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6 days ago
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Jerkens Likely Next Stop For 'Gutsy' Curlin Winner Chancer McPatrick
Jerkens Likely Next Stop For 'Gutsy' Curlin Winner Chancer McPatrick originally appeared on Paulick Report. Flanagan Racing's dual Grade 1-winner Chancer McPatrick earned both his first win around two turns and his highest Beyer Speed Figure [94] to date for a determined head victory in Thursday's restricted Listed $135,000 Curlin presented by Casamigos, a nine-furlong route for sophomores who had not won a graded stake at one mile or over in 2025, at Saratoga Race by five-time Eclipse Award-winner Chad Brown, the son of McKinzie rebounded from a distant seventh over a muddy track in the seven-furlong Grade 1 Woody Stephens presented by Mohegan Sun on June 7 in the Curlin by Irad Ortiz, Jr. for the first time in the afternoon, Chancer McPatrick stalked the pace with inside position through the first half-mile before advancing in the turn while favored stablemate Strategic Focus made a bold move to take command from the pacesetting Crudo before flattening out. So Sandy made his move to challenge down the center of the track and bumped with Chancer McPatrick right at the wire, but Chancer McPatrick would not be denied and got his head down in a final time of 1:49.71. While Chancer McPatrick has now won around two turns, Brown said a cutback in distance could be preferable to a stretch-out to 10 furlongs in the Grade 1, $1.25 million DraftKings Travers on Aug. 23 here. The logical place to do so would be the seven-furlong Grade 1, $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial on the same day, a race Brown has won three times with Practical Joke in 2017, Jack Christopher in 2022 and with Domestic Product last year.'He's fine, it was a gutsy performance and I'm glad to get him back on track,' Brown said of Chancer McPatrick. 'I don't know which direction we're going, but I'm probably leaning towards the Allen Jerkens. I'm not sure he wants to run much farther than [the Curlin]. I'll talk to the owner about that.'Practical Joke and Jack Christopher both won the Jerkens when cutting back from nine furlongs, and Brown said the same tactic may work for Chancer McPatrick.'Cutbacks have worked for me in that race. It's going to be a tough race, but we'll see,' Brown concluded. Klaravich Stables' Strategic Focus was favored in the Curlin off a nine-furlong optional claiming effort on June 6 here that saw him disqualified and placed second, awarding him a 102 Beyer. He made his eye-catching move in the second turn of the Curlin, but stalled once he made the front and was defeated a said he has no immediate plans for the son of Gun Runner's next start.'He looks good, and I don't know [what's next]. I may try an equipment change, and he came back looking fine, but when he made the lead, he just dropped the bridle,' Brown explained. 'When he made the lead in his last start, he had some steering issues. There's something with this horse when he makes the lead, and I'm going to have to figure that out.'On Friday, Brown sent out several trainees to breeze over the Oklahoma turf training track, including multiple graded stakes-winner Zulu Kingdom, who NYRA clockers caught covering a half-mile in 49.70 seconds in company with Grade 2-placed Early Adopter. Zulu Kingdom, a sophomore son of Ten Sovereigns, was last seen posting a three-quarter-length victory over Capitol Hill in the Grade 3 Manila on July 4 here. The Grade 1-winning ridgling is pointing to the Grade 2, $400,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame on August 1 here.'Excellent, he's on target for the Hall of Fame,' Brown said of the work. 'He looks good.' This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Jul 25, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
21-07-2025
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Wednesday's Saratoga Card Features $102,004 Pick 6 Carryover
