Sircat Sally tries to stay perfect in Senorita
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No telling how good
Sircat Sally is. The California-bred daughter of Surf Cat owned and bred by Joe Turner has won sprinting and routing, on dirt and on turf, five races in all by daylight margins.
Ridden in three of those victories by Mike Smith, she’ll have a new pilot in Saturday’s Grade III Senorita Stakes for three-year-old fillies at a mile on turf in Stewart Elliott, as Smith has engagements at Churchill Downs.
“She can do it all,” said Jerry Hollendorfer assistant Dan Ward of Sircat Sally, who has won her five races by a combined margin of nearly 24 lengths, averaging almost five per outing.
“Elliott has worked her twice,” Ward said, “perfect both times.”
The Senorita, race five of 11 with first post time at 12 noon: Spy Ring, Rafael Bejarano, 6-1; Helen Hillary, Tiago Pereira, 10-1; Beau Recall, Joe Talamo, 4-1; Sircat Sally, Stewart Elliott, 4-5; Tiburtina, Corey Nakatani, 20-1; and Pacific Wind, Jamie Theriot, 3-1.
D’AMATO HAS THREE FOR THE MONEY IN SINGLETARY
Phil D’Amato has three horses entered in Saturday’s $75,000 Singletary Stakes for three-year-olds at one mile on turf, but the trainer doesn’t think it’s a first for him.
“I believe I’ve run three in one stake before,” said D’Amato, who has Bowies Hero, Kenzou’s Rhythm and Fashion Business entered in the race, the 10th on an 11-race card.
“Bowies Hero had kind of hard campaign towards the end of last year, which is why he’s been out since November,” D’Amato said. “It looked like he needed a break, and he had shown some promise at Del Mar (winning his maiden outing by nearly six lengths at 7 ½ furlongs on turf July 16, then coming back to take the Del Mar Juvenile Turf on Sept. 3).
“He had a couple little niggling things, we turned him out and he’s come back as good as ever.
“Fashion Business will be making his first start in the U.S. He’s a neat horse by Frankel who’s trained steadily and showed a lot of grit in the mornings. We’re looking forward to running him on the grass and seeing what he does.” The bay gelding’s only two races were on synthetic surfaces in England.
“Kenzou’s Rhythm has won three races in a row and to me, his last race on the grass was his most impressive. He’s getting good and going up the ladder.”
The Singletary marks the first stakes for Kenzou’s Rhythm, who broke his maiden at the $30,000 level, then won for a $20,000 tag before stepping up to win for $45,000.
The Singletary, named for the 2004 Breeders’ Cup Mile winner: VentryBay, David Flores, 8-1; Double Touch, Israel Ocampo, 12-1; Vending Machine, Norberto Arroyo Jr.,
8-1; Bird Is the Word, Rafael Bejarano, 7-2; Fashion Business, Stewart Elliott, 6-1; Kenzou’s Rhythm, Edwin Maldonado, 12-1; Sharp Samurai, Joe Talamo, 3-1; Bowies Hero, Tiago Pereira, 4-1; Comma Sister, Martin Pedroza, 20-1; and Monster Man, Santiago Gonzalez, 12-1.
FINISH LINES: Programming note: Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and legendary Thoroughbred owner/breeder Jerry Moss will appear live via telephone from Churchill Downs on the “Petros and Money Show” on AM 570 today at 1:30 p.m. PT. Moss will discuss the chances of his Santa Anita Derby winner Gormley in Saturday’s Run for the Roses . . . Two-time Eclipse Award winner Songbird worked five furlongs at 6:45 Thursday morning in a leisurely 1:03.80 from the gate under exercise rider Freddie Rodriguez, whose brother, Edgar, the filly’s regular exercise rider, is at Churchill Downs with Jerry Hollendorfer and Kentucky Derby contender Battle of Midway. Hollendorfer assistant Dan Ward was on hand at Santa Anita supervising the drill, and was not unduly concerned with Songbird’s relatively slow time, confident she’ll strut her stuff when it counts. Said Ward: “Do you think LeBron James has to go nuts and dunk 20 times before the game starts?”. . . John Sadler has champion Stellar Wind scheduled to work four furlongs Friday for the Grade I Beholder Mile on June 3 . . .Effective today, agent Caesar Dominguez now represents journeyman Martin Garcia as well as apprentice Austin Solis . . . Chantal Sutherland has three mounts today in pursuit of career victory No. 1,000, with her best chance on 2-1 morning line favorite Passion for Papa and trainer Hector Palma in the sixth race . . . Royal FJ makes his 97th career start in today’s fourth race, in which the 10-year-old Royal Academy gelding trained by Jack Carava is second morning line choice at 5-2 . . . Trainer Kenny Black will ride Grade I winner What a View when he works “an easy half” on the training track Friday in preparation for the Grade I Shoemaker Mile June 3 . . . Apprentice Laura (Midge) Werner, set to make her U.S. debut this month, won four official races in New Zealand, not “trial races,” as previously noted by her agent, Carolyn Conley.
Source: Santa Anita Park
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