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NAMES OF THE DAY 

Lillehammer, first race. Named after the host city of the 1994 Winter Olympics, the 6-year-old 

mare is by North Light. 

Navy Blue, third race. Harold Lerner’s 2-year-old colt is by Midshipman. 

BY THE NUMBERS 

4: Cars left over in the Fasig-Tipton parking lot between East Avenue and the Oklahoma track at 

6:22 Wednesday morning. 

4:30: Earliest time in the morning someone has asked for a beer at the Morning Line Kitchen. 

Ivan said they can’t sell before 11, but “sometimes they ask at 4:30.” Yikes. 

11:30: Time Wednesday morning The Special’s Joe Clancy realized he had a voice mail 

(the call came in at 4:53 a.m.) from the printer about an equipment problem that would delay 

Wednesday’s paper. 

SARATOGA BARN AREA TRAFFIC JAM 

Two red cars. 

One pickup truck. 

Two horses 

One Jeep Cherokee. 

One trainer walking a Labrador. 

Two golf carts. 

One tram full of a backstretch tour group. 

Four pedestrians. 

One guy on a bicycle. 

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WORTH REPEATING 

“I’m the super-sub. The first thing I checked when he came 

back was the girth. Did it slip” 

Trainer Dave Duggan, who saddled Wednesday’s 

steeplechase winner Mancor for non-shipping, 

Virginia-based trainer Jimmy Day 

“We saw him!!!” 

Reader Paul Fulgione after he and his wife saw 

Jess’s Dream, 2-year-old son of champion 

Rachel Alexandra, gallop Wednesday morning 

“I showed up in khakis and a dry cleaned shirt the first day. 

They laughed at me.” 

Ryan Clancy, 21, as he went to his “real job” 

wearing an Adena Springs hat (backward), a 

“Fear the Turtle” T-shirt and jeans Wednesday morning 

“I just got through reading Tuesday’s, I just hit the double.” 

Ralph Theroux, picking up Wednesday’s Special 

“Another one of these disturbances could come through… 

then it’s smooth sailing.” 

Weatherman on the TV at the 

Morning Line Kitchen Wednesday morning 

“That’s high cotton.” 

Kevin Lavin, when hearing that The Special’s 

writers were being compared to Joe Palmer 

“Whatever you do, don’t take off this horse.” 

Retired jockey Jose Santos, when asked 

what he told his agent after working future 

Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide for the first time 

“The only way I could get my body on the ground like that is if 

it had white chalk around it.” 

Valet Harry Rice, describing Hall of Fame 

inductee Alex Solis’ stretching routine every day 

“That’s a nice place, just beautiful – except for those three months.” 

Finn Green, about Fair Hill Training Center (and winter) 

“I got out of there…until tomorrow morning.” 

Fasig-Tipton ring handler Cordell Anderson 

while watching turf works Wednesday morning 

“Four thousand, one hundred and forty four. I hear about it 

every day.” 

Trainer Gary Contessa, when asked how many races jockey-turned-exercise-rider 

Nick Santagata won in his career 

“She likes Keeneland. She walks that outside path and can get 

six backrubs a day.” 

EQB’s Patti Miller, about her dog Sally 

“I thought we were going to have a 7-footer in the paddock.” 

Bona Venture Stable’s Dan Collins, when Orlando Magic 

power forward Andrew Nicholson was planning to see his 

namesake Nicholson run Friday (Nicholson had to cancel) 

“I’m doing all right, my wife called me last night and said there 

were bats in the house.” 

Owner Richard Hoffberger, who is glad he’s in Saratoga 

QUOTE OF THE DAY 

“We’ve been in racing for 32 years 

so I don’t even remember.” 

Owner Bill Punk, 

after winning with Selenite, 

when asked about his first 

winner at Saratoga 

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125 Equibase # (highest sprint # in North America in 2014 is a 126) 

101 and 99 Beyer Speed Figures • .03 off Aqueduct track record win 

Pointing to graded stakes at Belmont Fall meet 

Classy physical by freshman sire Marsh Side. Vinery Sales/Barn 9 

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Afleeting Lady 

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Joyful Victory 

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Spadina Road 

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Stolen Beauty 

Strut The Course 

Sweet Cassiopia 

Sweet Seventeen 

T P Louie 

Tale Of The Cat 

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The Chief . . . Day 17 

“I had a lot of horses win big races a week apart, Beau Purple won the Hawthorne Gold Cup on Saturday, 

came back from Chicago on the van, we didn’t even fly him back, we ran him back the following Saturday 

and he won the Man o’ War the following Saturday on the grass, he beat every good horse in the country, he 

never run on the grass in his life. We worked him the day before on the grass, the kid came 

back and said, ‘I don’t know, he was stumbling…’ 1962, two good horses from Europe were 

in there too. Look it up. Kelso, Carry Back and a couple of real good grass horses were in 

there, Bill Boland just galloped along on the lead, a horse would gallop up inside him, 

put a head on him, he’d just save him, gradually inch away from him, it was unbelievable. 

The crowd started screaming, because Kelso started coming 

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JOHN’S CALL STAKES RECAP 

Good Trick 

Quirky Tricky Hat 

wins narrow photo 

over Holiday Star 

BY TOM LAW 

Shug McGaughey does all he can to put Tricky 

Hat in the type of environment where he can show 

his true abilities. 

The Hall of Famer alternated the 5-year-old Hat 

Trick gelding’s training between the water treadmill 

one day and the racetrack the next while he spent 

time at Fair Hill last year. He’s placed Tricky Hat 

in races where he can be close to the pace and not 

completely lose interest. And he’s chosen to not put 

Tricky Hat in the starting gate with an assistant 

starter. 

Sometimes it works – like in last year’s Laurel 

Turf Cup at Laurel Park and the Sycamore Stakes 

at Keeneland. Other times it doesn’t, usually because 

Tricky Hat pulls a stunt or two, like he did at 

Tricky Hat (right) hangs on to edge Holiday Star and Manchurian High in the John’s Call. 

Woodbine last year when he kicked a fence before a 

stakes race and had to be scratched. Tricky Hat was 

the former Wednesday, and he bounced back from 

the worst race of his career with a professional victory 

in the $100,000 John’s Call Stakes at Saratoga. 

Tricky Hat, who stood in the gate for the 1 5/8- 

mile stakes with only Rosie Napravnik on his back 

and no assistant starter, came up the inside and held 

Dave Harmon 

off an outside rally from Holiday Star to win the 

grass marathon by a nose. 

“He’s got a mind of his own and he doesn’t like 

anybody to bother with him,” McGaughey said. 

“Roy [Williamson, NYRA’s starter] called me today 

and asked me about the gate. I said I’d rather 

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John’s Call – 

Continued from page 8 

him be in there by himself because if 

you try to do anything with him he 

can really resent it.” 

Napravnik, who rode Tricky Hat 

to victory in last year’s Laurel Turf 

Cup and to a close third in the 1 

5/8-mile Sycamore on the Polytrack, 

agreed and said she isn’t above playing 

some mind games with the Chilean-bred 

gelding. 

