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CANADIAN BREEDERS’ CUP CONTINGENT  (PHOTO BY TERENCE DULAY/horse-races.net)

from WOODBINE:

GRAND ADVENTURE – B C Turf Sprint – Sam-Son Farms, Mark Frostad (American bred)

NEW NORMAL – Juvenile Fillies Turf, Mark Frostad, (American owned and bred)

WYOMIA – Juvenile Fillies Turf (Danny Vallea (American owned and bred)

MILWAUKEE BREW – Ladies Classic CEC Farm, Scott Fairlie, Canadian owned, bred and trained

DELIGHTFUL MARY – Juv Fillies, Mark Casse. American owned and bred

STREET PRIZE – Juv Fillies, Canadian owned and trained

MISS KELLER – Filly and mare turf, Roger Attifeld,  American owned, Euro-bred

OTHERS:

BRIDGETOWN – Canadian owned, Turf Sprint

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Terence Dulay/horse-races.net: WYOMIA, 91 beyer in the Mazarine, heads to the 2yo filly turf…

 

 

 

 

73 BEYER FIGURE FOR DEBUTING INGLORIOUS

Donver Stables’ INGLORIOUS won her debut in the Fanfreluche Stakes on Sunday. A $90,000 yearling purchase from Arosa Farms, the filly had the rail post in the small field, broke very slowly but still won over  a suspect group of Ontario bred fillies.

Dreamy Moonlite dueled briefly in mid-stretch with the Josie Carroll-trained winner, but had to settle for second. Weekend Romance was third.

Inglorious covered six furlongs in 1:10-flat, GOOD FOR A 73 Beyer Figure.

Winning jockey Chantal Sutherland said Inglorious trained like a star. She wasn’t overly concerned with the slow dispatch.

“We had worked her from the gate before and she kind of did the same thing,” explained Sutherland. “She’s a good girl, very classy. I never really got to the bottom of her down the stretch.”

HOTEP WINS WITH SUPER STEER

Sam-Son Farms’ HOTEP took the off-the-turf MOBIL STAKES on Sunday.

In a well-engineered steer from start to finish, the son of A.P. Indy

was sent straight to the front and guided three paths off the rail by

jockey Patrick Husbands going into the first turn.

The maneuver forced Jim McAleney aboard Stormy Lord to make an

important decision on the backstretch: Set up for an inside or outside

attack?

McAleney opted for an inner route, just off the rail, and engaged Hotep

on the second turn. At the top of the stretch, Stormy Lord was

travelling well and appeared to have made a winning move. Within a

stride or two of being collared, Hotep found more on the outside and put

away his chestnut rival.

 

Howard Francis Wood 1948-2010

 

exdale, ON – October 25, 2010 – The CTHS wishes to extend its condolences to the family of Howard Francis Wood who passed away on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at the age of 62.

A noted horseman and lawyer, Mr. Wood graduated from Law in 1974 from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He articled with the law firm of Humphrey, Locke, Ecclestone and Kane and was in-house counsel for Knob Hill Farms and the Stavro family until his death.

Friends and associates will be received at the Humphrey Funeral Home – A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue in Toronto from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. on Monday, October 25, 2010. A service will be held in the chapel on Tuesday, October 26 at 1:00 p.m.

As an expression of sympathy, donations may be made to The Hospital For Sick Children Foundation, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8. Condolences may be forwarded through www.humphreymiles.com.

BLUE LASER OUT OF BREEDERS’ CUP

Following his workout, the interets of Blue Laser decided to keep him in the barn and point him to the Delta Jackpot later in November…

Notes re: DELIGHTFUL MARY’S WORKOUT, Churchill Downs press room

   WinStar Farm’s Blue Laser and John Oxley’s Delightful Mary worked together after the renovation break with Calvin Borel on Blue Laser and Shaun Bridgmohan on Delightful Mary. Delightful Mary, racing on the outside and breaking off in front, covered five furlongs in 1:00 and finished a length in front of Blue Laser, who was clocked in 1:00.20.

Fractions for the work were :11.80, :24, :36 and :47.40 with Delightful Mary galloping out six furlongs in 1:13.80 and Blue Laser in 1:14.40.

   “I thought the works were excellent,” said Casse, who was the leading trainer at Churchill Downs in the spring 1988 meet with 29 winners. “Neither of them had worked on dirt before. Blue Laser is not as good a workhorse as she is, but he is a fighter. He got passed and came back to win twice.”

While Delightful Mary, a winner of two of three starts on Polytrack, will be pre-entered in the $2 million Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (GI) with Bridgmohan to ride. Blue Laser may wait until the Delta Jackpot (GIII) at Delta Downs (La.) on Nov. 20.

