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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
La Mehana may be considered an old veteran at age 6, but her 8 3/4-length domination of the $250,000 Glens Falls Stakes (G2T) at Saratoga Race Course July 27 indicated she may just be reaching her best.View the full article -
can you name one similar example to what happened on sunday, or any other race where junior drivers have replaced other declared drivers to gain let ups as a reseult of changes to pre published race conditions. -
Well its you who is saying they changed the conditons of the race after the horse won.. You said there was no such condition originally.( I've referenced what you said below) To change means alter/modify,so using your words,there was never a provision for a let up So why are you now saying its ok to change the race conditions after the fields come out? where's that in the rule youv'e quoted? And i quoted the definition of corruption "the process by which a word or process is changed from its original state to one regarded as erroneous or debased.". so thats why i said it falls within the definition of the word corruption,based on what your saying. And this whole non win/1 win isn't the crux of the argument. As if we go by what your saying,then whats to stop them altering any race conditions after the race when the fields are out. For example what to stop some horse in a mobile 1 win race winning,then them changing the conditions of another 1 win race that its accepted in 2 days later to allow the junior driver concession penalty. ,and so on. really,lets cut to the chase,your seem to be implying that its within the rules to have many future examples of preferential treatment happening, irrespective of what type a race is being run. so why do they have a rule that can be manipultaed by someone,i.e. the handicapper,to give preferential treatment. And its very obviously preferential treatment. As pointed out by you,not me,they specifically altered the conditions of sundays race to exclude the other 1 win horses from getting a let up if driven by a concession driver.
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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
by Mike Kane & Patrycja Szpyra SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Through 14 days of Saratoga's season, Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher's 2-year-olds are getting the job done. Pletcher picked up his fifth victory in the top-level $100,000 maiden special weight races Sunday when Tapit's Legacy (Tapit) cruised to a five-length victory in the third race under Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez. Pletcher has a 5-2-2 record from 15 starters in the open $100,000 races, a win percentage of 33 with a 60 percent finish in the top three. Last season, Pletcher won four of that type of race. “We've been happy with the way they've come out,” Pletcher said. “Sometimes you don't know until you start running against everyone else's 2-year-olds. You can train yours and they'll be looking good against the ones you're training them with, come over here and do well or they come over here and get their heads handed to them. Then you get a reality check. But, so far, they've been running well.” The race was scheduled for one mile on the inner turf course, but was moved to seven furlongs on the sloppy, sealed main track after heavy rain fell overnight and into the morning. Six of the 10 horses entered for the turf scratched and Tapit's Legacy drew in as the lone main-track-only entry. Tapit's Legacy, co-owned by Spendthrift Farm and Epic Horses, reached the wire in 1:23.87 and paid $3.30 as the 3-5 favorite. Three of Pletcher's 2-year-old winners came in the last three days of this second full week of racing. Time to Dream (Not This Time) started the victory parade Friday, Tommy Jo (Into Mischief) broke his maiden Saturday and Tapit's Legacy completed the weekend tri. Pletcher won with Malus (Into Mischief) on July 13 and Emphasis (Yaupon) on July 19. Todd Pletcher (first left) in the winner's circle with his latest juvenile maiden winner | Sarah Andrew Corser Thoroughbreds bred the big colt out Peace Corps (Violence). He did not meet his reserve price as a yearling, but sold for $550,000 to Spendthrift and Epic at the OBS March 2-year-old sale. “He breezed well there,” Pletcher said. “He's a big, good-looking son of Tapit, a pretty straightforward, attractive purchase.” Starting from the outside in the field of five, Tapit's Legacy sat a length behind pacesetter Chalky White (Practical Joke), who covered the first quarter mile in :23.42 and the half-mile in :46.73. Velazquez asked Tapit's Legacy for more in the turn and he responded but Velazquez said the colt didn't seem that interested in moving past Chalky White at the quarter pole. With some more urging, Tapit's Legacy had the lead just past the eighth pole and easily extended his advantage. Tapit's Legacy has been working at Saratoga since May. On June 27 he turned in a bullet work, fastest of 80, with a half-mile in :49.00 from the gate over the Oklahoma training track. “We've liked him all along. He's trained very forwardly,” Pletcher said. “We had him in earlier (in the summer) and he got a little temperature on us. We got backed up a little bit, and was just trying to find an opportunity to get him started. Fortunate here and got him in main track only. It looked like there was rain in the forecast, so it worked out well for him.” 3rd-Saratoga, $97,000, Msw, 7-27, 2yo, 7f (off turf), 1:23.87, sy, 5 lengths. TAPIT'S LEGACY (c, 2, Tapit–Peace Corps, by Violence) was the only main