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Year 8 • No. 4 SARATOGA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER ON THOROUGHBRED RACING Saturday, July 26, 2008 T R A I N E R S U B S CR I P T I O N S T O T H E S A R A T O G A S P E C I A L COMPLIMENTS OF INSIDE: four StakES prEvIEwS ENtrIES aND haNDIcappINg frIDay racINg rEcap Wake Up! It’s Whitney time Tod Marks Grasshopper enjoys a bath at Saratoga Friday morning.

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Page 1: Wake Up! · Post Office Box 150 Paris, Kentucky 40362-0150 Tel.(859) 233-4252 Fax 987-0008 claibornefarm.com INQUIRIES TO BERNIE SAMS e-mail: bernie@claibornefarm.com Strong Hope

Year 8 bull No 4 SARATOGArsquoS DAILY NEWSPAPER ON THOROUGHBRED RACING Saturday July 26 2008

TRAIN

ER SUBSCRIPTIONS

TO THE SARATOGA SPECIAL

COmPLImENTS Of

INSIDE four StakES prEvIEwS bull ENtrIES aND haNDIcappINg bull frIDay racINg rEcap

Wake Up Itrsquos Whitney time

Tod

Mar

ks

Grasshopper enjoys a bath at Saratoga friday morning

2 Saturday July 26 2008

2 Winners in 1st 5 StartersBrilliant Winner of the Jim Dandy-G2

39 colt Reboot43 filly Rose of Summer

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Four Graded SWs in 200818 Stakes Horses from Foals Lifetime

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98 filly Actceptional101 colt Appealing Jewel

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3Saturday July 26 2008

4 Saturday July 26 2008

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Phone (518) 490-1175or (302) 545-7713 or (302) 545-4424

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Published Wednesday through Sundayduring the racing season Every day of Sales Week Aug 4-10

The StaffEditorsPublishers Sean Clancy Joe Clancy Copy Chief Jamie SantoStaff Writers Brian Nadeau John PanagotKaren Johnson Laura PepperGraphic Designer Carl HottPhotographers Tod Marks Dave HarmonConnie Bush Barbara LivingstonDistribution Barry WatsonMenial Tasks Division Ryan ClancyJack Clancy Nolan ClancyAdvertising Sales Contact a Clancy or callJon Bordeau (518) 812-4545

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Call us about your editorial needs

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Worth RepeatingldquoEvery racing office in America says therersquos nobody in there Bobby Fran-kelrsquos horse Giant Gizmo was a top horse and got hurt I almost wish he stayed in there he would have cut the field in half But thatrsquos racing you canrsquot tell he or she what to do I try all the timerdquo

Nick Zito on todayrsquos 11-horse Whitney Handicap

ldquoI just met him todayrdquoEdgar Prado on riding Desert Party for the first time

ldquoIf he was worried he didnrsquot let anybody know about itrdquo Darleyrsquos Jimmy Bell while watching the replay of Prado checking Desert Party in the Sanford

ldquoTherersquos spending money and therersquos wasting moneyrdquoPrado on the lessons of making ndash and keeping ndash money

ldquoI wasnrsquot there I do my best work when I donrsquot go to the salerdquoTrainer Eoin Harty when asked if he had seen Desert Party at fasig-Tipton sale in february

Announcer Tom Durkin ldquoAnd therersquos room on the inside for Temecula CreekrdquoTrainer Bobby frankel ldquoAnd Temecula Creek ainrsquot runningrdquo

ldquoHorses arenrsquot always horses but money is always moneyrdquoTrainer Pat Reynolds on the art of selling horses

ldquoIrsquove had meets here that werenrsquot as good as the first two daysrdquoTrainer Steve Asmussen who won four to start the 2008 season

ldquoThe most interesting race here would be Johnrsquos Call against Funny Cide Theyrsquore both here That would be as good as it getsrdquo

Asmussen again on the value of horses extending their careers

ldquoIrsquom working as hard as him and I even brushed my teeth this morningrdquoRyan Clancy feeling a little perturbed

about younger brother Jack getting more (or any) tips from the clubhouse patrons when passing out copies of The Special

Pittsfield mass Location Time Warner had for The Specialrsquos internet ser-vice we wondered why it wasnrsquot up to speed

Jason Hennig 9 son of trainer mark Hennig ldquoWho in the world would name their horse NapkinsrdquoAlan Brodsky owner and namer (who has also apparently heard from grandfather John Hennig) ldquoNow Irsquove got three generations of Hennigs beating up on merdquo

Worth Repeating ndash Election EditionldquoIt all depends if my father is going to read itrdquo

Trainer Rick Schosberg when asked for his vote

ldquoPlease put my name on the Republican side Irsquom pleading with yourdquoTrainer John Hennig

One WinnerNeil Howard Irdquom going to have to get back to you on that onerdquo

Here amp There at Saratoga

Tod MarksfIRE BREATHING THOROUGHBRED Rio mistico looks like a monster ndash but itrsquos really just steam and mist ndash at trainer Barclay Taggrsquos barn

5Saturday July 26 2008

Like The Special Support our advertisers

Or become one

Here amp There at SaratogaNames of the Day

masked man second race The Lone Ranger meets Abbott and Costello This Overbrook Farm homebred is out of Catcher which makes the handle fitting enough But think of the trackside possibilities when this colt crosses the wire

fan A Who was thatfan B Masked Man

fan C Who was that Masked Man

Bustin Stones eighth race Simply one of the best names ever Kudos Roddy Valente owner of a gravel company

Take A Number1 White panel van stuck in a ditch next to the Oklahoma track Friday morning

4 Blocks Brian Nadeau had to walk to get to The Special office after the races Friday night He now knows how the Sanford Stud horses felt

0 Outside sources of Internet used by The Spe-cial to complete this newspaper ndash first time of the season Well we hope

WeatherToday Morning sunshine isolated thunder-storms in the afternoon High 86 Chance of rain 30 percentTonight Cloudy with chance of thunderstorms Low in the mid-60sSunday Afternoon thunderstorms High in the low 80s and low in the low 60smonday Sleep Partly cloudy with possible thunderstorm High in the low 80s

the Big horseraceThe Specialrsquos straw (well hay) poll began back at Keeneland in April and wersquoll keep a running total of the votes around town Republican John Mc-

Cain took a quick early lead Wednesday Democrat Barack Obama rallied into the picture yesterday and McCain edged forward a bit today as Undecided and Neither remain chilly off the pace You do have until November to make up your mind

mcCain Richard DePass

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Bruce BrownSteve Adika

Pat ReynoldsAl Stall

Matt MuzikarLenny PikeBill Mott

Mark HennigStan Hough

Mitch FriedmanRobby Albarado

Rusty ArnoldDon Nichols

Cindy NicholsDanny PeitzSal RussoTim Ritvo

Steve Young

Brant LaueDoc Richardson

Jerry BaileyGeorge WeaverGary Contessa

Terry FinleyRick Violette

Kiaran McLaughlinMike Geraghty

ObamaHelen Richards

Del CarrollWinston HeslopJorge ChavezKeith OrsquoBrienCarlos MartinMike Hushion

Barbara LivingstonBobby Frankel

Richard Migliore

UndecidedSkip Dickstein

Mike TrombettaDave GreningWayne Lukas

NeitherDoc DannerDoug Fout

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Tod MarksCOmE ON KID This young handicapper didnrsquot look pleased with the outcome

6 Saturday July 26 2008

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ldquoIrsquom going to get him right nowrdquo Thatrsquos how Nick Zito answered the

question ldquoHowrsquos Commentatorrdquo Fri-day morning The trainer hustled back to his barn and pointed to the 2005 Whitney Handicap winner who was completing his third turn of Zitorsquos long shaded shedrow before his final prepa-ration for the 2008 Whitney

ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo Zito saidHe pointed to a chestnut gelding

chomping on an egg-butt snaffle Com-mentator coiled and bounced to his toes like a shortstop expecting a baserunner at second

ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo Zito said The first ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo pointed out

the physical Commentator The second one pointed out out the mental Com-mentator

ldquoHersquos still orneryrdquo Zito said ldquoHe hangs out by himself he likes to be left alone If you go over and play with him hersquoll bite you Seven years old and he still bites Irsquom happy about thatrdquo

Commentator and exercise rider Carlos Correa strolled out of the shed-row for a routine gallop and some gate

schooling Yeah 7-year-old geldings school in the gate Commentator leads a packed field of 11 in todayrsquos $750000 Whitney Handicap The Grade I stakes attracted two Grade I winners ndash Com-mentator and Pacific Classic and Pim-lico Special winner Student Council ndash and a gaggle of others looking to play while divisional leader Curlin flirts with a turf career

Owned by Tracy Farmer Commen-tator carries highweight of 120 pounds and breaks from the rail under John Velazquez Commentator has made just 18 starts He went postward four times last year and will make his fourth start this year in the Whitney Zito unleashed the gelded son of Distorted Humor this January in a rich 1-mile optional claim-er at Gulfstream Park where he won by 14 He returned to scorch the 7 fur-long Richter Scale by almost the same margin in March before yielding late to Divine Park in the Met Mile at the end of May

ldquoYou wish there were more like him itrsquos fun for the gamerdquo Zito said ldquoEv-erybody realizes itrsquos not such a bad bad

sport when you have guys like that run-ning Only a few can run in Grade Ones at 7 ndash if he could get in that circle Kel-so Forego just to get mentioned with themrdquo

Commentator will be on the lead ear-ly trying to swallow 9 furlongs some-thing hersquos only done once in the 2005 Whitney when Gary Stevens cajoled the first half mile in 46 25 seconds the slowest on his recent chart

ldquoItrsquos probably not the ideal distance for him but he did it three years ago

Hersquos set up for it with the mile race and the Met he carried top weight the track was very very heavy that day If hersquos go-ing to stretch out this is the racerdquo Zito said ldquoHersquos got to carry top weight but in a way thatrsquos a tribute to the horse Itrsquos a tremendous compliment to be a 7-year-old gelding and highweight in this yearrsquos Whitney You tip your hat to him I just hope hersquos on and has a great day If hersquos on hersquos tough If hersquos on hersquos Commentatorrdquo

Tod MarksCommentator goes after his second Whitney victory

Whorsquos OldStill sharp Commentator lords overSaturdayrsquos wide-open Grade I stakes

by sean clancy whItNEy haNDIcap prEvIEw

See whiTnEy page 8

7Saturday July 26 2008

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8 Saturday July 26 2008

Neil Howard hopes Grasshopper is on Hersquod settle for the Grasshopper who tried Street Sense all the way down the stretch in last yearrsquos Travers The son of Di-xie Union fell a half-length short that day and has yet to really recapture that form in six subsequent starts Robby Albarado returns aboard Will Farishrsquos colt

ldquoSometimes you donrsquot pay attention to how much a race could take out of a horserdquo Howard said ldquoDe-pending on how a horse went into it ndash how much sea-soning he had how much racing he had it was so hot that day ndash a race like the Travers could take a lot out of a horse and I think it showed in the Super Derbyrdquo

Grasshopper led late in the Super Derby but couldnrsquot hold off Going Ballistic He rebounded this winter with a win in the Mineshaft and a second in the New Orleans Handicap Brought north he finished a dull second in the Westchester Handicap at Belmont Park then flopped in the Pimlico Special and the Ste-phen Foster Howard thinks hersquos back on target

ldquoHersquos doing very wellrdquo Howard said ldquoWe got off schedule for the Pimlico Special we were pushing and shoving to get there and now wersquore back on schedule and hersquos done very well since He put his weight back on we didnrsquot settle on this until late he worked very well the other day Itrsquos deep He belongs Itrsquos an op-portunity to run in a Grade I no less than the Whitney and Curlin is not there Itrsquos an opportunityrdquo

Mark Hennig sees the Whitney the same way ndash a Grade I stakes without Curlin Donrsquot dip your toe jump in and start swimming Hennig brings recent Sal-vatore Mile winner Notional into the Whitney A Cal-ifornia-bred son of In Excess Notional flirted with the big 3-year-old stakes last year winning the San Rafael and the Risen Star and finishing second in the Flori-da Derby while under Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos care Notional cracked a cannon bone and missed the Triple Crown and returned in February on the turf Four straight losses on the turf and synthetic surfaces ndash from Santa

Anita to Dubai ndash forced owner Paul Reddam to switch engine rooms sending the horse to Hennig in June

ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo Hennig said ldquoDoug Paul and myself wondered did his form tail off because of the cannon bone fracture in his 3-year-old year or was it because of the artificial surfaces He did seem to get happy training in New Yorkrdquo

Hennig breezed Notional three times and took a shot in the Salvatore where he had to face the defend-ing champion Gottcha Gold who loves the speed-favoring Monmouth Park Gottcha Gold appeared to run his race but Notional crushed him finishing the mile in 135 45

ldquoI thought Gottcha Gold on that track would be tough to run downrdquo Hennig said ldquoI didnrsquot expect him to run that kind of number but I did think he would show that he was happy to be back on the main track and run a creditable race and move forward from thererdquo

With just three weeks between races Notional must bounce back quickly Donrsquot say bounce

ldquoItrsquos certainly a concern Itrsquos the best race hersquos run since he broke his maidenrdquo Hennig said ldquoThe only encouraging part of coming back on short rest is he has definitely moved up mentally since winning a race Hersquos shown no signs of letting off hersquos trained more aggressively since the race than prior to the race The rider that gets on him every day says his arms are six inches longer than they were before the race He says he gets better every dayrdquo

Steve Asmussen entered Student Council the only other Grade I winner in the field The 6-year-old has banked nearly $14 million while competing from coast to coast He won the Pimlico Special over a muddy surface and would probably benefit from more rain

ldquoAre you kidding that big son of Kingmambo hersquod love itrdquo Asmussen said as it rained earlier in the week ldquoHe won the Pimlico Special in the mud and hersquos doing greatrdquo

Shaun Bridgmohan rides for Millennium FarmLarry Jones takes another go at Grade I competition

with Argentine-import Solar Flare The 4-year-old colt looked home free in the Suburban but faltered late squandering the victory to 40-1 shot Frost Giant Ga-briel Saez returns on the Fox Hill Farm charge

Rising Moon finished 3 lengths off Frost Giant in the Suburban Owned by Four Roses Thoroughbreds and trained by Richard Dutrow Jr Rising Moon has just seven starts in his career but he makes them count winning four out of his last five Cornelio Velasquez takes the call

Cowtown Cat Merchant Marine Tasteyville AP Arrow and Timber Reserve round out the contentious Whitney field

Whitney ndash Continued from page 6

Tod MarksA P Arrow comes out of the Suburban to try the Whitney

9Saturday July 26 2008

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10 Saturday July 26 2008

No itrsquos not October yet though you might think so when you check the entries for Saturdayrsquos Grade I Diana Stakes The 1 18-mile turf stakes sure looks like the Breedersrsquo Cup Filly and Mare Turf which will be run Oct 24 at Santa Anita

In fact the winner of the Diana a Breedersrsquo Cup Challenge race automatically earns a starting berth in California

Mother Nature however could take some of the zing out of the $500000 Diana Though the forecast looks promising for Friday night and Saturday the torrential rain that lashed Saratoga Springs Wednes-day and Thursday might have already taken its toll on the course

Grade I winners Bit Of Whimsy Rutherienne Va-care and Wait A While are entered in the Diana but with the exception of Bit Of Whimsy (whose connec-tions said she will handle soft going) the other three standouts are questionable if the course is too water-logged

Christophe Clement the trainer of Rutherienne and Vacare and Todd Pletcher the trainer of Wait A While were anxious to watch Fridayrsquos Lake George the first turf race of the meet

The good news is that Fridayrsquos skies sported nary a cloud and Saturdayrsquos forecast held only a 30-per-cent chance of an isolated thunderstorm Then again itrsquos Saratoga and typhoon-like events arrive without warning

ldquoIrsquom not sure that I will race either of themrdquo Clement said Friday morning ldquoI have to see the Lake George first and then I will call my owners and make

a decision Today is a beautiful drying day If we have another day like this tomorrow maybe we will be OKrdquo

Wait A While the champion 3-year-old filly of 2006 hasnrsquot raced since winning the San Gorgonio at Santa Anita Jan 14 Following that race she was sidelined with a stress fracture in her left tibia which healed with rest Pletcher said if he isnrsquot satisfied with the course condition ndash Wait A While wants it firm ndash hersquoll scratch and run her in the Grade III Matchmaker at Monmouth Park Aug 3

DreamyDiana

Tod MarksVacare is one of four Grade I winners in todayrsquos Grade I Diana on the Saratoga turf

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Wait A While is 2-for-2 over the Saratoga turf with wins in the 2006 Lake Placid and the 2007 Ballston Spa Still the daughter of Mariarsquos Mon has her quirks ndash something Pletcher discov-ered two years ago

ldquoFor some reason early in her 3-year-old year she got stubborn about going into the gaterdquo Pletcher said ldquoWe did a lot of work with her and found that the easy compromise was just to blindfold her It has worked well and we have never changed itrdquo

Rafael Bejarano was named on Wait A While who drew post 4 Her regular rider Garrett Gomez accepted the mount on Rutherienne who drew post 7

Rutherienne last yearrsquos Lake George winner won the Grade II Jenny Wiley at Keeneland in April then followed with thirds in the Grade I Gamely at Hol-lywood Park and Grade III All Along Breedersrsquo Cup at Colonial Downs The course at Colonial was labeled good after drenching rain fell the day of the race

ldquoThey just ran a bit too quick for her in California but it was a good racerdquo Clement said ldquoShe ran a little bit off par last time (at Colonial) probably due to the ground They got torrential rain that day which was bad luckrdquo

Vacare won an allowance over a yielding course at Arlington Park back in 2006 when trained by Chris Block but since joining Clementrsquos barn she has only raced on firm ground Runner-up to Wait A While in last yearrsquos Ball-

ston Spa Vacare has started just once this year finishing eighth (though just 4 lengths behind the winner) in the Just A Game at Belmont Park June 7 Clement entered Vacare in an overnight stakes earlier this month at Belmont but scratched when the turf came up yielding

ldquoShe ran in the Just A Game so there will be no excuserdquo Clement said ldquoIt is what it is She had her racerdquo

Edgar Prado is named on Vacare who drew post 5

Shug McGaughey Criminologistrsquos trainer said he doesnrsquot mind if the turf is boggy as long as it is safe

Criminologist won the Grade III Athenia over a yielding course last year at Belmont and took an allowance here last year over a course labeled good She is 2-for-2 on Saratogarsquos turf

Criminologist finished seventh in the 1-mile Just A Game and McGaughey thinks the Dianarsquos extra furlong will help

ldquoThe mile and an eighth is probably her shtick a little more than the milerdquo McGaughey said ldquoShe got in a little bit of traffic in the Just A Game Irsquom not using that as an excuse It was around the half-mile pole and then she kind of dropped it on (jockey John Velazquez)

at the three-eighths pole and then kind of got into it again She was only beaten 3 12 lengths but I was disappointed It was the first time she ran in a Grade I this will be the second time If she is beat again and doesnrsquot run any bet-ter than she ran the last time we might have to drop down a notch or two We will just have to wait and seerdquo

Velazquez gets the call again todayDonrsquot overlook the Bill Mott-trained

Dynaforce Mott has won the last three runnings of the Diana and Dynaforce ran a bang-up race to finish second to a very good filly (the Clement-trained Maurala-kana) in the Grade II New York Handi-cap The New York was Dynaforcersquos first race since in 10 months and her Ameri-can debut Soft ground shouldnrsquot be an issue the mare who won in France over soft going Kent Desormeaux will be aboard for the first time

The Diana is so deep even the ladies with double-digit odds possess impres-sive resumes Barclay Tagg sends out Bit Of Whimsy (Eibar Coa) winner of three graded stakes including the Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Cup from the hedge Dale Romans trainee Bayoursquos Lassie (Robby Albarado) has banked nearly $700000 in a nine-win career Forever Together (Julien Leparoux) got up for third at 44-1 in the Just A Game for Jonathan Sheppard Billy Badgett saddles New York-bred Chestoria (Cor-nelio Velasquez) who has missed the board just once since moving to turf eight starts ago and Lady Digby (Ra-mon Dominguez) comes up from her Maryland base on the heels of a 2 14-length score in the All Along for Gra-ham Motion

Diana ndash Continued from page 10

Tod MarksCriminologist tries to get back on track for trainer Shug mcGaughey

12 Saturday July 26 2008

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Condition books donrsquot come with warning stickers Perhaps they donrsquot need them After all the trainers who saw Ginger Punchrsquos name on the nomi-nation list and still entered horses in to-dayrsquos Grade I Go For Wand knew what they were getting into

Winner of the 2007 Breedersrsquo Cup Distaff and Eclipse Award as champion filly or mare Ginger Punch will try to duplicate the dominating performance she put on her last year in the $250000 Go For Wand In the 2007 renewal the daughter of Awesome Again scampered away from the field to win the 1 18-mile stakes by 6 lengths

Whatrsquos frightening is the thought Ginger Punch might be even better now than the last time she graced Saratoga with her presence

ldquoPhysically shersquos betterrdquo said trainer Bobby Frankel ldquoand mentally shersquos bet-terrdquo

Owned by Stronach Stable and bred by Stronachrsquos Adena Springs Farm Ginger Punch returns to Saratoga off a victory in the Grade I Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park where she

skipped away to win by 7 34 lengths Jockey Rafael Bejarano comes in from California to ride the 1-2 favorite who will carry the highweight of 124 pounds

The chestnut mare who concedes from seven to 11 pounds to her rivals will break from the rail as she attempts to win her fifth Grade I

ldquoIrsquod rather be outside but thatrsquos OKrdquo said a not-too-worried Frankel

Will a wet track worry the reigning queen Probably not The 5-year-old owns two wins in four lifetime starts over an off track with one of those scores coming over sloppy going at Monmouth Park in the Distaff Ginger Punch has earned $653924 in 2008 with three wins from four starts boost-ing her career earnings to $2555603 ndash nearly $423000 more than the other seven entrants combined

ldquoShersquos very consistent ndash just a very very good filly I can depend on her all the timerdquo her trainer said ldquoItrsquos unbe-lievable how she goes out there and tries as hard as she does every time To win another Grade I would be greatrdquo

No horse has won back-to-back run-nings of the Go For Wand since the race was moved to Saratoga (and stretched a furlong) in 1994 though Hall of Famer Ladyrsquos Secret repeated in the old Mas-kette at Belmont Park in 1985 and 1986 and Tosmah did the same at Aqueduct in 1964 and 1965

Christophe Clement sends out Moon Catcher a distant fifth to Ginger Punch in the Ogden Phipps last out With the race lacking early speed the 4-year-old

daughter of Malibu Moon is a candi-date for the lead though jockey Edgar Prado will determine Moon Catcherrsquos placement

ldquoWersquoll have to see how the race de-velopsrdquo Prado said ldquoIrsquod like to have (Moon Catcher) by the leadersrdquo

Inside Passage (Eibar Coa) takes a significant step up in the Go For Wand Two-for-three this year since entering

Tod MarksGinger Punch tries to win her second consecutive Go for Wand

punch LineGood as ever champion mare eyesSpa repeat for Stronach Frankel

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See gO FOr wAnD page 13

13Saturday July 26 2008

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Barclay Taggrsquos barn the daughter of Tiznow finished third last out in the minor Proud Delta at Belmont Park her first stakes try She owns one start at Saratoga at todayrsquos distance a close third in an optional claimer last year

Indescribable has run well at the 9-furlong distance taking the Grade III Arlington Matron in May and though none of her four career wins have been on old-fashioned dirt the Pleasant Tap filly does have the dynamic duo of Bill Mott and Kent Desormeaux on her side

Copper State (Shaun Bridgmohan) makes her second start for trainer Steve Asmussen the Jump Start filly was run-ner-up to Unbridled Belle in the Grade III Obeah at Delaware Park June 14

Runway Rosie (Rajiv Maragh) comes out of the Proud Delta at Belmont July 2 when she beat third-place Indian Pas-sage by 5 14 lengths and the Include filly has been in the exacta all four times she has ran at todayrsquos distance

Over Under (Robby Albarado) en-tered Dallas Stewartrsquos barn at the start of the year and has gone three-of-five since the last being a 3-length score in the Wild Rose at Prairie Meadows

Frankel also sends out Spring Waltz (Javier Castellano) who makes up the lighter half of the Stronach Stables entry The Silver Charm mare finished fourth in the Delaware Handicap July 13 her first start for Frankel after capturing the Grade II Rampart at Gulfstream Park for Brian Lynch in March

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Thorrsquos Echo peered from his stall at the stakes barn and looked as interest-ed as a Yankees fan listening to Terry Francona talk about his two World Se-ries rings The 2006 champion sprinter had descended upon the most famous racetrack in the world to run in todayrsquos Grade II Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap big deal

The California-bred is used to new surroundings new racetracks and new obstacles With a resume that includes close to $25 million in earnings and the travel itinerary of an oil executive Thorrsquos Echo just keeps boarding the plane

Florida California Dubai Califor-nia Kentucky Maryland Dubai again then a return to his California home He jetted from Hollywood to Belmont for the True North June 7 then jetted back west to prep for the $250000 Vander-bilt Despite the miles the 6-year-old has flourished more often than not and rates as a major contender in the 6-fur-long stakes

Carlos Pena foreman for trainer Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos Southern California string accompanied the gelding on the trip and didnrsquot see a hair out of place

ldquoThis horse has been to a lot of differ-ent places and he ships in great every time Hersquos kind of a veteran of all this by now Even when he went to Dubai and back it was no big thing He knows what hersquos do-ingrdquo Pena said ldquoIrsquove been with Doug and the horse for a long time ndash at Del Mar and Hollywood Park and at Churchill Downs for the Breedersrsquo Cup in 2006 ndash and the horse is always a pleasure He doesnrsquot let anything bother himrdquo

Up to this point Dubai has been the only real blip on the radar Zabeel Racing International purchased Thorrsquos Echorsquos after back-to-back wins in Grade I stakes in November 2006 ndash the Breed-errsquos Cup Sprint and De Francis Dash Sent to trainer Seemar Satish in Dubai the plan was to point for the $2 million Golden Shaheen in March 2008 They got there but things hardly went ac-cordingly Thorrsquos Echo prepped in the Group III Mahab Al Shimaal and ran sixth the same spot he finished 30 days later in the Group I Shaheen

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Zabeel booked Thorrsquos Echo a return flight in April 2007 and after 14 months off he resurfaced in the Grade II True North on the Belmont Stakes under-card Racing up close to a quick pace he tired late to finish fourth beaten only 1 34 lengths by divisional leader Benny The Bull Thorrsquos Echo drew the rail in the Vanderbilt and reunites with Corey Nakatani who was aboard for the late-season stakes scores in 2006

Pena sees little change in the horse that seems to be sitting on a peak performance

ldquoSo far so good He looks sharp and hersquos ready to run Just a great horse to be around and takes every-thing in striderdquo Pena said ldquoHe got in late on Tuesday and he galloped over the track Wednesday and Thurs-day Today he just jogged and tomorrow hersquoll run It looked like he handled the track OK but I just hope it doesnrsquot rain Itrsquos going to be a tough race but he just goes out and runs his race so tomorrow shouldnrsquot be any differentrdquo

And it will be a tough race After all for all his expe-rience Thorrsquos Echo is fifth choice in the morning line

Though not as seasoned Thorrsquos Echo Black Sev-enteen is another live West Coaster Shipping in from California for Brian Koriner the 4-year-old son of Is It True won the Grade II Carry Back Stakes at Calder in July 2007 his last start of the year Koriner opted to give his star a freshening and Black Seventeen returned in the Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields June 14 setting a blistering half-mile under pressure in 44 15 seconds before tiring to run second Koriner makes his first trip to Saratoga and his front-running colt rates as the one to catch

ldquoItrsquos exciting and nice to finally be here at Sara-togardquo Koriner said ldquoThe horse shipped in well and wersquoll see if California speed can be transferred to New York He got a bit tired in his comeback race but he got something out of it and hersquoll be a little sharper this timerdquo

Black Seventeen has run a half-mile in 44 and change in his last three starts and Koriner isnrsquot about to tell jockey Aaron Gryder to change tactics in the Vanderbilt

ldquoWersquore going to send him away from there and make them come and catch usrdquo Koriner said ldquoWe didnrsquot come all this way to get beat at our own gamerdquo

That plan could prove a roadblock for Roddy Va-lentersquos undefeated homebred Bustin Stones who has never been behind a horse at any pace call in his six lifetime starts His horse is the morning-line favorite and the locally based and tremendously popular Va-lente could run for public office if Bustin Stones takes the Vanderbilt

Trained by Bruce Levine the 4-year-old enters off the biggest win of his career a game half-length score in the Grade I Carter Handicap at Aqueduct April 5 Beset by knee problems throughout his career the Empire-bred son of City Zip has had more starts and stops than a New York cab on a rainy day

Bustin Stones won his first three starts last spring then was forced to the sidelines by a knee injury After an aborted comeback he finally returned in January winning a minor state-bred stakes at Aqueduct then ventured to Laurel to take down open company the Grade II General George Feb 18 A determined gate-to-wire victory in the Carter was followed by another

brief setback but Levine regrouped and circled the Vanderbilt With Black Seventeen signed on he knows things wonrsquot be easy up front

ldquoThatrsquos the thing therersquos some serious speed in there and wersquore part of it for sure But he keeps passing ev-ery test wersquove given him so far and hersquos proven himself to be a pretty special and pretty serious horserdquo Levine said ldquoHe got sick on me in May after the Carter and we had to back off on him just a hair but hersquos coming in good and has been training very well since then It hasnrsquot been too frustrating because he hasnrsquot missed a beat since he got sick hersquos been breezing every six days or a week and hersquos ready to gordquo Levine said

First Defence ran the race of his life albeit a los-ing one at the Spa last season when he stuck a head in front of Hard Spun in deep stretch in the Grade I Kingrsquos Bishop before settling for second Juddmonte Farmrsquos homebred has been Richie Sexton since either knocking it out of the park or fanning the air

Bobby Frankel elected to give First Defence an ex-tended vacation after a seventh in the Grade I Vosburgh last October and brought him back May 3 to win an allowance on the Kentucky Derby undercard A disap-pointing fifth in the Grade I Met Mile sent First De-fence to the turf and the 4-year-old responded with a gritty head victory in the Grade III Jaipur at Belmont With an inside draw in the Vanderbilt jockey Javier Castellano may be forced to send his mount to the lead or risk losing position

Eighth in the Vanderbilt to close his 2007 cam-paign Abraaj has been a new horse this year for Ki-aran McLaughlin Now 6 the Shadwell Stable charge won an allowance by 6 lengths before finishing a game third in the True North Abraaj could benefit the most from the anticipated quick splits in the Vanderbilt Alan Garcia has the call

Sammarco (Channing Hill to ride) enters off a gate-to-wire maiden score at Belmont for Mike Hushion and could be in the mix early E Z Warrior (Kent Desormeaux) makes his first start in Bill Mottrsquos care since running 13th in the Grade I Malibu over Santa Anitarsquos synthetic sur-face in December for trainer Bob Baffert

Vanderbilt ndash Continued from page 14

Tod MarksBustin Stones puts his unbeaten mark on the line again

17Saturday July 26 2008

18 Saturday July 26 2008

Saturday July 26 Post Time 100 pm Entries with program number post position jockey trainer and morning-line odds

1ST (100) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $610001 1 Borrowing Limit Maragh R Violette Jr Rick 4-12 2 Wonforthegoodguys Rodriguez R R Fisher Linda 20-13 3 Brendanrsquos Warrior Albarado R J Duggan David 20-14 4 Northern Storm Samyn J L Jacobson David 15-15 5 Rollers Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 9-56 6 Phobia Castellano J J Contessa Gary 12-17 7 Tough Jake Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 10-18 8 Benny the Waiter Coa E M Levine Bruce 7-29 9 Fire Marshal Prado E S Hernandez Mike 12-110 10 System Restore Bridgmohan S X Balsamo Diane 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (7-9) Pick 4 (7-10) Daily Double

8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (8-10) Daily Double

9TH (515) THE GO fOR WAND (GR I) 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Ginger Punch Bejarano R Frankel Bobby 1-21A 8 Spring Waltz Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 1-22 2 Inside Passage Coa E M Tagg Barclay 15-13 3 Indescribable Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-14 4 Moon Catcher Prado E S Clement Christophe 5-15 5 Copper State Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 10-16 6 Runway Rosie Maragh R Contessa Gary 8-17 7 Over Under Albarado R J Stewart Dallas 20-1A-Coupled Ginger Punch and Spring Waltz

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10TH (546) THE WHITNEY (GR I) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP PURSE $7500001 1 Commentator Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12 2 Solar Flare (ARG) Saez G Jones Larry 4-13 3 Notional Prado E S Hennig Mark 5-14 4 Cowtown Cat Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 20-15 5 Merchant Marine Maragh R Jerkens Allen 15-16 6 Tasteyville Luzzi M J Kelly Pat 12-17 7 Rising Moon Velasquez C Dutrow Richard 10-18 8 Grasshopper Albarado R J Howard Neil 10-19 9 A P Arrow Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 10-110 10 Student Council Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 6-111 11 Timber Reserve Castellano J J Kimmel John 20-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Daily Double

11TH (619) 5 12 fURLONGS TURf 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330001 1 Shaami Hill C Peitz Daniel 4-12 2 Bel Viaggio Luzzi M J Levine Bruce 7-23 3 Ballston Rodriguez R R Aquilino Joseph 15-14 4 Lava Cat Sanchez J Arroyo Enrique 30-15 5 E Z Dollar Samyn J L Hertler John 15-16 6 Ya Think Gomez G K Benzel Seth 6-17 7 Friday Meeting Albarado R J Werner Ronny 8-18 8 Lyke a Hurricane Prado E S Duggan David 12-19 9 Counting House Morales S Callejas Bernardo 10-110 10 Body Blows Maragh R Sciacca Gary 20-111 11 Catch Up Chris Garcia Alan Schettino Dom 5-112 12 Carry On the Dream Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 20-113 AE Allaboutmack Chavez J F Lostritto Joseph 15-114 AE Seastate Hill C Devereux Joseph 12-115 MTO Osceola Prince Velazquez J R Ward Wesley 6-1

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RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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Catch Up Chris

20 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquo Where winning B E G I N S rdquo

ldquo Andy Beyerrsquos books conrm[ed] to me that being on horses is not a waste of time and they dispelled the myth that no one ever wins at the racetrackrdquo

mdash Andy Serling

Available wherever books are sold

revisedand

updated

ldquo If not for Andy Beyerrsquos classic books I never would have goen involved in horse racingrdquo

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

lakE gEorgE StakES rEcap

See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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22 Saturday July 26 2008

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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See FriDAy page 24

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23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

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HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

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Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

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SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

spur of the Moment

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The StaffEditorsPublishers Sean Clancy Joe Clancy Copy Chief Jamie SantoStaff Writers Brian Nadeau John PanagotKaren Johnson Laura PepperGraphic Designer Carl HottPhotographers Tod Marks Dave HarmonConnie Bush Barbara LivingstonDistribution Barry WatsonMenial Tasks Division Ryan ClancyJack Clancy Nolan ClancyAdvertising Sales Contact a Clancy or callJon Bordeau (518) 812-4545

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Worth RepeatingldquoEvery racing office in America says therersquos nobody in there Bobby Fran-kelrsquos horse Giant Gizmo was a top horse and got hurt I almost wish he stayed in there he would have cut the field in half But thatrsquos racing you canrsquot tell he or she what to do I try all the timerdquo

Nick Zito on todayrsquos 11-horse Whitney Handicap

ldquoI just met him todayrdquoEdgar Prado on riding Desert Party for the first time

ldquoIf he was worried he didnrsquot let anybody know about itrdquo Darleyrsquos Jimmy Bell while watching the replay of Prado checking Desert Party in the Sanford

ldquoTherersquos spending money and therersquos wasting moneyrdquoPrado on the lessons of making ndash and keeping ndash money

ldquoI wasnrsquot there I do my best work when I donrsquot go to the salerdquoTrainer Eoin Harty when asked if he had seen Desert Party at fasig-Tipton sale in february

Announcer Tom Durkin ldquoAnd therersquos room on the inside for Temecula CreekrdquoTrainer Bobby frankel ldquoAnd Temecula Creek ainrsquot runningrdquo

ldquoHorses arenrsquot always horses but money is always moneyrdquoTrainer Pat Reynolds on the art of selling horses

ldquoIrsquove had meets here that werenrsquot as good as the first two daysrdquoTrainer Steve Asmussen who won four to start the 2008 season

ldquoThe most interesting race here would be Johnrsquos Call against Funny Cide Theyrsquore both here That would be as good as it getsrdquo

Asmussen again on the value of horses extending their careers

ldquoIrsquom working as hard as him and I even brushed my teeth this morningrdquoRyan Clancy feeling a little perturbed

about younger brother Jack getting more (or any) tips from the clubhouse patrons when passing out copies of The Special

Pittsfield mass Location Time Warner had for The Specialrsquos internet ser-vice we wondered why it wasnrsquot up to speed

Jason Hennig 9 son of trainer mark Hennig ldquoWho in the world would name their horse NapkinsrdquoAlan Brodsky owner and namer (who has also apparently heard from grandfather John Hennig) ldquoNow Irsquove got three generations of Hennigs beating up on merdquo

Worth Repeating ndash Election EditionldquoIt all depends if my father is going to read itrdquo

Trainer Rick Schosberg when asked for his vote

ldquoPlease put my name on the Republican side Irsquom pleading with yourdquoTrainer John Hennig

One WinnerNeil Howard Irdquom going to have to get back to you on that onerdquo

Here amp There at Saratoga

Tod MarksfIRE BREATHING THOROUGHBRED Rio mistico looks like a monster ndash but itrsquos really just steam and mist ndash at trainer Barclay Taggrsquos barn

5Saturday July 26 2008

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Here amp There at SaratogaNames of the Day

masked man second race The Lone Ranger meets Abbott and Costello This Overbrook Farm homebred is out of Catcher which makes the handle fitting enough But think of the trackside possibilities when this colt crosses the wire

fan A Who was thatfan B Masked Man

fan C Who was that Masked Man

Bustin Stones eighth race Simply one of the best names ever Kudos Roddy Valente owner of a gravel company

Take A Number1 White panel van stuck in a ditch next to the Oklahoma track Friday morning

4 Blocks Brian Nadeau had to walk to get to The Special office after the races Friday night He now knows how the Sanford Stud horses felt

0 Outside sources of Internet used by The Spe-cial to complete this newspaper ndash first time of the season Well we hope

WeatherToday Morning sunshine isolated thunder-storms in the afternoon High 86 Chance of rain 30 percentTonight Cloudy with chance of thunderstorms Low in the mid-60sSunday Afternoon thunderstorms High in the low 80s and low in the low 60smonday Sleep Partly cloudy with possible thunderstorm High in the low 80s

the Big horseraceThe Specialrsquos straw (well hay) poll began back at Keeneland in April and wersquoll keep a running total of the votes around town Republican John Mc-

Cain took a quick early lead Wednesday Democrat Barack Obama rallied into the picture yesterday and McCain edged forward a bit today as Undecided and Neither remain chilly off the pace You do have until November to make up your mind

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6 Saturday July 26 2008

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ldquoIrsquom going to get him right nowrdquo Thatrsquos how Nick Zito answered the

question ldquoHowrsquos Commentatorrdquo Fri-day morning The trainer hustled back to his barn and pointed to the 2005 Whitney Handicap winner who was completing his third turn of Zitorsquos long shaded shedrow before his final prepa-ration for the 2008 Whitney

ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo Zito saidHe pointed to a chestnut gelding

chomping on an egg-butt snaffle Com-mentator coiled and bounced to his toes like a shortstop expecting a baserunner at second

ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo Zito said The first ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo pointed out

the physical Commentator The second one pointed out out the mental Com-mentator

ldquoHersquos still orneryrdquo Zito said ldquoHe hangs out by himself he likes to be left alone If you go over and play with him hersquoll bite you Seven years old and he still bites Irsquom happy about thatrdquo

Commentator and exercise rider Carlos Correa strolled out of the shed-row for a routine gallop and some gate

schooling Yeah 7-year-old geldings school in the gate Commentator leads a packed field of 11 in todayrsquos $750000 Whitney Handicap The Grade I stakes attracted two Grade I winners ndash Com-mentator and Pacific Classic and Pim-lico Special winner Student Council ndash and a gaggle of others looking to play while divisional leader Curlin flirts with a turf career

Owned by Tracy Farmer Commen-tator carries highweight of 120 pounds and breaks from the rail under John Velazquez Commentator has made just 18 starts He went postward four times last year and will make his fourth start this year in the Whitney Zito unleashed the gelded son of Distorted Humor this January in a rich 1-mile optional claim-er at Gulfstream Park where he won by 14 He returned to scorch the 7 fur-long Richter Scale by almost the same margin in March before yielding late to Divine Park in the Met Mile at the end of May

ldquoYou wish there were more like him itrsquos fun for the gamerdquo Zito said ldquoEv-erybody realizes itrsquos not such a bad bad

sport when you have guys like that run-ning Only a few can run in Grade Ones at 7 ndash if he could get in that circle Kel-so Forego just to get mentioned with themrdquo

Commentator will be on the lead ear-ly trying to swallow 9 furlongs some-thing hersquos only done once in the 2005 Whitney when Gary Stevens cajoled the first half mile in 46 25 seconds the slowest on his recent chart

ldquoItrsquos probably not the ideal distance for him but he did it three years ago

Hersquos set up for it with the mile race and the Met he carried top weight the track was very very heavy that day If hersquos go-ing to stretch out this is the racerdquo Zito said ldquoHersquos got to carry top weight but in a way thatrsquos a tribute to the horse Itrsquos a tremendous compliment to be a 7-year-old gelding and highweight in this yearrsquos Whitney You tip your hat to him I just hope hersquos on and has a great day If hersquos on hersquos tough If hersquos on hersquos Commentatorrdquo

Tod MarksCommentator goes after his second Whitney victory

Whorsquos OldStill sharp Commentator lords overSaturdayrsquos wide-open Grade I stakes

by sean clancy whItNEy haNDIcap prEvIEw

See whiTnEy page 8

7Saturday July 26 2008

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8 Saturday July 26 2008

Neil Howard hopes Grasshopper is on Hersquod settle for the Grasshopper who tried Street Sense all the way down the stretch in last yearrsquos Travers The son of Di-xie Union fell a half-length short that day and has yet to really recapture that form in six subsequent starts Robby Albarado returns aboard Will Farishrsquos colt

ldquoSometimes you donrsquot pay attention to how much a race could take out of a horserdquo Howard said ldquoDe-pending on how a horse went into it ndash how much sea-soning he had how much racing he had it was so hot that day ndash a race like the Travers could take a lot out of a horse and I think it showed in the Super Derbyrdquo

Grasshopper led late in the Super Derby but couldnrsquot hold off Going Ballistic He rebounded this winter with a win in the Mineshaft and a second in the New Orleans Handicap Brought north he finished a dull second in the Westchester Handicap at Belmont Park then flopped in the Pimlico Special and the Ste-phen Foster Howard thinks hersquos back on target

ldquoHersquos doing very wellrdquo Howard said ldquoWe got off schedule for the Pimlico Special we were pushing and shoving to get there and now wersquore back on schedule and hersquos done very well since He put his weight back on we didnrsquot settle on this until late he worked very well the other day Itrsquos deep He belongs Itrsquos an op-portunity to run in a Grade I no less than the Whitney and Curlin is not there Itrsquos an opportunityrdquo

Mark Hennig sees the Whitney the same way ndash a Grade I stakes without Curlin Donrsquot dip your toe jump in and start swimming Hennig brings recent Sal-vatore Mile winner Notional into the Whitney A Cal-ifornia-bred son of In Excess Notional flirted with the big 3-year-old stakes last year winning the San Rafael and the Risen Star and finishing second in the Flori-da Derby while under Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos care Notional cracked a cannon bone and missed the Triple Crown and returned in February on the turf Four straight losses on the turf and synthetic surfaces ndash from Santa

Anita to Dubai ndash forced owner Paul Reddam to switch engine rooms sending the horse to Hennig in June

ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo Hennig said ldquoDoug Paul and myself wondered did his form tail off because of the cannon bone fracture in his 3-year-old year or was it because of the artificial surfaces He did seem to get happy training in New Yorkrdquo

Hennig breezed Notional three times and took a shot in the Salvatore where he had to face the defend-ing champion Gottcha Gold who loves the speed-favoring Monmouth Park Gottcha Gold appeared to run his race but Notional crushed him finishing the mile in 135 45

ldquoI thought Gottcha Gold on that track would be tough to run downrdquo Hennig said ldquoI didnrsquot expect him to run that kind of number but I did think he would show that he was happy to be back on the main track and run a creditable race and move forward from thererdquo

With just three weeks between races Notional must bounce back quickly Donrsquot say bounce

ldquoItrsquos certainly a concern Itrsquos the best race hersquos run since he broke his maidenrdquo Hennig said ldquoThe only encouraging part of coming back on short rest is he has definitely moved up mentally since winning a race Hersquos shown no signs of letting off hersquos trained more aggressively since the race than prior to the race The rider that gets on him every day says his arms are six inches longer than they were before the race He says he gets better every dayrdquo

Steve Asmussen entered Student Council the only other Grade I winner in the field The 6-year-old has banked nearly $14 million while competing from coast to coast He won the Pimlico Special over a muddy surface and would probably benefit from more rain

ldquoAre you kidding that big son of Kingmambo hersquod love itrdquo Asmussen said as it rained earlier in the week ldquoHe won the Pimlico Special in the mud and hersquos doing greatrdquo

Shaun Bridgmohan rides for Millennium FarmLarry Jones takes another go at Grade I competition

with Argentine-import Solar Flare The 4-year-old colt looked home free in the Suburban but faltered late squandering the victory to 40-1 shot Frost Giant Ga-briel Saez returns on the Fox Hill Farm charge

Rising Moon finished 3 lengths off Frost Giant in the Suburban Owned by Four Roses Thoroughbreds and trained by Richard Dutrow Jr Rising Moon has just seven starts in his career but he makes them count winning four out of his last five Cornelio Velasquez takes the call

Cowtown Cat Merchant Marine Tasteyville AP Arrow and Timber Reserve round out the contentious Whitney field

Whitney ndash Continued from page 6

Tod MarksA P Arrow comes out of the Suburban to try the Whitney

9Saturday July 26 2008

Plan now to attend the Keeneland September 8 ndash 23 Yearling Sale

Sessions begin at 1000 am daily

Catalogs available online Tuesday August 5

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10 Saturday July 26 2008

No itrsquos not October yet though you might think so when you check the entries for Saturdayrsquos Grade I Diana Stakes The 1 18-mile turf stakes sure looks like the Breedersrsquo Cup Filly and Mare Turf which will be run Oct 24 at Santa Anita

In fact the winner of the Diana a Breedersrsquo Cup Challenge race automatically earns a starting berth in California

Mother Nature however could take some of the zing out of the $500000 Diana Though the forecast looks promising for Friday night and Saturday the torrential rain that lashed Saratoga Springs Wednes-day and Thursday might have already taken its toll on the course

Grade I winners Bit Of Whimsy Rutherienne Va-care and Wait A While are entered in the Diana but with the exception of Bit Of Whimsy (whose connec-tions said she will handle soft going) the other three standouts are questionable if the course is too water-logged

Christophe Clement the trainer of Rutherienne and Vacare and Todd Pletcher the trainer of Wait A While were anxious to watch Fridayrsquos Lake George the first turf race of the meet

The good news is that Fridayrsquos skies sported nary a cloud and Saturdayrsquos forecast held only a 30-per-cent chance of an isolated thunderstorm Then again itrsquos Saratoga and typhoon-like events arrive without warning

ldquoIrsquom not sure that I will race either of themrdquo Clement said Friday morning ldquoI have to see the Lake George first and then I will call my owners and make

a decision Today is a beautiful drying day If we have another day like this tomorrow maybe we will be OKrdquo

Wait A While the champion 3-year-old filly of 2006 hasnrsquot raced since winning the San Gorgonio at Santa Anita Jan 14 Following that race she was sidelined with a stress fracture in her left tibia which healed with rest Pletcher said if he isnrsquot satisfied with the course condition ndash Wait A While wants it firm ndash hersquoll scratch and run her in the Grade III Matchmaker at Monmouth Park Aug 3

DreamyDiana

Tod MarksVacare is one of four Grade I winners in todayrsquos Grade I Diana on the Saratoga turf

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Wait A While is 2-for-2 over the Saratoga turf with wins in the 2006 Lake Placid and the 2007 Ballston Spa Still the daughter of Mariarsquos Mon has her quirks ndash something Pletcher discov-ered two years ago

ldquoFor some reason early in her 3-year-old year she got stubborn about going into the gaterdquo Pletcher said ldquoWe did a lot of work with her and found that the easy compromise was just to blindfold her It has worked well and we have never changed itrdquo

Rafael Bejarano was named on Wait A While who drew post 4 Her regular rider Garrett Gomez accepted the mount on Rutherienne who drew post 7

Rutherienne last yearrsquos Lake George winner won the Grade II Jenny Wiley at Keeneland in April then followed with thirds in the Grade I Gamely at Hol-lywood Park and Grade III All Along Breedersrsquo Cup at Colonial Downs The course at Colonial was labeled good after drenching rain fell the day of the race

ldquoThey just ran a bit too quick for her in California but it was a good racerdquo Clement said ldquoShe ran a little bit off par last time (at Colonial) probably due to the ground They got torrential rain that day which was bad luckrdquo

Vacare won an allowance over a yielding course at Arlington Park back in 2006 when trained by Chris Block but since joining Clementrsquos barn she has only raced on firm ground Runner-up to Wait A While in last yearrsquos Ball-

ston Spa Vacare has started just once this year finishing eighth (though just 4 lengths behind the winner) in the Just A Game at Belmont Park June 7 Clement entered Vacare in an overnight stakes earlier this month at Belmont but scratched when the turf came up yielding

ldquoShe ran in the Just A Game so there will be no excuserdquo Clement said ldquoIt is what it is She had her racerdquo

Edgar Prado is named on Vacare who drew post 5

Shug McGaughey Criminologistrsquos trainer said he doesnrsquot mind if the turf is boggy as long as it is safe

Criminologist won the Grade III Athenia over a yielding course last year at Belmont and took an allowance here last year over a course labeled good She is 2-for-2 on Saratogarsquos turf

Criminologist finished seventh in the 1-mile Just A Game and McGaughey thinks the Dianarsquos extra furlong will help

ldquoThe mile and an eighth is probably her shtick a little more than the milerdquo McGaughey said ldquoShe got in a little bit of traffic in the Just A Game Irsquom not using that as an excuse It was around the half-mile pole and then she kind of dropped it on (jockey John Velazquez)

at the three-eighths pole and then kind of got into it again She was only beaten 3 12 lengths but I was disappointed It was the first time she ran in a Grade I this will be the second time If she is beat again and doesnrsquot run any bet-ter than she ran the last time we might have to drop down a notch or two We will just have to wait and seerdquo

Velazquez gets the call again todayDonrsquot overlook the Bill Mott-trained

Dynaforce Mott has won the last three runnings of the Diana and Dynaforce ran a bang-up race to finish second to a very good filly (the Clement-trained Maurala-kana) in the Grade II New York Handi-cap The New York was Dynaforcersquos first race since in 10 months and her Ameri-can debut Soft ground shouldnrsquot be an issue the mare who won in France over soft going Kent Desormeaux will be aboard for the first time

The Diana is so deep even the ladies with double-digit odds possess impres-sive resumes Barclay Tagg sends out Bit Of Whimsy (Eibar Coa) winner of three graded stakes including the Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Cup from the hedge Dale Romans trainee Bayoursquos Lassie (Robby Albarado) has banked nearly $700000 in a nine-win career Forever Together (Julien Leparoux) got up for third at 44-1 in the Just A Game for Jonathan Sheppard Billy Badgett saddles New York-bred Chestoria (Cor-nelio Velasquez) who has missed the board just once since moving to turf eight starts ago and Lady Digby (Ra-mon Dominguez) comes up from her Maryland base on the heels of a 2 14-length score in the All Along for Gra-ham Motion

