Mens Grille Racing’s Roanan Goddess returned from a short freshening and collected her third stakes victory – all in 2024 – in Saturday’s $100,000 Safely Kept Stakes at Laurel Park.
J. G. Torrealba rode the 3-year-old daughter of Leofric to a three-quarter-length win over Discreet Ops and five others in the 7-furlong Safely Kept. The 5-1 fifth choice, Roanan Goddess added the Safely Kept to her victory in the Xtra Heat Stakes in late January and the off-the-turf Searching Stakes in early August, both at Laurel for trainer Hamilton Smith.
Roanan Goddess came into the Safely Kept off more than two months on the shelf, after finishing a close third in the 6-furlong Weather Vane Stakes September 22 at Laurel. She finished well back in the $150,000 Camptown for Virginia-restricted runners August 31 at Colonial Downs prior to the Weather Vane.
“It was the last 3-year-old filly stake of the year, and we just waited for this,” Smith said. “She needed a little time between races and it worked out great. She ran well,” Smith said. “Beyond 7 furlongs might be a problem, but she’s a middle-distance horse. She’s doing awfully good.”
Dazzling Move, the 8-5 favorite for trainer Mike Trombetta, took the early initiative in the Safely Kept and opened up a 3 1/2-length advantage through the opening quarter-mile in :22.55. Dazzling Move still led by 2 lengths over Discreet Ops around the far turn and to the half in :45.32, with Kissedbyanangel, Sheilahs Warcloud and Roanan Goddess giving chase.
Discreet Ops shrugged off the favored pacesetter turning for home, while Roanan Goddess continued her run while wide into and through the upper stretch. Roanan Goddess snatched the lead inside the sixteenth pole and pulled away late over a stubborn Discreet Ops. Sheilahs Warcloud finished another 1 1/4 lengths back in third with Goodnightngodbless fourth and Dazzling Move fifth. Roanan Goddess won in 1:23.63 over the fast track.
“I told (Torrealba) … just get her out of there good and see where you are and ride your race. He did just that,” Smith said. “I thought she was little further back than I expected her to be but she came a running.”
Bred by Chad Carter, foaled at Rockridge Stud in Hudson and out of the winning Midnight Lute mare Night Madam, Roanan Goddess improved to 3-for-8 with three thirds this season. She also picked up $60,000 for winning the Safely Kept to pad her career bankroll to $289,240.
Roanan Goddess is the second foal out of Night Madam, who is also the dam of the eight-time winning New York-bred Alpha mare Madam Alpha. Night Madam is also the dam of an unraced West Virginia-bred 2-year-old full brother to Roanan Goddess named Snowy Night and a weanling Virginia-bred weanling colt by Capo Bastone named Night Call.
Roanan Goddess originally sold for $30,000 at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale. Mens Grille Racing purchased the filly for $60,000 about eight months later at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May sale. She’s won five of 14 starts overall.
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Gary Barber’s Mi Bago bounced back from a troubled and better-than-appeared run over Breeders’ Cup weekend at Del Mar with a victory in Friday’s $100,000 Pulpit Stakes on the second day of Gulfstream Park’s Championship Meet in South Florida.
Fifth and beaten only 2 lengths at 45-1 last time out in the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes, Mi Bago took control of the Pulpit from the start and held off all his rivals to win as the 9-5 favorite. Ridden by Edwin Gonzalez, the 2-year-old son of Vekoma won by 5 lengths over 7-2 second choice Hit That Review and 6-1 Bucaro in third. Mi Bago won in 1:27.06 for the 7 1/2 furlongs on firm turf.
Mi Bago led from the break and into the first turn, opening up 1 1/2 lengths over Enterdadragon through the opening quarter-mile in :23.50. Mi Bago widened that advantage to 3 1/2 lengths through the half in :46.24 with Hit That Review, Discreet Dancer and Como among the closest pursuers behind Enterdadragon.
Past 6 furlongs in 1:09.61, Gonzalez gave a look over his shoulder turning for home as Mi Bago maintained his 3-length advantage over Bucaro in midstretch. They widened again from there and finished well clear. Hit That Review edged Bucaro by a neck for second, with Discreet Dancer fourth.
“Honestly, I kind of left it up to Edwin. He said he was going to break and try and get himself into a good position,” Casse’s assistant Nick Tomlinson said. “He broke running, and I was a little worried about how fast they were going. But he really quickened impressively. He ran really well today. It was a great race.”
