Tale of Silence, Tale of S'avall pointing toward next fall starts
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Trainer Barclay Tagg said both Tale of Silence and Tale of S'avall came out of their respective races on the Travers undercard in good order and are pointing toward their next starts during the Belmont fall meet.
Tale of Silence finished fourth in the Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens, overcoming a bump at the start to finish just a nose out of the money behind American Anthem in the seven-furlong sprint. Tale of S'avall also had trouble right after the break, bumping with Tommy Macho before finishing fifth in the Grade 1 Forego.
"They both came out of the race fine," Tagg said. "It was a shame he [Tale of Silence] couldn't finish third, he just got beat for it, but we were pleased with both of them."
Tagg said Tale of Silence will return to Belmont Park, where he finished second in the Grade 3 Dwyer on July 8. The 3-year-old Tale of the Cat colt will now face older horses in targeting the Grade 2, $300,000 Kelso Handicap on September 23 with the Grade 3, $200,000 Bold Ruler on October 28 a possibility after that in building up to the Grade 1, $750,000 Cigar Mile on December 2 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
"We'll probably go in the Kelso, the Bold Ruler and the Cigar Mile, that's what we'll pencil in," Tagg said. "Unfortunately, there aren't any more 3-year-old races. We might look around for it, but those will be the three we'll probably look at."
Tale of S'avall, a 4-year-old son of Tale of Ekati, is also looking at those same three races on the NYRA circuit, Tagg said. Both horses are owned and bred by Charles Fipke.
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Picking up his seventh victory of the Saratoga meet with 5-year-old New York-bred mare Barrel of Dreams, who earned her second allowance victory this summer in Wednesday's seventh race, trainer Charlie Baker said he was looking to keep the winning momentum going through closing day on Monday.
"She came out of the race great," said Baker. "She loves it here and does everything well so it was a good result. Initially, we entered her in the Yaddo, but I thought the race came up a bit too tough a race than what we want to run her against right now. It ended up being the right choice."
Earning a stakes victory earlier in the meet with Love You Dearly in the Shine Again on August 3 and wins in maiden special weight through allowance levels, Baker is satisfied with how the meet has gone so far following a banner year last meet where he had 10 wins.
"It's been a solid meet," said Baker. "All of our horses are running great and competitively for the most part. We have a couple more live shots coming up in the week so we still have a chance to win a few more hopefully."
Looking forward to the Belmont Fall Championship meet, Baker is encouraged with some young prospects in his care getting ready to make their debut.
"We have a lot of young horses on the edge of getting ready and decent horses too so it's great looking forward to Belmont," he said.
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Set to make his first start since just missing at the wire to finish second in the Grade 2 Play King at Woodbine Racetrack on August 19, Ganing Ground Racing's Dowse's Beach will headline a field of nine in Friday's $100,000 Lucky Coin for 4-year-olds and up going 5 ½ furlongs on the Mellon turf course.
Claimed from Patricia Generazio last May at Belmont and now under the care of trainer Brad Cox, Dowse's Beach went on to capture back-to-back optional claiming races at Belmont before running second in the Play King.
With an impressive three wins from four starts at Saratoga, Dowse's Beach will depart from post 5 as the 2-5 morning line favorite with Rajiv Maragh aboard.
Forwardly placed and showing a quick turn-of-foot late only to be caught at the wire in the Tale of the Cat on August 11, Loose On the Town will look to regroup in the Lucky Coin for owners Jim and Susan Hill and trainer Brian Lynch.
The 5-year-old Speightstown gelding has two wins and two second-place finishes from five starts this year. Reunited with Hall of Famer Javier Castellano, the pair will leave from post 8.
Multiple graded stakes winner Undrafted for owners Wes Welker and Monomoy Stables will also look to get back on track for trainer Wesley Ward following a fourth-place finish in the Troy Handicap on August 6. With two wins, a pair of seconds and two thirds at the distance from nine starts, Undrafted will leave from post 9 with Hall of Famer John Velazquez aboard.
Rounding out the field is Big Rock for trainer Christophe Clement and New Phoenix Stable who enters off an optional claiming win on August 3 at the distance; Ready for Rye for Chalk Racing and trainer Tom Albertrani who will make his first start of the turf since a fifth-place finish in the Belmont Turf Sprint in October of 2016; Dream Mover for trainer Jimmy Jerkens and Team Valor International; We Deer You for trainer Michael Trombetta and Like Oak Plantation;Spring to the Sky for trainer Bruce Brown and owner Anthony McCarthy and Doctor J Dub for Drawing Away Stable and trainer Jena Antonucci.
Source: NYRA Communications
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