Diana ndash Continued from page 10

Tod MarksCriminologist tries to get back on track for trainer Shug mcGaughey

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Condition books donrsquot come with warning stickers Perhaps they donrsquot need them After all the trainers who saw Ginger Punchrsquos name on the nomi-nation list and still entered horses in to-dayrsquos Grade I Go For Wand knew what they were getting into

Winner of the 2007 Breedersrsquo Cup Distaff and Eclipse Award as champion filly or mare Ginger Punch will try to duplicate the dominating performance she put on her last year in the $250000 Go For Wand In the 2007 renewal the daughter of Awesome Again scampered away from the field to win the 1 18-mile stakes by 6 lengths

Whatrsquos frightening is the thought Ginger Punch might be even better now than the last time she graced Saratoga with her presence

ldquoPhysically shersquos betterrdquo said trainer Bobby Frankel ldquoand mentally shersquos bet-terrdquo

Owned by Stronach Stable and bred by Stronachrsquos Adena Springs Farm Ginger Punch returns to Saratoga off a victory in the Grade I Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park where she

skipped away to win by 7 34 lengths Jockey Rafael Bejarano comes in from California to ride the 1-2 favorite who will carry the highweight of 124 pounds

The chestnut mare who concedes from seven to 11 pounds to her rivals will break from the rail as she attempts to win her fifth Grade I

ldquoIrsquod rather be outside but thatrsquos OKrdquo said a not-too-worried Frankel

Will a wet track worry the reigning queen Probably not The 5-year-old owns two wins in four lifetime starts over an off track with one of those scores coming over sloppy going at Monmouth Park in the Distaff Ginger Punch has earned $653924 in 2008 with three wins from four starts boost-ing her career earnings to $2555603 ndash nearly $423000 more than the other seven entrants combined

ldquoShersquos very consistent ndash just a very very good filly I can depend on her all the timerdquo her trainer said ldquoItrsquos unbe-lievable how she goes out there and tries as hard as she does every time To win another Grade I would be greatrdquo

No horse has won back-to-back run-nings of the Go For Wand since the race was moved to Saratoga (and stretched a furlong) in 1994 though Hall of Famer Ladyrsquos Secret repeated in the old Mas-kette at Belmont Park in 1985 and 1986 and Tosmah did the same at Aqueduct in 1964 and 1965

Christophe Clement sends out Moon Catcher a distant fifth to Ginger Punch in the Ogden Phipps last out With the race lacking early speed the 4-year-old

daughter of Malibu Moon is a candi-date for the lead though jockey Edgar Prado will determine Moon Catcherrsquos placement

ldquoWersquoll have to see how the race de-velopsrdquo Prado said ldquoIrsquod like to have (Moon Catcher) by the leadersrdquo

Inside Passage (Eibar Coa) takes a significant step up in the Go For Wand Two-for-three this year since entering

Tod MarksGinger Punch tries to win her second consecutive Go for Wand

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13Saturday July 26 2008

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Barclay Taggrsquos barn the daughter of Tiznow finished third last out in the minor Proud Delta at Belmont Park her first stakes try She owns one start at Saratoga at todayrsquos distance a close third in an optional claimer last year

Indescribable has run well at the 9-furlong distance taking the Grade III Arlington Matron in May and though none of her four career wins have been on old-fashioned dirt the Pleasant Tap filly does have the dynamic duo of Bill Mott and Kent Desormeaux on her side

Copper State (Shaun Bridgmohan) makes her second start for trainer Steve Asmussen the Jump Start filly was run-ner-up to Unbridled Belle in the Grade III Obeah at Delaware Park June 14

Runway Rosie (Rajiv Maragh) comes out of the Proud Delta at Belmont July 2 when she beat third-place Indian Pas-sage by 5 14 lengths and the Include filly has been in the exacta all four times she has ran at todayrsquos distance

Over Under (Robby Albarado) en-tered Dallas Stewartrsquos barn at the start of the year and has gone three-of-five since the last being a 3-length score in the Wild Rose at Prairie Meadows

Frankel also sends out Spring Waltz (Javier Castellano) who makes up the lighter half of the Stronach Stables entry The Silver Charm mare finished fourth in the Delaware Handicap July 13 her first start for Frankel after capturing the Grade II Rampart at Gulfstream Park for Brian Lynch in March

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Thorrsquos Echo peered from his stall at the stakes barn and looked as interest-ed as a Yankees fan listening to Terry Francona talk about his two World Se-ries rings The 2006 champion sprinter had descended upon the most famous racetrack in the world to run in todayrsquos Grade II Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap big deal

The California-bred is used to new surroundings new racetracks and new obstacles With a resume that includes close to $25 million in earnings and the travel itinerary of an oil executive Thorrsquos Echo just keeps boarding the plane

Florida California Dubai Califor-nia Kentucky Maryland Dubai again then a return to his California home He jetted from Hollywood to Belmont for the True North June 7 then jetted back west to prep for the $250000 Vander-bilt Despite the miles the 6-year-old has flourished more often than not and rates as a major contender in the 6-fur-long stakes

Carlos Pena foreman for trainer Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos Southern California string accompanied the gelding on the trip and didnrsquot see a hair out of place

ldquoThis horse has been to a lot of differ-ent places and he ships in great every time Hersquos kind of a veteran of all this by now Even when he went to Dubai and back it was no big thing He knows what hersquos do-ingrdquo Pena said ldquoIrsquove been with Doug and the horse for a long time ndash at Del Mar and Hollywood Park and at Churchill Downs for the Breedersrsquo Cup in 2006 ndash and the horse is always a pleasure He doesnrsquot let anything bother himrdquo

Up to this point Dubai has been the only real blip on the radar Zabeel Racing International purchased Thorrsquos Echorsquos after back-to-back wins in Grade I stakes in November 2006 ndash the Breed-errsquos Cup Sprint and De Francis Dash Sent to trainer Seemar Satish in Dubai the plan was to point for the $2 million Golden Shaheen in March 2008 They got there but things hardly went ac-cordingly Thorrsquos Echo prepped in the Group III Mahab Al Shimaal and ran sixth the same spot he finished 30 days later in the Group I Shaheen

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Zabeel booked Thorrsquos Echo a return flight in April 2007 and after 14 months off he resurfaced in the Grade II True North on the Belmont Stakes under-card Racing up close to a quick pace he tired late to finish fourth beaten only 1 34 lengths by divisional leader Benny The Bull Thorrsquos Echo drew the rail in the Vanderbilt and reunites with Corey Nakatani who was aboard for the late-season stakes scores in 2006

Pena sees little change in the horse that seems to be sitting on a peak performance

ldquoSo far so good He looks sharp and hersquos ready to run Just a great horse to be around and takes every-thing in striderdquo Pena said ldquoHe got in late on Tuesday and he galloped over the track Wednesday and Thurs-day Today he just jogged and tomorrow hersquoll run It looked like he handled the track OK but I just hope it doesnrsquot rain Itrsquos going to be a tough race but he just goes out and runs his race so tomorrow shouldnrsquot be any differentrdquo

And it will be a tough race After all for all his expe-rience Thorrsquos Echo is fifth choice in the morning line

Though not as seasoned Thorrsquos Echo Black Sev-enteen is another live West Coaster Shipping in from California for Brian Koriner the 4-year-old son of Is It True won the Grade II Carry Back Stakes at Calder in July 2007 his last start of the year Koriner opted to give his star a freshening and Black Seventeen returned in the Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields June 14 setting a blistering half-mile under pressure in 44 15 seconds before tiring to run second Koriner makes his first trip to Saratoga and his front-running colt rates as the one to catch

ldquoItrsquos exciting and nice to finally be here at Sara-togardquo Koriner said ldquoThe horse shipped in well and wersquoll see if California speed can be transferred to New York He got a bit tired in his comeback race but he got something out of it and hersquoll be a little sharper this timerdquo

Black Seventeen has run a half-mile in 44 and change in his last three starts and Koriner isnrsquot about to tell jockey Aaron Gryder to change tactics in the Vanderbilt

ldquoWersquore going to send him away from there and make them come and catch usrdquo Koriner said ldquoWe didnrsquot come all this way to get beat at our own gamerdquo

That plan could prove a roadblock for Roddy Va-lentersquos undefeated homebred Bustin Stones who has never been behind a horse at any pace call in his six lifetime starts His horse is the morning-line favorite and the locally based and tremendously popular Va-lente could run for public office if Bustin Stones takes the Vanderbilt

Trained by Bruce Levine the 4-year-old enters off the biggest win of his career a game half-length score in the Grade I Carter Handicap at Aqueduct April 5 Beset by knee problems throughout his career the Empire-bred son of City Zip has had more starts and stops than a New York cab on a rainy day

Bustin Stones won his first three starts last spring then was forced to the sidelines by a knee injury After an aborted comeback he finally returned in January winning a minor state-bred stakes at Aqueduct then ventured to Laurel to take down open company the Grade II General George Feb 18 A determined gate-to-wire victory in the Carter was followed by another

brief setback but Levine regrouped and circled the Vanderbilt With Black Seventeen signed on he knows things wonrsquot be easy up front

ldquoThatrsquos the thing therersquos some serious speed in there and wersquore part of it for sure But he keeps passing ev-ery test wersquove given him so far and hersquos proven himself to be a pretty special and pretty serious horserdquo Levine said ldquoHe got sick on me in May after the Carter and we had to back off on him just a hair but hersquos coming in good and has been training very well since then It hasnrsquot been too frustrating because he hasnrsquot missed a beat since he got sick hersquos been breezing every six days or a week and hersquos ready to gordquo Levine said

First Defence ran the race of his life albeit a los-ing one at the Spa last season when he stuck a head in front of Hard Spun in deep stretch in the Grade I Kingrsquos Bishop before settling for second Juddmonte Farmrsquos homebred has been Richie Sexton since either knocking it out of the park or fanning the air

Bobby Frankel elected to give First Defence an ex-tended vacation after a seventh in the Grade I Vosburgh last October and brought him back May 3 to win an allowance on the Kentucky Derby undercard A disap-pointing fifth in the Grade I Met Mile sent First De-fence to the turf and the 4-year-old responded with a gritty head victory in the Grade III Jaipur at Belmont With an inside draw in the Vanderbilt jockey Javier Castellano may be forced to send his mount to the lead or risk losing position

Eighth in the Vanderbilt to close his 2007 cam-paign Abraaj has been a new horse this year for Ki-aran McLaughlin Now 6 the Shadwell Stable charge won an allowance by 6 lengths before finishing a game third in the True North Abraaj could benefit the most from the anticipated quick splits in the Vanderbilt Alan Garcia has the call

Sammarco (Channing Hill to ride) enters off a gate-to-wire maiden score at Belmont for Mike Hushion and could be in the mix early E Z Warrior (Kent Desormeaux) makes his first start in Bill Mottrsquos care since running 13th in the Grade I Malibu over Santa Anitarsquos synthetic sur-face in December for trainer Bob Baffert

Vanderbilt ndash Continued from page 14

Tod MarksBustin Stones puts his unbeaten mark on the line again

17Saturday July 26 2008

18 Saturday July 26 2008

Saturday July 26 Post Time 100 pm Entries with program number post position jockey trainer and morning-line odds

1ST (100) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $610001 1 Borrowing Limit Maragh R Violette Jr Rick 4-12 2 Wonforthegoodguys Rodriguez R R Fisher Linda 20-13 3 Brendanrsquos Warrior Albarado R J Duggan David 20-14 4 Northern Storm Samyn J L Jacobson David 15-15 5 Rollers Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 9-56 6 Phobia Castellano J J Contessa Gary 12-17 7 Tough Jake Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 10-18 8 Benny the Waiter Coa E M Levine Bruce 7-29 9 Fire Marshal Prado E S Hernandez Mike 12-110 10 System Restore Bridgmohan S X Balsamo Diane 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (7-9) Pick 4 (7-10) Daily Double

8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (8-10) Daily Double

9TH (515) THE GO fOR WAND (GR I) 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Ginger Punch Bejarano R Frankel Bobby 1-21A 8 Spring Waltz Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 1-22 2 Inside Passage Coa E M Tagg Barclay 15-13 3 Indescribable Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-14 4 Moon Catcher Prado E S Clement Christophe 5-15 5 Copper State Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 10-16 6 Runway Rosie Maragh R Contessa Gary 8-17 7 Over Under Albarado R J Stewart Dallas 20-1A-Coupled Ginger Punch and Spring Waltz

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (9-11) Daily Double

10TH (546) THE WHITNEY (GR I) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP PURSE $7500001 1 Commentator Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12 2 Solar Flare (ARG) Saez G Jones Larry 4-13 3 Notional Prado E S Hennig Mark 5-14 4 Cowtown Cat Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 20-15 5 Merchant Marine Maragh R Jerkens Allen 15-16 6 Tasteyville Luzzi M J Kelly Pat 12-17 7 Rising Moon Velasquez C Dutrow Richard 10-18 8 Grasshopper Albarado R J Howard Neil 10-19 9 A P Arrow Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 10-110 10 Student Council Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 6-111 11 Timber Reserve Castellano J J Kimmel John 20-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Daily Double

11TH (619) 5 12 fURLONGS TURf 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330001 1 Shaami Hill C Peitz Daniel 4-12 2 Bel Viaggio Luzzi M J Levine Bruce 7-23 3 Ballston Rodriguez R R Aquilino Joseph 15-14 4 Lava Cat Sanchez J Arroyo Enrique 30-15 5 E Z Dollar Samyn J L Hertler John 15-16 6 Ya Think Gomez G K Benzel Seth 6-17 7 Friday Meeting Albarado R J Werner Ronny 8-18 8 Lyke a Hurricane Prado E S Duggan David 12-19 9 Counting House Morales S Callejas Bernardo 10-110 10 Body Blows Maragh R Sciacca Gary 20-111 11 Catch Up Chris Garcia Alan Schettino Dom 5-112 12 Carry On the Dream Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 20-113 AE Allaboutmack Chavez J F Lostritto Joseph 15-114 AE Seastate Hill C Devereux Joseph 12-115 MTO Osceola Prince Velazquez J R Ward Wesley 6-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta

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19Saturday July 26 2008

RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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20 Saturday July 26 2008

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

lakE gEorgE StakES rEcap

See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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See FriDAy page 24

frIDay racINg rEcap

23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

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9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

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SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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Worth RepeatingldquoEvery racing office in America says therersquos nobody in there Bobby Fran-kelrsquos horse Giant Gizmo was a top horse and got hurt I almost wish he stayed in there he would have cut the field in half But thatrsquos racing you canrsquot tell he or she what to do I try all the timerdquo

Nick Zito on todayrsquos 11-horse Whitney Handicap

ldquoI just met him todayrdquoEdgar Prado on riding Desert Party for the first time

ldquoIf he was worried he didnrsquot let anybody know about itrdquo Darleyrsquos Jimmy Bell while watching the replay of Prado checking Desert Party in the Sanford

ldquoTherersquos spending money and therersquos wasting moneyrdquoPrado on the lessons of making ndash and keeping ndash money

ldquoI wasnrsquot there I do my best work when I donrsquot go to the salerdquoTrainer Eoin Harty when asked if he had seen Desert Party at fasig-Tipton sale in february

Announcer Tom Durkin ldquoAnd therersquos room on the inside for Temecula CreekrdquoTrainer Bobby frankel ldquoAnd Temecula Creek ainrsquot runningrdquo

ldquoHorses arenrsquot always horses but money is always moneyrdquoTrainer Pat Reynolds on the art of selling horses

ldquoIrsquove had meets here that werenrsquot as good as the first two daysrdquoTrainer Steve Asmussen who won four to start the 2008 season

ldquoThe most interesting race here would be Johnrsquos Call against Funny Cide Theyrsquore both here That would be as good as it getsrdquo

Asmussen again on the value of horses extending their careers

ldquoIrsquom working as hard as him and I even brushed my teeth this morningrdquoRyan Clancy feeling a little perturbed

about younger brother Jack getting more (or any) tips from the clubhouse patrons when passing out copies of The Special

Pittsfield mass Location Time Warner had for The Specialrsquos internet ser-vice we wondered why it wasnrsquot up to speed

Jason Hennig 9 son of trainer mark Hennig ldquoWho in the world would name their horse NapkinsrdquoAlan Brodsky owner and namer (who has also apparently heard from grandfather John Hennig) ldquoNow Irsquove got three generations of Hennigs beating up on merdquo

Worth Repeating ndash Election EditionldquoIt all depends if my father is going to read itrdquo

Trainer Rick Schosberg when asked for his vote

ldquoPlease put my name on the Republican side Irsquom pleading with yourdquoTrainer John Hennig

One WinnerNeil Howard Irdquom going to have to get back to you on that onerdquo

Here amp There at Saratoga

Tod MarksfIRE BREATHING THOROUGHBRED Rio mistico looks like a monster ndash but itrsquos really just steam and mist ndash at trainer Barclay Taggrsquos barn

5Saturday July 26 2008

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Here amp There at SaratogaNames of the Day

masked man second race The Lone Ranger meets Abbott and Costello This Overbrook Farm homebred is out of Catcher which makes the handle fitting enough But think of the trackside possibilities when this colt crosses the wire

fan A Who was thatfan B Masked Man

fan C Who was that Masked Man

Bustin Stones eighth race Simply one of the best names ever Kudos Roddy Valente owner of a gravel company

Take A Number1 White panel van stuck in a ditch next to the Oklahoma track Friday morning

4 Blocks Brian Nadeau had to walk to get to The Special office after the races Friday night He now knows how the Sanford Stud horses felt

0 Outside sources of Internet used by The Spe-cial to complete this newspaper ndash first time of the season Well we hope

WeatherToday Morning sunshine isolated thunder-storms in the afternoon High 86 Chance of rain 30 percentTonight Cloudy with chance of thunderstorms Low in the mid-60sSunday Afternoon thunderstorms High in the low 80s and low in the low 60smonday Sleep Partly cloudy with possible thunderstorm High in the low 80s

the Big horseraceThe Specialrsquos straw (well hay) poll began back at Keeneland in April and wersquoll keep a running total of the votes around town Republican John Mc-

Cain took a quick early lead Wednesday Democrat Barack Obama rallied into the picture yesterday and McCain edged forward a bit today as Undecided and Neither remain chilly off the pace You do have until November to make up your mind

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ldquoIrsquom going to get him right nowrdquo Thatrsquos how Nick Zito answered the

question ldquoHowrsquos Commentatorrdquo Fri-day morning The trainer hustled back to his barn and pointed to the 2005 Whitney Handicap winner who was completing his third turn of Zitorsquos long shaded shedrow before his final prepa-ration for the 2008 Whitney

ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo Zito saidHe pointed to a chestnut gelding

chomping on an egg-butt snaffle Com-mentator coiled and bounced to his toes like a shortstop expecting a baserunner at second

ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo Zito said The first ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo pointed out

the physical Commentator The second one pointed out out the mental Com-mentator

ldquoHersquos still orneryrdquo Zito said ldquoHe hangs out by himself he likes to be left alone If you go over and play with him hersquoll bite you Seven years old and he still bites Irsquom happy about thatrdquo

Commentator and exercise rider Carlos Correa strolled out of the shed-row for a routine gallop and some gate

schooling Yeah 7-year-old geldings school in the gate Commentator leads a packed field of 11 in todayrsquos $750000 Whitney Handicap The Grade I stakes attracted two Grade I winners ndash Com-mentator and Pacific Classic and Pim-lico Special winner Student Council ndash and a gaggle of others looking to play while divisional leader Curlin flirts with a turf career

Owned by Tracy Farmer Commen-tator carries highweight of 120 pounds and breaks from the rail under John Velazquez Commentator has made just 18 starts He went postward four times last year and will make his fourth start this year in the Whitney Zito unleashed the gelded son of Distorted Humor this January in a rich 1-mile optional claim-er at Gulfstream Park where he won by 14 He returned to scorch the 7 fur-long Richter Scale by almost the same margin in March before yielding late to Divine Park in the Met Mile at the end of May

ldquoYou wish there were more like him itrsquos fun for the gamerdquo Zito said ldquoEv-erybody realizes itrsquos not such a bad bad

sport when you have guys like that run-ning Only a few can run in Grade Ones at 7 ndash if he could get in that circle Kel-so Forego just to get mentioned with themrdquo

Commentator will be on the lead ear-ly trying to swallow 9 furlongs some-thing hersquos only done once in the 2005 Whitney when Gary Stevens cajoled the first half mile in 46 25 seconds the slowest on his recent chart

ldquoItrsquos probably not the ideal distance for him but he did it three years ago

Hersquos set up for it with the mile race and the Met he carried top weight the track was very very heavy that day If hersquos go-ing to stretch out this is the racerdquo Zito said ldquoHersquos got to carry top weight but in a way thatrsquos a tribute to the horse Itrsquos a tremendous compliment to be a 7-year-old gelding and highweight in this yearrsquos Whitney You tip your hat to him I just hope hersquos on and has a great day If hersquos on hersquos tough If hersquos on hersquos Commentatorrdquo

Tod MarksCommentator goes after his second Whitney victory

Whorsquos OldStill sharp Commentator lords overSaturdayrsquos wide-open Grade I stakes

by sean clancy whItNEy haNDIcap prEvIEw

See whiTnEy page 8

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Neil Howard hopes Grasshopper is on Hersquod settle for the Grasshopper who tried Street Sense all the way down the stretch in last yearrsquos Travers The son of Di-xie Union fell a half-length short that day and has yet to really recapture that form in six subsequent starts Robby Albarado returns aboard Will Farishrsquos colt

ldquoSometimes you donrsquot pay attention to how much a race could take out of a horserdquo Howard said ldquoDe-pending on how a horse went into it ndash how much sea-soning he had how much racing he had it was so hot that day ndash a race like the Travers could take a lot out of a horse and I think it showed in the Super Derbyrdquo

Grasshopper led late in the Super Derby but couldnrsquot hold off Going Ballistic He rebounded this winter with a win in the Mineshaft and a second in the New Orleans Handicap Brought north he finished a dull second in the Westchester Handicap at Belmont Park then flopped in the Pimlico Special and the Ste-phen Foster Howard thinks hersquos back on target

ldquoHersquos doing very wellrdquo Howard said ldquoWe got off schedule for the Pimlico Special we were pushing and shoving to get there and now wersquore back on schedule and hersquos done very well since He put his weight back on we didnrsquot settle on this until late he worked very well the other day Itrsquos deep He belongs Itrsquos an op-portunity to run in a Grade I no less than the Whitney and Curlin is not there Itrsquos an opportunityrdquo

Mark Hennig sees the Whitney the same way ndash a Grade I stakes without Curlin Donrsquot dip your toe jump in and start swimming Hennig brings recent Sal-vatore Mile winner Notional into the Whitney A Cal-ifornia-bred son of In Excess Notional flirted with the big 3-year-old stakes last year winning the San Rafael and the Risen Star and finishing second in the Flori-da Derby while under Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos care Notional cracked a cannon bone and missed the Triple Crown and returned in February on the turf Four straight losses on the turf and synthetic surfaces ndash from Santa

Anita to Dubai ndash forced owner Paul Reddam to switch engine rooms sending the horse to Hennig in June

ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo Hennig said ldquoDoug Paul and myself wondered did his form tail off because of the cannon bone fracture in his 3-year-old year or was it because of the artificial surfaces He did seem to get happy training in New Yorkrdquo

Hennig breezed Notional three times and took a shot in the Salvatore where he had to face the defend-ing champion Gottcha Gold who loves the speed-favoring Monmouth Park Gottcha Gold appeared to run his race but Notional crushed him finishing the mile in 135 45

ldquoI thought Gottcha Gold on that track would be tough to run downrdquo Hennig said ldquoI didnrsquot expect him to run that kind of number but I did think he would show that he was happy to be back on the main track and run a creditable race and move forward from thererdquo

With just three weeks between races Notional must bounce back quickly Donrsquot say bounce

ldquoItrsquos certainly a concern Itrsquos the best race hersquos run since he broke his maidenrdquo Hennig said ldquoThe only encouraging part of coming back on short rest is he has definitely moved up mentally since winning a race Hersquos shown no signs of letting off hersquos trained more aggressively since the race than prior to the race The rider that gets on him every day says his arms are six inches longer than they were before the race He says he gets better every dayrdquo

Steve Asmussen entered Student Council the only other Grade I winner in the field The 6-year-old has banked nearly $14 million while competing from coast to coast He won the Pimlico Special over a muddy surface and would probably benefit from more rain

ldquoAre you kidding that big son of Kingmambo hersquod love itrdquo Asmussen said as it rained earlier in the week ldquoHe won the Pimlico Special in the mud and hersquos doing greatrdquo

Shaun Bridgmohan rides for Millennium FarmLarry Jones takes another go at Grade I competition

with Argentine-import Solar Flare The 4-year-old colt looked home free in the Suburban but faltered late squandering the victory to 40-1 shot Frost Giant Ga-briel Saez returns on the Fox Hill Farm charge

Rising Moon finished 3 lengths off Frost Giant in the Suburban Owned by Four Roses Thoroughbreds and trained by Richard Dutrow Jr Rising Moon has just seven starts in his career but he makes them count winning four out of his last five Cornelio Velasquez takes the call

Cowtown Cat Merchant Marine Tasteyville AP Arrow and Timber Reserve round out the contentious Whitney field

Whitney ndash Continued from page 6

Tod MarksA P Arrow comes out of the Suburban to try the Whitney

9Saturday July 26 2008

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10 Saturday July 26 2008

No itrsquos not October yet though you might think so when you check the entries for Saturdayrsquos Grade I Diana Stakes The 1 18-mile turf stakes sure looks like the Breedersrsquo Cup Filly and Mare Turf which will be run Oct 24 at Santa Anita

In fact the winner of the Diana a Breedersrsquo Cup Challenge race automatically earns a starting berth in California

Mother Nature however could take some of the zing out of the $500000 Diana Though the forecast looks promising for Friday night and Saturday the torrential rain that lashed Saratoga Springs Wednes-day and Thursday might have already taken its toll on the course

Grade I winners Bit Of Whimsy Rutherienne Va-care and Wait A While are entered in the Diana but with the exception of Bit Of Whimsy (whose connec-tions said she will handle soft going) the other three standouts are questionable if the course is too water-logged

Christophe Clement the trainer of Rutherienne and Vacare and Todd Pletcher the trainer of Wait A While were anxious to watch Fridayrsquos Lake George the first turf race of the meet

The good news is that Fridayrsquos skies sported nary a cloud and Saturdayrsquos forecast held only a 30-per-cent chance of an isolated thunderstorm Then again itrsquos Saratoga and typhoon-like events arrive without warning

ldquoIrsquom not sure that I will race either of themrdquo Clement said Friday morning ldquoI have to see the Lake George first and then I will call my owners and make

a decision Today is a beautiful drying day If we have another day like this tomorrow maybe we will be OKrdquo

Wait A While the champion 3-year-old filly of 2006 hasnrsquot raced since winning the San Gorgonio at Santa Anita Jan 14 Following that race she was sidelined with a stress fracture in her left tibia which healed with rest Pletcher said if he isnrsquot satisfied with the course condition ndash Wait A While wants it firm ndash hersquoll scratch and run her in the Grade III Matchmaker at Monmouth Park Aug 3

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Tod MarksVacare is one of four Grade I winners in todayrsquos Grade I Diana on the Saratoga turf

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Wait A While is 2-for-2 over the Saratoga turf with wins in the 2006 Lake Placid and the 2007 Ballston Spa Still the daughter of Mariarsquos Mon has her quirks ndash something Pletcher discov-ered two years ago

ldquoFor some reason early in her 3-year-old year she got stubborn about going into the gaterdquo Pletcher said ldquoWe did a lot of work with her and found that the easy compromise was just to blindfold her It has worked well and we have never changed itrdquo

Rafael Bejarano was named on Wait A While who drew post 4 Her regular rider Garrett Gomez accepted the mount on Rutherienne who drew post 7

Rutherienne last yearrsquos Lake George winner won the Grade II Jenny Wiley at Keeneland in April then followed with thirds in the Grade I Gamely at Hol-lywood Park and Grade III All Along Breedersrsquo Cup at Colonial Downs The course at Colonial was labeled good after drenching rain fell the day of the race

ldquoThey just ran a bit too quick for her in California but it was a good racerdquo Clement said ldquoShe ran a little bit off par last time (at Colonial) probably due to the ground They got torrential rain that day which was bad luckrdquo

Vacare won an allowance over a yielding course at Arlington Park back in 2006 when trained by Chris Block but since joining Clementrsquos barn she has only raced on firm ground Runner-up to Wait A While in last yearrsquos Ball-

ston Spa Vacare has started just once this year finishing eighth (though just 4 lengths behind the winner) in the Just A Game at Belmont Park June 7 Clement entered Vacare in an overnight stakes earlier this month at Belmont but scratched when the turf came up yielding

ldquoShe ran in the Just A Game so there will be no excuserdquo Clement said ldquoIt is what it is She had her racerdquo

Edgar Prado is named on Vacare who drew post 5

Shug McGaughey Criminologistrsquos trainer said he doesnrsquot mind if the turf is boggy as long as it is safe

Criminologist won the Grade III Athenia over a yielding course last year at Belmont and took an allowance here last year over a course labeled good She is 2-for-2 on Saratogarsquos turf

Criminologist finished seventh in the 1-mile Just A Game and McGaughey thinks the Dianarsquos extra furlong will help

ldquoThe mile and an eighth is probably her shtick a little more than the milerdquo McGaughey said ldquoShe got in a little bit of traffic in the Just A Game Irsquom not using that as an excuse It was around the half-mile pole and then she kind of dropped it on (jockey John Velazquez)

at the three-eighths pole and then kind of got into it again She was only beaten 3 12 lengths but I was disappointed It was the first time she ran in a Grade I this will be the second time If she is beat again and doesnrsquot run any bet-ter than she ran the last time we might have to drop down a notch or two We will just have to wait and seerdquo

Velazquez gets the call again todayDonrsquot overlook the Bill Mott-trained

Dynaforce Mott has won the last three runnings of the Diana and Dynaforce ran a bang-up race to finish second to a very good filly (the Clement-trained Maurala-kana) in the Grade II New York Handi-cap The New York was Dynaforcersquos first race since in 10 months and her Ameri-can debut Soft ground shouldnrsquot be an issue the mare who won in France over soft going Kent Desormeaux will be aboard for the first time

The Diana is so deep even the ladies with double-digit odds possess impres-sive resumes Barclay Tagg sends out Bit Of Whimsy (Eibar Coa) winner of three graded stakes including the Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Cup from the hedge Dale Romans trainee Bayoursquos Lassie (Robby Albarado) has banked nearly $700000 in a nine-win career Forever Together (Julien Leparoux) got up for third at 44-1 in the Just A Game for Jonathan Sheppard Billy Badgett saddles New York-bred Chestoria (Cor-nelio Velasquez) who has missed the board just once since moving to turf eight starts ago and Lady Digby (Ra-mon Dominguez) comes up from her Maryland base on the heels of a 2 14-length score in the All Along for Gra-ham Motion

Diana ndash Continued from page 10

Tod MarksCriminologist tries to get back on track for trainer Shug mcGaughey

12 Saturday July 26 2008

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Condition books donrsquot come with warning stickers Perhaps they donrsquot need them After all the trainers who saw Ginger Punchrsquos name on the nomi-nation list and still entered horses in to-dayrsquos Grade I Go For Wand knew what they were getting into

Winner of the 2007 Breedersrsquo Cup Distaff and Eclipse Award as champion filly or mare Ginger Punch will try to duplicate the dominating performance she put on her last year in the $250000 Go For Wand In the 2007 renewal the daughter of Awesome Again scampered away from the field to win the 1 18-mile stakes by 6 lengths

Whatrsquos frightening is the thought Ginger Punch might be even better now than the last time she graced Saratoga with her presence

ldquoPhysically shersquos betterrdquo said trainer Bobby Frankel ldquoand mentally shersquos bet-terrdquo

Owned by Stronach Stable and bred by Stronachrsquos Adena Springs Farm Ginger Punch returns to Saratoga off a victory in the Grade I Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park where she

skipped away to win by 7 34 lengths Jockey Rafael Bejarano comes in from California to ride the 1-2 favorite who will carry the highweight of 124 pounds

The chestnut mare who concedes from seven to 11 pounds to her rivals will break from the rail as she attempts to win her fifth Grade I

ldquoIrsquod rather be outside but thatrsquos OKrdquo said a not-too-worried Frankel

Will a wet track worry the reigning queen Probably not The 5-year-old owns two wins in four lifetime starts over an off track with one of those scores coming over sloppy going at Monmouth Park in the Distaff Ginger Punch has earned $653924 in 2008 with three wins from four starts boost-ing her career earnings to $2555603 ndash nearly $423000 more than the other seven entrants combined

ldquoShersquos very consistent ndash just a very very good filly I can depend on her all the timerdquo her trainer said ldquoItrsquos unbe-lievable how she goes out there and tries as hard as she does every time To win another Grade I would be greatrdquo

No horse has won back-to-back run-nings of the Go For Wand since the race was moved to Saratoga (and stretched a furlong) in 1994 though Hall of Famer Ladyrsquos Secret repeated in the old Mas-kette at Belmont Park in 1985 and 1986 and Tosmah did the same at Aqueduct in 1964 and 1965

Christophe Clement sends out Moon Catcher a distant fifth to Ginger Punch in the Ogden Phipps last out With the race lacking early speed the 4-year-old

daughter of Malibu Moon is a candi-date for the lead though jockey Edgar Prado will determine Moon Catcherrsquos placement

ldquoWersquoll have to see how the race de-velopsrdquo Prado said ldquoIrsquod like to have (Moon Catcher) by the leadersrdquo

Inside Passage (Eibar Coa) takes a significant step up in the Go For Wand Two-for-three this year since entering

Tod MarksGinger Punch tries to win her second consecutive Go for Wand

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13Saturday July 26 2008

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Barclay Taggrsquos barn the daughter of Tiznow finished third last out in the minor Proud Delta at Belmont Park her first stakes try She owns one start at Saratoga at todayrsquos distance a close third in an optional claimer last year

Indescribable has run well at the 9-furlong distance taking the Grade III Arlington Matron in May and though none of her four career wins have been on old-fashioned dirt the Pleasant Tap filly does have the dynamic duo of Bill Mott and Kent Desormeaux on her side

Copper State (Shaun Bridgmohan) makes her second start for trainer Steve Asmussen the Jump Start filly was run-ner-up to Unbridled Belle in the Grade III Obeah at Delaware Park June 14

Runway Rosie (Rajiv Maragh) comes out of the Proud Delta at Belmont July 2 when she beat third-place Indian Pas-sage by 5 14 lengths and the Include filly has been in the exacta all four times she has ran at todayrsquos distance

Over Under (Robby Albarado) en-tered Dallas Stewartrsquos barn at the start of the year and has gone three-of-five since the last being a 3-length score in the Wild Rose at Prairie Meadows

Frankel also sends out Spring Waltz (Javier Castellano) who makes up the lighter half of the Stronach Stables entry The Silver Charm mare finished fourth in the Delaware Handicap July 13 her first start for Frankel after capturing the Grade II Rampart at Gulfstream Park for Brian Lynch in March

Saratoga ndash Continued from page 12

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Thorrsquos Echo peered from his stall at the stakes barn and looked as interest-ed as a Yankees fan listening to Terry Francona talk about his two World Se-ries rings The 2006 champion sprinter had descended upon the most famous racetrack in the world to run in todayrsquos Grade II Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap big deal

The California-bred is used to new surroundings new racetracks and new obstacles With a resume that includes close to $25 million in earnings and the travel itinerary of an oil executive Thorrsquos Echo just keeps boarding the plane

Florida California Dubai Califor-nia Kentucky Maryland Dubai again then a return to his California home He jetted from Hollywood to Belmont for the True North June 7 then jetted back west to prep for the $250000 Vander-bilt Despite the miles the 6-year-old has flourished more often than not and rates as a major contender in the 6-fur-long stakes

Carlos Pena foreman for trainer Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos Southern California string accompanied the gelding on the trip and didnrsquot see a hair out of place

ldquoThis horse has been to a lot of differ-ent places and he ships in great every time Hersquos kind of a veteran of all this by now Even when he went to Dubai and back it was no big thing He knows what hersquos do-ingrdquo Pena said ldquoIrsquove been with Doug and the horse for a long time ndash at Del Mar and Hollywood Park and at Churchill Downs for the Breedersrsquo Cup in 2006 ndash and the horse is always a pleasure He doesnrsquot let anything bother himrdquo

Up to this point Dubai has been the only real blip on the radar Zabeel Racing International purchased Thorrsquos Echorsquos after back-to-back wins in Grade I stakes in November 2006 ndash the Breed-errsquos Cup Sprint and De Francis Dash Sent to trainer Seemar Satish in Dubai the plan was to point for the $2 million Golden Shaheen in March 2008 They got there but things hardly went ac-cordingly Thorrsquos Echo prepped in the Group III Mahab Al Shimaal and ran sixth the same spot he finished 30 days later in the Group I Shaheen

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Zabeel booked Thorrsquos Echo a return flight in April 2007 and after 14 months off he resurfaced in the Grade II True North on the Belmont Stakes under-card Racing up close to a quick pace he tired late to finish fourth beaten only 1 34 lengths by divisional leader Benny The Bull Thorrsquos Echo drew the rail in the Vanderbilt and reunites with Corey Nakatani who was aboard for the late-season stakes scores in 2006

Pena sees little change in the horse that seems to be sitting on a peak performance

ldquoSo far so good He looks sharp and hersquos ready to run Just a great horse to be around and takes every-thing in striderdquo Pena said ldquoHe got in late on Tuesday and he galloped over the track Wednesday and Thurs-day Today he just jogged and tomorrow hersquoll run It looked like he handled the track OK but I just hope it doesnrsquot rain Itrsquos going to be a tough race but he just goes out and runs his race so tomorrow shouldnrsquot be any differentrdquo

And it will be a tough race After all for all his expe-rience Thorrsquos Echo is fifth choice in the morning line

Though not as seasoned Thorrsquos Echo Black Sev-enteen is another live West Coaster Shipping in from California for Brian Koriner the 4-year-old son of Is It True won the Grade II Carry Back Stakes at Calder in July 2007 his last start of the year Koriner opted to give his star a freshening and Black Seventeen returned in the Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields June 14 setting a blistering half-mile under pressure in 44 15 seconds before tiring to run second Koriner makes his first trip to Saratoga and his front-running colt rates as the one to catch

ldquoItrsquos exciting and nice to finally be here at Sara-togardquo Koriner said ldquoThe horse shipped in well and wersquoll see if California speed can be transferred to New York He got a bit tired in his comeback race but he got something out of it and hersquoll be a little sharper this timerdquo

Black Seventeen has run a half-mile in 44 and change in his last three starts and Koriner isnrsquot about to tell jockey Aaron Gryder to change tactics in the Vanderbilt

ldquoWersquore going to send him away from there and make them come and catch usrdquo Koriner said ldquoWe didnrsquot come all this way to get beat at our own gamerdquo

That plan could prove a roadblock for Roddy Va-lentersquos undefeated homebred Bustin Stones who has never been behind a horse at any pace call in his six lifetime starts His horse is the morning-line favorite and the locally based and tremendously popular Va-lente could run for public office if Bustin Stones takes the Vanderbilt

Trained by Bruce Levine the 4-year-old enters off the biggest win of his career a game half-length score in the Grade I Carter Handicap at Aqueduct April 5 Beset by knee problems throughout his career the Empire-bred son of City Zip has had more starts and stops than a New York cab on a rainy day

Bustin Stones won his first three starts last spring then was forced to the sidelines by a knee injury After an aborted comeback he finally returned in January winning a minor state-bred stakes at Aqueduct then ventured to Laurel to take down open company the Grade II General George Feb 18 A determined gate-to-wire victory in the Carter was followed by another

brief setback but Levine regrouped and circled the Vanderbilt With Black Seventeen signed on he knows things wonrsquot be easy up front

ldquoThatrsquos the thing therersquos some serious speed in there and wersquore part of it for sure But he keeps passing ev-ery test wersquove given him so far and hersquos proven himself to be a pretty special and pretty serious horserdquo Levine said ldquoHe got sick on me in May after the Carter and we had to back off on him just a hair but hersquos coming in good and has been training very well since then It hasnrsquot been too frustrating because he hasnrsquot missed a beat since he got sick hersquos been breezing every six days or a week and hersquos ready to gordquo Levine said

First Defence ran the race of his life albeit a los-ing one at the Spa last season when he stuck a head in front of Hard Spun in deep stretch in the Grade I Kingrsquos Bishop before settling for second Juddmonte Farmrsquos homebred has been Richie Sexton since either knocking it out of the park or fanning the air

Bobby Frankel elected to give First Defence an ex-tended vacation after a seventh in the Grade I Vosburgh last October and brought him back May 3 to win an allowance on the Kentucky Derby undercard A disap-pointing fifth in the Grade I Met Mile sent First De-fence to the turf and the 4-year-old responded with a gritty head victory in the Grade III Jaipur at Belmont With an inside draw in the Vanderbilt jockey Javier Castellano may be forced to send his mount to the lead or risk losing position

Eighth in the Vanderbilt to close his 2007 cam-paign Abraaj has been a new horse this year for Ki-aran McLaughlin Now 6 the Shadwell Stable charge won an allowance by 6 lengths before finishing a game third in the True North Abraaj could benefit the most from the anticipated quick splits in the Vanderbilt Alan Garcia has the call

Sammarco (Channing Hill to ride) enters off a gate-to-wire maiden score at Belmont for Mike Hushion and could be in the mix early E Z Warrior (Kent Desormeaux) makes his first start in Bill Mottrsquos care since running 13th in the Grade I Malibu over Santa Anitarsquos synthetic sur-face in December for trainer Bob Baffert

Vanderbilt ndash Continued from page 14

Tod MarksBustin Stones puts his unbeaten mark on the line again

17Saturday July 26 2008

18 Saturday July 26 2008

Saturday July 26 Post Time 100 pm Entries with program number post position jockey trainer and morning-line odds

1ST (100) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $610001 1 Borrowing Limit Maragh R Violette Jr Rick 4-12 2 Wonforthegoodguys Rodriguez R R Fisher Linda 20-13 3 Brendanrsquos Warrior Albarado R J Duggan David 20-14 4 Northern Storm Samyn J L Jacobson David 15-15 5 Rollers Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 9-56 6 Phobia Castellano J J Contessa Gary 12-17 7 Tough Jake Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 10-18 8 Benny the Waiter Coa E M Levine Bruce 7-29 9 Fire Marshal Prado E S Hernandez Mike 12-110 10 System Restore Bridgmohan S X Balsamo Diane 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (7-9) Pick 4 (7-10) Daily Double

8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (8-10) Daily Double

9TH (515) THE GO fOR WAND (GR I) 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Ginger Punch Bejarano R Frankel Bobby 1-21A 8 Spring Waltz Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 1-22 2 Inside Passage Coa E M Tagg Barclay 15-13 3 Indescribable Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-14 4 Moon Catcher Prado E S Clement Christophe 5-15 5 Copper State Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 10-16 6 Runway Rosie Maragh R Contessa Gary 8-17 7 Over Under Albarado R J Stewart Dallas 20-1A-Coupled Ginger Punch and Spring Waltz

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (9-11) Daily Double

10TH (546) THE WHITNEY (GR I) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP PURSE $7500001 1 Commentator Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12 2 Solar Flare (ARG) Saez G Jones Larry 4-13 3 Notional Prado E S Hennig Mark 5-14 4 Cowtown Cat Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 20-15 5 Merchant Marine Maragh R Jerkens Allen 15-16 6 Tasteyville Luzzi M J Kelly Pat 12-17 7 Rising Moon Velasquez C Dutrow Richard 10-18 8 Grasshopper Albarado R J Howard Neil 10-19 9 A P Arrow Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 10-110 10 Student Council Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 6-111 11 Timber Reserve Castellano J J Kimmel John 20-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Daily Double

11TH (619) 5 12 fURLONGS TURf 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330001 1 Shaami Hill C Peitz Daniel 4-12 2 Bel Viaggio Luzzi M J Levine Bruce 7-23 3 Ballston Rodriguez R R Aquilino Joseph 15-14 4 Lava Cat Sanchez J Arroyo Enrique 30-15 5 E Z Dollar Samyn J L Hertler John 15-16 6 Ya Think Gomez G K Benzel Seth 6-17 7 Friday Meeting Albarado R J Werner Ronny 8-18 8 Lyke a Hurricane Prado E S Duggan David 12-19 9 Counting House Morales S Callejas Bernardo 10-110 10 Body Blows Maragh R Sciacca Gary 20-111 11 Catch Up Chris Garcia Alan Schettino Dom 5-112 12 Carry On the Dream Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 20-113 AE Allaboutmack Chavez J F Lostritto Joseph 15-114 AE Seastate Hill C Devereux Joseph 12-115 MTO Osceola Prince Velazquez J R Ward Wesley 6-1

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RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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20 Saturday July 26 2008

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

lakE gEorgE StakES rEcap

See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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See FriDAy page 24

frIDay racINg rEcap

23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

The tradition continues

HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

TRACK fAST TURf Off (259) SOfT (8)ATTENDANCE 20626 HANDLE $3306079

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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Worth RepeatingldquoEvery racing office in America says therersquos nobody in there Bobby Fran-kelrsquos horse Giant Gizmo was a top horse and got hurt I almost wish he stayed in there he would have cut the field in half But thatrsquos racing you canrsquot tell he or she what to do I try all the timerdquo

Nick Zito on todayrsquos 11-horse Whitney Handicap

ldquoI just met him todayrdquoEdgar Prado on riding Desert Party for the first time

ldquoIf he was worried he didnrsquot let anybody know about itrdquo Darleyrsquos Jimmy Bell while watching the replay of Prado checking Desert Party in the Sanford

ldquoTherersquos spending money and therersquos wasting moneyrdquoPrado on the lessons of making ndash and keeping ndash money

ldquoI wasnrsquot there I do my best work when I donrsquot go to the salerdquoTrainer Eoin Harty when asked if he had seen Desert Party at fasig-Tipton sale in february

Announcer Tom Durkin ldquoAnd therersquos room on the inside for Temecula CreekrdquoTrainer Bobby frankel ldquoAnd Temecula Creek ainrsquot runningrdquo

ldquoHorses arenrsquot always horses but money is always moneyrdquoTrainer Pat Reynolds on the art of selling horses

ldquoIrsquove had meets here that werenrsquot as good as the first two daysrdquoTrainer Steve Asmussen who won four to start the 2008 season

ldquoThe most interesting race here would be Johnrsquos Call against Funny Cide Theyrsquore both here That would be as good as it getsrdquo

Asmussen again on the value of horses extending their careers

ldquoIrsquom working as hard as him and I even brushed my teeth this morningrdquoRyan Clancy feeling a little perturbed

about younger brother Jack getting more (or any) tips from the clubhouse patrons when passing out copies of The Special

Pittsfield mass Location Time Warner had for The Specialrsquos internet ser-vice we wondered why it wasnrsquot up to speed

Jason Hennig 9 son of trainer mark Hennig ldquoWho in the world would name their horse NapkinsrdquoAlan Brodsky owner and namer (who has also apparently heard from grandfather John Hennig) ldquoNow Irsquove got three generations of Hennigs beating up on merdquo

Worth Repeating ndash Election EditionldquoIt all depends if my father is going to read itrdquo

Trainer Rick Schosberg when asked for his vote

ldquoPlease put my name on the Republican side Irsquom pleading with yourdquoTrainer John Hennig

One WinnerNeil Howard Irdquom going to have to get back to you on that onerdquo

Here amp There at Saratoga

Tod MarksfIRE BREATHING THOROUGHBRED Rio mistico looks like a monster ndash but itrsquos really just steam and mist ndash at trainer Barclay Taggrsquos barn

5Saturday July 26 2008

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Here amp There at SaratogaNames of the Day

masked man second race The Lone Ranger meets Abbott and Costello This Overbrook Farm homebred is out of Catcher which makes the handle fitting enough But think of the trackside possibilities when this colt crosses the wire

fan A Who was thatfan B Masked Man

fan C Who was that Masked Man

Bustin Stones eighth race Simply one of the best names ever Kudos Roddy Valente owner of a gravel company

Take A Number1 White panel van stuck in a ditch next to the Oklahoma track Friday morning

4 Blocks Brian Nadeau had to walk to get to The Special office after the races Friday night He now knows how the Sanford Stud horses felt

0 Outside sources of Internet used by The Spe-cial to complete this newspaper ndash first time of the season Well we hope

WeatherToday Morning sunshine isolated thunder-storms in the afternoon High 86 Chance of rain 30 percentTonight Cloudy with chance of thunderstorms Low in the mid-60sSunday Afternoon thunderstorms High in the low 80s and low in the low 60smonday Sleep Partly cloudy with possible thunderstorm High in the low 80s

the Big horseraceThe Specialrsquos straw (well hay) poll began back at Keeneland in April and wersquoll keep a running total of the votes around town Republican John Mc-

Cain took a quick early lead Wednesday Democrat Barack Obama rallied into the picture yesterday and McCain edged forward a bit today as Undecided and Neither remain chilly off the pace You do have until November to make up your mind

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Tod MarksCOmE ON KID This young handicapper didnrsquot look pleased with the outcome

6 Saturday July 26 2008

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ldquoIrsquom going to get him right nowrdquo Thatrsquos how Nick Zito answered the

question ldquoHowrsquos Commentatorrdquo Fri-day morning The trainer hustled back to his barn and pointed to the 2005 Whitney Handicap winner who was completing his third turn of Zitorsquos long shaded shedrow before his final prepa-ration for the 2008 Whitney

ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo Zito saidHe pointed to a chestnut gelding

chomping on an egg-butt snaffle Com-mentator coiled and bounced to his toes like a shortstop expecting a baserunner at second

ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo Zito said The first ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo pointed out

the physical Commentator The second one pointed out out the mental Com-mentator

ldquoHersquos still orneryrdquo Zito said ldquoHe hangs out by himself he likes to be left alone If you go over and play with him hersquoll bite you Seven years old and he still bites Irsquom happy about thatrdquo

Commentator and exercise rider Carlos Correa strolled out of the shed-row for a routine gallop and some gate

schooling Yeah 7-year-old geldings school in the gate Commentator leads a packed field of 11 in todayrsquos $750000 Whitney Handicap The Grade I stakes attracted two Grade I winners ndash Com-mentator and Pacific Classic and Pim-lico Special winner Student Council ndash and a gaggle of others looking to play while divisional leader Curlin flirts with a turf career

Owned by Tracy Farmer Commen-tator carries highweight of 120 pounds and breaks from the rail under John Velazquez Commentator has made just 18 starts He went postward four times last year and will make his fourth start this year in the Whitney Zito unleashed the gelded son of Distorted Humor this January in a rich 1-mile optional claim-er at Gulfstream Park where he won by 14 He returned to scorch the 7 fur-long Richter Scale by almost the same margin in March before yielding late to Divine Park in the Met Mile at the end of May

ldquoYou wish there were more like him itrsquos fun for the gamerdquo Zito said ldquoEv-erybody realizes itrsquos not such a bad bad

sport when you have guys like that run-ning Only a few can run in Grade Ones at 7 ndash if he could get in that circle Kel-so Forego just to get mentioned with themrdquo

Commentator will be on the lead ear-ly trying to swallow 9 furlongs some-thing hersquos only done once in the 2005 Whitney when Gary Stevens cajoled the first half mile in 46 25 seconds the slowest on his recent chart

ldquoItrsquos probably not the ideal distance for him but he did it three years ago

Hersquos set up for it with the mile race and the Met he carried top weight the track was very very heavy that day If hersquos go-ing to stretch out this is the racerdquo Zito said ldquoHersquos got to carry top weight but in a way thatrsquos a tribute to the horse Itrsquos a tremendous compliment to be a 7-year-old gelding and highweight in this yearrsquos Whitney You tip your hat to him I just hope hersquos on and has a great day If hersquos on hersquos tough If hersquos on hersquos Commentatorrdquo

Tod MarksCommentator goes after his second Whitney victory

Whorsquos OldStill sharp Commentator lords overSaturdayrsquos wide-open Grade I stakes

