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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Seemingly at home on both synthetic and turf courses, No Mo Candy (Uncle Mo) picked up her third win in a row and her first in stakes company in the GIII Pebbles Stakes at Aqueduct. Unveiled going 1m70 June 27 at Gulfstream Park, she missed by diminishing neck over that synthetic track and turned her luck around in that next start when she graduated July 26 by the same margin. Last seen putting up her best Beyer number to date, an 83 when she won against optional claiming company going a 1 3/16-miles over this surface during the Belmont Big A meet Sept. 20, she was an ice-cold 18-1 on the board here as Klaravich Stables's Oversubscribed (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) took the honors as 4-5 favorite. Settling in second as the zealous frontrunner GSP Macanga (American Pharoah) stepped out to set the tempo, No Mo Candy was just off that leader for the majority of the race through :23.68, :47.61, and 1:11.57 splits. Still on hold as they swung into the lane, she was called on with three-sixteenths left to the wire and had a half-length margin leaving the eighth pole. Edging way from Oversubscribed as that favorite tried to mount a rally, No Mo Candy was 1 1/4 lengths ahead on the wire. Way to Be Marie (Not This Time) held on to third. “She broke really good, and I know Macanga [No. 7] is a difficult horse and she's going to run off. When I tried to put [No Mo Candy] behind her, my filly got strong and I was like, 'don't get into a fight with me now.',” said winning rider John Velazquez. “I didn't want to be head-and-head with the other horse. I hide her behind for a little bit and she got a little strong going into that first turn. I eased out on the backside and she kind of came back to me, so I was happy that she relaxed and gave me a little chance where I wouldn't be into her mouth.” “Second turn, Macanga started going and I put her right behind them. Into the stretch, she got head-and-head, and you could see she put a competitive mind up and when I asked her to go, she did it nicely. First time for me to get on her I didn't know what to expect but she was very professional to do anything I wanted to do, other than she was a little aggressive than I wanted her to be the first part of the race.” Pedigree Notes: The fourth winner in a row from five to the races–the lone unplaced sibling being the 2-year-old Tongolele (Mastery)–and the first to secure black-type, No Mo Candy is her dam's most accomplished offspring. Sweet has also produced a yearling colt by Liam's Map as her most recent when she did not produce a foal off a visit to Mo Donegal for this year. She was bred to Pappacap for 2025. The dam is a wining full-sister to GISW Fault and a half-sister to GSP Betweenhereandcool (Unbridled's Song) as well as the dam of GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies runner-up GISW Juju's Map (Liam's Map). This is the immediate female family of SW & MGSP South Bend (Alogrithms) and MGISW Bast (Uncle Mo). Friday, Aqueduct PEBBLES S.-GIII, $175,000, Aqueduct, 11-8, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:34.84, fm. 1–NO MO CANDY, 118, f, 3, by Uncle Mo 1st Dam: Sweet, by Blame 2nd Dam: Charming N Lovable, by Horse Chestnut (Saf) 3rd Dam: St Lucinda, by St. Jovite 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($80,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-Niall J. Brennan and Michael J. Ryan; B-Claiborne Farm (KY); T-Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.; J-John R. Velazquez. $96,250. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, $181,680. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Oversubscribed (GB), 122, f, 3, Too Darn Hot (GB)–Zurigha (Ire), by Cape Cross (Ire). (400,000gns Ylg '22 TATOCT). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Limited (GB); T-Chad C. Brown. $35,000. 3–Way to Be Marie, 118, f, 3, Not This Time–Woman of the World, by Henrythenavigator. ($75,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $95,000 2yo '23 OBSAPR). O-Robert V. LaPenta and Madaket Stables LLC; B-William B. Harrigan & Mike Pietrangelo (KY); T-Rob Atras. $21,000. Margins: 1 1/4, 2, 1. Odds: 18.20, 0.95, 12.10. Also Ran: Jody's Pride, Whiskey Decision, See You Around (Ire), Macanga, Dea Matrona (Fr). Scratched: Best Impression, Save Us Melania. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Longshot No Mo Candy Makes It Three in a Row in Pebbles appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. and jockey John Velazquez, who separately won Breeders' Cup races last week at Del Mar, resumed their graded stakes-winning ways Nov. 8 at Aqueduct, teaming to upset the $175,000 Pebbles Stakes (G3T) with No Mo Candy.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Scat Daddy's Seabhac will stand for €4,000 at Haras du Taillis next year, Jour de Galop revealed on Friday evening. The GIII Pilgrim Stakes hero stood for the same amount this year and has been represented by Group 2 winners Rue Boissonade (Fr) and Angers (Fr). Other members of the Taillis roster include newcomer Gamestop (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), second in the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at two, who will stand for €4,000. Military Style, a War Front half-brother to Justify, will remain at €3,500. Adlerflug (Ger)'s Savoir Vivre (Ire) will also stand for an unchanged fee, in his case €2,000. A rare Mill Reef (GB)-line horse is Fantastic Moon (Ger) (Dalakhani {Ire}), who will command €1,000, while Hey Gaman (GB) will receive a boost to €2,500 from €1,900. He is the sire of the three-time winner Eagle Gate (Fr) from his first crop. The post Haras Du Taillis Roster And Fees Announced appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
