Verve's Tale leads field of seven in Summer Colony
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Charles E. Fipke's Verve's Tale leads a field of seven in the $100,000 Summer Colony at 1 1/8 miles for fillies and mares on Sunday at Saratoga Race Course, looking to capitalize on some class relief after making five straight starts against graded stakes company for trainer Barclay Tagg.
Winner of the Grade 3 Comely last fall, the 4-year-old daughter of Tale of Ekati finished fifth last time out in the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps on Belmont Stakes day and is looking for a win on the main track this weekend.
On Wednesday, she put in her fourth local breeze, working a half mile in company in 49.78 seconds.
"We worked her with another horse, and we thought she worked really well," said Tagg. "She seems to like the track here. She trains well on it."
"She needs to win some races," he added. "She's fairly versatile. I think she sat in the middle somewhere [in the Ogden Phipps], but I think she can be a little further back and make her run but we will see. You never know what they are going to do."
Jose Ortiz has the mount and will break from the rail.
The winner of the 2016 Summer Colony, Rachel's Temper, will look to repeat in this year's edition, making her second start following a nine-month break.
"She needed her last race off the layoff," said trainer David Cannizzo. "Since then, she's trained very aggressive, and forward. She should run big. She loves this surface, and loves this track. She's doing great."
Joel Rosario will be in the saddle, leaving from post 6.
Merriebelle Stable's Argentinian-bred filly Blue Prize will run in her first stakes at Saratoga with jockey James Graham aboard from post 5. A Group 1 winner in South America, the Ignacio Correas IV-trained chestnut filly by Pure Prize has two wins and four seconds in six starts.
Waterford Stable's Going for Broke, who was the runner up in the Shine Again on August 2, will break from post 2 with jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. aboard for trainer Chad Brown.
Rounding out the field is Fuhriously Kissed, for trainer Ian Wilkes with jockey Julien Leparoux aboard who breaks from post 3; Romantic Vision for trainer Rusty Arnold with Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano breaking from post 4; and Annie Rocks will leave from post 7 with Angel Arroyo aboard for trainer Carlos Martin.
Winner of the Grade 3 Comely last fall, the 4-year-old daughter of Tale of Ekati finished fifth last time out in the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps on Belmont Stakes day and is looking for a win on the main track this weekend.
On Wednesday, she put in her fourth local breeze, working a half mile in company in 49.78 seconds.
"We worked her with another horse, and we thought she worked really well," said Tagg. "She seems to like the track here. She trains well on it."
"She needs to win some races," he added. "She's fairly versatile. I think she sat in the middle somewhere [in the Ogden Phipps], but I think she can be a little further back and make her run but we will see. You never know what they are going to do."
Jose Ortiz has the mount and will break from the rail.
The winner of the 2016 Summer Colony, Rachel's Temper, will look to repeat in this year's edition, making her second start following a nine-month break.
"She needed her last race off the layoff," said trainer David Cannizzo. "Since then, she's trained very aggressive, and forward. She should run big. She loves this surface, and loves this track. She's doing great."
Joel Rosario will be in the saddle, leaving from post 6.
Merriebelle Stable's Argentinian-bred filly Blue Prize will run in her first stakes at Saratoga with jockey James Graham aboard from post 5. A Group 1 winner in South America, the Ignacio Correas IV-trained chestnut filly by Pure Prize has two wins and four seconds in six starts.
Waterford Stable's Going for Broke, who was the runner up in the Shine Again on August 2, will break from post 2 with jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. aboard for trainer Chad Brown.
Rounding out the field is Fuhriously Kissed, for trainer Ian Wilkes with jockey Julien Leparoux aboard who breaks from post 3; Romantic Vision for trainer Rusty Arnold with Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano breaking from post 4; and Annie Rocks will leave from post 7 with Angel Arroyo aboard for trainer Carlos Martin.