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See whiTnEy page 8

7Saturday July 26 2008

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Neil Howard hopes Grasshopper is on Hersquod settle for the Grasshopper who tried Street Sense all the way down the stretch in last yearrsquos Travers The son of Di-xie Union fell a half-length short that day and has yet to really recapture that form in six subsequent starts Robby Albarado returns aboard Will Farishrsquos colt

ldquoSometimes you donrsquot pay attention to how much a race could take out of a horserdquo Howard said ldquoDe-pending on how a horse went into it ndash how much sea-soning he had how much racing he had it was so hot that day ndash a race like the Travers could take a lot out of a horse and I think it showed in the Super Derbyrdquo

Grasshopper led late in the Super Derby but couldnrsquot hold off Going Ballistic He rebounded this winter with a win in the Mineshaft and a second in the New Orleans Handicap Brought north he finished a dull second in the Westchester Handicap at Belmont Park then flopped in the Pimlico Special and the Ste-phen Foster Howard thinks hersquos back on target

ldquoHersquos doing very wellrdquo Howard said ldquoWe got off schedule for the Pimlico Special we were pushing and shoving to get there and now wersquore back on schedule and hersquos done very well since He put his weight back on we didnrsquot settle on this until late he worked very well the other day Itrsquos deep He belongs Itrsquos an op-portunity to run in a Grade I no less than the Whitney and Curlin is not there Itrsquos an opportunityrdquo

Mark Hennig sees the Whitney the same way ndash a Grade I stakes without Curlin Donrsquot dip your toe jump in and start swimming Hennig brings recent Sal-vatore Mile winner Notional into the Whitney A Cal-ifornia-bred son of In Excess Notional flirted with the big 3-year-old stakes last year winning the San Rafael and the Risen Star and finishing second in the Flori-da Derby while under Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos care Notional cracked a cannon bone and missed the Triple Crown and returned in February on the turf Four straight losses on the turf and synthetic surfaces ndash from Santa

Anita to Dubai ndash forced owner Paul Reddam to switch engine rooms sending the horse to Hennig in June

ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo Hennig said ldquoDoug Paul and myself wondered did his form tail off because of the cannon bone fracture in his 3-year-old year or was it because of the artificial surfaces He did seem to get happy training in New Yorkrdquo

Hennig breezed Notional three times and took a shot in the Salvatore where he had to face the defend-ing champion Gottcha Gold who loves the speed-favoring Monmouth Park Gottcha Gold appeared to run his race but Notional crushed him finishing the mile in 135 45

ldquoI thought Gottcha Gold on that track would be tough to run downrdquo Hennig said ldquoI didnrsquot expect him to run that kind of number but I did think he would show that he was happy to be back on the main track and run a creditable race and move forward from thererdquo

With just three weeks between races Notional must bounce back quickly Donrsquot say bounce

ldquoItrsquos certainly a concern Itrsquos the best race hersquos run since he broke his maidenrdquo Hennig said ldquoThe only encouraging part of coming back on short rest is he has definitely moved up mentally since winning a race Hersquos shown no signs of letting off hersquos trained more aggressively since the race than prior to the race The rider that gets on him every day says his arms are six inches longer than they were before the race He says he gets better every dayrdquo

Steve Asmussen entered Student Council the only other Grade I winner in the field The 6-year-old has banked nearly $14 million while competing from coast to coast He won the Pimlico Special over a muddy surface and would probably benefit from more rain

ldquoAre you kidding that big son of Kingmambo hersquod love itrdquo Asmussen said as it rained earlier in the week ldquoHe won the Pimlico Special in the mud and hersquos doing greatrdquo

Shaun Bridgmohan rides for Millennium FarmLarry Jones takes another go at Grade I competition

with Argentine-import Solar Flare The 4-year-old colt looked home free in the Suburban but faltered late squandering the victory to 40-1 shot Frost Giant Ga-briel Saez returns on the Fox Hill Farm charge

Rising Moon finished 3 lengths off Frost Giant in the Suburban Owned by Four Roses Thoroughbreds and trained by Richard Dutrow Jr Rising Moon has just seven starts in his career but he makes them count winning four out of his last five Cornelio Velasquez takes the call

Cowtown Cat Merchant Marine Tasteyville AP Arrow and Timber Reserve round out the contentious Whitney field

Whitney ndash Continued from page 6

Tod MarksA P Arrow comes out of the Suburban to try the Whitney

9Saturday July 26 2008

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10 Saturday July 26 2008

No itrsquos not October yet though you might think so when you check the entries for Saturdayrsquos Grade I Diana Stakes The 1 18-mile turf stakes sure looks like the Breedersrsquo Cup Filly and Mare Turf which will be run Oct 24 at Santa Anita

In fact the winner of the Diana a Breedersrsquo Cup Challenge race automatically earns a starting berth in California

Mother Nature however could take some of the zing out of the $500000 Diana Though the forecast looks promising for Friday night and Saturday the torrential rain that lashed Saratoga Springs Wednes-day and Thursday might have already taken its toll on the course

Grade I winners Bit Of Whimsy Rutherienne Va-care and Wait A While are entered in the Diana but with the exception of Bit Of Whimsy (whose connec-tions said she will handle soft going) the other three standouts are questionable if the course is too water-logged

Christophe Clement the trainer of Rutherienne and Vacare and Todd Pletcher the trainer of Wait A While were anxious to watch Fridayrsquos Lake George the first turf race of the meet

The good news is that Fridayrsquos skies sported nary a cloud and Saturdayrsquos forecast held only a 30-per-cent chance of an isolated thunderstorm Then again itrsquos Saratoga and typhoon-like events arrive without warning

ldquoIrsquom not sure that I will race either of themrdquo Clement said Friday morning ldquoI have to see the Lake George first and then I will call my owners and make

a decision Today is a beautiful drying day If we have another day like this tomorrow maybe we will be OKrdquo

Wait A While the champion 3-year-old filly of 2006 hasnrsquot raced since winning the San Gorgonio at Santa Anita Jan 14 Following that race she was sidelined with a stress fracture in her left tibia which healed with rest Pletcher said if he isnrsquot satisfied with the course condition ndash Wait A While wants it firm ndash hersquoll scratch and run her in the Grade III Matchmaker at Monmouth Park Aug 3

DreamyDiana

Tod MarksVacare is one of four Grade I winners in todayrsquos Grade I Diana on the Saratoga turf

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Wait A While is 2-for-2 over the Saratoga turf with wins in the 2006 Lake Placid and the 2007 Ballston Spa Still the daughter of Mariarsquos Mon has her quirks ndash something Pletcher discov-ered two years ago

ldquoFor some reason early in her 3-year-old year she got stubborn about going into the gaterdquo Pletcher said ldquoWe did a lot of work with her and found that the easy compromise was just to blindfold her It has worked well and we have never changed itrdquo

Rafael Bejarano was named on Wait A While who drew post 4 Her regular rider Garrett Gomez accepted the mount on Rutherienne who drew post 7

Rutherienne last yearrsquos Lake George winner won the Grade II Jenny Wiley at Keeneland in April then followed with thirds in the Grade I Gamely at Hol-lywood Park and Grade III All Along Breedersrsquo Cup at Colonial Downs The course at Colonial was labeled good after drenching rain fell the day of the race

ldquoThey just ran a bit too quick for her in California but it was a good racerdquo Clement said ldquoShe ran a little bit off par last time (at Colonial) probably due to the ground They got torrential rain that day which was bad luckrdquo

Vacare won an allowance over a yielding course at Arlington Park back in 2006 when trained by Chris Block but since joining Clementrsquos barn she has only raced on firm ground Runner-up to Wait A While in last yearrsquos Ball-

ston Spa Vacare has started just once this year finishing eighth (though just 4 lengths behind the winner) in the Just A Game at Belmont Park June 7 Clement entered Vacare in an overnight stakes earlier this month at Belmont but scratched when the turf came up yielding

ldquoShe ran in the Just A Game so there will be no excuserdquo Clement said ldquoIt is what it is She had her racerdquo

Edgar Prado is named on Vacare who drew post 5

Shug McGaughey Criminologistrsquos trainer said he doesnrsquot mind if the turf is boggy as long as it is safe

Criminologist won the Grade III Athenia over a yielding course last year at Belmont and took an allowance here last year over a course labeled good She is 2-for-2 on Saratogarsquos turf

Criminologist finished seventh in the 1-mile Just A Game and McGaughey thinks the Dianarsquos extra furlong will help

ldquoThe mile and an eighth is probably her shtick a little more than the milerdquo McGaughey said ldquoShe got in a little bit of traffic in the Just A Game Irsquom not using that as an excuse It was around the half-mile pole and then she kind of dropped it on (jockey John Velazquez)

at the three-eighths pole and then kind of got into it again She was only beaten 3 12 lengths but I was disappointed It was the first time she ran in a Grade I this will be the second time If she is beat again and doesnrsquot run any bet-ter than she ran the last time we might have to drop down a notch or two We will just have to wait and seerdquo

Velazquez gets the call again todayDonrsquot overlook the Bill Mott-trained

Dynaforce Mott has won the last three runnings of the Diana and Dynaforce ran a bang-up race to finish second to a very good filly (the Clement-trained Maurala-kana) in the Grade II New York Handi-cap The New York was Dynaforcersquos first race since in 10 months and her Ameri-can debut Soft ground shouldnrsquot be an issue the mare who won in France over soft going Kent Desormeaux will be aboard for the first time

The Diana is so deep even the ladies with double-digit odds possess impres-sive resumes Barclay Tagg sends out Bit Of Whimsy (Eibar Coa) winner of three graded stakes including the Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Cup from the hedge Dale Romans trainee Bayoursquos Lassie (Robby Albarado) has banked nearly $700000 in a nine-win career Forever Together (Julien Leparoux) got up for third at 44-1 in the Just A Game for Jonathan Sheppard Billy Badgett saddles New York-bred Chestoria (Cor-nelio Velasquez) who has missed the board just once since moving to turf eight starts ago and Lady Digby (Ra-mon Dominguez) comes up from her Maryland base on the heels of a 2 14-length score in the All Along for Gra-ham Motion

Diana ndash Continued from page 10

Tod MarksCriminologist tries to get back on track for trainer Shug mcGaughey

12 Saturday July 26 2008

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Condition books donrsquot come with warning stickers Perhaps they donrsquot need them After all the trainers who saw Ginger Punchrsquos name on the nomi-nation list and still entered horses in to-dayrsquos Grade I Go For Wand knew what they were getting into

Winner of the 2007 Breedersrsquo Cup Distaff and Eclipse Award as champion filly or mare Ginger Punch will try to duplicate the dominating performance she put on her last year in the $250000 Go For Wand In the 2007 renewal the daughter of Awesome Again scampered away from the field to win the 1 18-mile stakes by 6 lengths

Whatrsquos frightening is the thought Ginger Punch might be even better now than the last time she graced Saratoga with her presence

ldquoPhysically shersquos betterrdquo said trainer Bobby Frankel ldquoand mentally shersquos bet-terrdquo

Owned by Stronach Stable and bred by Stronachrsquos Adena Springs Farm Ginger Punch returns to Saratoga off a victory in the Grade I Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park where she

skipped away to win by 7 34 lengths Jockey Rafael Bejarano comes in from California to ride the 1-2 favorite who will carry the highweight of 124 pounds

The chestnut mare who concedes from seven to 11 pounds to her rivals will break from the rail as she attempts to win her fifth Grade I

ldquoIrsquod rather be outside but thatrsquos OKrdquo said a not-too-worried Frankel

Will a wet track worry the reigning queen Probably not The 5-year-old owns two wins in four lifetime starts over an off track with one of those scores coming over sloppy going at Monmouth Park in the Distaff Ginger Punch has earned $653924 in 2008 with three wins from four starts boost-ing her career earnings to $2555603 ndash nearly $423000 more than the other seven entrants combined

ldquoShersquos very consistent ndash just a very very good filly I can depend on her all the timerdquo her trainer said ldquoItrsquos unbe-lievable how she goes out there and tries as hard as she does every time To win another Grade I would be greatrdquo

No horse has won back-to-back run-nings of the Go For Wand since the race was moved to Saratoga (and stretched a furlong) in 1994 though Hall of Famer Ladyrsquos Secret repeated in the old Mas-kette at Belmont Park in 1985 and 1986 and Tosmah did the same at Aqueduct in 1964 and 1965

Christophe Clement sends out Moon Catcher a distant fifth to Ginger Punch in the Ogden Phipps last out With the race lacking early speed the 4-year-old

daughter of Malibu Moon is a candi-date for the lead though jockey Edgar Prado will determine Moon Catcherrsquos placement

ldquoWersquoll have to see how the race de-velopsrdquo Prado said ldquoIrsquod like to have (Moon Catcher) by the leadersrdquo

Inside Passage (Eibar Coa) takes a significant step up in the Go For Wand Two-for-three this year since entering

Tod MarksGinger Punch tries to win her second consecutive Go for Wand

punch LineGood as ever champion mare eyesSpa repeat for Stronach Frankel

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13Saturday July 26 2008

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Barclay Taggrsquos barn the daughter of Tiznow finished third last out in the minor Proud Delta at Belmont Park her first stakes try She owns one start at Saratoga at todayrsquos distance a close third in an optional claimer last year

Indescribable has run well at the 9-furlong distance taking the Grade III Arlington Matron in May and though none of her four career wins have been on old-fashioned dirt the Pleasant Tap filly does have the dynamic duo of Bill Mott and Kent Desormeaux on her side

Copper State (Shaun Bridgmohan) makes her second start for trainer Steve Asmussen the Jump Start filly was run-ner-up to Unbridled Belle in the Grade III Obeah at Delaware Park June 14

Runway Rosie (Rajiv Maragh) comes out of the Proud Delta at Belmont July 2 when she beat third-place Indian Pas-sage by 5 14 lengths and the Include filly has been in the exacta all four times she has ran at todayrsquos distance

Over Under (Robby Albarado) en-tered Dallas Stewartrsquos barn at the start of the year and has gone three-of-five since the last being a 3-length score in the Wild Rose at Prairie Meadows

Frankel also sends out Spring Waltz (Javier Castellano) who makes up the lighter half of the Stronach Stables entry The Silver Charm mare finished fourth in the Delaware Handicap July 13 her first start for Frankel after capturing the Grade II Rampart at Gulfstream Park for Brian Lynch in March

Saratoga ndash Continued from page 12

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Thorrsquos Echo peered from his stall at the stakes barn and looked as interest-ed as a Yankees fan listening to Terry Francona talk about his two World Se-ries rings The 2006 champion sprinter had descended upon the most famous racetrack in the world to run in todayrsquos Grade II Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap big deal

The California-bred is used to new surroundings new racetracks and new obstacles With a resume that includes close to $25 million in earnings and the travel itinerary of an oil executive Thorrsquos Echo just keeps boarding the plane

Florida California Dubai Califor-nia Kentucky Maryland Dubai again then a return to his California home He jetted from Hollywood to Belmont for the True North June 7 then jetted back west to prep for the $250000 Vander-bilt Despite the miles the 6-year-old has flourished more often than not and rates as a major contender in the 6-fur-long stakes

Carlos Pena foreman for trainer Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos Southern California string accompanied the gelding on the trip and didnrsquot see a hair out of place

ldquoThis horse has been to a lot of differ-ent places and he ships in great every time Hersquos kind of a veteran of all this by now Even when he went to Dubai and back it was no big thing He knows what hersquos do-ingrdquo Pena said ldquoIrsquove been with Doug and the horse for a long time ndash at Del Mar and Hollywood Park and at Churchill Downs for the Breedersrsquo Cup in 2006 ndash and the horse is always a pleasure He doesnrsquot let anything bother himrdquo

Up to this point Dubai has been the only real blip on the radar Zabeel Racing International purchased Thorrsquos Echorsquos after back-to-back wins in Grade I stakes in November 2006 ndash the Breed-errsquos Cup Sprint and De Francis Dash Sent to trainer Seemar Satish in Dubai the plan was to point for the $2 million Golden Shaheen in March 2008 They got there but things hardly went ac-cordingly Thorrsquos Echo prepped in the Group III Mahab Al Shimaal and ran sixth the same spot he finished 30 days later in the Group I Shaheen

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Zabeel booked Thorrsquos Echo a return flight in April 2007 and after 14 months off he resurfaced in the Grade II True North on the Belmont Stakes under-card Racing up close to a quick pace he tired late to finish fourth beaten only 1 34 lengths by divisional leader Benny The Bull Thorrsquos Echo drew the rail in the Vanderbilt and reunites with Corey Nakatani who was aboard for the late-season stakes scores in 2006

Pena sees little change in the horse that seems to be sitting on a peak performance

ldquoSo far so good He looks sharp and hersquos ready to run Just a great horse to be around and takes every-thing in striderdquo Pena said ldquoHe got in late on Tuesday and he galloped over the track Wednesday and Thurs-day Today he just jogged and tomorrow hersquoll run It looked like he handled the track OK but I just hope it doesnrsquot rain Itrsquos going to be a tough race but he just goes out and runs his race so tomorrow shouldnrsquot be any differentrdquo

And it will be a tough race After all for all his expe-rience Thorrsquos Echo is fifth choice in the morning line

Though not as seasoned Thorrsquos Echo Black Sev-enteen is another live West Coaster Shipping in from California for Brian Koriner the 4-year-old son of Is It True won the Grade II Carry Back Stakes at Calder in July 2007 his last start of the year Koriner opted to give his star a freshening and Black Seventeen returned in the Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields June 14 setting a blistering half-mile under pressure in 44 15 seconds before tiring to run second Koriner makes his first trip to Saratoga and his front-running colt rates as the one to catch

ldquoItrsquos exciting and nice to finally be here at Sara-togardquo Koriner said ldquoThe horse shipped in well and wersquoll see if California speed can be transferred to New York He got a bit tired in his comeback race but he got something out of it and hersquoll be a little sharper this timerdquo

Black Seventeen has run a half-mile in 44 and change in his last three starts and Koriner isnrsquot about to tell jockey Aaron Gryder to change tactics in the Vanderbilt

ldquoWersquore going to send him away from there and make them come and catch usrdquo Koriner said ldquoWe didnrsquot come all this way to get beat at our own gamerdquo

That plan could prove a roadblock for Roddy Va-lentersquos undefeated homebred Bustin Stones who has never been behind a horse at any pace call in his six lifetime starts His horse is the morning-line favorite and the locally based and tremendously popular Va-lente could run for public office if Bustin Stones takes the Vanderbilt

Trained by Bruce Levine the 4-year-old enters off the biggest win of his career a game half-length score in the Grade I Carter Handicap at Aqueduct April 5 Beset by knee problems throughout his career the Empire-bred son of City Zip has had more starts and stops than a New York cab on a rainy day

Bustin Stones won his first three starts last spring then was forced to the sidelines by a knee injury After an aborted comeback he finally returned in January winning a minor state-bred stakes at Aqueduct then ventured to Laurel to take down open company the Grade II General George Feb 18 A determined gate-to-wire victory in the Carter was followed by another

brief setback but Levine regrouped and circled the Vanderbilt With Black Seventeen signed on he knows things wonrsquot be easy up front

ldquoThatrsquos the thing therersquos some serious speed in there and wersquore part of it for sure But he keeps passing ev-ery test wersquove given him so far and hersquos proven himself to be a pretty special and pretty serious horserdquo Levine said ldquoHe got sick on me in May after the Carter and we had to back off on him just a hair but hersquos coming in good and has been training very well since then It hasnrsquot been too frustrating because he hasnrsquot missed a beat since he got sick hersquos been breezing every six days or a week and hersquos ready to gordquo Levine said

First Defence ran the race of his life albeit a los-ing one at the Spa last season when he stuck a head in front of Hard Spun in deep stretch in the Grade I Kingrsquos Bishop before settling for second Juddmonte Farmrsquos homebred has been Richie Sexton since either knocking it out of the park or fanning the air

Bobby Frankel elected to give First Defence an ex-tended vacation after a seventh in the Grade I Vosburgh last October and brought him back May 3 to win an allowance on the Kentucky Derby undercard A disap-pointing fifth in the Grade I Met Mile sent First De-fence to the turf and the 4-year-old responded with a gritty head victory in the Grade III Jaipur at Belmont With an inside draw in the Vanderbilt jockey Javier Castellano may be forced to send his mount to the lead or risk losing position

Eighth in the Vanderbilt to close his 2007 cam-paign Abraaj has been a new horse this year for Ki-aran McLaughlin Now 6 the Shadwell Stable charge won an allowance by 6 lengths before finishing a game third in the True North Abraaj could benefit the most from the anticipated quick splits in the Vanderbilt Alan Garcia has the call

Sammarco (Channing Hill to ride) enters off a gate-to-wire maiden score at Belmont for Mike Hushion and could be in the mix early E Z Warrior (Kent Desormeaux) makes his first start in Bill Mottrsquos care since running 13th in the Grade I Malibu over Santa Anitarsquos synthetic sur-face in December for trainer Bob Baffert

Vanderbilt ndash Continued from page 14

Tod MarksBustin Stones puts his unbeaten mark on the line again

17Saturday July 26 2008

18 Saturday July 26 2008

Saturday July 26 Post Time 100 pm Entries with program number post position jockey trainer and morning-line odds

1ST (100) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $610001 1 Borrowing Limit Maragh R Violette Jr Rick 4-12 2 Wonforthegoodguys Rodriguez R R Fisher Linda 20-13 3 Brendanrsquos Warrior Albarado R J Duggan David 20-14 4 Northern Storm Samyn J L Jacobson David 15-15 5 Rollers Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 9-56 6 Phobia Castellano J J Contessa Gary 12-17 7 Tough Jake Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 10-18 8 Benny the Waiter Coa E M Levine Bruce 7-29 9 Fire Marshal Prado E S Hernandez Mike 12-110 10 System Restore Bridgmohan S X Balsamo Diane 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (7-9) Pick 4 (7-10) Daily Double

8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (8-10) Daily Double

9TH (515) THE GO fOR WAND (GR I) 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Ginger Punch Bejarano R Frankel Bobby 1-21A 8 Spring Waltz Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 1-22 2 Inside Passage Coa E M Tagg Barclay 15-13 3 Indescribable Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-14 4 Moon Catcher Prado E S Clement Christophe 5-15 5 Copper State Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 10-16 6 Runway Rosie Maragh R Contessa Gary 8-17 7 Over Under Albarado R J Stewart Dallas 20-1A-Coupled Ginger Punch and Spring Waltz

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (9-11) Daily Double

10TH (546) THE WHITNEY (GR I) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP PURSE $7500001 1 Commentator Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12 2 Solar Flare (ARG) Saez G Jones Larry 4-13 3 Notional Prado E S Hennig Mark 5-14 4 Cowtown Cat Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 20-15 5 Merchant Marine Maragh R Jerkens Allen 15-16 6 Tasteyville Luzzi M J Kelly Pat 12-17 7 Rising Moon Velasquez C Dutrow Richard 10-18 8 Grasshopper Albarado R J Howard Neil 10-19 9 A P Arrow Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 10-110 10 Student Council Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 6-111 11 Timber Reserve Castellano J J Kimmel John 20-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Daily Double

11TH (619) 5 12 fURLONGS TURf 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330001 1 Shaami Hill C Peitz Daniel 4-12 2 Bel Viaggio Luzzi M J Levine Bruce 7-23 3 Ballston Rodriguez R R Aquilino Joseph 15-14 4 Lava Cat Sanchez J Arroyo Enrique 30-15 5 E Z Dollar Samyn J L Hertler John 15-16 6 Ya Think Gomez G K Benzel Seth 6-17 7 Friday Meeting Albarado R J Werner Ronny 8-18 8 Lyke a Hurricane Prado E S Duggan David 12-19 9 Counting House Morales S Callejas Bernardo 10-110 10 Body Blows Maragh R Sciacca Gary 20-111 11 Catch Up Chris Garcia Alan Schettino Dom 5-112 12 Carry On the Dream Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 20-113 AE Allaboutmack Chavez J F Lostritto Joseph 15-114 AE Seastate Hill C Devereux Joseph 12-115 MTO Osceola Prince Velazquez J R Ward Wesley 6-1

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19Saturday July 26 2008

RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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Elusive PleasureWhite Tie

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Munnings Prince Of Wealth

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20 Saturday July 26 2008

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

lakE gEorgE StakES rEcap

See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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See FriDAy page 24

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23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

The tradition continues

HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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Here amp There at SaratogaNames of the Day

masked man second race The Lone Ranger meets Abbott and Costello This Overbrook Farm homebred is out of Catcher which makes the handle fitting enough But think of the trackside possibilities when this colt crosses the wire

fan A Who was thatfan B Masked Man

fan C Who was that Masked Man

Bustin Stones eighth race Simply one of the best names ever Kudos Roddy Valente owner of a gravel company

Take A Number1 White panel van stuck in a ditch next to the Oklahoma track Friday morning

4 Blocks Brian Nadeau had to walk to get to The Special office after the races Friday night He now knows how the Sanford Stud horses felt

0 Outside sources of Internet used by The Spe-cial to complete this newspaper ndash first time of the season Well we hope

WeatherToday Morning sunshine isolated thunder-storms in the afternoon High 86 Chance of rain 30 percentTonight Cloudy with chance of thunderstorms Low in the mid-60sSunday Afternoon thunderstorms High in the low 80s and low in the low 60smonday Sleep Partly cloudy with possible thunderstorm High in the low 80s

the Big horseraceThe Specialrsquos straw (well hay) poll began back at Keeneland in April and wersquoll keep a running total of the votes around town Republican John Mc-

Cain took a quick early lead Wednesday Democrat Barack Obama rallied into the picture yesterday and McCain edged forward a bit today as Undecided and Neither remain chilly off the pace You do have until November to make up your mind

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6 Saturday July 26 2008

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ldquoIrsquom going to get him right nowrdquo Thatrsquos how Nick Zito answered the

question ldquoHowrsquos Commentatorrdquo Fri-day morning The trainer hustled back to his barn and pointed to the 2005 Whitney Handicap winner who was completing his third turn of Zitorsquos long shaded shedrow before his final prepa-ration for the 2008 Whitney

ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo Zito saidHe pointed to a chestnut gelding

chomping on an egg-butt snaffle Com-mentator coiled and bounced to his toes like a shortstop expecting a baserunner at second

ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo Zito said The first ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo pointed out

the physical Commentator The second one pointed out out the mental Com-mentator

ldquoHersquos still orneryrdquo Zito said ldquoHe hangs out by himself he likes to be left alone If you go over and play with him hersquoll bite you Seven years old and he still bites Irsquom happy about thatrdquo

Commentator and exercise rider Carlos Correa strolled out of the shed-row for a routine gallop and some gate

schooling Yeah 7-year-old geldings school in the gate Commentator leads a packed field of 11 in todayrsquos $750000 Whitney Handicap The Grade I stakes attracted two Grade I winners ndash Com-mentator and Pacific Classic and Pim-lico Special winner Student Council ndash and a gaggle of others looking to play while divisional leader Curlin flirts with a turf career

Owned by Tracy Farmer Commen-tator carries highweight of 120 pounds and breaks from the rail under John Velazquez Commentator has made just 18 starts He went postward four times last year and will make his fourth start this year in the Whitney Zito unleashed the gelded son of Distorted Humor this January in a rich 1-mile optional claim-er at Gulfstream Park where he won by 14 He returned to scorch the 7 fur-long Richter Scale by almost the same margin in March before yielding late to Divine Park in the Met Mile at the end of May

ldquoYou wish there were more like him itrsquos fun for the gamerdquo Zito said ldquoEv-erybody realizes itrsquos not such a bad bad

sport when you have guys like that run-ning Only a few can run in Grade Ones at 7 ndash if he could get in that circle Kel-so Forego just to get mentioned with themrdquo

Commentator will be on the lead ear-ly trying to swallow 9 furlongs some-thing hersquos only done once in the 2005 Whitney when Gary Stevens cajoled the first half mile in 46 25 seconds the slowest on his recent chart

ldquoItrsquos probably not the ideal distance for him but he did it three years ago

Hersquos set up for it with the mile race and the Met he carried top weight the track was very very heavy that day If hersquos go-ing to stretch out this is the racerdquo Zito said ldquoHersquos got to carry top weight but in a way thatrsquos a tribute to the horse Itrsquos a tremendous compliment to be a 7-year-old gelding and highweight in this yearrsquos Whitney You tip your hat to him I just hope hersquos on and has a great day If hersquos on hersquos tough If hersquos on hersquos Commentatorrdquo

Tod MarksCommentator goes after his second Whitney victory

Whorsquos OldStill sharp Commentator lords overSaturdayrsquos wide-open Grade I stakes

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See whiTnEy page 8

7Saturday July 26 2008

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Neil Howard hopes Grasshopper is on Hersquod settle for the Grasshopper who tried Street Sense all the way down the stretch in last yearrsquos Travers The son of Di-xie Union fell a half-length short that day and has yet to really recapture that form in six subsequent starts Robby Albarado returns aboard Will Farishrsquos colt

ldquoSometimes you donrsquot pay attention to how much a race could take out of a horserdquo Howard said ldquoDe-pending on how a horse went into it ndash how much sea-soning he had how much racing he had it was so hot that day ndash a race like the Travers could take a lot out of a horse and I think it showed in the Super Derbyrdquo

Grasshopper led late in the Super Derby but couldnrsquot hold off Going Ballistic He rebounded this winter with a win in the Mineshaft and a second in the New Orleans Handicap Brought north he finished a dull second in the Westchester Handicap at Belmont Park then flopped in the Pimlico Special and the Ste-phen Foster Howard thinks hersquos back on target

ldquoHersquos doing very wellrdquo Howard said ldquoWe got off schedule for the Pimlico Special we were pushing and shoving to get there and now wersquore back on schedule and hersquos done very well since He put his weight back on we didnrsquot settle on this until late he worked very well the other day Itrsquos deep He belongs Itrsquos an op-portunity to run in a Grade I no less than the Whitney and Curlin is not there Itrsquos an opportunityrdquo

Mark Hennig sees the Whitney the same way ndash a Grade I stakes without Curlin Donrsquot dip your toe jump in and start swimming Hennig brings recent Sal-vatore Mile winner Notional into the Whitney A Cal-ifornia-bred son of In Excess Notional flirted with the big 3-year-old stakes last year winning the San Rafael and the Risen Star and finishing second in the Flori-da Derby while under Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos care Notional cracked a cannon bone and missed the Triple Crown and returned in February on the turf Four straight losses on the turf and synthetic surfaces ndash from Santa

Anita to Dubai ndash forced owner Paul Reddam to switch engine rooms sending the horse to Hennig in June

ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo Hennig said ldquoDoug Paul and myself wondered did his form tail off because of the cannon bone fracture in his 3-year-old year or was it because of the artificial surfaces He did seem to get happy training in New Yorkrdquo

Hennig breezed Notional three times and took a shot in the Salvatore where he had to face the defend-ing champion Gottcha Gold who loves the speed-favoring Monmouth Park Gottcha Gold appeared to run his race but Notional crushed him finishing the mile in 135 45

ldquoI thought Gottcha Gold on that track would be tough to run downrdquo Hennig said ldquoI didnrsquot expect him to run that kind of number but I did think he would show that he was happy to be back on the main track and run a creditable race and move forward from thererdquo

With just three weeks between races Notional must bounce back quickly Donrsquot say bounce

ldquoItrsquos certainly a concern Itrsquos the best race hersquos run since he broke his maidenrdquo Hennig said ldquoThe only encouraging part of coming back on short rest is he has definitely moved up mentally since winning a race Hersquos shown no signs of letting off hersquos trained more aggressively since the race than prior to the race The rider that gets on him every day says his arms are six inches longer than they were before the race He says he gets better every dayrdquo

Steve Asmussen entered Student Council the only other Grade I winner in the field The 6-year-old has banked nearly $14 million while competing from coast to coast He won the Pimlico Special over a muddy surface and would probably benefit from more rain

ldquoAre you kidding that big son of Kingmambo hersquod love itrdquo Asmussen said as it rained earlier in the week ldquoHe won the Pimlico Special in the mud and hersquos doing greatrdquo

Shaun Bridgmohan rides for Millennium FarmLarry Jones takes another go at Grade I competition

with Argentine-import Solar Flare The 4-year-old colt looked home free in the Suburban but faltered late squandering the victory to 40-1 shot Frost Giant Ga-briel Saez returns on the Fox Hill Farm charge

Rising Moon finished 3 lengths off Frost Giant in the Suburban Owned by Four Roses Thoroughbreds and trained by Richard Dutrow Jr Rising Moon has just seven starts in his career but he makes them count winning four out of his last five Cornelio Velasquez takes the call

Cowtown Cat Merchant Marine Tasteyville AP Arrow and Timber Reserve round out the contentious Whitney field

Whitney ndash Continued from page 6

Tod MarksA P Arrow comes out of the Suburban to try the Whitney

9Saturday July 26 2008

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10 Saturday July 26 2008

No itrsquos not October yet though you might think so when you check the entries for Saturdayrsquos Grade I Diana Stakes The 1 18-mile turf stakes sure looks like the Breedersrsquo Cup Filly and Mare Turf which will be run Oct 24 at Santa Anita

In fact the winner of the Diana a Breedersrsquo Cup Challenge race automatically earns a starting berth in California

Mother Nature however could take some of the zing out of the $500000 Diana Though the forecast looks promising for Friday night and Saturday the torrential rain that lashed Saratoga Springs Wednes-day and Thursday might have already taken its toll on the course

Grade I winners Bit Of Whimsy Rutherienne Va-care and Wait A While are entered in the Diana but with the exception of Bit Of Whimsy (whose connec-tions said she will handle soft going) the other three standouts are questionable if the course is too water-logged

Christophe Clement the trainer of Rutherienne and Vacare and Todd Pletcher the trainer of Wait A While were anxious to watch Fridayrsquos Lake George the first turf race of the meet

The good news is that Fridayrsquos skies sported nary a cloud and Saturdayrsquos forecast held only a 30-per-cent chance of an isolated thunderstorm Then again itrsquos Saratoga and typhoon-like events arrive without warning

ldquoIrsquom not sure that I will race either of themrdquo Clement said Friday morning ldquoI have to see the Lake George first and then I will call my owners and make

a decision Today is a beautiful drying day If we have another day like this tomorrow maybe we will be OKrdquo

Wait A While the champion 3-year-old filly of 2006 hasnrsquot raced since winning the San Gorgonio at Santa Anita Jan 14 Following that race she was sidelined with a stress fracture in her left tibia which healed with rest Pletcher said if he isnrsquot satisfied with the course condition ndash Wait A While wants it firm ndash hersquoll scratch and run her in the Grade III Matchmaker at Monmouth Park Aug 3

DreamyDiana

Tod MarksVacare is one of four Grade I winners in todayrsquos Grade I Diana on the Saratoga turf

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Wait A While is 2-for-2 over the Saratoga turf with wins in the 2006 Lake Placid and the 2007 Ballston Spa Still the daughter of Mariarsquos Mon has her quirks ndash something Pletcher discov-ered two years ago

ldquoFor some reason early in her 3-year-old year she got stubborn about going into the gaterdquo Pletcher said ldquoWe did a lot of work with her and found that the easy compromise was just to blindfold her It has worked well and we have never changed itrdquo

Rafael Bejarano was named on Wait A While who drew post 4 Her regular rider Garrett Gomez accepted the mount on Rutherienne who drew post 7

Rutherienne last yearrsquos Lake George winner won the Grade II Jenny Wiley at Keeneland in April then followed with thirds in the Grade I Gamely at Hol-lywood Park and Grade III All Along Breedersrsquo Cup at Colonial Downs The course at Colonial was labeled good after drenching rain fell the day of the race

ldquoThey just ran a bit too quick for her in California but it was a good racerdquo Clement said ldquoShe ran a little bit off par last time (at Colonial) probably due to the ground They got torrential rain that day which was bad luckrdquo

Vacare won an allowance over a yielding course at Arlington Park back in 2006 when trained by Chris Block but since joining Clementrsquos barn she has only raced on firm ground Runner-up to Wait A While in last yearrsquos Ball-

ston Spa Vacare has started just once this year finishing eighth (though just 4 lengths behind the winner) in the Just A Game at Belmont Park June 7 Clement entered Vacare in an overnight stakes earlier this month at Belmont but scratched when the turf came up yielding

ldquoShe ran in the Just A Game so there will be no excuserdquo Clement said ldquoIt is what it is She had her racerdquo

Edgar Prado is named on Vacare who drew post 5

Shug McGaughey Criminologistrsquos trainer said he doesnrsquot mind if the turf is boggy as long as it is safe

Criminologist won the Grade III Athenia over a yielding course last year at Belmont and took an allowance here last year over a course labeled good She is 2-for-2 on Saratogarsquos turf

Criminologist finished seventh in the 1-mile Just A Game and McGaughey thinks the Dianarsquos extra furlong will help

ldquoThe mile and an eighth is probably her shtick a little more than the milerdquo McGaughey said ldquoShe got in a little bit of traffic in the Just A Game Irsquom not using that as an excuse It was around the half-mile pole and then she kind of dropped it on (jockey John Velazquez)

at the three-eighths pole and then kind of got into it again She was only beaten 3 12 lengths but I was disappointed It was the first time she ran in a Grade I this will be the second time If she is beat again and doesnrsquot run any bet-ter than she ran the last time we might have to drop down a notch or two We will just have to wait and seerdquo

Velazquez gets the call again todayDonrsquot overlook the Bill Mott-trained

Dynaforce Mott has won the last three runnings of the Diana and Dynaforce ran a bang-up race to finish second to a very good filly (the Clement-trained Maurala-kana) in the Grade II New York Handi-cap The New York was Dynaforcersquos first race since in 10 months and her Ameri-can debut Soft ground shouldnrsquot be an issue the mare who won in France over soft going Kent Desormeaux will be aboard for the first time

The Diana is so deep even the ladies with double-digit odds possess impres-sive resumes Barclay Tagg sends out Bit Of Whimsy (Eibar Coa) winner of three graded stakes including the Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Cup from the hedge Dale Romans trainee Bayoursquos Lassie (Robby Albarado) has banked nearly $700000 in a nine-win career Forever Together (Julien Leparoux) got up for third at 44-1 in the Just A Game for Jonathan Sheppard Billy Badgett saddles New York-bred Chestoria (Cor-nelio Velasquez) who has missed the board just once since moving to turf eight starts ago and Lady Digby (Ra-mon Dominguez) comes up from her Maryland base on the heels of a 2 14-length score in the All Along for Gra-ham Motion

Diana ndash Continued from page 10

Tod MarksCriminologist tries to get back on track for trainer Shug mcGaughey

12 Saturday July 26 2008

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Condition books donrsquot come with warning stickers Perhaps they donrsquot need them After all the trainers who saw Ginger Punchrsquos name on the nomi-nation list and still entered horses in to-dayrsquos Grade I Go For Wand knew what they were getting into

Winner of the 2007 Breedersrsquo Cup Distaff and Eclipse Award as champion filly or mare Ginger Punch will try to duplicate the dominating performance she put on her last year in the $250000 Go For Wand In the 2007 renewal the daughter of Awesome Again scampered away from the field to win the 1 18-mile stakes by 6 lengths

Whatrsquos frightening is the thought Ginger Punch might be even better now than the last time she graced Saratoga with her presence

ldquoPhysically shersquos betterrdquo said trainer Bobby Frankel ldquoand mentally shersquos bet-terrdquo

Owned by Stronach Stable and bred by Stronachrsquos Adena Springs Farm Ginger Punch returns to Saratoga off a victory in the Grade I Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park where she

skipped away to win by 7 34 lengths Jockey Rafael Bejarano comes in from California to ride the 1-2 favorite who will carry the highweight of 124 pounds

The chestnut mare who concedes from seven to 11 pounds to her rivals will break from the rail as she attempts to win her fifth Grade I

ldquoIrsquod rather be outside but thatrsquos OKrdquo said a not-too-worried Frankel

Will a wet track worry the reigning queen Probably not The 5-year-old owns two wins in four lifetime starts over an off track with one of those scores coming over sloppy going at Monmouth Park in the Distaff Ginger Punch has earned $653924 in 2008 with three wins from four starts boost-ing her career earnings to $2555603 ndash nearly $423000 more than the other seven entrants combined

ldquoShersquos very consistent ndash just a very very good filly I can depend on her all the timerdquo her trainer said ldquoItrsquos unbe-lievable how she goes out there and tries as hard as she does every time To win another Grade I would be greatrdquo

No horse has won back-to-back run-nings of the Go For Wand since the race was moved to Saratoga (and stretched a furlong) in 1994 though Hall of Famer Ladyrsquos Secret repeated in the old Mas-kette at Belmont Park in 1985 and 1986 and Tosmah did the same at Aqueduct in 1964 and 1965

Christophe Clement sends out Moon Catcher a distant fifth to Ginger Punch in the Ogden Phipps last out With the race lacking early speed the 4-year-old

daughter of Malibu Moon is a candi-date for the lead though jockey Edgar Prado will determine Moon Catcherrsquos placement

ldquoWersquoll have to see how the race de-velopsrdquo Prado said ldquoIrsquod like to have (Moon Catcher) by the leadersrdquo

Inside Passage (Eibar Coa) takes a significant step up in the Go For Wand Two-for-three this year since entering

Tod MarksGinger Punch tries to win her second consecutive Go for Wand

punch LineGood as ever champion mare eyesSpa repeat for Stronach Frankel

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See gO FOr wAnD page 13

13Saturday July 26 2008

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Barclay Taggrsquos barn the daughter of Tiznow finished third last out in the minor Proud Delta at Belmont Park her first stakes try She owns one start at Saratoga at todayrsquos distance a close third in an optional claimer last year

Indescribable has run well at the 9-furlong distance taking the Grade III Arlington Matron in May and though none of her four career wins have been on old-fashioned dirt the Pleasant Tap filly does have the dynamic duo of Bill Mott and Kent Desormeaux on her side

Copper State (Shaun Bridgmohan) makes her second start for trainer Steve Asmussen the Jump Start filly was run-ner-up to Unbridled Belle in the Grade III Obeah at Delaware Park June 14

Runway Rosie (Rajiv Maragh) comes out of the Proud Delta at Belmont July 2 when she beat third-place Indian Pas-sage by 5 14 lengths and the Include filly has been in the exacta all four times she has ran at todayrsquos distance

Over Under (Robby Albarado) en-tered Dallas Stewartrsquos barn at the start of the year and has gone three-of-five since the last being a 3-length score in the Wild Rose at Prairie Meadows

Frankel also sends out Spring Waltz (Javier Castellano) who makes up the lighter half of the Stronach Stables entry The Silver Charm mare finished fourth in the Delaware Handicap July 13 her first start for Frankel after capturing the Grade II Rampart at Gulfstream Park for Brian Lynch in March

Saratoga ndash Continued from page 12

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Thorrsquos Echo peered from his stall at the stakes barn and looked as interest-ed as a Yankees fan listening to Terry Francona talk about his two World Se-ries rings The 2006 champion sprinter had descended upon the most famous racetrack in the world to run in todayrsquos Grade II Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap big deal

The California-bred is used to new surroundings new racetracks and new obstacles With a resume that includes close to $25 million in earnings and the travel itinerary of an oil executive Thorrsquos Echo just keeps boarding the plane

Florida California Dubai Califor-nia Kentucky Maryland Dubai again then a return to his California home He jetted from Hollywood to Belmont for the True North June 7 then jetted back west to prep for the $250000 Vander-bilt Despite the miles the 6-year-old has flourished more often than not and rates as a major contender in the 6-fur-long stakes

Carlos Pena foreman for trainer Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos Southern California string accompanied the gelding on the trip and didnrsquot see a hair out of place

ldquoThis horse has been to a lot of differ-ent places and he ships in great every time Hersquos kind of a veteran of all this by now Even when he went to Dubai and back it was no big thing He knows what hersquos do-ingrdquo Pena said ldquoIrsquove been with Doug and the horse for a long time ndash at Del Mar and Hollywood Park and at Churchill Downs for the Breedersrsquo Cup in 2006 ndash and the horse is always a pleasure He doesnrsquot let anything bother himrdquo

Up to this point Dubai has been the only real blip on the radar Zabeel Racing International purchased Thorrsquos Echorsquos after back-to-back wins in Grade I stakes in November 2006 ndash the Breed-errsquos Cup Sprint and De Francis Dash Sent to trainer Seemar Satish in Dubai the plan was to point for the $2 million Golden Shaheen in March 2008 They got there but things hardly went ac-cordingly Thorrsquos Echo prepped in the Group III Mahab Al Shimaal and ran sixth the same spot he finished 30 days later in the Group I Shaheen

On to Plan B Back to California Back to OrsquoNeill

Like LightningOld pro Thorrsquos Echo makes trekgets ready to drop hammer again

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Connie BushThorrsquos Echo checked into Saratogarsquos stakes barn TuesdaySee vAnDErBiLT page 16

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Zabeel booked Thorrsquos Echo a return flight in April 2007 and after 14 months off he resurfaced in the Grade II True North on the Belmont Stakes under-card Racing up close to a quick pace he tired late to finish fourth beaten only 1 34 lengths by divisional leader Benny The Bull Thorrsquos Echo drew the rail in the Vanderbilt and reunites with Corey Nakatani who was aboard for the late-season stakes scores in 2006

Pena sees little change in the horse that seems to be sitting on a peak performance

ldquoSo far so good He looks sharp and hersquos ready to run Just a great horse to be around and takes every-thing in striderdquo Pena said ldquoHe got in late on Tuesday and he galloped over the track Wednesday and Thurs-day Today he just jogged and tomorrow hersquoll run It looked like he handled the track OK but I just hope it doesnrsquot rain Itrsquos going to be a tough race but he just goes out and runs his race so tomorrow shouldnrsquot be any differentrdquo

And it will be a tough race After all for all his expe-rience Thorrsquos Echo is fifth choice in the morning line

Though not as seasoned Thorrsquos Echo Black Sev-enteen is another live West Coaster Shipping in from California for Brian Koriner the 4-year-old son of Is It True won the Grade II Carry Back Stakes at Calder in July 2007 his last start of the year Koriner opted to give his star a freshening and Black Seventeen returned in the Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields June 14 setting a blistering half-mile under pressure in 44 15 seconds before tiring to run second Koriner makes his first trip to Saratoga and his front-running colt rates as the one to catch

ldquoItrsquos exciting and nice to finally be here at Sara-togardquo Koriner said ldquoThe horse shipped in well and wersquoll see if California speed can be transferred to New York He got a bit tired in his comeback race but he got something out of it and hersquoll be a little sharper this timerdquo

Black Seventeen has run a half-mile in 44 and change in his last three starts and Koriner isnrsquot about to tell jockey Aaron Gryder to change tactics in the Vanderbilt

ldquoWersquore going to send him away from there and make them come and catch usrdquo Koriner said ldquoWe didnrsquot come all this way to get beat at our own gamerdquo

That plan could prove a roadblock for Roddy Va-lentersquos undefeated homebred Bustin Stones who has never been behind a horse at any pace call in his six lifetime starts His horse is the morning-line favorite and the locally based and tremendously popular Va-lente could run for public office if Bustin Stones takes the Vanderbilt

Trained by Bruce Levine the 4-year-old enters off the biggest win of his career a game half-length score in the Grade I Carter Handicap at Aqueduct April 5 Beset by knee problems throughout his career the Empire-bred son of City Zip has had more starts and stops than a New York cab on a rainy day

Bustin Stones won his first three starts last spring then was forced to the sidelines by a knee injury After an aborted comeback he finally returned in January winning a minor state-bred stakes at Aqueduct then ventured to Laurel to take down open company the Grade II General George Feb 18 A determined gate-to-wire victory in the Carter was followed by another

brief setback but Levine regrouped and circled the Vanderbilt With Black Seventeen signed on he knows things wonrsquot be easy up front

ldquoThatrsquos the thing therersquos some serious speed in there and wersquore part of it for sure But he keeps passing ev-ery test wersquove given him so far and hersquos proven himself to be a pretty special and pretty serious horserdquo Levine said ldquoHe got sick on me in May after the Carter and we had to back off on him just a hair but hersquos coming in good and has been training very well since then It hasnrsquot been too frustrating because he hasnrsquot missed a beat since he got sick hersquos been breezing every six days or a week and hersquos ready to gordquo Levine said

First Defence ran the race of his life albeit a los-ing one at the Spa last season when he stuck a head in front of Hard Spun in deep stretch in the Grade I Kingrsquos Bishop before settling for second Juddmonte Farmrsquos homebred has been Richie Sexton since either knocking it out of the park or fanning the air

Bobby Frankel elected to give First Defence an ex-tended vacation after a seventh in the Grade I Vosburgh last October and brought him back May 3 to win an allowance on the Kentucky Derby undercard A disap-pointing fifth in the Grade I Met Mile sent First De-fence to the turf and the 4-year-old responded with a gritty head victory in the Grade III Jaipur at Belmont With an inside draw in the Vanderbilt jockey Javier Castellano may be forced to send his mount to the lead or risk losing position

Eighth in the Vanderbilt to close his 2007 cam-paign Abraaj has been a new horse this year for Ki-aran McLaughlin Now 6 the Shadwell Stable charge won an allowance by 6 lengths before finishing a game third in the True North Abraaj could benefit the most from the anticipated quick splits in the Vanderbilt Alan Garcia has the call

Sammarco (Channing Hill to ride) enters off a gate-to-wire maiden score at Belmont for Mike Hushion and could be in the mix early E Z Warrior (Kent Desormeaux) makes his first start in Bill Mottrsquos care since running 13th in the Grade I Malibu over Santa Anitarsquos synthetic sur-face in December for trainer Bob Baffert

Vanderbilt ndash Continued from page 14

Tod MarksBustin Stones puts his unbeaten mark on the line again

17Saturday July 26 2008

18 Saturday July 26 2008

Saturday July 26 Post Time 100 pm Entries with program number post position jockey trainer and morning-line odds

1ST (100) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $610001 1 Borrowing Limit Maragh R Violette Jr Rick 4-12 2 Wonforthegoodguys Rodriguez R R Fisher Linda 20-13 3 Brendanrsquos Warrior Albarado R J Duggan David 20-14 4 Northern Storm Samyn J L Jacobson David 15-15 5 Rollers Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 9-56 6 Phobia Castellano J J Contessa Gary 12-17 7 Tough Jake Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 10-18 8 Benny the Waiter Coa E M Levine Bruce 7-29 9 Fire Marshal Prado E S Hernandez Mike 12-110 10 System Restore Bridgmohan S X Balsamo Diane 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (7-9) Pick 4 (7-10) Daily Double

8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (8-10) Daily Double

9TH (515) THE GO fOR WAND (GR I) 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Ginger Punch Bejarano R Frankel Bobby 1-21A 8 Spring Waltz Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 1-22 2 Inside Passage Coa E M Tagg Barclay 15-13 3 Indescribable Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-14 4 Moon Catcher Prado E S Clement Christophe 5-15 5 Copper State Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 10-16 6 Runway Rosie Maragh R Contessa Gary 8-17 7 Over Under Albarado R J Stewart Dallas 20-1A-Coupled Ginger Punch and Spring Waltz

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10TH (546) THE WHITNEY (GR I) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP PURSE $7500001 1 Commentator Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12 2 Solar Flare (ARG) Saez G Jones Larry 4-13 3 Notional Prado E S Hennig Mark 5-14 4 Cowtown Cat Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 20-15 5 Merchant Marine Maragh R Jerkens Allen 15-16 6 Tasteyville Luzzi M J Kelly Pat 12-17 7 Rising Moon Velasquez C Dutrow Richard 10-18 8 Grasshopper Albarado R J Howard Neil 10-19 9 A P Arrow Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 10-110 10 Student Council Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 6-111 11 Timber Reserve Castellano J J Kimmel John 20-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Daily Double

