7 year old stakes placed REASON TO SOAR (Soaring Empire) won his 11th race – this time pulling away to win easily sprinting at Louisiana Downs. The last 2 wins were at Oaklawn. Then 3 wins in a row in as many racetracks (Churchill, Keeneland, Oaklwn). He is now trained by Robertino Diodoro and owned by M and M Racing (Mike Sisk).
| Starts | Firsts | Seconds | Thirds | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 11 | 4 | 5 | $305,617 |
SKY TEMPLE (Temple City) was offered by Kirkwood at Fasig Tipton Timonium in 2020. Racing a mile and a sixteenth in MSW at Belterra, she tracked the pace and then overcame a rival in a long duel to win by a nose. She is trained by William S. Brumley for owner Bulletworks Racing Stable (Sinkhorn, Marshall, et al) and was bred by Kip McCreery & Bill Oppenheim.
Going Global was in a league of her own within the 3-year-old filly turf ranks at Santa Anita Park this winter and spring. But a change in venue to Del Mar brought a shift in the division’s pecking order July 24.
Racing Saturday in the $202,500 San Clemente Stakes (G2T) at the seaside track, Kaleem Shah’s Madone edged favorite Going Global, reversing her form from the May 22 Honeymoon Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita, where victorious Going Global defeated her by 10 3/4 lengths.
Although the margin of finish was just a half-length, the winner appeared clearly best Saturday. While Going Global enjoyed a ground-saving trip around both turns, Madone took the long way around, sweeping four wide on the second turn to outkick the 2-5 chalk.
Going Global, in traffic for much of the race but who found daylight inside in the stretch, had every opportunity to win, but the turn of foot she exhibited in four earlier stakes wins this year was not as powerful as in the past.
Instead, Madone ($13.60) produced the best closing punch, rallying from ninth in the field of 10 under jockey Juan Hernandez. The Simon Callaghan trainee completed a mile on firm turf in 1:35.28, which followed fast fractions of :22.26, :45.86, 1:11.12 set by Nimbostratus under pressure from Equilove . The leaders retreated to ninth and 10th, respectively.
“That was the plan, to lay back then come running,” Hernandez said. “Simon said to keep her covered up and save ground. That’s what I did. On the turn (for home), I took her out and she gave it to me. She really came running. Nice win for sure.”
Tetragonal closed from fifth to be third, a length behind the runner-up. She outlasted Karakatsie in fourth.
The former survived a stewards’ inquiry and rider’s claim of foul to hold the show. Stewards ruled that while Tetragonal under Joe Bravo did drift out somewhat into the path of the Kent Desormeaux-ridden Karakatsie, the action did not warrant disqualification.
Madone continued her love affair with the Del Mar turf course. Last year as a 2-year-old, the daughter of Vancouver won both of her local starts over the grass, a maiden race and the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf Stakes.
She later added victories in the Surfer Girl Stakes and Senorita Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita. Her only two losses in seven starts came when eighth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T) last fall at Keeneland and sixth when racing on three weeks rest in the Honeymoon. She has earnings of $331,800.
Saturday’s win was the second in the San Clemente for trainer Simon Callaghan, who took the race with Up In Time a decade earlier.
“I blame myself (for the Honeymoon loss); I ran her back too quickly,” Callaghan said. “She bounced. It’s as simple as that.”
She and other San Clemente starters could return in the Aug. 21 Del Mar Oaks (G1T).
Madone sold three times at auction as a younger filly, most recently at the 2020 Ocala Breeders’ Sales March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, where agent Ben McElroy purchased her on behalf of Shah for $125,000 from the Kirkwood Stables consignment.
Bred in Kentucky by Glendalough, Madone is one of five winners from eight foals out of the Cherokee Run mare Indian Love Call . Of the mare’s two unraced foals, one is a 2-year-old filly by Astern and the other a Cairo Prince yearling colt. Indian Love Call was reported bred to Caravaggio for 20
COLOR CRUSH (Tonalist) was allowed to settle early and then accelerated to a 6 length maiden win at Colonial Downs. She raced a mile and a sixteenth. The PA Bred filly is trained by :A. Ferris Allen, III for owner Warwick Stable.