“He’s a tricky horse, Tricky Hat,” 

she said. “He definitely has his own 

personality and he definitely can hang 

a bit. You have to trick him into winning 

sometimes, but he’s a very talented 

horse. I have confidence in him all 

the time, I’ve just got to trick his mind 

a little bit.” 

Tricky Hat wasn’t into the race 

at all last time in the Grade 2 Monmouth 

Stakes in early June. He lagged 

toward the back early, dropped to last 

and stayed there, finishing 14th and 

20 1/2 lengths behind the winner. 

The race itself was a disaster and 

the very firm turf probably wasn’t to 

his liking, but Tricky Hat’s undoing 

came well before he went to the starting 

gate. 

Dave Harmon 

Early in the 1 5/8-mile race, Bohemian Dance shows the way over Winning Cause, Tricky Hat, Holiday Star and Manchurian High. 

“There were a lot of things,” 

McGaughey said about what went 

wrong at Monmouth. “They called 

them to the detention barn early, they 

went over to the detention barn and 

then they had to go back to their own 

barn and like I said, with a mind of 

his own, he just resented it. Then the 

turf was really hard going a mile and 

an eighth and he wasn’t really up in 

the race. I just don’t think he can run 

that way.” 

Tricky Hat put himself into the 

race from his inside post and raced 

in third early as Bohemian Dance set 

a slow pace up front with 4-5 favor- 

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ite Winning Cause tracking. That trio raced that way 

for the 11 of the 13 furlongs, past the opening half in 

:51.30, 1 mile in 1:41.29 and 1 1/4 miles in 2:05.28. 

Napravnik stayed patient down on the inside the 

whole trip and just when it looked like the tiring Bohemian 

Dance might stop in front of Tricky Hat – undoubtedly 

something that would cause the gelding to get 

agitated – a seam opened up on the inside. Napravnik 

asked and Tricky Hat ran to the hole, slicing past the 

tiring leaders. 

“I was waiting and hoping something would open 

up,” Napravnik said. “Luckily the horse is small and 

we got through.” 

Edgar Prado was playing his own version of the 

waiting game, racing in fourth and just behind Tricky 

Hat a couple paths off the inside for nearly the entire 

trip. He made a three-wide bid around the turn, losing 

ground that would prove costly at the finish, and nearly 

got up to give Prado his first win at the meet. 

Watching live it was extremely tough to call if Tricky 

Hat or Holiday Star got up, with the fast-closing Manchurian 

High a neck back in third and Winning Cause 

fourth. 

McGaughey watched the race with his wife Alison 

on the ground-floor big screen in the clubhouse. He 

clearly couldn’t tell if Tricky Hat won, so he took a 

few steps closer to the monitor to see. When that didn’t 

work he took a couple steps to the side, getting a better 

angle. All around onlookers opined about the outcome, 

calling out numbers right and wrong. 

McGaughey didn’t wait to see it on TV and headed 

for the winner’s circle. When Tricky Hat’s number was 

called, Alison came out of nowhere, shouted “that a 

boy Shugie” and cracked him on the back a few times. 

Tricky Hat gave McGaughey and owners Andrew 

Rosen, Robert Trussell and Gainesway’s Antony Beck a 

win during last year’s Saratoga meet going 1 3/16 miles 

on the grass. He was in the midst of a strong stretch for 

that win, which followed a third in allowance/optional 

company at Belmont and preceded the Laurel Turf Cup 

and the Sycamore. 

Tricky Hat was training at Fair Hill during that 

stretch, part of the first wave of McGaughey runners to 

use the quiet training center in the northeastern corner 

of Maryland. He’s been at Belmont Park since he finished 

second in an allowance race and fifth in the Grade 

2 Elkhorn at Keeneland in his first two starts of 2014. 

The races at Keeneland weren’t great, but they certainly 

were better than the one at Monmouth. 

“He’s been doing good and he wants to run a little 

bit farther so I thought I’d give him a chance in here,” 

McGaughey said. “It’s kind of a good spot here, too, 

because he’s got enough speed that when there’s no 

pace in the race he can lay up close enough where he 

can finish. I was thinking about [running] Reflecting [in 

the John’s Call], but if he gets a slow pace he can’t finish 

against them. So it worked out good. 

“I’m tickled to death, after he ran so bad at Monmouth, 

to see him come back and run well. When I 

saw the turf a little bit earlier where it had a little bit 

of kickback I thought this might suit him, too. I don’t 

know that he wants it really hard.” 

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Class is 

in Session 

Manacor schools foes from start 

Make the plan. Work the plan. 

Jimmy Day called Paddy Young 

last week and told him the plan for 

Manacor in Wednesday’s steeplechase 

opener. 

“Go to the lead.” 

The Irish-born trainer and Irishborn 

jockey talked again Wednesday 

morning, Irish Heritage Day at the 

track if you’re keeping track. 

Looking at the form, Young and 

Day thought All That Rules and Mr. 

Starr’s Report might provide heat on 

the sauce. 

By the time, the seven horses 

walked across the turf, well six horses 

as Mr. Starr’s Report was stuck like a 

bicycle in the snow, Young knew exactly 

what he was going to do. 

WEDNESDAY RACING RECAP 

Dave Harmon 

Manacor controls the race at the last, as he did throughout, to win Wednesday’s first race. 

“All That Rules was pretty washed 

out,” Young said. “Once it was a bit of 

a fiasco at the start, I jumped off and 

when nobody came to him, I just said, 

‘Ride your own race from here.’ ” 

Young rode his race like Miles Davis 

played his trumpet. Mr. Starr’s Report 

stood at the start, All That Rules 

dropped to the back and Manacor 

loped 2 miles and sprinted a sixteenth 

to win the allowance hurdle by a diminishing 

neck over favorite All The 

Way Jose and Albany Road. Slow 

pace makes close finishes, five horses 

finished within 3 1/4 lengths. 

Owned and trained by Day, Manacor 

won for the second consecutive 

time, after taking a conditioned 

claimer on the turf at Belmont in July. 

The Irish-bred son of Refuse To Bend 

notched his second hurdle win in his 

14th start. 

“We just popped the first circuit, 

we had an easy lead and I had plenty 

in the tank. I knew he was a good 

jumper, the second to last and last 

won him the race, real long and low 

and quick,” said Young who won his 

second race of the meet. “All credit to 

the horse, it’s hard when you’re out in 

front that long, he put his head down, 

you’re not struggling but when you’re 

hanging on, it feels like a monster’s 

coming behind you.” 

Manacor repulsed the monster in 

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Wednesday – 

Continued from page 14 

“He won the race on the flat, it means nothing 

when going over jumps bar his confidence, he’s 

so high on himself,” Young said. “His jump races 

were so in and out, it was hard to step up and really 

fancy him but the way the race set up, everything 

went according to plan.” 

Make the plan. Work the plan. 