11TH (619) 5 12 fURLONGS TURf 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330001 1 Shaami Hill C Peitz Daniel 4-12 2 Bel Viaggio Luzzi M J Levine Bruce 7-23 3 Ballston Rodriguez R R Aquilino Joseph 15-14 4 Lava Cat Sanchez J Arroyo Enrique 30-15 5 E Z Dollar Samyn J L Hertler John 15-16 6 Ya Think Gomez G K Benzel Seth 6-17 7 Friday Meeting Albarado R J Werner Ronny 8-18 8 Lyke a Hurricane Prado E S Duggan David 12-19 9 Counting House Morales S Callejas Bernardo 10-110 10 Body Blows Maragh R Sciacca Gary 20-111 11 Catch Up Chris Garcia Alan Schettino Dom 5-112 12 Carry On the Dream Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 20-113 AE Allaboutmack Chavez J F Lostritto Joseph 15-114 AE Seastate Hill C Devereux Joseph 12-115 MTO Osceola Prince Velazquez J R Ward Wesley 6-1

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RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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20 Saturday July 26 2008

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

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See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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See FriDAy page 24

frIDay racINg rEcap

23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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803-243-4848 Mobile

wwwcustomcareequinecom

Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

The tradition continues

HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

TRACK fAST TURf Off (259) SOfT (8)ATTENDANCE 20626 HANDLE $3306079

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Watch Tom Durkin Workto benefi t BEsT

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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By Joe Clancy

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Benoit PhotoStudent Council has come full circle at Saratoga in the past four years

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

SS aa ll ii ss bb uu rr yy SS pp ll ee nn dd oo rr SS uu mm mm ee rr FF ee ss tt ii vv aa ll

August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

BBeett oonn tthhee BBeesstt ooff BBrriittiisshh RRaacciinngg

30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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ldquoIrsquom going to get him right nowrdquo Thatrsquos how Nick Zito answered the

question ldquoHowrsquos Commentatorrdquo Fri-day morning The trainer hustled back to his barn and pointed to the 2005 Whitney Handicap winner who was completing his third turn of Zitorsquos long shaded shedrow before his final prepa-ration for the 2008 Whitney

ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo Zito saidHe pointed to a chestnut gelding

chomping on an egg-butt snaffle Com-mentator coiled and bounced to his toes like a shortstop expecting a baserunner at second

ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo Zito said The first ldquoThatrsquos himrdquo pointed out

the physical Commentator The second one pointed out out the mental Com-mentator

ldquoHersquos still orneryrdquo Zito said ldquoHe hangs out by himself he likes to be left alone If you go over and play with him hersquoll bite you Seven years old and he still bites Irsquom happy about thatrdquo

Commentator and exercise rider Carlos Correa strolled out of the shed-row for a routine gallop and some gate

schooling Yeah 7-year-old geldings school in the gate Commentator leads a packed field of 11 in todayrsquos $750000 Whitney Handicap The Grade I stakes attracted two Grade I winners ndash Com-mentator and Pacific Classic and Pim-lico Special winner Student Council ndash and a gaggle of others looking to play while divisional leader Curlin flirts with a turf career

Owned by Tracy Farmer Commen-tator carries highweight of 120 pounds and breaks from the rail under John Velazquez Commentator has made just 18 starts He went postward four times last year and will make his fourth start this year in the Whitney Zito unleashed the gelded son of Distorted Humor this January in a rich 1-mile optional claim-er at Gulfstream Park where he won by 14 He returned to scorch the 7 fur-long Richter Scale by almost the same margin in March before yielding late to Divine Park in the Met Mile at the end of May

ldquoYou wish there were more like him itrsquos fun for the gamerdquo Zito said ldquoEv-erybody realizes itrsquos not such a bad bad

sport when you have guys like that run-ning Only a few can run in Grade Ones at 7 ndash if he could get in that circle Kel-so Forego just to get mentioned with themrdquo

Commentator will be on the lead ear-ly trying to swallow 9 furlongs some-thing hersquos only done once in the 2005 Whitney when Gary Stevens cajoled the first half mile in 46 25 seconds the slowest on his recent chart

ldquoItrsquos probably not the ideal distance for him but he did it three years ago

Hersquos set up for it with the mile race and the Met he carried top weight the track was very very heavy that day If hersquos go-ing to stretch out this is the racerdquo Zito said ldquoHersquos got to carry top weight but in a way thatrsquos a tribute to the horse Itrsquos a tremendous compliment to be a 7-year-old gelding and highweight in this yearrsquos Whitney You tip your hat to him I just hope hersquos on and has a great day If hersquos on hersquos tough If hersquos on hersquos Commentatorrdquo

Tod MarksCommentator goes after his second Whitney victory

Whorsquos OldStill sharp Commentator lords overSaturdayrsquos wide-open Grade I stakes

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See whiTnEy page 8

7Saturday July 26 2008

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8 Saturday July 26 2008

Neil Howard hopes Grasshopper is on Hersquod settle for the Grasshopper who tried Street Sense all the way down the stretch in last yearrsquos Travers The son of Di-xie Union fell a half-length short that day and has yet to really recapture that form in six subsequent starts Robby Albarado returns aboard Will Farishrsquos colt

ldquoSometimes you donrsquot pay attention to how much a race could take out of a horserdquo Howard said ldquoDe-pending on how a horse went into it ndash how much sea-soning he had how much racing he had it was so hot that day ndash a race like the Travers could take a lot out of a horse and I think it showed in the Super Derbyrdquo

Grasshopper led late in the Super Derby but couldnrsquot hold off Going Ballistic He rebounded this winter with a win in the Mineshaft and a second in the New Orleans Handicap Brought north he finished a dull second in the Westchester Handicap at Belmont Park then flopped in the Pimlico Special and the Ste-phen Foster Howard thinks hersquos back on target

ldquoHersquos doing very wellrdquo Howard said ldquoWe got off schedule for the Pimlico Special we were pushing and shoving to get there and now wersquore back on schedule and hersquos done very well since He put his weight back on we didnrsquot settle on this until late he worked very well the other day Itrsquos deep He belongs Itrsquos an op-portunity to run in a Grade I no less than the Whitney and Curlin is not there Itrsquos an opportunityrdquo

Mark Hennig sees the Whitney the same way ndash a Grade I stakes without Curlin Donrsquot dip your toe jump in and start swimming Hennig brings recent Sal-vatore Mile winner Notional into the Whitney A Cal-ifornia-bred son of In Excess Notional flirted with the big 3-year-old stakes last year winning the San Rafael and the Risen Star and finishing second in the Flori-da Derby while under Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos care Notional cracked a cannon bone and missed the Triple Crown and returned in February on the turf Four straight losses on the turf and synthetic surfaces ndash from Santa

Anita to Dubai ndash forced owner Paul Reddam to switch engine rooms sending the horse to Hennig in June

ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo Hennig said ldquoDoug Paul and myself wondered did his form tail off because of the cannon bone fracture in his 3-year-old year or was it because of the artificial surfaces He did seem to get happy training in New Yorkrdquo

Hennig breezed Notional three times and took a shot in the Salvatore where he had to face the defend-ing champion Gottcha Gold who loves the speed-favoring Monmouth Park Gottcha Gold appeared to run his race but Notional crushed him finishing the mile in 135 45

ldquoI thought Gottcha Gold on that track would be tough to run downrdquo Hennig said ldquoI didnrsquot expect him to run that kind of number but I did think he would show that he was happy to be back on the main track and run a creditable race and move forward from thererdquo

With just three weeks between races Notional must bounce back quickly Donrsquot say bounce

ldquoItrsquos certainly a concern Itrsquos the best race hersquos run since he broke his maidenrdquo Hennig said ldquoThe only encouraging part of coming back on short rest is he has definitely moved up mentally since winning a race Hersquos shown no signs of letting off hersquos trained more aggressively since the race than prior to the race The rider that gets on him every day says his arms are six inches longer than they were before the race He says he gets better every dayrdquo

Steve Asmussen entered Student Council the only other Grade I winner in the field The 6-year-old has banked nearly $14 million while competing from coast to coast He won the Pimlico Special over a muddy surface and would probably benefit from more rain

ldquoAre you kidding that big son of Kingmambo hersquod love itrdquo Asmussen said as it rained earlier in the week ldquoHe won the Pimlico Special in the mud and hersquos doing greatrdquo

Shaun Bridgmohan rides for Millennium FarmLarry Jones takes another go at Grade I competition

with Argentine-import Solar Flare The 4-year-old colt looked home free in the Suburban but faltered late squandering the victory to 40-1 shot Frost Giant Ga-briel Saez returns on the Fox Hill Farm charge

Rising Moon finished 3 lengths off Frost Giant in the Suburban Owned by Four Roses Thoroughbreds and trained by Richard Dutrow Jr Rising Moon has just seven starts in his career but he makes them count winning four out of his last five Cornelio Velasquez takes the call

Cowtown Cat Merchant Marine Tasteyville AP Arrow and Timber Reserve round out the contentious Whitney field

Whitney ndash Continued from page 6

Tod MarksA P Arrow comes out of the Suburban to try the Whitney

9Saturday July 26 2008

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10 Saturday July 26 2008

No itrsquos not October yet though you might think so when you check the entries for Saturdayrsquos Grade I Diana Stakes The 1 18-mile turf stakes sure looks like the Breedersrsquo Cup Filly and Mare Turf which will be run Oct 24 at Santa Anita

In fact the winner of the Diana a Breedersrsquo Cup Challenge race automatically earns a starting berth in California

Mother Nature however could take some of the zing out of the $500000 Diana Though the forecast looks promising for Friday night and Saturday the torrential rain that lashed Saratoga Springs Wednes-day and Thursday might have already taken its toll on the course

Grade I winners Bit Of Whimsy Rutherienne Va-care and Wait A While are entered in the Diana but with the exception of Bit Of Whimsy (whose connec-tions said she will handle soft going) the other three standouts are questionable if the course is too water-logged

Christophe Clement the trainer of Rutherienne and Vacare and Todd Pletcher the trainer of Wait A While were anxious to watch Fridayrsquos Lake George the first turf race of the meet

The good news is that Fridayrsquos skies sported nary a cloud and Saturdayrsquos forecast held only a 30-per-cent chance of an isolated thunderstorm Then again itrsquos Saratoga and typhoon-like events arrive without warning

ldquoIrsquom not sure that I will race either of themrdquo Clement said Friday morning ldquoI have to see the Lake George first and then I will call my owners and make

a decision Today is a beautiful drying day If we have another day like this tomorrow maybe we will be OKrdquo

Wait A While the champion 3-year-old filly of 2006 hasnrsquot raced since winning the San Gorgonio at Santa Anita Jan 14 Following that race she was sidelined with a stress fracture in her left tibia which healed with rest Pletcher said if he isnrsquot satisfied with the course condition ndash Wait A While wants it firm ndash hersquoll scratch and run her in the Grade III Matchmaker at Monmouth Park Aug 3

DreamyDiana

Tod MarksVacare is one of four Grade I winners in todayrsquos Grade I Diana on the Saratoga turf

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Wait A While is 2-for-2 over the Saratoga turf with wins in the 2006 Lake Placid and the 2007 Ballston Spa Still the daughter of Mariarsquos Mon has her quirks ndash something Pletcher discov-ered two years ago

ldquoFor some reason early in her 3-year-old year she got stubborn about going into the gaterdquo Pletcher said ldquoWe did a lot of work with her and found that the easy compromise was just to blindfold her It has worked well and we have never changed itrdquo

Rafael Bejarano was named on Wait A While who drew post 4 Her regular rider Garrett Gomez accepted the mount on Rutherienne who drew post 7

Rutherienne last yearrsquos Lake George winner won the Grade II Jenny Wiley at Keeneland in April then followed with thirds in the Grade I Gamely at Hol-lywood Park and Grade III All Along Breedersrsquo Cup at Colonial Downs The course at Colonial was labeled good after drenching rain fell the day of the race

ldquoThey just ran a bit too quick for her in California but it was a good racerdquo Clement said ldquoShe ran a little bit off par last time (at Colonial) probably due to the ground They got torrential rain that day which was bad luckrdquo

Vacare won an allowance over a yielding course at Arlington Park back in 2006 when trained by Chris Block but since joining Clementrsquos barn she has only raced on firm ground Runner-up to Wait A While in last yearrsquos Ball-

ston Spa Vacare has started just once this year finishing eighth (though just 4 lengths behind the winner) in the Just A Game at Belmont Park June 7 Clement entered Vacare in an overnight stakes earlier this month at Belmont but scratched when the turf came up yielding

ldquoShe ran in the Just A Game so there will be no excuserdquo Clement said ldquoIt is what it is She had her racerdquo

Edgar Prado is named on Vacare who drew post 5

Shug McGaughey Criminologistrsquos trainer said he doesnrsquot mind if the turf is boggy as long as it is safe

Criminologist won the Grade III Athenia over a yielding course last year at Belmont and took an allowance here last year over a course labeled good She is 2-for-2 on Saratogarsquos turf

Criminologist finished seventh in the 1-mile Just A Game and McGaughey thinks the Dianarsquos extra furlong will help

ldquoThe mile and an eighth is probably her shtick a little more than the milerdquo McGaughey said ldquoShe got in a little bit of traffic in the Just A Game Irsquom not using that as an excuse It was around the half-mile pole and then she kind of dropped it on (jockey John Velazquez)

at the three-eighths pole and then kind of got into it again She was only beaten 3 12 lengths but I was disappointed It was the first time she ran in a Grade I this will be the second time If she is beat again and doesnrsquot run any bet-ter than she ran the last time we might have to drop down a notch or two We will just have to wait and seerdquo

Velazquez gets the call again todayDonrsquot overlook the Bill Mott-trained

Dynaforce Mott has won the last three runnings of the Diana and Dynaforce ran a bang-up race to finish second to a very good filly (the Clement-trained Maurala-kana) in the Grade II New York Handi-cap The New York was Dynaforcersquos first race since in 10 months and her Ameri-can debut Soft ground shouldnrsquot be an issue the mare who won in France over soft going Kent Desormeaux will be aboard for the first time

The Diana is so deep even the ladies with double-digit odds possess impres-sive resumes Barclay Tagg sends out Bit Of Whimsy (Eibar Coa) winner of three graded stakes including the Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Cup from the hedge Dale Romans trainee Bayoursquos Lassie (Robby Albarado) has banked nearly $700000 in a nine-win career Forever Together (Julien Leparoux) got up for third at 44-1 in the Just A Game for Jonathan Sheppard Billy Badgett saddles New York-bred Chestoria (Cor-nelio Velasquez) who has missed the board just once since moving to turf eight starts ago and Lady Digby (Ra-mon Dominguez) comes up from her Maryland base on the heels of a 2 14-length score in the All Along for Gra-ham Motion

Diana ndash Continued from page 10

Tod MarksCriminologist tries to get back on track for trainer Shug mcGaughey

12 Saturday July 26 2008

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Condition books donrsquot come with warning stickers Perhaps they donrsquot need them After all the trainers who saw Ginger Punchrsquos name on the nomi-nation list and still entered horses in to-dayrsquos Grade I Go For Wand knew what they were getting into

Winner of the 2007 Breedersrsquo Cup Distaff and Eclipse Award as champion filly or mare Ginger Punch will try to duplicate the dominating performance she put on her last year in the $250000 Go For Wand In the 2007 renewal the daughter of Awesome Again scampered away from the field to win the 1 18-mile stakes by 6 lengths

Whatrsquos frightening is the thought Ginger Punch might be even better now than the last time she graced Saratoga with her presence

ldquoPhysically shersquos betterrdquo said trainer Bobby Frankel ldquoand mentally shersquos bet-terrdquo

Owned by Stronach Stable and bred by Stronachrsquos Adena Springs Farm Ginger Punch returns to Saratoga off a victory in the Grade I Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park where she

skipped away to win by 7 34 lengths Jockey Rafael Bejarano comes in from California to ride the 1-2 favorite who will carry the highweight of 124 pounds

The chestnut mare who concedes from seven to 11 pounds to her rivals will break from the rail as she attempts to win her fifth Grade I

ldquoIrsquod rather be outside but thatrsquos OKrdquo said a not-too-worried Frankel

Will a wet track worry the reigning queen Probably not The 5-year-old owns two wins in four lifetime starts over an off track with one of those scores coming over sloppy going at Monmouth Park in the Distaff Ginger Punch has earned $653924 in 2008 with three wins from four starts boost-ing her career earnings to $2555603 ndash nearly $423000 more than the other seven entrants combined

ldquoShersquos very consistent ndash just a very very good filly I can depend on her all the timerdquo her trainer said ldquoItrsquos unbe-lievable how she goes out there and tries as hard as she does every time To win another Grade I would be greatrdquo

No horse has won back-to-back run-nings of the Go For Wand since the race was moved to Saratoga (and stretched a furlong) in 1994 though Hall of Famer Ladyrsquos Secret repeated in the old Mas-kette at Belmont Park in 1985 and 1986 and Tosmah did the same at Aqueduct in 1964 and 1965

Christophe Clement sends out Moon Catcher a distant fifth to Ginger Punch in the Ogden Phipps last out With the race lacking early speed the 4-year-old

daughter of Malibu Moon is a candi-date for the lead though jockey Edgar Prado will determine Moon Catcherrsquos placement

ldquoWersquoll have to see how the race de-velopsrdquo Prado said ldquoIrsquod like to have (Moon Catcher) by the leadersrdquo

Inside Passage (Eibar Coa) takes a significant step up in the Go For Wand Two-for-three this year since entering

Tod MarksGinger Punch tries to win her second consecutive Go for Wand

punch LineGood as ever champion mare eyesSpa repeat for Stronach Frankel

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See gO FOr wAnD page 13

13Saturday July 26 2008

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Barclay Taggrsquos barn the daughter of Tiznow finished third last out in the minor Proud Delta at Belmont Park her first stakes try She owns one start at Saratoga at todayrsquos distance a close third in an optional claimer last year

Indescribable has run well at the 9-furlong distance taking the Grade III Arlington Matron in May and though none of her four career wins have been on old-fashioned dirt the Pleasant Tap filly does have the dynamic duo of Bill Mott and Kent Desormeaux on her side

Copper State (Shaun Bridgmohan) makes her second start for trainer Steve Asmussen the Jump Start filly was run-ner-up to Unbridled Belle in the Grade III Obeah at Delaware Park June 14

Runway Rosie (Rajiv Maragh) comes out of the Proud Delta at Belmont July 2 when she beat third-place Indian Pas-sage by 5 14 lengths and the Include filly has been in the exacta all four times she has ran at todayrsquos distance

Over Under (Robby Albarado) en-tered Dallas Stewartrsquos barn at the start of the year and has gone three-of-five since the last being a 3-length score in the Wild Rose at Prairie Meadows

Frankel also sends out Spring Waltz (Javier Castellano) who makes up the lighter half of the Stronach Stables entry The Silver Charm mare finished fourth in the Delaware Handicap July 13 her first start for Frankel after capturing the Grade II Rampart at Gulfstream Park for Brian Lynch in March

Saratoga ndash Continued from page 12

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Thorrsquos Echo peered from his stall at the stakes barn and looked as interest-ed as a Yankees fan listening to Terry Francona talk about his two World Se-ries rings The 2006 champion sprinter had descended upon the most famous racetrack in the world to run in todayrsquos Grade II Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap big deal

The California-bred is used to new surroundings new racetracks and new obstacles With a resume that includes close to $25 million in earnings and the travel itinerary of an oil executive Thorrsquos Echo just keeps boarding the plane

Florida California Dubai Califor-nia Kentucky Maryland Dubai again then a return to his California home He jetted from Hollywood to Belmont for the True North June 7 then jetted back west to prep for the $250000 Vander-bilt Despite the miles the 6-year-old has flourished more often than not and rates as a major contender in the 6-fur-long stakes

Carlos Pena foreman for trainer Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos Southern California string accompanied the gelding on the trip and didnrsquot see a hair out of place

ldquoThis horse has been to a lot of differ-ent places and he ships in great every time Hersquos kind of a veteran of all this by now Even when he went to Dubai and back it was no big thing He knows what hersquos do-ingrdquo Pena said ldquoIrsquove been with Doug and the horse for a long time ndash at Del Mar and Hollywood Park and at Churchill Downs for the Breedersrsquo Cup in 2006 ndash and the horse is always a pleasure He doesnrsquot let anything bother himrdquo

Up to this point Dubai has been the only real blip on the radar Zabeel Racing International purchased Thorrsquos Echorsquos after back-to-back wins in Grade I stakes in November 2006 ndash the Breed-errsquos Cup Sprint and De Francis Dash Sent to trainer Seemar Satish in Dubai the plan was to point for the $2 million Golden Shaheen in March 2008 They got there but things hardly went ac-cordingly Thorrsquos Echo prepped in the Group III Mahab Al Shimaal and ran sixth the same spot he finished 30 days later in the Group I Shaheen

On to Plan B Back to California Back to OrsquoNeill

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Zabeel booked Thorrsquos Echo a return flight in April 2007 and after 14 months off he resurfaced in the Grade II True North on the Belmont Stakes under-card Racing up close to a quick pace he tired late to finish fourth beaten only 1 34 lengths by divisional leader Benny The Bull Thorrsquos Echo drew the rail in the Vanderbilt and reunites with Corey Nakatani who was aboard for the late-season stakes scores in 2006

Pena sees little change in the horse that seems to be sitting on a peak performance

ldquoSo far so good He looks sharp and hersquos ready to run Just a great horse to be around and takes every-thing in striderdquo Pena said ldquoHe got in late on Tuesday and he galloped over the track Wednesday and Thurs-day Today he just jogged and tomorrow hersquoll run It looked like he handled the track OK but I just hope it doesnrsquot rain Itrsquos going to be a tough race but he just goes out and runs his race so tomorrow shouldnrsquot be any differentrdquo

And it will be a tough race After all for all his expe-rience Thorrsquos Echo is fifth choice in the morning line

Though not as seasoned Thorrsquos Echo Black Sev-enteen is another live West Coaster Shipping in from California for Brian Koriner the 4-year-old son of Is It True won the Grade II Carry Back Stakes at Calder in July 2007 his last start of the year Koriner opted to give his star a freshening and Black Seventeen returned in the Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields June 14 setting a blistering half-mile under pressure in 44 15 seconds before tiring to run second Koriner makes his first trip to Saratoga and his front-running colt rates as the one to catch

ldquoItrsquos exciting and nice to finally be here at Sara-togardquo Koriner said ldquoThe horse shipped in well and wersquoll see if California speed can be transferred to New York He got a bit tired in his comeback race but he got something out of it and hersquoll be a little sharper this timerdquo

Black Seventeen has run a half-mile in 44 and change in his last three starts and Koriner isnrsquot about to tell jockey Aaron Gryder to change tactics in the Vanderbilt

ldquoWersquore going to send him away from there and make them come and catch usrdquo Koriner said ldquoWe didnrsquot come all this way to get beat at our own gamerdquo

That plan could prove a roadblock for Roddy Va-lentersquos undefeated homebred Bustin Stones who has never been behind a horse at any pace call in his six lifetime starts His horse is the morning-line favorite and the locally based and tremendously popular Va-lente could run for public office if Bustin Stones takes the Vanderbilt

Trained by Bruce Levine the 4-year-old enters off the biggest win of his career a game half-length score in the Grade I Carter Handicap at Aqueduct April 5 Beset by knee problems throughout his career the Empire-bred son of City Zip has had more starts and stops than a New York cab on a rainy day

Bustin Stones won his first three starts last spring then was forced to the sidelines by a knee injury After an aborted comeback he finally returned in January winning a minor state-bred stakes at Aqueduct then ventured to Laurel to take down open company the Grade II General George Feb 18 A determined gate-to-wire victory in the Carter was followed by another

brief setback but Levine regrouped and circled the Vanderbilt With Black Seventeen signed on he knows things wonrsquot be easy up front

ldquoThatrsquos the thing therersquos some serious speed in there and wersquore part of it for sure But he keeps passing ev-ery test wersquove given him so far and hersquos proven himself to be a pretty special and pretty serious horserdquo Levine said ldquoHe got sick on me in May after the Carter and we had to back off on him just a hair but hersquos coming in good and has been training very well since then It hasnrsquot been too frustrating because he hasnrsquot missed a beat since he got sick hersquos been breezing every six days or a week and hersquos ready to gordquo Levine said

First Defence ran the race of his life albeit a los-ing one at the Spa last season when he stuck a head in front of Hard Spun in deep stretch in the Grade I Kingrsquos Bishop before settling for second Juddmonte Farmrsquos homebred has been Richie Sexton since either knocking it out of the park or fanning the air

Bobby Frankel elected to give First Defence an ex-tended vacation after a seventh in the Grade I Vosburgh last October and brought him back May 3 to win an allowance on the Kentucky Derby undercard A disap-pointing fifth in the Grade I Met Mile sent First De-fence to the turf and the 4-year-old responded with a gritty head victory in the Grade III Jaipur at Belmont With an inside draw in the Vanderbilt jockey Javier Castellano may be forced to send his mount to the lead or risk losing position

Eighth in the Vanderbilt to close his 2007 cam-paign Abraaj has been a new horse this year for Ki-aran McLaughlin Now 6 the Shadwell Stable charge won an allowance by 6 lengths before finishing a game third in the True North Abraaj could benefit the most from the anticipated quick splits in the Vanderbilt Alan Garcia has the call

Sammarco (Channing Hill to ride) enters off a gate-to-wire maiden score at Belmont for Mike Hushion and could be in the mix early E Z Warrior (Kent Desormeaux) makes his first start in Bill Mottrsquos care since running 13th in the Grade I Malibu over Santa Anitarsquos synthetic sur-face in December for trainer Bob Baffert

Vanderbilt ndash Continued from page 14

Tod MarksBustin Stones puts his unbeaten mark on the line again

17Saturday July 26 2008

18 Saturday July 26 2008

Saturday July 26 Post Time 100 pm Entries with program number post position jockey trainer and morning-line odds

1ST (100) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $610001 1 Borrowing Limit Maragh R Violette Jr Rick 4-12 2 Wonforthegoodguys Rodriguez R R Fisher Linda 20-13 3 Brendanrsquos Warrior Albarado R J Duggan David 20-14 4 Northern Storm Samyn J L Jacobson David 15-15 5 Rollers Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 9-56 6 Phobia Castellano J J Contessa Gary 12-17 7 Tough Jake Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 10-18 8 Benny the Waiter Coa E M Levine Bruce 7-29 9 Fire Marshal Prado E S Hernandez Mike 12-110 10 System Restore Bridgmohan S X Balsamo Diane 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (7-9) Pick 4 (7-10) Daily Double

8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (8-10) Daily Double

9TH (515) THE GO fOR WAND (GR I) 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Ginger Punch Bejarano R Frankel Bobby 1-21A 8 Spring Waltz Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 1-22 2 Inside Passage Coa E M Tagg Barclay 15-13 3 Indescribable Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-14 4 Moon Catcher Prado E S Clement Christophe 5-15 5 Copper State Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 10-16 6 Runway Rosie Maragh R Contessa Gary 8-17 7 Over Under Albarado R J Stewart Dallas 20-1A-Coupled Ginger Punch and Spring Waltz

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (9-11) Daily Double

10TH (546) THE WHITNEY (GR I) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP PURSE $7500001 1 Commentator Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12 2 Solar Flare (ARG) Saez G Jones Larry 4-13 3 Notional Prado E S Hennig Mark 5-14 4 Cowtown Cat Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 20-15 5 Merchant Marine Maragh R Jerkens Allen 15-16 6 Tasteyville Luzzi M J Kelly Pat 12-17 7 Rising Moon Velasquez C Dutrow Richard 10-18 8 Grasshopper Albarado R J Howard Neil 10-19 9 A P Arrow Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 10-110 10 Student Council Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 6-111 11 Timber Reserve Castellano J J Kimmel John 20-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Daily Double

11TH (619) 5 12 fURLONGS TURf 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330001 1 Shaami Hill C Peitz Daniel 4-12 2 Bel Viaggio Luzzi M J Levine Bruce 7-23 3 Ballston Rodriguez R R Aquilino Joseph 15-14 4 Lava Cat Sanchez J Arroyo Enrique 30-15 5 E Z Dollar Samyn J L Hertler John 15-16 6 Ya Think Gomez G K Benzel Seth 6-17 7 Friday Meeting Albarado R J Werner Ronny 8-18 8 Lyke a Hurricane Prado E S Duggan David 12-19 9 Counting House Morales S Callejas Bernardo 10-110 10 Body Blows Maragh R Sciacca Gary 20-111 11 Catch Up Chris Garcia Alan Schettino Dom 5-112 12 Carry On the Dream Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 20-113 AE Allaboutmack Chavez J F Lostritto Joseph 15-114 AE Seastate Hill C Devereux Joseph 12-115 MTO Osceola Prince Velazquez J R Ward Wesley 6-1

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19Saturday July 26 2008

RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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RollersTough Jake

Borrowing LimitJust A CoincidenceSuccessful Mission

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Mask And WhigIntercoastalAugust Rex

Unbridledrsquos HeartFull ChargeStepaside

Minot LightWoodrunner

Elusive PleasureWhite Tie

Tiz ItRutherienne

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Brendanrsquos Warrior Just A Coincidence

Munnings Prince Of Wealth

BaronialCertifiably Royal

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StevilAugust RexWoodrunner Cardinal Hill Stepaside White Tie

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20 Saturday July 26 2008

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

lakE gEorgE StakES rEcap

See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

by brian nadeau amp john panagot

See FriDAy page 24

frIDay racINg rEcap

23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

The tradition continues

HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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8 Saturday July 26 2008

Neil Howard hopes Grasshopper is on Hersquod settle for the Grasshopper who tried Street Sense all the way down the stretch in last yearrsquos Travers The son of Di-xie Union fell a half-length short that day and has yet to really recapture that form in six subsequent starts Robby Albarado returns aboard Will Farishrsquos colt

ldquoSometimes you donrsquot pay attention to how much a race could take out of a horserdquo Howard said ldquoDe-pending on how a horse went into it ndash how much sea-soning he had how much racing he had it was so hot that day ndash a race like the Travers could take a lot out of a horse and I think it showed in the Super Derbyrdquo

Grasshopper led late in the Super Derby but couldnrsquot hold off Going Ballistic He rebounded this winter with a win in the Mineshaft and a second in the New Orleans Handicap Brought north he finished a dull second in the Westchester Handicap at Belmont Park then flopped in the Pimlico Special and the Ste-phen Foster Howard thinks hersquos back on target

ldquoHersquos doing very wellrdquo Howard said ldquoWe got off schedule for the Pimlico Special we were pushing and shoving to get there and now wersquore back on schedule and hersquos done very well since He put his weight back on we didnrsquot settle on this until late he worked very well the other day Itrsquos deep He belongs Itrsquos an op-portunity to run in a Grade I no less than the Whitney and Curlin is not there Itrsquos an opportunityrdquo

Mark Hennig sees the Whitney the same way ndash a Grade I stakes without Curlin Donrsquot dip your toe jump in and start swimming Hennig brings recent Sal-vatore Mile winner Notional into the Whitney A Cal-ifornia-bred son of In Excess Notional flirted with the big 3-year-old stakes last year winning the San Rafael and the Risen Star and finishing second in the Flori-da Derby while under Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos care Notional cracked a cannon bone and missed the Triple Crown and returned in February on the turf Four straight losses on the turf and synthetic surfaces ndash from Santa

Anita to Dubai ndash forced owner Paul Reddam to switch engine rooms sending the horse to Hennig in June

ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo Hennig said ldquoDoug Paul and myself wondered did his form tail off because of the cannon bone fracture in his 3-year-old year or was it because of the artificial surfaces He did seem to get happy training in New Yorkrdquo

Hennig breezed Notional three times and took a shot in the Salvatore where he had to face the defend-ing champion Gottcha Gold who loves the speed-favoring Monmouth Park Gottcha Gold appeared to run his race but Notional crushed him finishing the mile in 135 45

ldquoI thought Gottcha Gold on that track would be tough to run downrdquo Hennig said ldquoI didnrsquot expect him to run that kind of number but I did think he would show that he was happy to be back on the main track and run a creditable race and move forward from thererdquo

With just three weeks between races Notional must bounce back quickly Donrsquot say bounce

ldquoItrsquos certainly a concern Itrsquos the best race hersquos run since he broke his maidenrdquo Hennig said ldquoThe only encouraging part of coming back on short rest is he has definitely moved up mentally since winning a race Hersquos shown no signs of letting off hersquos trained more aggressively since the race than prior to the race The rider that gets on him every day says his arms are six inches longer than they were before the race He says he gets better every dayrdquo

Steve Asmussen entered Student Council the only other Grade I winner in the field The 6-year-old has banked nearly $14 million while competing from coast to coast He won the Pimlico Special over a muddy surface and would probably benefit from more rain

ldquoAre you kidding that big son of Kingmambo hersquod love itrdquo Asmussen said as it rained earlier in the week ldquoHe won the Pimlico Special in the mud and hersquos doing greatrdquo

Shaun Bridgmohan rides for Millennium FarmLarry Jones takes another go at Grade I competition

with Argentine-import Solar Flare The 4-year-old colt looked home free in the Suburban but faltered late squandering the victory to 40-1 shot Frost Giant Ga-briel Saez returns on the Fox Hill Farm charge

Rising Moon finished 3 lengths off Frost Giant in the Suburban Owned by Four Roses Thoroughbreds and trained by Richard Dutrow Jr Rising Moon has just seven starts in his career but he makes them count winning four out of his last five Cornelio Velasquez takes the call

Cowtown Cat Merchant Marine Tasteyville AP Arrow and Timber Reserve round out the contentious Whitney field

Whitney ndash Continued from page 6

Tod MarksA P Arrow comes out of the Suburban to try the Whitney

9Saturday July 26 2008

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10 Saturday July 26 2008

No itrsquos not October yet though you might think so when you check the entries for Saturdayrsquos Grade I Diana Stakes The 1 18-mile turf stakes sure looks like the Breedersrsquo Cup Filly and Mare Turf which will be run Oct 24 at Santa Anita

In fact the winner of the Diana a Breedersrsquo Cup Challenge race automatically earns a starting berth in California

Mother Nature however could take some of the zing out of the $500000 Diana Though the forecast looks promising for Friday night and Saturday the torrential rain that lashed Saratoga Springs Wednes-day and Thursday might have already taken its toll on the course

Grade I winners Bit Of Whimsy Rutherienne Va-care and Wait A While are entered in the Diana but with the exception of Bit Of Whimsy (whose connec-tions said she will handle soft going) the other three standouts are questionable if the course is too water-logged

Christophe Clement the trainer of Rutherienne and Vacare and Todd Pletcher the trainer of Wait A While were anxious to watch Fridayrsquos Lake George the first turf race of the meet

The good news is that Fridayrsquos skies sported nary a cloud and Saturdayrsquos forecast held only a 30-per-cent chance of an isolated thunderstorm Then again itrsquos Saratoga and typhoon-like events arrive without warning

ldquoIrsquom not sure that I will race either of themrdquo Clement said Friday morning ldquoI have to see the Lake George first and then I will call my owners and make

a decision Today is a beautiful drying day If we have another day like this tomorrow maybe we will be OKrdquo

Wait A While the champion 3-year-old filly of 2006 hasnrsquot raced since winning the San Gorgonio at Santa Anita Jan 14 Following that race she was sidelined with a stress fracture in her left tibia which healed with rest Pletcher said if he isnrsquot satisfied with the course condition ndash Wait A While wants it firm ndash hersquoll scratch and run her in the Grade III Matchmaker at Monmouth Park Aug 3

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Tod MarksVacare is one of four Grade I winners in todayrsquos Grade I Diana on the Saratoga turf

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Wait A While is 2-for-2 over the Saratoga turf with wins in the 2006 Lake Placid and the 2007 Ballston Spa Still the daughter of Mariarsquos Mon has her quirks ndash something Pletcher discov-ered two years ago

ldquoFor some reason early in her 3-year-old year she got stubborn about going into the gaterdquo Pletcher said ldquoWe did a lot of work with her and found that the easy compromise was just to blindfold her It has worked well and we have never changed itrdquo

Rafael Bejarano was named on Wait A While who drew post 4 Her regular rider Garrett Gomez accepted the mount on Rutherienne who drew post 7

Rutherienne last yearrsquos Lake George winner won the Grade II Jenny Wiley at Keeneland in April then followed with thirds in the Grade I Gamely at Hol-lywood Park and Grade III All Along Breedersrsquo Cup at Colonial Downs The course at Colonial was labeled good after drenching rain fell the day of the race

ldquoThey just ran a bit too quick for her in California but it was a good racerdquo Clement said ldquoShe ran a little bit off par last time (at Colonial) probably due to the ground They got torrential rain that day which was bad luckrdquo

Vacare won an allowance over a yielding course at Arlington Park back in 2006 when trained by Chris Block but since joining Clementrsquos barn she has only raced on firm ground Runner-up to Wait A While in last yearrsquos Ball-

ston Spa Vacare has started just once this year finishing eighth (though just 4 lengths behind the winner) in the Just A Game at Belmont Park June 7 Clement entered Vacare in an overnight stakes earlier this month at Belmont but scratched when the turf came up yielding

ldquoShe ran in the Just A Game so there will be no excuserdquo Clement said ldquoIt is what it is She had her racerdquo

Edgar Prado is named on Vacare who drew post 5

Shug McGaughey Criminologistrsquos trainer said he doesnrsquot mind if the turf is boggy as long as it is safe

Criminologist won the Grade III Athenia over a yielding course last year at Belmont and took an allowance here last year over a course labeled good She is 2-for-2 on Saratogarsquos turf

Criminologist finished seventh in the 1-mile Just A Game and McGaughey thinks the Dianarsquos extra furlong will help

ldquoThe mile and an eighth is probably her shtick a little more than the milerdquo McGaughey said ldquoShe got in a little bit of traffic in the Just A Game Irsquom not using that as an excuse It was around the half-mile pole and then she kind of dropped it on (jockey John Velazquez)

at the three-eighths pole and then kind of got into it again She was only beaten 3 12 lengths but I was disappointed It was the first time she ran in a Grade I this will be the second time If she is beat again and doesnrsquot run any bet-ter than she ran the last time we might have to drop down a notch or two We will just have to wait and seerdquo

Velazquez gets the call again todayDonrsquot overlook the Bill Mott-trained

Dynaforce Mott has won the last three runnings of the Diana and Dynaforce ran a bang-up race to finish second to a very good filly (the Clement-trained Maurala-kana) in the Grade II New York Handi-cap The New York was Dynaforcersquos first race since in 10 months and her Ameri-can debut Soft ground shouldnrsquot be an issue the mare who won in France over soft going Kent Desormeaux will be aboard for the first time

The Diana is so deep even the ladies with double-digit odds possess impres-sive resumes Barclay Tagg sends out Bit Of Whimsy (Eibar Coa) winner of three graded stakes including the Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Cup from the hedge Dale Romans trainee Bayoursquos Lassie (Robby Albarado) has banked nearly $700000 in a nine-win career Forever Together (Julien Leparoux) got up for third at 44-1 in the Just A Game for Jonathan Sheppard Billy Badgett saddles New York-bred Chestoria (Cor-nelio Velasquez) who has missed the board just once since moving to turf eight starts ago and Lady Digby (Ra-mon Dominguez) comes up from her Maryland base on the heels of a 2 14-length score in the All Along for Gra-ham Motion

Diana ndash Continued from page 10

Tod MarksCriminologist tries to get back on track for trainer Shug mcGaughey

12 Saturday July 26 2008

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Condition books donrsquot come with warning stickers Perhaps they donrsquot need them After all the trainers who saw Ginger Punchrsquos name on the nomi-nation list and still entered horses in to-dayrsquos Grade I Go For Wand knew what they were getting into

Winner of the 2007 Breedersrsquo Cup Distaff and Eclipse Award as champion filly or mare Ginger Punch will try to duplicate the dominating performance she put on her last year in the $250000 Go For Wand In the 2007 renewal the daughter of Awesome Again scampered away from the field to win the 1 18-mile stakes by 6 lengths

Whatrsquos frightening is the thought Ginger Punch might be even better now than the last time she graced Saratoga with her presence

ldquoPhysically shersquos betterrdquo said trainer Bobby Frankel ldquoand mentally shersquos bet-terrdquo

Owned by Stronach Stable and bred by Stronachrsquos Adena Springs Farm Ginger Punch returns to Saratoga off a victory in the Grade I Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park where she

skipped away to win by 7 34 lengths Jockey Rafael Bejarano comes in from California to ride the 1-2 favorite who will carry the highweight of 124 pounds

The chestnut mare who concedes from seven to 11 pounds to her rivals will break from the rail as she attempts to win her fifth Grade I

ldquoIrsquod rather be outside but thatrsquos OKrdquo said a not-too-worried Frankel

Will a wet track worry the reigning queen Probably not The 5-year-old owns two wins in four lifetime starts over an off track with one of those scores coming over sloppy going at Monmouth Park in the Distaff Ginger Punch has earned $653924 in 2008 with three wins from four starts boost-ing her career earnings to $2555603 ndash nearly $423000 more than the other seven entrants combined

ldquoShersquos very consistent ndash just a very very good filly I can depend on her all the timerdquo her trainer said ldquoItrsquos unbe-lievable how she goes out there and tries as hard as she does every time To win another Grade I would be greatrdquo

No horse has won back-to-back run-nings of the Go For Wand since the race was moved to Saratoga (and stretched a furlong) in 1994 though Hall of Famer Ladyrsquos Secret repeated in the old Mas-kette at Belmont Park in 1985 and 1986 and Tosmah did the same at Aqueduct in 1964 and 1965

Christophe Clement sends out Moon Catcher a distant fifth to Ginger Punch in the Ogden Phipps last out With the race lacking early speed the 4-year-old

daughter of Malibu Moon is a candi-date for the lead though jockey Edgar Prado will determine Moon Catcherrsquos placement

ldquoWersquoll have to see how the race de-velopsrdquo Prado said ldquoIrsquod like to have (Moon Catcher) by the leadersrdquo

Inside Passage (Eibar Coa) takes a significant step up in the Go For Wand Two-for-three this year since entering

Tod MarksGinger Punch tries to win her second consecutive Go for Wand

punch LineGood as ever champion mare eyesSpa repeat for Stronach Frankel

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13Saturday July 26 2008

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Barclay Taggrsquos barn the daughter of Tiznow finished third last out in the minor Proud Delta at Belmont Park her first stakes try She owns one start at Saratoga at todayrsquos distance a close third in an optional claimer last year

Indescribable has run well at the 9-furlong distance taking the Grade III Arlington Matron in May and though none of her four career wins have been on old-fashioned dirt the Pleasant Tap filly does have the dynamic duo of Bill Mott and Kent Desormeaux on her side

Copper State (Shaun Bridgmohan) makes her second start for trainer Steve Asmussen the Jump Start filly was run-ner-up to Unbridled Belle in the Grade III Obeah at Delaware Park June 14

Runway Rosie (Rajiv Maragh) comes out of the Proud Delta at Belmont July 2 when she beat third-place Indian Pas-sage by 5 14 lengths and the Include filly has been in the exacta all four times she has ran at todayrsquos distance

Over Under (Robby Albarado) en-tered Dallas Stewartrsquos barn at the start of the year and has gone three-of-five since the last being a 3-length score in the Wild Rose at Prairie Meadows

Frankel also sends out Spring Waltz (Javier Castellano) who makes up the lighter half of the Stronach Stables entry The Silver Charm mare finished fourth in the Delaware Handicap July 13 her first start for Frankel after capturing the Grade II Rampart at Gulfstream Park for Brian Lynch in March

Saratoga ndash Continued from page 12

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Thorrsquos Echo peered from his stall at the stakes barn and looked as interest-ed as a Yankees fan listening to Terry Francona talk about his two World Se-ries rings The 2006 champion sprinter had descended upon the most famous racetrack in the world to run in todayrsquos Grade II Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap big deal

The California-bred is used to new surroundings new racetracks and new obstacles With a resume that includes close to $25 million in earnings and the travel itinerary of an oil executive Thorrsquos Echo just keeps boarding the plane

Florida California Dubai Califor-nia Kentucky Maryland Dubai again then a return to his California home He jetted from Hollywood to Belmont for the True North June 7 then jetted back west to prep for the $250000 Vander-bilt Despite the miles the 6-year-old has flourished more often than not and rates as a major contender in the 6-fur-long stakes

Carlos Pena foreman for trainer Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos Southern California string accompanied the gelding on the trip and didnrsquot see a hair out of place

ldquoThis horse has been to a lot of differ-ent places and he ships in great every time Hersquos kind of a veteran of all this by now Even when he went to Dubai and back it was no big thing He knows what hersquos do-ingrdquo Pena said ldquoIrsquove been with Doug and the horse for a long time ndash at Del Mar and Hollywood Park and at Churchill Downs for the Breedersrsquo Cup in 2006 ndash and the horse is always a pleasure He doesnrsquot let anything bother himrdquo

Up to this point Dubai has been the only real blip on the radar Zabeel Racing International purchased Thorrsquos Echorsquos after back-to-back wins in Grade I stakes in November 2006 ndash the Breed-errsquos Cup Sprint and De Francis Dash Sent to trainer Seemar Satish in Dubai the plan was to point for the $2 million Golden Shaheen in March 2008 They got there but things hardly went ac-cordingly Thorrsquos Echo prepped in the Group III Mahab Al Shimaal and ran sixth the same spot he finished 30 days later in the Group I Shaheen

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Zabeel booked Thorrsquos Echo a return flight in April 2007 and after 14 months off he resurfaced in the Grade II True North on the Belmont Stakes under-card Racing up close to a quick pace he tired late to finish fourth beaten only 1 34 lengths by divisional leader Benny The Bull Thorrsquos Echo drew the rail in the Vanderbilt and reunites with Corey Nakatani who was aboard for the late-season stakes scores in 2006

Pena sees little change in the horse that seems to be sitting on a peak performance

ldquoSo far so good He looks sharp and hersquos ready to run Just a great horse to be around and takes every-thing in striderdquo Pena said ldquoHe got in late on Tuesday and he galloped over the track Wednesday and Thurs-day Today he just jogged and tomorrow hersquoll run It looked like he handled the track OK but I just hope it doesnrsquot rain Itrsquos going to be a tough race but he just goes out and runs his race so tomorrow shouldnrsquot be any differentrdquo

And it will be a tough race After all for all his expe-rience Thorrsquos Echo is fifth choice in the morning line

Though not as seasoned Thorrsquos Echo Black Sev-enteen is another live West Coaster Shipping in from California for Brian Koriner the 4-year-old son of Is It True won the Grade II Carry Back Stakes at Calder in July 2007 his last start of the year Koriner opted to give his star a freshening and Black Seventeen returned in the Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields June 14 setting a blistering half-mile under pressure in 44 15 seconds before tiring to run second Koriner makes his first trip to Saratoga and his front-running colt rates as the one to catch

ldquoItrsquos exciting and nice to finally be here at Sara-togardquo Koriner said ldquoThe horse shipped in well and wersquoll see if California speed can be transferred to New York He got a bit tired in his comeback race but he got something out of it and hersquoll be a little sharper this timerdquo

Black Seventeen has run a half-mile in 44 and change in his last three starts and Koriner isnrsquot about to tell jockey Aaron Gryder to change tactics in the Vanderbilt

ldquoWersquore going to send him away from there and make them come and catch usrdquo Koriner said ldquoWe didnrsquot come all this way to get beat at our own gamerdquo

That plan could prove a roadblock for Roddy Va-lentersquos undefeated homebred Bustin Stones who has never been behind a horse at any pace call in his six lifetime starts His horse is the morning-line favorite and the locally based and tremendously popular Va-lente could run for public office if Bustin Stones takes the Vanderbilt

Trained by Bruce Levine the 4-year-old enters off the biggest win of his career a game half-length score in the Grade I Carter Handicap at Aqueduct April 5 Beset by knee problems throughout his career the Empire-bred son of City Zip has had more starts and stops than a New York cab on a rainy day

Bustin Stones won his first three starts last spring then was forced to the sidelines by a knee injury After an aborted comeback he finally returned in January winning a minor state-bred stakes at Aqueduct then ventured to Laurel to take down open company the Grade II General George Feb 18 A determined gate-to-wire victory in the Carter was followed by another

brief setback but Levine regrouped and circled the Vanderbilt With Black Seventeen signed on he knows things wonrsquot be easy up front

ldquoThatrsquos the thing therersquos some serious speed in there and wersquore part of it for sure But he keeps passing ev-ery test wersquove given him so far and hersquos proven himself to be a pretty special and pretty serious horserdquo Levine said ldquoHe got sick on me in May after the Carter and we had to back off on him just a hair but hersquos coming in good and has been training very well since then It hasnrsquot been too frustrating because he hasnrsquot missed a beat since he got sick hersquos been breezing every six days or a week and hersquos ready to gordquo Levine said

First Defence ran the race of his life albeit a los-ing one at the Spa last season when he stuck a head in front of Hard Spun in deep stretch in the Grade I Kingrsquos Bishop before settling for second Juddmonte Farmrsquos homebred has been Richie Sexton since either knocking it out of the park or fanning the air

Bobby Frankel elected to give First Defence an ex-tended vacation after a seventh in the Grade I Vosburgh last October and brought him back May 3 to win an allowance on the Kentucky Derby undercard A disap-pointing fifth in the Grade I Met Mile sent First De-fence to the turf and the 4-year-old responded with a gritty head victory in the Grade III Jaipur at Belmont With an inside draw in the Vanderbilt jockey Javier Castellano may be forced to send his mount to the lead or risk losing position

Eighth in the Vanderbilt to close his 2007 cam-paign Abraaj has been a new horse this year for Ki-aran McLaughlin Now 6 the Shadwell Stable charge won an allowance by 6 lengths before finishing a game third in the True North Abraaj could benefit the most from the anticipated quick splits in the Vanderbilt Alan Garcia has the call

Sammarco (Channing Hill to ride) enters off a gate-to-wire maiden score at Belmont for Mike Hushion and could be in the mix early E Z Warrior (Kent Desormeaux) makes his first start in Bill Mottrsquos care since running 13th in the Grade I Malibu over Santa Anitarsquos synthetic sur-face in December for trainer Bob Baffert

Vanderbilt ndash Continued from page 14

Tod MarksBustin Stones puts his unbeaten mark on the line again

17Saturday July 26 2008

18 Saturday July 26 2008

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Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (7-9) Pick 4 (7-10) Daily Double

8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (8-10) Daily Double

9TH (515) THE GO fOR WAND (GR I) 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Ginger Punch Bejarano R Frankel Bobby 1-21A 8 Spring Waltz Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 1-22 2 Inside Passage Coa E M Tagg Barclay 15-13 3 Indescribable Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-14 4 Moon Catcher Prado E S Clement Christophe 5-15 5 Copper State Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 10-16 6 Runway Rosie Maragh R Contessa Gary 8-17 7 Over Under Albarado R J Stewart Dallas 20-1A-Coupled Ginger Punch and Spring Waltz

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10TH (546) THE WHITNEY (GR I) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP PURSE $7500001 1 Commentator Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12 2 Solar Flare (ARG) Saez G Jones Larry 4-13 3 Notional Prado E S Hennig Mark 5-14 4 Cowtown Cat Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 20-15 5 Merchant Marine Maragh R Jerkens Allen 15-16 6 Tasteyville Luzzi M J Kelly Pat 12-17 7 Rising Moon Velasquez C Dutrow Richard 10-18 8 Grasshopper Albarado R J Howard Neil 10-19 9 A P Arrow Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 10-110 10 Student Council Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 6-111 11 Timber Reserve Castellano J J Kimmel John 20-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Daily Double

11TH (619) 5 12 fURLONGS TURf 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330001 1 Shaami Hill C Peitz Daniel 4-12 2 Bel Viaggio Luzzi M J Levine Bruce 7-23 3 Ballston Rodriguez R R Aquilino Joseph 15-14 4 Lava Cat Sanchez J Arroyo Enrique 30-15 5 E Z Dollar Samyn J L Hertler John 15-16 6 Ya Think Gomez G K Benzel Seth 6-17 7 Friday Meeting Albarado R J Werner Ronny 8-18 8 Lyke a Hurricane Prado E S Duggan David 12-19 9 Counting House Morales S Callejas Bernardo 10-110 10 Body Blows Maragh R Sciacca Gary 20-111 11 Catch Up Chris Garcia Alan Schettino Dom 5-112 12 Carry On the Dream Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 20-113 AE Allaboutmack Chavez J F Lostritto Joseph 15-114 AE Seastate Hill C Devereux Joseph 12-115 MTO Osceola Prince Velazquez J R Ward Wesley 6-1

