Ways and Means Easily Passes The Test

[Wandering Eyes]

Klaravich Stables' 'TDN Rising Star' WAYS AND MEANS (f, 3, Practical Joke–Strong Incentive, by Warrior's Reward) became the third North American Grade I winner for her sire and 10th worldwide with a comfortable victory as the 7-10 favorite in Saturday's GI Test Stakes at Saratoga. First to break the line for Flavien Prat, the homebred filly led through the opening exchanges, but was ultimately content to allow the rail-skimming Emery (More Than Ready) to come through and take up the running through fractions of :22.43 and :44.43 over the muddy main track. Held together into the final 2 1/2 furlongs, Ways and Means claimed Emery with consummate ease in upper stretch and kept on nicely to score by about 2 1/2 lengths in the finish. Emery was a clear second ahead of My Mane Squeeze (Audible) in third. Brightwork (Outwork), who defeated Ways and Means in last year's GI Spinaway Stakes over the same course and distance, was scratched from what would have been her first start as a 3-year-old. Ways and Means is the third graded winner from her dam, who is also responsible for Klaravich's Grade II winner Highly Motivated (Into Mischief) and Grade I victress Surge Capacity (Flintshire {GB}). Lifetime Record: 6-3-2-0. O/B-Klaravich Stables Inc (KY); T-Chad Brown.

 

WAYS AND MEANS, 3YO daughter of @coolmorestud stallion Practical Joke, wins the Grade 1 Test pres. by @Ticketmaster for Flavien Prat and Chad Brown! pic.twitter.com/Bf8KEE6WE5

— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) August 3, 2024

Saturday, Saratoga
TEST S. PRESENTED BY TICKETMASTER-GI, $485,000, Saratoga, 8-3, 3yo, f, 7f, 1:22.28, my.
1–WAYS AND MEANS, 118, f, 3, by Practical Joke
                1st Dam: Strong Incentive (SW, $123,568),
                                by Warrior's Reward
                2nd Dam: G G's Dolly, by Comic Strip
                3rd Dam: Parfait, by Kingmambo
'TDN Rising Star'. 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES
WIN, 1ST GRADE I WIN. O/B-Klaravich Stables (KY); T-Chad C.
Brown; J-Flavien Prat. $275,000. Lifetime Record: 6-3-2-0,
$569,500. *1/2 to Surge Capacity (Flintshire {GB}), GISW,
$547,100 and Highly Motivated (Into Mischief), GSW,
$667,375. Werk Nick Rating: A++.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
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2–Emery, 120, f, 3, by More Than Ready
                1st Dam: Athena (MSW, $459,222), by Street Sense
                2nd Dam: Race Rocks (Ire), by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire)
                3rd Dam: Artful Pleasure, by Nasty and Bold
1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($235,000 Wlg '21 KEENOV).
O-Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-Mary K. Grum (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.
$100,000.
3–My Mane Squeeze, 122, f, 3, by Audible
                1st Dam: In Spite of Mama, by Speightstown
                2nd Dam: Mama Theresa, by Carson City
                3rd Dam: Nothing Special, by Tejabo
1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. O-William J. Butler and WinStar Farm LLC;
B-William Butler (NY); T-Michael J. Maker. $60,000.
Margins: 2HF, 2, HF. Odds: 0.70, 4.00, 4.60.
Also Ran: Denim and Pearls, Belle's Blue Bell. Scratched: Brightwork.
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