Category: Results

SHE’S MY TYPE (FR) takes the Lincense Fee S at Belmont and CHESS CHIEF is 3rd in the Alysheba G2

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LICENSE FEE S., $100,000, Belmont, 4-30, 4yo/up, f/m, 6fT,
1:08.34, gd.
1–SHE’S MY TYPE (FR), 122, f, 4, Dunkerque (Fr)–Theoricienne
(Fr), by Kendor (Fr). ($27,000 Ylg ’18 KEESEP). O-Ghislaine
Head; B-Haras Du Quesnay (FR); T-Christophe Clement;
J-Hector Rafael Diaz, Jr. $55,000. Lifetime Record: 8-4-1-1,
$225,080. *1/2 to Tour to Paris (Fr) (Fuisse {Fr}), Ch.

She’s My Type added to her black-type success with a win in Belmont’s License Fee S. Friday. Racing in mid-pack, the bay sat back off a swift first quarter in :22.24. Punching through between horses in the lane, she glided clear to a facile victory. AShe settled well in mid-pack and did everything nicely and looked very comfortable,@ said winning conditioner Christophe Clement. AWe=ll bring her back and start looking for some bigger and better things. There is the seven-eighths [GIII] Intercontinental in June and the [GI] Just a Game as well. If she comes out of this race in good shape and trains well, we can go that route.@ Winner of the Ginger Brew S. last term, She’s My Type checked in second in the Lady Shipman S. at Belmont June 21. She captured the Coronation Cup at Saratoga July 31 and was seventh in the Music City S. at Kentucky Downs Sept. 15. The winner’s dam–a half-sister to MGSW Blacktype (Fr) (Dunkerque {Fr})–is also responsible for the juvenile filly Plaisante (Fr) (Anodin {Ire}) and a yearling filly by Motivator (GB).

AND CHESS CHIEF is 3rd in the Alysheba G2

ALYSHEBA S. PRESENTED BY SENTIENT JET-GII, $400,000,
Churchill Downs, 4-30, 4yo/up, 1 1/16m, 1:41.39, ft..
3–Chess Chief, 123, h, 5, Into Mischief–Un Blessed, by
Mineshaft. ($145,000 RNA Ylg ’17 FTSAUG). O-Estate of James
J Coleman Jr; B-Morgan’s Ford Farm (VA); T-Dallas Stewart.
$39,600.

CARMELTINI notches her 2nd win

CARMELTINI (Orb) raced to a win at PARX going a mile and seventy to notch her second win and boost her earnings over $65,000. She rallied and drew clear to win by 4 3/4. She was part of the 2019 Kirkwood consignment at Timonium. The filly is owned by Carguys Racing LLC and is trained by John C. Servis.

I’M LOOKING UP wins race #3

8th-Delta Downs, $41,000, 3-30, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 5f, :58.69, ft, 3 1/4 lengths.
I’M LOOKING UP (g, 6, Speightstown–Air France, by French Deputy) won a lower lever claiming race last out by over 6 lengths. Stepping up into allowance company he won again to make it 2 in a row.Lifetime Record: 13-3-0-2, $56,764.
O/B-Mount Joy Stables, Inc. (KY)
T-Brett A. Brinkman.
*$240,000 RNA Ylg ’16 KEESEP; $190,000 RNA 2yo ’17 EASMAY.

CHESS CHIEF victorious in the NEW ORLEANS CLASSIC S.-GII,

CHESS CHIEF purchased at Saratoga for for James Coleman and trainer Dallas Stewart breaks through to win the New Orleans Classic.Sadly, Mr Coleman was not there to see it but we are sure was cheering him on from on high.
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Chess Chief, third behind Maxfield (Street Sense) in the GIII Mineshaft S. last time Feb. 13, was disqualified from third and placed sixth for interference in this race last year. His resume also includes a runner-up finish in the 2019 GIII West Virginia Derby and a third-place finish behind Owendale in the GIII Oklahoma Derby. He captured an optional claimer by a neck two starts back over this course. The bay broke sharply here, but was content to drop back while saving ground to race last of seven through a half-mile in :48.30. He was under a ride rounding the far turn, began to advance while about four or five wide and, after shifting out even further around the three-sixteenths marker, came down the center of the course to just nail Owendale on the line in dramatic fashion.

Pedigree Notes: Virginia-bred Chess Chief becomes the 92nd stakes winner/39th graded winner for leading sire Into Mischief. Un Blessed, a maiden of five career starts racing in Japan, brought $110,000 from Chess Chief’s breeder Morgan’s Ford Farm at the 2014 KEENOV Sale. Un Blessed, a daughter of GI Yellow Ribbon Invitational S. heroine Plenty of Grace, is also represented by the 2-year-old filly Smuggle (Gun Runner) and a yearling colt by Ghostzapper. She was bred to Candy Ride (Arg) for 2021. This is also the family of champion grass mare Soaring Softly.