Mi Bago improved to 3-for-5 with the victory and picked up $58,900 to boost his earnings to $178,910.
Bred by Highclere Inc. and foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham, Mi Bago is the fifth winner produced by the unraced New York-bred Indian Charlie mare Wabanaki. She’s the dam of seven-time winner and $227,242-earner Lady Macho (by Mucho Macho Man) and winners What Mightavebeen (Freud), Dawnland (Jimmy Creed) and Weyron (Goldencents).
A $62,000 purchase at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky February mixed sale in 2023, Mi Bago was a $90,000 RNA later in the year at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale. Mi Bago won his debut in a 5-furlong dirt maiden at Colonial Downs August 1 for owner CM Thoroughbreds and trainer Carlos Munoz.
Barber purchased Mi Bago privately after that effort and moved him to his primary trainer Casse. Mi Bago finished a non-threatening sixth in the Funny Cide Stakes on Saratoga Showcase Day at Saratoga Race Course August 25 before moving to the grass to win the October 5 bet365 Algonquin Stakes at Woodbine.
“He’s got the talent. Especially for a 2-year-old to go three-quarters in 1:09, that’s a lot to ask of them,” Tomlinson said. “The performance today was extremely impressive. We’ll definitely keep him on the grass. There’s a lot of good 3-year-old stakes coming up. We’ll just have to see how it all plays out and go from there.”
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By Paul Halloran
Derek Ryan figured Cicciobello would be forward in Saturday’s New York Stallion Series $125,000 Thunder Rumble Stakes at Aqueduct, even though he was cutting back from 1 1/8 miles to 7 furlongs.
“Usually he breaks running, so I figured he was going to be up close to the pace,” the trainer said. “It looked like he missed the break and it worked out good.”
Cicciobello did indeed break last and trailed the eight-horse field after a quarter-mile in a brisk :22.34, with Antonio of Venice and Light Man laying it down on the front end. The 5-year-old gelding by Bellamy Road out of the Eddington mare Spa Sunrise was still seventh after a half-mile, but the :45.44 split indicated the race might set up for closers and that is exactly what happened.
Jose Lezcano, riding Cicciobello for the first time, started moving on the turn and was forced to go wide when General Banker, also closing fast, drifted out in the stretch. Cicciobello was able to overcome the ground loss and outduel General Banker to the wire, winning by a neck at 20-1 for his first stakes score. The final time was 1:23.84.
“On paper, I thought there would be a lot of speed, so I let him break and not rush him,” Lezcano said. “At the three-eighths pole, I let him go and he started to pick it up. He came with a run . . . my horse gave me what I need to win the race.”
Bred by owner Massimino Rapuano’s My Way Stable, Cicciobello is the sixth foal and second winner out of Spa Sunrise, who won twice in a 15-race career. Her Sunrise Saturday won once in nine starts. Cicciobello improved his career record to 16-4-1-1 with $248,410 in earnings.
“He is a very honest and hard-knocking horse,” Ryan said. “He is a cool horse to be around. He is about 17 and 2 (hands/inches), and a big, gentle giant. I’m glad to get the win.”
Cicciobello broke his maiden as a 4-year-old last year, won a state-bred allowance at Saratoga and ran a respectable fourth in the Empire Classic Stakes. He lost his first three starts this year, but ran well in finishing fourth in the Evan Shipman at Saratoga. After winning an allowance at Monmouth, he ran last by 26 lengths in the Empire Classic.
“He gives you his all,” winning owner Rapuano said. “I saw him come flying and when he got the lead I said, ‘This is ours.’”
Bellamy Road, who won the 2005 Wood Memorial by 17½ lengths and ran seventh in the Kentucky Derby, formerly stood at Irish Hill and Duchess Views Farms in Stillwater. New York’s leading sire of winners four times, he sired 2018 New York-bred Horse of the Year Diversify. He is retired at Old Friends in Kentucky.
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By Melissa Bauer-Herzog
Ballybrit Stables-bred Golden Rocket gave trainer Ilkay Kantarmaci his first stakes victory in the United States in the $120,000 New York Stallion Series Staten Island Stakes at Aqueduct Saturday.
Golden Rocket took advantage of her inside post to settle on the rail early in the 7-furlong stakes over a sealed dirt track. After the field got sorted in the first sixteenth of a mile, Manny Franco put his mount at Sunday Girl’s tail through a :23.26 first quarter followed by a :46.77 half with pressure coming from right behind her from the eventual leader and Lisa’s Vision at her hip on the outside.