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The $100,000 John's Call - Wednesday, August 23
Probable: Infinite Wisdom (Brian Lynch); Mr Singh (Elizabeth Voss); Nessy (Ian Wilkes); Renown (E. Voss); Risky Sour (Leslie Young)
Possible: Montclair (George Weaver); St. Louie (Michael Maker)
Possible: Montclair (George Weaver); St. Louie (Michael Maker)
Thursday, August 24:
Grade 1, $150,000 New York Turf Writers Cup
Probable: Alcazar De Maram (Jonathan Sheppard); All The Way Jose (J. Sheppard); Casino Markets (Emma Lavelle); Choral Society (Jack Fisher); Colla Pier (David Dune); Diplomat (Kate Dalton); Modem (Voss); Mr. Hot Stuff (J. Fisher); Portrade (E. Voss); Show Court (Archibald Kingsley Jr.); Swansea Mile (Richard Hendriks); Three Kingdoms (Weaver)
Possible: Charminster (Cyril Murphy)
The $100,000 Riskaverse
Probable: Cherry Lodge (Todd Pletcher); Chubby Star (Horacio DePaz); Defiant Honor (James Toner); Fizzy Friday (Ignacio Corrcas, IV); Jordan's Henny (Michael Tomlinson); Let It Ride Mom (Mark Casse); Lido (Kiaran McLaughlin); No More Babies (Philip Bauer); Scheme (H. James Bond); Talaaqy (K. McLaughlin)
"New York Showcase Day" - Friday, August 25:
The $250,000 Albany
Probable: Broken Engagement (Rudy Rodriguez); Can You Diggit (James Jerkens); D'yer Mak'er (Nicholas Zito); Dynamax Prime (G. Weaver); Pat On The Back (Kenneth McPeek); Twisted Tom (Chad Brown)
The $200,000 Fleet Indian
Probable: Bonita Bianca (Rodriguez); Cozzy Spring (Charlton Baker); Danielle's Pride (Richard Metivier); Five Each Way (Graham Motion); Somekindasexy (Chad Summers); Sunset Ridge (Brown)
The $200,000 Funny Cide
Probable: Alien Invasion (Maker); Analyze The Odds (Pletcher); Aveenu Malcainu (Jeremiah Englehart); Inalienable Rights (Mark Hennig); Morning Breez (Carlos Martin); Mr. Pete (James Ryerson); Smokin Platinum (Bart Hone)
The $200,000 Seeking The Ante
Probable: I Still Miss you (J. Englehart); Miss Mystique (Leah Gyarmati); Newport Breeze (Peter Eurton); One Last Call (Pletcher); Trouble For Skylar (Danny Gargan)
Possible: Cause We Are Loyal (Doug O'Neill)
The $150,000 Yaddo
Probable: Ack Naughty (Brown); Bar Of Gold (John Kimmel); Feeling Bossy (J. Jerkens); First Chamber (R. Metivier); Flipcup (Bill Mott); Freudie Anne (Thomas Morley); Jet Majesty (David Jacobson)
Possible: Barrel Of Dreams (Baker)
The $150,000 West Point
Probable: All Is Number (Thomas Bush); Changewilldoyagood (Bruce Levine); Fox Rules (David Cannizzo); Get Jets (Anthony Dutrow); Kharafa (Timothy Hills); King Kreesa (Linda Rice); Macagone (Mott); Offering Plan (Brown)
Possible: Cloontia (J. Jerkens)
Travers Day - Saturday, August 26:
Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers presented by NYRA Bets
Probable: Always Dreaming (Pletcher); Cloud Computing (Brown); Fayeq (McLaughlin); Girvin (Joe Sharp); Giuseppe The Great (Zito); Good Samaritan (Mott); Gunnevera (Antonio Sano); Irap (O'Neill); Lookin At Lee (Steven Assmussen); McCraken (Wilkes); Outplay (Pletcher); Tapwrit (Pletcher); West Coast (Bob Baffert)
Grade 1, $1 million Sword Dancer
"Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup Turf Division
Probable: Bigger Picture (Maker); Erupt (Francis - Henri Graffard); Frank Conversation (O'Neil); Hunter O'Reily (Toner); Idaho (Aidan O'Brien); Money Multiplier (Brown); Talismanic (Andre Fabre)
Grade 1, $600,000 Forego
"Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup Sprint Division
