Friday, October 12, 2012
Jon Forbes
RACE 5, ALL TWO-YEAR-OLDS, ONE MILE, 2:58 P.M.
SUMMER SANDS (dark bay/brown colt, Tiznow—Surf Song, by Storm Cat) looks to become the second winner from four foals to race out of his dam, an unraced half-sister to Champion Two-Year-Old Male and Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Midshipman and Grade 2 Cotillion heroine Fast Cookie. Surf Song’s lone winner from three previous foals to race is Beachrock, who won at the maiden special weight level at Del Mar.
Owner: Darley Stable
Trainer: Kiaran McLaughlin
Jockey: Michael Luzzi
GENTLEMEN’S HONOR (dark bay/brown colt, A.P. Indy—Ready’s Gal, by More Than Ready) is out of a mare who was second in the Grade 1 Frizette on dirt as a 2-year-old and won four graded stakes on turf later in her career, including the Grade 2 Canadian as a 4-year-old. A half-brother to Ready’s Gal named Go Scotty won stakes on both dirt and turf. Ready’s Gal has produced one winner, Grade 3 Derby Trial hero Machen, from two foals to race.
Owner: Donald A. Adam
Trainer: William Mott
Jockey: Edgar Prado
BOLD DANCE (gray/roan colt, Pulpit—Quiet Dance, by Quiet American) is a half-brother to Horse of the Year and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Saint Liam, a four-time Grade 1 winner. Other half-siblings to Bold Dance include Grade 2 Molly Pitcher victress Quiet Giant and Grade 3 Bay Meadows Derby winner Congressionalhonor. Quiet Dance herself was a black-type earner, finishing second in the Grade 2 Demoiselle for juvenile fillies and winning a restricted stakes at Pimlico as a 4-year-old.
Owner: Besilu Stables
Trainer: William Mott
Jockey: Junior Alvarado
Sales history: $350,000 Keeneland September yearling
RYDILLUC (bay colt, Medaglia d’Oro—Swift and Classy, by Clever Trick), out of a restricted stakes winner at Gulfstream Park, is a half-brother to Gold Wonder, who captured a pair of minor turf sprint stakes. Rydilluc’s second dam, Sociable Duck, was second in the Grade 1 Spinaway and produced Seducer, who won a listed stakes, was Grade 3 placed, and produced Grade 3 winner Seducer’s Song; and Silvery Swan, the unraced dam of Grade 1 Haskell Invitational Handicap winner Roman Ruler and Grade 1 Cigar Mile Handicap victor El Corredor.
Owner: Team Stallion Racing Stable. S. Shay, L. Green, Harold Lerner LLC, et al.
Trainer: Gary Contessa
Jockey: Pablo Morales
Sales history: $55,000 Keeneland September yearling; $150,000 Fasig-Tipton 2-year-old (one furlong in 10 3/5 seconds, video)
RACE 8, TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLIES, SEVEN FURLONGS, TURF, 4:34 P.M.
TOKYO TIME (bay filly, Medaglia d’Oro—Flying Passge, by A.P. Indy) is a half-sister to turf filly Hungry Island, who has won the Grade 2 Woodford Reserve Lake Placid and Grade 2 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile and earned Grade 1 placings in the Longines Just a Game and First Lady. A half-brother to Tokyo Time, Soaring Empire, won the Grade 3 Hal’s Hope on the dirt. Their dam, who has three winners from as many foals to race, is a winning half-sister to Grade 2 Ladies Handicap heroine Tara Roma and Grade 2 True North Handicap victor Waldoboro.
Owner: Emory A. Hamilton
Trainer: Claude McGaughey, III
Jockey: Eddie Castro
FLOTILLA (gray/roan filly, Mizzen Mast—Helstra, by Nureyev) is a full-sister to Stern Opinion, a turf sprinter who won listed stakes and placed in Group 3 events in France at the ages of 2, 3, and 4. Dr Arbatach, a half-brother to Flotilla, won 30 races in Puerto Rico, including a pair of stakes on the dirt. Their dam is a winning half-sister to dual stakes victor Stormy Atlantic and listed stakes winner Mr. Katowice.
Owner: Juddmonte Farms
Trainer: William Mott
Jockey: Junior Alvarado
SWITCHBOARD (dark bay/brown filly, Bernardini—High Speed Access, by Kingmambo) is out of a mare who won a minor turf stakes at Calder. Switchboard’s second dam, Speed Dialer, captured the Grade 2 Arlington-Washington Lassie and also produced Storm Alert, a listed stakes winner on turf at Keeneland.
Owner: Jennifer Contessa
Trainer: Gary Contessa
Jockey: Pablo Morales
Sales history: $160,000 Keeneland September yearling
HOW CHEEKY (dark bay/brown filly, Mr. Greeley—Barbette, by High Yield) is out of a two-time turf stakes winner and is a grandson of a mare who won five minor stakes in Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. Siblings to How Cheeky’s dam include Diamond on the Run, winner of the Grade 2 Davona Dale and second in the Grade 1 Frizette, and Tropical Blossom, who won a minor stakes at Golden Gate Fields and was Grade 1 placed at Hollywood Park.
Owner: Dennis Narlinger
Trainer: Michelle Nihei
Jockey: Alan Garcia
Sales history: $100,000 Keeneland September yearling
CHANNEL OF GOLD (bay filly, Bernardini—Cross Channel, by Giant’s Causeway) is the first foal to race out of her three-time winning dam, a half-sister to Exchange Rate, who took the Grade 2 Tom Fool Handicap on dirt and was third in the Grade 2 Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap on turf, and Sabre d’Argent, a Group 3 winner in England. Channel of Gold’s second dam, won a Grade 3 on the dirt at the Meadowlands.
Owner: Anthony Mitola, Mike Ryan & Niall Brennan
Trainer: Christophe Clement
Jockey: Rajiv Maragh
Sales history: $100,000 Keeneland September yearling
NEVER TOUCH A STAR (gray/roan filly, Henrythenavigator—Mekko Hokte, by Holy Bull) is out of a mare who won the Delta Miss at Louisiana Downs as a 2-year-old. All three foals out of Mekko Hokte to race have won, including My Jen, victorious in the Grade 2 Gallant Bloom Handicap.
Owner: Windmill Manor Farm
Trainer: Eddie Kenneally
Jockey: Jose Lezcano