The longtime leader left a hole for Golden Rocket to challenge for control and by the top of the stretch, they were head-to-head. Sunday Girl wasn’t willing to give in that easily and Golden Rocket had to deal with her sticking close until they entered the final furlong.
At that point, Sunday Girl grudgingly started to drop back, and Golden Rocket raced to a 3 1/2-length win in 1:25.13. Sunday Girl kept anyone else from passing her and finished second, 2 lengths clear of Lisa’s Vision in third. The victory was Franco’s fourth on the Aqueduct card.
“I’m super happy,” Kantarmaci said. “Under my name, this is my first stakes in the United States. We used to do everything with Mertkan [his brother]. Now he is on vacation. I’m so emotional. Life is so good. She ran very good last time and today was the perfect trip for her. It was excellent. She got the job done. Manny gave us a perfect ride.”
Both Kantarmacis are natives of Turkey and they have long worked together. Mertkan trained the bulk of the stable in the U.S. from 2016 through Oct. 5, finding success with Grade 2 winner Evvie Jets among others, when he handed full training duties to his brother.
Golden Rocket has registered two wins and one other top three finish in seven starts this year for owners John Witte and Morris Kernan. In all, the mare has won six of 27 starts with 10 other top three finishes for $413,262 in earnings. The mare’s first stakes victory came in the 2022 NYSSS Statue of Liberty as a 3-year-old, when she was part of the Patricia Farro barn. Kantarmaci and Witte claimed her for $45,000 out of a win Oct. 10.
Golden Rocket is out of the Touch Gold mare Taty’s Gold, who also produced Golden Rocket’s full-sister Golden Oldie, a winner of three races. In all, the mare has produced four winners from as many to race, including the seven-time winning New York-bred Admiral Kitten gelding Matty’s Express.
Taty’s Gold was also a successful racemare. She won nine of 44 starts with 11 placings for $213,460 in earnings. She is one of nine winners from 10 runners out of Broad Brush’s Eyes Aglow. The extended family also includes champion Gilded Time and Grade 1 winner Hardest Core.
Golden Rocket’s Grade 1 winning sire Alpha started his stud career at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson, who stood him on behalf of Darley. Exported to stand at Haras Bagé do Sul in Brazil in 2019, the stallion returned to the U.S. at the end of last year and is pensioned at Old Friends in Georgetown, Ky.
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Gold Bear Farm’s Cast a Coin improved from his only other try in stakes company and added another stakes winner to his sire’s resume with a victory in Monday’s $45,000 Tin Cup Chalice at Finger Lakes.
The 2-year-old Central Banker gelding rated off the pace, tipped off the rail and outfinished his foes between horses late to win the 6-furlong stakes by a neck over Notfanutin. Steven Fret rode Cast a Coin for trainer Jacqueline Falk.
Bred by McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds LLC and Spruce Lane Farm, Cast a Coin sold for $27,000 at this year’s Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s March sale after originally bringing $15,000 as a weanling at the 2023 OBC winter mixed sale.
Cast a Coin, fifth in his other stakes try in the Aspirant Stakes over a sloppy track September 23 at Finger Lakes, became the latest stakes winner for Central Banker in the Tin Cup Chalice. Central Banker, a 14-year-old son of Speightstown, stands for $7,500 at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs. He started the day ranked second on the New York general sire list – which he’s topped the last three seasons – and less than $40,000 behind the leader Bucchero, who stood the 2024 season at McMahon before heading to stand at Ironhorse Stallions in Stillwater for 2025.
Coming off a 4-length tally in a 5 ½-furlong open-company maiden last time out on October 16 at Finger Lakes, Cast a Coin went to post for the Tin Cup Chalice as the 5-2 second choice behind Blamicker.
No Factor, the lone filly in the field of seven, took the early initiative up the backstretch and zipped through the opening quarter-mile in :22.68 ahead of the tracking Blamicker and Cast a Coin. Blamicker and jockey Andre Worrie made the first run at the leader around the far turn and took command approaching the half-mile split in :46.37.
Fret kept Cast a Coin inside until the field turned for home, then tipped out a few paths off the rail while Notfanutin made a move to his outside and Mr. Sugar Daddy made up ground to the inside. Cast a Coin hung tough in deep stretch and edged Notfanutin at the finish in 1:12.97 over the fast track. Mr. Sugar Daddy finished three-quarters of a length back in third with Blamicker, No Factor, Sobieski and One Morerep completing the field.
