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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The last Amerman Racing homebred by Oscar Performance to carry the colors home in the GIII Zuma Beach Stakes was Endlessly, who captured the race as the 80 cents on the dollar favorite in 2023. Stark Contrast, a horse with a pair of races under his belt, duplicated the feat at Santa Anita Sunday. Like Endlessly, Stark Contrast is also from the Michael McCarthy shedrow. The colt tried turf for his conditioner at second asking over the seaside oval grass course and he won by a length Sept. 6. Set for his first graded start as a 7-2 shot here, the juvenile steadied himself along the rail as a scramble ensued on the engine into the first turn. Keeping tabs on favored Proletariat up the backstretch and around the far turn, Stark Contrast began to find his best stride entering the lane and he sailed to victory by a length over Third Beer. “[Stark Contrast] kind of tipped his hand a little bit to us this summer at Del Mar,” McCarthy said. “He worked just well enough to warrant a start on the dirt and he got a lot out of it. Obviously, towards the end of the meet there, we were lucky enough to run him a mile on the turf and he was very good that day. He has been training forwardly since then.” “I'd like to go to the Breeders' Cup, hopefully he stays healthy,” McCarthy added. “Congratulations to the Amermans. They are not here today, but it would be nice to get back to the Breeders' Cup for them.” Pedigree Notes: Caravaggio (Scat Daddy), who has stood in Japan since 2022 after being the leading first-crop sire in Europe the year prior, now has a baker's dozen when it comes to graded winners–led at the top level by the likes of Porta Fortuna (Ire), Whitebeam (GB) and Tenebrism. The first foal for his dam, the winner has a pair of younger half-sisters who are both by another Amerman homebred, Oscar Performance. Catch the Eye was bred back to that same sire this spring. Stark Contrast is part of an extended female family which includes MGSW A.P. Warrior (A.P. Indy) and GII American Turf Stakes victor Global View. —campbellparlay Sunday, Santa Anita ZUMA BEACH S.-GIII, $100,000, Santa Anita, 10-5, 2yo, 1mT, 1:34.77, fm. 1–STARK CONTRAST, 122, c, 2, by Caravaggio 1st Dam: Catch the Eye (GSP, $126,902), by Quality Road 2nd Dam: Turns My Head (Ire), by Montjeu (Ire) 3rd Dam: Egyptian Queen, by Storm Cat 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O/B-Jerry Amerman (KY); T-Michael W. McCarthy; J-Kazushi Kimura. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $112,800. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue- style pedigree. 2–Third Beer, 122, c, 2, Mendelssohn–Siqueira, by Curlin. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. O-Philip Lebherz; B-Premier Thoroughbreds LLC (CA); T-Tim Yakteen. $20,000. 3–Proletariat, 120, r, 2, Raging Bull (Fr)–Kodiak West (Ire), by Kodiac (GB). ($50,000 Ylg '24 FTKOCT; $200,000 2yo '25 OBSMAR). O-Dutch Girl Holdings LLC and Irving Ventures LLC; B-Liberty Road Stables (KY); T-Jeff Mullins. $12,000. Margins: 1, NK, 4. Odds: 3.60, 7.10, 1.60. Also Ran: Caro Buono (Fr), Won for Lou. Scratched: Charlie's Curlin, Medici. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Caravaggio’s Stark Contrast Carries Amerman Colors to Victory in Zuma Beach 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
With a plethora of Breeders' Cup berths up for grabs over the past weekend, Repole Stable's Final Score (Not This Time) grabbed the last one when taking Keeneland's GII Castle & Key Bourbon Stakes, a qualifier to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Del Mar. Final Score was driven to the front from the word jump, rolling out and opening quarter mile in :22.51. Soon running head-and-head with Casa Cielo (Caravaggio)) through a :47.69 half, he continued to play cat-and-mouse what that rival into the final turn. With Irad Ortiz Jr. stepping on the gas straightening for home, Final Score strode away to win by a professional 1 1/4-length margin over the closing Turf Star (Caravaggio). Gordon Pass (Instilled Regard) rounded out the trifecta. “He went a little faster than I wanted, but he got the job done. He deserves a lot of credit,” said Ortiz Jr. “He was a little aggressive going into the first turn but on the backside, he switched off really nice. After that, I just bided my time turning for home. Then when we were in the straight, I asked him to go, and he gave me a good turn of foot.” Runner-up in his career debut in a 5 1/2-furlong off-turf test at the Spa in July, the dark bay bounced back to score on the front end going two turns on the turf there on Aug. 10 and made it two straight with a victory in the GIII With Anticipation Stakes on Aug. 28. “He showed speed before but not this kind of speed,” explained Ortiz Jr. “I thought it was a little more speed than he would have in the race. I thought we were going to be right behind the speed, but he broke so good and put me in a good position without asking too much. I had talked to the trainer [Todd Pletcher] and he said, 'If he's on the lead, fine; let him go.'” Pedigree Notes: By red-hot sire Not This Time, Final Score, a $600,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling purchase, is out of Precious Dixie–a daughter of Grade III winner and Grade I-placed Princess Haya and a half-sister to SW and GISP Lady Kate (Bernardini). Precious Dixie produced a colt by Good Magic in 2024 and another colt, this one by Cody's Magic, this season. The 10-year-old mare was bred back to Muth. Sunday, Keeneland CASTLE & KEY BOURBON S.