Wednesday's Saratoga Card Features $102,004 Pick 6 Carryover originally appeared on Paulick Report. Wednesday's card at Saratoga Race Course will be bolstered by a Pick 6 carryover of $102,004 after the multi-race wager went unsolved on Sunday's 10-race $1 Pick 6 returned $4,272.50 to bettors who selected 5-of-6 winners Pick 6 sequence kicked off in Race 5 with a win from Standoutsensation [No. 8, $9.40] in a 1 1/8-mile optional claiming race with Jose Ortiz aboard for trainer Thomas Amoss. Luis Rivera, Jr. piloted the next winner as the Anthony Ferraro-conditioned Mo Trump [No. 3, $50.00] captured a 1 1/16-mile state-bred allowance on the Mellon turf, in Race 6. The next race saw Manny Franco visit the winner's circle aboard Belouni [No. 1, $6.40*] in a 1 1/16-mile claimer on the inner turf for five-time Eclipse Award-winning conditioner Chad Brown, in Race Race 8, a six-furlong starter optional claiming race, Jose Lezcano navigated Geez Eloise [No. 2, $11.20] to victory for trainer Linda Rice. In Race 9, the Grade 2, $200,000 Honorable Miss, Irad Ortiz, Jr. edged clear under Halina's Forte [No. 1, $50.00] for conditioner Phil only 2-of-9 horses covered in the Race 10 finale, a 5 1/2-furlong state-bred allowance on the Mellon turf, the Chad Summers-trained Just Add Water [No. 3, $13.80] prevailed with Jose Ortiz in the saddle, triggering the carryover. Wednesday's Pick 6 begins in Race 4 at approximately 2:58 p.m. Eastern. The Grade 1, $150,000 A.P. Smithwick Memorial kicks off the nine-race card at 1:10 Live will present live coverage and analysis of the summer meet at Saratoga Race Course on the networks of FOX Sports. For the broadcast schedule and channel finder, visit Bets is the official wagering platform of Saratoga Race Course, and the best way to bet every race of the summer meet. Available to horse players nationwide, the NYRA Bets app is available for download today on iOS and Android at This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Jul 21, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
20-07-2025
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Randomized Shows Her Heels To Molly Pitcher Rivals
Randomized Shows Her Heels To Molly Pitcher Rivals originally appeared on Paulick Report. Klaravich Stables' multiple graded stakes winner Randomized got the jump on her five filly and mare rivals out of the starting gate and was never headed en route to a three-length victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $500,000 Molly Pitcher, one of five graded stakes on Haskell Day at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J. Ridden by Flavien Prat for Chad Brown, a combination that won the 2022 Molly Pitcher with Search Results, Randomized covered 1 1/16 miles on a fast track in 1:42.75. The 5-year-old mare by Nyquist out of French Passport, by Elusive Quality, set all the fractions, going :23.97 for the opening quarter mile, :47.25 for the half, 1:10;98 for six furlongs and 1:36.15 for the mile. The victory was the third of the card for Brown and second for Prat. The pair came back in the next race, the G2 United Nations, to win with another Klaravich Stables runner, Redistricting. Randomized paid $6 to win. Majestic Oops finished second, a nose ahead of Candied in third, with Dorth Vader fourth, Occult fifth, and Chilled sixth. Leslie's Rose, who was entered in and won Friday's G2 Shuvee at Saratoga, was scratched, as were Regaled and Power Squeeze. Randomized, breaking from the three post, got the early advantage over Dorth Vader, who broke to her outside under John Velazquez. Dorth Vader, coming off a win in the G1 Ogden Phipps at Saratoga, was lapped on Randomized around the turn and in the run down the backstretch, but when the field rounded the final turn and straightened away into the stretch, Randomized put her away and raced off to the victory. 'She's a mare that always is forwardly placed," said Prat. "She jumped well out of the gate and got herself in the lead and took it from there. She felt very good.' Bred in Kentucky by Cove Springs, Randomized was purchased for $420,000 from Four Star Sales at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. She won the G1 Alabama and G2 Beldame before finishing second to Idiomatic in the G1 Distaff as a 3-year-old in 2023, then added the G1 Ogden Phipps last year at 4. She came into the Molly Pitcher off a fifth-place finish over a sloppy racetrack in this year's Phipps, her second start of the year after a close third in the G1 La Troienne, beaten three-quarters of a length, May 2 at Churchill her win in the Molly Pitcher, Randomized has six wins from 13 career starts. This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Jul 19, 2025, where it first appeared.
