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4 Up Her Sleeve J A Torres B N Levine 119 20-1 [Tamarama] came up to me, training, and Clement redirect- look up and see Jose in house
5 Mouly K Carmouche D P Duggan 122 12-1 but didn’t really want to con- ed her to the Flower Bowl.
6 Except Temptation J Castellano T Albertrani 122 6-1 silks. I’m like, ‘Oh, no. No, no,
7 Miss Kristy J Alvarado G Rodriguez 120 10-1 tinue on, and I was able to take “Maybe she wanted a few no, no, that doesn’t work.’ And
8 Diamond Status J R Velazquez C F Martin 124 5-1 Continued from page B11 control from there. days off, I don’t know,” he said they said, ‘No, you have to run
9 Proud Foot J Lezcano L Rice 122 10-1 “After that, she got real com- with a chuckle. in them.’ So we did. I think that’s
10 Dontmesswithtess I Ortiz, Jr. M J Maker 124 5-2 “It’s my hometown, great fortable with easy fractions, “It just shows that some-
11 Can’t Fool Me M Franco H De Paz 122 12-1 the first time I’ve won in house
12 Anileate I Castillo J W Ferraro 122 15-1 track, great people here . . . any with no pressure. She’s kind times you’ve got to take a shot. silks. Every time I use house
1A AE From Hello T McCarthy B R Brown 118 8-1 winner is special, but when you of a grinder type, from what I Everybody is going to say she silks, I get beat. As soon as we
2B AE Fast Kimmie J Lezcano P M Serpe 118 8-1 get near the top, it’s even more,” heard and watching her videos. stole the race, and maybe she got to the track, I went back to
13 AE MTO Yogi J A Torres A Chichakly 117 8-1 Davis said. I was able to pick her up into the did steal the race, but you know
14 AE MTO Thestral Rider TBA T M Amoss 120 5-1 the room. They were hung and
“He won his first Grade I on last turn and get her run going what, she still did it in a nice ready.
way. She won it pretty easily in
NINTH — $300,000, 2YO FILLIES, a filly called Mutamakina in the
E. P. Taylor a few years ago for
before they got too close. Then
she was able to hold them off. the end.”
“I think the owner will let me
off the hook,” he added with a
GRADE I SPINAWAY, 7F: us, he won the stake in Virginia They had her ready today.” laugh.
the other day, he won today and Parnac had a bit of an adven- ALVA STARR CRUISES
1 Miz Sense M Franco T A Pletcher 120 15-1 Alva Starr was coming off
2 Lady Moscato J R Velazquez D W Lukas 118 20-1 we all know how good Dylan ture just getting to the Flower IN PRIORESS
a commanding victory in the
3 Sugar Hi J Alvarado W I Mott 120 6-1 is,” trainer Christophe Clement Bowl. A wardrobe malfunction was Dashing Beauty at Delaware
4 Closing Act J Lezcano S M Asmussen 122 20-1 said. She finished third in the the only thing that went wrong
5 Becky’s Joker J Castellano G C Contessa 122 12-1 Park on July 8.
Davis took advantage of a Grade III Robert G. Dick Memo- for Alva Starr.
6 Alys Beach D Davis T M Amoss 120 15-1 Brinkman shipped her to
7 Wonder Ride J R Leparoux K G McPeek 120 12-1 short field of four to dictate a rial at Delaware Park on July 1, Ridden by Jose Lezcano, the Saratoga in time to have Lez-
8 Ways and Means F Prat C C Brown 120 7-5 comfortable pace all the way. then was being pointed toward Brett Brinkman-trained Alva
9 Brightwork I Ortiz, Jr. J A Ortiz 122 5-2 an allowance at Saratoga, but cano breeze her on the main
That opportunity presented Starr blew away the field by 8
10 Lemorian F De La Cruz M L Elliott 120 15-1 itself when Javier Castellano was scratched by the New York track on Aug. 27, and it was a
3/4 lengths in the Grade II Pri-
chose not to send long shot Racing Association. sharp one.
oress at Saratoga Race Course.
TENTH — $52,000, F&M 3YO&UP, Tamarama to the front. Clem- The first two finishers in the The race replay shows Lez- She covered four furlongs in
MDN CLM, 1 1-16MI. (TURF): ent also had Amazing Grace Robert Dick, Sopran Basiliea cano in red Saratoga house 48.21 seconds, the 14th-fastest of
141 works at that distance that
entered. and Ever Summer, subsequently silks, but in the winner’s circle
1 Jet City Woman J R Velazquez A W Dutrow 120 4-1 day.
2 Avalanche Is Comin M Martin A Chichakly 113 50-1 “The plan was for that one suffered catastrophic injuries in photo, he’s wearing the yellow
[Parnac] to go to the front their next starts, on the Saratoga with blue chevrons of owner “I thought I worked her too
3 Whiskey Lullaby R Santana, Jr. M Nevin 124 9-2
4 Exotic Cat I Castillo J S Pregman, Jr. 124 30-1 and for the other one to track turf, and another horse, Frivole, Dale Ladner. slow, but when I checked the
5 Tooshay K Davis G C Contessa 120 30-1 McKulick,” he said. “I thought was pulled up during the race That, after a quick change by time, she went 48 and change,”
6 Keep It Sexy R Silvera C J Englehart 120 8-1 the other filly, Tamarama, was in which Ever Summer suffered Lezcano as he was weighing out, Lezcano said. “She did it so eas-
7 Rosy Tomorrows M Franco M J Maker 120 6-1 ily, and I felt like I just galloped
8 Addressable Market I Ortiz, Jr. C C Brown 120 7-2 going to be on the lead, but I her injury. having been handed the proper
9 Dark Pool D Davis C Clement 120 5-1 told Dylan, in case that filly In light of that, NYRA ruled silks by Brinkman. her out there.”
10 Belleshazza F Prat G Sciacca 124 12-1 takes back, make sure you take that any horse who ran in the Otherwise, it was a flawless “I don’t think it [having Lez-
11 So Are You S Uske P E Meadow 124 50-1 the lead and give her a nice ride, Robert Dick would have to un- performance by the filly. cano breeze her] was important
12 Lakeside Getaway T McCarthy M J Trombetta 120 12-1 from her standpoint, and he’s
13 AE Better Justice J Castellano C C Brown 120 9-2 which he did.” dergo a PET scan before being “Thursday, we turned them
14 AE Solevo Spritz J A Torres G Rodriguez 115 30-1 “The inside post really helped permitted to run at Saratoga. [silks] in,” the Louisiana- and the ultimate professional jock,”
15 AE MTO Duke Girls M Franco C C Brown 120 5-2 us here to get dominance for Parnac’s scan came back Kentucky-based Brinkman said. Brinkman said.