**Please see the attached photos of Lisa's Booby Trap, one from the stretch run of the Loudonville and one being led into the winner's circle by owner/trainer Tim Snyder, jockey Kent Desormeaux up. Credit NYRA/Adam Coglianese.**
Friday, August 6, 2010
LISA'S BOOBY TRAP STAYS PERFECT IN LOUDONVILLE
By Ashley Herriman
Bet down to 3-2 favoritism in the field of five, Lisa's Booby Trap got off a step slowly and settled in behind the pack on the outside as Stormandaprayer led the field through blistering early fractions of 21.53 and 44.54. Making a four-wide move on the turn, she closed steadily and drew clear to win by six lengths.
Her final time for the six furlongs was 1:09.64.
Lisa's Booby Trap is named for the late wife of owner/trainer Tim Snyder, who died of cancer in 2003.
"His late wife told him that she wanted to come back as a racehorse, and here she is, living vicariously through Lisa's Booby Trap," said winning jockey Kent Desormeaux. "As far as we believe, she's inside – they have the same heart, and she's carrying this horse. I know how fast she is, and for them to clear her, I knew they had to be smokin'. Still and all though, she came and got them while they were running, so she's of great talent, there's no doubt."
It was the first stakes start for the Florida-bred daughter of Drewman, who was scratched out of the Grade 1 Betfair TVG Coaching Club American Oaks on July 24. Lisa's Booby Trap made her first start at Finger Lakes on May 24, leading from gate to wire in a six-furlong maiden race, which she won by 17 ¾ lengths. She then wired a pair of Finger Lakes allowances by a combined margin of 19 lengths, setting herself up for a start at
Snyder purchased the filly privately in January, putting down $2,000 on her $4,500 price tag and promising the rest upon her first win. She is blind in her left eye, and arrived with some ankle problems. The ankle issue was corrected with some rest and different shoes – she wears a hind shoe on one of her front feet – and the blindness doesn't seem to bother her.
"I knew I had a smart rider and there was a lot of speed in the race," Snyder said of the Loudonville. "So, I figured they'd run down the speed," Snyder said. "She's a big, long-striding horse and he had a lot of horse underneath. I was thinking of my wife all day. This story hasn't ended yet – we have a long ways to go. We're going to wait it out, but we're thinking about the Victory Ride [Grade 3, August 28]."
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