New York Post
10-07-2025
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- New York Post
Breaking down every facet of upcoming Saratoga meet
With the new Belmont Park grandstand under construction, New York racing fans have been left with the Aqueduct fall meet, the Aqueduct winter meet, the Aqueduct spring meet, the Belmont at the Big A summer meet, the Belmont at the Big A fall meet and the Finger Lakes at the Big A meet. OK, maybe not that last one, but you get the point. Sure, the Belmont Stakes was run upstate as well as the short and sweet July 4th Racing Festival, but now we get a full 40 days as the Saratoga summer meet commences. Big days Got your calendar ready? The Diana is this Saturday, July 12. The Coaching Club American Oaks and the Vanderbilt on July 19. The Jim Dandy is July 26. Four Grade 1 races on Saturday, August 2 including the Whitney and Fourstardave. The Sword Dancer is Aug. 9. The Alabama is on Aug. 16. There are five Grade 1 races on Travers Day on Aug. 23, including the Forego and the Personal Ensign. The Spinaway is on Aug. 30, the Jockey Club Gold Cup is on Aug. 31 and the Hopeful is on closing day, Labor Day, September 1. It's all about the horses While Preakness winner Journalism may run in the Haskell at Monmouth Park, he still may ship north to challenge arch rival Sovereignty in the Travers. Mindframe, Fierceness, Sierra Leone, White Abarrio and Skippylongstocking make this year's edition of the Whitney a must-see. 5 Sovereignty won the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course last month and is being pointed to run in the Travers Stakes on Aug. 23. Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images Thorpedo Anna, the 2024 Horse of the Year, was defeated by Raging Sea in May. Thorpedo Anna will attempt to turn the tables when they meet in the Personal Ensign. Trainers Two words. Chad Brown. He ran away (with a little help from his four-legged friends) with the 2024 meet. Brown saddled 45 winners and it was a long way back to Todd Pletcher and Mike Maker who dead-heated for second with 22 winners. While Linda Rice (18) and Bill Mott (15) rounded out the top five, it was Mark Casse who had the higher win percentage (28.3 percent). 5 Chad Brown, who had the most wins at Saratoga in 2024, will be the favorite to win the 2025 meet. Jason Szenes for New York Post Riders up! Irad Ortiz Jr. visited the winners circle 52 times last summer but it was Flavien Prat who set records for most stakes wins (18) and graded stakes wins (14) at a Saratoga meet. Expect Luis Saez, Junior Alvarado, Manny Franco and Dylan Davis to get their fair share of wins and Jose Ortiz may give his brother, Irad, a run for his money. One thing for sure. You will both love and curse every rider before the meet is over. 5 Jockey Flavien Prat had a dominant 2024 Saratoga meet in stakes races. AP On the turf Chad Brown is a smart bet on dirt. And an even safer bet on the grass. Of Brown's 45 winners last summer, 26 were on the lawn. That number was three times larger than the rest of the conditioners. Baby races First impressions are important and there will be plenty of 2-year-olds making their career debuts at Saratoga over the 40-day meet. A look back shows Chad Brown, yes him again, led last year's standings with 10 juvenile wins, but only one more than the nine that Mark Casse trained. Casse's Ewing, a son of Knicks Go, slam-dunked his debut on July 5, winning by a dozen lengths and may reappear in the Hopeful later in the meet. Might as well jump 5 There are a couple of traditional steeplechase races at this Saratoga meet. AP Steeplechase racing has long been a staple of the Saratoga meet. Stakes on this year's schedule include the A.P. Smithwick Memorial on July 23 and the Jonathan Sheppard Memorial on Aug. 20. Freebies Giveaway days this summer: July 11: T-shirt July 20: Hawaiian shirt July 25: Blanket Aug. 8: Pennant Aug. 22: Tote bag Aug. 31: Saratoga quarter zip sweatshirt The forecast Likely more losers than winners but hopefully the weather will cooperate this season more than it has the past two years. 2023 was bad. 2024 was worse. Not only did the 40-day meet shrink to 39, but 45 turf races were taken off the grass and moved to the dirt/slop. Rooting for my picks and Mother Nature as well. 5 Spectators had to battle the rain on Belmont Stakes Day at Saratoga Race Course on June 7, 2025. Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images Turn on the races Fox Sports offers exclusive coverage of all races from Saratoga. If you don't want to pick your own winners, Greg Wolf, Laffit Pincay, Andy Serling, Richard Migliore, Jonathon Kinchen, Maggie Wolfendale, Acacia Clement and Sara Elbadwi will do it for you. That's enough handicappers to field a softball team. Did I forget anyone? Oh yes, Paul Lo Duca will bat cleanup. Post time is 1:10 p.m. May all the photo finishes go your way.
