Monday, August 16, 2010
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- Acting Happy puts in final work for Betfair TVG Alabama
- Blind Luck works at Del Mar for Betfair TVG Alabama
- Betfair TVG
- Prospect of Betfair TVG
- Position Limit in good order after
- Ebor Festival at
“I was very happy with her work,” said Rick Dutrow, Jr., who trains the daughter of Empire Maker for Jay Em Ess Stable. “I thought she went very well, and Jose did, too. She’ll walk tomorrow, jog the next day, I’ll either gallop or pony her the next day, same thing the next day and she’ll walk the day she’s in.”
Saturday’s Betfair TVG Alabama will be Acting Happy’s sixth start this year. She broke her maiden at first asking on January 24 at Gulfstream Park, and has not finished outside of the trifecta in any of her starts since, including an impressive win in the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan at Pimlico Race Course on May 14.
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Blind Luck, winner of four Grade 1 races including the Kentucky Oaks, worked four furlongs in 49.00 over
“She went just fine,” said trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. “We were very pleased with the workout.”
The 3-year-old daughter of Pollard’s Vision is expected to ship into
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Trainer Dominick Schettino and assistant Anthony Bonomo Jr. made a “spur of the moment” decision this morning to give Brooklyn Boyz Stables’ Connie and Michael a workout over the Oklahoma Training Track just before a heavy downpour saturated the area.
Connie and Michael, who is expected to be one of the contenders in Saturday’s Grade 1 Betfair TVG Alabama, handled five furlongs in 1:01.05. It was the fourth-best workout of 11 at the distance.
“We were up-in-the-air about working her. It was a spur of the moment work,” Bonomo Jr. said. “We felt coming into the race, we wanted to see where she was at with her fitness. We were proud of the way she went. She came back to the barn with no problems.”
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Winning a Grade 1 race at Saratoga Race Course is always a special occasion, but a victory by Tizahit in Saturday’s $500,000 Betfair TVG Alabama would carry extra significance for trainer George Weaver.
A native of
“It definitely would be a thrill,” Weaver said of a possible win in the Betfair TVG Alabama.
Weaver realizes Tizahit will be an outsider, but notes how the daughter of Tiznow out of a Kris S. mare has the pedigree to appreciate the race’s 1 ¼-mile distance.
“Going into it, I know we won’t be one of the favorites,” said Weaver. “I don’t expect to win, but if we do, it will be a cause for celebration.”
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Todd Pletcher said Monday that Starlight Partners' Position Limit is “excellent” following her five-length winning performance in Sunday's Grade 2 Adirondack.
“She's doing excellent," he said. "She came back to the barn in great shape and she looks great this morning.”
Position Limit, a 2-year-old daughter of
Pletcher said Sunday that Position Limit would likely be pointed towards the Grade 1, $300,000 Frizette at
Pletcher added that Life At Ten, who has won her last six races, including the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps Handicap and the Grade 2 Delaware Handicap, is on target to face Rachel Alexandra in the Grade 1, $300,000 Personal Ensign at 10 furlongs at
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The Yorkshire Ebor Meeting (UK), one of the most anticipated British Racing festivals of the year, offers championship racing at the highest level through Friday.
Wednesday's card sees the long distance division competing in
The supporting feature at
The Group 1 Darley Yorkshire Oaks is Thursday’s main event, in which Snow Fairy hopes to repeat her dual Oaks successes at Epsom and The Curragh. Run over a mile and a half, post time for the Oaks is 10:25 am (Race 4), and will also feature Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf heroine Midday, as well Sariska, a narrow runner-up against males in Epsom’s Group 1 Coronation Cup last time out in June.
The Ebor meeting comes to a close on Friday with the Group 1 Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes over five furlongs taking center stage at 10:25 am (Race 4). Prolific sprinter Borderlescott will look to repeat last year’s win, although he can expect tough opposition from Aussie import Starspangledbanner and Spanish star Equiano, who finished first and second in the July Cup at
UK Racing is simulcast every Wednesday through Saturday during the
Wednesday:
Thursday: YORK, MUSSELBURGH, EPSOM (afternoon), CHEPSTOW (afternoon)
Friday:
Saturday: SANDOWN, RIPON,
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