Sat: CT Researcher & CT Oaks Both 400K

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Sat: CT Researcher & CT Oaks Both 400K Sept 20, 2013 8:12:26 GMT -5

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Post by Evelyn on Sept 20, 2013 8:12:26 GMT -5

Big card at Charles Town Tomorrow night. 13 races and 2 400K Stakes, Researcher and CT Oaks

Researcher:

Race 11 - 9:50 PM Daily Double (Races 11-12) / Exacta / Trifecta / Superfecta STAKES Researcher S.

Purse $400,000. For Three Years Old. Free nominations close Saturday, September 7, 2013. $1,500 to enter, with a purse of $400,000 guaranteed. Supplemental nominations of $20,000 will be accepted at time of entry, which includes all fees. Horses having won a North American, European or Asian Graded or Group race shall receive a refund of $1,500 of their entry or supplemental fees upon starting. After payment of 1% to all owners of horses finishing 7th through last, 60% of the remaining purse shall be paid to the owner of the winner, 20% to second, 10% to third, 5% to fourth, 3% to fifth and 2% to 6th. Weight, 124 Lbs. Non-winners of a graded stake in 2013 allowed 3 Lbs., non-winners of $50,000 since July 1, 2013 allowed 6 Lbs. Field will be limited to ten starters with up to four alternates. Preference to North American, European, and Asian graded or group stakes winners in order (Grade 1, then Grade 2, then Grade 3), then to highest earnings in North American, European and Asian graded and group stakes, then to highest lifetime earnings. Entries close Wednesday, September 18 by the usual time of closing. Trophy to winning owner, trainer and jockey. Seven Furlongs.
P# PP Horse Virtual
Stable A/S Med Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1 Whiskey Romeo (KY) 3/C L S Elliott 118 D A Cannizzo 8/1
2 2 Do It for Don (FL) 3/G L T L Dunkelberger 118 W R Komlo 6/1
3 3 Heaven's Runway (KY) 3/C L P Morales 118 J R Martin 15/1
4 4 Hidden Canyon (WV) 3/G L J D Acosta 118 J Contreras 5/1
5 5 Take It Like a Man (KY) 3/C L L Saez 118 K Gorder 8/1
6 6 Mongolian Saturday (KY) 3/G L C L Castro 118 E Ganbat 10/1
7 7 Res Judicata (PA) 3/G L K Carmouche 118 J C Servis 8/1
8 8 Our Double Play (KY) 3/C L M Mena 118 P A Bauer 4/1
9 9 Bond Vigilante (NY) 3/C L J Castellano 121 C C Brown 7/2
10 10 Emile (IL) 3/G L C Montalvo 118 E Ganbat 15/1
Also Eligibles:
11 11 Wynns Nighthawk (FL) 3/C L A Cintron 118 T F Ritchey 8/1

Owners: 1 - Two Tone Farms (Anthony Tufaro); 2 - M and D Stable (Michael Horning); 3 - K. K. and V. Devi Jayaraman; 4 - Phyllis M. Susini LLC (Phyllis M. Susini); 5 - Lynn and Lola Cash; 6 - Mongolian Stables (Ganbaatar Dagvadorj); 7 - Someday Farm (Patricia Chapman); 8 - J C M Racing (Richard Rigney); 9 - Klaravich Stables, Inc. (Seth Klarman) and William Lawrence; 10 - Mongolian Stables (Ganbaatar Dagvadorj); 11 - T. Wynn Jolley and Jake Scott

Breeders: 1 - Mr. & Mrs. John Williams; 2 - Gilbert G. Campbell; 3 - Dr. K. K. Jayaraman & Dr. V. DeviJayaraman; 4 - John D. McKee; 5 - J. Bates, R. Kirk, G. McDonald, M.Riordan & A. Shaw, A. Sones; 6 - Normandy Farm; 7 - Patricia L. Chapman; 8 - W. D. Burris Inc.; 9 - Donald E. Brooks; 10 - Gordon W. Bredeson, Sharon Bredeson &Pete Mattson; 11 - T. Wynn Jolley, Mary Sue Jolley &Jake Scott

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Race 12 - 10:30 PM Daily Double (Races 12-13) / Exacta / Trifecta / Superfecta STAKES Charles Town Oaks

Purse $400,000. For Fillies Three Years Old. Free nominations close Saturday, September 7, 2013. $1,500 to enter, with a purse of $400,000 guaranteed. Supplemental nominations of $20,000 will be accepted at time of entry, which includes all fees. Horses having won a North American, European or Asian graded or group stakes will have $1,500 of their entry or supplemental fee refunded upon starting. After payment of 1% to all owners of horses finishing seventh through last, 60% to the owner of the winner, 20% to second, 10% to third, 5% to fourth, 3% to fifth and 2% to sixth. Weight 123 Lbs. Non-winners of a graded stake in 2013 allowed 3 Lbs., non-winners of sweepstakes since June 1, allowed 5 Lbs. Field will be limited to ten starters with up to four alternates. Preference to North American, European, and Asian graded or group stakes winners in order(Grade 1, then Grade 2, then Grade 3), then to highest earnings in North American, European, and Asian graded and group stakes, then to the highest lifetime earnings. Entries close Wednesday, September 18 by the usual time of closing. Trophy to the winning owner, trainer and jockey. Seven Furlongs.
P# PP Horse Virtual
Stable A/S Med Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1 Gold Edge (KY) 3/F L A C Cortez 118 K E Obed-Letts 15/1
2 2 R Free Roll (FL) 3/F L K Carmouche 120 R Ziadie 10/1
3 3 My Happy Face (KY) 3/F L J Castellano 120 C C Brown 9/5
4 4 Mr Hall's Opus (KY) 3/F L S Elliott 118 K J Breen 10/1
5 5 Guadalupe High (LA) 3/F L M St. Julien 118 R W Werner 15/1
6 6 Ile St. Molly (AR) 3/F L J Navarro 118 K P Smith 9/2
7 7 So Many Ways (PA) 3/F L M Mena 123 T M Amoss 9/2
8 8 Fusaichiswonderful (KY) 3/F L L Saez 118 T Q McCauley 6/1
9 9 Blueeyesintherein (KY) 3/F L L R Goncalves 118 G W Simms 12/1
10 10 Awesome Mama (KY) 3/F L J D Acosta 118 H I McMahon 12/1
Also Eligibles:
11 11 Jax and Jill (WV) 3/F L G Almodovar 120 S A Lake 6/1
12 12 Thetaloveandmine (KY) 3/F L P Morales 118 T E Hamm 6/1

