident until he heard have asked me last year, I thought it was probably a ers’ Cup, that’s all I want to do,” Finley said. “Bill
rumors that Todd Pletcher’s Summer To Remember good bit of money for a Declaration Of War.” Sandbrook, he owns a publicly traded company in
could run. Decorated Invader went to Eddie Woods to be Dallas, US Concrete, and he’s a West Pointer class
“We had Irad on in his first start and he went to broken before joining Clement. Finley became more of 1979 and he’s always wanted to get in the horse
Chicago. We gave the mount to Junior and he came comfortable with the price after training reports. By business. He finally got a shot to play at a big level.
out the other day and he worked him,” Finley said. the time Decorated Invader posted his first workout He’s actually the majority shareholder in this colt.
“He was like, as good as a horse has ever worked for Clement, Finley knew the colt could run. “Bill Freeman is another, he’s fairly new, he’s
for us. I thought we were in good shape and then “I know the first time I got a call from Chris- from Tampa. He’s really excited about the business.
everywhere I turned, everybody liked the Pletcher tophe, he said, ‘I like this Declaration Of War,’ ” He’s probably owned 10 horses. They’re both really
horse. It never works out easy.” Finley said. “The good thing about Christophe is excited to be part of the deal and I always say, it’s
Decorated Invader raced fourth along the rail he’s not a touter. That’s a good sign the first time the power of the partnership.”
behind Summer To Remember in the $90,000 you work a horse in his barn and he says he likes Finley said the group will consider the Grade 3
maiden special as Yukon Eric and No Bad Days set the horse.” With Anticipation here Aug. 28, but would lean to-
the pace. Alvarado guided Decorated Invader to the ward the Grade 1 Summer Stakes at Woodbine Sep.
outside up the backstretch and got the first shot at 15. West Point won the Summer with Untamed Do-
No Bad Days as Summer To Remember was forced main in 2017 before finishing second in the Breed-
around tiring Yukon Eric. ers’ Cup Juvenile Turf.
Decorated Invader struck the lead into the stretch – Brandon Valvo
and maintained a 3-length advantage over Summer
To Remember passing the furlong pole and extend- • The connections of Gozilla didn’t give up
ed the margin to 3 1/4 at the finish. on the horse after he failed to meet his reserve at
West Point purchased Decorated Invader for the OBS 2-year-olds in training sale in April for
$200,000 at the 2018 Keeneland September year- $395,000. Torie Gladwell, founding partner of Top
ling sale. Although Finley, president and CEO, Line Sales, agreed with the overlooked potential in
thought the price was steep for a colt by Declara- Tod Marks
tion Of War, the individual stood out. Gozilla leads everybody while winning the seventh. Continued On Page 26
2019 Graded stakes grads include:
By Your Side Mucho Unusual
Cambier Parc Point of Honor
Chasing Yesterday Recruiting Ready
Fancy Dress Party Regal Glory
24 The Saratoga Special Sunday, August 11, 2019Sunday, August 11, 2019 The Saratoga Special 25
Tod Marks
La Chancla (4) surges late to win the 10th race.
Saturday – the pressure. I was shaking. Steve’s
been high on that horse all year. He
was saying he’s actually better than
Continued from page 24 the horse that won the first race. He
likes him.”
Zayat Stables’ colt. Gozilla confirmed – Catherine Galbraith
a missed opportunity for potential
buyers when the first-time starter • Trainers say they don’t have fa-
broke his maiden in the seventh. vorites. Rodolphe Brisset breaks that
“We were really high on the horse,” rule when it comes to La Chancla, the
said Gladwell. “Zayat said if some- winner of the tenth.
one’s not going to pay the $400,000 “Every time I’ve seen him since
for the horse then we’re just going to January, he tells me how much he
keep him and run him.” loves her,” said Madison Scott, part
The Kentucky-bred Flatter colt did of the Solis/Litt Bloodstock team on
not sell on a $170,000 bid his first hand to represent owner LNJ Fox-
time in the sales ring at last year’s woods.
