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Barn Notes: Thursday, June 19, 2014
In Today’s Notes:
- Global View Works, American Derby Possible
- Arlington Alum Creaky Cricket in Saturday Woodbine Stakes
- Hootenanny Wins at Royal Ascot
GLOBAL VIEW WORKS, AMERICAN DERBY POSSIBLE
Glen Hill Farm’s well regarded sophomore Global View put in a solid move on the Arlington International Racecourse turf on Monday morning for conditioner Tom Proctor. With assistant trainer Lindsay Schultz looking on, the multiple stakes winner worked a half-mile in :49.60 in facile fashion, despite the handy time.
“He took it easy (in the work),” Schultz reported. “The dogs weren’t out, so he worked on the rail. (Regular exercise rider) Gabriel (Sanchez) was on him. He looks good and fit and he’s moving very well.”
A strong second to Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey’s divisional leader and beaten Grade I Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf favorite Bobby’s Kitten last out in the $500,000 Penn Mile, Global View impressively annexed the Grade II American Turf Stakes on Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs a race prior – earning a lofty 103 Equibase Speed Figure. As a juvenile, the muscular dark bay colt hinted at his talent by winning the Grade III Generous Stakes at Hollywood Park in his third career start with the same figure.
A decision soon will be made as to whether Global View will run in either the Grade III $200,000 American Derby at Arlington on July 12 or the Grade I $1,250,000 Belmont Derby at Belmont Park on July 5. “No decision yet,” Schultz said. “We’ll probably work him again on Monday and Proctor will be here to see that.”
Global View has always been highly regarded by his connections. A $500,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase whose full-brother sold for $525,000 the year prior, he is by the world’s top turf sire Galileo, out of the Storm Cat mare Eqyptian Queen who sold for $3.8 million in 2005 to that sire’s ownership, Coolmore. Furthermore, his granddam is English and Irish champion sophomore filly of 2000, Warrior Queen.
Flush with stamina influences, the long-striding colt is said to now be aimed toward longer races after his belated bid came up short last out. The American Derby is at 1 3/16 miles and the Belmont Derby is at a 1¼ miles. Also on the colt’s radar is the Grade I $500,000 Secretariat Stakes at 1¼ miles on Arlington’s world-renowned grass course.
ARLINGTON ALUM CREAKY CRICKET IN SATURDAY WOODBINE STAKES
Ballybrit Stable’s Creaky Cricket, who debuted with an excellent performance in a June 6 Arlington International Racecourse juvenile maiden, will hop his way across the Canadian border and hope to chirp his way into the Woodbine winner’s circle in Saturday’s $125,000 Victoria Stakes. After winning by a visibly impressive 11½ lengths first out going 4½ furlongs in a spritely :52.50, the son of stakes-winning sprinter Yesbyjimminy will hope to win over an additional half-furlong on Saturday.
The Mike Dini-trained dark bay’s main opposition could come from morning line favorite Conquest Tsunami. A son of Stormy Atlantic trained by Mark Casse, Conquest Tsunami enters off a runaway maiden win in April at Keeneland, in which he earned a 93 Equibase Speed Figure – three points higher than Creaky Cricket’s maiden victory. Despite the layoff, the Conquest Stable-owned colt is listed at 6-5 for his meet-leading conditioner.
HOOTENANNY WINS AT ROYAL ASCOT
Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier and Michael Tabor’s Hootenanny, who worked over the Arlington International Racecourse turf in preparation for his trip abroad, won the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday to give the United States its first win of this year’s royal meeting. Breaking from the stands side in the massive 25-horse field, the $75,000 Keeneland September purchase dominated the straight five-furlong event from start to finish, winning by 3½ effortless lengths in his grass debut.
Trained by Wesley Ward, the son of first crop stallion Quality Road followed a similar route that proved successful last year for the conditioner when he worked No Nay Never at Arlington en route to winning the Group II Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot. That talented colt would later be shipped to Europe again to win the Group I Prix Morny at Deauville in August in impressive fashion.
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