Probable: Awesome Slew (Mark Casse); Divining Rod (Arnaud Delacour); Drefong (Bob Baffert); Mind Your Biscuits (C. Summers); Ross (Peter Schiergen); Tale Of S'avall (Barclay Tagg); Tom's Ready (Dallas Stewart); Tommy Macho (T. Pletcher)
Possible: Limousine Liberal (Ben Colebrook); Stallwalkin' Dude (Jacobson)
Grade 1, $700,000 Personal Ensign
"Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup Distaff Division
Probable: Forever Unbridled (Stewart); Songbird (Jerry Hollendorfer)
Possible: Eskenformoney (Pletcher); Flora Dora (Marialice Coffey); Smile Big (Rodriguez)
Grade 1, $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial
(Previously run as the King's Bishop)
Probable: American Anthem (B. Baffert); Ann Arbor Eddie (O'Neill); Coal Front (Pletcher); No Dozing (Delacour); Phi Beta Express (Gargan); Practical Joke (Brown); Takaful (McLaughlin); Tale Of Silence (Tagg); Wild Shot (Rusty Arnold)
Grade 1, $500,000 Ketel One Ballerina
"Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint Division
Probable: By The Moon (Michelle Nevin); Carina Mia (Brown); Curlin's Approval (Happy Alter); Dearest (Gilberto Zerpa); Distinta (Pletcher); Highway Star (Rodrigo Ubillo); Paulassilverlining (Brown)
Grade 2, $400,000 Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa
Probable: Antonoe (Brown); Dickinson (McLaughlin); Roca Rojo (Brown); Time and Motion (Toner)
Possible: Celestine (Christophe Clement)
The $100,000 Smart N Fancy - Sunday, August 27
Probable: Ava's Kitten (C. Brown); Carolina Shag (Susan Cooney); Fair Point (Shug McGaughey); Ginger N Rye (H. Depaz); Miss Ella (G. Motion); Paquita Coqueta (C. Summers); Pretty Perfection (Kelly Breen); Rocky Policy (Dale Capuano); Ultimate Holiday (Nevin)
The $100,000 Better Talk Now - Monday, August 28
Probable: Blind Ambition (Pletcher); Funtastic (Brown); Snap Decision (Shug McGaughey)
Source: NYRA Communications
Grade 1, $150,000 New York Turf Writers Cup
Probable: Alcazar De Maram (Jonathan Sheppard); All The Way Jose (J. Sheppard); Casino Markets (Emma Lavelle); Choral Society (Jack Fisher); Colla Pier (David Dune); Diplomat (Kate Dalton); Modem (Voss); Mr. Hot Stuff (J. Fisher); Portrade (E. Voss); Show Court (Archibald Kingsley Jr.); Swansea Mile (Richard Hendriks); Three Kingdoms (Weaver)
Possible: Charminster (Cyril Murphy)
The $100,000 Riskaverse
Probable: Cherry Lodge (Todd Pletcher); Chubby Star (Horacio DePaz); Defiant Honor (James Toner); Fizzy Friday (Ignacio Corrcas, IV); Jordan's Henny (Michael Tomlinson); Let It Ride Mom (Mark Casse); Lido (Kiaran McLaughlin); No More Babies (Philip Bauer); Scheme (H. James Bond); Talaaqy (K. McLaughlin)
"New York Showcase Day" - Friday, August 25:
The $250,000 Albany
Probable: Broken Engagement (Rudy Rodriguez); Can You Diggit (James Jerkens); D'yer Mak'er (Nicholas Zito); Dynamax Prime (G. Weaver); Pat On The Back (Kenneth McPeek); Twisted Tom (Chad Brown)
The $200,000 Fleet Indian
Probable: Bonita Bianca (Rodriguez); Cozzy Spring (Charlton Baker); Danielle's Pride (Richard Metivier); Five Each Way (Graham Motion); Somekindasexy (Chad Summers); Sunset Ridge (Brown)
The $200,000 Funny Cide
Probable: Alien Invasion (Maker); Analyze The Odds (Pletcher); Aveenu Malcainu (Jeremiah Englehart); Inalienable Rights (Mark Hennig); Morning Breez (Carlos Martin); Mr. Pete (James Ryerson); Smokin Platinum (Bart Hone)
The $200,000 Seeking The Ante