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RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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20 Saturday July 26 2008

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

lakE gEorgE StakES rEcap

See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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See FriDAy page 24

frIDay racINg rEcap

23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

Donna FreyerPO Box 2254 Camden SC 29020

803-243-4848 Mobile

wwwcustomcareequinecom

Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

The tradition continues

HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

TRACK fAST TURf Off (259) SOfT (8)ATTENDANCE 20626 HANDLE $3306079

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The Third Race Call with Tom Durkin returns to Saratoga Race Course This fundraising

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

studentof the game

thE outSIDE raIl

By Joe Clancy

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Benoit PhotoStudent Council has come full circle at Saratoga in the past four years

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Since September 2002 we have placed over 300 TBrsquos in new careers as eventers show horses dressage and pleasure mounts

Sneaky Love Black bay TB m 160h 5 yrs Good mover sensible sound ready for a

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wwwMidAtlanticHorseRescueorgPO Box 403 Chesapeake City MD 21915 302-376-7297

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

spur of the Moment

cup of coffEE

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31Saturday July 26 2008

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LECTURES AND DEMOS Each Friday at 10 am mdash a different guest each week

CHAMPAGNE OPENING Aug 2 6-8 pm mdash Introducing THE SARATOGA RACING BRACELET Designed by Terry Lindsey Music by Jane Wood

ARTISTS DISPLAYEDTop left to right Kate Upton Terry Lindsey

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8 Saturday July 26 2008

Neil Howard hopes Grasshopper is on Hersquod settle for the Grasshopper who tried Street Sense all the way down the stretch in last yearrsquos Travers The son of Di-xie Union fell a half-length short that day and has yet to really recapture that form in six subsequent starts Robby Albarado returns aboard Will Farishrsquos colt

ldquoSometimes you donrsquot pay attention to how much a race could take out of a horserdquo Howard said ldquoDe-pending on how a horse went into it ndash how much sea-soning he had how much racing he had it was so hot that day ndash a race like the Travers could take a lot out of a horse and I think it showed in the Super Derbyrdquo

Grasshopper led late in the Super Derby but couldnrsquot hold off Going Ballistic He rebounded this winter with a win in the Mineshaft and a second in the New Orleans Handicap Brought north he finished a dull second in the Westchester Handicap at Belmont Park then flopped in the Pimlico Special and the Ste-phen Foster Howard thinks hersquos back on target

ldquoHersquos doing very wellrdquo Howard said ldquoWe got off schedule for the Pimlico Special we were pushing and shoving to get there and now wersquore back on schedule and hersquos done very well since He put his weight back on we didnrsquot settle on this until late he worked very well the other day Itrsquos deep He belongs Itrsquos an op-portunity to run in a Grade I no less than the Whitney and Curlin is not there Itrsquos an opportunityrdquo

Mark Hennig sees the Whitney the same way ndash a Grade I stakes without Curlin Donrsquot dip your toe jump in and start swimming Hennig brings recent Sal-vatore Mile winner Notional into the Whitney A Cal-ifornia-bred son of In Excess Notional flirted with the big 3-year-old stakes last year winning the San Rafael and the Risen Star and finishing second in the Flori-da Derby while under Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos care Notional cracked a cannon bone and missed the Triple Crown and returned in February on the turf Four straight losses on the turf and synthetic surfaces ndash from Santa

Anita to Dubai ndash forced owner Paul Reddam to switch engine rooms sending the horse to Hennig in June

ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo Hennig said ldquoDoug Paul and myself wondered did his form tail off because of the cannon bone fracture in his 3-year-old year or was it because of the artificial surfaces He did seem to get happy training in New Yorkrdquo

Hennig breezed Notional three times and took a shot in the Salvatore where he had to face the defend-ing champion Gottcha Gold who loves the speed-favoring Monmouth Park Gottcha Gold appeared to run his race but Notional crushed him finishing the mile in 135 45

ldquoI thought Gottcha Gold on that track would be tough to run downrdquo Hennig said ldquoI didnrsquot expect him to run that kind of number but I did think he would show that he was happy to be back on the main track and run a creditable race and move forward from thererdquo

With just three weeks between races Notional must bounce back quickly Donrsquot say bounce

ldquoItrsquos certainly a concern Itrsquos the best race hersquos run since he broke his maidenrdquo Hennig said ldquoThe only encouraging part of coming back on short rest is he has definitely moved up mentally since winning a race Hersquos shown no signs of letting off hersquos trained more aggressively since the race than prior to the race The rider that gets on him every day says his arms are six inches longer than they were before the race He says he gets better every dayrdquo

Steve Asmussen entered Student Council the only other Grade I winner in the field The 6-year-old has banked nearly $14 million while competing from coast to coast He won the Pimlico Special over a muddy surface and would probably benefit from more rain

ldquoAre you kidding that big son of Kingmambo hersquod love itrdquo Asmussen said as it rained earlier in the week ldquoHe won the Pimlico Special in the mud and hersquos doing greatrdquo

Shaun Bridgmohan rides for Millennium FarmLarry Jones takes another go at Grade I competition

with Argentine-import Solar Flare The 4-year-old colt looked home free in the Suburban but faltered late squandering the victory to 40-1 shot Frost Giant Ga-briel Saez returns on the Fox Hill Farm charge

Rising Moon finished 3 lengths off Frost Giant in the Suburban Owned by Four Roses Thoroughbreds and trained by Richard Dutrow Jr Rising Moon has just seven starts in his career but he makes them count winning four out of his last five Cornelio Velasquez takes the call

Cowtown Cat Merchant Marine Tasteyville AP Arrow and Timber Reserve round out the contentious Whitney field

Whitney ndash Continued from page 6

Tod MarksA P Arrow comes out of the Suburban to try the Whitney

9Saturday July 26 2008

Plan now to attend the Keeneland September 8 ndash 23 Yearling Sale

Sessions begin at 1000 am daily

Catalogs available online Tuesday August 5

Keeneland Association Inc PO Box 1690 Lexington KY 40588-16904201 Versailles Road Lexington KY 40510859 254-3412 800 456-3412 Fax 859 233-2257wwwkeenelandcom

KE-083116-3 - Saratoga Special Sept Sale2indd 1 72408 103423 AM

10 Saturday July 26 2008

No itrsquos not October yet though you might think so when you check the entries for Saturdayrsquos Grade I Diana Stakes The 1 18-mile turf stakes sure looks like the Breedersrsquo Cup Filly and Mare Turf which will be run Oct 24 at Santa Anita

In fact the winner of the Diana a Breedersrsquo Cup Challenge race automatically earns a starting berth in California

Mother Nature however could take some of the zing out of the $500000 Diana Though the forecast looks promising for Friday night and Saturday the torrential rain that lashed Saratoga Springs Wednes-day and Thursday might have already taken its toll on the course

Grade I winners Bit Of Whimsy Rutherienne Va-care and Wait A While are entered in the Diana but with the exception of Bit Of Whimsy (whose connec-tions said she will handle soft going) the other three standouts are questionable if the course is too water-logged

Christophe Clement the trainer of Rutherienne and Vacare and Todd Pletcher the trainer of Wait A While were anxious to watch Fridayrsquos Lake George the first turf race of the meet

The good news is that Fridayrsquos skies sported nary a cloud and Saturdayrsquos forecast held only a 30-per-cent chance of an isolated thunderstorm Then again itrsquos Saratoga and typhoon-like events arrive without warning

ldquoIrsquom not sure that I will race either of themrdquo Clement said Friday morning ldquoI have to see the Lake George first and then I will call my owners and make

a decision Today is a beautiful drying day If we have another day like this tomorrow maybe we will be OKrdquo

Wait A While the champion 3-year-old filly of 2006 hasnrsquot raced since winning the San Gorgonio at Santa Anita Jan 14 Following that race she was sidelined with a stress fracture in her left tibia which healed with rest Pletcher said if he isnrsquot satisfied with the course condition ndash Wait A While wants it firm ndash hersquoll scratch and run her in the Grade III Matchmaker at Monmouth Park Aug 3

DreamyDiana

Tod MarksVacare is one of four Grade I winners in todayrsquos Grade I Diana on the Saratoga turf

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Wait A While is 2-for-2 over the Saratoga turf with wins in the 2006 Lake Placid and the 2007 Ballston Spa Still the daughter of Mariarsquos Mon has her quirks ndash something Pletcher discov-ered two years ago

ldquoFor some reason early in her 3-year-old year she got stubborn about going into the gaterdquo Pletcher said ldquoWe did a lot of work with her and found that the easy compromise was just to blindfold her It has worked well and we have never changed itrdquo

Rafael Bejarano was named on Wait A While who drew post 4 Her regular rider Garrett Gomez accepted the mount on Rutherienne who drew post 7

Rutherienne last yearrsquos Lake George winner won the Grade II Jenny Wiley at Keeneland in April then followed with thirds in the Grade I Gamely at Hol-lywood Park and Grade III All Along Breedersrsquo Cup at Colonial Downs The course at Colonial was labeled good after drenching rain fell the day of the race

ldquoThey just ran a bit too quick for her in California but it was a good racerdquo Clement said ldquoShe ran a little bit off par last time (at Colonial) probably due to the ground They got torrential rain that day which was bad luckrdquo

Vacare won an allowance over a yielding course at Arlington Park back in 2006 when trained by Chris Block but since joining Clementrsquos barn she has only raced on firm ground Runner-up to Wait A While in last yearrsquos Ball-

ston Spa Vacare has started just once this year finishing eighth (though just 4 lengths behind the winner) in the Just A Game at Belmont Park June 7 Clement entered Vacare in an overnight stakes earlier this month at Belmont but scratched when the turf came up yielding

ldquoShe ran in the Just A Game so there will be no excuserdquo Clement said ldquoIt is what it is She had her racerdquo

Edgar Prado is named on Vacare who drew post 5

Shug McGaughey Criminologistrsquos trainer said he doesnrsquot mind if the turf is boggy as long as it is safe

Criminologist won the Grade III Athenia over a yielding course last year at Belmont and took an allowance here last year over a course labeled good She is 2-for-2 on Saratogarsquos turf

Criminologist finished seventh in the 1-mile Just A Game and McGaughey thinks the Dianarsquos extra furlong will help

ldquoThe mile and an eighth is probably her shtick a little more than the milerdquo McGaughey said ldquoShe got in a little bit of traffic in the Just A Game Irsquom not using that as an excuse It was around the half-mile pole and then she kind of dropped it on (jockey John Velazquez)

at the three-eighths pole and then kind of got into it again She was only beaten 3 12 lengths but I was disappointed It was the first time she ran in a Grade I this will be the second time If she is beat again and doesnrsquot run any bet-ter than she ran the last time we might have to drop down a notch or two We will just have to wait and seerdquo

Velazquez gets the call again todayDonrsquot overlook the Bill Mott-trained

Dynaforce Mott has won the last three runnings of the Diana and Dynaforce ran a bang-up race to finish second to a very good filly (the Clement-trained Maurala-kana) in the Grade II New York Handi-cap The New York was Dynaforcersquos first race since in 10 months and her Ameri-can debut Soft ground shouldnrsquot be an issue the mare who won in France over soft going Kent Desormeaux will be aboard for the first time

The Diana is so deep even the ladies with double-digit odds possess impres-sive resumes Barclay Tagg sends out Bit Of Whimsy (Eibar Coa) winner of three graded stakes including the Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Cup from the hedge Dale Romans trainee Bayoursquos Lassie (Robby Albarado) has banked nearly $700000 in a nine-win career Forever Together (Julien Leparoux) got up for third at 44-1 in the Just A Game for Jonathan Sheppard Billy Badgett saddles New York-bred Chestoria (Cor-nelio Velasquez) who has missed the board just once since moving to turf eight starts ago and Lady Digby (Ra-mon Dominguez) comes up from her Maryland base on the heels of a 2 14-length score in the All Along for Gra-ham Motion

Diana ndash Continued from page 10

Tod MarksCriminologist tries to get back on track for trainer Shug mcGaughey

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Condition books donrsquot come with warning stickers Perhaps they donrsquot need them After all the trainers who saw Ginger Punchrsquos name on the nomi-nation list and still entered horses in to-dayrsquos Grade I Go For Wand knew what they were getting into

Winner of the 2007 Breedersrsquo Cup Distaff and Eclipse Award as champion filly or mare Ginger Punch will try to duplicate the dominating performance she put on her last year in the $250000 Go For Wand In the 2007 renewal the daughter of Awesome Again scampered away from the field to win the 1 18-mile stakes by 6 lengths

Whatrsquos frightening is the thought Ginger Punch might be even better now than the last time she graced Saratoga with her presence

ldquoPhysically shersquos betterrdquo said trainer Bobby Frankel ldquoand mentally shersquos bet-terrdquo

Owned by Stronach Stable and bred by Stronachrsquos Adena Springs Farm Ginger Punch returns to Saratoga off a victory in the Grade I Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park where she

skipped away to win by 7 34 lengths Jockey Rafael Bejarano comes in from California to ride the 1-2 favorite who will carry the highweight of 124 pounds

The chestnut mare who concedes from seven to 11 pounds to her rivals will break from the rail as she attempts to win her fifth Grade I

ldquoIrsquod rather be outside but thatrsquos OKrdquo said a not-too-worried Frankel

Will a wet track worry the reigning queen Probably not The 5-year-old owns two wins in four lifetime starts over an off track with one of those scores coming over sloppy going at Monmouth Park in the Distaff Ginger Punch has earned $653924 in 2008 with three wins from four starts boost-ing her career earnings to $2555603 ndash nearly $423000 more than the other seven entrants combined

ldquoShersquos very consistent ndash just a very very good filly I can depend on her all the timerdquo her trainer said ldquoItrsquos unbe-lievable how she goes out there and tries as hard as she does every time To win another Grade I would be greatrdquo

No horse has won back-to-back run-nings of the Go For Wand since the race was moved to Saratoga (and stretched a furlong) in 1994 though Hall of Famer Ladyrsquos Secret repeated in the old Mas-kette at Belmont Park in 1985 and 1986 and Tosmah did the same at Aqueduct in 1964 and 1965

Christophe Clement sends out Moon Catcher a distant fifth to Ginger Punch in the Ogden Phipps last out With the race lacking early speed the 4-year-old

daughter of Malibu Moon is a candi-date for the lead though jockey Edgar Prado will determine Moon Catcherrsquos placement

ldquoWersquoll have to see how the race de-velopsrdquo Prado said ldquoIrsquod like to have (Moon Catcher) by the leadersrdquo

Inside Passage (Eibar Coa) takes a significant step up in the Go For Wand Two-for-three this year since entering

Tod MarksGinger Punch tries to win her second consecutive Go for Wand

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13Saturday July 26 2008

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Barclay Taggrsquos barn the daughter of Tiznow finished third last out in the minor Proud Delta at Belmont Park her first stakes try She owns one start at Saratoga at todayrsquos distance a close third in an optional claimer last year

Indescribable has run well at the 9-furlong distance taking the Grade III Arlington Matron in May and though none of her four career wins have been on old-fashioned dirt the Pleasant Tap filly does have the dynamic duo of Bill Mott and Kent Desormeaux on her side

Copper State (Shaun Bridgmohan) makes her second start for trainer Steve Asmussen the Jump Start filly was run-ner-up to Unbridled Belle in the Grade III Obeah at Delaware Park June 14

Runway Rosie (Rajiv Maragh) comes out of the Proud Delta at Belmont July 2 when she beat third-place Indian Pas-sage by 5 14 lengths and the Include filly has been in the exacta all four times she has ran at todayrsquos distance

Over Under (Robby Albarado) en-tered Dallas Stewartrsquos barn at the start of the year and has gone three-of-five since the last being a 3-length score in the Wild Rose at Prairie Meadows

Frankel also sends out Spring Waltz (Javier Castellano) who makes up the lighter half of the Stronach Stables entry The Silver Charm mare finished fourth in the Delaware Handicap July 13 her first start for Frankel after capturing the Grade II Rampart at Gulfstream Park for Brian Lynch in March

Saratoga ndash Continued from page 12

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Thorrsquos Echo peered from his stall at the stakes barn and looked as interest-ed as a Yankees fan listening to Terry Francona talk about his two World Se-ries rings The 2006 champion sprinter had descended upon the most famous racetrack in the world to run in todayrsquos Grade II Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap big deal

The California-bred is used to new surroundings new racetracks and new obstacles With a resume that includes close to $25 million in earnings and the travel itinerary of an oil executive Thorrsquos Echo just keeps boarding the plane

Florida California Dubai Califor-nia Kentucky Maryland Dubai again then a return to his California home He jetted from Hollywood to Belmont for the True North June 7 then jetted back west to prep for the $250000 Vander-bilt Despite the miles the 6-year-old has flourished more often than not and rates as a major contender in the 6-fur-long stakes

Carlos Pena foreman for trainer Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos Southern California string accompanied the gelding on the trip and didnrsquot see a hair out of place

ldquoThis horse has been to a lot of differ-ent places and he ships in great every time Hersquos kind of a veteran of all this by now Even when he went to Dubai and back it was no big thing He knows what hersquos do-ingrdquo Pena said ldquoIrsquove been with Doug and the horse for a long time ndash at Del Mar and Hollywood Park and at Churchill Downs for the Breedersrsquo Cup in 2006 ndash and the horse is always a pleasure He doesnrsquot let anything bother himrdquo

Up to this point Dubai has been the only real blip on the radar Zabeel Racing International purchased Thorrsquos Echorsquos after back-to-back wins in Grade I stakes in November 2006 ndash the Breed-errsquos Cup Sprint and De Francis Dash Sent to trainer Seemar Satish in Dubai the plan was to point for the $2 million Golden Shaheen in March 2008 They got there but things hardly went ac-cordingly Thorrsquos Echo prepped in the Group III Mahab Al Shimaal and ran sixth the same spot he finished 30 days later in the Group I Shaheen

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Zabeel booked Thorrsquos Echo a return flight in April 2007 and after 14 months off he resurfaced in the Grade II True North on the Belmont Stakes under-card Racing up close to a quick pace he tired late to finish fourth beaten only 1 34 lengths by divisional leader Benny The Bull Thorrsquos Echo drew the rail in the Vanderbilt and reunites with Corey Nakatani who was aboard for the late-season stakes scores in 2006

Pena sees little change in the horse that seems to be sitting on a peak performance

ldquoSo far so good He looks sharp and hersquos ready to run Just a great horse to be around and takes every-thing in striderdquo Pena said ldquoHe got in late on Tuesday and he galloped over the track Wednesday and Thurs-day Today he just jogged and tomorrow hersquoll run It looked like he handled the track OK but I just hope it doesnrsquot rain Itrsquos going to be a tough race but he just goes out and runs his race so tomorrow shouldnrsquot be any differentrdquo

And it will be a tough race After all for all his expe-rience Thorrsquos Echo is fifth choice in the morning line

Though not as seasoned Thorrsquos Echo Black Sev-enteen is another live West Coaster Shipping in from California for Brian Koriner the 4-year-old son of Is It True won the Grade II Carry Back Stakes at Calder in July 2007 his last start of the year Koriner opted to give his star a freshening and Black Seventeen returned in the Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields June 14 setting a blistering half-mile under pressure in 44 15 seconds before tiring to run second Koriner makes his first trip to Saratoga and his front-running colt rates as the one to catch

ldquoItrsquos exciting and nice to finally be here at Sara-togardquo Koriner said ldquoThe horse shipped in well and wersquoll see if California speed can be transferred to New York He got a bit tired in his comeback race but he got something out of it and hersquoll be a little sharper this timerdquo

Black Seventeen has run a half-mile in 44 and change in his last three starts and Koriner isnrsquot about to tell jockey Aaron Gryder to change tactics in the Vanderbilt

ldquoWersquore going to send him away from there and make them come and catch usrdquo Koriner said ldquoWe didnrsquot come all this way to get beat at our own gamerdquo

That plan could prove a roadblock for Roddy Va-lentersquos undefeated homebred Bustin Stones who has never been behind a horse at any pace call in his six lifetime starts His horse is the morning-line favorite and the locally based and tremendously popular Va-lente could run for public office if Bustin Stones takes the Vanderbilt

Trained by Bruce Levine the 4-year-old enters off the biggest win of his career a game half-length score in the Grade I Carter Handicap at Aqueduct April 5 Beset by knee problems throughout his career the Empire-bred son of City Zip has had more starts and stops than a New York cab on a rainy day

Bustin Stones won his first three starts last spring then was forced to the sidelines by a knee injury After an aborted comeback he finally returned in January winning a minor state-bred stakes at Aqueduct then ventured to Laurel to take down open company the Grade II General George Feb 18 A determined gate-to-wire victory in the Carter was followed by another

brief setback but Levine regrouped and circled the Vanderbilt With Black Seventeen signed on he knows things wonrsquot be easy up front

ldquoThatrsquos the thing therersquos some serious speed in there and wersquore part of it for sure But he keeps passing ev-ery test wersquove given him so far and hersquos proven himself to be a pretty special and pretty serious horserdquo Levine said ldquoHe got sick on me in May after the Carter and we had to back off on him just a hair but hersquos coming in good and has been training very well since then It hasnrsquot been too frustrating because he hasnrsquot missed a beat since he got sick hersquos been breezing every six days or a week and hersquos ready to gordquo Levine said

First Defence ran the race of his life albeit a los-ing one at the Spa last season when he stuck a head in front of Hard Spun in deep stretch in the Grade I Kingrsquos Bishop before settling for second Juddmonte Farmrsquos homebred has been Richie Sexton since either knocking it out of the park or fanning the air

Bobby Frankel elected to give First Defence an ex-tended vacation after a seventh in the Grade I Vosburgh last October and brought him back May 3 to win an allowance on the Kentucky Derby undercard A disap-pointing fifth in the Grade I Met Mile sent First De-fence to the turf and the 4-year-old responded with a gritty head victory in the Grade III Jaipur at Belmont With an inside draw in the Vanderbilt jockey Javier Castellano may be forced to send his mount to the lead or risk losing position

Eighth in the Vanderbilt to close his 2007 cam-paign Abraaj has been a new horse this year for Ki-aran McLaughlin Now 6 the Shadwell Stable charge won an allowance by 6 lengths before finishing a game third in the True North Abraaj could benefit the most from the anticipated quick splits in the Vanderbilt Alan Garcia has the call

Sammarco (Channing Hill to ride) enters off a gate-to-wire maiden score at Belmont for Mike Hushion and could be in the mix early E Z Warrior (Kent Desormeaux) makes his first start in Bill Mottrsquos care since running 13th in the Grade I Malibu over Santa Anitarsquos synthetic sur-face in December for trainer Bob Baffert

Vanderbilt ndash Continued from page 14

Tod MarksBustin Stones puts his unbeaten mark on the line again

17Saturday July 26 2008

18 Saturday July 26 2008

Saturday July 26 Post Time 100 pm Entries with program number post position jockey trainer and morning-line odds

1ST (100) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $610001 1 Borrowing Limit Maragh R Violette Jr Rick 4-12 2 Wonforthegoodguys Rodriguez R R Fisher Linda 20-13 3 Brendanrsquos Warrior Albarado R J Duggan David 20-14 4 Northern Storm Samyn J L Jacobson David 15-15 5 Rollers Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 9-56 6 Phobia Castellano J J Contessa Gary 12-17 7 Tough Jake Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 10-18 8 Benny the Waiter Coa E M Levine Bruce 7-29 9 Fire Marshal Prado E S Hernandez Mike 12-110 10 System Restore Bridgmohan S X Balsamo Diane 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (7-9) Pick 4 (7-10) Daily Double

8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (8-10) Daily Double

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RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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20 Saturday July 26 2008

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

lakE gEorgE StakES rEcap

See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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See FriDAy page 24

frIDay racINg rEcap

23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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HISTORYJockeys

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The Winners So FarThrough Friday

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BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

TRACK fAST TURf Off (259) SOfT (8)ATTENDANCE 20626 HANDLE $3306079

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

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SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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Plan now to attend the Keeneland September 8 ndash 23 Yearling Sale

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10 Saturday July 26 2008

No itrsquos not October yet though you might think so when you check the entries for Saturdayrsquos Grade I Diana Stakes The 1 18-mile turf stakes sure looks like the Breedersrsquo Cup Filly and Mare Turf which will be run Oct 24 at Santa Anita

In fact the winner of the Diana a Breedersrsquo Cup Challenge race automatically earns a starting berth in California

Mother Nature however could take some of the zing out of the $500000 Diana Though the forecast looks promising for Friday night and Saturday the torrential rain that lashed Saratoga Springs Wednes-day and Thursday might have already taken its toll on the course

Grade I winners Bit Of Whimsy Rutherienne Va-care and Wait A While are entered in the Diana but with the exception of Bit Of Whimsy (whose connec-tions said she will handle soft going) the other three standouts are questionable if the course is too water-logged

Christophe Clement the trainer of Rutherienne and Vacare and Todd Pletcher the trainer of Wait A While were anxious to watch Fridayrsquos Lake George the first turf race of the meet

The good news is that Fridayrsquos skies sported nary a cloud and Saturdayrsquos forecast held only a 30-per-cent chance of an isolated thunderstorm Then again itrsquos Saratoga and typhoon-like events arrive without warning

ldquoIrsquom not sure that I will race either of themrdquo Clement said Friday morning ldquoI have to see the Lake George first and then I will call my owners and make

a decision Today is a beautiful drying day If we have another day like this tomorrow maybe we will be OKrdquo

Wait A While the champion 3-year-old filly of 2006 hasnrsquot raced since winning the San Gorgonio at Santa Anita Jan 14 Following that race she was sidelined with a stress fracture in her left tibia which healed with rest Pletcher said if he isnrsquot satisfied with the course condition ndash Wait A While wants it firm ndash hersquoll scratch and run her in the Grade III Matchmaker at Monmouth Park Aug 3

DreamyDiana

Tod MarksVacare is one of four Grade I winners in todayrsquos Grade I Diana on the Saratoga turf

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Wait A While is 2-for-2 over the Saratoga turf with wins in the 2006 Lake Placid and the 2007 Ballston Spa Still the daughter of Mariarsquos Mon has her quirks ndash something Pletcher discov-ered two years ago

ldquoFor some reason early in her 3-year-old year she got stubborn about going into the gaterdquo Pletcher said ldquoWe did a lot of work with her and found that the easy compromise was just to blindfold her It has worked well and we have never changed itrdquo

Rafael Bejarano was named on Wait A While who drew post 4 Her regular rider Garrett Gomez accepted the mount on Rutherienne who drew post 7

Rutherienne last yearrsquos Lake George winner won the Grade II Jenny Wiley at Keeneland in April then followed with thirds in the Grade I Gamely at Hol-lywood Park and Grade III All Along Breedersrsquo Cup at Colonial Downs The course at Colonial was labeled good after drenching rain fell the day of the race

ldquoThey just ran a bit too quick for her in California but it was a good racerdquo Clement said ldquoShe ran a little bit off par last time (at Colonial) probably due to the ground They got torrential rain that day which was bad luckrdquo

Vacare won an allowance over a yielding course at Arlington Park back in 2006 when trained by Chris Block but since joining Clementrsquos barn she has only raced on firm ground Runner-up to Wait A While in last yearrsquos Ball-

ston Spa Vacare has started just once this year finishing eighth (though just 4 lengths behind the winner) in the Just A Game at Belmont Park June 7 Clement entered Vacare in an overnight stakes earlier this month at Belmont but scratched when the turf came up yielding

ldquoShe ran in the Just A Game so there will be no excuserdquo Clement said ldquoIt is what it is She had her racerdquo

Edgar Prado is named on Vacare who drew post 5

Shug McGaughey Criminologistrsquos trainer said he doesnrsquot mind if the turf is boggy as long as it is safe

Criminologist won the Grade III Athenia over a yielding course last year at Belmont and took an allowance here last year over a course labeled good She is 2-for-2 on Saratogarsquos turf

Criminologist finished seventh in the 1-mile Just A Game and McGaughey thinks the Dianarsquos extra furlong will help

ldquoThe mile and an eighth is probably her shtick a little more than the milerdquo McGaughey said ldquoShe got in a little bit of traffic in the Just A Game Irsquom not using that as an excuse It was around the half-mile pole and then she kind of dropped it on (jockey John Velazquez)

at the three-eighths pole and then kind of got into it again She was only beaten 3 12 lengths but I was disappointed It was the first time she ran in a Grade I this will be the second time If she is beat again and doesnrsquot run any bet-ter than she ran the last time we might have to drop down a notch or two We will just have to wait and seerdquo

Velazquez gets the call again todayDonrsquot overlook the Bill Mott-trained

Dynaforce Mott has won the last three runnings of the Diana and Dynaforce ran a bang-up race to finish second to a very good filly (the Clement-trained Maurala-kana) in the Grade II New York Handi-cap The New York was Dynaforcersquos first race since in 10 months and her Ameri-can debut Soft ground shouldnrsquot be an issue the mare who won in France over soft going Kent Desormeaux will be aboard for the first time

The Diana is so deep even the ladies with double-digit odds possess impres-sive resumes Barclay Tagg sends out Bit Of Whimsy (Eibar Coa) winner of three graded stakes including the Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Cup from the hedge Dale Romans trainee Bayoursquos Lassie (Robby Albarado) has banked nearly $700000 in a nine-win career Forever Together (Julien Leparoux) got up for third at 44-1 in the Just A Game for Jonathan Sheppard Billy Badgett saddles New York-bred Chestoria (Cor-nelio Velasquez) who has missed the board just once since moving to turf eight starts ago and Lady Digby (Ra-mon Dominguez) comes up from her Maryland base on the heels of a 2 14-length score in the All Along for Gra-ham Motion

Diana ndash Continued from page 10

Tod MarksCriminologist tries to get back on track for trainer Shug mcGaughey

12 Saturday July 26 2008

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Condition books donrsquot come with warning stickers Perhaps they donrsquot need them After all the trainers who saw Ginger Punchrsquos name on the nomi-nation list and still entered horses in to-dayrsquos Grade I Go For Wand knew what they were getting into

Winner of the 2007 Breedersrsquo Cup Distaff and Eclipse Award as champion filly or mare Ginger Punch will try to duplicate the dominating performance she put on her last year in the $250000 Go For Wand In the 2007 renewal the daughter of Awesome Again scampered away from the field to win the 1 18-mile stakes by 6 lengths

Whatrsquos frightening is the thought Ginger Punch might be even better now than the last time she graced Saratoga with her presence

ldquoPhysically shersquos betterrdquo said trainer Bobby Frankel ldquoand mentally shersquos bet-terrdquo

Owned by Stronach Stable and bred by Stronachrsquos Adena Springs Farm Ginger Punch returns to Saratoga off a victory in the Grade I Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park where she

skipped away to win by 7 34 lengths Jockey Rafael Bejarano comes in from California to ride the 1-2 favorite who will carry the highweight of 124 pounds

The chestnut mare who concedes from seven to 11 pounds to her rivals will break from the rail as she attempts to win her fifth Grade I

ldquoIrsquod rather be outside but thatrsquos OKrdquo said a not-too-worried Frankel

Will a wet track worry the reigning queen Probably not The 5-year-old owns two wins in four lifetime starts over an off track with one of those scores coming over sloppy going at Monmouth Park in the Distaff Ginger Punch has earned $653924 in 2008 with three wins from four starts boost-ing her career earnings to $2555603 ndash nearly $423000 more than the other seven entrants combined

ldquoShersquos very consistent ndash just a very very good filly I can depend on her all the timerdquo her trainer said ldquoItrsquos unbe-lievable how she goes out there and tries as hard as she does every time To win another Grade I would be greatrdquo

No horse has won back-to-back run-nings of the Go For Wand since the race was moved to Saratoga (and stretched a furlong) in 1994 though Hall of Famer Ladyrsquos Secret repeated in the old Mas-kette at Belmont Park in 1985 and 1986 and Tosmah did the same at Aqueduct in 1964 and 1965

Christophe Clement sends out Moon Catcher a distant fifth to Ginger Punch in the Ogden Phipps last out With the race lacking early speed the 4-year-old

daughter of Malibu Moon is a candi-date for the lead though jockey Edgar Prado will determine Moon Catcherrsquos placement

ldquoWersquoll have to see how the race de-velopsrdquo Prado said ldquoIrsquod like to have (Moon Catcher) by the leadersrdquo

Inside Passage (Eibar Coa) takes a significant step up in the Go For Wand Two-for-three this year since entering

Tod MarksGinger Punch tries to win her second consecutive Go for Wand

punch LineGood as ever champion mare eyesSpa repeat for Stronach Frankel

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See gO FOr wAnD page 13

13Saturday July 26 2008

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Barclay Taggrsquos barn the daughter of Tiznow finished third last out in the minor Proud Delta at Belmont Park her first stakes try She owns one start at Saratoga at todayrsquos distance a close third in an optional claimer last year

Indescribable has run well at the 9-furlong distance taking the Grade III Arlington Matron in May and though none of her four career wins have been on old-fashioned dirt the Pleasant Tap filly does have the dynamic duo of Bill Mott and Kent Desormeaux on her side

Copper State (Shaun Bridgmohan) makes her second start for trainer Steve Asmussen the Jump Start filly was run-ner-up to Unbridled Belle in the Grade III Obeah at Delaware Park June 14

Runway Rosie (Rajiv Maragh) comes out of the Proud Delta at Belmont July 2 when she beat third-place Indian Pas-sage by 5 14 lengths and the Include filly has been in the exacta all four times she has ran at todayrsquos distance

Over Under (Robby Albarado) en-tered Dallas Stewartrsquos barn at the start of the year and has gone three-of-five since the last being a 3-length score in the Wild Rose at Prairie Meadows

Frankel also sends out Spring Waltz (Javier Castellano) who makes up the lighter half of the Stronach Stables entry The Silver Charm mare finished fourth in the Delaware Handicap July 13 her first start for Frankel after capturing the Grade II Rampart at Gulfstream Park for Brian Lynch in March

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Thorrsquos Echo peered from his stall at the stakes barn and looked as interest-ed as a Yankees fan listening to Terry Francona talk about his two World Se-ries rings The 2006 champion sprinter had descended upon the most famous racetrack in the world to run in todayrsquos Grade II Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap big deal

The California-bred is used to new surroundings new racetracks and new obstacles With a resume that includes close to $25 million in earnings and the travel itinerary of an oil executive Thorrsquos Echo just keeps boarding the plane

Florida California Dubai Califor-nia Kentucky Maryland Dubai again then a return to his California home He jetted from Hollywood to Belmont for the True North June 7 then jetted back west to prep for the $250000 Vander-bilt Despite the miles the 6-year-old has flourished more often than not and rates as a major contender in the 6-fur-long stakes

Carlos Pena foreman for trainer Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos Southern California string accompanied the gelding on the trip and didnrsquot see a hair out of place

ldquoThis horse has been to a lot of differ-ent places and he ships in great every time Hersquos kind of a veteran of all this by now Even when he went to Dubai and back it was no big thing He knows what hersquos do-ingrdquo Pena said ldquoIrsquove been with Doug and the horse for a long time ndash at Del Mar and Hollywood Park and at Churchill Downs for the Breedersrsquo Cup in 2006 ndash and the horse is always a pleasure He doesnrsquot let anything bother himrdquo

Up to this point Dubai has been the only real blip on the radar Zabeel Racing International purchased Thorrsquos Echorsquos after back-to-back wins in Grade I stakes in November 2006 ndash the Breed-errsquos Cup Sprint and De Francis Dash Sent to trainer Seemar Satish in Dubai the plan was to point for the $2 million Golden Shaheen in March 2008 They got there but things hardly went ac-cordingly Thorrsquos Echo prepped in the Group III Mahab Al Shimaal and ran sixth the same spot he finished 30 days later in the Group I Shaheen

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Zabeel booked Thorrsquos Echo a return flight in April 2007 and after 14 months off he resurfaced in the Grade II True North on the Belmont Stakes under-card Racing up close to a quick pace he tired late to finish fourth beaten only 1 34 lengths by divisional leader Benny The Bull Thorrsquos Echo drew the rail in the Vanderbilt and reunites with Corey Nakatani who was aboard for the late-season stakes scores in 2006

Pena sees little change in the horse that seems to be sitting on a peak performance

ldquoSo far so good He looks sharp and hersquos ready to run Just a great horse to be around and takes every-thing in striderdquo Pena said ldquoHe got in late on Tuesday and he galloped over the track Wednesday and Thurs-day Today he just jogged and tomorrow hersquoll run It looked like he handled the track OK but I just hope it doesnrsquot rain Itrsquos going to be a tough race but he just goes out and runs his race so tomorrow shouldnrsquot be any differentrdquo

And it will be a tough race After all for all his expe-rience Thorrsquos Echo is fifth choice in the morning line

Though not as seasoned Thorrsquos Echo Black Sev-enteen is another live West Coaster Shipping in from California for Brian Koriner the 4-year-old son of Is It True won the Grade II Carry Back Stakes at Calder in July 2007 his last start of the year Koriner opted to give his star a freshening and Black Seventeen returned in the Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields June 14 setting a blistering half-mile under pressure in 44 15 seconds before tiring to run second Koriner makes his first trip to Saratoga and his front-running colt rates as the one to catch

ldquoItrsquos exciting and nice to finally be here at Sara-togardquo Koriner said ldquoThe horse shipped in well and wersquoll see if California speed can be transferred to New York He got a bit tired in his comeback race but he got something out of it and hersquoll be a little sharper this timerdquo

Black Seventeen has run a half-mile in 44 and change in his last three starts and Koriner isnrsquot about to tell jockey Aaron Gryder to change tactics in the Vanderbilt

ldquoWersquore going to send him away from there and make them come and catch usrdquo Koriner said ldquoWe didnrsquot come all this way to get beat at our own gamerdquo

That plan could prove a roadblock for Roddy Va-lentersquos undefeated homebred Bustin Stones who has never been behind a horse at any pace call in his six lifetime starts His horse is the morning-line favorite and the locally based and tremendously popular Va-lente could run for public office if Bustin Stones takes the Vanderbilt

Trained by Bruce Levine the 4-year-old enters off the biggest win of his career a game half-length score in the Grade I Carter Handicap at Aqueduct April 5 Beset by knee problems throughout his career the Empire-bred son of City Zip has had more starts and stops than a New York cab on a rainy day

Bustin Stones won his first three starts last spring then was forced to the sidelines by a knee injury After an aborted comeback he finally returned in January winning a minor state-bred stakes at Aqueduct then ventured to Laurel to take down open company the Grade II General George Feb 18 A determined gate-to-wire victory in the Carter was followed by another

brief setback but Levine regrouped and circled the Vanderbilt With Black Seventeen signed on he knows things wonrsquot be easy up front

ldquoThatrsquos the thing therersquos some serious speed in there and wersquore part of it for sure But he keeps passing ev-ery test wersquove given him so far and hersquos proven himself to be a pretty special and pretty serious horserdquo Levine said ldquoHe got sick on me in May after the Carter and we had to back off on him just a hair but hersquos coming in good and has been training very well since then It hasnrsquot been too frustrating because he hasnrsquot missed a beat since he got sick hersquos been breezing every six days or a week and hersquos ready to gordquo Levine said

First Defence ran the race of his life albeit a los-ing one at the Spa last season when he stuck a head in front of Hard Spun in deep stretch in the Grade I Kingrsquos Bishop before settling for second Juddmonte Farmrsquos homebred has been Richie Sexton since either knocking it out of the park or fanning the air

Bobby Frankel elected to give First Defence an ex-tended vacation after a seventh in the Grade I Vosburgh last October and brought him back May 3 to win an allowance on the Kentucky Derby undercard A disap-pointing fifth in the Grade I Met Mile sent First De-fence to the turf and the 4-year-old responded with a gritty head victory in the Grade III Jaipur at Belmont With an inside draw in the Vanderbilt jockey Javier Castellano may be forced to send his mount to the lead or risk losing position

Eighth in the Vanderbilt to close his 2007 cam-paign Abraaj has been a new horse this year for Ki-aran McLaughlin Now 6 the Shadwell Stable charge won an allowance by 6 lengths before finishing a game third in the True North Abraaj could benefit the most from the anticipated quick splits in the Vanderbilt Alan Garcia has the call

Sammarco (Channing Hill to ride) enters off a gate-to-wire maiden score at Belmont for Mike Hushion and could be in the mix early E Z Warrior (Kent Desormeaux) makes his first start in Bill Mottrsquos care since running 13th in the Grade I Malibu over Santa Anitarsquos synthetic sur-face in December for trainer Bob Baffert

Vanderbilt ndash Continued from page 14

Tod MarksBustin Stones puts his unbeaten mark on the line again

17Saturday July 26 2008

18 Saturday July 26 2008

Saturday July 26 Post Time 100 pm Entries with program number post position jockey trainer and morning-line odds

1ST (100) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $610001 1 Borrowing Limit Maragh R Violette Jr Rick 4-12 2 Wonforthegoodguys Rodriguez R R Fisher Linda 20-13 3 Brendanrsquos Warrior Albarado R J Duggan David 20-14 4 Northern Storm Samyn J L Jacobson David 15-15 5 Rollers Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 9-56 6 Phobia Castellano J J Contessa Gary 12-17 7 Tough Jake Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 10-18 8 Benny the Waiter Coa E M Levine Bruce 7-29 9 Fire Marshal Prado E S Hernandez Mike 12-110 10 System Restore Bridgmohan S X Balsamo Diane 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (7-9) Pick 4 (7-10) Daily Double

8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (8-10) Daily Double

9TH (515) THE GO fOR WAND (GR I) 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Ginger Punch Bejarano R Frankel Bobby 1-21A 8 Spring Waltz Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 1-22 2 Inside Passage Coa E M Tagg Barclay 15-13 3 Indescribable Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-14 4 Moon Catcher Prado E S Clement Christophe 5-15 5 Copper State Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 10-16 6 Runway Rosie Maragh R Contessa Gary 8-17 7 Over Under Albarado R J Stewart Dallas 20-1A-Coupled Ginger Punch and Spring Waltz

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10TH (546) THE WHITNEY (GR I) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP PURSE $7500001 1 Commentator Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12 2 Solar Flare (ARG) Saez G Jones Larry 4-13 3 Notional Prado E S Hennig Mark 5-14 4 Cowtown Cat Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 20-15 5 Merchant Marine Maragh R Jerkens Allen 15-16 6 Tasteyville Luzzi M J Kelly Pat 12-17 7 Rising Moon Velasquez C Dutrow Richard 10-18 8 Grasshopper Albarado R J Howard Neil 10-19 9 A P Arrow Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 10-110 10 Student Council Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 6-111 11 Timber Reserve Castellano J J Kimmel John 20-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Daily Double

11TH (619) 5 12 fURLONGS TURf 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330001 1 Shaami Hill C Peitz Daniel 4-12 2 Bel Viaggio Luzzi M J Levine Bruce 7-23 3 Ballston Rodriguez R R Aquilino Joseph 15-14 4 Lava Cat Sanchez J Arroyo Enrique 30-15 5 E Z Dollar Samyn J L Hertler John 15-16 6 Ya Think Gomez G K Benzel Seth 6-17 7 Friday Meeting Albarado R J Werner Ronny 8-18 8 Lyke a Hurricane Prado E S Duggan David 12-19 9 Counting House Morales S Callejas Bernardo 10-110 10 Body Blows Maragh R Sciacca Gary 20-111 11 Catch Up Chris Garcia Alan Schettino Dom 5-112 12 Carry On the Dream Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 20-113 AE Allaboutmack Chavez J F Lostritto Joseph 15-114 AE Seastate Hill C Devereux Joseph 12-115 MTO Osceola Prince Velazquez J R Ward Wesley 6-1

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RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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Catch Up Chris

20 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquo Where winning B E G I N S rdquo

ldquo Andy Beyerrsquos books conrm[ed] to me that being on horses is not a waste of time and they dispelled the myth that no one ever wins at the racetrackrdquo

mdash Andy Serling

Available wherever books are sold

revisedand

updated

ldquo If not for Andy Beyerrsquos classic books I never would have goen involved in horse racingrdquo

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

lakE gEorgE StakES rEcap

See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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22 Saturday July 26 2008

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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See FriDAy page 24

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23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

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HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

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Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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No itrsquos not October yet though you might think so when you check the entries for Saturdayrsquos Grade I Diana Stakes The 1 18-mile turf stakes sure looks like the Breedersrsquo Cup Filly and Mare Turf which will be run Oct 24 at Santa Anita

In fact the winner of the Diana a Breedersrsquo Cup Challenge race automatically earns a starting berth in California

Mother Nature however could take some of the zing out of the $500000 Diana Though the forecast looks promising for Friday night and Saturday the torrential rain that lashed Saratoga Springs Wednes-day and Thursday might have already taken its toll on the course

Grade I winners Bit Of Whimsy Rutherienne Va-care and Wait A While are entered in the Diana but with the exception of Bit Of Whimsy (whose connec-tions said she will handle soft going) the other three standouts are questionable if the course is too water-logged

Christophe Clement the trainer of Rutherienne and Vacare and Todd Pletcher the trainer of Wait A While were anxious to watch Fridayrsquos Lake George the first turf race of the meet

The good news is that Fridayrsquos skies sported nary a cloud and Saturdayrsquos forecast held only a 30-per-cent chance of an isolated thunderstorm Then again itrsquos Saratoga and typhoon-like events arrive without warning

ldquoIrsquom not sure that I will race either of themrdquo Clement said Friday morning ldquoI have to see the Lake George first and then I will call my owners and make

a decision Today is a beautiful drying day If we have another day like this tomorrow maybe we will be OKrdquo

Wait A While the champion 3-year-old filly of 2006 hasnrsquot raced since winning the San Gorgonio at Santa Anita Jan 14 Following that race she was sidelined with a stress fracture in her left tibia which healed with rest Pletcher said if he isnrsquot satisfied with the course condition ndash Wait A While wants it firm ndash hersquoll scratch and run her in the Grade III Matchmaker at Monmouth Park Aug 3

DreamyDiana

Tod MarksVacare is one of four Grade I winners in todayrsquos Grade I Diana on the Saratoga turf

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Wait A While is 2-for-2 over the Saratoga turf with wins in the 2006 Lake Placid and the 2007 Ballston Spa Still the daughter of Mariarsquos Mon has her quirks ndash something Pletcher discov-ered two years ago

ldquoFor some reason early in her 3-year-old year she got stubborn about going into the gaterdquo Pletcher said ldquoWe did a lot of work with her and found that the easy compromise was just to blindfold her It has worked well and we have never changed itrdquo

Rafael Bejarano was named on Wait A While who drew post 4 Her regular rider Garrett Gomez accepted the mount on Rutherienne who drew post 7

Rutherienne last yearrsquos Lake George winner won the Grade II Jenny Wiley at Keeneland in April then followed with thirds in the Grade I Gamely at Hol-lywood Park and Grade III All Along Breedersrsquo Cup at Colonial Downs The course at Colonial was labeled good after drenching rain fell the day of the race

ldquoThey just ran a bit too quick for her in California but it was a good racerdquo Clement said ldquoShe ran a little bit off par last time (at Colonial) probably due to the ground They got torrential rain that day which was bad luckrdquo

Vacare won an allowance over a yielding course at Arlington Park back in 2006 when trained by Chris Block but since joining Clementrsquos barn she has only raced on firm ground Runner-up to Wait A While in last yearrsquos Ball-

ston Spa Vacare has started just once this year finishing eighth (though just 4 lengths behind the winner) in the Just A Game at Belmont Park June 7 Clement entered Vacare in an overnight stakes earlier this month at Belmont but scratched when the turf came up yielding

ldquoShe ran in the Just A Game so there will be no excuserdquo Clement said ldquoIt is what it is She had her racerdquo

Edgar Prado is named on Vacare who drew post 5

Shug McGaughey Criminologistrsquos trainer said he doesnrsquot mind if the turf is boggy as long as it is safe

Criminologist won the Grade III Athenia over a yielding course last year at Belmont and took an allowance here last year over a course labeled good She is 2-for-2 on Saratogarsquos turf

Criminologist finished seventh in the 1-mile Just A Game and McGaughey thinks the Dianarsquos extra furlong will help

ldquoThe mile and an eighth is probably her shtick a little more than the milerdquo McGaughey said ldquoShe got in a little bit of traffic in the Just A Game Irsquom not using that as an excuse It was around the half-mile pole and then she kind of dropped it on (jockey John Velazquez)

at the three-eighths pole and then kind of got into it again She was only beaten 3 12 lengths but I was disappointed It was the first time she ran in a Grade I this will be the second time If she is beat again and doesnrsquot run any bet-ter than she ran the last time we might have to drop down a notch or two We will just have to wait and seerdquo

Velazquez gets the call again todayDonrsquot overlook the Bill Mott-trained

Dynaforce Mott has won the last three runnings of the Diana and Dynaforce ran a bang-up race to finish second to a very good filly (the Clement-trained Maurala-kana) in the Grade II New York Handi-cap The New York was Dynaforcersquos first race since in 10 months and her Ameri-can debut Soft ground shouldnrsquot be an issue the mare who won in France over soft going Kent Desormeaux will be aboard for the first time

The Diana is so deep even the ladies with double-digit odds possess impres-sive resumes Barclay Tagg sends out Bit Of Whimsy (Eibar Coa) winner of three graded stakes including the Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Cup from the hedge Dale Romans trainee Bayoursquos Lassie (Robby Albarado) has banked nearly $700000 in a nine-win career Forever Together (Julien Leparoux) got up for third at 44-1 in the Just A Game for Jonathan Sheppard Billy Badgett saddles New York-bred Chestoria (Cor-nelio Velasquez) who has missed the board just once since moving to turf eight starts ago and Lady Digby (Ra-mon Dominguez) comes up from her Maryland base on the heels of a 2 14-length score in the All Along for Gra-ham Motion

Diana ndash Continued from page 10

Tod MarksCriminologist tries to get back on track for trainer Shug mcGaughey

12 Saturday July 26 2008

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Condition books donrsquot come with warning stickers Perhaps they donrsquot need them After all the trainers who saw Ginger Punchrsquos name on the nomi-nation list and still entered horses in to-dayrsquos Grade I Go For Wand knew what they were getting into

Winner of the 2007 Breedersrsquo Cup Distaff and Eclipse Award as champion filly or mare Ginger Punch will try to duplicate the dominating performance she put on her last year in the $250000 Go For Wand In the 2007 renewal the daughter of Awesome Again scampered away from the field to win the 1 18-mile stakes by 6 lengths

Whatrsquos frightening is the thought Ginger Punch might be even better now than the last time she graced Saratoga with her presence

ldquoPhysically shersquos betterrdquo said trainer Bobby Frankel ldquoand mentally shersquos bet-terrdquo

Owned by Stronach Stable and bred by Stronachrsquos Adena Springs Farm Ginger Punch returns to Saratoga off a victory in the Grade I Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park where she

skipped away to win by 7 34 lengths Jockey Rafael Bejarano comes in from California to ride the 1-2 favorite who will carry the highweight of 124 pounds

The chestnut mare who concedes from seven to 11 pounds to her rivals will break from the rail as she attempts to win her fifth Grade I

ldquoIrsquod rather be outside but thatrsquos OKrdquo said a not-too-worried Frankel

Will a wet track worry the reigning queen Probably not The 5-year-old owns two wins in four lifetime starts over an off track with one of those scores coming over sloppy going at Monmouth Park in the Distaff Ginger Punch has earned $653924 in 2008 with three wins from four starts boost-ing her career earnings to $2555603 ndash nearly $423000 more than the other seven entrants combined

ldquoShersquos very consistent ndash just a very very good filly I can depend on her all the timerdquo her trainer said ldquoItrsquos unbe-lievable how she goes out there and tries as hard as she does every time To win another Grade I would be greatrdquo

No horse has won back-to-back run-nings of the Go For Wand since the race was moved to Saratoga (and stretched a furlong) in 1994 though Hall of Famer Ladyrsquos Secret repeated in the old Mas-kette at Belmont Park in 1985 and 1986 and Tosmah did the same at Aqueduct in 1964 and 1965

