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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
A highly competitive edition of the Claiming Crown at Churchill Downs Nov. 16 saw thrilling finishes, a disqualification in the feature race, and victories from a variety of connections.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Laughing Boy (Distorted Humor) got the last laugh-again-in the featured race on the 26th annual Claiming Crown program Saturday at Churchill Downs. The 6-year-old, who hadn't raced since April, led Saturday's $225,000 Jewel at nine furlongs for most of the trip and then again inside the sixteenth pole. But the no-quit grinder required a stewards' disqualification of the rival who had passed him at both the quarter pole and at the wire to elevate his second-across-the-wire finish to a by-decision victory. That's the second time in three races that Laughing Boy has been the beneficiary of a DQ in a big race. It also happened Mar. 24 in the $150,000 Excelsior S. at Aqueduct when Laughing Boy ran second at 54-1 but got promoted to the win by the stewards.. On Saturday, with three horses stacked across the track at the furlong pole, the 10-1 Laughing Boy, closest to the inside, wasn't much bothered by the veering-in Surface to Air (Midshipman), who had forward momentum on the lead but shifted inward, tightening up on Welaka (Malibu Moon) in the middle and forcing that rival to check out of contention. If anything, Laughing Boy seemed emboldened by the roughhousing. He fought back to regain the lead before losing it again in the final few jumps. Surface to Air crossed the wire a half-length ahead of Laughing Boy in 1:50.47. Hurry Hurry (Accelerate) was third and Welaka ended up fourth. Surface to Air was placed fourth via DQ, behind the runner he fouled. Laughing Boy was ridden by Samuel Camacho Jr. and is trained by David Jacobson, who also owns in partnership with Lawrence Roman. Laughing Boy had been competing in stakes races his last three tries, but was eligible for the condition because he had started for a $35,000 claiming tag within the past two years. “This race wasn't originally on our plans but I saw he was eligible for it,” Jacobson said. “I wasn't quite sure if I'd have him ready to go a mile and an eighth. He ran a great race. It's been the second time in three races he's been placed first. Sometimes in racing it's good to have some luck on your side.” The Claiming Crown, which began in 1999 as a way to showcase and reward horses who compete in the types of races that form the backbone of day-to-day American racing, is a partnership between the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association. Voodoo Zip | Coady Media Its annual programs are conducted under starter-allowance conditions pegged to previous-race claiming prices. Conditions were fast and firm at Louisville for this year's edition, the first since 2021 that the grass races weren't snowed or rained out. In the $175,000 Emerald at 1/16 miles on the turf, Echo Lane (Treasure Beach {GB}) conceded an early lead, then applied gradual torque to crack the frontrunner and win by a diminishing half-length ahead of the onrushing favorite in 1:41.09. Anthony Rogers owns the 3-year-old colt, who was most recently fourth at 24-1 odds in the GIII Virginia Derby, but had previously met the $25,000 claiming requirement. Rohan Crichton trains, with jockey Luis Saez up. In the $150,000 Tiara for distaffers at 1 1/16 miles on the turf, Ghostly Gal (Ghostzapper) stalked from midpack and uncorked a gradual grind-down to prevail by a head at 4-1 odds in 1:41.73. The 6-year-old hasn't spent much of her 6-for-15 career in claiming races. She's 2-for-3 in her only three starts for a tag, including a win at the $25,000 level two starts back at Colonial Downs to attain eligibility for the Tiara. The winning owner/trainer/jockey connections are Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, Wayne Catalano and Vincent Cheminaud. In the $150,000 Canterbury Tom Metzen Memorial on the grass at 5 1/2 furlongs, Francisco Arrieta deftly sliced Voodoo Zip (City Zip) through top-of-stretch traffic to pop home at 33-1 odds, winning by 1 1/4 lengths in 1:03.24. Owned and trained by Juan Cano, the 7-year-old gelding now has a 6-7-7 mark from 34 starts. Horses at double-digit odds rounded out the top three in the $125,000 Rapid Transit at seven furlongs. The stretch run featured multiple waves of