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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — You knew this wouldn't last much longer. Chad Brown's Saratoga barn has too much young talent inside of it. Eventually, the trainer was going to find his way to the winner's circle with one of his juvenile runners. That day was Saturday when Brown's Capital Partner (GB) (Kingman {GB}) unleashed a furious closing kick to win the second race at the Spa, a $100,000 maiden special weight for 2-yeasr-olds. With jockey Flavien Prat doing the steering, Capital Partner flew down the stretch in the 1 1/16-mile race on the Inner Turf Course and won by a half-length as the 9-5 favorite. Brown, who has been the leading trainer at Saratoga seven times, including the last four summers (he shared the title with Linda Rice in 2023), had started six 2-year-olds in $100,000 maiden special weights at Saratoga prior to Saturday. He had two seconds and a third. Then, Capital Partner got him on the board. “We have had some other horses that have really run well,” Brown said of his youngsters. “We have had really good performances that were not quite good enough first time to get there.” For a while, it looked like Capital Partner, owned by Seth Klarman's Klaravich Stables, might be one of them. The son of Kingman would have no part of that as he and Prat began to roll in upper stretch and then gobbled up the turf with gigantic strides. He passed British Invasion (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) in the shadow of the wire and got the narrow score in his first career start. Seth Klarman and trainer Chad Brown in the winner's enclosure | Tod Marks “The horse needed a real kick, and he got it,” Klarman said. “Another Kingman! They have been great for us. Chad though the horse was training really well. He needed some experience, and he got it today.” Last year, when Brown won the training title with 45 wins, 10 of them came with his 2-year-olds in 37 starts. According to Equibase, Brown won five of 17 2-year-old starts on grass last year. “We had high expectations for him, but you never know the first time out at Saratoga,” Brown said. “Dirt, turf, long, short–everyone brings their best and there are a lot of great trainers here and well-bred horses.” Brown and bloodstock agent Mike Ryan picked Capital Partner out at the 2024 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. He went for $484,088. Brown said he and Ryan have been attending the sale in England every year. “Mike does a fantastic job of shortlisting the horses and zeroing in on the ones he wants,” Brown said. “Often times, I am in agreement. He is great at what he does, and we have a great partnership.” Before coming to Brown's barn, Capital Partner was at Stonestreet Training Center in Ocala, Fla with farm trainer Ian Brennan. Brown said he went to visit his young horses there in March and got rave reviews from Brennan when it came to Capital Partner. “I have to give a lot of credit to Stonestreet and Ian Brennan,” Brown said. “He was very high on this horse. He rated him at the top of the male turf horses that I had there, and he was right. We have done a lot of work together through the years. He knows how to grade them based on previous horse that have gone through the program. (Capital Partner) got straight As.” Capital Partner was timed in 1:44.55 and paid $5.90, $3.50 and $2.60. Brown said he was not sure what might be next for his first 2-year-old winner of the meet. The post Saratoga Maidens, presented by Keeneland: Brown Breaks Through with Capital Partner 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
HEY NAY NAY (IRE) (c, 2, No Nay Never–Travel, by Street Cry {Ire}), a gate-to-wire debut winner at Santa Anita for John Sadler in June, shipped to Monmouth and picked up an easy win in the Tyro Stakes Saturday. Clearly the class of this scratched-down field, the 1-5 favorite shot right out to the front and said catch me if you can to a group that was never going to reel him back him. Paco Lopez took one confident look down to the inside as he swung his leader off the far turn and then hit the gas as Hey Nay Nay spurted clear by as much as he pleased to come home a dominant winner. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0. O-Hronis Racing LLC and Iapetus Racing LLC; B-Lynch Bages, Camas Park & Summerhill B/S; T-John Sadler. Sales History: $300,000 ylg '24 KEESEP. The post Hey Nay Nay Stays Perfect In The Tyro Stakes 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