Christophe Clement sends out Moon Catcher a distant fifth to Ginger Punch in the Ogden Phipps last out With the race lacking early speed the 4-year-old

daughter of Malibu Moon is a candi-date for the lead though jockey Edgar Prado will determine Moon Catcherrsquos placement

ldquoWersquoll have to see how the race de-velopsrdquo Prado said ldquoIrsquod like to have (Moon Catcher) by the leadersrdquo

Inside Passage (Eibar Coa) takes a significant step up in the Go For Wand Two-for-three this year since entering

Tod MarksGinger Punch tries to win her second consecutive Go for Wand

punch LineGood as ever champion mare eyesSpa repeat for Stronach Frankel

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See gO FOr wAnD page 13

13Saturday July 26 2008

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Barclay Taggrsquos barn the daughter of Tiznow finished third last out in the minor Proud Delta at Belmont Park her first stakes try She owns one start at Saratoga at todayrsquos distance a close third in an optional claimer last year

Indescribable has run well at the 9-furlong distance taking the Grade III Arlington Matron in May and though none of her four career wins have been on old-fashioned dirt the Pleasant Tap filly does have the dynamic duo of Bill Mott and Kent Desormeaux on her side

Copper State (Shaun Bridgmohan) makes her second start for trainer Steve Asmussen the Jump Start filly was run-ner-up to Unbridled Belle in the Grade III Obeah at Delaware Park June 14

Runway Rosie (Rajiv Maragh) comes out of the Proud Delta at Belmont July 2 when she beat third-place Indian Pas-sage by 5 14 lengths and the Include filly has been in the exacta all four times she has ran at todayrsquos distance

Over Under (Robby Albarado) en-tered Dallas Stewartrsquos barn at the start of the year and has gone three-of-five since the last being a 3-length score in the Wild Rose at Prairie Meadows

Frankel also sends out Spring Waltz (Javier Castellano) who makes up the lighter half of the Stronach Stables entry The Silver Charm mare finished fourth in the Delaware Handicap July 13 her first start for Frankel after capturing the Grade II Rampart at Gulfstream Park for Brian Lynch in March

Saratoga ndash Continued from page 12

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Thorrsquos Echo peered from his stall at the stakes barn and looked as interest-ed as a Yankees fan listening to Terry Francona talk about his two World Se-ries rings The 2006 champion sprinter had descended upon the most famous racetrack in the world to run in todayrsquos Grade II Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap big deal

The California-bred is used to new surroundings new racetracks and new obstacles With a resume that includes close to $25 million in earnings and the travel itinerary of an oil executive Thorrsquos Echo just keeps boarding the plane

Florida California Dubai Califor-nia Kentucky Maryland Dubai again then a return to his California home He jetted from Hollywood to Belmont for the True North June 7 then jetted back west to prep for the $250000 Vander-bilt Despite the miles the 6-year-old has flourished more often than not and rates as a major contender in the 6-fur-long stakes

Carlos Pena foreman for trainer Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos Southern California string accompanied the gelding on the trip and didnrsquot see a hair out of place

ldquoThis horse has been to a lot of differ-ent places and he ships in great every time Hersquos kind of a veteran of all this by now Even when he went to Dubai and back it was no big thing He knows what hersquos do-ingrdquo Pena said ldquoIrsquove been with Doug and the horse for a long time ndash at Del Mar and Hollywood Park and at Churchill Downs for the Breedersrsquo Cup in 2006 ndash and the horse is always a pleasure He doesnrsquot let anything bother himrdquo

Up to this point Dubai has been the only real blip on the radar Zabeel Racing International purchased Thorrsquos Echorsquos after back-to-back wins in Grade I stakes in November 2006 ndash the Breed-errsquos Cup Sprint and De Francis Dash Sent to trainer Seemar Satish in Dubai the plan was to point for the $2 million Golden Shaheen in March 2008 They got there but things hardly went ac-cordingly Thorrsquos Echo prepped in the Group III Mahab Al Shimaal and ran sixth the same spot he finished 30 days later in the Group I Shaheen

On to Plan B Back to California Back to OrsquoNeill

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Zabeel booked Thorrsquos Echo a return flight in April 2007 and after 14 months off he resurfaced in the Grade II True North on the Belmont Stakes under-card Racing up close to a quick pace he tired late to finish fourth beaten only 1 34 lengths by divisional leader Benny The Bull Thorrsquos Echo drew the rail in the Vanderbilt and reunites with Corey Nakatani who was aboard for the late-season stakes scores in 2006

Pena sees little change in the horse that seems to be sitting on a peak performance

ldquoSo far so good He looks sharp and hersquos ready to run Just a great horse to be around and takes every-thing in striderdquo Pena said ldquoHe got in late on Tuesday and he galloped over the track Wednesday and Thurs-day Today he just jogged and tomorrow hersquoll run It looked like he handled the track OK but I just hope it doesnrsquot rain Itrsquos going to be a tough race but he just goes out and runs his race so tomorrow shouldnrsquot be any differentrdquo

And it will be a tough race After all for all his expe-rience Thorrsquos Echo is fifth choice in the morning line

Though not as seasoned Thorrsquos Echo Black Sev-enteen is another live West Coaster Shipping in from California for Brian Koriner the 4-year-old son of Is It True won the Grade II Carry Back Stakes at Calder in July 2007 his last start of the year Koriner opted to give his star a freshening and Black Seventeen returned in the Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields June 14 setting a blistering half-mile under pressure in 44 15 seconds before tiring to run second Koriner makes his first trip to Saratoga and his front-running colt rates as the one to catch

ldquoItrsquos exciting and nice to finally be here at Sara-togardquo Koriner said ldquoThe horse shipped in well and wersquoll see if California speed can be transferred to New York He got a bit tired in his comeback race but he got something out of it and hersquoll be a little sharper this timerdquo

Black Seventeen has run a half-mile in 44 and change in his last three starts and Koriner isnrsquot about to tell jockey Aaron Gryder to change tactics in the Vanderbilt

ldquoWersquore going to send him away from there and make them come and catch usrdquo Koriner said ldquoWe didnrsquot come all this way to get beat at our own gamerdquo

That plan could prove a roadblock for Roddy Va-lentersquos undefeated homebred Bustin Stones who has never been behind a horse at any pace call in his six lifetime starts His horse is the morning-line favorite and the locally based and tremendously popular Va-lente could run for public office if Bustin Stones takes the Vanderbilt

Trained by Bruce Levine the 4-year-old enters off the biggest win of his career a game half-length score in the Grade I Carter Handicap at Aqueduct April 5 Beset by knee problems throughout his career the Empire-bred son of City Zip has had more starts and stops than a New York cab on a rainy day

Bustin Stones won his first three starts last spring then was forced to the sidelines by a knee injury After an aborted comeback he finally returned in January winning a minor state-bred stakes at Aqueduct then ventured to Laurel to take down open company the Grade II General George Feb 18 A determined gate-to-wire victory in the Carter was followed by another

brief setback but Levine regrouped and circled the Vanderbilt With Black Seventeen signed on he knows things wonrsquot be easy up front

ldquoThatrsquos the thing therersquos some serious speed in there and wersquore part of it for sure But he keeps passing ev-ery test wersquove given him so far and hersquos proven himself to be a pretty special and pretty serious horserdquo Levine said ldquoHe got sick on me in May after the Carter and we had to back off on him just a hair but hersquos coming in good and has been training very well since then It hasnrsquot been too frustrating because he hasnrsquot missed a beat since he got sick hersquos been breezing every six days or a week and hersquos ready to gordquo Levine said

First Defence ran the race of his life albeit a los-ing one at the Spa last season when he stuck a head in front of Hard Spun in deep stretch in the Grade I Kingrsquos Bishop before settling for second Juddmonte Farmrsquos homebred has been Richie Sexton since either knocking it out of the park or fanning the air

Bobby Frankel elected to give First Defence an ex-tended vacation after a seventh in the Grade I Vosburgh last October and brought him back May 3 to win an allowance on the Kentucky Derby undercard A disap-pointing fifth in the Grade I Met Mile sent First De-fence to the turf and the 4-year-old responded with a gritty head victory in the Grade III Jaipur at Belmont With an inside draw in the Vanderbilt jockey Javier Castellano may be forced to send his mount to the lead or risk losing position

Eighth in the Vanderbilt to close his 2007 cam-paign Abraaj has been a new horse this year for Ki-aran McLaughlin Now 6 the Shadwell Stable charge won an allowance by 6 lengths before finishing a game third in the True North Abraaj could benefit the most from the anticipated quick splits in the Vanderbilt Alan Garcia has the call

Sammarco (Channing Hill to ride) enters off a gate-to-wire maiden score at Belmont for Mike Hushion and could be in the mix early E Z Warrior (Kent Desormeaux) makes his first start in Bill Mottrsquos care since running 13th in the Grade I Malibu over Santa Anitarsquos synthetic sur-face in December for trainer Bob Baffert

Vanderbilt ndash Continued from page 14

Tod MarksBustin Stones puts his unbeaten mark on the line again

17Saturday July 26 2008

18 Saturday July 26 2008

Saturday July 26 Post Time 100 pm Entries with program number post position jockey trainer and morning-line odds

1ST (100) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $610001 1 Borrowing Limit Maragh R Violette Jr Rick 4-12 2 Wonforthegoodguys Rodriguez R R Fisher Linda 20-13 3 Brendanrsquos Warrior Albarado R J Duggan David 20-14 4 Northern Storm Samyn J L Jacobson David 15-15 5 Rollers Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 9-56 6 Phobia Castellano J J Contessa Gary 12-17 7 Tough Jake Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 10-18 8 Benny the Waiter Coa E M Levine Bruce 7-29 9 Fire Marshal Prado E S Hernandez Mike 12-110 10 System Restore Bridgmohan S X Balsamo Diane 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (7-9) Pick 4 (7-10) Daily Double

8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (8-10) Daily Double

9TH (515) THE GO fOR WAND (GR I) 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Ginger Punch Bejarano R Frankel Bobby 1-21A 8 Spring Waltz Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 1-22 2 Inside Passage Coa E M Tagg Barclay 15-13 3 Indescribable Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-14 4 Moon Catcher Prado E S Clement Christophe 5-15 5 Copper State Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 10-16 6 Runway Rosie Maragh R Contessa Gary 8-17 7 Over Under Albarado R J Stewart Dallas 20-1A-Coupled Ginger Punch and Spring Waltz

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10TH (546) THE WHITNEY (GR I) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP PURSE $7500001 1 Commentator Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12 2 Solar Flare (ARG) Saez G Jones Larry 4-13 3 Notional Prado E S Hennig Mark 5-14 4 Cowtown Cat Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 20-15 5 Merchant Marine Maragh R Jerkens Allen 15-16 6 Tasteyville Luzzi M J Kelly Pat 12-17 7 Rising Moon Velasquez C Dutrow Richard 10-18 8 Grasshopper Albarado R J Howard Neil 10-19 9 A P Arrow Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 10-110 10 Student Council Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 6-111 11 Timber Reserve Castellano J J Kimmel John 20-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Daily Double

11TH (619) 5 12 fURLONGS TURf 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330001 1 Shaami Hill C Peitz Daniel 4-12 2 Bel Viaggio Luzzi M J Levine Bruce 7-23 3 Ballston Rodriguez R R Aquilino Joseph 15-14 4 Lava Cat Sanchez J Arroyo Enrique 30-15 5 E Z Dollar Samyn J L Hertler John 15-16 6 Ya Think Gomez G K Benzel Seth 6-17 7 Friday Meeting Albarado R J Werner Ronny 8-18 8 Lyke a Hurricane Prado E S Duggan David 12-19 9 Counting House Morales S Callejas Bernardo 10-110 10 Body Blows Maragh R Sciacca Gary 20-111 11 Catch Up Chris Garcia Alan Schettino Dom 5-112 12 Carry On the Dream Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 20-113 AE Allaboutmack Chavez J F Lostritto Joseph 15-114 AE Seastate Hill C Devereux Joseph 12-115 MTO Osceola Prince Velazquez J R Ward Wesley 6-1

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19Saturday July 26 2008

RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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RollersTough Jake

Borrowing LimitJust A CoincidenceSuccessful Mission

MunningsBaronial

Mask And WhigIntercoastalAugust Rex

Unbridledrsquos HeartFull ChargeStepaside

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Elusive PleasureWhite Tie

Tiz ItRutherienne

VacareDynaforce

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Ya Think

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Munnings Prince Of Wealth

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20 Saturday July 26 2008

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

lakE gEorgE StakES rEcap

See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

by brian nadeau amp john panagot

See FriDAy page 24

frIDay racINg rEcap

23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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803-243-4848 Mobile

wwwcustomcareequinecom

Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

The tradition continues

HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

TRACK fAST TURf Off (259) SOfT (8)ATTENDANCE 20626 HANDLE $3306079

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

studentof the game

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By Joe Clancy

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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Wait A While is 2-for-2 over the Saratoga turf with wins in the 2006 Lake Placid and the 2007 Ballston Spa Still the daughter of Mariarsquos Mon has her quirks ndash something Pletcher discov-ered two years ago

ldquoFor some reason early in her 3-year-old year she got stubborn about going into the gaterdquo Pletcher said ldquoWe did a lot of work with her and found that the easy compromise was just to blindfold her It has worked well and we have never changed itrdquo

Rafael Bejarano was named on Wait A While who drew post 4 Her regular rider Garrett Gomez accepted the mount on Rutherienne who drew post 7

Rutherienne last yearrsquos Lake George winner won the Grade II Jenny Wiley at Keeneland in April then followed with thirds in the Grade I Gamely at Hol-lywood Park and Grade III All Along Breedersrsquo Cup at Colonial Downs The course at Colonial was labeled good after drenching rain fell the day of the race

ldquoThey just ran a bit too quick for her in California but it was a good racerdquo Clement said ldquoShe ran a little bit off par last time (at Colonial) probably due to the ground They got torrential rain that day which was bad luckrdquo

Vacare won an allowance over a yielding course at Arlington Park back in 2006 when trained by Chris Block but since joining Clementrsquos barn she has only raced on firm ground Runner-up to Wait A While in last yearrsquos Ball-

ston Spa Vacare has started just once this year finishing eighth (though just 4 lengths behind the winner) in the Just A Game at Belmont Park June 7 Clement entered Vacare in an overnight stakes earlier this month at Belmont but scratched when the turf came up yielding

ldquoShe ran in the Just A Game so there will be no excuserdquo Clement said ldquoIt is what it is She had her racerdquo

Edgar Prado is named on Vacare who drew post 5

Shug McGaughey Criminologistrsquos trainer said he doesnrsquot mind if the turf is boggy as long as it is safe

Criminologist won the Grade III Athenia over a yielding course last year at Belmont and took an allowance here last year over a course labeled good She is 2-for-2 on Saratogarsquos turf

Criminologist finished seventh in the 1-mile Just A Game and McGaughey thinks the Dianarsquos extra furlong will help

ldquoThe mile and an eighth is probably her shtick a little more than the milerdquo McGaughey said ldquoShe got in a little bit of traffic in the Just A Game Irsquom not using that as an excuse It was around the half-mile pole and then she kind of dropped it on (jockey John Velazquez)

at the three-eighths pole and then kind of got into it again She was only beaten 3 12 lengths but I was disappointed It was the first time she ran in a Grade I this will be the second time If she is beat again and doesnrsquot run any bet-ter than she ran the last time we might have to drop down a notch or two We will just have to wait and seerdquo

Velazquez gets the call again todayDonrsquot overlook the Bill Mott-trained

Dynaforce Mott has won the last three runnings of the Diana and Dynaforce ran a bang-up race to finish second to a very good filly (the Clement-trained Maurala-kana) in the Grade II New York Handi-cap The New York was Dynaforcersquos first race since in 10 months and her Ameri-can debut Soft ground shouldnrsquot be an issue the mare who won in France over soft going Kent Desormeaux will be aboard for the first time

The Diana is so deep even the ladies with double-digit odds possess impres-sive resumes Barclay Tagg sends out Bit Of Whimsy (Eibar Coa) winner of three graded stakes including the Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Cup from the hedge Dale Romans trainee Bayoursquos Lassie (Robby Albarado) has banked nearly $700000 in a nine-win career Forever Together (Julien Leparoux) got up for third at 44-1 in the Just A Game for Jonathan Sheppard Billy Badgett saddles New York-bred Chestoria (Cor-nelio Velasquez) who has missed the board just once since moving to turf eight starts ago and Lady Digby (Ra-mon Dominguez) comes up from her Maryland base on the heels of a 2 14-length score in the All Along for Gra-ham Motion

Diana ndash Continued from page 10

Tod MarksCriminologist tries to get back on track for trainer Shug mcGaughey

12 Saturday July 26 2008

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Condition books donrsquot come with warning stickers Perhaps they donrsquot need them After all the trainers who saw Ginger Punchrsquos name on the nomi-nation list and still entered horses in to-dayrsquos Grade I Go For Wand knew what they were getting into

Winner of the 2007 Breedersrsquo Cup Distaff and Eclipse Award as champion filly or mare Ginger Punch will try to duplicate the dominating performance she put on her last year in the $250000 Go For Wand In the 2007 renewal the daughter of Awesome Again scampered away from the field to win the 1 18-mile stakes by 6 lengths

Whatrsquos frightening is the thought Ginger Punch might be even better now than the last time she graced Saratoga with her presence

ldquoPhysically shersquos betterrdquo said trainer Bobby Frankel ldquoand mentally shersquos bet-terrdquo

Owned by Stronach Stable and bred by Stronachrsquos Adena Springs Farm Ginger Punch returns to Saratoga off a victory in the Grade I Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park where she

skipped away to win by 7 34 lengths Jockey Rafael Bejarano comes in from California to ride the 1-2 favorite who will carry the highweight of 124 pounds

The chestnut mare who concedes from seven to 11 pounds to her rivals will break from the rail as she attempts to win her fifth Grade I

ldquoIrsquod rather be outside but thatrsquos OKrdquo said a not-too-worried Frankel

Will a wet track worry the reigning queen Probably not The 5-year-old owns two wins in four lifetime starts over an off track with one of those scores coming over sloppy going at Monmouth Park in the Distaff Ginger Punch has earned $653924 in 2008 with three wins from four starts boost-ing her career earnings to $2555603 ndash nearly $423000 more than the other seven entrants combined

ldquoShersquos very consistent ndash just a very very good filly I can depend on her all the timerdquo her trainer said ldquoItrsquos unbe-lievable how she goes out there and tries as hard as she does every time To win another Grade I would be greatrdquo

No horse has won back-to-back run-nings of the Go For Wand since the race was moved to Saratoga (and stretched a furlong) in 1994 though Hall of Famer Ladyrsquos Secret repeated in the old Mas-kette at Belmont Park in 1985 and 1986 and Tosmah did the same at Aqueduct in 1964 and 1965

Christophe Clement sends out Moon Catcher a distant fifth to Ginger Punch in the Ogden Phipps last out With the race lacking early speed the 4-year-old

daughter of Malibu Moon is a candi-date for the lead though jockey Edgar Prado will determine Moon Catcherrsquos placement

ldquoWersquoll have to see how the race de-velopsrdquo Prado said ldquoIrsquod like to have (Moon Catcher) by the leadersrdquo

Inside Passage (Eibar Coa) takes a significant step up in the Go For Wand Two-for-three this year since entering

Tod MarksGinger Punch tries to win her second consecutive Go for Wand

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13Saturday July 26 2008

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Barclay Taggrsquos barn the daughter of Tiznow finished third last out in the minor Proud Delta at Belmont Park her first stakes try She owns one start at Saratoga at todayrsquos distance a close third in an optional claimer last year

Indescribable has run well at the 9-furlong distance taking the Grade III Arlington Matron in May and though none of her four career wins have been on old-fashioned dirt the Pleasant Tap filly does have the dynamic duo of Bill Mott and Kent Desormeaux on her side

Copper State (Shaun Bridgmohan) makes her second start for trainer Steve Asmussen the Jump Start filly was run-ner-up to Unbridled Belle in the Grade III Obeah at Delaware Park June 14

Runway Rosie (Rajiv Maragh) comes out of the Proud Delta at Belmont July 2 when she beat third-place Indian Pas-sage by 5 14 lengths and the Include filly has been in the exacta all four times she has ran at todayrsquos distance

Over Under (Robby Albarado) en-tered Dallas Stewartrsquos barn at the start of the year and has gone three-of-five since the last being a 3-length score in the Wild Rose at Prairie Meadows

Frankel also sends out Spring Waltz (Javier Castellano) who makes up the lighter half of the Stronach Stables entry The Silver Charm mare finished fourth in the Delaware Handicap July 13 her first start for Frankel after capturing the Grade II Rampart at Gulfstream Park for Brian Lynch in March

Saratoga ndash Continued from page 12

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Thorrsquos Echo peered from his stall at the stakes barn and looked as interest-ed as a Yankees fan listening to Terry Francona talk about his two World Se-ries rings The 2006 champion sprinter had descended upon the most famous racetrack in the world to run in todayrsquos Grade II Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap big deal

The California-bred is used to new surroundings new racetracks and new obstacles With a resume that includes close to $25 million in earnings and the travel itinerary of an oil executive Thorrsquos Echo just keeps boarding the plane

Florida California Dubai Califor-nia Kentucky Maryland Dubai again then a return to his California home He jetted from Hollywood to Belmont for the True North June 7 then jetted back west to prep for the $250000 Vander-bilt Despite the miles the 6-year-old has flourished more often than not and rates as a major contender in the 6-fur-long stakes

Carlos Pena foreman for trainer Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos Southern California string accompanied the gelding on the trip and didnrsquot see a hair out of place

ldquoThis horse has been to a lot of differ-ent places and he ships in great every time Hersquos kind of a veteran of all this by now Even when he went to Dubai and back it was no big thing He knows what hersquos do-ingrdquo Pena said ldquoIrsquove been with Doug and the horse for a long time ndash at Del Mar and Hollywood Park and at Churchill Downs for the Breedersrsquo Cup in 2006 ndash and the horse is always a pleasure He doesnrsquot let anything bother himrdquo

Up to this point Dubai has been the only real blip on the radar Zabeel Racing International purchased Thorrsquos Echorsquos after back-to-back wins in Grade I stakes in November 2006 ndash the Breed-errsquos Cup Sprint and De Francis Dash Sent to trainer Seemar Satish in Dubai the plan was to point for the $2 million Golden Shaheen in March 2008 They got there but things hardly went ac-cordingly Thorrsquos Echo prepped in the Group III Mahab Al Shimaal and ran sixth the same spot he finished 30 days later in the Group I Shaheen

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Zabeel booked Thorrsquos Echo a return flight in April 2007 and after 14 months off he resurfaced in the Grade II True North on the Belmont Stakes under-card Racing up close to a quick pace he tired late to finish fourth beaten only 1 34 lengths by divisional leader Benny The Bull Thorrsquos Echo drew the rail in the Vanderbilt and reunites with Corey Nakatani who was aboard for the late-season stakes scores in 2006

Pena sees little change in the horse that seems to be sitting on a peak performance

ldquoSo far so good He looks sharp and hersquos ready to run Just a great horse to be around and takes every-thing in striderdquo Pena said ldquoHe got in late on Tuesday and he galloped over the track Wednesday and Thurs-day Today he just jogged and tomorrow hersquoll run It looked like he handled the track OK but I just hope it doesnrsquot rain Itrsquos going to be a tough race but he just goes out and runs his race so tomorrow shouldnrsquot be any differentrdquo

And it will be a tough race After all for all his expe-rience Thorrsquos Echo is fifth choice in the morning line

Though not as seasoned Thorrsquos Echo Black Sev-enteen is another live West Coaster Shipping in from California for Brian Koriner the 4-year-old son of Is It True won the Grade II Carry Back Stakes at Calder in July 2007 his last start of the year Koriner opted to give his star a freshening and Black Seventeen returned in the Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields June 14 setting a blistering half-mile under pressure in 44 15 seconds before tiring to run second Koriner makes his first trip to Saratoga and his front-running colt rates as the one to catch

ldquoItrsquos exciting and nice to finally be here at Sara-togardquo Koriner said ldquoThe horse shipped in well and wersquoll see if California speed can be transferred to New York He got a bit tired in his comeback race but he got something out of it and hersquoll be a little sharper this timerdquo

Black Seventeen has run a half-mile in 44 and change in his last three starts and Koriner isnrsquot about to tell jockey Aaron Gryder to change tactics in the Vanderbilt

ldquoWersquore going to send him away from there and make them come and catch usrdquo Koriner said ldquoWe didnrsquot come all this way to get beat at our own gamerdquo

That plan could prove a roadblock for Roddy Va-lentersquos undefeated homebred Bustin Stones who has never been behind a horse at any pace call in his six lifetime starts His horse is the morning-line favorite and the locally based and tremendously popular Va-lente could run for public office if Bustin Stones takes the Vanderbilt

Trained by Bruce Levine the 4-year-old enters off the biggest win of his career a game half-length score in the Grade I Carter Handicap at Aqueduct April 5 Beset by knee problems throughout his career the Empire-bred son of City Zip has had more starts and stops than a New York cab on a rainy day

Bustin Stones won his first three starts last spring then was forced to the sidelines by a knee injury After an aborted comeback he finally returned in January winning a minor state-bred stakes at Aqueduct then ventured to Laurel to take down open company the Grade II General George Feb 18 A determined gate-to-wire victory in the Carter was followed by another

brief setback but Levine regrouped and circled the Vanderbilt With Black Seventeen signed on he knows things wonrsquot be easy up front

ldquoThatrsquos the thing therersquos some serious speed in there and wersquore part of it for sure But he keeps passing ev-ery test wersquove given him so far and hersquos proven himself to be a pretty special and pretty serious horserdquo Levine said ldquoHe got sick on me in May after the Carter and we had to back off on him just a hair but hersquos coming in good and has been training very well since then It hasnrsquot been too frustrating because he hasnrsquot missed a beat since he got sick hersquos been breezing every six days or a week and hersquos ready to gordquo Levine said

First Defence ran the race of his life albeit a los-ing one at the Spa last season when he stuck a head in front of Hard Spun in deep stretch in the Grade I Kingrsquos Bishop before settling for second Juddmonte Farmrsquos homebred has been Richie Sexton since either knocking it out of the park or fanning the air

Bobby Frankel elected to give First Defence an ex-tended vacation after a seventh in the Grade I Vosburgh last October and brought him back May 3 to win an allowance on the Kentucky Derby undercard A disap-pointing fifth in the Grade I Met Mile sent First De-fence to the turf and the 4-year-old responded with a gritty head victory in the Grade III Jaipur at Belmont With an inside draw in the Vanderbilt jockey Javier Castellano may be forced to send his mount to the lead or risk losing position

Eighth in the Vanderbilt to close his 2007 cam-paign Abraaj has been a new horse this year for Ki-aran McLaughlin Now 6 the Shadwell Stable charge won an allowance by 6 lengths before finishing a game third in the True North Abraaj could benefit the most from the anticipated quick splits in the Vanderbilt Alan Garcia has the call

Sammarco (Channing Hill to ride) enters off a gate-to-wire maiden score at Belmont for Mike Hushion and could be in the mix early E Z Warrior (Kent Desormeaux) makes his first start in Bill Mottrsquos care since running 13th in the Grade I Malibu over Santa Anitarsquos synthetic sur-face in December for trainer Bob Baffert

Vanderbilt ndash Continued from page 14

Tod MarksBustin Stones puts his unbeaten mark on the line again

17Saturday July 26 2008

18 Saturday July 26 2008

Saturday July 26 Post Time 100 pm Entries with program number post position jockey trainer and morning-line odds

1ST (100) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $610001 1 Borrowing Limit Maragh R Violette Jr Rick 4-12 2 Wonforthegoodguys Rodriguez R R Fisher Linda 20-13 3 Brendanrsquos Warrior Albarado R J Duggan David 20-14 4 Northern Storm Samyn J L Jacobson David 15-15 5 Rollers Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 9-56 6 Phobia Castellano J J Contessa Gary 12-17 7 Tough Jake Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 10-18 8 Benny the Waiter Coa E M Levine Bruce 7-29 9 Fire Marshal Prado E S Hernandez Mike 12-110 10 System Restore Bridgmohan S X Balsamo Diane 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (7-9) Pick 4 (7-10) Daily Double

8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (8-10) Daily Double

9TH (515) THE GO fOR WAND (GR I) 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Ginger Punch Bejarano R Frankel Bobby 1-21A 8 Spring Waltz Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 1-22 2 Inside Passage Coa E M Tagg Barclay 15-13 3 Indescribable Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-14 4 Moon Catcher Prado E S Clement Christophe 5-15 5 Copper State Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 10-16 6 Runway Rosie Maragh R Contessa Gary 8-17 7 Over Under Albarado R J Stewart Dallas 20-1A-Coupled Ginger Punch and Spring Waltz

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (9-11) Daily Double

10TH (546) THE WHITNEY (GR I) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP PURSE $7500001 1 Commentator Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12 2 Solar Flare (ARG) Saez G Jones Larry 4-13 3 Notional Prado E S Hennig Mark 5-14 4 Cowtown Cat Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 20-15 5 Merchant Marine Maragh R Jerkens Allen 15-16 6 Tasteyville Luzzi M J Kelly Pat 12-17 7 Rising Moon Velasquez C Dutrow Richard 10-18 8 Grasshopper Albarado R J Howard Neil 10-19 9 A P Arrow Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 10-110 10 Student Council Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 6-111 11 Timber Reserve Castellano J J Kimmel John 20-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Daily Double

11TH (619) 5 12 fURLONGS TURf 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330001 1 Shaami Hill C Peitz Daniel 4-12 2 Bel Viaggio Luzzi M J Levine Bruce 7-23 3 Ballston Rodriguez R R Aquilino Joseph 15-14 4 Lava Cat Sanchez J Arroyo Enrique 30-15 5 E Z Dollar Samyn J L Hertler John 15-16 6 Ya Think Gomez G K Benzel Seth 6-17 7 Friday Meeting Albarado R J Werner Ronny 8-18 8 Lyke a Hurricane Prado E S Duggan David 12-19 9 Counting House Morales S Callejas Bernardo 10-110 10 Body Blows Maragh R Sciacca Gary 20-111 11 Catch Up Chris Garcia Alan Schettino Dom 5-112 12 Carry On the Dream Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 20-113 AE Allaboutmack Chavez J F Lostritto Joseph 15-114 AE Seastate Hill C Devereux Joseph 12-115 MTO Osceola Prince Velazquez J R Ward Wesley 6-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta

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RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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20 Saturday July 26 2008

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

lakE gEorgE StakES rEcap

See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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See FriDAy page 24

frIDay racINg rEcap

23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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The Winners So FarThrough Friday

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26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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Condition books donrsquot come with warning stickers Perhaps they donrsquot need them After all the trainers who saw Ginger Punchrsquos name on the nomi-nation list and still entered horses in to-dayrsquos Grade I Go For Wand knew what they were getting into

Winner of the 2007 Breedersrsquo Cup Distaff and Eclipse Award as champion filly or mare Ginger Punch will try to duplicate the dominating performance she put on her last year in the $250000 Go For Wand In the 2007 renewal the daughter of Awesome Again scampered away from the field to win the 1 18-mile stakes by 6 lengths

Whatrsquos frightening is the thought Ginger Punch might be even better now than the last time she graced Saratoga with her presence

ldquoPhysically shersquos betterrdquo said trainer Bobby Frankel ldquoand mentally shersquos bet-terrdquo

Owned by Stronach Stable and bred by Stronachrsquos Adena Springs Farm Ginger Punch returns to Saratoga off a victory in the Grade I Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park where she

skipped away to win by 7 34 lengths Jockey Rafael Bejarano comes in from California to ride the 1-2 favorite who will carry the highweight of 124 pounds

The chestnut mare who concedes from seven to 11 pounds to her rivals will break from the rail as she attempts to win her fifth Grade I

ldquoIrsquod rather be outside but thatrsquos OKrdquo said a not-too-worried Frankel

Will a wet track worry the reigning queen Probably not The 5-year-old owns two wins in four lifetime starts over an off track with one of those scores coming over sloppy going at Monmouth Park in the Distaff Ginger Punch has earned $653924 in 2008 with three wins from four starts boost-ing her career earnings to $2555603 ndash nearly $423000 more than the other seven entrants combined

ldquoShersquos very consistent ndash just a very very good filly I can depend on her all the timerdquo her trainer said ldquoItrsquos unbe-lievable how she goes out there and tries as hard as she does every time To win another Grade I would be greatrdquo

No horse has won back-to-back run-nings of the Go For Wand since the race was moved to Saratoga (and stretched a furlong) in 1994 though Hall of Famer Ladyrsquos Secret repeated in the old Mas-kette at Belmont Park in 1985 and 1986 and Tosmah did the same at Aqueduct in 1964 and 1965

Christophe Clement sends out Moon Catcher a distant fifth to Ginger Punch in the Ogden Phipps last out With the race lacking early speed the 4-year-old

daughter of Malibu Moon is a candi-date for the lead though jockey Edgar Prado will determine Moon Catcherrsquos placement

ldquoWersquoll have to see how the race de-velopsrdquo Prado said ldquoIrsquod like to have (Moon Catcher) by the leadersrdquo

Inside Passage (Eibar Coa) takes a significant step up in the Go For Wand Two-for-three this year since entering

Tod MarksGinger Punch tries to win her second consecutive Go for Wand

punch LineGood as ever champion mare eyesSpa repeat for Stronach Frankel

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13Saturday July 26 2008

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Barclay Taggrsquos barn the daughter of Tiznow finished third last out in the minor Proud Delta at Belmont Park her first stakes try She owns one start at Saratoga at todayrsquos distance a close third in an optional claimer last year

Indescribable has run well at the 9-furlong distance taking the Grade III Arlington Matron in May and though none of her four career wins have been on old-fashioned dirt the Pleasant Tap filly does have the dynamic duo of Bill Mott and Kent Desormeaux on her side

Copper State (Shaun Bridgmohan) makes her second start for trainer Steve Asmussen the Jump Start filly was run-ner-up to Unbridled Belle in the Grade III Obeah at Delaware Park June 14

Runway Rosie (Rajiv Maragh) comes out of the Proud Delta at Belmont July 2 when she beat third-place Indian Pas-sage by 5 14 lengths and the Include filly has been in the exacta all four times she has ran at todayrsquos distance

Over Under (Robby Albarado) en-tered Dallas Stewartrsquos barn at the start of the year and has gone three-of-five since the last being a 3-length score in the Wild Rose at Prairie Meadows

Frankel also sends out Spring Waltz (Javier Castellano) who makes up the lighter half of the Stronach Stables entry The Silver Charm mare finished fourth in the Delaware Handicap July 13 her first start for Frankel after capturing the Grade II Rampart at Gulfstream Park for Brian Lynch in March

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Thorrsquos Echo peered from his stall at the stakes barn and looked as interest-ed as a Yankees fan listening to Terry Francona talk about his two World Se-ries rings The 2006 champion sprinter had descended upon the most famous racetrack in the world to run in todayrsquos Grade II Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap big deal

The California-bred is used to new surroundings new racetracks and new obstacles With a resume that includes close to $25 million in earnings and the travel itinerary of an oil executive Thorrsquos Echo just keeps boarding the plane

Florida California Dubai Califor-nia Kentucky Maryland Dubai again then a return to his California home He jetted from Hollywood to Belmont for the True North June 7 then jetted back west to prep for the $250000 Vander-bilt Despite the miles the 6-year-old has flourished more often than not and rates as a major contender in the 6-fur-long stakes

Carlos Pena foreman for trainer Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos Southern California string accompanied the gelding on the trip and didnrsquot see a hair out of place

ldquoThis horse has been to a lot of differ-ent places and he ships in great every time Hersquos kind of a veteran of all this by now Even when he went to Dubai and back it was no big thing He knows what hersquos do-ingrdquo Pena said ldquoIrsquove been with Doug and the horse for a long time ndash at Del Mar and Hollywood Park and at Churchill Downs for the Breedersrsquo Cup in 2006 ndash and the horse is always a pleasure He doesnrsquot let anything bother himrdquo

Up to this point Dubai has been the only real blip on the radar Zabeel Racing International purchased Thorrsquos Echorsquos after back-to-back wins in Grade I stakes in November 2006 ndash the Breed-errsquos Cup Sprint and De Francis Dash Sent to trainer Seemar Satish in Dubai the plan was to point for the $2 million Golden Shaheen in March 2008 They got there but things hardly went ac-cordingly Thorrsquos Echo prepped in the Group III Mahab Al Shimaal and ran sixth the same spot he finished 30 days later in the Group I Shaheen

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Zabeel booked Thorrsquos Echo a return flight in April 2007 and after 14 months off he resurfaced in the Grade II True North on the Belmont Stakes under-card Racing up close to a quick pace he tired late to finish fourth beaten only 1 34 lengths by divisional leader Benny The Bull Thorrsquos Echo drew the rail in the Vanderbilt and reunites with Corey Nakatani who was aboard for the late-season stakes scores in 2006

Pena sees little change in the horse that seems to be sitting on a peak performance

ldquoSo far so good He looks sharp and hersquos ready to run Just a great horse to be around and takes every-thing in striderdquo Pena said ldquoHe got in late on Tuesday and he galloped over the track Wednesday and Thurs-day Today he just jogged and tomorrow hersquoll run It looked like he handled the track OK but I just hope it doesnrsquot rain Itrsquos going to be a tough race but he just goes out and runs his race so tomorrow shouldnrsquot be any differentrdquo

And it will be a tough race After all for all his expe-rience Thorrsquos Echo is fifth choice in the morning line

Though not as seasoned Thorrsquos Echo Black Sev-enteen is another live West Coaster Shipping in from California for Brian Koriner the 4-year-old son of Is It True won the Grade II Carry Back Stakes at Calder in July 2007 his last start of the year Koriner opted to give his star a freshening and Black Seventeen returned in the Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields June 14 setting a blistering half-mile under pressure in 44 15 seconds before tiring to run second Koriner makes his first trip to Saratoga and his front-running colt rates as the one to catch

ldquoItrsquos exciting and nice to finally be here at Sara-togardquo Koriner said ldquoThe horse shipped in well and wersquoll see if California speed can be transferred to New York He got a bit tired in his comeback race but he got something out of it and hersquoll be a little sharper this timerdquo

Black Seventeen has run a half-mile in 44 and change in his last three starts and Koriner isnrsquot about to tell jockey Aaron Gryder to change tactics in the Vanderbilt

ldquoWersquore going to send him away from there and make them come and catch usrdquo Koriner said ldquoWe didnrsquot come all this way to get beat at our own gamerdquo

That plan could prove a roadblock for Roddy Va-lentersquos undefeated homebred Bustin Stones who has never been behind a horse at any pace call in his six lifetime starts His horse is the morning-line favorite and the locally based and tremendously popular Va-lente could run for public office if Bustin Stones takes the Vanderbilt

Trained by Bruce Levine the 4-year-old enters off the biggest win of his career a game half-length score in the Grade I Carter Handicap at Aqueduct April 5 Beset by knee problems throughout his career the Empire-bred son of City Zip has had more starts and stops than a New York cab on a rainy day

Bustin Stones won his first three starts last spring then was forced to the sidelines by a knee injury After an aborted comeback he finally returned in January winning a minor state-bred stakes at Aqueduct then ventured to Laurel to take down open company the Grade II General George Feb 18 A determined gate-to-wire victory in the Carter was followed by another

brief setback but Levine regrouped and circled the Vanderbilt With Black Seventeen signed on he knows things wonrsquot be easy up front

ldquoThatrsquos the thing therersquos some serious speed in there and wersquore part of it for sure But he keeps passing ev-ery test wersquove given him so far and hersquos proven himself to be a pretty special and pretty serious horserdquo Levine said ldquoHe got sick on me in May after the Carter and we had to back off on him just a hair but hersquos coming in good and has been training very well since then It hasnrsquot been too frustrating because he hasnrsquot missed a beat since he got sick hersquos been breezing every six days or a week and hersquos ready to gordquo Levine said

First Defence ran the race of his life albeit a los-ing one at the Spa last season when he stuck a head in front of Hard Spun in deep stretch in the Grade I Kingrsquos Bishop before settling for second Juddmonte Farmrsquos homebred has been Richie Sexton since either knocking it out of the park or fanning the air

Bobby Frankel elected to give First Defence an ex-tended vacation after a seventh in the Grade I Vosburgh last October and brought him back May 3 to win an allowance on the Kentucky Derby undercard A disap-pointing fifth in the Grade I Met Mile sent First De-fence to the turf and the 4-year-old responded with a gritty head victory in the Grade III Jaipur at Belmont With an inside draw in the Vanderbilt jockey Javier Castellano may be forced to send his mount to the lead or risk losing position

Eighth in the Vanderbilt to close his 2007 cam-paign Abraaj has been a new horse this year for Ki-aran McLaughlin Now 6 the Shadwell Stable charge won an allowance by 6 lengths before finishing a game third in the True North Abraaj could benefit the most from the anticipated quick splits in the Vanderbilt Alan Garcia has the call

Sammarco (Channing Hill to ride) enters off a gate-to-wire maiden score at Belmont for Mike Hushion and could be in the mix early E Z Warrior (Kent Desormeaux) makes his first start in Bill Mottrsquos care since running 13th in the Grade I Malibu over Santa Anitarsquos synthetic sur-face in December for trainer Bob Baffert

Vanderbilt ndash Continued from page 14

Tod MarksBustin Stones puts his unbeaten mark on the line again

17Saturday July 26 2008

18 Saturday July 26 2008

Saturday July 26 Post Time 100 pm Entries with program number post position jockey trainer and morning-line odds

1ST (100) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $610001 1 Borrowing Limit Maragh R Violette Jr Rick 4-12 2 Wonforthegoodguys Rodriguez R R Fisher Linda 20-13 3 Brendanrsquos Warrior Albarado R J Duggan David 20-14 4 Northern Storm Samyn J L Jacobson David 15-15 5 Rollers Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 9-56 6 Phobia Castellano J J Contessa Gary 12-17 7 Tough Jake Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 10-18 8 Benny the Waiter Coa E M Levine Bruce 7-29 9 Fire Marshal Prado E S Hernandez Mike 12-110 10 System Restore Bridgmohan S X Balsamo Diane 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (7-9) Pick 4 (7-10) Daily Double

8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (8-10) Daily Double

9TH (515) THE GO fOR WAND (GR I) 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Ginger Punch Bejarano R Frankel Bobby 1-21A 8 Spring Waltz Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 1-22 2 Inside Passage Coa E M Tagg Barclay 15-13 3 Indescribable Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-14 4 Moon Catcher Prado E S Clement Christophe 5-15 5 Copper State Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 10-16 6 Runway Rosie Maragh R Contessa Gary 8-17 7 Over Under Albarado R J Stewart Dallas 20-1A-Coupled Ginger Punch and Spring Waltz

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (9-11) Daily Double

10TH (546) THE WHITNEY (GR I) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP PURSE $7500001 1 Commentator Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12 2 Solar Flare (ARG) Saez G Jones Larry 4-13 3 Notional Prado E S Hennig Mark 5-14 4 Cowtown Cat Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 20-15 5 Merchant Marine Maragh R Jerkens Allen 15-16 6 Tasteyville Luzzi M J Kelly Pat 12-17 7 Rising Moon Velasquez C Dutrow Richard 10-18 8 Grasshopper Albarado R J Howard Neil 10-19 9 A P Arrow Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 10-110 10 Student Council Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 6-111 11 Timber Reserve Castellano J J Kimmel John 20-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Daily Double

11TH (619) 5 12 fURLONGS TURf 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330001 1 Shaami Hill C Peitz Daniel 4-12 2 Bel Viaggio Luzzi M J Levine Bruce 7-23 3 Ballston Rodriguez R R Aquilino Joseph 15-14 4 Lava Cat Sanchez J Arroyo Enrique 30-15 5 E Z Dollar Samyn J L Hertler John 15-16 6 Ya Think Gomez G K Benzel Seth 6-17 7 Friday Meeting Albarado R J Werner Ronny 8-18 8 Lyke a Hurricane Prado E S Duggan David 12-19 9 Counting House Morales S Callejas Bernardo 10-110 10 Body Blows Maragh R Sciacca Gary 20-111 11 Catch Up Chris Garcia Alan Schettino Dom 5-112 12 Carry On the Dream Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 20-113 AE Allaboutmack Chavez J F Lostritto Joseph 15-114 AE Seastate Hill C Devereux Joseph 12-115 MTO Osceola Prince Velazquez J R Ward Wesley 6-1

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19Saturday July 26 2008

RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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RollersTough Jake

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20 Saturday July 26 2008

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

lakE gEorgE StakES rEcap

See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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See FriDAy page 24

frIDay racINg rEcap

23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

The tradition continues

HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

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SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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Barclay Taggrsquos barn the daughter of Tiznow finished third last out in the minor Proud Delta at Belmont Park her first stakes try She owns one start at Saratoga at todayrsquos distance a close third in an optional claimer last year

Indescribable has run well at the 9-furlong distance taking the Grade III Arlington Matron in May and though none of her four career wins have been on old-fashioned dirt the Pleasant Tap filly does have the dynamic duo of Bill Mott and Kent Desormeaux on her side

Copper State (Shaun Bridgmohan) makes her second start for trainer Steve Asmussen the Jump Start filly was run-ner-up to Unbridled Belle in the Grade III Obeah at Delaware Park June 14

Runway Rosie (Rajiv Maragh) comes out of the Proud Delta at Belmont July 2 when she beat third-place Indian Pas-sage by 5 14 lengths and the Include filly has been in the exacta all four times she has ran at todayrsquos distance

Over Under (Robby Albarado) en-tered Dallas Stewartrsquos barn at the start of the year and has gone three-of-five since the last being a 3-length score in the Wild Rose at Prairie Meadows

Frankel also sends out Spring Waltz (Javier Castellano) who makes up the lighter half of the Stronach Stables entry The Silver Charm mare finished fourth in the Delaware Handicap July 13 her first start for Frankel after capturing the Grade II Rampart at Gulfstream Park for Brian Lynch in March

Saratoga ndash Continued from page 12

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14 Saturday July 26 2008

Thorrsquos Echo peered from his stall at the stakes barn and looked as interest-ed as a Yankees fan listening to Terry Francona talk about his two World Se-ries rings The 2006 champion sprinter had descended upon the most famous racetrack in the world to run in todayrsquos Grade II Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap big deal

The California-bred is used to new surroundings new racetracks and new obstacles With a resume that includes close to $25 million in earnings and the travel itinerary of an oil executive Thorrsquos Echo just keeps boarding the plane

Florida California Dubai Califor-nia Kentucky Maryland Dubai again then a return to his California home He jetted from Hollywood to Belmont for the True North June 7 then jetted back west to prep for the $250000 Vander-bilt Despite the miles the 6-year-old has flourished more often than not and rates as a major contender in the 6-fur-long stakes

Carlos Pena foreman for trainer Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos Southern California string accompanied the gelding on the trip and didnrsquot see a hair out of place

ldquoThis horse has been to a lot of differ-ent places and he ships in great every time Hersquos kind of a veteran of all this by now Even when he went to Dubai and back it was no big thing He knows what hersquos do-ingrdquo Pena said ldquoIrsquove been with Doug and the horse for a long time ndash at Del Mar and Hollywood Park and at Churchill Downs for the Breedersrsquo Cup in 2006 ndash and the horse is always a pleasure He doesnrsquot let anything bother himrdquo

Up to this point Dubai has been the only real blip on the radar Zabeel Racing International purchased Thorrsquos Echorsquos after back-to-back wins in Grade I stakes in November 2006 ndash the Breed-errsquos Cup Sprint and De Francis Dash Sent to trainer Seemar Satish in Dubai the plan was to point for the $2 million Golden Shaheen in March 2008 They got there but things hardly went ac-cordingly Thorrsquos Echo prepped in the Group III Mahab Al Shimaal and ran sixth the same spot he finished 30 days later in the Group I Shaheen

On to Plan B Back to California Back to OrsquoNeill

Like LightningOld pro Thorrsquos Echo makes trekgets ready to drop hammer again

by brian nadeau

Connie BushThorrsquos Echo checked into Saratogarsquos stakes barn TuesdaySee vAnDErBiLT page 16

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NORTH LIGHT

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Champion and Classic winner of nearly$2-million NORTH LIGHT is the onlyGr I winner and only champion byDANEHILL standing in North America

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Zabeel booked Thorrsquos Echo a return flight in April 2007 and after 14 months off he resurfaced in the Grade II True North on the Belmont Stakes under-card Racing up close to a quick pace he tired late to finish fourth beaten only 1 34 lengths by divisional leader Benny The Bull Thorrsquos Echo drew the rail in the Vanderbilt and reunites with Corey Nakatani who was aboard for the late-season stakes scores in 2006

Pena sees little change in the horse that seems to be sitting on a peak performance

ldquoSo far so good He looks sharp and hersquos ready to run Just a great horse to be around and takes every-thing in striderdquo Pena said ldquoHe got in late on Tuesday and he galloped over the track Wednesday and Thurs-day Today he just jogged and tomorrow hersquoll run It looked like he handled the track OK but I just hope it doesnrsquot rain Itrsquos going to be a tough race but he just goes out and runs his race so tomorrow shouldnrsquot be any differentrdquo

And it will be a tough race After all for all his expe-rience Thorrsquos Echo is fifth choice in the morning line

Though not as seasoned Thorrsquos Echo Black Sev-enteen is another live West Coaster Shipping in from California for Brian Koriner the 4-year-old son of Is It True won the Grade II Carry Back Stakes at Calder in July 2007 his last start of the year Koriner opted to give his star a freshening and Black Seventeen returned in the Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields June 14 setting a blistering half-mile under pressure in 44 15 seconds before tiring to run second Koriner makes his first trip to Saratoga and his front-running colt rates as the one to catch

ldquoItrsquos exciting and nice to finally be here at Sara-togardquo Koriner said ldquoThe horse shipped in well and wersquoll see if California speed can be transferred to New York He got a bit tired in his comeback race but he got something out of it and hersquoll be a little sharper this timerdquo

Black Seventeen has run a half-mile in 44 and change in his last three starts and Koriner isnrsquot about to tell jockey Aaron Gryder to change tactics in the Vanderbilt

ldquoWersquore going to send him away from there and make them come and catch usrdquo Koriner said ldquoWe didnrsquot come all this way to get beat at our own gamerdquo

That plan could prove a roadblock for Roddy Va-lentersquos undefeated homebred Bustin Stones who has never been behind a horse at any pace call in his six lifetime starts His horse is the morning-line favorite and the locally based and tremendously popular Va-lente could run for public office if Bustin Stones takes the Vanderbilt

Trained by Bruce Levine the 4-year-old enters off the biggest win of his career a game half-length score in the Grade I Carter Handicap at Aqueduct April 5 Beset by knee problems throughout his career the Empire-bred son of City Zip has had more starts and stops than a New York cab on a rainy day

Bustin Stones won his first three starts last spring then was forced to the sidelines by a knee injury After an aborted comeback he finally returned in January winning a minor state-bred stakes at Aqueduct then ventured to Laurel to take down open company the Grade II General George Feb 18 A determined gate-to-wire victory in the Carter was followed by another

brief setback but Levine regrouped and circled the Vanderbilt With Black Seventeen signed on he knows things wonrsquot be easy up front

ldquoThatrsquos the thing therersquos some serious speed in there and wersquore part of it for sure But he keeps passing ev-ery test wersquove given him so far and hersquos proven himself to be a pretty special and pretty serious horserdquo Levine said ldquoHe got sick on me in May after the Carter and we had to back off on him just a hair but hersquos coming in good and has been training very well since then It hasnrsquot been too frustrating because he hasnrsquot missed a beat since he got sick hersquos been breezing every six days or a week and hersquos ready to gordquo Levine said

First Defence ran the race of his life albeit a los-ing one at the Spa last season when he stuck a head in front of Hard Spun in deep stretch in the Grade I Kingrsquos Bishop before settling for second Juddmonte Farmrsquos homebred has been Richie Sexton since either knocking it out of the park or fanning the air

Bobby Frankel elected to give First Defence an ex-tended vacation after a seventh in the Grade I Vosburgh last October and brought him back May 3 to win an allowance on the Kentucky Derby undercard A disap-pointing fifth in the Grade I Met Mile sent First De-fence to the turf and the 4-year-old responded with a gritty head victory in the Grade III Jaipur at Belmont With an inside draw in the Vanderbilt jockey Javier Castellano may be forced to send his mount to the lead or risk losing position