– Sean Clancy 

• Silver Freak blazed to a gate-to-wire win in 

near course-record time in Wednesday’s eighth race 

at Saratoga. It took a fraction of that time for owner 

Rajendra Maharajh to bound onto the track and 

reach Brian Lynch on his cell phone for a spirited 

conversation about the Badge of Silver gelding’s impressive 

performance. 

“He said, ‘Raj, patience is everything in horse 

racing,’ ” Maharajh said of the talk. “We gave him 

the time and boy, did he run a big race.” 

Limited to just two starts since last December 

and only seven prior starts in his career because of 

ankle issues, Silver Freak won Wednesday’s 1-mile 

allowance/optional on the turf in 1:33.58. He just 

missed L’Oiseau d’Argent course mark of 1:33.42 

set in 2004. 

“It was pretty easy,” Maharajh said. “He’s normally 

a bit of a hyper horse, but he was very calm. 

We thought we would try to get him to relax a little 

bit, but he’s the kind of horse that, if there’s no 

Quay (4) kicks clear late to win Wednesday’s fifth race for trainer Bobby Ribaudo. 

speed, he’s going to go to the front. He likes to run 

to the lead and it paid off beautifully. Nobody challenged 

him.” 

Silver Freak, on the board in all seven of his previous 

starts racing on turf and Polytrack, shipped 

to Saratoga from Lynch’s base at Woodbine Monday 

night. He’s won twice at 1 1/16 miles and now 

once at a mile. 

“His best distance is eight furlongs, so we felt 

this was the best spot for him,” Maharajh said. “We 

thought he was sitting on a big race. We thought he 

was right.” 

– Dan McDonough 

Dave Harmon 

• More than luck was working for Moonluck 

when he broke his maiden in the second, a maiden 

claiming race going 6 furlongs. 

The 4-year-old son of Malibu Moon, a $225,000 

2-year-old purchase in March 2012, returned from 

nearly 10 months on the sidelines to win easily by 4 

1/4 lengths for Perretti Racing Stable, trainer Carl 

Domino and jockey Manuel Franco. He raced for a 

$20,000 tag and was claimed by David Jacobson. 

Moonluck last raced in October, finishing second 

behind Grade 2-placed sprinter Bakken at Belmont 

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Wednesday – 


“The horses he ran with last year could be stakes 

horses,” Domino said. “He just has his little problems. 

I wanted to give him an easy race so I picked 

the easiest company as possible.” 

– Kristin Brennan 

• “I brought the wonderful Irish weather,” Noel 

Kilkenny, the Consul General of Ireland, joked in 

the winner’s circle after the third race. 

The luck of the Irish indeed brought a calm and 

sunny day, quite a bit different from last week’s mix 

of rain, sun and thunderstorms that folks from the 

Emerald Isle might call “bipolar weather.” 

Kilkenny was on hand for the race named in his 

honor that was also part of Irish Heritage Day at 

the track. Conspiracy won the third, a 1 1/8-mile 

claiming race on the main track for Champion 

Equine, trainer Bruce Brown and jockey Javier Castellano. 

“What I really love about this is the whole family 

nature of the event,” Kilkenny said of his Saratoga 

experience. “I came all the way through the 

paddocks and I saw people bringing their coolers, 

whole families sharing the experience.” 

Kilkenny said he’s visited Saratoga Springs, but 

Wednesday was his first time at the track. 

“It really is magical,” he said. “Irish people love 

horse racing. It’s a hugely popular sport in Ireland, 

but it wasn’t until I came here this morning and I 

got that sense, the smell of the horses, the whole 

lot, it all came pouring back to me.” 

Irish Heritage Day, part of the weekly heritage 

day routine this season, was celebrated with bagpipes, 

Irish dancing, families who decorated themselves 

in green and of course, traditional Irish food. 

“I thought it was a great opportunity,” Kilkenny 

said. “What I want to do is insure that Americans 

of Irish heritage keep that heritage alive in whatever 

way works for them. There isn’t one size fits all. 

Today it’s horse racing, it’s step dancing, it’s Irish 

food. At other venues it’s history, it’s culture. I just 

think it’s wonderful that here in Saratoga Springs, 

we have this great celebration of Irish heritage.” 

– Katie Brush 

• Marc Keller’s horses frequently share the letter 

Q in their names. There’s no rhyme or reason, it’s 

just a favored letter of the owner. 

Quay became the latest winner of the Keller’s Q 

herd when she took the fifth, an allowance/optional 

for older fillies going 5 1/2 furlongs on the turf. 

Jose Ortiz settled the Tapit filly at the back of the 

field from the break, keeping her toward the back 

confidently until the field turned into the stretch. 

Quay quickly made her way up the rail, powering 

through for a strong finish to win by three-quarters 

of a length over Kiama. Quay improved on her second-place 

finish the last time she raced 5 1/2 furlongs 

in a maiden race at last year’s Saratoga meet. 

“Her 5 1/2 here last year was very good,” winning 

trainer Bobby Ribaudo said. “The options 

here are very few. It’s either 5 1/2 or two turns. 

Dave Harmon 

Silver Freak gears down while winning Wednesday’s eighth. 

She’s definitely better one turn, so it’s not like you 

have a choice.” 

Ribaudo was also pleased with the ride Quay got, 

“up the fence, save the ground. They don’t do anything 

wrong, doesn’t matter what Ortiz you get.” 

As for the Q’s, may they continue to conquer for 

Keller. 


• Ever the self-promoter, Ken Ramsey was in his 

usual midseason form Wednesday after winning 

two races on the card. 


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“He’s good and he knows he’s good 

and that makes him dangerous,” Ramsey 

said about well, Ramsey after winning 

the seventh with Kitten’s Queen. 

He won the fourth race earlier with 

Thirtysilverpieces. 

“Two-for-two today, I’m so ecstatic,” 

said Ramsey, who as usual led 

both winner’s to the winner’s circle. “I 

enjoy leading them in whether they are 

stakes winners or claimers.” 

Kitten’s Queen’s win came in a 1 1/8- 

mile allowance for older females on the 

grass. The Kitten’s Joy filly made a run 

on the outside and pulled away with 

authority in the stretch. Kitten’s Queen 

is trained by Mike Maker. 

Ramsey watched the replay on the 

infield’s big screen from the winner’s 

circle. 

“I’ll enjoy the win again. Here she 

he comes. I just knew she was going to 

catch them. Yes. Perfectly timed.” 

“You win one in Saratoga and that’s 

good,” Ramsey said. “That makes this 

our sixth win and we are on our way. 

We got the momentum going.” 

Thirtysilverpieces bounced back 

from a sixth in a maiden special weight 

race July 26, winning for a $75,000 tag 

going 5 1/2 furlongs. 

– Katie Brush 

• Island Therapy got Gary Gullo 

in the win column when he broke his 

maiden in the finale. 

The 3-year-old Freud gelding was 

successful after nine losing efforts, all 

in maiden claiming races. He ran for a 

$40,000 tag Wednesday and won the 

1-mile turf race for state-breds by 2 3/4 

lengths. 