There is nothing fast or precocious about developing a good wine, and certainly not for the Italian wine producer Ornellaia, one of the leading creators of Super Tuscan wine in the famous Bolgheri region. But when Kia Joorabchian of Amo Racing teamed up with the Memo partnership to buy the sale-topper at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale this May for $1.1 million, he was not looking to let her age quietly before popping the cork. Off slowly in Saturday's sixth race at Saratoga, Ornellaia (Girvin) the filly came with a late rush and won going away by 2 1/4 lengths in her debut and was named a `TDN Rising Star.' Joorabchian was attending a family event on Saturday and was unable to be present, but, when reached by phone minutes after the race, said, “I have watched it twice already!” He admitted to some resignation after watching her awkward start in what figured to be a key maiden race. “When she broke slowly, I was watching with my son and a whole team of us, 15 of us,” he said. “Before the race, everyone was saying it was one of the hottest maidens of the year. When you miss the break like that and are that far behind, the chances of catching up in a race like that are almost zero. So, we said, `well, that was really very unfortunate, but she'll gain some experience from it,' because we always liked her. We said there was no way she could catch them from there. But the stride on her! We saw her coming and then, for a second, the feed went out, so we missed the second where she went from behind the pack to catching up to the pack, and then of course went right on past them. I have seen other people's horses do that, but I haven't ever seen one of mine do that, ever, so that was quite impressive.” By the time she ended up in Amo and Memo's hands-their first pairing on a horse–Orneillaia had already sold twice previously. She was a $180,000 Keeneland November weanling, and resold as a yearling by Paramount Sales for $240,000 to Ciarian Dunne's Wavertree Stables for a pinhooking partnership. “We loved that filly from the day we saw her,” Dunne told the TDN's Jessica Martini in May. “She's never done anything but get better and reinforce the opinion we had of her. Hopefully, she can reward (the buyers).” She has now done just that. “I loved her as a yearling, and she was obviously in very good hands with Ciaran Dunne,” said Joorabchian. “He did an amazing job with her, and we teamed up to get her. To get an early two-year-old in America, this is exactly what I've been wanting. To be fair, Ben (McElroy) and Alex (Elliott) and KerrI were absolutely in love with the horse. Her price tag was obviously big, but she's now worth it.” She is now the second filly Joorabchian has owned with the same name, following his now-four-year old Orneillaia (GB) (Night of Thunder {Ire}). “I had a horse in the U.K. called Ornellaia, who was third in the G1 Moyglare Stakes,” he said, “and unfortunately, she got injured and retired to stud. Kerri told me she had reserved the name for me in America. I love the wine.” Shortly after the race, he received a call from Chad Brown. “Chad just called me and he said, `we've got a live one here.'” The pair will enjoy this one for a bit and regroup before deciding what's next. “To be honest, we haven't discussed anything,” said Joorabchian. “There are no plans for her. It's too early.” The post Saratoga Maidens, Presented by Keeneland: Orneillaia A Vintage Unto Herself in Impressive Win 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
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Many of the smiles and chuckles following Ted Noffey's victory in the first race at Saratoga Race Course Saturday had very little to do with his solid 1 1/2-length victory. They were about his name, which was the result of a very simple but humorous mistake, as his, err, namesake Ned Toffey explained. Toffey, for 21 years the general manager of Spendthrift Farm, which owns Ted Noffey, was chosen as Kentucky's Farm Manager of the Year in 2024, an honor that started the story. “One of the publications did an interview with me,” Toffey said, “and they teased on Twitter (now X), 'Don't miss our next issue with such and such and such and such and an interview with Spendthrift's Ted Noffey. It was a typo. They put this on Twitter, teasing the article.” Toffey's daughter Megan spotted the error online and notified the publication. “Just an honest mistake,” Toffey said. “My daughter tweeted back at them and they immediately corrected it. They took it down and corrected it, but not before my daughter sent that on to my boss.” Eric Gustavson, co-owner of Spendthrift with his wife, Tammy, had the Ted Noffey screenshot supplied by Megan and took care of the rest. “I guess, he thought to himself, 'I know what to do with this,' but I didn't know they were doing