-GII, $400,000, Keeneland, 10-5, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.51, fm. 1–FINAL SCORE, 122, c, 2, by Not This Time 1st Dam: Precious Dixie, by Bernardini 2nd Dam: Princess Haya, by Street Cry (Ire) 3rd Dam: Sally Slew, by Slew City Slew ($600,000 Ylg '24 FTSAUG). O-Repole Stable; B-BG Stables (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $226,300. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, $397,550. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Turf Star, 118, c, 2, Caravaggio–Starstruck (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. O/B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-H. Graham Motion. $73,000. 3–Gordon Pass, 118, c, 2, Instilled Regard–Could Be Magic, by Speightstown. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. O/B-OXO Equine LLC (KY); T-William Walden. $36,500. Margins: 1 1/4, 1 1/4, HD. Odds: 1.41, 12.01, 52.04. Also Ran: Dr. Agne, Exonerate, Awesome Connection, J J Grey, Blinging It Back, Vintur, Repentless, Password, Casa Cielo. Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Final Score Grabs BC ‘Win and You’re In’ Berth With Bourbon Victory 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
She was pretty useful in OZ. Ran second to Imperatriz in the G1 Moir. Stamps that form. Won the G2 Schillaci Stakes. A G2 at Caulfield and a G3 at Flemington. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
1781450.jpg Lady Performer put plans of the broodmare paddock on hold for another year after capping off a consistent run of form in the Johnny Neil Builders (1400m) at Hawera on Saturday. The eight-year-old had nearly been retired at the end of the spring last season, but her owner-trainer Lydia Pickford opted to bring her back for another winter, which has paid off with Lady Performer recording a win, two seconds and five thirds since resuming in early April. She was due another winning turn, but facing Rating 75 grade for the first time, she was underrated in the market closing at $15 with racing betting sites, with Librero and Ghazzah the two fancied runners of the field. Carrying a featherlight 52kg under apprentice Amber Riddell, Lady Performer went back early to settle outside of Sotirio, while Our Akashinga eventually took the lead at a leisurely tempo. The pressure dialled up at the 600m and the mare was cruising into contention on the outside, hitting the lead at the 200m alongside Overdraft. Spread wide apart on the track, it was hard to line up Lady Performer and Overdraft as they powered to the line in unison, but there was no doubting the photo finish which crowned Lady Performer the victor by a head. “She’s a really honest mare and tries hard, she’s probably gotten better with the more racing she’s had this season,” Pickford said. “She really deserved that. “She’s not the soundest horse, she’s got a few little issues, so we nurse her along and she’s going very well. She’s probably the soundest she’s ever been. “It was interesting to see her step up to Rating 75 grade and cop it, that’s the grade she has to race in from now on so we’ll see how we go.” The daughter of Sacred Falls boosted her total earnings above $136,000, a far cry from the $1,200 outlaid to purchase her through gavelhouse.com in 2023. “She was a bit tricky when we first got her, she wasn’t the easiest to manage, but she’s a nice mare that has mellowed in her older age,” Pickford said. “I was actually going to retire her last year but Leah Hemi (jockey) said to me that she would be alright for another winter. “I was going to put her in foal at the end of last season but it got late enough, and she was sitting in the back paddock, so I thought we may as well then send her away this spring. But, you can’t retire her the way she’s going at the moment, so that’ll likely be put in hold until next year now. “She does a lot of jumping and enjoys that as well, my daughter likes show jumping her and mucking around with that so she may have a calling with that too. Out of a More Than Ready mare Peak Performer, Lady Performer is a half-sister to Toesonthenose, a six-race winner in Queensland, and recent maiden winner Paddy The Farmer. In 54 starts, she has recorded four wins and 17 minor placings. “It’s great to have one that tries so hard, it would be easy if they were all like her,” Pickford said. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
After setting a quick pace, Calumet Farm homebred Gin Gin was able to outlast a late charge by Nitrogen and pull the upset in the $650,000 Spinster Stakes (G1) at Keeneland Oct. 5.View the full article
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