closers and four horses still in it to win it at the sixteenth pole. Chris Emigh stormed home first with Like a Saltshaker (Peace and Justice), who won by a head in 1:23.52. Emigh got a leg up on the 13-1 shot from his wife, the trainer Brittany Vanden Berg. The 6-year-old gelding now boasts a commanding 17-8-0 record from 38 lifetime starts, with nine of those wins since Vanden Berg dropped the $10,000 claim slip on behalf of current owner Marisco Brothers back on May 14, 2023. The $100,000 Iron Horse Kent Sterling Memorial at 1 1/16 miles was wired by King of Hollywood (Palace Malice), a 5-year-old who once started against Grade I company (Haskell S.) at age three but has subsequently changed hands via the claim box six times, including most recently for $5,000 on June 1. With the gelding riding a two-race winning streak at Delaware Park into the Claiming Crown, jockey Jorge Gonzalez put King of Hollywood's big white blaze in front shortly after the start from post one. Leading under constant pressure, he swatted back several stout challenges on the far turn and in deep stretch before being saved by the wire for the neck victory at 14-1 odds in 1:44.29 for owner Estlae Garcia and trainer Daniel Siculietano. In the $100,000 Glass Slipper for fillies and mares at one mile, 2024's winningest Thoroughbred in terms of victories (11), Tennessee Moon (Ransom the Moon), had the lead at the top of the lane but got swallowed up by two challengers before 1.87-1 favorite Jubilant Joanie (Unified) barreled by them all to win by a well-timed neck under Reylu Gutierrez in 1:37.94. Already having achieved sub-$12,500 claiming eligibility for the Claiming Crown earlier in her career, the 4-year-old filly was claimed out of a win for $20,000 two starts back by trainer Jeff Mullins, who shares ownership with partners Darren Carraway and Denise De Quevedo. In the $100,000 Ready's Rocket Express at six furlongs, 1.23-1 favorite Concrete Glory (Bodemeister) was hustled to the inside position in a three-way duel. Despite that expenditure of early energy, jockey Saez peeled off from the pack under a hand ride at the top of the lane and ran up the score late, winning by 7 1/2 lengths in 1:09.30 for owner Big Frank Stable and trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. Concrete Glory had only once raced below the $8,000 lifetime claiming eligibility cutoff for the Ready's Rocket, and he had been cuffing around starter-allowance and optional-claiming company at Gulfstream this year, with a 3-1-1 record from five starts. Saez was subbing for Tyler Gaffalione, who was unseated from a 2-year-old shortly after the start of Saturday's (non-Claiming Crown) third race. Churchill's media team reported he had been transported the University of Louisville Hospital to evaluate hip and back pain. The post Claiming Crown Jewel Goes to Long Shot Twice Elevated to Wins by DQ in Big Races appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. 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By The Centaur · Posted
Big kudos to George he could not have been more explicit labelling Talentoso as outright first pick when it was paying close to $20. He also gave specific report from the trainer why it would be hard to beat. You are right about some presenters. They think they have obligation not to pass on anything gleaned privately from participants. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Having picked up the greatest victory of his career, thus far, in the 2023 GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, Nobals (Noble Mission {GB}) had yet to return to that peak this season, but found the winner's enclosure again in the GII Kennedy Road Stakes Saturday evening at Woodbine. A 10-time winner in his career, most of them came against stakes or graded company over the course of four years. He'd made a name for himself early on as a quality synthetic horse, winning three stakes races in a row between Turfway and Woodbine in 2022, but found his best stride last year when swapping to the grass. After claiming the GII Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes in early May, he held that form through four more races including running GISW Cogburn (Not This Time) to three-quarter lengths in the GIII Troy Stakes that August in Saratoga. He culminated his 2023 by being crowned a Breeders' Cup champion. Gone until late July this year, he ran fourth on his seasonal bow in Saratoga against