“We (Casse and WinStar general manager Elliott Walden) are going to talk about it later today, but I think we will probably pass the Breeders’ Cup (Juvenile) and go to the Delta Jackpot,” said Casse, who shared the 2007 Jackpot victory with dead-heat winner Turf War.

“One of the factors is timing,” said Walden, who celebrated victories this spring by Super Saver in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) and Drosselmeyer in the Belmont Stakes (GI). “He just ran three weeks ago and ran really hard and our program is geared to the 3-year-old season.”

WinStar won the Delta Jackpot last year with Rule, who is in training at Churchill Downs.

CASSE DELIGHTED WITH MARY…

from Mike Welsch, DAILY RACING FORM…

“I’m on cloud nine after watching her work this morning,” said Casse, who trains Delightful Mare for owner John Oxley. “I think of all the times I’ve seen her breeze, today was her most impressive one and I’m not sure if she doesn’t like the dirt even more than the Polytrack. She’s not a great work horse and I told Shaun to carry a stick and be prepared to tap her on the shoulder but when he came back he had a smile from ear to ear and said he was just hanging on, that he never needed the stick. I told Mr. Oxley if this filly can move up a couple of lengths on dirt it could be really exciting on Breeders’ Cup Day.”

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FASIG TIPTON FALLING YEARLINGS DAY 1

LOCAL BUYERS…

46     C     PERFECT SOUL (IRE)     A NORTHERN ANGEL     GOOD WIN FARM LLC AGENT IV     ROBERT TILLER     $1,500

58 “APTED TO SHOOT”     F     ARTIE SCHILLER     ARMED AND READY     BLUEGRASS THOROUGHBRED SERVICES INC. (JOHN STUART) AGENT     RBRS & JUS LUK RACING STABLE     $45,000

67     F     POLITICAL FORCE     AVALOS     PAUL TACKETT     S FAIRLIE     $5,000

79     C     POLITICAL FORCE     BANNER DANCER     WARRENDALE SALES AGENT IV     TED COKER     $12,000

102     C     HAT TRICK (JPN)     BIG CHEQUE     FOUR STAR SALES AGENT     CEC FARMS     $20,000

118 “SKY’S PRIZE”      C     SKY CLASSIC     BONNIE’S PRIZE     KAIZEN SALES AGENT     ROBERT TILLER     $26,000

189     C     TAPIT     CLASSIC WOMAN     DAPPLE STUD AGENT     MARK CASSE, AGENT     $280,000

* (Canadian-bred) 204     C     BOLD EXECUTIVE     COMMENDABLECHARITY     BEAU LANE BLOODSTOCK AGENT     ALLEN ABBOTT     $40,000

249     C     CONSOLIDATOR     DAYSOFWEBNROSES     THREE CHIMNEYS SALES AGENT     NICK GONZALEZ     $3,700

283     F     LATENT HEAT     DUNEDIN     WOODS EDGE FARM (PETER O’CALLAGHAN) AGENT     ROBERT TILLER     $17,000

291     C     STRONG HOPE     EARLY MASS     MORGAN’S FORD FARM     SCOTT FAIRLIE     $33,000

298     C     SKY CLASSIC     ELLA SINGSTHEBLUES     KAIZEN SALES AGENT     ROBERT TILLER     $4,000

307     F     BELONG TO ME     ESPRESSO SONG     BELVEDERE FARM INC. (MARTY TAKACS) AGENT I     NICK GONZALEZ     $16,500

350     C     SHARP HUMOR     FIT TO SCOUT     BUCK POND FARM (DOUGLAS S. ARNOLD) AGENT I     TED COKER     $27,000

CANADIAN-BREDS IN THE SALE:

 

27     C     SONGANDAPRAYER     ALISON’S WINNER     CROSSROADS SALES AGENCY AGENT FOR OLYMPIA STAR INC     LARRY LITTLE     $3,800

40     C     KITTEN’S JOY     AMERICAN PASSAGE     RAMSEY FARM AGENT     NOT SOLD     ($23,000)

68     F     POMEROY     AVAMORE     WARRENDALE SALES AGENT VII     M & M RACING STABLE     $2,200

157     F     DISCREET CAT     CASTLE MEY     KELLI MITCHELL     JAMES LAYDEN, AGENT     $16,000

327     C     STEVIE WONDERBOY     FANTASTIC WOMEN     BELLA MARIA FARM AGENT     ALISTAIR RODEN, AGENT     $20,000

342     F     CANDY RIDE (ARG)     FILLIE MAYS     KEITH LANCASTER AGENT     OSCAR MODICA     $1,000