Second last out at Monmouth, WICKED FINN (Wicked Strong) rated close to the pace and then bid in the stretch to get up for the win – his second. He raced a mile on the turf at PARX for Dale Bennett. The 3-year-old colt is owned by SAB Stable Inc. He was sold by Kirkwood at OBS March 2020.
UNIDENTFIED MAN (Vancouver (AUS)) moved out around horses to clear the field for a win going a mile and seventy at Delaware Park. He broke his maiden last month at Oaklawn. UNIDENTFIED MAN is trained by Greg Compton
for owners Danny Brown and Charis Brenneman-Smith.
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7th-Churchill Downs, $103,520, Alw (NW3$X)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 5-14, 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:34.84, fm, head.
HENDY WOODS (f, 4, Uncle Mo–Separate Forest {GSW, $206,525}, by Forestry), heroine of the Indiana Grand S. Aug. 12 and runner-up in the GII Edgewood S. Sept. 4, was sixth in the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. at Keeneland last time Oct. 10. The 2-1 favorite off the bench chased on the inside in a distant third, began to gear up with a good-looking move on the far turn, hit the front in deep stretch and came out on top by a head over How Ironic (Tonalist) in a wild finish.
The winner’s dam, a $230,000 KEEJAN purchase by Stonestreet in 2012, had a colt by Munnings this year.
Sales history: $95,000 RNA Ylg ’18 KEESEP.
Lifetime Record: SW & GSP, 7-4-1-0, $264,056. O-Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY);
T-Mark E. Casse.
His half brother by MORE THAN READY sells as hip 116 at FT Timonium
At Pimlico RESPONSE TIME (Mosler) graduated in her 2nd start. Close to the pace in 2nd, she dueled to the wire for the win by 1/2. The 3-year-old was a $100,000 sale at last year’s FT Timonium 2 year old sale. She is trained by Trainer: Hamilton A. Smith for owner Mens Grille Racing
GALACTIC (Gemologist) wins his 8th race and his 3rd win in a row and ups his earnings over $164,000. He is now trained by Alejandro Murillo Rodriguez for owner Murillo AAA Racing. Racing 6 furlongs at Thistledown, he wired the field to win by 3 lengths.
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Sold by Kirkwood at OBS March 2020 for $125,000
Santa Anita SENORITA S.-GIII, $102,500, Santa Anita, 5-1, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:35.17, fm.
1–MADONE, 124, f, 3, by Vancouver (Aus)
($70,000 Wlg ’18 KEENOV; $50,000 Ylg ’19 KEESEP; $125,000 2yo ’20 OBSMAR).
O-Kaleem Shah, Inc.
B-Glendalough LLC (KY)
T-Simon Callaghan;
Lifetime Record: 5-4-0-0, $211,300.
Margins: 1, 1HF, 1 3/4. Odds: 2.90, 1.90, 11.10.
Madone made amends for her first career loss in the Breeders’ Cup with a decisive score in the Senorita Saturday night. Away well from her rail draw, the bay saved ground in a joint third through a :23.85 opening quarter. Biding her time as the dueling leaders shot off to a clear lead through a :47.05 half-mile, Madone split those foes in the lane and charged clear to score.
A debut winner on the Del Mar lawn July 31, Madone captured the Juvenile Fillies Turf S. There next out Sept. 6 and captured Santa Anita’s Surfer Girl S. Oct. 4. She suffered her first and only loss at Keeneland in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf S. Nov. 6.
Pedigree Notes: Madone is the third graded winner and one of four black-type achievers for his sire Vancouver. She is the 14th graded winner and one of 46 black-type scorers produced by a daughter of Cherokee Run. Indian Love Call’s recent produce includes a juvenile filly by Astern (Aus) and a yearling colt by Cairo Prince. She was bred back to Gormley.