Cast a Coin picked up $27,000 for the win to boost his earnings to $55,717 from a record of 2-1-0 in four starts.
Cast a Coin is the fifth foal out of the Into Mischief mare Light the Dynamite, a homebred for Chester and Mary Broman picked up by McMahon and Hill Bloodstock, agent for $10,000 at the 2015 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale.
Light the Dynamite is the dam of three winners – six-time winner and $133,250-earner Summer Sangria, Iron Horizon and Boom Boom Thunder, a 3-year-old full brother to Cast a Coin. She’s also the dam of Cast a Coin’s New York-bred yearling full sister Hawkeyejet and his Iowa-bred weanling full sister Gun Champion born April 15.
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By Alec DiConza
With the Angels did not appear to be a lock to win Sunday’s $100,000 Key Cents Stakes at Aqueduct despite her 1-5 odds as the eight-horse field turned for home.
After breaking from post one and not showing quite enough early speed to get to the front, the 2-year-old daughter of Omaha Beach sat behind horses for the first time in her career and had to negotiate her way through traffic rounding the far turn under Jose Ortiz. Nevertheless, With the Angels once again proved to be too much for her competition and won the 6-furlong stakes event for 2-year-old New York-bred fillies by 2 lengths, improving her unbeaten record to 4-for-4 for trainer Linda Rice.
The change in tactics wasn’t a surprise for Rice, who knew the race featured a lot of horses with early speed.
“I told Jose the one-hole kind of wasn’t ideal, and I anticipated a lot of speed in this race and that it was probable we’d want to take the opportunity to sit off of it and see how she handled that,” Rice said.
What did present a cause for concern was how With the Angels could not get clear running room coming around the far turn and found herself sitting fifth with less than three-eighths of a mile to go. Any anxiety about her chances was quickly washed away when the filly owned by Winning Move Stable, John Oxley, Lady Sheila Stable, Rideau Racers and Sanford Robbins unleashed a powerful late kick to mow down the frontrunners and win with what appeared to be plenty left in the tank. She finished the 6 furlongs in 1:10.56.
“It looked like the five horse was backing up into her and this and that, and she worked her way around it,” Rice said of her filly’s trip. “She was a little wide coming down the stretch, but I was happy to see her run (them) down. It really helps us going forward next year, and we know she’ll do that (rate). It’s a great way to cap off her 2-year-old season, so we’ll send her home and give her a couple months off.”
The Key Cents victory was the third straight stakes win for With the Angels, who already boasted a strong 2024 resumé with triumphs in the Joseph A. Gimma and Maid of the Mist.
Ortiz, who has ridden With the Angels in each of her starts, credited the filly’s connections for managing her well and getting her ready for a 3-year-old campaign in 2025.
“She is a nice filly,” Ortiz said. “Linda and the owners have done an amazing job managing her and picking the right spots. They are developing a nice filly so hopefully next year she keeps getting better.”
With the Angels has now earned $283,250 in her career.
Bred by Joseph DeRico and foaled at River Valley Farm in Gansevoort, With the Angels is out of the three-time winning Pulpit mare Sister Margaret. She’s the dam of three other foals to race, including stakes-placed filly Maggy’s Palace. With the Angels sold for $350,000 at the OBS April 2-year-olds in training sale.
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By Paul Halloran
Graham Motion is not known for having his first-time starters cranked to the max – he clicks at 11 percent in that category in the last five years – so when one of them wins, it’s worth noting.
Such was the case with Jack and Jim, a Madaket Stables homebred who parlayed a maiden win Sept. 22 into a stakes score, closing from seventh after a half-mile to win the Central Park Stakes for 2-year-olds Saturday at Aqueduct. Jack and Jim was one of seven New York-breds in the open stakes.
“I never expect my horses to win first time, but he’s a horse we’ve always liked,” Motion said. “Did I expect him to win? No. But I thought he’d run well the first time.”
Manny Franco was content to sit well off the pace set by Not for Hire, determined to get to the lead despite going wide on the first turn of the mile turf race. He led down the backstretch through a quarter-mile in :23.20 and a half in :47.59. Franco stayed inside as long as he could, taking Jack and Jim off the rail on the far turn, which proved to be the winning move.