“I think the grass helped him a lot 

and the mile was the perfect distance 

for him,” Gullo said. “Irad [Ortiz Jr.] 

rode him well.” 

Island Therapy was coming out of 

a third-place finish in a similar maiden 

claimer July 20 at Saratoga. 

“It’s a nice first win you know Just 

want to win a race at Saratoga, at least 

I got that over with,” Gullo said. 


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WEDNESDAY’S SARATOGA RESULTS 

Wednesday August 6. 

FIRST $65,000, ALLOWANCE, 4 YO’S & UP, 2 1/16M 

3 Manacor (IRE) P. Young $8.70 $3.30 $2.50 

5 All the Way Jose W. McCarthy $2.90 $2.20 

7 Albany Road R. Walsh $2.80 

B Gelding 2008, by Refuse To Bend (IRE) - Mollyputtheketelon by 

Rainbow Quest. Owner: Day, James, M.. Trainer: James Day. 

Breeder: Kilboy Estate (IRE). Late Scratches: Lillehammer 

Time: 3:55.27. Exacta (3-5), $18.80; Superfecta (3-5-7-1), $222.00; 

Trifecta (3-5-7), $71.50 

SECOND $37,000, MAIDEN CLAIMING $20,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 6F 

5 Moonluck M. Franco $3.50 $2.30 $2.10 

8 Hey Kid I. Ortiz, Jr. $2.80 $2.20 

3 Lyrical Miracle C. Velasquez $2.80 

Dk B/ Br Colt 2010, by Malibu Moon - Hello Lucky by Lucky Lionel 

Owner: Perretti Racing Stable, LLC. Trainer: Carl Domino. 

Breeder: Spendthrift Farm LLC (KY). 

Late Scratches: Distant Thoughts, Sounds of Saratoga, Yankee Dime 

Claimed: Moonluck claimed by Jacobson, David for $20,000, Hey Kid 

claimed by Beaudoin, Robert for $20,000, Boss Daddy claimed by On 

the Rise Racing Stables for $20,000 

Time: 1:12.03 

Daily Double (3-5), $15.60; Exacta (5-8), $12.80; Quinella (5-8), 

$7.40; Trifecta (5-8-3), $42.40 

THIRD $50,000, CLAIMING $25,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/8M 

7 Conspiracy J. Castellano $6.90 $4.30 $3.20 

3 Springcourt J. Ortiz $8.10 $5.00 

4 Dynamical J. Velazquez $4.40 

Ch Horse 2009, by Giant’s Causeway - In Truth by Quiet American 

Owner: Champion Equine LLC. Trainer: Bruce Brown. 

Breeder: J. Mike Lauffer, James Lauffer &Greg McDonald (KY). 

Claimed: Conspiracy claimed by Winning Move Stable for $25,000, 

Dynamical claimed by Scherer, Merrill R. for $25,000, Cease claimed 

by Mr. Amore Stable for $25,000 

Time: 1:52.21 

Daily Double (5-7), $13.80; Exacta (7-3), $48.00; Superfecta (7-3-4- 

5), $570.00; Trifecta (7-3-4), $173.50; Pic 3 (3-5-7), $56.50 

FOURTH $56,000, MAIDEN CLAIMING $75,000, 2 YO, 5 1/2F 

4 Thirtysilverpieces R. Albarado $7.00 $3.80 $2.80 

3 Dangerous Cowboy T. Rice $5.60 $3.50 

5 King Thief A. Arroyo $5.50 

Dk B/ Br Ridgling 2012, by Badge of Silver - Crumbs of Comfort by 

Pulpit. 

Owner: Ramsey, Kenneth L. and Sarah K.. Trainer: Wesley Ward. 

Breeder: Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey (KY). 

Late Scratches: Astron 

Claimed: Jet Alley claimed by Gold Square LLC for $75,000 

Time: 1:06.56 

Daily Double (7-4), $27.60; Exacta (4-3), $45.60; Quinella (3-4), 

$28.60; Superfecta (4-3-5-6), $814.00; Trifecta (4-3-5), $281.00; Pic 

3 (5-7-4), $41.60 

FIFTH $90,000, AOC $62,500, 3 YO’S & UP, 5 1/2F 

4 Quay J. Ortiz $8.40 $4.00 $2.90 

2 Kiama J. Velazquez $6.50 $4.30 

1 Spun Silky I. Ortiz, Jr. $3.20 

Gr/ro Filly 2010, by Tapit - Skipper Tale by Tale of the Cat 

Owner: Keller, Marc. Trainer: Robert Ribaudo. 

Breeder: Hinkle Farms & Joe Iracane (KY). 

Late Scratches: Nuffsaid Nuffsaid, Making Havoc, Ode to Sami 

Time: 1:02.48 


6), $1,887.00; Trifecta (4-2-1), $137.00; Pic 3 (7-4-4), $116.00 

SIXTH $73,000, NY-BRED MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT, 2 YO, 6F 

4 Hard to Stay Notgo J. Alvarado $20.80 $9.90 $6.90 

7 Sweetpollypurebrd I. Ortiz, Jr. $7.10 $5.70 

1 Razia Sultana J. Ortiz $3.50 

Dk B/ Br Filly 2012, by More Than Ready - Whichwaydidshego by 

Storm Cat 

Owner: Chester and Mary Broman, Sr.. Trainer: James Jerkens. 

Breeder: Chester Broman & Mary R. Broman (NY). 

Time: 1:11.56 

Daily Double (4-4), $107.00; Exacta (4-7), $139.50; Superfecta (4-7- 

1-6), $2,845.00; Trifecta (4-7-1), $802.00; Pic 3 (4-4-4), $508.00; Pic 

4 (7-4-4-4), $1,360.00; Pic 5 (1/2/5/7-7-4-4-4), $2,743.00 

SEVENTH $85,000, ALLOWANCE, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/8M 

11 Kitten’s Queen J. Castellano $5.80 $3.50 $2.70 

9 Flamingo Lane J. Alvarado $6.90 $4.70 

1 Precarious L. Saez $3.20 

B Filly 2010, by Kitten’s Joy - High Chant by War Chant 

Owner: Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey. Trainer: Michael Maker. 

Breeder: Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey (KY). 

Late Scratches: Carameaway, Holiday’s Jewel, Get Gorgeous 

Time: 1:48.25 

Daily Double (4-11), $80.50; Exacta (11-9), $43.00; Superfecta (11- 

9-1-6), $1,764.00; Trifecta (11-9-1), $159.00; Pic 3 (4-4-11), $292.00 

EIGHTH $90,000, AOC $62,500, 3 YO’S & UP, 1M 

2 Silver Freak J. Rosario $13.40 $6.10 $4.30 

1 Middleburg J. Lezcano $4.40 $3.10 

9 Helm R. Napravnik $4.60 

Ch Gelding 2009, by Badge of Silver - Sweet Gold by Gilded Time 

Owner: Maharajh, Rajendra. Trainer: Brian Lynch. 

Breeder: Westwind Farms (KY). 

