Sat, 11/12/2005 - 00:00

My Typhoon wins Mott a Mrs. Revere

Tony Terry/Churchill Downs
My Typhoon (inside) holds off Isla Cozzene to win the 15th running of the $166,950 Mrs. Revere by a nose Saturday at Churchill Downs.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - As the all-time leading stakes-winning trainer at Churchill Downs, Bill Mott has won virtually every grass stakes since the track opened its course in 1987. Interestingly, one Churchill race that eluded him was the Mrs. Revere, a Grade 2 race named for a filly who helped carry Mott to prominence in the mid-1980's.

Finally, Mott has his Mrs. Revere. My Typhoon, a royally bred filly owned by the Live Oak Plantation, gamely held on Saturday to win the 15th running of the $166,950 by a nose Saturday before 11,182 ontrack fans.

Sat, 11/12/2005 - 00:00

Whos Crying Now edges stablemate in Carl Rose

Jim Lisa
Whos Crying Now wins the $200,000 Carl G. Rose Classic by a head over stablemate Supervisor.

MIAMI - Trainer Manny Tortora said Whos Crying Now and Supervisor are so evenly matched he has a hard time separating the pair. On Saturday, it took Calder's photo finish camera to separate the two uncoupled stablemates, with Whos Crying Now coming out a head the best to give Tortora a sweep of the top two positions in the $200,000 .

The Carl G. Rose was the last of eight stakes for Florida-breds on Saturday's Florida Million Day program, and also completed an all-stakes pick four that paid $4,187.30 for $1.

Sat, 11/12/2005 - 00:00

'Chips' prevails after inquiry

There was big trouble in a small field in Saturday's $70,250 Bien Bien Stakes at Hollywood Park, but after 1 1/16 miles, a stewards' inquiry, a jockey's objection, and a rare trainer's objection, the original result stood, with favored Chips Are Down prevailing.

Chips Are Down ($4) beat Yes He's a Pistol by one length, with Becrux 4 1/4 lengths back in third. Take a Chance finished last in the field of four, but an incident that caused Take a Chance to stumble going into the first turn resulted in a lengthy review by the stewards.

Sat, 11/12/2005 - 00:00

Wiggins star of statebred day

Four Footed Fotos
Wiggins wins the High Alexander Handicap on Saturday by 4 3/4 lengths at Hawthorne Race Course.

STICKNEY, Ill. - Wiggins no longer trains in Illinois, but he remains a force in Illinois-bred stakes racing. Shipped to Chicago from Kentucky by trainer Dale Romans, Wiggins won the on Saturday for the second time in three years, beating favored High Expectations by 4 3/4 lengths on a dark, rainy Saturday afternoon at Hawthorne Race Course.

Sat, 11/12/2005 - 00:00

First stakes win for Ballroom Deputy

Ballroom Deputy ($11.70) scored her first stakes victory with a decisive one-length win in the Grade 3, $251,600 at Woodbine.

Trained by Josie Carroll for Padua Stables, Ballroom Deputy had a perfect stalking trip, running in third place early in the 1 1/4-mile event under jockey Dino Luciani while recent stakes winner Schooner Bay and longshot Springledge shared the lead.

At the head of the stretch, Luciani sent Ballroom Deputy three wide to join the leaders. She surged ahead at the eighth pole and held off Quick Temper and jockey Todd Kabel.

Sat, 11/12/2005 - 00:00

Laurel: Gold Casing wire to wire

Gold Casing, the co-second choice in the $75,000 Northern Dancer at Laurel, led for the entire 1 1/8 miles to register a four-length upset over odds-on Promenade Girl, the only filly in the field of eight 3-year-olds.

Ridden by Jozbin Santana, Gold Casing got clear early and set a moderate pace of 23.76 seconds, 47.69, and 1:13.02 as Promenade Girl and Luis Garcia rated in third. Promenade Girl advanced between horses nearing the lane and came three wide for the stretch drive, but Gold Casing had plenty left. Serious Lightning was nosed out for second.

Sat, 11/12/2005 - 00:00

Delaware: Silver Axe rallies

In his 60th lifetime start, the 8-year-old gelding Silver Axe closed ground in the stretch under Ramon Dominguez to catch Trapped Again and earn a neck victory in the $55,000 Shecky Green Stakes at Delaware.

A narrow favorite over Trapped Again, Silver Axe ($4.60) sat back early in the 1 1/16-mile race, then moved into contention on the far turn and ran down Trapped Again 40 yards from the wire. Though he didn't have enough left to hold off the winner, Trapped Again finished 4 3/4 lengths ahead of third-place Separato.

Sat, 11/12/2005 - 00:00

Beulah: Repeat for Count on My Word

Defending champion Count on My Word ($5) took advantage of a ground-saving trip under jockey Ernest Oro and rallied to score a three-quarter-length victory over even-money favorite Go Johnny Go in the $40,000 Ruff/Kirchberg Memorial Handicap at Beulah Park.

Count on My Word saved ground racing in midpack to the stretch before angling out approaching the final furlong and rallying to win. He covered the 1 1/4 miles in 2:05.84.

Bobby Ranwick Jr. trains Count on My Word, who scored his eighth career victory from 32 starts.

Fri, 11/11/2005 - 00:00

Rebel Rebel gets new goal: Commonwealth

Adam Coglianese/NYRA
Rebel Rebel won a Belmont allowance under Edgar Prado in his second U.S. start, on Oct. 20.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - What Hollywood Park lost, Churchill Downs found. Trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. intended to run Rebel Rebel in the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby on Nov. 27, but when Hollywood canceled turf racing for its entire meet, Dutrow went looking for a suitable alternative.

It didn't take Dutrow long to settle on the $150,000 Commonwealth Turf. The Commonwealth was created just last year by Churchill racing officials to fill whatever late-season voids might have existed in the 3-year-old turf division - and, clearly, that void grew larger when the Hollywood bombshell was dropped.

Fri, 11/11/2005 - 00:00

T.D. Vance learns to mellow out

Four-Footed Fotos
T.D. Vance at Saratoga under Todd Kabel, who taught him how to rate.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Graham Motion claims that T.D. Vance had "a little problem" with being rank early in his career. Now, really, with 5 wins from 8 career starts, how serious could the problem have been?

"Once he got the hang of things, he's been very impressive," conceded Motion.