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Post by Jon on Aug 14, 2013 23:13:03 GMT -5
Alabama
133th Running on Saturday, August 17, 2013
$600,000 1 1/4 F3YO (Dirt) Grade: I
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Race 10 - 5:45 PM STAKES Alabama S. (Grade I)
Purse $600,000. For Fillies Three Years Old. No nomination fee. $6,000 to pass the entry box. A supplemental nomination fee of $12,000 in addition to the entry fee will be accepted at any time prior to the closing of entries. All starters will receive a $3,000 rebate. The purse to be divided 60% to the winner, 20% to second, 10% to third, 5% to fourth, 3% to fifth and 2% divided equally among the remaining finishers. Any filly that competes in both the TVG Coaching Club American Oaks and the Alabama will have their entry fee waived for the Alabama. 121 Lbs. Trophies will be presented to the winning owner, trainer and jockey. Closed Saturday, August 3, 2013 with 16 Nominations. One And One Fourth Miles.
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Stable A/S Med Jockey Wgt Trainer
1 Tell a Great Story (MD) 3/F L J Lezcano 121 I Correas, IV
2 Montana Native (KY) 3/F L J Alvarado 121 K G McPeek
3 Galloping Giraffe (KY) 3/F L R Maragh 121 T A Pletcher
4 Princess of Sylmar (PA) 3/F L J Castellano 121 T A Pletcher
5 Carnival Court (KY) 3/F L1 I Ortiz, Jr. 121 K P McLaughlin
6 Fiftyshadesofhay (KY) 3/F L J R Velazquez 121 B Baffert
Owners: 1 - Sagamore Farm ; 2 - Ghostzapper Racing ; 3 - Repole Stable ; 4 - King of Prussia Stable ; 5 - Darley Stable ; 6 - Watson, Karl, Pegram, Michael E. and Weitman, Paul
Breeders: 1 - Sagamore Farm, LLC; 2 - Westana Ranches Inc.; 3 - Mike Harris & Westwind Farms; 4 - Ed Stanco; 5 - Palides Investments N.V., Inc.; 6 - WinStar Farm, LLC
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Post by Jon on Aug 14, 2013 23:15:18 GMT -5
1) The Alabama is a race run at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. It is restricted to 3-year-old fillies.
2) The Alabama, run for the first time in 1872, is the longest running stakes race for 3-year-old fillies in the United States. It has been run continuously since 1913. It was not run from 1893-1896 and 1898-1900 when the crooked bookmaker Gottfried Walbaum owned Saratoga. It also did not run in 1911 and 1912 when all of New York racing was closed due to a gambling ban.
3) The race is named in honor of Confederate Captain William Cottrill who was heavily involved with thoroughbred racing and breeding before and after his service in the Civil War. When approached by the Saratoga Association in 1872 about having a race named in his honor, he declined and requested the race instead be named for his home state of Alabama.
4) The race has been run at its current distance of 1 ¼ miles since 1917. It had been run at three other distances prior to 1917 with one edition on the turf at 1 1/16 miles in 1903.
5) Much as the Kentucky Oaks stands as the female version of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, the Alabama is the female edition of the Travers Stakes, which is open to all 3-year-olds, at Saratoga. In recent years, the Alabama has been run the week prior to the Travers.
6) Since 1936, a total of 44 3-year-old filly champions have finished among the top three in the Alabama. Twenty-two of those fillies won the race during their championship campaigns.
7) In 1884, Miss Woodford, perhaps the greatest female thoroughbred ever, won the Alabama. She was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1967 for her 37 wins from 48 career starts. Since 1952, Miss Woodford has had a stakes race run in her honor at Monmouth Park.
8) Go for Wand holds the stakes record time of 2:00.08 set in the 1990 Alabama. She is the only filly since 1917 — the first year the race was run at 1 ¼ miles — to stop the clock in less than 2:01. Only two other fillies since 1990 has finished the race in less then 2:02 (Jostle, 2:01.88, 2001 and Questing, 2:01.29, 2012)
9) From 1993 to 2000, jockeys Jerry Bailey and Mike Smith won seven of eight editions of the race. Jerry Bailey is tied with Jorge Velasquez for the most wins in the Alabama with five.
10) Trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons won a record eight editions of the Alabama from 1924 to 1959. Five of those wins came for the Woodward family’s Belair Stud, the primary client during his long training career. He won the race for owner Ogden Phipps with Busanda in 1950. Busanda was a daughter of War Admiral who went on to foal the 1966 Horse of the Year and future Hall of Famer Buckpasser.
From Hello Race Fans site
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Post by mrdelmarwasmybitch on Aug 15, 2013 1:23:08 GMT -5
600k grade 1 with six horses huh? looks like all that extra money they have to spend on their graded races isn't attracting anymore horses then the cheaper purses they have at del mar now does it?
saratogas biggest races and purses this meet.
coaching club American oaks- 300k- five horses
Diana- 600k- five horses
prioress- 300k - six horses
whitney- 750k - eight horses!!! whoopee!!