Late Scratches: Dighton, Goodtimehadbyall. Claimed: Joes Blazing 

Aaron claimed by Klesaris, Steve for $62,500. Time: 1:33.58 


7), $4,626.00; Trifecta (2-1-9), $420.50; Pic 3 (4-11-2), $632.00 

NINTH $100,000, STAKES - JOHN’S CALL S., 3 YO’S & UP, 1 5/8M 

1 Tricky Hat (CHI) R. Napravnik $9.10 $4.60 $3.10 

10 Holiday Star E. Prado $4.40 $3.20 

7 Manchurian High F. Boyce $4.80 

Dk B/ Br Gelding 2009, by Hat Trick (JPN) - Tonichi by Point Given 

Owner: Rosen, Andrew, Trussell, Robert and Gainesway Stable (Antony 

Beck). Trainer: Claude McGaughey III. 

Breeder: Haras Paso Nevado (CHI). 

Late Scratches: Seton Hall, Grand Rapport, Alpha, Micromanage 

Time: 2:41.87 

Daily Double (2-1), $61.00; Exacta (1-10), $31.80; Superfecta (1-10- 

7-8), $431.00; Trifecta (1-10-7), $240.00; Pic 3 (11-2-1), $166.00; 

Place Pix Nine (1/4/7-1/2/5/8/9/11-1/2/9/11/12), $73.00 

TENTH $45,000, NY-BRED MAIDEN CLAIMING $40,000, 3 & UP, 1M 

3 Island Therapy I. Ortiz, Jr. $7.60 $4.00 $2.60 

2 Sole Train J. Lezcano $4.30 $2.70 

9 Copper Core L. Saez $2.80 

B Gelding 2011, by Freud - Semichi by Brushed On 

Owner: Copper Penny Stables. Trainer: Gary Gullo. Breeder: James 

Doyle (NY). Late Scratches: Fidelius, Rontos New York, Little T. Louie, 

Downgoesfrazier, Regretless, Hidden Warrior. Time: 1:37.70 


1), $673.00; Trifecta (3-2-9), $79.00; Pic 3 (2-1-3), $290.50; Pic 4 

(2/5/8/11-2-1-3/11/12/13/14/15/), $776.00; Pic 6 (4-4-2/5/8/11-2- 

1-3/11/12/13/14), $327.00; Pic 6 (4-4-2/5/8/11-2-1-3/11/12/13/14), 

$20,031.00 

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Micromanage is heavily favored in today’s Birdstone, a 1 3/4-mile dirt race. 

Tod Marks 

Far, far away 

Six entrants extend their reach 

to 1 3/4 miles in Thursday feature 

BY DAN TORDJMAN 

The morning line for today’s 

$100,000 Birdstone Stakes might suggest 

there’s a clear favorite – Micromanage 

is, after all, listed at 4-5. But 

at 1 3/4 miles on the dirt, the horse 

best suited to actually win the race 

named for the 2004 Belmont and Travers 

winner is really anyone’s guess. 

“It’s a strange distance and everybody 

is probably thinking the same 

thing,” said Jason Servis, who sends 

out Don Dulce. 

Under different conditions, perhaps 

not as strange, Servis might be 

more confident coming out of a race 

like the Grade 3 Salvator Mile July 

6 at Monmouth Park. Don Dulce, 

owned by Barry Schwartz, finished 

fourth and was closing from well off 

the pace on a day that featured multiple 

front-end, gate-to-wire winners. 

“He ran great,” Servis said. “He 

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ran against the bias. They went slow 

early and picked it up at the end and 

he actually picked up some ground 

and ran a good Ragozin number.” 

The winner of that race, Itsmyluckyday, 

came back to finish second 

in the Grade 1 Whitney Invitational 

last Saturday, and runner-up Valid 

and show horse Bradester were first 

and second next out in the Grade 2 

Monmouth Cup Stakes July 27. 

“I know the Salvatore Mile was 

probably too short for him . . . and 

this is awful far,” Servis said. “I’m 

not really looking forward to running 

him at 1 3/4 miles. Do I wish it was 1 

1/8 miles Hell yeah.” 

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Rating at the 1 3/4 miles distance 

(374). Don Dulce also has a win in 

his only start at Saratoga, a 9-furlong 

allowance/optional last summer. The 

only other horse in the race with a 

win over the surface is Micromanage. 

“He should be tough. [Todd] 

Pletcher is always tough,” Servis said. 

Micromanage, trained by Pletcher 

for Mike Repole, certainly appears 

the toughest on paper, especially following 

his huge effort two races back 

in the 1 1/2 mile Grade 2 Brooklyn 

Invitational Stakes June 7 at Belmont. 

The 4-year-old son of Medaglia d’Oro 

looked home free in deep stretch, 

when Norumbega rallied late to beat 

him by a neck at the wire. Micromanage 

returned to finish seventh of 

11 horses in the Grade 2 Suburban 

Handicap July 5 at Belmont. 

While some are scratching their 

heads over how the Birdstone might 

unfold, David Jacobson might be doing 

a rain dance. He sends out Slim 

Shadey, who stood up big time in the 

$75,000 Elkwood Stakes, run over 

Jason Servis 

Tod Marks 

the slop July 4 at Monmouth. It was 

the first, and only, non-turf race of 

Slim Shadey’s career. 

“The big question mark is that he’s 

always run on the grass,” Jacobson 

said. “If it does rain, I wouldn’t mind 

that. But it is a question mark of how 

well he’s going to do on the dirt.” 

Bred in England, Slim Shadey is a 

son of 2001 Breeders’ Cup Mile winner 

Val Royal. Slim Shadey is out of 

the Chief’s Crown mare Vino Veritas. 

Chief’s Crown had several notable 

scores at 1 1/4 miles on the dirt, including 

the Travers in 1985 at Saratoga. 

He also finished third that year in 

the Belmont Stakes going 1 1/2 miles. 

It remains to be seen if any of that 

translates into Slim Shadey wanting 1 

3/4 miles on the dirt. 

“It’s an experiment,” Jacobson 

said. “We’re experimenting by running 

him on the dirt.” 

Shadwell Stable will take a shot 

with something of a class experiment 

when it sends out Irsaal. The Kiaran 

McLaughlin-trained gelding hasn’t 

run in stakes company since the 

$150,000 Easy Goer Stakes last June 

at Belmont. He finished third in that 

race, 1 length behind runner-up Micromanage. 

Irsaal has won two of his 

last three, both victories coming over 

off going on the main track. 