Keeneland September sale. At the After a day of looking at New
Fasig-Tipton October sale, Zayat held York-bred yearlings on the Fasig-Tip-
the winning $150,000 bid for Gozil- ton sales grounds, Scott and Jason
la. When he didn’t sell in the spring, Litt posed for pictures in the winner’s
Zayat sent Gozilla to trainer Steve As- circle after La Chancla’s victory in the
mussen. 6-furlong allowance.
“(Zayat) was saying even though “She was so pretty at the sale and
he RNA’d, this horse is extreme- is getting prettier with every win,”
ly talented so we don’t feel bad for Litt said with a wry grin. “We always
keeping the horse, we think he’s spe- thought a lot of her so we gave her as
cial,” Gladwell said. “That horse is so much time as she needed and she re-
smart. He does everything right. The warded us with a wonderful win here
only knock on that horse is maybe at Saratoga.”
he wants to crib a little bit and that Solis/Litt purchased the daughter
could be one of the reasons why we of Uncle Mo for $775,000 at last
didn’t get him sold. Other than that year’s OBS March sale and was sent
there’s not a pimple on the horse.” to Brisset at Payson Park over the
Gozilla put Asmussen and jockey winter.
Ricardo Santana Jr. in the winner’s “In January when we got her, she
circle for the second time Saturday was not that easy. We got her to set-
after first-time starter Tumbling Sky tle with the pony, we taught her to
broke his maiden in the fifth. stand and all those things,” Brisset
“(Gozilla) was a pro today,” said said after watching the simulcast of
Gladwell. “He does everything right.
He’s laid-back, eats good, handles all Continued On Page 28
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TRAINERS........................... 1ST
the Secretariat Stakes. “We had to find
Chad Brown...................................20
a quiet time on the track in the morn-
ing. Some days I cut my gallop to only Todd Pletcher...................................9
a mile if she does too much. It’s day by Christophe Clement..........................8
day. She’s pretty tough. Some days she’s Jeremiah Englehart..........................8
really good. I’m the only one riding her Bill Mott...........................................8
for that reason.” Steve Asmussen..............................7
Patience by everyone involved with Danny Gargan..................................7
La Chancla has paid off. The 3-year- Linda Rice........................................7
old filly took another step forward to Jason Servis....................................7
win for the second time in three starts,
following a Belmont Park maiden score JOCKEYS............................ 1ST
July 7.
Jose Ortiz.......................................33
“Running in the Belmont maid-
en was not planned at all. We were Irad Ortiz Jr. ..................................29
planning to come here, settle her for Tod Marks Javier Castellano............................22
a week or so and then be able to run Tumbling Sky wins his debut in Saturday’s third race. Luis Saez........................................20
here,” Brisset said. “All of the sudden Jose Lezcano.................................17
took the lead past the sixteenth pole and drew clear late
the book came out and there’s nothing to run her in here to win by 2 1/4 lengths. Joel Rosario...................................16
and the book at Belmont has a maiden on the last day. It Brisset believes La Chancla – which means the flipflop Junior Alvarado..............................15
turned out to be a good thing. She won like a good horse in Spanish – will improve even further when able to run Ricardo Santana Jr.........................11
again.” over longer distances. He hopes to stretch the bay filly out Tyler Gaffalione................................9
Jose Ortiz rode La Chancla in that maiden score and in future starts.
again Saturday. He allowed the filly to settle just off the “Even when you breeze her, she covers a lot of ground,” Through Saturday
pace for the first 3 furlongs and started to ask her when said Brisset. “You don’t feel like you’re going as fast as
approaching the bend. you’re going.”
La Chancla drifted out a few paths in the stretch but – Ben Gowans
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Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of America’s first Triple Crown Winner, Sir Barton
Honoring the lives of Hall of Fame trainers John Nerud, Marion Van Berg & Jack Van Berg
Tuesday, August 20th at the National Museum of Racing – Doors open at 5:30. Meet the Film Producers.
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