Eighth in the Vanderbilt to close his 2007 cam-paign Abraaj has been a new horse this year for Ki-aran McLaughlin Now 6 the Shadwell Stable charge won an allowance by 6 lengths before finishing a game third in the True North Abraaj could benefit the most from the anticipated quick splits in the Vanderbilt Alan Garcia has the call

Sammarco (Channing Hill to ride) enters off a gate-to-wire maiden score at Belmont for Mike Hushion and could be in the mix early E Z Warrior (Kent Desormeaux) makes his first start in Bill Mottrsquos care since running 13th in the Grade I Malibu over Santa Anitarsquos synthetic sur-face in December for trainer Bob Baffert

Vanderbilt ndash Continued from page 14

Tod MarksBustin Stones puts his unbeaten mark on the line again

17Saturday July 26 2008

18 Saturday July 26 2008

Saturday July 26 Post Time 100 pm Entries with program number post position jockey trainer and morning-line odds

1ST (100) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $610001 1 Borrowing Limit Maragh R Violette Jr Rick 4-12 2 Wonforthegoodguys Rodriguez R R Fisher Linda 20-13 3 Brendanrsquos Warrior Albarado R J Duggan David 20-14 4 Northern Storm Samyn J L Jacobson David 15-15 5 Rollers Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 9-56 6 Phobia Castellano J J Contessa Gary 12-17 7 Tough Jake Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 10-18 8 Benny the Waiter Coa E M Levine Bruce 7-29 9 Fire Marshal Prado E S Hernandez Mike 12-110 10 System Restore Bridgmohan S X Balsamo Diane 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (7-9) Pick 4 (7-10) Daily Double

8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (8-10) Daily Double

9TH (515) THE GO fOR WAND (GR I) 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Ginger Punch Bejarano R Frankel Bobby 1-21A 8 Spring Waltz Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 1-22 2 Inside Passage Coa E M Tagg Barclay 15-13 3 Indescribable Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-14 4 Moon Catcher Prado E S Clement Christophe 5-15 5 Copper State Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 10-16 6 Runway Rosie Maragh R Contessa Gary 8-17 7 Over Under Albarado R J Stewart Dallas 20-1A-Coupled Ginger Punch and Spring Waltz

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (9-11) Daily Double

10TH (546) THE WHITNEY (GR I) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP PURSE $7500001 1 Commentator Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12 2 Solar Flare (ARG) Saez G Jones Larry 4-13 3 Notional Prado E S Hennig Mark 5-14 4 Cowtown Cat Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 20-15 5 Merchant Marine Maragh R Jerkens Allen 15-16 6 Tasteyville Luzzi M J Kelly Pat 12-17 7 Rising Moon Velasquez C Dutrow Richard 10-18 8 Grasshopper Albarado R J Howard Neil 10-19 9 A P Arrow Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 10-110 10 Student Council Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 6-111 11 Timber Reserve Castellano J J Kimmel John 20-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Daily Double

11TH (619) 5 12 fURLONGS TURf 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330001 1 Shaami Hill C Peitz Daniel 4-12 2 Bel Viaggio Luzzi M J Levine Bruce 7-23 3 Ballston Rodriguez R R Aquilino Joseph 15-14 4 Lava Cat Sanchez J Arroyo Enrique 30-15 5 E Z Dollar Samyn J L Hertler John 15-16 6 Ya Think Gomez G K Benzel Seth 6-17 7 Friday Meeting Albarado R J Werner Ronny 8-18 8 Lyke a Hurricane Prado E S Duggan David 12-19 9 Counting House Morales S Callejas Bernardo 10-110 10 Body Blows Maragh R Sciacca Gary 20-111 11 Catch Up Chris Garcia Alan Schettino Dom 5-112 12 Carry On the Dream Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 20-113 AE Allaboutmack Chavez J F Lostritto Joseph 15-114 AE Seastate Hill C Devereux Joseph 12-115 MTO Osceola Prince Velazquez J R Ward Wesley 6-1

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RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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RollersTough Jake

Borrowing LimitJust A CoincidenceSuccessful Mission

MunningsBaronial

Mask And WhigIntercoastalAugust Rex

Unbridledrsquos HeartFull ChargeStepaside

Minot LightWoodrunner

Elusive PleasureWhite Tie

Tiz ItRutherienne

VacareDynaforce

Thorrsquos EchoAbraaj

E Z WarriorGinger PunchMoon CatcherCopper StateGrasshopper

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Ya Think

RollersBenny The WaiterBorrowing Limit

Masked ManMunnings

Just A CoincidenceIntercoastal

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August RexStepaside

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Student CouncilNotionalYa Think

Bel ViaggioShaami

Rollers Borrowing Limit

Brendanrsquos Warrior Just A Coincidence

Munnings Prince Of Wealth

BaronialCertifiably Royal

CalboUnbridledrsquos Heart

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Unbridledrsquos HeartWeb Gem

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20 Saturday July 26 2008

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

lakE gEorgE StakES rEcap

See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

The tradition continues

HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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Thorrsquos Echo peered from his stall at the stakes barn and looked as interest-ed as a Yankees fan listening to Terry Francona talk about his two World Se-ries rings The 2006 champion sprinter had descended upon the most famous racetrack in the world to run in todayrsquos Grade II Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap big deal

The California-bred is used to new surroundings new racetracks and new obstacles With a resume that includes close to $25 million in earnings and the travel itinerary of an oil executive Thorrsquos Echo just keeps boarding the plane

Florida California Dubai Califor-nia Kentucky Maryland Dubai again then a return to his California home He jetted from Hollywood to Belmont for the True North June 7 then jetted back west to prep for the $250000 Vander-bilt Despite the miles the 6-year-old has flourished more often than not and rates as a major contender in the 6-fur-long stakes

Carlos Pena foreman for trainer Doug OrsquoNeillrsquos Southern California string accompanied the gelding on the trip and didnrsquot see a hair out of place

ldquoThis horse has been to a lot of differ-ent places and he ships in great every time Hersquos kind of a veteran of all this by now Even when he went to Dubai and back it was no big thing He knows what hersquos do-ingrdquo Pena said ldquoIrsquove been with Doug and the horse for a long time ndash at Del Mar and Hollywood Park and at Churchill Downs for the Breedersrsquo Cup in 2006 ndash and the horse is always a pleasure He doesnrsquot let anything bother himrdquo

Up to this point Dubai has been the only real blip on the radar Zabeel Racing International purchased Thorrsquos Echorsquos after back-to-back wins in Grade I stakes in November 2006 ndash the Breed-errsquos Cup Sprint and De Francis Dash Sent to trainer Seemar Satish in Dubai the plan was to point for the $2 million Golden Shaheen in March 2008 They got there but things hardly went ac-cordingly Thorrsquos Echo prepped in the Group III Mahab Al Shimaal and ran sixth the same spot he finished 30 days later in the Group I Shaheen

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Zabeel booked Thorrsquos Echo a return flight in April 2007 and after 14 months off he resurfaced in the Grade II True North on the Belmont Stakes under-card Racing up close to a quick pace he tired late to finish fourth beaten only 1 34 lengths by divisional leader Benny The Bull Thorrsquos Echo drew the rail in the Vanderbilt and reunites with Corey Nakatani who was aboard for the late-season stakes scores in 2006

Pena sees little change in the horse that seems to be sitting on a peak performance

ldquoSo far so good He looks sharp and hersquos ready to run Just a great horse to be around and takes every-thing in striderdquo Pena said ldquoHe got in late on Tuesday and he galloped over the track Wednesday and Thurs-day Today he just jogged and tomorrow hersquoll run It looked like he handled the track OK but I just hope it doesnrsquot rain Itrsquos going to be a tough race but he just goes out and runs his race so tomorrow shouldnrsquot be any differentrdquo

And it will be a tough race After all for all his expe-rience Thorrsquos Echo is fifth choice in the morning line

Though not as seasoned Thorrsquos Echo Black Sev-enteen is another live West Coaster Shipping in from California for Brian Koriner the 4-year-old son of Is It True won the Grade II Carry Back Stakes at Calder in July 2007 his last start of the year Koriner opted to give his star a freshening and Black Seventeen returned in the Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields June 14 setting a blistering half-mile under pressure in 44 15 seconds before tiring to run second Koriner makes his first trip to Saratoga and his front-running colt rates as the one to catch

ldquoItrsquos exciting and nice to finally be here at Sara-togardquo Koriner said ldquoThe horse shipped in well and wersquoll see if California speed can be transferred to New York He got a bit tired in his comeback race but he got something out of it and hersquoll be a little sharper this timerdquo

Black Seventeen has run a half-mile in 44 and change in his last three starts and Koriner isnrsquot about to tell jockey Aaron Gryder to change tactics in the Vanderbilt

ldquoWersquore going to send him away from there and make them come and catch usrdquo Koriner said ldquoWe didnrsquot come all this way to get beat at our own gamerdquo

That plan could prove a roadblock for Roddy Va-lentersquos undefeated homebred Bustin Stones who has never been behind a horse at any pace call in his six lifetime starts His horse is the morning-line favorite and the locally based and tremendously popular Va-lente could run for public office if Bustin Stones takes the Vanderbilt

Trained by Bruce Levine the 4-year-old enters off the biggest win of his career a game half-length score in the Grade I Carter Handicap at Aqueduct April 5 Beset by knee problems throughout his career the Empire-bred son of City Zip has had more starts and stops than a New York cab on a rainy day

Bustin Stones won his first three starts last spring then was forced to the sidelines by a knee injury After an aborted comeback he finally returned in January winning a minor state-bred stakes at Aqueduct then ventured to Laurel to take down open company the Grade II General George Feb 18 A determined gate-to-wire victory in the Carter was followed by another

brief setback but Levine regrouped and circled the Vanderbilt With Black Seventeen signed on he knows things wonrsquot be easy up front

ldquoThatrsquos the thing therersquos some serious speed in there and wersquore part of it for sure But he keeps passing ev-ery test wersquove given him so far and hersquos proven himself to be a pretty special and pretty serious horserdquo Levine said ldquoHe got sick on me in May after the Carter and we had to back off on him just a hair but hersquos coming in good and has been training very well since then It hasnrsquot been too frustrating because he hasnrsquot missed a beat since he got sick hersquos been breezing every six days or a week and hersquos ready to gordquo Levine said

First Defence ran the race of his life albeit a los-ing one at the Spa last season when he stuck a head in front of Hard Spun in deep stretch in the Grade I Kingrsquos Bishop before settling for second Juddmonte Farmrsquos homebred has been Richie Sexton since either knocking it out of the park or fanning the air

Bobby Frankel elected to give First Defence an ex-tended vacation after a seventh in the Grade I Vosburgh last October and brought him back May 3 to win an allowance on the Kentucky Derby undercard A disap-pointing fifth in the Grade I Met Mile sent First De-fence to the turf and the 4-year-old responded with a gritty head victory in the Grade III Jaipur at Belmont With an inside draw in the Vanderbilt jockey Javier Castellano may be forced to send his mount to the lead or risk losing position

Eighth in the Vanderbilt to close his 2007 cam-paign Abraaj has been a new horse this year for Ki-aran McLaughlin Now 6 the Shadwell Stable charge won an allowance by 6 lengths before finishing a game third in the True North Abraaj could benefit the most from the anticipated quick splits in the Vanderbilt Alan Garcia has the call

Sammarco (Channing Hill to ride) enters off a gate-to-wire maiden score at Belmont for Mike Hushion and could be in the mix early E Z Warrior (Kent Desormeaux) makes his first start in Bill Mottrsquos care since running 13th in the Grade I Malibu over Santa Anitarsquos synthetic sur-face in December for trainer Bob Baffert

Vanderbilt ndash Continued from page 14

Tod MarksBustin Stones puts his unbeaten mark on the line again

17Saturday July 26 2008

18 Saturday July 26 2008

Saturday July 26 Post Time 100 pm Entries with program number post position jockey trainer and morning-line odds

1ST (100) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $610001 1 Borrowing Limit Maragh R Violette Jr Rick 4-12 2 Wonforthegoodguys Rodriguez R R Fisher Linda 20-13 3 Brendanrsquos Warrior Albarado R J Duggan David 20-14 4 Northern Storm Samyn J L Jacobson David 15-15 5 Rollers Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 9-56 6 Phobia Castellano J J Contessa Gary 12-17 7 Tough Jake Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 10-18 8 Benny the Waiter Coa E M Levine Bruce 7-29 9 Fire Marshal Prado E S Hernandez Mike 12-110 10 System Restore Bridgmohan S X Balsamo Diane 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (7-9) Pick 4 (7-10) Daily Double

8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (8-10) Daily Double

9TH (515) THE GO fOR WAND (GR I) 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Ginger Punch Bejarano R Frankel Bobby 1-21A 8 Spring Waltz Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 1-22 2 Inside Passage Coa E M Tagg Barclay 15-13 3 Indescribable Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-14 4 Moon Catcher Prado E S Clement Christophe 5-15 5 Copper State Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 10-16 6 Runway Rosie Maragh R Contessa Gary 8-17 7 Over Under Albarado R J Stewart Dallas 20-1A-Coupled Ginger Punch and Spring Waltz

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (9-11) Daily Double

10TH (546) THE WHITNEY (GR I) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP PURSE $7500001 1 Commentator Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12 2 Solar Flare (ARG) Saez G Jones Larry 4-13 3 Notional Prado E S Hennig Mark 5-14 4 Cowtown Cat Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 20-15 5 Merchant Marine Maragh R Jerkens Allen 15-16 6 Tasteyville Luzzi M J Kelly Pat 12-17 7 Rising Moon Velasquez C Dutrow Richard 10-18 8 Grasshopper Albarado R J Howard Neil 10-19 9 A P Arrow Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 10-110 10 Student Council Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 6-111 11 Timber Reserve Castellano J J Kimmel John 20-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Daily Double

11TH (619) 5 12 fURLONGS TURf 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330001 1 Shaami Hill C Peitz Daniel 4-12 2 Bel Viaggio Luzzi M J Levine Bruce 7-23 3 Ballston Rodriguez R R Aquilino Joseph 15-14 4 Lava Cat Sanchez J Arroyo Enrique 30-15 5 E Z Dollar Samyn J L Hertler John 15-16 6 Ya Think Gomez G K Benzel Seth 6-17 7 Friday Meeting Albarado R J Werner Ronny 8-18 8 Lyke a Hurricane Prado E S Duggan David 12-19 9 Counting House Morales S Callejas Bernardo 10-110 10 Body Blows Maragh R Sciacca Gary 20-111 11 Catch Up Chris Garcia Alan Schettino Dom 5-112 12 Carry On the Dream Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 20-113 AE Allaboutmack Chavez J F Lostritto Joseph 15-114 AE Seastate Hill C Devereux Joseph 12-115 MTO Osceola Prince Velazquez J R Ward Wesley 6-1

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RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

lakE gEorgE StakES rEcap

See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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Antiquarian BooksellersLyrical Ballad Bookstore

Fine books and old prints bought and sold

Appraisals collections and entire libraries purchased

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Dave HarmonEibar Coa and Barclay Tagg await an inquiry ndash that didnrsquot involve them despite the wait

22 Saturday July 26 2008

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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See FriDAy page 24

frIDay racINg rEcap

23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

The tradition continues

HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

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Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

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SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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Zabeel booked Thorrsquos Echo a return flight in April 2007 and after 14 months off he resurfaced in the Grade II True North on the Belmont Stakes under-card Racing up close to a quick pace he tired late to finish fourth beaten only 1 34 lengths by divisional leader Benny The Bull Thorrsquos Echo drew the rail in the Vanderbilt and reunites with Corey Nakatani who was aboard for the late-season stakes scores in 2006

Pena sees little change in the horse that seems to be sitting on a peak performance

ldquoSo far so good He looks sharp and hersquos ready to run Just a great horse to be around and takes every-thing in striderdquo Pena said ldquoHe got in late on Tuesday and he galloped over the track Wednesday and Thurs-day Today he just jogged and tomorrow hersquoll run It looked like he handled the track OK but I just hope it doesnrsquot rain Itrsquos going to be a tough race but he just goes out and runs his race so tomorrow shouldnrsquot be any differentrdquo

And it will be a tough race After all for all his expe-rience Thorrsquos Echo is fifth choice in the morning line

Though not as seasoned Thorrsquos Echo Black Sev-enteen is another live West Coaster Shipping in from California for Brian Koriner the 4-year-old son of Is It True won the Grade II Carry Back Stakes at Calder in July 2007 his last start of the year Koriner opted to give his star a freshening and Black Seventeen returned in the Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields June 14 setting a blistering half-mile under pressure in 44 15 seconds before tiring to run second Koriner makes his first trip to Saratoga and his front-running colt rates as the one to catch

ldquoItrsquos exciting and nice to finally be here at Sara-togardquo Koriner said ldquoThe horse shipped in well and wersquoll see if California speed can be transferred to New York He got a bit tired in his comeback race but he got something out of it and hersquoll be a little sharper this timerdquo

Black Seventeen has run a half-mile in 44 and change in his last three starts and Koriner isnrsquot about to tell jockey Aaron Gryder to change tactics in the Vanderbilt

ldquoWersquore going to send him away from there and make them come and catch usrdquo Koriner said ldquoWe didnrsquot come all this way to get beat at our own gamerdquo

That plan could prove a roadblock for Roddy Va-lentersquos undefeated homebred Bustin Stones who has never been behind a horse at any pace call in his six lifetime starts His horse is the morning-line favorite and the locally based and tremendously popular Va-lente could run for public office if Bustin Stones takes the Vanderbilt

Trained by Bruce Levine the 4-year-old enters off the biggest win of his career a game half-length score in the Grade I Carter Handicap at Aqueduct April 5 Beset by knee problems throughout his career the Empire-bred son of City Zip has had more starts and stops than a New York cab on a rainy day

Bustin Stones won his first three starts last spring then was forced to the sidelines by a knee injury After an aborted comeback he finally returned in January winning a minor state-bred stakes at Aqueduct then ventured to Laurel to take down open company the Grade II General George Feb 18 A determined gate-to-wire victory in the Carter was followed by another

brief setback but Levine regrouped and circled the Vanderbilt With Black Seventeen signed on he knows things wonrsquot be easy up front

ldquoThatrsquos the thing therersquos some serious speed in there and wersquore part of it for sure But he keeps passing ev-ery test wersquove given him so far and hersquos proven himself to be a pretty special and pretty serious horserdquo Levine said ldquoHe got sick on me in May after the Carter and we had to back off on him just a hair but hersquos coming in good and has been training very well since then It hasnrsquot been too frustrating because he hasnrsquot missed a beat since he got sick hersquos been breezing every six days or a week and hersquos ready to gordquo Levine said

First Defence ran the race of his life albeit a los-ing one at the Spa last season when he stuck a head in front of Hard Spun in deep stretch in the Grade I Kingrsquos Bishop before settling for second Juddmonte Farmrsquos homebred has been Richie Sexton since either knocking it out of the park or fanning the air

Bobby Frankel elected to give First Defence an ex-tended vacation after a seventh in the Grade I Vosburgh last October and brought him back May 3 to win an allowance on the Kentucky Derby undercard A disap-pointing fifth in the Grade I Met Mile sent First De-fence to the turf and the 4-year-old responded with a gritty head victory in the Grade III Jaipur at Belmont With an inside draw in the Vanderbilt jockey Javier Castellano may be forced to send his mount to the lead or risk losing position

Eighth in the Vanderbilt to close his 2007 cam-paign Abraaj has been a new horse this year for Ki-aran McLaughlin Now 6 the Shadwell Stable charge won an allowance by 6 lengths before finishing a game third in the True North Abraaj could benefit the most from the anticipated quick splits in the Vanderbilt Alan Garcia has the call

Sammarco (Channing Hill to ride) enters off a gate-to-wire maiden score at Belmont for Mike Hushion and could be in the mix early E Z Warrior (Kent Desormeaux) makes his first start in Bill Mottrsquos care since running 13th in the Grade I Malibu over Santa Anitarsquos synthetic sur-face in December for trainer Bob Baffert

Vanderbilt ndash Continued from page 14

Tod MarksBustin Stones puts his unbeaten mark on the line again

17Saturday July 26 2008

18 Saturday July 26 2008

Saturday July 26 Post Time 100 pm Entries with program number post position jockey trainer and morning-line odds

1ST (100) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $610001 1 Borrowing Limit Maragh R Violette Jr Rick 4-12 2 Wonforthegoodguys Rodriguez R R Fisher Linda 20-13 3 Brendanrsquos Warrior Albarado R J Duggan David 20-14 4 Northern Storm Samyn J L Jacobson David 15-15 5 Rollers Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 9-56 6 Phobia Castellano J J Contessa Gary 12-17 7 Tough Jake Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 10-18 8 Benny the Waiter Coa E M Levine Bruce 7-29 9 Fire Marshal Prado E S Hernandez Mike 12-110 10 System Restore Bridgmohan S X Balsamo Diane 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (7-9) Pick 4 (7-10) Daily Double

8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (8-10) Daily Double

9TH (515) THE GO fOR WAND (GR I) 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Ginger Punch Bejarano R Frankel Bobby 1-21A 8 Spring Waltz Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 1-22 2 Inside Passage Coa E M Tagg Barclay 15-13 3 Indescribable Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-14 4 Moon Catcher Prado E S Clement Christophe 5-15 5 Copper State Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 10-16 6 Runway Rosie Maragh R Contessa Gary 8-17 7 Over Under Albarado R J Stewart Dallas 20-1A-Coupled Ginger Punch and Spring Waltz

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (9-11) Daily Double

10TH (546) THE WHITNEY (GR I) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP PURSE $7500001 1 Commentator Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12 2 Solar Flare (ARG) Saez G Jones Larry 4-13 3 Notional Prado E S Hennig Mark 5-14 4 Cowtown Cat Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 20-15 5 Merchant Marine Maragh R Jerkens Allen 15-16 6 Tasteyville Luzzi M J Kelly Pat 12-17 7 Rising Moon Velasquez C Dutrow Richard 10-18 8 Grasshopper Albarado R J Howard Neil 10-19 9 A P Arrow Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 10-110 10 Student Council Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 6-111 11 Timber Reserve Castellano J J Kimmel John 20-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Daily Double

11TH (619) 5 12 fURLONGS TURf 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330001 1 Shaami Hill C Peitz Daniel 4-12 2 Bel Viaggio Luzzi M J Levine Bruce 7-23 3 Ballston Rodriguez R R Aquilino Joseph 15-14 4 Lava Cat Sanchez J Arroyo Enrique 30-15 5 E Z Dollar Samyn J L Hertler John 15-16 6 Ya Think Gomez G K Benzel Seth 6-17 7 Friday Meeting Albarado R J Werner Ronny 8-18 8 Lyke a Hurricane Prado E S Duggan David 12-19 9 Counting House Morales S Callejas Bernardo 10-110 10 Body Blows Maragh R Sciacca Gary 20-111 11 Catch Up Chris Garcia Alan Schettino Dom 5-112 12 Carry On the Dream Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 20-113 AE Allaboutmack Chavez J F Lostritto Joseph 15-114 AE Seastate Hill C Devereux Joseph 12-115 MTO Osceola Prince Velazquez J R Ward Wesley 6-1

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RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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20 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquo Where winning B E G I N S rdquo

ldquo Andy Beyerrsquos books conrm[ed] to me that being on horses is not a waste of time and they dispelled the myth that no one ever wins at the racetrackrdquo

mdash Andy Serling

Available wherever books are sold

revisedand

updated

ldquo If not for Andy Beyerrsquos classic books I never would have goen involved in horse racingrdquo

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

lakE gEorgE StakES rEcap

See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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22 Saturday July 26 2008

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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See FriDAy page 24

frIDay racINg rEcap

23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

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Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

studentof the game

thE outSIDE raIl

By Joe Clancy

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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Zabeel booked Thorrsquos Echo a return flight in April 2007 and after 14 months off he resurfaced in the Grade II True North on the Belmont Stakes under-card Racing up close to a quick pace he tired late to finish fourth beaten only 1 34 lengths by divisional leader Benny The Bull Thorrsquos Echo drew the rail in the Vanderbilt and reunites with Corey Nakatani who was aboard for the late-season stakes scores in 2006

Pena sees little change in the horse that seems to be sitting on a peak performance

ldquoSo far so good He looks sharp and hersquos ready to run Just a great horse to be around and takes every-thing in striderdquo Pena said ldquoHe got in late on Tuesday and he galloped over the track Wednesday and Thurs-day Today he just jogged and tomorrow hersquoll run It looked like he handled the track OK but I just hope it doesnrsquot rain Itrsquos going to be a tough race but he just goes out and runs his race so tomorrow shouldnrsquot be any differentrdquo

And it will be a tough race After all for all his expe-rience Thorrsquos Echo is fifth choice in the morning line

Though not as seasoned Thorrsquos Echo Black Sev-enteen is another live West Coaster Shipping in from California for Brian Koriner the 4-year-old son of Is It True won the Grade II Carry Back Stakes at Calder in July 2007 his last start of the year Koriner opted to give his star a freshening and Black Seventeen returned in the Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields June 14 setting a blistering half-mile under pressure in 44 15 seconds before tiring to run second Koriner makes his first trip to Saratoga and his front-running colt rates as the one to catch

ldquoItrsquos exciting and nice to finally be here at Sara-togardquo Koriner said ldquoThe horse shipped in well and wersquoll see if California speed can be transferred to New York He got a bit tired in his comeback race but he got something out of it and hersquoll be a little sharper this timerdquo

Black Seventeen has run a half-mile in 44 and change in his last three starts and Koriner isnrsquot about to tell jockey Aaron Gryder to change tactics in the Vanderbilt

ldquoWersquore going to send him away from there and make them come and catch usrdquo Koriner said ldquoWe didnrsquot come all this way to get beat at our own gamerdquo

That plan could prove a roadblock for Roddy Va-lentersquos undefeated homebred Bustin Stones who has never been behind a horse at any pace call in his six lifetime starts His horse is the morning-line favorite and the locally based and tremendously popular Va-lente could run for public office if Bustin Stones takes the Vanderbilt

Trained by Bruce Levine the 4-year-old enters off the biggest win of his career a game half-length score in the Grade I Carter Handicap at Aqueduct April 5 Beset by knee problems throughout his career the Empire-bred son of City Zip has had more starts and stops than a New York cab on a rainy day

Bustin Stones won his first three starts last spring then was forced to the sidelines by a knee injury After an aborted comeback he finally returned in January winning a minor state-bred stakes at Aqueduct then ventured to Laurel to take down open company the Grade II General George Feb 18 A determined gate-to-wire victory in the Carter was followed by another

brief setback but Levine regrouped and circled the Vanderbilt With Black Seventeen signed on he knows things wonrsquot be easy up front

ldquoThatrsquos the thing therersquos some serious speed in there and wersquore part of it for sure But he keeps passing ev-ery test wersquove given him so far and hersquos proven himself to be a pretty special and pretty serious horserdquo Levine said ldquoHe got sick on me in May after the Carter and we had to back off on him just a hair but hersquos coming in good and has been training very well since then It hasnrsquot been too frustrating because he hasnrsquot missed a beat since he got sick hersquos been breezing every six days or a week and hersquos ready to gordquo Levine said

First Defence ran the race of his life albeit a los-ing one at the Spa last season when he stuck a head in front of Hard Spun in deep stretch in the Grade I Kingrsquos Bishop before settling for second Juddmonte Farmrsquos homebred has been Richie Sexton since either knocking it out of the park or fanning the air

Bobby Frankel elected to give First Defence an ex-tended vacation after a seventh in the Grade I Vosburgh last October and brought him back May 3 to win an allowance on the Kentucky Derby undercard A disap-pointing fifth in the Grade I Met Mile sent First De-fence to the turf and the 4-year-old responded with a gritty head victory in the Grade III Jaipur at Belmont With an inside draw in the Vanderbilt jockey Javier Castellano may be forced to send his mount to the lead or risk losing position

Eighth in the Vanderbilt to close his 2007 cam-paign Abraaj has been a new horse this year for Ki-aran McLaughlin Now 6 the Shadwell Stable charge won an allowance by 6 lengths before finishing a game third in the True North Abraaj could benefit the most from the anticipated quick splits in the Vanderbilt Alan Garcia has the call

Sammarco (Channing Hill to ride) enters off a gate-to-wire maiden score at Belmont for Mike Hushion and could be in the mix early E Z Warrior (Kent Desormeaux) makes his first start in Bill Mottrsquos care since running 13th in the Grade I Malibu over Santa Anitarsquos synthetic sur-face in December for trainer Bob Baffert

Vanderbilt ndash Continued from page 14

Tod MarksBustin Stones puts his unbeaten mark on the line again

17Saturday July 26 2008

18 Saturday July 26 2008

Saturday July 26 Post Time 100 pm Entries with program number post position jockey trainer and morning-line odds

1ST (100) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $610001 1 Borrowing Limit Maragh R Violette Jr Rick 4-12 2 Wonforthegoodguys Rodriguez R R Fisher Linda 20-13 3 Brendanrsquos Warrior Albarado R J Duggan David 20-14 4 Northern Storm Samyn J L Jacobson David 15-15 5 Rollers Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 9-56 6 Phobia Castellano J J Contessa Gary 12-17 7 Tough Jake Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 10-18 8 Benny the Waiter Coa E M Levine Bruce 7-29 9 Fire Marshal Prado E S Hernandez Mike 12-110 10 System Restore Bridgmohan S X Balsamo Diane 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (7-9) Pick 4 (7-10) Daily Double

8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (8-10) Daily Double

9TH (515) THE GO fOR WAND (GR I) 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Ginger Punch Bejarano R Frankel Bobby 1-21A 8 Spring Waltz Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 1-22 2 Inside Passage Coa E M Tagg Barclay 15-13 3 Indescribable Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-14 4 Moon Catcher Prado E S Clement Christophe 5-15 5 Copper State Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 10-16 6 Runway Rosie Maragh R Contessa Gary 8-17 7 Over Under Albarado R J Stewart Dallas 20-1A-Coupled Ginger Punch and Spring Waltz

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (9-11) Daily Double

10TH (546) THE WHITNEY (GR I) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP PURSE $7500001 1 Commentator Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12 2 Solar Flare (ARG) Saez G Jones Larry 4-13 3 Notional Prado E S Hennig Mark 5-14 4 Cowtown Cat Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 20-15 5 Merchant Marine Maragh R Jerkens Allen 15-16 6 Tasteyville Luzzi M J Kelly Pat 12-17 7 Rising Moon Velasquez C Dutrow Richard 10-18 8 Grasshopper Albarado R J Howard Neil 10-19 9 A P Arrow Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 10-110 10 Student Council Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 6-111 11 Timber Reserve Castellano J J Kimmel John 20-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Daily Double

11TH (619) 5 12 fURLONGS TURf 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330001 1 Shaami Hill C Peitz Daniel 4-12 2 Bel Viaggio Luzzi M J Levine Bruce 7-23 3 Ballston Rodriguez R R Aquilino Joseph 15-14 4 Lava Cat Sanchez J Arroyo Enrique 30-15 5 E Z Dollar Samyn J L Hertler John 15-16 6 Ya Think Gomez G K Benzel Seth 6-17 7 Friday Meeting Albarado R J Werner Ronny 8-18 8 Lyke a Hurricane Prado E S Duggan David 12-19 9 Counting House Morales S Callejas Bernardo 10-110 10 Body Blows Maragh R Sciacca Gary 20-111 11 Catch Up Chris Garcia Alan Schettino Dom 5-112 12 Carry On the Dream Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 20-113 AE Allaboutmack Chavez J F Lostritto Joseph 15-114 AE Seastate Hill C Devereux Joseph 12-115 MTO Osceola Prince Velazquez J R Ward Wesley 6-1

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RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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20 Saturday July 26 2008

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ldquo Andy Beyerrsquos books conrm[ed] to me that being on horses is not a waste of time and they dispelled the myth that no one ever wins at the racetrackrdquo

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Available wherever books are sold

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ldquo If not for Andy Beyerrsquos classic books I never would have goen involved in horse racingrdquo

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

lakE gEorgE StakES rEcap

See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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22 Saturday July 26 2008

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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See FriDAy page 24

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23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

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Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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18 Saturday July 26 2008

Saturday July 26 Post Time 100 pm Entries with program number post position jockey trainer and morning-line odds

1ST (100) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $610001 1 Borrowing Limit Maragh R Violette Jr Rick 4-12 2 Wonforthegoodguys Rodriguez R R Fisher Linda 20-13 3 Brendanrsquos Warrior Albarado R J Duggan David 20-14 4 Northern Storm Samyn J L Jacobson David 15-15 5 Rollers Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 9-56 6 Phobia Castellano J J Contessa Gary 12-17 7 Tough Jake Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 10-18 8 Benny the Waiter Coa E M Levine Bruce 7-29 9 Fire Marshal Prado E S Hernandez Mike 12-110 10 System Restore Bridgmohan S X Balsamo Diane 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (7-9) Pick 4 (7-10) Daily Double

8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (8-10) Daily Double

9TH (515) THE GO fOR WAND (GR I) 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Ginger Punch Bejarano R Frankel Bobby 1-21A 8 Spring Waltz Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 1-22 2 Inside Passage Coa E M Tagg Barclay 15-13 3 Indescribable Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-14 4 Moon Catcher Prado E S Clement Christophe 5-15 5 Copper State Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 10-16 6 Runway Rosie Maragh R Contessa Gary 8-17 7 Over Under Albarado R J Stewart Dallas 20-1A-Coupled Ginger Punch and Spring Waltz

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (9-11) Daily Double

10TH (546) THE WHITNEY (GR I) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP PURSE $7500001 1 Commentator Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12 2 Solar Flare (ARG) Saez G Jones Larry 4-13 3 Notional Prado E S Hennig Mark 5-14 4 Cowtown Cat Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 20-15 5 Merchant Marine Maragh R Jerkens Allen 15-16 6 Tasteyville Luzzi M J Kelly Pat 12-17 7 Rising Moon Velasquez C Dutrow Richard 10-18 8 Grasshopper Albarado R J Howard Neil 10-19 9 A P Arrow Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 10-110 10 Student Council Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 6-111 11 Timber Reserve Castellano J J Kimmel John 20-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Daily Double

11TH (619) 5 12 fURLONGS TURf 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330001 1 Shaami Hill C Peitz Daniel 4-12 2 Bel Viaggio Luzzi M J Levine Bruce 7-23 3 Ballston Rodriguez R R Aquilino Joseph 15-14 4 Lava Cat Sanchez J Arroyo Enrique 30-15 5 E Z Dollar Samyn J L Hertler John 15-16 6 Ya Think Gomez G K Benzel Seth 6-17 7 Friday Meeting Albarado R J Werner Ronny 8-18 8 Lyke a Hurricane Prado E S Duggan David 12-19 9 Counting House Morales S Callejas Bernardo 10-110 10 Body Blows Maragh R Sciacca Gary 20-111 11 Catch Up Chris Garcia Alan Schettino Dom 5-112 12 Carry On the Dream Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 20-113 AE Allaboutmack Chavez J F Lostritto Joseph 15-114 AE Seastate Hill C Devereux Joseph 12-115 MTO Osceola Prince Velazquez J R Ward Wesley 6-1

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RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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MunningsBaronial

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Unbridledrsquos HeartFull ChargeStepaside

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Elusive PleasureWhite Tie

Tiz ItRutherienne

VacareDynaforce

Thorrsquos EchoAbraaj

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Ya Think

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Brendanrsquos Warrior Just A Coincidence

Munnings Prince Of Wealth

BaronialCertifiably Royal

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20 Saturday July 26 2008

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

lakE gEorgE StakES rEcap

See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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The tradition continues

HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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Saturday July 26 Post Time 100 pm Entries with program number post position jockey trainer and morning-line odds

1ST (100) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $610001 1 Borrowing Limit Maragh R Violette Jr Rick 4-12 2 Wonforthegoodguys Rodriguez R R Fisher Linda 20-13 3 Brendanrsquos Warrior Albarado R J Duggan David 20-14 4 Northern Storm Samyn J L Jacobson David 15-15 5 Rollers Dominguez R A Tagg Barclay 9-56 6 Phobia Castellano J J Contessa Gary 12-17 7 Tough Jake Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 10-18 8 Benny the Waiter Coa E M Levine Bruce 7-29 9 Fire Marshal Prado E S Hernandez Mike 12-110 10 System Restore Bridgmohan S X Balsamo Diane 10-1

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (1-3) Daily Double

2ND (131) 6 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $620001 1 Prince of Wealth Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-11A 4 Successful Mission Desormeaux K J Mott Bill3-12 2 Sean Avery Hill C Iwinski Allen 15-13 3 Munnings Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd 2-14 5 Great Crusade Bridgmohan S X Lukas Wayne 6-15 6 Pointing Home Maragh R Dickey Charles 30-16 7 Just a Coincidence Nakatani C S Zito Nick 4-17 8 New Providence Albarado R J Arnold Rusty 6-18 9 Masked Man Leparoux J R Stewart Dallas 12-1A-Coupled Prince of Wealth and Successful MissionExacta Quinella Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (2-4) Pick 4 (2-5) Daily Double

3RD (203) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP mSW PURSE $630001 1 Oceanography Gomez G K Frankel Bobby 5-11A MTO Ground Frost Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 5-12 3 Open Sleigh Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 10-12B 4 Counterspy Maragh R Jerkens Allen 10-13 7 Baronial Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-23X MTO Gloss Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 9-24 2 Uncle Indy Espinoza J L Penna Angel 8-15 5 Honour Flet (ARG) Hill C Malek Raja 50-16 6 Certifiably Royal Dominguez R A Iwinski Allen 3-17 8 Mask and Wig Coa E M Tagg Barclay 6-18 9 Intercoastal Desormeaux K J Mott Bill8-19 10 Due to Get Even Castellano J J Contessa Gary 20-110 11 Calbo Albarado R J Romans Dale 6-1A-Coupled Oceanography and Ground FrostB-Coupled Open Sleigh and CounterspyC-Coupled Baronial and Gloss

Exacta Trifecta Pick 3 (3-5) Daily Double

4TH (235) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP ALWOPT CLm 75000 PURSE $840001 2 Saint Barr Bejarano R Dutrow Jr Richard 6-11A 7 Acai Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 6-12 3 Stevil Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12B 4 Web Gem Garcia Alan Zito Nick 3-13 1 Full Charge Dominguez R A Matz Michael 8-14 5 Jocular Velasquez C Kimmel John 20-15 6 Unbridledrsquos Heart Castellano J J bin Suroor Saeed 2-16 8 Constabulary Desormeaux K J Mott Bill12-17 9 August Rex Maragh R Levine Bruce 7-28 10 Dr D F C Arboleda A Ubillo Rodrigo 20-1A-Coupled Saint Barr and AcaiB-Coupled Stevil and Web Gem

Exacta Quinella Trifecta Pick 3 (4-6) Daily Double

5TH (307) 1 116 mILES TURf 3ampUP NY BRED ALLOW PURSE $620001 1 Minot Light Dominguez R A Gorham Michael 8-12 2 Missinglisalewis Castellano J J Lewis Lisa 12-13 3 Woodrunner Coa E M Tagg Barclay 3-14 4 Cardiff Road Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 12-15 5 Cardinal Hill Prado E S Shuman Mark 5-16 6 Striking Rizzi Luzzi M J Carroll II Del 15-17 7 See More Spirit Hill C Hertler John 30-18 8 Stepaside Gomez G K Voss Tom 7-29 9 Piazza Di Spagna Velasquez C Sciacca Gary 20-110 10 Rodeo Hand Sanchez J Dunham Bob 20-111 11 Prince Dubai Velazquez J R Gyarmati Leah 15-112 12 Another Gulch Desormeaux K J Bush Thomas 8-113 MTO Commissioner Chris No rider Persaud Randi 8-114 MTO Will Never Bend Espinoza J L Kelly Pat 6-1Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (5-7) Grand Slam (5-8) Daily Double

6TH (339) 7 fURLONGS 3ampUP mSW PURSE $620001 3 Nautical Storm Leparoux J R Lukas Wayne 15-11A AE Flint River Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 15-12 1 Tiz It Velasquez C Terranova II John 9-23 2 Elusive Pleasure Gryder A T Koriner Brian 12-14 4 Jacksonplum Nakatani C S Zito Nick 20-15 5 Clifton Hall Coa E M Albertrani Thomas 12-16 6 White Tie Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 4-17 7 Lionrsquos Circle Desormeaux K J Kenneally Eddie 20-18 8 A Diehl Gomez G K Arnold Rusty 6-19 9 Excess Capital Castellano J J Hennig Mark 5-110 10 Wicksonian Dominguez R A Lerman Roy 50-111 11 Joppa Flatrsquos Morales S Ribaudo Robert 20-112 12 Glenwood Canyon Albarado R J Stall Jr Al 20-113 13 Offshore Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 12-114 14 Hi Daddy Prado E S Dutrow Jr Richard 12-1A-Coupled Nautical Storm and Flint River

Exacta Trifecta Superfecta Pick 3 (6-8) Pick 6 (6-11) Daily Double

7TH (412) THE DIANA (GR I) 1 18 mILESTURf fampm 3ampUP PURSE $5000001 1 Bit of Whimsy Coa E M Tagg Barclay 12-12 2 Dynaforce Desormeaux K J Mott Bill4-13 3 Bayoursquos Lassie Albarado R J Romans Dale 12-14 4 Wait a While Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 3-15 5 Vacare Prado E S Clement Christophe 9-26 6 Criminologist Velazquez J R McGaughey Shug 8-17 7 Rutherienne Gomez G K Clement Christophe 6-18 8 Forever Together Leparoux J R Sheppard Jonathan 15-19 9 Chestoria Velasquez C Badgett Billy 20-110 10 Lady Digby Dominguez R A Motion Graham 10-1

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8TH (443) THE ALfRED G VANDERBILT (GR II) 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Thorrsquos Echo Nakatani C S OrsquoNeill Doug 6-12 2 First Defence Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 4-13 3 Black Seventeen Gryder A T Koriner Brian 9-24 4 Sammarco Hill C Hushion Michael 15-15 5 Abraaj Garcia Alan McLaughlin Kiaran 3-16 6 Bustin Stones Prado E S Levine Bruce 2-17 7 E Z Warrior Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-1

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9TH (515) THE GO fOR WAND (GR I) 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP PURSE $2500001 1 Ginger Punch Bejarano R Frankel Bobby 1-21A 8 Spring Waltz Castellano J J Frankel Bobby 1-22 2 Inside Passage Coa E M Tagg Barclay 15-13 3 Indescribable Desormeaux K J Mott Bill15-14 4 Moon Catcher Prado E S Clement Christophe 5-15 5 Copper State Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 10-16 6 Runway Rosie Maragh R Contessa Gary 8-17 7 Over Under Albarado R J Stewart Dallas 20-1A-Coupled Ginger Punch and Spring Waltz

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10TH (546) THE WHITNEY (GR I) 1 18 mILES 3ampUP PURSE $7500001 1 Commentator Velazquez J R Zito Nick 3-12 2 Solar Flare (ARG) Saez G Jones Larry 4-13 3 Notional Prado E S Hennig Mark 5-14 4 Cowtown Cat Bejarano R Pletcher Todd 20-15 5 Merchant Marine Maragh R Jerkens Allen 15-16 6 Tasteyville Luzzi M J Kelly Pat 12-17 7 Rising Moon Velasquez C Dutrow Richard 10-18 8 Grasshopper Albarado R J Howard Neil 10-19 9 A P Arrow Dominguez R A Pletcher Todd 10-110 10 Student Council Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steve 6-111 11 Timber Reserve Castellano J J Kimmel John 20-1

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11TH (619) 5 12 fURLONGS TURf 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330001 1 Shaami Hill C Peitz Daniel 4-12 2 Bel Viaggio Luzzi M J Levine Bruce 7-23 3 Ballston Rodriguez R R Aquilino Joseph 15-14 4 Lava Cat Sanchez J Arroyo Enrique 30-15 5 E Z Dollar Samyn J L Hertler John 15-16 6 Ya Think Gomez G K Benzel Seth 6-17 7 Friday Meeting Albarado R J Werner Ronny 8-18 8 Lyke a Hurricane Prado E S Duggan David 12-19 9 Counting House Morales S Callejas Bernardo 10-110 10 Body Blows Maragh R Sciacca Gary 20-111 11 Catch Up Chris Garcia Alan Schettino Dom 5-112 12 Carry On the Dream Espinoza J L DiSanto Glenn 20-113 AE Allaboutmack Chavez J F Lostritto Joseph 15-114 AE Seastate Hill C Devereux Joseph 12-115 MTO Osceola Prince Velazquez J R Ward Wesley 6-1

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RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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20 Saturday July 26 2008

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

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See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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See FriDAy page 24

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23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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wwwcustomcareequinecom

Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

The tradition continues

HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

TRACK fAST TURf Off (259) SOfT (8)ATTENDANCE 20626 HANDLE $3306079

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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Benoit PhotoStudent Council has come full circle at Saratoga in the past four years

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

SS aa ll ii ss bb uu rr yy SS pp ll ee nn dd oo rr SS uu mm mm ee rr FF ee ss tt ii vv aa ll

August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

BBeett oonn tthhee BBeesstt ooff BBrriittiisshh RRaacciinngg

30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

spur of the Moment

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19Saturday July 26 2008

RACE 1 ROLLERS hasnrsquot been seen in the afternoon for a long time but was faster than these as a 2-year-old BORROWING LIMIT takes on winners for the first time but wouldnrsquot have to improve much to repeat BRENDANrsquoS WARRIOR impressed in his Belmont Park bow

RACE 2 Last year on the first Saturday of the meet LaPenta Zito and Na-katani partnered on a 2-year-old named War Pass who would go on to be an undefeated champion this season JUST A COINCIDENCE goes for the same connections Thatrsquos scary MUNNINGS will be favored based on a $17-million purchase price but contrary to popular beliefTodd Pletcher usually gives them a trial run first out By a Belmont winner and out of a Grade I-win-ning dam PRINCE OF WEALTH is bred to win classic races not a 6-furlong maiden at Saratoga but remember the name

RACE 3 Last chance for the regally bred BARONIAL who had no excuse last time maybe the blinkers will get him over the top CERTIFIABLY ROYAL ran well in a bog at Belmont so he should like the give in the course CALBO has been knocking at the door and could get through today

RACE 4 UNBRIDLEDrsquoS HEART chased the streaking Mint Lane at Belmont and ran well after a tough start wouldnrsquot be out of the question to see him in the starting gate for the Travers later in the meet STEVIL was a fringe player on the Triple Crown scene and fits on the drop AUGUST REX needs only slight improvement off his solid second at Belmont to factor

RACE 5 WOODRUNNER seems to be the most talented of the lot and gets back to his preferred distance Anyonersquos guess what CARDINAL HILL will do on turf but hersquos talented and lightly raced STEPASIDE should be flying late and Tom Voss will win more than just a hurdle race this summer

RACE 6 Hands-down the toughest maiden race Irsquove ever come across WHITE TIE fits the typical Kiaran McLaughlin profile which includes a solid debut to tighten the screws for start number two CLIFTON HALL comes with a serious pedigree and mom won the 1999 Test the skyrsquos the limit OFFSHORE has been rumored to be a runner but might need a start

RACE 7 The Diana is the best female grass race of the year and you could go a number of ways There will be some give in the ground and that might enable CRIMINOLOGIST to spring the upset Shug McGaugheyrsquos filly has a devastating turn of foot likes the track and distance and should get the jump on the closers DYNAFORCE reeks of the dreaded Euro-bounce but that fear is alleviated somewhat by the give shersquoll find in the course BAYOUrsquoS LASSIE does nothing but run every time and shersquoll take this field as far as she can

RACE 8 The pace looks borderline suicidal in the Vanderbilt so if Corey Nakatani can work out a trip for THORrsquoS ECHO from the rail hersquos got a huge shot ABRAAJ has an ideal post outside the speed and should loom a danger turning for home might be a cut below but the price will be there to find out Undefeated BUSTIN STONES has never been behind a horse in six afternoon starts but that figures to change with the speedy Black Seventeen in from California if he can stalk and still be effective hersquos clearly the one to deny

RACE 9 Just sit back and watch one of the classiest fillies in the country in the Go For Wand GINGER PUNCH won this by 6 lengths last year en route to a divisional championship The only question this year is will she will by more MOON CATCHER might revert to the front-running tactics that made her a contender in last yearrsquos Alabama Bill Mott doesnrsquot often run horses over their heads which means INDESCRIBABLE could be a major exotic player

RACE 10 Not the best Whitney in terms of quality but a tremendous betting race You could go eight-deep and not have the winner GRASSHOPPER gets back to Saratoga and not a minute too soon after some horrific luck in Balti-more and Louisville Classy colt is due for a smile from the racing gods as is his trainer NOTIONAL freaked at Monmouth Park but has some solid form as a 3-year-old Scary if he brings that Jersey Shore effort Of all the horses exit-ing a weak renewal of the Suburban RISING MOON has the biggest upside as he makes his third start in a row after more than a year off

RACE 11 A ton of pace in the finale which begs for a bomber Maybe wersquove found one in BODY BLOWS who spun his wheels last time but owns a win over the course and distance FRIDAY MEETING is logical but wiring this field seems to be a tall order Seth Benzel will win one (or several) in the near future the former Pletcher assistant might get it done here with YA THINK

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20 Saturday July 26 2008

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

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See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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See FriDAy page 24

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23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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The Winners So FarThrough Friday

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26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

TRACK fAST TURf Off (259) SOfT (8)ATTENDANCE 20626 HANDLE $3306079

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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By Joe Clancy

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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And finally the turf The Grade II Lake George provided what the first three days of the meet hadnrsquot ndash good old-fashioned turf racing when every move is magnified and trips mean everything

Tell that to Eibar Coa who maneuvered My Prin-cess Jess through the only sliver of daylight he could find in the Lake George Lael Stablersquos filly did the rest surging to win her third straight stakes race The Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic scooted to the right of a stopping Stealinrsquo Kisses and to the left of a surging Alwajeeha to win by an impressive three quarters of a length Alwajeeha ran gamely to finish second while Zee Zee couldnrsquot match the closing kicks of the first two but ran well for third Trained by Bar-clay Tagg My Princess Jess finished the 1 116-mile in 144

It came down to Coarsquos bravado inside the furlong pole

Stealinrsquo Kisses was stopping Alwajeeha was surg-ing Zee Zee was ranging And Coa was dying My Princess Jess had ranged into contention but was

hemmed in at all sides Coa waited So did My Prin-cess Jess who had it all under control

ldquoShe helped me From the three eighths pole to the quarter pole I really thought I was on the best horse I just didnrsquot have any space to go anywhererdquo Coa said ldquoEverybody started moving I was waiting I thought about going around but there were three horses to go around so I said I donrsquot know There was a little space to go through just to put her head in there and then she actually helped me out She went to the hole She did the whole jobrdquo

Roy and Gretchen Jackson purchased the filly out of Bobby Barbararsquos barn after winning the Gaviola Stakes in May My Princess Jess went to Taggrsquos barn and has done nothing wrong since She won the Grade

III Boiling Springs in her previous start and then han-dled the small but select field in the Lake George Tagg was impressed

ldquoThe Jacksons called me up and said there was a horse for sale with Bobby Barbara I went over and couldnrsquot find anything wrong with her she passed the vet and they bought her I was in the right place at the right timerdquo Tagg said ldquoI thought shersquod do that but you never know it was a pretty tough field She handled them Shersquos got guts and Coarsquos got gutsrdquo

They needed bothldquoAfter the fact she made me look goodrdquo Coa said

ldquoSome horses you point them and you know yoursquore in trouble you have to push them through there She

princessfor a day

Dave Harmonmy Princess Jess streaks away from Alwajeeha in the Lake George Stakes friday

by sean clancy

lakE gEorgE StakES rEcap

See LAkE gEOrgE page 21

Tagg filly wins slugfest

21Saturday July 26 2008

took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

by brian nadeau amp john panagot

See FriDAy page 24

frIDay racINg rEcap

23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

Donna FreyerPO Box 2254 Camden SC 29020

803-243-4848 Mobile

wwwcustomcareequinecom

Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

The tradition continues

HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

TRACK fAST TURf Off (259) SOfT (8)ATTENDANCE 20626 HANDLE $3306079

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Watch Tom Durkin Workto benefi t BEsT