Others in the field are More Hundred 

Acre for trainer Jena Antonucci 

and owner NLG Racing Stable and 

Seton Hall for Ian Wilkes and Windridge 

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Saratoga Leaders 

TRAINERS....................... 1ST 

Todd Pletcher............................ 15 

Chad Brown................................ 7 

Graham Motion........................... 7 

Bill Mott...................................... 6 

Mike Maker................................. 5 

Shug McGaughey........................ 5 

Linda Rice................................... 5 

Bruce Brown............................... 4 

Christophe Clement..................... 4 

Gary Contessa............................. 4 

Tony Dutrow............................... 4 

Rudy Rodriguez.......................... 4 

Wesley Ward............................... 4 

George Weaver........................... 4 

JOCKEYS........................ 1ST 

Javier Castellano....................... 24 

John Velazquez......................... 17 

Irad Ortiz Jr............................... 16 

Jose Ortiz.................................. 15 

Joel Rosario.............................. 14 

Cornelio Velasquez.................... 10 

Luis Saez..................................... 9 

Jose Lezcano.............................. 8 

Junior Alvarado........................... 8 

Rajiv Maragh............................... 7 

Manuel Franco............................ 6 

Rosie Napravnik.......................... 6 

Owners........................... 1st 

Ken & Sarah Ramsey.................. 6 

Repole Stable.............................. 5 

Chester & Mary Broman............. 5 

Patricia Generazio....................... 3 

Jim and Susan Hill...................... 3 

Dubb, Bethlehem, Elktstone........ 3 

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THURSDAY’S SARATOGA ENTRIES 

Thursday, August 7. 

1ST (12:25PM). $75,000, STK - THE MRS. OGDEN PHIPPS STAKES, 4 YO’S & UP, F & M , 2 

1/16M (HURDLE) 

Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 

1 ..... 1.............Cat Feathers.................... B. Dalton.......................... K. Dalton....................... 5-1 

2 ..... 2.............Secret Reward................. G. Galligan........................ P. Fout......................... 10-1 

3 ..... 3.............Brilliant Match................. D. Nagle............................ J. Sheppard................... 5-2 

4 ..... 4.............Kisser N Run................... R. Walsh........................... R. Valentine................... 2-1 

5 ..... 5.............Opera Heroine................. J. Murphy......................... J. Fisher........................ 4-1 

6 ..... 6.............Sully’s Approach............. W. McCarthy..................... J. Sheppard................. 12-1 

7 ..... 7.............Lillehammer.................... X. Aizpuru......................... K. Dalton..................... 15-1 

2ND (1:00PM). $75,000, ALW, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 1 1/8M 

Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 5, Daily Double 

1 ..... 1.............Star Grazing.................... R. Maragh......................... J. Jerkens...................... 3-5 

2 ..... 2.............Gingee............................. L. Mejias........................... G. DiSanto................... 20-1 

3 ..... 3.............Legally Bay...................... A. Worrie.......................... M. Coffey.................... 15-1 

4 ..... 4.............Annie Walker................... M. Franco......................... M. Hushion................... 6-1 

5 ..... 5.............Devious Maddy............... T. Rice.............................. L. Gyarmati................... 7-2 

6 ..... 6.............Desert Valentine.............. J. Castellano..................... G. Contessa................... 5-1 

3RD (1:32PM). $73,000, MSW, 2 YO, 1 1/16M (TURF) 

Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Pic 4, Daily Double 

1 ..... 1.............Midnight Nick.................. T. Rice.............................. G. Contessa................. 15-1 

2 ..... 2.............Animalia.......................... J. Velazquez...................... T. Pletcher..................... 7-2 

3 ..... 3.............Brother O’Connell............ I. Ortiz, Jr.......................... C. Clement.................... 5-1 

4 ..... 4.............G R’s Giant...................... J. Ortiz.............................. D. Schettino................ 15-1 

5 ..... MTO.......Bellamy Way................... J. Lezcano........................ D. Cannizzo................... 3-1 

6 ..... 6.............Thirst for Glory............... J. Alvarado....................... J. Kimmel...................... 3-1 

7 ..... 7.............Chief Kitten..................... J. Castellano..................... C. Brown....................... 5-2 

8 ..... 8.............Startup Nation................. J. Rosario......................... C. Brown....................... 6-1 

9 ..... 9.............Navy Blue........................ L. Saez.............................. G. Contessa................. 20-1 

4TH (2:04PM). $100,000, STK - THE BIRDSTONE, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 3/4M 

Exacta, Quinella, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pic 3, Daily Double 

1 ..... 1.............Slim Shadey (GB)............ C. Lanerie......................... D. Jacobson.................. 8-1 

2 ..... 2.............Irsaal............................... I. Ortiz, Jr.......................... K. McLaughlin............... 4-1 

3 ..... 3.............Seton Hall....................... B. Hernandez, Jr............... I. Wilkes...................... 15-1 

4 ..... 4.............Don Dulce....................... J. Lezcano........................ J. Servis........................ 7-2 

5 ..... 5.............Micromanage.................. J. Castellano..................... T. Pletcher..................... 4-5 

6 ..... 6.............More Hundred Acre......... A. Arroyo.......................... J. Antonucci................ 20-1 

5TH (2:37PM). $45,000, MCL $40,000, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 1M (INNER TURF) 


1 ..... 1.............Miss Motivation.............. J. Bravo............................ G. Sciacca..................... 7-2 

2 ..... 2.............Contender’s Queen.......... H. Berrios......................... L. Dixon....................... 30-1 

3 ..... 3.............Transplendid................... J. Castellano..................... P. Serpe......................... 3-1 

4 ..... 4.............Burndownthetown........... S. Bridgmohan................. J. Buckley.................... 20-1 

5 ..... 5.............The Lady’s Cruisen.......... C. Velasquez..................... L. Rice........................... 5-2 

6 ..... 6.............Hot On Ice....................... A. Arroyo.......................... J. Lostritto................... 20-1 

7 ..... 7.............Puparee........................... R. Maragh......................... D. Schettino................ 12-1 

8 ..... 8.............Saratoga Valley............... T. Rice.............................. M. Shuman................. 12-1 

9 ..... 9.............Read It and Weep............ L. Saez.............................. T. Pompay................... 10-1 

10..... 10...........Bi Light of Day................ M. Franco......................... J. Hertler....................... 6-1 

11..... AE..........Moves Your Soul............. S. Husbands..................... J. Kettell...................... 20-1 

12..... MTO.......Lupicaia.......................... L. Saez.............................. H. Bond......................... 6-1 

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6TH (3:10PM). $42,000, CLM $25,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/8M 


1 ..... 1.............Q Two.............................. C. Lanerie......................... D. Romans.................... 9-5 

2 ..... 2.............Life’s a Roar.................... J. Davis............................. J. Parker...................... 15-1 

3 ..... 3.............Coldwater Flat................. A. Arroyo.......................... L. Miranda................... 15-1 

4 ..... 4.............Golden Nugget................ G. Suarez.......................... J. Acquilano................ 10-1 

5 ..... 5.............Navajo Ca Lo................... L. Saez.............................. N. Zito........................... 5-2 

6 ..... 6.............Sky Colors....................... W. Garcia.......................... J. Ortiz......................... 20-1 

7 ..... 7.............Chrisandlorisposse......... T. Rice.............................. T. Bush.......................... 2-1 

7TH (3:43PM). $45,000, MCL $40,000, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 1M (INNER TURF) 


1 ..... 1.............Taramislew...................... J. Rocco, Jr...................... J. Schoeneman........... 30-1 

2 ..... 2.............Yacantmakethisup........... W. Garcia.......................... A. Quartarolo............... 20-1 