As the leaders bunched up at the top of the stretch, Franco got first jump on the other closers, including favorite Early Adopter, who made a wide, late move under Flavien Prat, and got to the wire a half-length in front in a final time of 1:36.42. Smooth Breeze was second, while Early Adopter settled for third.
“That was super,” said Motion, who added a ring bit after his horse’s debut. “He did it really nicely. I loved where he was down the backstretch and it kind of set up well for him. Manny was in the clear. We changed his equipment this time. He was a little more manageable and that really helped. What a pro. He just did it so nicely.”
Motion trained Jack and Jim’s dam, the French-bred Monette, in her two U.S. starts at the end of her career in 2018, saddling her to a second in the Matron Stakes at Belmont and an off-the board finish in the Jimmy Durante at Del Mar. By Slumber, an English-bred $1.4 million earner who sired Motion’s Grade 3 winner Sy Dog, Jack and Jim is the first foal produced by Monette.
“I was happy when we passed the five-eighths,” Franco said. “I had separation of the horses in front of me, so I say I’m going to put my horse in the middle of the track. I see what’s going on in the turn so I decided to stay outside and I think that was the best I could do. I knew that I was going to have the horses in front of me [beat]. I was a little worried for the closers.”
Motion said he would take Jack and Jim to Florida in the next month and point for race no sooner than February.
Slumber, who stands at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, has sired three stakes winners this year. – Grade 3 turf victor Fluffy Socks and Grade 1 steeplechase winner Jimmy P are the others. Jimmy P completes his 2024 season in Sunday’s Grade 1 Colonial Cup in Camden, S.C.
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By Paul Halloran
Trainer Wesley Ward entered two fillies in Saturday’s Notebook Stakes for 2-year-old New York-breds at Aqueduct Racetrack, both of whom had already beaten males. He opted to scratch Phoebeinwonderland and run her vs. fillies in Sunday’s Key Cents Stakes, leaving Shoot It True to take on the boys in the Notebook.
Good decision.
Off a 198-day layoff, Shoot It True, a $340,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling in 2023, showed no signs of rust, taking the lead early in the 6-furlong stakes and cruising to a 4 ¼-length win.
“She’s a big, imposing filly,” Ward said. “She’ll be much better as a 3- and 4-year-old. I told Dave (Reid, of Ice Wine Stable) she was 80-percent fit. I thought her ability would get her there.”
Ridden by Frankie Dettori, Shoot It True took control in the first furlong and led through a quarter-mile in :22.43, chased by Kenny Be, who remained on her flank through a half-mile in :46.12. Once they straightened out and Dettori asked her, Shoot It True drew clear and was an easy winner. The final time was 1:10.17.
By Munnings out of the Malibu Moon mare To the Moon Alice, Shoot It True was an impressive maiden winner against the boys at Keeneland April 5, then took the lead and faded to fourth in the Kentucky Juvenile at Churchill Downs 27 days later.
“I was hoping to get her a stakes win early in the year,” Ward said. “I ran her back off a big win. I shouldn’t have and it cost me.”
That prompted Ward to put her on the shelf for five months, bringing her back to the work tab at Keeneland Oct. 1 and giving her six workouts before the Notebook. He thought she would have a better chance than Phoebeinwonderland, who drew the far outside post in Sunday’s stakes.
“This filly (Shoot It True) is much better and to me it wouldn’t matter where we ran her,” Ward said, a sentiment echoed by Dettori.
“He was very confident, my boss,” Dettori said. “In fairness, he’s always confident, but he said she’s special. She broke really good and was good in the gate. Last time, she was a bit hot, but [today] she was very calm, broke well and got to the lead on her own terms pricking her ears. The only concern was I couldn’t get her to switch leads, but she was going forward, so don’t fix what’s not broken. She was very good. I really like her.”
Shoot It True, bred by Old Tavern Farm in Stillwater, is the fourth foal and second winner out of To the Moon Alice. Her Two for Charging won a claiming race at Aqueduct Friday. Ward picked out Shoot It True for Ice Wine Stable and Smart Choice Stable at the Saratoga sale, though he is not taking credit for being particularly clever.
“She was the talk of the sale. She’s a beautiful physical, by a great stallion. It was a Joe Johnson no-brainer,” Ward said, a reference to what the former NBA All-Star called his decision to re-sign with the Boston Celtics 20 years after the organization first drafted him.
Ward said Shoot It True would get another break, with a spring return planned.
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Stakes winner Neural Network landed a bid of $65,000 to finish as the most expensive New York-bred at the Keeneland November horses of racing age sale Thursday in Lexington.