The Third Race Call with Tom Durkin returns to Saratoga Race Course This fundraising

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

studentof the game

thE outSIDE raIl

By Joe Clancy

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Benoit PhotoStudent Council has come full circle at Saratoga in the past four years

MidAtlantic Horse RescueRescued from slaughterHealthy sound young thoroughbreds for adoption Our horses are ONLY here because they were not making money at the track All horses are carefully evaluated before being placed Safety and suit-ability are of the utmost importance We do transfer ownership and adopt anywhere there is a good home

Since September 2002 we have placed over 300 TBrsquos in new careers as eventers show horses dressage and pleasure mounts

Sneaky Love Black bay TB m 160h 5 yrs Good mover sensible sound ready for a

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

spur of the Moment

cup of coffEE

By Sean Clancy

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ARTISTS DISPLAYEDTop left to right Kate Upton Terry Lindsey

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took me there and I knew she was go-ing to get through She always showed she can run but she never ran against this company Now she proved it Go-ing through the hole she showed me she was much the bestrdquo

Two major contenders departed at the start French import and favorite Mousse Au Chocolat hesitated at the break then lunged and found herself well off the pace One stall away Re-ceipt buckled and then hopped when taking her first stride pitching jockey Alan Garcia in the air and costing valu-able position Essentially it was a four-horse race from there Coa had to yank on My Princess Jess going into the first

turn but the fussiness didnrsquot last and she settled into a the lap of a perfect scenario By the time the field hit the backstretch Alwajeeha and My Prin-cess Jess had adopted the best spots sitting second and third behind Stealinrsquo Kisses Turning for home it came down to trip

ldquoOur plan was to sit behind two horses and I actually was a little too close in the beginning I only saw one horse in front me and then she slowed down thatrsquos why I started to fight her she didnrsquot like thatrdquo Coa said ldquoThen he picked it up and she relaxed It was a perfect spotrdquo

With a perfect endingCoa gunned My Princess Jess who

split Alwajeeha and Stealinrsquo Kisses who steadied sharply Coa never picked up the whip After the race stewards posted

the inquiry sign Taggrsquos assistant Robin Smullen took off the overgirth while Coa hopped off the bay filly When Tom Durkin announced that the stewards were looking at Receipt and Mousse Au Chocolat everyone on the My Princess Jess team exhaled

ldquoFor two seconds I looked if I could go outside and they all had horse so I couldnrsquot It looked like I had to stop and go around two lanes so I said Irsquoll just bide my time She was amazingrdquo Coa said ldquoEverything worked out timing he stopped and it looked like I bothered him but I didnrsquot he was stopping and Johnny saw me and tightened it up it was a chain reaction It was good timing Riding those kind of horses makes you feel good They make your job so easyrdquo

There was nothing easy about this one

Lake George ndash Continued from page 20

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Antiquarian BooksellersLyrical Ballad Bookstore

Fine books and old prints bought and sold

Appraisals collections and entire libraries purchased

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Book Signing Tonight (600-730)ldquohistory and Art of 25 Traversrdquo

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22 Saturday July 26 2008

Multi-Family Four UnitsCurrently a legal four family brick home Currently a legal four family brick home with a three car carriage house and back alley access The property consists of 4 units with a in-law fifth third floor with long term occupant others always rented Keep this property as-is or convert back to the splendor of a single family home Close to 6000 sq ft Contact Close to 6000 sq ft Contact Tamara for more information or to schedule an appointment Offered at $592832

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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See FriDAy page 24

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23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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wwwcustomcareequinecom

Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

The tradition continues

HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

TRACK fAST TURf Off (259) SOfT (8)ATTENDANCE 20626 HANDLE $3306079

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Watch Tom Durkin Workto benefi t BEsT

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

studentof the game

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Benoit PhotoStudent Council has come full circle at Saratoga in the past four years

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

BBeett oonn tthhee BBeesstt ooff BBrriittiisshh RRaacciinngg

30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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Tod MarksClemens (Sebastian morales) heads for the finish in fridayrsquos first

Sebastian Morales rode through the raindrops Wednesday and Thursday and only had one thought ldquoThis is a pretty nice placerdquo

When yoursquore a 22-year-old appren-tice who had never ridden a winner be-fore New Yearrsquos Day itrsquos pretty easy to see the blue skies through the storm

Morales crossed another career mile-stone off his list Friday when he guided Clemens home in the opener giving the Mexican jockey his first career score at Saratoga

Morales came to the United States at 18 settling in Kentucky before learning his trade as an exercise rider in Califor-nia New Jersey and Florida He took out his jockeyrsquos license earlier this year in Florida and rode his first winner Jan 31 at Tampa Bay Downs

The apprentice moved his tack to Belmont for the springsummer meet Big Sandyrsquos jockey colony makes the New York skyline look like a two-sto-ry apartment complex but instead of

struggling on the bottom floor Morales excelled riding 23 winners and finish-ing 10th in the standings

On to Saratoga where Morales has picked up right where he left off

ldquoItrsquos been a pretty good summer so far and I just came up here trying to do my best This is my first summer riding up here and I just wanted to do my best show I could riderdquo Morales said ldquoI did good at Belmont and came here hoping to win Irsquom very happy to win a race here and hope I win morerdquo

Pat Reynolds and owner Paul Pompa Jr made headlines on Moving Day last year when a then-unknown 2-year-old named Big Brown dominated a maiden turf affair that began a path to stardom and Morales got the duo together again in the Saratoga winnerrsquos circle Putting Clemens into the 6-furlong sprint imme-diately he glued his mount to longshot Charing Crossrsquo flank overtook that rival

Rookie Moralesgets on a roll

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See FriDAy page 24

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23Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

The tradition continues

HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

SS aa ll ii ss bb uu rr yy SS pp ll ee nn dd oo rr SS uu mm mm ee rr FF ee ss tt ii vv aa ll

August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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LECTURES AND DEMOS Each Friday at 10 am mdash a different guest each week

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ARTISTS DISPLAYEDTop left to right Kate Upton Terry Lindsey

Susie Cronin Jaime Corum Werner Rentsch

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

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Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

The tradition continues

HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

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Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

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SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

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80870SWFInvasorSarSpcl7-26 72508 322 PM Page 1

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24 Saturday July 26 2008

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in mid-stretch and held off the closing charge of At Attention (Javier Castella-no) and Estimator (Cornelio Velasquez)

bull Join In The Dance must have heard the beat prior to the second race as the 2-year-old colt threw John Velazquez while the field was being loaded into the gate Velazquez held onto the reigns as he landed remounted and got Join In The Dance to do the rest wiring a field of maidens in the $74400 contest that was moved to the main track

Owned by Jake Ballis the Todd Pletcher-trainee was making his first start for new connections after racing in the Midwest for Kelly Ackerman The start was the son of Sky Mesarsquos first on a fast track and he took to it like a stock car to asphalt rocketing to the lead through a quarter-mile in 2196 seconds and never looking back en route to a 3-length score over Stomp (Edgar Prado) and a green Pious David (Kent Desormeaux)

bull Grade II winner Mushka returning from a November layoff and Grade I performer Hamsa garnered the most at-tention in the third a $70000 optional claimer But it was Mrs Leverett Mill-errsquos unheralded So Glitzy (Castellano) who played leading lady after she out-gamed Hamsa in the shadow of the wire to score the upset by a nose for Allen Jerkens

Castellano sensed the slow pace that Iron Butterfly was setting and elected to put So Glitzy right off that rivalrsquos hip as the half-mile was posted in a pokey 4981 Hamsa and Mushka drafted in behind the two leaders and the trio dis-missed Iron Butterfly as they streaked past the eighth-pole Hamsa (Corne-lio Velasquez) looked a sure winner in deep-stretch but So Glitzy found an ex-tra drop in the tank dug in and gutted it out

bull John Terranova II slept like a griz-zly bear in winter Wednesday night after entering Sovereign Stablersquos Jump It in Fridayrsquos fifth a $40800 claimer scheduled for the grass He did the same on Thursday night after he learned the race would be taken off the turf and run at 9 furlongs on the main track

Jump It (Jeffrey Sanchez) showed why Terranova played it James Dean cool galloping to a 4 34-length victo-ry over The Cuban Hawk (Prado) and Dockmaster (Desormeaux) The 4-year-old Jump Start colt settled in third early stalking loose-on-the-lead The Cuban Hawk through an enterprising half-mile in 4773 before blowing things open inside the furlong pole and drawing off for an easy score

Terranova wonrsquot be sleeping in any-time soon as hersquoll juggle his stable be-tween Saratoga and Belmont while depu-tizing for Bob Baffertrsquos Saratoga division Jump It figures strongly in the mix

ldquoHe chased a few good horses since he broke his maiden and Saratoga is tough so you have to put them where they can win It looked like a good spot for him and this is probably where he belongs at this time so itrsquos nice to get one out of the way early We knew the rain was around but hersquos won well on the surface before so I think he would have been live in either spotrdquo Terrano-va said ldquoWersquove got 15 here for us and 12 for Baffert too as well as some left

down at Belmont so wersquore keeping busy and have a lot to run this summerrdquo

bull Chad Brown didnrsquot take long to win his first race at Saratoga sad-dling Star Player to victory in the meet opener Brown didnrsquot take long to win his second either sending out Midtown Bullet (Eibar Coa) to a debut score for David Nicholas and Gabrielle Farm in the fourth a $32000 maiden-claimer

Midtown Bullet broke from the 10-hole in the 5 12-furlong dash and Coa quickly urged his mount to secure po-sition settling in fourth 4 lengths off early leader and race favorite Grimaldi Coa ranged outside the leader turning for home put that rival away in mid-stretch and held sway off Beer Pong (Rajiv Maragh) and Persian (Prado)

bull Trainer Bruce Levine put shades on 4-year-old Real Estate (Coa) last time out and the colt responded with a dominating allowance win at Belmont Park The blinkers worked again Friday and the son of High Yield was a game winner in the sixth a $69000 optional claimer Real Estate younger brother to Grade I mares Dubai Escapade and Madcap Escapade showed both talent and grit to hold off hard-charging Aqui-no (Alan Garcia)

The colt was making his second start since returning to Levine and has looked like a different horse ldquoI think the blinkers really helped himrdquo Levine said ldquoHersquos a nice horserdquo

His bullet workout (4 furlongs in 47 35) July 21 showed he also enjoys the mornings

Real Estate has Levine thinking bigldquoI may try the Forego (Aug 30) with

him hersquos a very well bred horserdquo Levine said

bull Trainer John Fahey III saddled his first Saratoga horse Friday and thanks in part to a magnificent ride by Ramon Dominguez saw his first Spa winner Fort Apache Star spilt horses at the six-teenth-pole and went onto win Fridayrsquos seventh a $65000 starter allowance by 1 14-lengths Dominguez waited patiently before sneaking through and held off War Ruler (Julien Leparoux) and Evade (Robby Albarado)

ldquoTo be honest I wasnrsquot worried I thought I was going to get through thererdquo Dominguez said ldquoJulien was a little ahead of me and I was just going to follow him so I knew I would get out eventually When I asked my horse he took off for merdquo

bull Sashay Renee (Bridgmohan) got into the finale as a main-track-only entrant and took advantage of a hot pace to break his maiden for ownerbreeder San-ford Bacon and trainer Stanley Hough

Bacon had expected this win to come earlier in the 4-year-oldrsquos career

ldquoShersquos similar to her dam (Dancin Renee) who I had also that theyrsquore both quickrdquo he said ldquoShersquos bigger shersquos by Unbridledrsquos Song which is why I ex-pected much more from her earlierrdquo

Sweet Bama Breeze (Garcia) held on for the second spot and Welcome To Wista (Channing Hill) finished well to get up for third

Asked if Sashay Renee would run again during the meet the clever Ba-con was quick to clarify who calls the shots

ldquoThatrsquos up to Stan Houghrdquo he said ldquoAn owner with an idea is the craziest thing in the worldrdquo

Friday ndash Continued from page 22

25Saturday July 26 2008

Donna FreyerPO Box 2254 Camden SC 29020

803-243-4848 Mobile

wwwcustomcareequinecom

Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

The tradition continues

HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

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28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

studentof the game

thE outSIDE raIl

By Joe Clancy

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John Hayes5185874500

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Benoit PhotoStudent Council has come full circle at Saratoga in the past four years

MidAtlantic Horse RescueRescued from slaughterHealthy sound young thoroughbreds for adoption Our horses are ONLY here because they were not making money at the track All horses are carefully evaluated before being placed Safety and suit-ability are of the utmost importance We do transfer ownership and adopt anywhere there is a good home

Since September 2002 we have placed over 300 TBrsquos in new careers as eventers show horses dressage and pleasure mounts

Sneaky Love Black bay TB m 160h 5 yrs Good mover sensible sound ready for a

new career

Call us for your next star-- Be part of the solution

wwwMidAtlanticHorseRescueorgPO Box 403 Chesapeake City MD 21915 302-376-7297

Division of Paws for Life Inc a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization

29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

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August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

spur of the Moment

cup of coffEE

By Sean Clancy

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31Saturday July 26 2008

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LECTURES AND DEMOS Each Friday at 10 am mdash a different guest each week

CHAMPAGNE OPENING Aug 2 6-8 pm mdash Introducing THE SARATOGA RACING BRACELET Designed by Terry Lindsey Music by Jane Wood

ARTISTS DISPLAYEDTop left to right Kate Upton Terry Lindsey

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25Saturday July 26 2008

Donna FreyerPO Box 2254 Camden SC 29020

803-243-4848 Mobile

wwwcustomcareequinecom

Camden South Carolina has been home to Thoroughbred excellence for generations

The tradition continues

HISTORYJockeys

Eibar Coa 4Shaun Bridgmohan 3Alan Garcia 3Cornelio Velasquez 3John Velazquez 3Javier Castellano 2Edgar Prado 2Elvis Trujillo 2Robby Albarado 1Kent Desormeaux 1Ramon Dominguez 1Sebastian Morales 1Rudy Rodriguez 1Jeffrey Sanchez 1

The Winners So FarThrough Friday

TOP JOCKEYS

BridgmohanCoa

TrainersSteve Asmussen 4Chad Brown 2Richard Dutrow Jr 2Wesley Ward 2Michael Aro 1Gary Contessa 1James Corrao 1Tony Dutrow 1John Fahey III 1Bobby Frankel 1Eoin Harty 1Mike Hernandez 1Stan Hough 1Allen Jerkens 1Bruce Levine 1Michael Matz 1Kiaran McLaughlin 1Todd Pletcher 1Pat Reynolds 1Phil Serpe 1Barclay Tagg 1John Terranova II 1

BrownAsmussen

TOP TRAINERS

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

TRACK fAST TURf Off (259) SOfT (8)ATTENDANCE 20626 HANDLE $3306079

fridayrsquos Saratoga reSultS

fRIDAYrsquoS CLAIm BOx 1st By Proxy by Giuseppe Iadisernia for Giussepe Iadisernia Shiprsquos Piano by John Parisella for Saul Kupferberg

5th Jump It by Gary Contessa for Winning Move Stable Cross the At-lantic by Giuseppe Iadisernia for Giussepe Iadisernia

Watch Tom Durkin Workto benefi t BEsT

The Third Race Call with Tom Durkin returns to Saratoga Race Course This fundraising

opportunity supports New Yorkrsquos Back-stretch Employee Service Team a non-profi t organization that provides health and other

services to the backstretch workers at Belmont Aqueduct and Saratoga Fans have

the opportunity to meet announcer Tom Durkin and watch as he calls the third race on each day Up to six people may visit the booth for the third race at $100 per person

All proceeds from your participation go directly to BEST

for reservations contact the

BEST Offi ce at 516-488-3434wwwbestbackstretchorg

Your Source ForThe Best Of

Saratoga

SARATOGA SIGNATUREI N T E R I O R S

Distinctive Home Furnishings and Interior Design

We Ship

28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

studentof the game

thE outSIDE raIl

By Joe Clancy

177 Parkhurst Rd WiltonStunning 205 year old former tavern Stunning 205 year old former tavern now incredible private residence Historic property in historic setting Situated on 167 acres includes a full post and beam barn inground heated pool newly remodeled gourmet kitchen enclosed porch and patio All the charm of an old house with all All the charm of an old house with all the modern comforts Offered at $599999

John Hayes5185874500

RoohanRealtycom

Benoit PhotoStudent Council has come full circle at Saratoga in the past four years

MidAtlantic Horse RescueRescued from slaughterHealthy sound young thoroughbreds for adoption Our horses are ONLY here because they were not making money at the track All horses are carefully evaluated before being placed Safety and suit-ability are of the utmost importance We do transfer ownership and adopt anywhere there is a good home

Since September 2002 we have placed over 300 TBrsquos in new careers as eventers show horses dressage and pleasure mounts

Sneaky Love Black bay TB m 160h 5 yrs Good mover sensible sound ready for a

new career

Call us for your next star-- Be part of the solution

wwwMidAtlanticHorseRescueorgPO Box 403 Chesapeake City MD 21915 302-376-7297

Division of Paws for Life Inc a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization

29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

SS aa ll ii ss bb uu rr yy SS pp ll ee nn dd oo rr SS uu mm mm ee rr FF ee ss tt ii vv aa ll

August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

BBeett oonn tthhee BBeesstt ooff BBrriittiisshh RRaacciinngg

30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

spur of the Moment

cup of coffEE

By Sean Clancy

Need New Optionsfor Your Horse

Wheels Up At Noon joined our program as a

steeplechase prospect Now hersquos a two-time turf

stakes winner amp aiming for bigger things

Doug Fout Racing StableFlat and Steeplechase Training

Superb training facility in VirginiaStalls at Fair Hill Training Center

Competitive day rates

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31Saturday July 26 2008

Terry Lindsey Equidae GalleryAt the Holiday Inn Open daily 9 - 9 July 25 - Sept 1

VIEW GALLERY WWWEQUIDAECOM518-584-1766 gallery 802-379-1156 cell 802-325-3918 studio

LECTURES AND DEMOS Each Friday at 10 am mdash a different guest each week

CHAMPAGNE OPENING Aug 2 6-8 pm mdash Introducing THE SARATOGA RACING BRACELET Designed by Terry Lindsey Music by Jane Wood

ARTISTS DISPLAYEDTop left to right Kate Upton Terry Lindsey

Susie Cronin Jaime Corum Werner Rentsch

Kathy Partridge Louise W King

Louise Peterson plus 30 more wonderful artists

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G1Breedersrsquo Cup Classic

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Stal l ion Inquir ies (859) 224-4585 Kent Barnes Stal l ion Manager 3661 M il i tar y Pike Lexington KY 40513 USA infoshadwellf armcom wwwshadwellfarmcom

first foalsarrive in 2009

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Page 26: Wake Up! · Post Office Box 150 Paris, Kentucky 40362-0150 Tel.(859) 233-4252 Fax 987-0008 claibornefarm.com INQUIRIES TO BERNIE SAMS e-mail: bernie@claibornefarm.com Strong Hope

26 Saturday July 26 2008

1 clemens

2 join in the dance 3 so glitzy (on rail)

4 Midtown bullet

5 jump it 6 real estate (on rail)

7 Fort apache star 8 My princess jess

9 sashay renee

frIDayrsquoS Saratoga wINNErS bull photoS By DavE harmoN aND toD markS

27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

TRACK fAST TURf Off (259) SOfT (8)ATTENDANCE 20626 HANDLE $3306079

fridayrsquos Saratoga reSultS

fRIDAYrsquoS CLAIm BOx 1st By Proxy by Giuseppe Iadisernia for Giussepe Iadisernia Shiprsquos Piano by John Parisella for Saul Kupferberg

5th Jump It by Gary Contessa for Winning Move Stable Cross the At-lantic by Giuseppe Iadisernia for Giussepe Iadisernia

Watch Tom Durkin Workto benefi t BEsT

The Third Race Call with Tom Durkin returns to Saratoga Race Course This fundraising

opportunity supports New Yorkrsquos Back-stretch Employee Service Team a non-profi t organization that provides health and other

services to the backstretch workers at Belmont Aqueduct and Saratoga Fans have

the opportunity to meet announcer Tom Durkin and watch as he calls the third race on each day Up to six people may visit the booth for the third race at $100 per person

All proceeds from your participation go directly to BEST

for reservations contact the

BEST Offi ce at 516-488-3434wwwbestbackstretchorg

Your Source ForThe Best Of

Saratoga

SARATOGA SIGNATUREI N T E R I O R S

Distinctive Home Furnishings and Interior Design

We Ship

28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

studentof the game

thE outSIDE raIl

By Joe Clancy

177 Parkhurst Rd WiltonStunning 205 year old former tavern Stunning 205 year old former tavern now incredible private residence Historic property in historic setting Situated on 167 acres includes a full post and beam barn inground heated pool newly remodeled gourmet kitchen enclosed porch and patio All the charm of an old house with all All the charm of an old house with all the modern comforts Offered at $599999

John Hayes5185874500

RoohanRealtycom

Benoit PhotoStudent Council has come full circle at Saratoga in the past four years

MidAtlantic Horse RescueRescued from slaughterHealthy sound young thoroughbreds for adoption Our horses are ONLY here because they were not making money at the track All horses are carefully evaluated before being placed Safety and suit-ability are of the utmost importance We do transfer ownership and adopt anywhere there is a good home

Since September 2002 we have placed over 300 TBrsquos in new careers as eventers show horses dressage and pleasure mounts

Sneaky Love Black bay TB m 160h 5 yrs Good mover sensible sound ready for a

new career

Call us for your next star-- Be part of the solution

wwwMidAtlanticHorseRescueorgPO Box 403 Chesapeake City MD 21915 302-376-7297

Division of Paws for Life Inc a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization

29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

SS aa ll ii ss bb uu rr yy SS pp ll ee nn dd oo rr SS uu mm mm ee rr FF ee ss tt ii vv aa ll

August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

BBeett oonn tthhee BBeesstt ooff BBrriittiisshh RRaacciinngg

30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

spur of the Moment

cup of coffEE

By Sean Clancy

Need New Optionsfor Your Horse

Wheels Up At Noon joined our program as a

steeplechase prospect Now hersquos a two-time turf

stakes winner amp aiming for bigger things

Doug Fout Racing StableFlat and Steeplechase Training

Superb training facility in VirginiaStalls at Fair Hill Training Center

Competitive day rates

pdfouterolscom Tod MarksJohn fahey

31Saturday July 26 2008

Terry Lindsey Equidae GalleryAt the Holiday Inn Open daily 9 - 9 July 25 - Sept 1

VIEW GALLERY WWWEQUIDAECOM518-584-1766 gallery 802-379-1156 cell 802-325-3918 studio

LECTURES AND DEMOS Each Friday at 10 am mdash a different guest each week

CHAMPAGNE OPENING Aug 2 6-8 pm mdash Introducing THE SARATOGA RACING BRACELET Designed by Terry Lindsey Music by Jane Wood

ARTISTS DISPLAYEDTop left to right Kate Upton Terry Lindsey

Susie Cronin Jaime Corum Werner Rentsch

Kathy Partridge Louise W King

Louise Peterson plus 30 more wonderful artists

INV

AS

OR

Wo

rld

Ch

ampi

on

The ONLY

No

rth

Am

eric

an H

ors

e o

f th

e Ye

ar w

ith

SIX

Co

nse

cuti

ve G

1 V

icto

ries G1

Dubai World Cup

G1Breedersrsquo Cup Classic

G1Whitney H

G1Suburban H

G1Pimlico Special

G1Donn H

Stal l ion Inquir ies (859) 224-4585 Kent Barnes Stal l ion Manager 3661 M il i tar y Pike Lexington KY 40513 USA infoshadwellf armcom wwwshadwellfarmcom

first foalsarrive in 2009

80870SWFInvasorSarSpcl7-26 72508 322 PM Page 1

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27Saturday July 26 2008

fRIDAY JULY 251ST 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $330005 Clemens Morales S 640 340 3107 At Attention Castellano J J 390 3404 Estimator Velasquez C 580Finish Time 11082

Trainer Pat Reynolds Owner Paul Pompa JrCh c 3 Langfuhr-First Flag Woodman

Bred by Silverleaf Farms (FL)$2 Exacta 5-7 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 5-7-4 Paid $15950

2ND 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mSW PURSE $744001 Join in the Dance Velazquez J R 880 490 34010 Stomp Prado E S 890 4002B Pious David Desormeaux K J 250Finish Time 10429

Trainer Todd Pletcher Owner Jake BallisDkBBr c 2 Sky Mesa-Dance Darling Devilrsquos Bag

Bred by The Answer (KY)$2 Exacta 1-10 Paid $8850 $2 Quinella 1-10 Paid $5200 $2 Trifecta 1-10-2 Paid $24550 $2 Daily Double (5-1) Paid $2780

3RD 1 18 mILES fampm 3ampUP AOC 50000 PURSE $700005 So Glitzy Castellano J J 3840 930 3706 Hamsa Velasquez C 300 2304 Mushka Velazquez J R 250Finish Time 15253

Trainer Allen Jerkens Owner Mrs Leverett MillerCh f 4 Gilded Time-So Ritzy Darn That Alarm

Bred by Mr amp Mrs Leverett Miller (FL)$2 Exacta 5-6 Paid $10500 $2 Trifecta 5-6-4 Paid $24150 $2 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $53300 $2 Daily Double (1-5) Paid $19700

4TH 5 12 fURLONGS 2YO mDN CLm 50000 PURSE $320009 Midtown Bullet Coa E M 1060 540 4701 Beer Pong Maragh R 1060 47010 Persian Prado E S 300Finish Time 10523

Trainer Chad Brown Owner Gabrielle Farm and David NicholasDkBBr c 2 Red Bullet-Last Oasis Tale of the Cat

Bred by Four Roses (KY)$2 Exacta 9-1 Paid $10450 $2 Quinella 1-9 Paid $5100 $2 Trifecta 9-1-10 Paid $49850 $2 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $108900 $2 Daily Double (5-9) Paid $27100

5TH 1 18 mILES 3ampUP CLm 35000 PURSE $408007 Jump It Sanchez J 620 330 3009 The Cuban Hawk Prado E S 380 3108 Dockmaster Desormeaux K J 440Finish Time 15148

Trainer John Terranova II Owner Sovereign StableB c 4 Jump Start-Out of Taxes Out of Place

Bred by Jon amp Sarah Kelly (KY)$2 Exacta 7-9 Paid $2520 $2 Trifecta 7-9-8 Paid $13600 $2 Pick 3 (5-9-7) 3 Correct Paid $152900 $2 Pick 4 (1-5-9-7) 4 Correct Paid $934800 $2 Daily Double (9-7) Paid $2820 $2 Superfecta 7-9-8-2 Paid $49800

6TH 6 fURLONGS 3ampUP AOC 35000 PURSE $690001 Real Estate Coa E M 550 370 2906 Aquino (URU) Garcia Alan 760 4704 Visible Truth Bridgmohan S X 300Finish Time 10938

Trainer Bruce Levine Owner Peter Blum RacingDkBBr c 4 High Yield-Sassy Pants Saratoga Six

Bred by Peter Blum (KY)$2 Exacta 1-6 Paid $7350 $2 Trifecta 1-6-4 Paid $17900 $2 Pick 3 (9-7-1) 3 Correct Paid $14900 $2 Daily Double (7-1) Paid $2140 $2 Superfecta 1-6-4-7 Paid $62400

7TH 6 12 fURLONGS 3ampUP STR ALW PURSE $650003 Fort Apache Star Dominguez R A 1220 550 3201 War Ruler Leparoux J R 700 4508 Evade Albarado R J 320Finish Time 11649

Trainer John Fahey III Owner Spartan StablesCh g 4 Silver Deputy-Foresta Alydar

Bred by River Bend Farm (KY)$2 Exacta 3-1 Paid $6850 $2 Trifecta 3-1-8 Paid $26350 $2 Daily Double (1-3) Paid $6200 $2 Pick 3 (7-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $19000

8TH THE LAKE GEORGE (GR II) 1 116 mILES TURf fILLIES 3YO PURSE $1500002 My Princess Jess Coa E M 610 340 2305 Alwajeeha Velazquez J R 640 3706 Zee Zee Desormeaux K J 280Finish Time 14400

Trainer Barclay Tagg Owner Lael StablesDkBBr f 3 Stormy Atlantic-Jewell of Jewels Pleasant Colony

Bred by Adena Springs (FL)$2 Exacta 2-5 Paid $3380 $2 Trifecta 2-5-6 Paid $8450 $2 Grand Slam (789-146-138-2) Paid $3020 $2 Pick 3 (1-3-2) 3 Correct Paid $14450 $2 Daily Double (3-2) Paid $4640

9TH 5 12 fURLONGS fampm 3ampUP NY BRED mSW PURSE $6720015 Sashay Renee Bridgmohan S X 710 480 4303 Sweet Bama Breeze Garcia Alan 550 4808 Welcome to Wista Hill C 1720Finish Time 10569

Trainer Stan Hough Owner Sanford BaconB f 4 Unbridledrsquos Song-Dancin Renee Distinctive Pro

Bred by Sanford Bacon (NY)$2 Exacta 15-3 Paid $4800 $2 Trifecta 15-3-8 Paid $103400 $2 Super-fecta 15-3-8-7 Paid $1012100 $2 Daily Double (2-15) Paid $3160 $2 Pick 3 (3-2-15) 3 Correct Paid $26400 $2 Pick 4 (1-3-2-15) 4 Correct Paid $70500 $2 Pick 6 (9-7-1-3-2-15) 6 Correct Paid $908900 5 Correct Paid $12700

TRACK fAST TURf Off (259) SOfT (8)ATTENDANCE 20626 HANDLE $3306079

fridayrsquos Saratoga reSultS

fRIDAYrsquoS CLAIm BOx 1st By Proxy by Giuseppe Iadisernia for Giussepe Iadisernia Shiprsquos Piano by John Parisella for Saul Kupferberg

5th Jump It by Gary Contessa for Winning Move Stable Cross the At-lantic by Giuseppe Iadisernia for Giussepe Iadisernia

Watch Tom Durkin Workto benefi t BEsT

The Third Race Call with Tom Durkin returns to Saratoga Race Course This fundraising

opportunity supports New Yorkrsquos Back-stretch Employee Service Team a non-profi t organization that provides health and other

services to the backstretch workers at Belmont Aqueduct and Saratoga Fans have

the opportunity to meet announcer Tom Durkin and watch as he calls the third race on each day Up to six people may visit the booth for the third race at $100 per person

All proceeds from your participation go directly to BEST

for reservations contact the

BEST Offi ce at 516-488-3434wwwbestbackstretchorg

Your Source ForThe Best Of

Saratoga

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We Ship

28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

studentof the game

thE outSIDE raIl

By Joe Clancy

177 Parkhurst Rd WiltonStunning 205 year old former tavern Stunning 205 year old former tavern now incredible private residence Historic property in historic setting Situated on 167 acres includes a full post and beam barn inground heated pool newly remodeled gourmet kitchen enclosed porch and patio All the charm of an old house with all All the charm of an old house with all the modern comforts Offered at $599999

John Hayes5185874500

RoohanRealtycom

Benoit PhotoStudent Council has come full circle at Saratoga in the past four years

MidAtlantic Horse RescueRescued from slaughterHealthy sound young thoroughbreds for adoption Our horses are ONLY here because they were not making money at the track All horses are carefully evaluated before being placed Safety and suit-ability are of the utmost importance We do transfer ownership and adopt anywhere there is a good home

Since September 2002 we have placed over 300 TBrsquos in new careers as eventers show horses dressage and pleasure mounts

Sneaky Love Black bay TB m 160h 5 yrs Good mover sensible sound ready for a

new career

Call us for your next star-- Be part of the solution

wwwMidAtlanticHorseRescueorgPO Box 403 Chesapeake City MD 21915 302-376-7297

Division of Paws for Life Inc a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization

29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

SS aa ll ii ss bb uu rr yy SS pp ll ee nn dd oo rr SS uu mm mm ee rr FF ee ss tt ii vv aa ll

August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

BBeett oonn tthhee BBeesstt ooff BBrriittiisshh RRaacciinngg

30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

spur of the Moment

cup of coffEE

By Sean Clancy

Need New Optionsfor Your Horse

Wheels Up At Noon joined our program as a

steeplechase prospect Now hersquos a two-time turf

stakes winner amp aiming for bigger things

Doug Fout Racing StableFlat and Steeplechase Training

Superb training facility in VirginiaStalls at Fair Hill Training Center

Competitive day rates

pdfouterolscom Tod MarksJohn fahey

31Saturday July 26 2008

Terry Lindsey Equidae GalleryAt the Holiday Inn Open daily 9 - 9 July 25 - Sept 1

VIEW GALLERY WWWEQUIDAECOM518-584-1766 gallery 802-379-1156 cell 802-325-3918 studio

LECTURES AND DEMOS Each Friday at 10 am mdash a different guest each week

CHAMPAGNE OPENING Aug 2 6-8 pm mdash Introducing THE SARATOGA RACING BRACELET Designed by Terry Lindsey Music by Jane Wood

ARTISTS DISPLAYEDTop left to right Kate Upton Terry Lindsey

Susie Cronin Jaime Corum Werner Rentsch

Kathy Partridge Louise W King

Louise Peterson plus 30 more wonderful artists

INV

AS

OR

Wo

rld

Ch

ampi

on

The ONLY

No

rth

Am

eric

an H

ors

e o

f th

e Ye

ar w

ith

SIX

Co

nse

cuti

ve G

1 V

icto

ries G1

Dubai World Cup

G1Breedersrsquo Cup Classic

G1Whitney H

G1Suburban H

G1Pimlico Special

G1Donn H

Stal l ion Inquir ies (859) 224-4585 Kent Barnes Stal l ion Manager 3661 M il i tar y Pike Lexington KY 40513 USA infoshadwellf armcom wwwshadwellfarmcom

first foalsarrive in 2009

80870SWFInvasorSarSpcl7-26 72508 322 PM Page 1

Page 28: Wake Up! · Post Office Box 150 Paris, Kentucky 40362-0150 Tel.(859) 233-4252 Fax 987-0008 claibornefarm.com INQUIRIES TO BERNIE SAMS e-mail: bernie@claibornefarm.com Strong Hope

28 Saturday July 26 2008

Killing time on Travers Day 2004 I went to the paddock for the third race and watched 12 maiden 2-year-olds walk around as 50000-plus people basked in Saratogarsquos biggest day

Hours later Birdstone would blend brilliance with darkness thunder rain and lightning to win the Travers But itrsquos the 2-year-olds I remember Or one anyway The field included future stars Silver Train (the winner at $2040 un-der Jerry Bailey) and Sun King plus Malheur Survivalist and Interpatation on the also-eligible list

Some regal some dignified some wild most a little flighty because of the typical Travers Day commotion the horses took it all in and got ready to run One stopped me faster than a George Foreman punch The big long-legged bay with a little white on his nose strolled easily around the paddock and looked somewhat out of place Despite billion-dollar bloodlines (Kingmambo-Class Kris Kris S) and connections (Will Farish and Neil Howard) the colt didnrsquot fit He was big and raw lean like he needed to grow up If he lasted hersquod be a star someday I came back to the office that Travers Day and told every-one about ldquothe prettiest horse in the worldrdquo I declared emphatically ldquoRe-member this name Student Councilrdquo

I just didnrsquot think someday was so far away He lost that 6 12-furlong test by 23 lengths (checking in 12th at 52-1) but gained a fan for life He didnrsquot break his maiden until five starts (and nearly two years) later and bounced through allowance races turf synthetic some mid-level stakes Useful would describe him but thatrsquos probably about it Two summers ago at Saratoga Sean and I even asked Howard about making the horse a steeplechaser Every time it looked like a possibility he would run a little better

You know the rest of the story Last summer Farish and Howard

sold the horse to Millennium Farm and Student Council rewarded his new con-nections with a Grade I score in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar He backed that up by winning the Grade II Haw-thorne Gold Cup This year he added the Grade I Pimlico Special and is the 6-1 fourth choice in todayrsquos Grade I Whitney Trainer Steve Asmussen may pass (hersquos not enamored with post posi-tion 9) and opt instead for a second try at the Pacific Classic Aug 24 but the horse has still made the big time

Thoroughbreds are amazing and given a chance they will show you In this era of retired 3-year-olds he keeps going at 6 ndash a testament to durability patience breeding timing a little luck

Asmussen considers the circumstanc-es the good fortune for all concerned ndash and shakes his head

ldquoHersquos amazing an amazing physi-cal (specimen)rdquo Asmussen said Friday morning ldquoHe trains like absolutely like a train Exactly He looks tremen-dous standing still and when hersquos mov-ing Hersquos proven hersquos good enough and thatrsquos all anybody wants for a horse

You feel fabulous about it and fabulous for him Hersquos a multiple Grade I winner on synthetic and dirt now Thatrsquos pretty impressiverdquo

Asmussen gave ample credit to the horsersquos prior home for providing the foundation for the recent success Far-ish and Howard didnrsquot crank on a late-maturing 2-year-old beyond a few starts Student Council started just once between October 2004 and May 2006 but has run 24 times since

Last yearrsquos Pacific Classic victory came a matter of days after the pur-chase by Millenniumrsquos owner Ro Parra on the advice of bloodstock consultant Jerry Brown at Thoro-Graph

ldquoNeil does an unbelievable job of be-ing patient and letting those horses de-veloprdquo Asmussen said ldquoStudent Coun-cil is just another example of how well the Farish and Neil Howard deal works When we got him I asked Neil what to do with him and we entered him Thatrsquos what we did No lie Timing-wise for the horse Ro is somebody who is inter-ested in running horses of this caliber and they made a great choice buying him because of the health the horse was in and how fresh he was at his age For Neil not to exploit that horse to be that patient with him ndash thatrsquos what got him hererdquo

Still bay still regal still sporting that white snip Student Council looks a lit-tle older than he did almost four years ago (donrsquot we all) and probably feels the grind of five seasons of racing ndash but hersquos still the ldquoprettiest horse in the worldrdquo to me I still get e-mail updates about entries workouts results Irsquom not sure Irsquove ever cashed a bet on him but thatrsquos not the point Hersquos simply one I follow

ldquoYoursquore standing here because of the sense of pride you had in picking up on it ndash even back themrdquo Asmussen said af-ter I relayed my story ldquoI love it when that happens Moments like that are special You would have never thought it would happen now though would you Irsquoll bet he was some 2-year-old though rdquo

Yes he was

studentof the game

thE outSIDE raIl

By Joe Clancy

177 Parkhurst Rd WiltonStunning 205 year old former tavern Stunning 205 year old former tavern now incredible private residence Historic property in historic setting Situated on 167 acres includes a full post and beam barn inground heated pool newly remodeled gourmet kitchen enclosed porch and patio All the charm of an old house with all All the charm of an old house with all the modern comforts Offered at $599999

John Hayes5185874500

RoohanRealtycom

Benoit PhotoStudent Council has come full circle at Saratoga in the past four years

MidAtlantic Horse RescueRescued from slaughterHealthy sound young thoroughbreds for adoption Our horses are ONLY here because they were not making money at the track All horses are carefully evaluated before being placed Safety and suit-ability are of the utmost importance We do transfer ownership and adopt anywhere there is a good home

Since September 2002 we have placed over 300 TBrsquos in new careers as eventers show horses dressage and pleasure mounts

Sneaky Love Black bay TB m 160h 5 yrs Good mover sensible sound ready for a

new career

Call us for your next star-- Be part of the solution

wwwMidAtlanticHorseRescueorgPO Box 403 Chesapeake City MD 21915 302-376-7297

Division of Paws for Life Inc a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization

29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

SS aa ll ii ss bb uu rr yy SS pp ll ee nn dd oo rr SS uu mm mm ee rr FF ee ss tt ii vv aa ll

August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

BBeett oonn tthhee BBeesstt ooff BBrriittiisshh RRaacciinngg

30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

spur of the Moment

cup of coffEE

By Sean Clancy

Need New Optionsfor Your Horse

Wheels Up At Noon joined our program as a

steeplechase prospect Now hersquos a two-time turf

stakes winner amp aiming for bigger things

Doug Fout Racing StableFlat and Steeplechase Training

Superb training facility in VirginiaStalls at Fair Hill Training Center

Competitive day rates

pdfouterolscom Tod MarksJohn fahey

31Saturday July 26 2008

Terry Lindsey Equidae GalleryAt the Holiday Inn Open daily 9 - 9 July 25 - Sept 1

VIEW GALLERY WWWEQUIDAECOM518-584-1766 gallery 802-379-1156 cell 802-325-3918 studio

LECTURES AND DEMOS Each Friday at 10 am mdash a different guest each week

CHAMPAGNE OPENING Aug 2 6-8 pm mdash Introducing THE SARATOGA RACING BRACELET Designed by Terry Lindsey Music by Jane Wood

ARTISTS DISPLAYEDTop left to right Kate Upton Terry Lindsey

Susie Cronin Jaime Corum Werner Rentsch

Kathy Partridge Louise W King

Louise Peterson plus 30 more wonderful artists

INV

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Dubai World Cup

G1Breedersrsquo Cup Classic

G1Whitney H

G1Suburban H

G1Pimlico Special

G1Donn H

Stal l ion Inquir ies (859) 224-4585 Kent Barnes Stal l ion Manager 3661 M il i tar y Pike Lexington KY 40513 USA infoshadwellf armcom wwwshadwellfarmcom

first foalsarrive in 2009

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29Saturday July 26 2008

Every Wednesday through Saturday morning at Bunburyrsquos Pub in the Saratoga Back Yard

First post approximately 900 AM ~ Afternoon cards begin from 1230 PM

Donrsquot miss these highlights of the Summer Season

GGlloorriioouuss GGooooddwwooooddJuly 30 - August 2 featuring the Gr1 Nassau Gr1 Sussex and ten major stakes

SS aa ll ii ss bb uu rr yy SS pp ll ee nn dd oo rr SS uu mm mm ee rr FF ee ss tt ii vv aa ll

August 13 - August 14 featuring the Gr3 Sovereign Stakes

YYoorrkk EEbboorr FFeessttiivvaall August 20 - August 22 featuring the Gr1 Yorkshire Oaks Gr1 Nunthorpe and eight top class stakes

SSaannddoowwnn PPaarrkk August 29 - August 30 featuring the Gr3 Solario Stakes plus plenty of early action leading into Sunset Friday

BBeett oonn tthhee BBeesstt ooff BBrriittiisshh RRaacciinngg

30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

spur of the Moment

cup of coffEE

By Sean Clancy

Need New Optionsfor Your Horse

Wheels Up At Noon joined our program as a

steeplechase prospect Now hersquos a two-time turf

stakes winner amp aiming for bigger things

Doug Fout Racing StableFlat and Steeplechase Training

Superb training facility in VirginiaStalls at Fair Hill Training Center

Competitive day rates

pdfouterolscom Tod MarksJohn fahey

31Saturday July 26 2008

Terry Lindsey Equidae GalleryAt the Holiday Inn Open daily 9 - 9 July 25 - Sept 1

VIEW GALLERY WWWEQUIDAECOM518-584-1766 gallery 802-379-1156 cell 802-325-3918 studio

LECTURES AND DEMOS Each Friday at 10 am mdash a different guest each week

CHAMPAGNE OPENING Aug 2 6-8 pm mdash Introducing THE SARATOGA RACING BRACELET Designed by Terry Lindsey Music by Jane Wood

ARTISTS DISPLAYEDTop left to right Kate Upton Terry Lindsey

Susie Cronin Jaime Corum Werner Rentsch

Kathy Partridge Louise W King

Louise Peterson plus 30 more wonderful artists

INV

AS

OR

Wo

rld

Ch

ampi

on

The ONLY

No

rth

Am

eric

an H

ors

e o

f th

e Ye

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SIX

Co

nse

cuti

ve G

1 V

icto

ries G1

Dubai World Cup

G1Breedersrsquo Cup Classic

G1Whitney H

G1Suburban H

G1Pimlico Special

G1Donn H

Stal l ion Inquir ies (859) 224-4585 Kent Barnes Stal l ion Manager 3661 M il i tar y Pike Lexington KY 40513 USA infoshadwellf armcom wwwshadwellfarmcom

first foalsarrive in 2009

80870SWFInvasorSarSpcl7-26 72508 322 PM Page 1

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30 Saturday July 26 2008

ldquoNice article on Chad Brown winning his first race at Saratogardquo John Fahey III said while leaning on the racing office counter Thursday

ldquoThanks Irsquoll write the same one when you win your firstrdquo

ldquoOKrdquo Fahey saidHere goesTwo days after Chad Brown 29

won his first Saratoga race with his first Saratoga starter Fahey 30 duplicated the effort when Fort Apache Star upset a starter allowance Friday Consider Fa-hey content with his decision to bring four horses to Saratoga A decision made July 5

That was the day the condition book came out on NYRArsquos web site Fahey searched the conditions Itrsquos not like Pletcher or Asmussen looking at a condi-tion book It either works or it doesnrsquot work Fahey has 11 horses in his care It didnrsquot take long to download the stall application

ldquoI saw spots where my horses fit like this horse hererdquo Fahey said ldquoI was sur-prised just because itrsquos lsquoSaratogarsquo You used to need good allowance horses good babies and stakes horses to belong hererdquo

Fahey circled the sixth race in the book (carded as Fridayrsquos seventh) for Fort Apache Star a 4-year-old he claimed for $10000 in March at Fair Grounds Fort Apache Star had lost his last three races before that day all by double digit margins Fahey took the blinkers off and shortened him up The chestnut gelding responded immediately finishing third at Keeneland in a $30000 conditioned claimer second at Churchill against the same company then stepping up and winning for a $50000 tag Spartan Sta-blesrsquo gelding finished fourth on the turf at the end of June setting him up for his Saratoga debut

Fahey liked that spot and then picked out a few other races that fit other horses Fahey decided he belonged at Saratoga

Then he talked to his wife Jennie and told her he was leaving for six weeks Leaving his 3-year-old son and his 1 12-year-old daughter Then he called his owners to tell them he wanted to go to Saratoga

Jennie Fahey was cool with it Faheyrsquos owners went along with it but were hesitant

ldquoAre you surerdquo many of them asked

ldquoI was sure but I wasnrsquot very surerdquo Fahey said ldquoIt was a big step To leave the family Irsquom sorry It just hits yourdquo

Thatrsquos what happens when you win your first race at Saratoga Everything hits you

Eighteen years on the backstretch Eighteen years of dreaming

Fahey followed his dad onto the Churchill Downs backstretch walking hots for Glenn Wismer His dad taught school and spent summer vacations walking hots and working the mutuels at Churchill The younger Fahey went to Eastern Kentucky University just like his dad but the racetrack was always more

addictive than schoolwork He worked off and on as ldquohotwalker groom and half-ass foremanrdquo for Wayne Lukas and then worked as the assistant to the assis-tant in the Steve Asmussen juggernaut

ldquoIt jumps in your blood and stays there There isnrsquot many things Irsquod like to do other than this or could dordquo Fahey said ldquoSo far wersquove had some success We havenrsquot had any big time owners or big time horses I had a horse in the Claim-ing Crown last year and Irsquoll have one in it this year For a guy like me whorsquos got 10 horses trying to pay the bills and feed the family those type of horses mean a lotrdquo

Leave it to Fahey to win his first race at Saratoga with a horse he claimed for $10000 in March Fahey walks a differ-ent walk He doesnrsquot fit the mold of Todd Pletcher Kiaran McLaughlin Mark Hennig Dallas Stewart no he calls himself a half-ass foreman Hersquos no half-ass trainer

ldquoI donrsquot have 40 or 50 horses that I can keep plugging at them and picking spots Irsquom proud of what wersquove donerdquo Fahey said ldquoIrsquove got good owners sup-porting me and itrsquos nice to repay them with thisrdquo

Faheyrsquos son George starts pre-school in the fall His daughter Lizzie is 1 12 The emotions started to come again as Fahey stood outside Clarkrsquos Cottage where his small string of Saratoga horses bed down for the season

ldquoMy wifersquos a saint shersquos supported me every step of the wayrdquo Fahey said ldquoI go to New Orleans but we plan on that and we can deal with it Coming up here came on so quick July 5 and we were shipping two weeks later itrsquos a lot Itrsquos pretty cool to win one That helps It jumps on top of you and puts you in a headlock something like thisrdquo

spur of the Moment

cup of coffEE

By Sean Clancy

Need New Optionsfor Your Horse

Wheels Up At Noon joined our program as a

steeplechase prospect Now hersquos a two-time turf

stakes winner amp aiming for bigger things

Doug Fout Racing StableFlat and Steeplechase Training

Superb training facility in VirginiaStalls at Fair Hill Training Center

Competitive day rates

pdfouterolscom Tod MarksJohn fahey

31Saturday July 26 2008

Terry Lindsey Equidae GalleryAt the Holiday Inn Open daily 9 - 9 July 25 - Sept 1

VIEW GALLERY WWWEQUIDAECOM518-584-1766 gallery 802-379-1156 cell 802-325-3918 studio

LECTURES AND DEMOS Each Friday at 10 am mdash a different guest each week

CHAMPAGNE OPENING Aug 2 6-8 pm mdash Introducing THE SARATOGA RACING BRACELET Designed by Terry Lindsey Music by Jane Wood

ARTISTS DISPLAYEDTop left to right Kate Upton Terry Lindsey

Susie Cronin Jaime Corum Werner Rentsch

Kathy Partridge Louise W King

Louise Peterson plus 30 more wonderful artists

INV

AS

OR

Wo

rld

Ch

ampi

on

The ONLY

No

rth

Am

eric

an H

ors

e o

f th

e Ye

ar w

ith

SIX

Co

nse

cuti

ve G

1 V

icto

ries G1

Dubai World Cup

G1Breedersrsquo Cup Classic

G1Whitney H

G1Suburban H

G1Pimlico Special

G1Donn H

Stal l ion Inquir ies (859) 224-4585 Kent Barnes Stal l ion Manager 3661 M il i tar y Pike Lexington KY 40513 USA infoshadwellf armcom wwwshadwellfarmcom

first foalsarrive in 2009

80870SWFInvasorSarSpcl7-26 72508 322 PM Page 1

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31Saturday July 26 2008

Terry Lindsey Equidae GalleryAt the Holiday Inn Open daily 9 - 9 July 25 - Sept 1

VIEW GALLERY WWWEQUIDAECOM518-584-1766 gallery 802-379-1156 cell 802-325-3918 studio

LECTURES AND DEMOS Each Friday at 10 am mdash a different guest each week

CHAMPAGNE OPENING Aug 2 6-8 pm mdash Introducing THE SARATOGA RACING BRACELET Designed by Terry Lindsey Music by Jane Wood

ARTISTS DISPLAYEDTop left to right Kate Upton Terry Lindsey

Susie Cronin Jaime Corum Werner Rentsch

Kathy Partridge Louise W King

Louise Peterson plus 30 more wonderful artists

INV

AS

OR

Wo

rld

Ch

ampi

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The ONLY

No

rth

Am

eric

an H

ors

e o

f th

e Ye

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ith

SIX

Co

nse

cuti

ve G

1 V

icto

ries G1

Dubai World Cup

G1Breedersrsquo Cup Classic

G1Whitney H

G1Suburban H

G1Pimlico Special

G1Donn H

Stal l ion Inquir ies (859) 224-4585 Kent Barnes Stal l ion Manager 3661 M il i tar y Pike Lexington KY 40513 USA infoshadwellf armcom wwwshadwellfarmcom

first foalsarrive in 2009

80870SWFInvasorSarSpcl7-26 72508 322 PM Page 1

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INV

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Wo

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The ONLY

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Am

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ors

e o

f th

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SIX

Co

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cuti

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1 V

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ries G1

Dubai World Cup

G1Breedersrsquo Cup Classic

G1Whitney H

G1Suburban H

G1Pimlico Special

G1Donn H

Stal l ion Inquir ies (859) 224-4585 Kent Barnes Stal l ion Manager 3661 M il i tar y Pike Lexington KY 40513 USA infoshadwellf armcom wwwshadwellfarmcom

first foalsarrive in 2009

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