it,” Toffey said after having his picture taken with Ted Noffey following his score in the $100,000 maiden special weight race for 2-year-olds. Toffey became aware of the name game play when Ted Noffey appeared on the worktab. “I just saw the workouts one morning, somebody sent me his work,” Toffey said. “At this point he was already working well, but it's funny naming horses. You name them because you think they're good and sometimes they're not. I think you always have to be careful naming horses that way, but Eric Gustavson, he's got a great sense of humor, and he has a lot of fun with the names that he uses and does a really good job with it. So, it was a lot of fun. And like I said, as long as he can run, you can call him anything you want.” Ted Noffey proved in his debut for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher–who secured his seventh win of the meet in the top-level maiden special weight division–that he has talent to go with the name. Sent off as the 7-2 third choice in the wagering with stablemate Grittiness (Curlin), he patiently stalked on the outside the early pace set by the 6-5 favorite Tagermeen, of :22.44 and :46.35. Ted Noffey with John Velazquez in the irons | Tod Marks Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez asked him to engage at the five-sixteenths pole and he moved alongside Tagermeen (Into Mischief), a $1.4 million 2-year-old purchase at OBS April. Toffey said that Spendthrift stayed deep into the bidding for Tagermeen, who weakened in the stretch. Ted Noffey rolled on to beat Criteria (Yaupon). Ted Noffey reached the wire of the 6 1/2-furlong dirt race in 1:17.56 and paid $9.60. Toffey said that the colt, bred by Aaron and Marie Jones out of the Streak of Luck by Old Fashoned, clearly stood out as a standout prospect. “He's a beautiful animal,” Toffey said. “He's a big classy-looking horse. He's got some leg under him. It looked like he could be a two-turn type, but he also, he's got a great hip on him. He's very athletic. We were fortunate enough to get out to the farm before the September sale last year, out at Taylor Made, and we saw him there. When you see that kind it's kind of easy. You don't really write anything much in your notebook other than 'nice horse.' We went back, saw him at the sale, and said, 'Yeah, still a nice horse.' Just a big, classy, correct, athletic-looking horse. Looks like the kind of Into Mischief that can stretch out and go two turns. Really excited about him.” Spendthrift purchased the colt sired by its star stallion for $650,000 at Keeneland September. “He tipped his hand to us down in Ocala with Raul Reyes, who's broken horses for us for a long time, and does a great job,” Toffey said. “He looked the part down there, really, from the beginning in his breezes, but sometimes you send that kind on and you hear from the trainers and they say, 'we're not really seeing that,' but ever since he got to Todd, he's kind of been showing the same kind of precocity and early talent. Couldn't be happier with him so far. This is really nice, but hopefully bigger and better things to come.” Pletcher said that Ted Noffey showed that he was ready for the test of a Saratoga maiden special weight race that kicked off the Whitney Stakes program. “Very straightforward. Trained really well since he came in,” Pletcher said. “He's been breezing in company with some other colts that have run well in their debuts. We were optimistic coming in that he'd be professional enough to have a good debut.” Toffey said it will be up to Pletcher when Ted Noffey returns to the races. A race like the GI Hopeful at the end of the meet could be loaded with colts with Spendthrift/Into Mischief connections. “The good news is he's our third colt and fourth maiden special winner here this meet,” Toffey said. “I don't know if any of them can run with Tommy Jo (a Spendthrift filly by Into Mischief), but three nice colts, one with Mike Repole and one with Epic Horses and this guy we own on our own.” Toffey grew up in Great Barrington, Mass., has spent most of his adult life working with horses and watched many dozens of them go to the gate. Ted Noffey was the first one who was kind of named for him. “Somebody asked me if I was nervous,” he said, with a laugh. “I said, 'I'd be nervous if I had to run six and a half furlongs.' You know what the best part was? I had my family around me, and they're all cheering, and that was pretty nice.” The post Saratoga Maidens, presented by Keeneland: ‘As Long As He Can Run, You Can Call Him Anything You Want’ – Ned Toffey Celebrates Ted Noffey 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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