ELMONT, N.Y. - Tim Hamm’s decision to give Dayoutoftheoffice a mid-summer break should have her a pretty fresh horse entering the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies next month at Keeneland. Her performance in Saturday’s Grade 1 Frizette makes her a dangerous one as well.
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ELMONT, N.Y. - The big question surrounding Jackie’s Warrior entering the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile will be his ability to get two turns and 1 1/16 miles. His rider, Joel Rosario, seems to be confident it won’t be a problem for the undefeated 2-year-old.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Trainer Shug McGaughey has taken the conservative route with Civil Union most of the year. But after her victory over My Sister Nat in Saturday’s Grade 1 Flower Bowl Stakes at Belmont Park, and after consulting with owner Joe Allen, McGaughey will send Civil Union to Keeneland for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf on Nov. 7.
Owner Joe Allen “feels like if she comes out of it well, it’s worth taking a chance,” McGaughey said Sunday morning.
As of Sunday, at least, Civil Union came out of the victory in good shape.
Chief Cicatriz is under consideration for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint after running one of the best races of his career late last month at Remington Park.
He won the David M. Vance with a Beyer Speed Figure of 102 on the Oklahoma Derby undercard Sept. 27. Chief Cicatriz rallied from off the pace for a two-length win, and covered six furlongs on a fast track in 1:08.52.
“He’s back to where he was a couple years ago,” trainer Shawn Davis said. “He ran big. That’s the best race he’s run since the Aristides at Churchill Downs.”
ELMONT, N.Y. - There was a change of tactics, but the same result for Civil Union, who rallied from next-to-last to win the Grade 1, $250,000 Flower Bowl Stakes by a head over My Sister Nat at Belmont Park on Saturday.
The victory was the fourth straight for Civil Union, who didn’t clear her first-level allowance condition until June 21. She has since followed that with a listed stakes victory, the Grade 2 Glens Falls, and now the Flower Bowl.
“When she started off this winter in Florida I never thought she’d be a Grade 1 winner,” trainer Shug McGaughey said.
ELMONT, N.Y. - There was only one negative trainer Todd Pletcher found in finally winning his first Jockey Club Gold Cup on Saturday at Belmont Park.
“I’ve been trying for 25 years to win this race and the purse is $250,000,” Pletcher said, laughing, after Happy Saver squeezed through an opening along the inside and outfinished Mystic Guide to win the Jockey Club Gold Cup by three-quarters of a length. "But it’s more about the win than it is the purse.”
ELMONT, N.Y. -- Dayoutoftheoffice hadn’t been to work in the afternoon for 12 weeks. But she certainly didn’t forget how to do her job.
Sitting a perfect stalking trip under Junior Alvarado, Dayoutoftheoffice took the lead at the five-sixteenths pole and easily held 4-5 favorite Vequist at bay through the lane to win the Grade 1, $250,000 Frizette Stakes by two lengths at Belmont Park.
It was a one-two sweep for trainer Aidan O’Brien in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes on Saturday at Newmarket as St. Mark’s Basilica improved considerably from his National Stakes performance last month in Ireland and beat Wembley by a half-length in the straight-course, seven-furlong contest for 2-year-olds.
ELMONT, N.Y. – In a virtual replay of last month’s Grade 1 Hopeful, Jackie’s Warrior jumped from the gate running and led the field on a merry chase, winning Saturday’s Grade 1, $250,000 Champagne Stakes by 5 1/2 lengths at Belmont Park.
As was the case in the Hopeful, Reinvestment Risk finished second. This time he was 8 3/4 lengths clear of third-place finisher Midnight Bourbon. Civil War, Run Casper Run, and Ambivalent completed the order of finish.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Tiz the Law continued his preparations for a start in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic by working five furlongs early Saturday morning in 1:01.87 over Belmont Park’s main track.
Going out just before sunrise, Tiz the Law, working by himself, went in splits of 13.00 seconds, 25.49, 37.30, and got his last quarter in 24.57 under exercise rider Heather Smullen. Tiz the Law galloped out six furlongs in 1:15.58 and seven furlongs in 1:29.37.