Probable: I Still Miss you (J. Englehart); Miss Mystique (Leah Gyarmati); Newport Breeze (Peter Eurton); One Last Call (Pletcher); Trouble For Skylar (Danny Gargan)
Possible: Cause We Are Loyal (Doug O'Neill)
The $150,000 Yaddo
Probable: Ack Naughty (Brown); Bar Of Gold (John Kimmel); Feeling Bossy (J. Jerkens); First Chamber (R. Metivier); Flipcup (Bill Mott); Freudie Anne (Thomas Morley); Jet Majesty (David Jacobson)
Possible: Barrel Of Dreams (Baker)
The $150,000 West Point
Probable: All Is Number (Thomas Bush); Changewilldoyagood (Bruce Levine); Fox Rules (David Cannizzo); Get Jets (Anthony Dutrow); Kharafa (Timothy Hills); King Kreesa (Linda Rice); Macagone (Mott); Offering Plan (Brown)
Possible: Cloontia (J. Jerkens)
Travers Day - Saturday, August 26:
Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers presented by NYRA Bets
Probable: Always Dreaming (Pletcher); Cloud Computing (Brown); Fayeq (McLaughlin); Girvin (Joe Sharp); Giuseppe The Great (Zito); Good Samaritan (Mott); Gunnevera (Antonio Sano); Irap (O'Neill); Lookin At Lee (Steven Assmussen); McCraken (Wilkes); Outplay (Pletcher); Tapwrit (Pletcher); West Coast (Bob Baffert)
Grade 1, $1 million Sword Dancer
"Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup Turf Division
Probable: Bigger Picture (Maker); Erupt (Francis - Henri Graffard); Frank Conversation (O'Neil); Hunter O'Reily (Toner); Idaho (Aidan O'Brien); Money Multiplier (Brown); Talismanic (Andre Fabre)
Grade 1, $600,000 Forego
"Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup Sprint Division
Probable: Awesome Slew (Mark Casse); Divining Rod (Arnaud Delacour); Drefong (Bob Baffert); Mind Your Biscuits (C. Summers); Ross (Peter Schiergen); Tale Of S'avall (Barclay Tagg); Tom's Ready (Dallas Stewart); Tommy Macho (T. Pletcher)
Possible: Limousine Liberal (Ben Colebrook); Stallwalkin' Dude (Jacobson)
Grade 1, $700,000 Personal Ensign
"Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup Distaff Division
Probable: Forever Unbridled (Stewart); Songbird (Jerry Hollendorfer)
Possible: Eskenformoney (Pletcher); Flora Dora (Marialice Coffey); Smile Big (Rodriguez)
Grade 1, $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial
(Previously run as the King's Bishop)
Probable: American Anthem (B. Baffert); Ann Arbor Eddie (O'Neill); Coal Front (Pletcher); No Dozing (Delacour); Phi Beta Express (Gargan); Practical Joke (Brown); Takaful (McLaughlin); Tale Of Silence (Tagg); Wild Shot (Rusty Arnold)
Grade 1, $500,000 Ketel One Ballerina
"Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint Division
Probable: By The Moon (Michelle Nevin); Carina Mia (Brown); Curlin's Approval (Happy Alter); Dearest (Gilberto Zerpa); Distinta (Pletcher); Highway Star (Rodrigo Ubillo); Paulassilverlining (Brown)
Grade 2, $400,000 Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa
Probable: Antonoe (Brown); Dickinson (McLaughlin); Roca Rojo (Brown); Time and Motion (Toner)
Possible: Celestine (Christophe Clement)
The $100,000 Smart N Fancy - Sunday, August 27
Probable: Ava's Kitten (C. Brown); Carolina Shag (Susan Cooney); Fair Point (Shug McGaughey); Ginger N Rye (H. Depaz); Miss Ella (G. Motion); Paquita Coqueta (C. Summers); Pretty Perfection (Kelly Breen); Rocky Policy (Dale Capuano); Ultimate Holiday (Nevin)
The $100,000 Better Talk Now - Monday, August 28
Probable: Blind Ambition (Pletcher); Funtastic (Brown); Snap Decision (Shug McGaughey)
Source: NYRA Communications
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