Vanderbilt- 400k - 5 horses
fourstardave (grade 2)- 500k - seven horses
Alabama - 600k - six horses scheduled
sword dancer - 600k - 13 horses scheduled on turf, but who knows?
so basically the track that has so much quality and quantity is giving away 2 or 3 time the amoint in grade 1 stakes competition purses to draw smaller fields then del mar is getting for their stakes races.
now that's quality racing!!
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Post by mackdaddy on Aug 15, 2013 5:11:29 GMT -5
Its like that everywhere wiz. There aren't any horses that are good enough right now to run in grade 1's. That goes for east and west coast.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 7:42:42 GMT -5
600k grade 1 with six horses huh? looks like all that extra money they have to spend on their graded races isn't attracting anymore horses then the cheaper purses they have at del mar now does it? saratogas biggest races and purses this meet. coaching club American oaks- 300k- five horses Diana- 600k- five horses prioress- 300k - six horses whitney- 750k - eight horses!!! whoopee!! Vanderbilt- 400k - 5 horses fourstardave (grade 2)- 500k - seven horses Alabama - 600k - six horses scheduled sword dancer - 600k - 13 horses scheduled on turf, but who knows? so basically the track that has so much quality and quantity is giving away 2 or 3 time the amoint in grade 1 stakes competition purses to draw smaller fields then del mar is getting for their stakes races. now that's quality racing!! Who was the one complaining about all the bashing? Remember, the Sword Dancer has 13 entered with NO AEs, they can run all 13 on the turf up there. |
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Post by Evelyn on Aug 15, 2013 7:45:53 GMT -5
Mack's right! Do the same list for Del Mar Wiz! Here's a few
G2 SD Hcp - 6
G1 Bing Crosby - 6
G2 Mabee - 5
It seems you're just looking for ways to bash the Spa so please don't complain about the East/West nonsense because you're fueling it and will probably get responses bashing Del Mar! I guess it's just another debate that will go on forever! IMO, it gives too much credit to Del Mar because as far as racing goes, no way does it compare to the Spa. It would be more realistic to compare Arlington to the Spa - IF someone has to make comparisons!
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Post by Evelyn on Aug 15, 2013 7:50:19 GMT -5
Back to the thread topic - the Race
Does anyone agree with this? I like the small stable/owner aspect! Haskin's blog about this filly;http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2013/08/13/the-princess-of-sylmar-story.aspx
Alabama May Clinch Princess of Sylmar Eclipse
By Steve Haskin
Bloodhorse
With most of the big-name 3-year-old fillies on the sidelines or headed elsewhere, King of Prussia Stable's Princess of Sylmar will face only five foes in the $600,000 Alabama Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 17 at Saratoga Race Course.
A victory in the 1 1/4-mile test would all but clinch an Eclipse Award for the Pennsylvania-bred daughter of Majestic Warrior , who is trained by Todd Pletcher.
There are still a number of big filly races on the schedule, but those are for 3-year-olds and up, and it would all but take a victory in the Breeders' Cup Distaff (gr. I) against older fillies to put another 3-year-old female in the championship picture.
Princess of Sylmar has won four of her five starts this year, including victories in the Longines Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) and TVG Coaching Club American Oaks (gr. I), the latter by six widening lengths.
Earlier, she had scored victories in the Busanda and Busher Stakes over Aqueduct's inner track. Her only defeat came at the hand of Close Hatches in the Gazelle Stakes (gr. II).
Ed Stanco, owner of King of Prussia Stable, also bred Princess of Sylmar out of the Catienus mare Storm Dixie. She was foaled at Ronnie and Betsy Houghton's Sylmar Farm in Christiana, Pa.
If anyone thought Princess of Sylmar's 38-1 upset in the Kentucky Oaks was a fluke, doubts were eliminated with the runaway victory in the CCA Oaks.
"I think it changed in the (CCA) Oaks," Pletcher said. "She put any questions about her Kentucky Oaks victory to rest in there with a very strong performance. She's trained brilliantly since then. We hope she can repeat that type of effort in the Alabama. For a filly that has only lost one time since her debut, and coming off a win in the Kentucky Oaks and the Coaching Club, she's established herself as the division leader."
Princess of Sylmar will break from post 4 and will have Javier Castellano aboard in the Alabama.
Princess of Sylmar has a major class edge in the Alabama, with the Bob Baffert-trained Fiftyshadesofhay her only opponent who has scored a graded stakes victory. She won the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (gr. II) and Iowa Oaks (gr. III) in her past two starts and the Santa Ysabel Stakes (gr. III) earlier in the year. The daughter of Pulpit also placed in the grade I Santa Anita Oaks and Las Virgenes Stakes. John Velazquez rides for the first time.
Of the others, the only filly with experience in graded stakes is Tell a Great Story, who breaks from the rail for trainer Ignacio Correas and owner Sagamore Farm. The daughter of Bluegrass Cat captured the listed Go For Wand Stakes at Delaware Park by a nose before finishing third,
beaten 2 1/4 lengths, in the Delaware Oaks (gr. II). Jose Lezcano rides for the first time.
