Horologist Upsets Jaywalk in Monmouth Oaks

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 Hometown heroine Horologist upset heavily favored champion Jaywalk to register her fourth straight win in Saturday’s GIII Monmouth Oaks. Away well from the inside post in this five-horse affair, the 5-1 shot pressed the Eclipse winner from a close third through a :23.49. Rated back a bit, she kept close eye from about 1 1/2 lengths back in third as Sweet Sami D kept Jaywalk honest through a :46.82 half-mile. Horologist closed the gap on the backstretch run and was even with the chalk turning for home. The Jersey-bred stuck her head in front in the lane and Jaywalk tried to stick with her, but came up empty, finishing second by a three-quarters of a length.

“She’s been training good,” said winning trainer John Mazza. “I said this week that she has been training the best since I’ve had her and she has filled out a lot. She’s a big, mature filly now. I had a lot of confidence in her today, but I didn’t think she could beat Jaywalk. In this business you’ve got to keep proving. I think she proved herself today.”

He continued, “I’m emotional. It’s been a long time between graded stakes wins for me [the last being the 1992 GI Hopeful S. with Great Navigator]. I’m so happy it happened again with her. I thought she would run a bang-up race. I just didn’t know if we could beat a champion like Jaywalk.”

“It’s happening very fast for me,” said owner Cameron Beatty. “I’m down to two horses and I only bought my first one in 2015. I would have never named my stable Theres A Chance if I didn’t think we had a chance in races like this. I look at it as, if you’re not in it you can’t win it. We took a shot thinking there was a little bit of a chance. I guess there was a 5-1 chance because it happened. It’s unbelievable.”

Runner-up in Gulfstream’s Glitter Woman S. Jan. 5, Horologist finished off the board in that venue’s GIII Forward Gal S. a month later, but returned to winning ways in a one-mile optional claimer in Hallandale Mar. 8. Romping by five lengths to clear her next allowance condition at Monmouth May 25, she wired the state-bred Smart N Classy H. at the Oceanport oval June 9.

Saturday, Monmout Park
MONMOUTH OAKS-GIII, $162,500, Monmouth, 8-17, 3yo, f,
1 1/16m, 1:44.44, ft.
1–HOROLOGIST, 120, f, 3, by Gemologist
1st Dam: Cinderella Time, by Stephen Got Even
2nd Dam: Dethroned, by Defrere
3rd Dam: Capture the Crown, by Crafty Prospector
1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O-There’s A Chance Stable; B-Holly
Crest Farm (NJ); T-John F. Mazza; J-Angel Suarez. $105,000.
Lifetime Record: 10-5-1-2, $278,105. Werk Nick Rating: A+.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Jaywalk, 123, f, 3, Cross Traffic–Lady Pewitt, by Orientate.
($190,000 Ylg ’17 KEESEP). O-D. J. Stable LLC & Cash is King
LLC; B-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd. (KY); T-John C. Servis.
$30,000.
3–Sweet Sami D, 118, f, 3, First Samurai–Treaty of Kadesh, by
Victory Gallop. ($45,000 RNA Ylg ’17 FTKJUL; $70,000 Ylg ’17
FTKOCT). O-ABL Stable, Dominic Bossone, Patrick Donnelly,
Jacob Schnoor & W. Oberdorf; B-Farfellow Farms Ltd. (KY);
T-Patrick B. McBurney. $15,000.
Margins: 3/4, 2 1/4, 3 1/4. Odds: 5.40, 0.20, 6.30.
Also Ran: Lady Banba, Stay Smart. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

 

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