3 ..... 3.............Sheepish......................... A. Worrie.......................... M. Shevy..................... 30-1 

4 ..... 4.............Manner of Speaking........ C. Velasquez..................... L. Rice........................... 2-1 

5 ..... 5.............No Trespassers............... L. Mejias........................... M. Miceli..................... 15-1 

6 ..... 6.............Fire Ship.......................... S. Bridgmohan................. R. Violette, Jr................. 4-1 

7 ..... 7.............Tenacious Indeed............ R. Maragh......................... D. Duggan..................... 8-1 

8 ..... 8.............Race and Shine............... J. Ortiz.............................. J. Toscano, Jr.............. 10-1 

9 ..... 9.............Make Your Point............. J. Castellano..................... P. Serpe......................... 7-2 

10..... 10...........Kevin’s Steel.................... I. Ortiz, Jr.......................... G. Gullo......................... 6-1 

11..... AE..........Glass Zealing................... A. Lezcano........................ C. Horton, Jr................ 50-1 

12..... MTO.......Peach Lake...................... T. Rice.............................. G. Sciacca..................... 8-1 

8TH (4:16PM). $85,000, ALW, 3 YO’S & UP, 5 1/2F (TURF) 


1 ..... 1.............Moon Song..................... A. Garcia........................... H. Motion.................... 12-1 

2 ..... 2.............Bluegrass Springs........... J. Ortiz.............................. L. Rice......................... 20-1 

3 ..... 3.............Santa Elf.......................... J. Rosario......................... B. Brown....................... 8-1 

4 ..... 4.............Defiant............................ P. Lopez............................ P. Farro.......................... 7-2 

5 ..... 5.............Heart Doctor................... R. Napravnik..................... M. Dini.......................... 3-1 

6 ..... 6.............Golden Story................... J. Castellano..................... W. Hickey...................... 6-1 

7 ..... 7.............Otokogi........................... J. Velazquez...................... H. Motion...................... 8-1 

8 ..... 8.............Indian Rain Dance........... J. Leparoux....................... C. Martin....................... 4-1 

9 ..... 9.............Casa Creek...................... J. Rocco, Jr...................... M. Nihei....................... 10-1 

9TH (4:49PM). $93,000, AOC $80,000, 3 YO’S & UP, 1 1/8M (INNER TURF) 

Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Daily Double 

1 ..... 1.............Ghurair............................ J. Rosario......................... C. Brown....................... 5-2 

2 ..... 2.............Marine Patrol.................. C. Lanerie......................... D. Romans.................. 12-1 

3 ..... 3.............Red Rifle......................... J. Velazquez...................... T. Pletcher..................... 3-1 

4 ..... 4.............Two Months Rent............ J. Alvarado....................... J. Toner....................... 15-1 

5 ..... 5.............Lochte............................. O. Bocachica..................... M. Vitali......................... 6-1 

6 ..... MTO.......Dawly.............................. A. Arroyo.......................... R. Rodriguez................. 2-1 

7 ..... 7.............Tetradrachm.................... L. Saez.............................. W. Mott......................... 5-1 

8 ..... 8.............Hakama........................... I. Ortiz, Jr.......................... M. Trombetta............... 12-1 

9 ..... 9.............Reflecting........................ J. Lezcano........................ C. McGaughey III.......... 5-1 

10TH (5:22PM). $73,000, MSW, 3 YO’S & UP, F & M , 5 1/2F (TURF) 

Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta 

1 ..... 1.............Escape to Malibu............. M. Franco......................... B. Brown....................... 5-1 

2 ..... 2.............Myfriendthebird.............. L. Saez.............................. G. Contessa................. 20-1 

3 ..... 3.............Jennys Creek................... J. Velazquez...................... C. Martin....................... 3-1 

4 ..... 4.............Honeychild...................... J. Rosario......................... G. Weaver................... 10-1 

5 ..... 5.............Barrier to Entry............... A. Solis............................. P. Kelly........................ 20-1 

6 ..... 6.............Unrepented..................... R. Maragh......................... K. Feron....................... 20-1 

7 ..... 7.............Rose Quartz.................... J. Bravo............................ J. Orseno....................... 8-1 

8 ..... 8.............Quit Smokin.................... T. Rice.............................. J. Hertler..................... 15-1 

9 ..... 9.............Given Fire........................ J. Alvarado....................... M. Nihei....................... 12-1 

10..... 10...........Gu Gu Beans................... J. Castellano..................... A. Quartarolo................. 7-2 

11..... 11...........Home to Carrowkeel........ L. Mejias........................... M. Nevin........................ 6-1 

12..... MTO.......Saharan Serenade........... A. Worrie.......................... J. Toscano, Jr................ 6-1 

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5 

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10 

Gaile 

Fitzgerald 

Kisser N Run 

Brilliant Match 

Cat Feathers 

Star Grazing 

Annie Walker 

Devious Maddy 

Chief Kitten 

Thirst for Glory 

Brother O’Connell 

Micromanage 

Slim Shadey 

Don Dulce 

The Lady’s Cruisen 

Miss Motivation 

Transplendid 

Q Two 

Navajo Ca Lo 

Chrisandlorisposse 

Fire Ship 

Make Your Point 

Manner of Speaking 

Defiant 

Heart Doctor 

Casa Creek 

Dawly 

Marine Patrol 

Ghurair 

Jennys Creek 

Moonchild 

Gu Gu Beans 

John 

Shapazian 

Kisser N Run 


Secret Reward 

Star Grazing 

Devious Maddy 

Desert Valentine 


Chief Kitten 


Micromanage 

Irsaal 

Don Dolce 


Transplendid 


Q Two 

Navajo Ca Lo 




Tenacious Indeed 

Defiant 

Santa Elf 

Heart Doctor 

Dawly 

Ghurair 

Red Rifle 

Jennys Creek 

Rose Quartz 

Saharan Serenade 

Tom 

Law 

Kisser N Run 


Cat Feathers 

Star Gazing 

Annie Walker 

Devious Maddy 

Chief Kitten 


Animalia 

Don Dulce 

Micromanage 

Israal 


Transplendid 


Q Two 


Navajo Ca Lo 

Fire Ship 



Qtokogi 

Defiant 

Moon Song 

Lochte 

Reflecting 

Red Rifle 

Escape to Malibu 

Home to Carrowkeel 

Jennys Creek 

Charles 

Bedard 

Opera Heroine 

Cat Feathers 

Kisser N Run 

Star Gazing 


Devious Maddy 

Thirst For Glory 

Chief Kitten 

Animalia 

Irsaal 

Micromanage 

Slim Shadey 

Bi Light Of Day 



Q Two 

Navajo Ca Lo 

Life’s A Roar 


Manner Of Speaking 

Tenacious Indeed 

Defiant 

Santa Elf 

Heart Doctor 

Dawly 

Red Rifle 

Ghurair 

Jennys Creek 

Home To Carrowkeel 

Gi Gu Beans 

Chad 

Summers 

Kisser N Run 

Lillehammer 

Opera Heroine 

Star Grazing 

Annie Walker 



Bellamy Way 


Irsaal 

Micromanage 

Don Dulce 


Transplendid 

Bi Light of Day 

Q Two 


Navajo Ca Lo 


Fire Ship 


Otokogi 

Moon Song 

Defiant 

Ghurair 

Red Rifle 

Reflecting 

Home to Carrowkeel 

Honeychild 

Jennys Creek 

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Sharp debut for Broman 2-year-old 

NEW YORK-BRED OF THE DAY 

Chester and Mary Broman’s Storm Cat mare 

Whichwaydidshego is on her way to being named 

the unofficial broodmare of the week after her 

2-year-old daughter Hard to Stay Notgo broke her 

maiden Wednesday, two days after her 3-year-old 

son Mark My Way won the Cab Calloway division 

of the New York Stallion Series Stakes. 