track only entry in this maiden washed off the turf, and was made a 3-5 favorite for this mile trek. Breaking well to track Chalky White (Practical Joke) as that one splashed through :23.42, :46.73, and six panels in 1:10.99, he was asked for his best at the five-sixteenths and spun off the turn the looming danger to that longtime leader. Taking command passing the eighth pole, Tapit's Legacy drew off from Chalky White to win by five lengths. The victor is the most recent to the races for Peace Corps, but her first to get his picture taken. He has a yearling half-brother by Curlin and a 2025 half-sister by Into Mischief. Sales history: $45,000 RNA Ylg '24 KEESEP; $550,000 2yo '25 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $55,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Spendthrift Farm LLC and Epic Horses LLC; B-Corser Thoroughbreds LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. The post Saratoga Maidens, Presented by Keeneland: Pletcher’s Kiddie Corps Snags Another Maiden Special Spa Victory 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
Tuesday, Goodwood, Britain, post time: 15:05, AL SHAQAB GOODWOOD CUP STAKES-G1, £500,000, 3yo/up, 16f 0y Field: Dubai Future (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), French Master (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Illinois (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Military Academy (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), Sunway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}), Sweet William (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Trueshan (Fr) (Planteur {Ire}), Scandinavia (Justify). TDN Verdict: Last year's G1 Grand Prix de Paris and G1 St Leger runner-up Illinois was put forward as a last-minute substitute for Kyprios in last month's G1 Gold Cup and, with extra preparation time for this marathon, is taken to gain a belated first win at the highest level. Ryan Moore is on board once more and he is accompanied by stablemate Scandinavia, who delivered a stunning wide-margin victory in Newmarket's G3 Bahrain Trophy earlier this month. Wathnan Racing's French Master steps up from handicap company for this black-type debut and is joined by Sweet William and Military Academy in the three-pronged bid to provide the Gosden stable with a sixth renewal. [Sean Cronin]. Tuesday, Goodwood, Britain, post time: 13:55, CORAL VINTAGE STAKES-G2, £175,000, 2yo, 7f 0y Field: Zavateri (Ire) (Without Parole {GB}), Andab (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), Do Or Do Not (Ire) (Space Blues {Ire}), Dorset (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Gharma Sutra (Ire) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}), Goodwood Galaxy (GB) (Kodi Bear {Ire}), Humidity (GB) (Ulysses {Ire}), Laureate Crown (Ire) (Victor Ludorum {GB}), Morris Dancer (Ire) (Palace Pier {GB}), Vincenzo Peruggia (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Eve Johnson Houghton trainee Zavateri dented some lofty reputations when annexing Newmarket's G2 July Stakes earlier this month and offers value in this open renewal. He is reopposed by July runner-up Do Or Do Not, who is the only maiden in the field. Aidan O'Brien sends forth TDN Rising Star Dorset, who comes back off a breakthrough success at the Curragh last month and seeks a fourth victory for the Ballydoyle maestro. Wathnan Racing's hitherto undefeated Humidity rates an obvious danger having broken his stakes duck in Royal Ascot's Listed Chesham Stakes when last seen, while Al Shaqab Racing's Andab, representing the Joseph O'Brien stable, returns off a third in the G3 Marble Hill Stakes and a fourth in the G2 Coventry Stakes. [Sean Cronin]. Tuesday, Goodwood, Britain, post time: 14:30, HKJC WORLD POOL LENNOX STAKES-G2, £180,000, 3yo/up, 7f 0y Field: Alyanaabi (Ire) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), Audience (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}), Iberian (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Kinross (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Lake Forest (GB) (No Nay Never), Nostrum (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Quinault (Ger) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Ten Bob Tony (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Witness Stand (GB) (Expert Eye {GB}), Intrusively (GB) (Territories {Ire}), Jonquil (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Noble Champion (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). TDN Verdict: TDN Rising Star Kinross bids for an unprecedented third victory in a renewal that is as competitive as ever. The 2021 and 2023 winner encounters familiar foe Ten Bob Tony, who lowered his colours in Haydock's G3 John Of Gaunt Stakes on seasonal debut at the end of May. Last term's winner Audience has failed to fire in four outings since and returns off a ninth in the John Of Gaunt. William Haggas trainee Lake Forest has failed to hit the board in three starts since annexing Australia's Golden Eagle last November and needs to find more to feature. Juddmonte's TDN Rising Star Jonquil was denied Classic glory when collared by Henri Matisse in the dying embers of May's G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains and is better than his unplaced effort in Royal Ascot's G1 Commonwealth Cup, while Noble Champion, a shock winner of Royal Ascot's G3 Jersey Stakes, is not without a chance. [Sean Cronin]. Click here for the complete fields. The post Black-Type Analysis: Group 1 Breakthrough Awaits Illinois in Goodwood Cup 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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