optional claiming company before once again facing down Cogburn Sept. 7 in the GII Ainsworth Turf Sprint Stakes at Kentucky Downs. Running fourth there and last seen Oct. 5 at Keeneland running fifth in the GII Woodford Stakes, the betting public gave him a 3-1 chance to defeat 4-5 favorite Patches O'Houlihan (Reload), who was seeking the 12th win of his career and fifth in a row, here. Outsprinted early by the public's choice, Nobals was never far from that frontrunner as he put up :21.80 and :44.24 early splits. Hounding him relentlessly as that one came off the fence, which briefly opened the door for the grey Remuda (More Than Ready) to try a rally from that spot, they drifted out further coming off the turn. Locking horns for the stretch battle, the pair left the field in their wake as they refused to give each other peace, but Nobals had just enough late to score by that three-quarter margin. It was over four lengths back to War Bomber (Ire) (War Front) in third. Jockey E. T. Baird shared after the race that he learned about the trip to Canada just days ago, and the scramble ensued to get to Toronto. “I rode him before, but I was actually caught off guard,” said Baird. “Larry [Rivelli, trainer] had given me a call, I think maybe on Thursday, and told me I was going to Woodbine on Saturday. My passport expired, so I was all day yesterday at the passport agency in Chicago. I went in there at nine o'clock and made it home at eight o'clock at night.” Baird added that his mount's pre-race behavior provided a big confidence boost in his chances. “The way he acted today, in the post parade and everything about him, was really professional. I had a really good feeling about him in the post parade. He was wanting to jump and move and seemed really bright and ready to go at it.” The next reported stop for the frequent flier gelding is Dec. 8 at Sha Tin Racecourse to compete in the HK$26-million ($3.35-million) G1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint. Pedigree Notes: A humble $3,500 purchase out of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling sale, Nobals is out of a twice winning mare, Pearly Blue, who has produced five winners from six to reach racing age. His elder half-sister My First Pearl (First Samurai) is the only other sibling to earn black-type, which she claimed by way of running third in the Listed Saylorville Stakes. Their dam had a run of poor luck after foaling Nobals with only a yearling colt by Known Agenda born in five years. She visited Forte for 2025. The second dam, GSW Western Ransom (Red Ransom), is herself out of a winning full-sister to GSW-Eng Raah Algharb (Gone West) and half-sister to GSW-Eng Pharian (Diesis {GB}). Another half-sister to that mare is Aletta Maria (Diesis {GB}), whose claim to fame was as the dam of MGISW Cetewayo (His Majesty), MGISW Dynaforce (Dynaformer), and GSW & GISP Bowman Mill (Kris S.). Some of her lesser known runners include MGSP De Aar (Gone West), MGSP Thabazimbi (Empire Maker), mulitple Group/Graded-placed Bryntirion (Bering {GB}) and G1 Prix Lupin-placed Fort Nottingham (Alleged). Saturday, Woodbine BET365 KENNEDY ROAD S.-GII, C$182,000, Woodbine, 11-16, 3yo/up, 6f (AWT), 1:08.59, ft. 1–NOBALS, 120, g, 5, by Noble Mission (GB) 1st Dam: Pearly Blue, by Empire Maker 2nd Dam: Western Ransom, by Red Ransom 3rd Dam: Western Wind, by Gone West ($3,500 Ylg '20 FTKOCT). O-Patricia's Hope LLC; B-John A. Chandler (KY); T-Larry Rivelli; J-E. T. Baird. C$105,000. Lifetime Record: GISW, 22-11-3-0, $1,636,741. *1/2 to My First Pearl (First Samurai), SP, $202,674. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Patches O'Houlihan, 124, g, 4, Reload–Maythefourthbwithu, by Silent Name (Jpn). O/B-Frank Di Giulio (ON); T-Robert P. Tiller. C$42,000. 3–War Bomber (Ire), 120, g, 6, War Front–Sun Shower (Ire), by Indian Ridge (Ire). ($190,000 RNA Ylg '19 KEESEP). O-Bruno Schickedanz; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Norman McKnight. C$19,250. Margins: 3/4, 4 1/4, 4 3/4. Odds: 3.20, 0.95, 15.15. Also Ran: Armstrong-(DH), Remuda-(DH), Flag Of Honour (Aus). Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Nobals Back to Winning Ways in Kennedy Road, Hong Kong On the Horizon appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
Well this Topic is closed AGAIN! Until the next time @Thomass finds a horse that won first time in Blinkers POST race.
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