Kenny McPeek, who always seems to have someone in major stakes, will saddle the improving Montana Native, winner of her last two including a 3 1/2-length victory in the restricted Broom Dance Stakes at 1 1/8 miles at Saratoga. Junior Alvarado will ride the daughter of Yes It's True .
Darley Stable's Carnival Court, trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, won a one-mile allowance/optional claimer by a neck at Saratoga in her last start after breaking her maiden by 12 3/4 lengths at Belmont Park in her second career start. The daughter of Street Sense gets Lasix for the first time and will be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. This is the same team that won last year's Alabama with Questing, who ran in the Godolphin colors.
"We're trying to hit the board," McLaughlin said. "With her pedigree, if we finished third in a grade I it would make her worth so much money. She's by Street Sense and is a half-sister to Royal Delta; that's why we're doing it. We think she wants that distance, and not every 3-year-old does. But she'll have to keep improving and have a good trip to be part of it."
Pletcher will also saddle Galloping Giraffe for Mike Repole. The daughter of Tapit finished a fast-closing second in a 1 1/8-mile allowance race last time out following an eight-length romp in a $65,000 claiming race. Rajiv Maragh has the mount.
"She's a very big filly who tends to drop way back in her races, so we feel like a mile and a quarter might suit her," said Pletcher. "Mike Repole is ambitious and doesn't mind taking a shot with some of his horses, so that's what we are doing with her."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 8:05:42 GMT -5
Injuries notwithstanding, one of the contributing factors for the small fields in big races is that trainers are "saving" their horses for the Breeders' Cup which, in my mind, is silly. But it's also true that several of the top 3-year old fillies are on the sidelines.
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Post by cait on Aug 15, 2013 12:33:09 GMT -5
anyone like Montana Native as the upset play? this is saratoga - lol she's already won at the spa (100K Broom Dance) and has 2 excellent works since then
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Post by mrdelmarwasmybitch on Aug 15, 2013 13:47:38 GMT -5
tell you what. I will stop bashing the spa when the rest of you stop bashing del mar. that is what started all of this. but when I respond with criticisms im the one fueling it? maybe not on this thread, but on many others everyday.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 14:55:17 GMT -5
Here's an Alabama Stakes trivia question - which winner of the race never ran in a maiden race?
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Post by Jon on Aug 15, 2013 16:21:12 GMT -5
Wiz - Why is saying the surface is bad - which is a fact - "bashing"? I see no response to the field sizes !
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Post by Evelyn on Aug 16, 2013 20:19:00 GMT -5
Tell a Great Story to scratch from Alabama
By David Grening
DRF
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Tell a Great Story will be scratched out of Saturday’s Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama Stakes at Saratoga after breaking out in hives Friday morning, according to a press release on the website of Sagamore Farm, which owns the 3-year-old filly.
“Tell a Great Story broke out in hives this morning at Saratoga, where she has been since Monday and had been doing well,” the statement read. “Since she was to race [Saturday], we could not medicate her, and instead tried several measures, including changing out her bedding, in the hopes the hives would dissipate. Unfortunately, the hives have gotten worse, so we will treat her and she will be scratched from the Alabama Stakes at Saratoga this weekend.
“This is very disappointing for the entire Sagamore Racing team after putting in so much hard work over the past few months to get us to this point. We were very excited about the opportunity to have our homebred filly in such a prestigious race.”
Tell a Great Story, trained by Ignacio Correas IV, won the Go for Wand Stakes at Delaware Park in June before finishing third with a wide trip in the Grade 2 Delaware Oaks on July 13.
The scratch of Tell a Great Story leaves a field of five for the Alabama, topped by Princess of Sylmar, the Kentucky Oaks and Coaching Club American Oaks winner.
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Post by Evelyn on Aug 17, 2013 18:13:20 GMT -5
Princess of Sylmar Crowned Queen of Alabama By Jack Shinar Bloodhorse  Photo: Coglianese Photos/Chelsea Durand Princess of Sylmar rolls to victory in the Alabama Stakes. Princess of Sylmar likely wrapped up an Eclipse Award as outstanding 3-year-old filly with another sharp victory in the Alabama Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 17 at Saratoga Race Course, her third grade I victory in a row (VIDEO) . Javier Castellano drove the sleek chestnut to the front leaving the far turn and she dominated the stretch run under good handling to post an open-lengths victory for Ed Stanco's King of Prussia Stable and trainer Todd Pletcher. The homebred filly, sent off at odds of 1-2, is by Majestic Warrior out of the Catienus mare Storm Dixie. Princess of Sylmar won the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) and Coaching Club American Oaks previously, and has five wins and a second in six starts this season. Fiftyshadesofhay was second with Carnival Court third in a field of five. Final time for the 1 1/4-mile distance was 2:03.21 over a fast track. |
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Post by mackdaddy on Aug 17, 2013 19:11:33 GMT -5
Wiz changed screen name?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2013 14:09:50 GMT -5
I see that no one bit at the Alabama trivia question. With the race being history now, here's the answer.
Mom's Command won her very first race up at Rockingham Park in the Faneuil Hall Stakes. She never ran in a maiden race.
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