If only those walls could talk. There's a room from a bygone era within the press box at Aqueduct Racetrack where members of the media congregated between races. The space's counter is still there, but you have to use your imagination when it comes to what the scene looked like in the old days. The latches on the windows that are now worn with time would be thrown open to let in the sounds of the oval below, while the crisp white shades from the fixtures would have adequately illuminated the newly-printed forms strewn about the scattered tables. The chatter that took place still feels palpable though and it would have been something to share a coffee with legendary writers like the Daily Racing Form's Joe Hirsch and The New York Times's Walter Wellesley Smith, better known as “Red,” as they took a break from their efforts to craft a pithy lead. Smith captured best this kind of nostalgia when he said about his own craft, “I like to get where the cabbage is cooking and catch the scents.” That's the stuff. As we remember what was before returning to our screens, it is certainly appropriate that Saturday's grades stakes slate includes the annual renewal of the GII Red Smith Stakes at the Big A, which was a race that was renamed for the celebrated sportswriter in 1982. Going the 11 furlongs on the grass this time around are an eclectic bunch of nine older males and we might wish that Smith was around to offer a piece just one last time about the field. There are a trio of seasoned pros drawn here that have over 30 starts to their credit. As a 7-year-old, MGSW City Man (Mucho Macho Man) is coming to the end of his career, but the Christophe Clement trainee might have one last trick up his sleeve in what will be his 37th go. Deterministic wins the Virginia Derby at Colonial | Coady Media The veteran will face a pair of stalwarts from Rick Dutrow's barn in SW Pioneering Spirit (American Pharoah) and the winner from last year's Red Smith, MGSW Master Piece (Chi) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}). “He's [Master Piece] run big twice on this grass course,” said Dutrow. “We can't wait to watch him run again. He's a pleasure to be around. Every barn that he's in, just all the people really like him because he's such a cool, funny horse to be around.” More lightly-raced competitors include morning-line favorite MGSW Integration (Quality Road), who was the runner-up this past summer in the GI Arlington Million at Colonial Downs, and the class climbing 4-year-old colt Rebel Red (GB) (Frankel {GB}). The latter won against allowance types for trainer Cherie DeVaux at Saratoga July 13, but sadly lost an eye following the race. Proving once again that equine athletes can adapt, the chestnut cleared the next condition in-style at Keeneland Oct. 5. The other graded race on Saturday in Ozone Park is the nine-furlong GIII Hill Prince Stakes for 3-year-olds on the turf. This could be a throwdown between GSP Cugino (Twirling Candy) and GIII Virginia Derby champ Deterministic (Liam's Map). A Shug McGaughey trainee, Cugino certainly sparkled this summer in the Audubon Stakes at Churchill Downs when he led from the bell, but the bay was well-beaten in the GIII Nashville Derby at Kentucky Downs Aug. 31. As for 'TDN Rising Star' Deterministic, Christophe Clement made the call to move the GIII Gotham Stakes hero to the grass and it has paid dividends. If the dark bay rates like he is capable of doing, then the race could be his for the taking. “He [Deterministic] won the Gotham nicely in the slop, but then he had two average races on the dirt, and we decided to switch him back to the turf,” said Clement assistant trainer Christophe Lorieul. “He's by Liam's Map and we've had some success with Liam's Map on the turf, so that's why we tried him and now he's been showing consistent form.” Heading over to Louisville, Churchill Downs has the GIII River City Stakes on tap. Like the Hill Prince, this one is also set for nine furlongs on the grass. Older runners entered in the River City include MGSP Cash Equity (Fr) (Toronado {Ire}), who will battle the likes of 'TDN Rising Star' and MGSW Emmanuel (More Than Ready) and GSP Reckoning Force (Air Force Blue). Caitlinhergrtness nets the King's Plate | Michael Burns Finally, the graded stakes train heads north of the border to Canada and the folks on-track at Woodbine will have the chance to see Caitlinhergrtness (Omaha Beach) return to Toronto in the GIII Maple Leaf Stakes. Named after WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark, the last time the filly took to the all-weather surface, she beat the boys in the King's Plate Aug. 23. After finishing third in the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland Oct. 12, trainer Kevin Attard sends her up against older females for the first time. Standing in her way is stablemate Fashionably Fab (Silent Name {Jpn}), who won the GIII Ontario Matron Stakes at Woodbine Sept. 14, and the battle-tested runner-up from that same race, Elysian Field (Hard Spun). Next, a capacity field of 14 will head to the post in the GIII Bessarabian Stakes. Longshots could be live here, like GSP Tripolina (Constitution), who was just added to the Keeneland Horses of Racing Age Sale Nov. 14, and MGSP Dolce Sopresa (Maclean's Music), who should relish the timing behind a cutback and a surface switch. Rounding out the card at Woodbine is the GII Autumn Stakes for older males. Owner Mike Repole promised to send his stock to other trainers and he has delivered. Never Surprised (Constitution) finally cleared the optional claiming ranks over the E.P. Taylor grass course after a strong graded stakes showing earlier in his career under Todd Pletcher. Now a 6-year-old, he will tangle with Canadian champion 3-year-old colt and King's Plate victor Paramount Prince (Society's Chairman) and MSW Forever Souper (American Pharoah), who comes in riding a three-race black-type win streak. The post Red Smith Leads Turf Stories On Graded Stakes Saturday appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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