JUS LIVELY victorious in the DIXIE POKER ACE S. at the Fair Grounds

JUS LIVELY (Paddy O’Prado) won the DIXIE POKER ACE S. at the Fair Grounds racing a mile on the turf. Recently he won his 5th race in allowance company at the Fair Ground. Before that he had added his third stakes placing, running 3rd in the $150,000 LOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY CLASSIC S. He also  just missed the win by a head in the B-Connected Stakes run a 7 furlongs at Delta Downs. Last year he ran 2nd in the Cresent City Derby at the Fair Grounds.  The newly turned 5 year old colt is a homebred for Pine Knoll Farm and is trained by Steven M. Asmussen. He has won 50% percent of his starts !

Lifetime: MSP, 12-6 -3-1, $221,500.

Two Aqueduct winners and a stakes placed horse at Laurel for Kirkwood

MSW KENNY HAD A NOTION, winner of the Spectacular Bid Stakes at Laurel last out, followed that up with a third in the Miracle Wood Stakes also at Laurel. He ow owned by Louis J. Ulman & Neil H. Glasserand is trained by Dale Capuano. The Great Notion gelding has bankrolled $221,125.

JUDGE BERN(Laoban) slipped up the rail to graduate in a MSW going a mile at Aqueduct. He is part owned by his trainer Charlton Baker with additional owners  Steven Simon and  Rosenfeld. He was bred by  Stonegate Stables LLC.

On the same card, SCORPION DYNASTY (Dialed In) broke his maiden by 2 1/2 lenghts going 6 furlongs. He was bred by Richard Perkins and is owned by the Bing Cherry Racing Inc. SCORPION DYNASTY is trained by Clarke Dylan.

Both are closing in on $50,000 in earnings.

Kenny Had a Notion Digs Deep to Win Spectacular Bid

Louis Ulman and H. Neil Glasser’s Kenny Had a Notion, a juvenile stakes winner on both turf and dirt, dueled from start to finish with a stubborn Maythehorsebwithu before prevailing by a neck Jan. 16 in the $100,000 Spectacular Bid Stakes at Laurel Park.

The inaugural seven-furlong Spectacular Bid for 3-year-olds and return of the $100,000 Xtra Heat for 3-year-old fillies sprinting six furlongs were among six stakes worth $550,000 in purses on a Saturday program that launched Maryland’s 2021 stakes calendar.

Ridden by Jorge Ruiz for trainer Dale Capuano, Kenny Had a Notion ($8) led all the way to snap a two-race losing streak with his third career stakes win. The winning time was 1:23.98 over a fast main track.

“He’s been showing a lot more speed the last few races. I think a lot has to do with him maturing and getting himself together,” Capuano said. “We’re very pleased with him.”

Kenny Had a Notion was pressed by Maythehorsebwithu from the outset, the two running in tandem through a quarter-mile in :23.14 and a half in :46.47, briefly joined in the chase by Shackqueenking. The top pair began to edge away once straightened for home and set the stage for a battle through the lane with Kenny Had a Notion, racing along the rail, refusing to budge under relentless pressure.

Maythehorsebwithu, who beat Kenny Had a Notion when second in the First State Dash Stakes over a sloppy track last fall, was two lengths ahead of Shackqueenking in second. Tiz Mandate finished another length back in fourth, trailed by Erawan, Nobody Knew, Scotch Rock’s, and Wicked Prankster.

Kenny Had a Notion won the 5 1/2-furlong Jamestown Stakes on the Laurel turf in October and now has also won at six and seven furlongs on the main track. He ran sixth after displacing his palate in the Nov. 14 James F. Lewis III Stakes, underwent a procedure to correct the problem, and came back two weeks later to be second beaten a neck in the Dec. 26 Heft Stakes.

“He’s run well at six and seven (furlongs), so I think we’ll stretch him out at some point,” Capuano said. “He’s game. He seems to carry his speed at seven, so it’s exciting. We’ll see how far he takes us.”

Kenny Had a Notion was bred in Virginia by Althea Richards out of the During mare Darting, and was a $20,000 purchase by Capuano from Scott Mallory’s consignment to the 2019 Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s yearling sale in Timonium, Md. He improved his career record to four wins and a second from seven starts, with earnings of $211,125.

MSP JUS LIVELY adds win #5

JUS LIVELY (Paddy O’Prado) won his 5th race in allowance company at the Fair Ground. Recently he added his third stakes placing, running 3rd in the $150,000 LOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY CLASSIC S. at the Fair Grounds. Last out he just missed the win by a head in the B-Connected Stakes run a 7 furlongs at Delta Downs. Last year he ran 2nd in the Cresent City Derby at the Fair Grounds.  The newly turned 5 year old colt is a homebred for Pine Knoll Farm and is trained by Steven M. Asmussen. He has won 50% percent of his starts + 3 stakes placings.
Lifetime: MSP, 10-5-2-1, $174,900.