Leader Live
16-06-2025
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- Leader Live
Carl Spackler adds truly international flavour to Queen Anne cracker
Three times a Grade One winner for Chad Brown in the States, the Lope De Vega five-year-old is now owned by Yulong Investments and with a new trainer in Ciaron Maher, meaning he will be a first Australian runner in a race superstar American mare Tepin won in 2016. Connections feel they have the right type of horse to be competitive, with William Bourne, Maher's bloodstock manager, saying: 'The sample size (of international runners in the Queen Anne) isn't huge, but his times really stacked up and just his temperament and attitude, he's the perfect horse to travel – he's an absolute dude and I think he's going to run a big race. Yulong Investments have confirmed the purchase of Carl Spackler, who will target the G1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal @Ascot! The horse, who has joined @cmaherracing, will become the first Australian-trained runner in the race before heading down under for a spring campaign. — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) May 26, 2025 'He's a very straightforward horse, there's not much to know – what you see is what you get. He's got a great temperament, he's like a kid's pony, he's made it so easy to bring him here, get him into the rhythm and train him. He's definitely made life easy for the boss. 'It's a red-hot race, there's no hiding, you're at Royal Ascot in a Group One so you're under no impression you're going to get an easy field. It is what it is, we think he's a pretty good horse and hopefully he can show up on Tuesday. 'When you speak to English owners and trainers at the Melbourne Cup, the buzz is the whole week and this is very similar – great weather, a lot of people, a lot of hype. It's a very international raceday and world class so just to even be here as a spectator or have a horse here, it's a privilege and to have Yulong entrust us with the horse is just amazing.' Lead Artist, Dancing Gemini, Rosallion and Notable Speech set a high standard for Carl Spackler to aim at, having filled the first four places in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury, as does Sardinian Warrior. John Gosden is responsible for both Lead Artist and Sardinian Warrior, who is coming off a career-best in the Prix d'Ispahan. Of Lead Artist, Gosden said: 'I think the stiff mile at Ascot will suit him well rather than a slick mile and it's a wonderful race. 'You have the first four in the Lockinge all turning up and will they finish in the same order, that will be the question. 'He got stuck in the ground at Sandown and he doesn't like that. He likes what we got at Newbury in the Lockinge and what we're hopefully going to get at Ascot on Tuesday. 'He was in need of the race at Sandown and he came there travelling nicely, it was just on that ground he struggled to get home. He turned that round and it wasn't a huge surprise. Did I think he would win? Probably not, but I did think he would run a huge race.' Of Sardinian Warrior, he added: 'He ran a nice race in France and it's always nice to have a good second-string. 'I think the other horse did outstay him but let's face it, Sosie is a really good horse. Andre Fabre saw the race was there for taking and supplemented him, but he's a mile-and-a-quarter-plus horse really and coming back to a mile could suit our horse.' Notable Speech won last year's 2000 Guineas and Sussex Stakes and Charlie Appleby expects him to take a good step forward from his Lockinge reappearance. He told the Godolphin website: 'Notable Speech comes into this in great order and we are looking forward to seeing him on the straight track at Ascot. 'The Lockinge was his first start of the year and he has definitely come forward for the run. Conditions are there to suit him and it looks a fantastic race to kick off the meeting.'