Sok Racing/Michael Kares purchased Hip 4185, Neural Network, a 4-year-old son of Cloud Computing, out of the ELiTE consignment. Bred by and foaled at Milfer Farm Inc. in Unadilla, Neural Network is out of the winning Street Cry mare Lapinski.
A $120,000 purchase at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale, Neural Network went 2-1-1 in seven starts with $136,204 for owner Klaravich Stable and trainer Chad Brown.
Neural Network started his career with two wins in three starts – a debut win in mid-November 2022 at Aqueduct and a victory in the Gander Stakes in late February 2023 at Aqueduct. He also placed in the 2023 Woodhaven Stakes at Aqueduct.
Keeneland reported sales on all five of the New York-breds through the ring Thursday for a total of $146,000, an average price of $29,200 and median of $19,000.
ELiTE, agent, also sold the second most expensive New York-bred, Hip 4100, the 3-year-old maiden Good Magic filly Dance On Air that went to Ken Kachel for $37,000.
Bred by Erin Corners Bloodstock and out of the Arch mare Valentines Romance, Dance On Air placed twice in five starts for owners William Lawrence and Richard Schermerhorn and trainer Chad Brown. She originally sold for $200,000 to Meridian Partners at the 2022 Keeneland September yearling sale.
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Francis Paolangeli’s homebred Idyll Gossip bounced back from a rough trip against males last time and got up in the final strides to lock up another stakes victory for Central Banker in Monday’s $45,000 Shesastonecoldfox at Finger Lakes.
The 2-year-old filly by the McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds’ resident stallion edged longtime leader April Storm three strides from home in the 6-furlong open-company stakes that featured a field of seven New York-breds. Kevin Navarro rode Idyll Gossip for trainer Paul Barrow, who picked up his second straight Shesastonecoldfox after winning with Sweet Brown Sugar in 2023.
Idyll Gossip also became the 18th stakes winner – and seventh of 2024 – for Central Banker. She picked up $27,000 toward Central Banker’s progeny earnings haul for the season, which sat $4,634,443 heading into Monday and just a little more than $33,000 behind leader Bucchero.
Central Banker, a 14-year-old son of Speightstown, stands for $7,500 at McMahon in Saratoga Springs while Bucchero will stand for $10,000 at Ironhorse Stallions in Stillwater after standing the 2024 season at McMahon.
Sixth in the New York Breeders’ Futurity October 21 at Finger Lakes after trouble at the start, Idyll Gossip went to the post Monday as the 6-5 favorite. She and Navarro lagged toward the back of the field early, racing fifth as longshot Bald Kitten led April Storm by a half-length through the opening quarter-mile in :22.77 over the muddy track.
April Storm shrugged off the leader around the far turn as Brooklyn Rhapsody ranged up on the outside at the half-mile split in :46.35. April Storm, a daughter of New York-based freshman sire King for a Day coming off a debut win April 28, went on from there and opened up to a 3 1/2-length lead in midstretch past 5 furlongs in :59.29.
Navarro stayed busy on Idyll Gossip running several paths off the inside in the lane. Idyll Gossip edged past 5-2 second choice April Storm at the finish. Honorable Becky, the 6-1 fourth choice coming off a debut win September 24 at Finger Lakes, finished 2 1/4 lengths back in third. Brooklyn Rhapsody, Bald Kitten, Queen Atlas and Who’s Got the Tip completed the field. Idyll Gossip won in 1:12.92.
Idyll Gossip is the first foal out of Paolangeli’s multiple stakes-placed Spring At Last mare Cozzy Spring, a four-time winner who earned $243,640 in 11 starts on the NYRA circuit. She’s out of the stakes-winning New York-bred Broken Vow mare Pretty Cozzy, who won eight of 36 starts and earned $218,760. Paolangeli claimed Pretty Cozzy out of a win in early February 2012 at Aqueduct. She made eight starts for Paolangeli, winning the 2012 Susan B. Anthony Handicap at Finger Lakes and placing three times including a third in the 2012 Arctic Queen Handicap at Finger Lakes.
Cozzy Spring, third in the 2017 Iroquois Stakes at Belmont Park and second in the 2018 Dancin Renee Stakes at Belmont, did not produce a foal in 2023 and is the dam of a weanling Charlatan filly named Cozzy Trickstress bred by Paolangeli born in New York April 29.
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