Friday, August 10, 2012
Jon Forbes
RACE 2, ALL TWO-YEAR-OLDS, 1 1/16 MILES, TURF, 1:34 P.M.
SCHOODIC (2yo bay colt, Tiznow—Aunt Henny, by Hennessy) is the second foal to race out of his dam, who won the Grade 3 Herecomesthebride and listed Virginia Oaks on turf. Aunt Henny is a half-sister to three stakes-placed runners.
Owner: Edith R. Dixon
Trainer: Michael Matz
Jockey: Jose Lezcano
CHUCKLE (2yo bay colt, Distorted Humor—Wend, by Pulpit) is out of a turf mare who won four graded stakes, topped by the Grade 2 New York Handicap. Wend has one other named foal, Buleria, who won a turf sprint for maidens this March at Gulfstream Park. Chuckle’s second dam, Thread, captured a pair of listed stakes on grass.
Owner: Claiborne Farm
Trainer: William Mott
Jockey: Junior Alvarado
RACE 6, ALL TWO-YEAR-OLDS, SIX FURLONGS, DIRT, 3:51 P.M.
OVERWHELMING (2yo bay colt, Hard Spun—Oh What a Windfall, by Seeking the Gold) is out of a mare who won the Grade 1 Matron as a juvenile and captured the Grade 3 Nassau County and was second in the Grade 1 Mother Goose as a sophomore. Heavenly Prize, a full-sister to Oh What a Windfall, was the 1994 Champion Three-Year-Old filly and won seven Grade 1 races between the ages of 2 and 4. Oh What a Windfall has produced two black-type earners: Pick Six, second in the Grade 2 Mervyn Muniz, Jr. Handicap on turf, and Conservative, second in the Grade 2 Lexington on Polytrack.
Owner: Phipps Stable
Trainer: Claude McGaughey, III
Jockey: Joel Rosario
RUGGED (2yo bay colt, Distorted Humor—Composure, by Touch Gold) is out of a mare won the Grade 2 Oak Leaf and was a close second in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at 2 and won the Grade 1 Las Virgenes and Grade 1 Santa Anita Oaks at 3. Composure has produced three winners from six foals to race, including Tranquil Manner, who was a distant third in the Grade 1 Woodward.
Owner: Darley Stable
Trainer: Kiaran McLaughlin
Jockey: Irad Ortiz, Jr.
ARCHWARRIOR (2yo dark bay/brown colt, Arch—Winner’s Edge, by Seeking the Gold) is a half-brother to minor stakes winners Coya and Return to Paradise, with the latter having placed in a pair of black-type events as a juvenile. Their dam was effective on both dirt and turf, was second in the Grade 3 Affectionately on dirt, and is a half-sister to Lucky Song, a Group 2 winner in England who was the highweighted 3-year-old filly in Europe at 14 furlongs and longer. Archwarrior is the most expensive of six 2-year-olds by his sire to sell at auction this year.
Owner: Alto Racing, LLC
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Jockey: John Velazquez
Sales history: $75,000 Keeneland November weanling; $375,000 OBS March 2-year-old (one furlong in 10 2/5 seconds, video)
AIR SQUADRON (2yo chestnut colt, Curlin—Air France, by French Deputy) is a half-brother to Smooth Air, who won four graded stakes, including the Grade 2 Ohio Derby and the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Handicap, and was second in the Grade 1 Florida Derby and Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap; and Overdriven, winner of last year’s Grade 2 Sanford. All five of his siblings are winners.
Owner: Mount Joy Stables, Inc.
Trainer: Chad Brown
Jockey: Ramon Dominguez