“The family seems to be improving for us,” said 

Jeff Raine, manager of the Bromans’ Chestertown 

Farm in Chestertown. 

Hard to Stay Notgo, a New York-bred daughter 

of More Than Ready, was impressive in winning 

her 6-furlong debut by 5 lengths. She’s the 

fifth winner at the meet for the Bromans, who aren’t 

in any hurry to start worrying about contending 

for the owners’ title. 

“No, no, not at all,” Chester Broman said when 

it was suggested he might be looking to challenge 

current leaders Ken and Sarah Ramsey. “One at a 

time. With the first-time starters you never know 

who is going to run well, but everything went 

well.” 

Jimmy Jerkens trains Hard to Stay Notgo, who 

is the third winner from four foals to race out of 

the winning Storm Cat mare Whichwaydidshego. 

He said the filly’s calm temperament on the way 

to the paddock, in the paddock and in the post 

parade were key factors to her victory. 

“She’d been a little high strung in the mornings, 

but she’s gotten a little better over time,” he said. 

“We’ve been trying to keep her quiet and she was 

beautiful today. I couldn’t believe how good she 

was because she’s a handful in the mornings, but 

she was really good in the paddock.” 

– Dan McDonough 

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BY SEAN CLANCY 

Good Old Days 

Sean, 

Our first trip to Saratoga was 1973. One week. 

On a shoestring. We stayed in a motel next to Storyland. 

Two adjoining log cabins. Breakfast for all 

from a cooler was orange juice, maybe some fruit, 

cereal from the individual boxes and milk. Lunch 

for four kids was purchased at the track for $2.00. 

Total. Back in the day you could buy a quarter of 

fried or roasted chicken and an ear of corn on a paper 

plate for $1. I bought two, broke the ear of corn 

in half divided the chicken and fed four kids. Dad 

and I ate fresh Long Island clams. After the races 

we went back to the motel, fed you kids peanut butter 

and jelly sandwiches and milk, got a baby sitter, 

took a shower and went out to dinner and/or the 

sales. We went out to see Uncle Jack at his daughter, 

Mary’s (near Troy) and had dinner there once. 

Love, 

Mom. 

That was my mother’s response to a question in 

one of my earlier columns, when I asked if 1973 

was indeed my first summer in Saratoga. The family 

driving to Saratoga in a long blue station wagon, my 

mother feeding four children for two dollars, living 

in a log cabin, pouring milk into miniature cardboard 

boxes of Sugar Corn Pops…actually I was the 

youngest, I was stuck with Raisin Bran, always the 

last box of cereal in the Kellogg’s Variety Pack. 

Now that it’s 41 years later, we look back on 

those crazy days with fondness, like an adventure, 

Polaroid snap shots in sepia tones. It was the last 

summer when my family was complete, my oldest 

sister Michele dying the following February. I am 

wistful. 

I know my parents were stressed – worrying 

about horses, dogs and help at home, hoping a fragile 

jumper would survive another 2 miles at Saratoga, 

trying to stretch an ear of corn, a variety pack 

of cereal and peanut butter and jelly. My parents, in 

their late 30s, testing themselves, stretching themselves 

at Saratoga. 

I’ve written it over and over, during each of these 

crazy summers at the Spa…these are the good old 

days. Did my parents know No chance. Too worried, 

stressed, harried. 

Do we know now Do we know these are the 

good old days Life will only get more complicated, 

we will only lose our friends our family, once you 

accomplish something it only feeds the thirst to accomplish 

more, there is no rest area. 

As far as racing goes, we have seen the glory days 

but hasn’t every generation seen them and said that 

Won’t these be the glory days to some other generation 

Every day, up here, you hear about the good old 

days. Mornings when Greentree, Fitzsimmons and 

Arcaro ruled and hot water bubbled from red metal 

barrels fueled by open-flamed propane burners. 

Afternoons of saddling horses under the trees, 

the wooden jockey board in the infield and watching 

races from the fire escape at the far end of the 

clubhouse. 

Nights of softball games when a jockey would go 

down every week. Late nights at the Spuyten Duyvil. 

If those were the good old days, then someday, 

these days will be those days. Read that again, I 

think I got it right. 

These and those, just a letter apart in spelling and 

a mile apart in meaning. 

For the last 14 years of The Special, I’ve drifted 

into nostalgic ramblings from the old days. 

This place, more than anywhere else, elicits those 

thoughts, those moments of wandering back in time 

when life seemed easy and free. The horses were 

sounder, the races were more competitive, the owners 

and trainers were more sporting…maybe they 

were, maybe it’s just perspective. 

Why does it matter if the good days happened 

then or now They happened. Would I appreciate 

them more now Maybe, but I’m not convinced. 

Will I appreciate this summer at Saratoga more later 

When we stayed up all night writing this crazy 

newspaper. When Wise Dan roamed. When 

Velazquez battled Castellano and Ortiz. When Solis, 

Jones, Ashado and Curlin were inducted into 

the Hall of Fame. When Miles was 5 and dancing 

around the rental house, singing songs from Frozen. 

When Ryan was 21, his first real job getting in the 

way of his summer fun. When Jack was 18, about to 

go to college, hustling jobs from The Special, HRTV 

and Fasig-Tipton. When Nolan was innocent and 

sweet, catching fish in a pond – his mother sending 

photos to his dad. 

Maybe someday, Miles will want to know about 

his first summer at Saratoga. I’ll send him an email 

or probably some other kind of communication, laser-thought, 

quicker and easier. 

Miles, 

Your first trip to Saratoga was when we were 

writing The Saratoga Special, we rented a house 

from Mrs. Payson. I used to pick you up in the golf 

cart, you loved the golf cart. We ate a lot of meals at 

Spring Street Deli. One year you met Orb, another 

you met Wise Dan. The meet was only 40 days back 

then. The cards were stellar, a stakes race every day. 

Everybody was fighting about medication, but not 

as much as they do now. The horses ran a lot more. 

Fields were huge. It only cost $8 to get in the clubhouse. 

Your nephews were in town, you spent a lot 

of time with Uncle Joey and Aunt Sam. Those were 

the days, son. 

Love, 

Dad. 

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