Owners: 1 - James F. Miller; 2 - Averill Racing LLC and Silver Oak Stable LLC; 3 - Michael Dubb; 4 - George and Lori Hall; 5 - Ronny W. Werner, Rick Broth, Helen Burnett, and Kenneth Posey; 6 - James H. Glover; 7 - Maggi Moss; 8 - Unlimited Equine LLC (Thomas Berry); 9 - Dorothy Self, Berry King, and Travis Morgeson V LLC; 10 - WinStar Farm LLC (Kenny Troutt, et al); 11 - Robert L. Cole, Jr.; 12 - Blazing Meadows Farm LLC (Timothy E. Hamm)

Breeders: 1 - Dolphus C. Morrison; 2 - Richard Averill; 3 - Spendthrift Farm & Shawhan Place; 4 - K & G Stables; 5 - Janeen Oliver; 6 - James H. Glover; 7 - John R. Penn & John C. Penn; 8 - Don E. Cain; 9 - Elisabeth Alexander; 10 - WinStar Farm, LLC; 11 - Robert L. Cole Jr.; 12 - Dearborn Stable Ltd., M R Capital,Michael Lowenbaum & Brad Ray

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Sat: CT Researcher & CT Oaks Both 400K Sept 20, 2013 8:13:18 GMT -5

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Post by Evelyn on Sept 20, 2013 8:13:18 GMT -5

Our Double Play Cuts Back for Researcher
By Tom LaMarra,
Bloodhorse

J C M Racing’s Our Double Play will cut back in distance after a brief break from racing and seems to have found a good spot in the $400,000 Researcher Stakes for 3-year-olds at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races Sept. 21.

The Researcher, named for the two-time winner of the Charles Town Classic (gr. II) before it achieved graded status, is at seven furlongs around two turns. It attracted a field of 10 with one horse on the alternate list in case of scratches.

The Researcher is the 11th race on a 13-race card that begins at 5 p.m. EDT. The 12th race is the $400,000 Charles Town Oaks.

Our Double Play, a Kentucky-bred Grand Slam colt trained by Philip Bauer, won the one-mile Prairie Mile at Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino in early June, and then finished fourth as the favorite in the 1 1/16-mile Iowa Derby (gr. III) in late June. He sports a series of sharp works at Churchill Downs since then, and has been made the 4-1 second choice on the morning line for the Researcher.

Three starts back, Our Double Play was a strong winner of a seven-furlong allowance event at Churchill. Miguel Mena has the call for post 8 at 118 pounds.

Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence’s Bond Vigilante is the 7-2 morning-line favorite for trainer Chad Brown. The New York-bred colt by Salute the Sarge won the state-bred Claramount Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in early August in his last outing.

Bond Vigilante is three-for-four and never has competed outside of New York-bred company. He has raced twice at one mile but never has been around two turns in a race.

“We’ve always liked the horse and have always been high on him,” Brown told Charles Town officials. “He has shown me that he has ability and I think he’s really earned his way into a race like this based off his last couple efforts.”

Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence won the Researcher, then called the Red Legend, in 2012 with the Tom Amoss-trained Sum of the Parts. Javier Castellano will ride Bond Vigilante from post 9 as the 121-pound highweight.

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Sat: CT Researcher & CT Oaks Both 400K Sept 20, 2013 8:15:52 GMT -5

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Post by Evelyn on Sept 20, 2013 8:15:52 GMT -5

Charles Town Oaks: Amoss confident in So Many Ways
By Joe DeVivo
DRF

The easier option for Tom Amoss this weekend would have been to stay home at Churchill Downs with his Grade 1-winning filly So Many Ways and run in the Grade 3 Dogwood Stakes.

But after observing how well So Many Ways handled the tight turns at Churchill’s nearby training center, Amoss wasted no time shipping the 3-year-old daughter of Sightseeing to West Virginia for Saturday night’s $400,000 Charles Town Oaks.

The seven-furlong Oaks shares top billing with the $400,000, seven-furlong Researcher for 3-year-olds on a Race for the Ribbon program that begins at 5 p.m. Eastern. The Oaks goes as race 12 at 10:30 p.m.

Although the value of the Oaks far exceeds the $100,000 purse of the Dogwood, Amoss said that wasn’t the primary factor in his decision to travel.

“The money is part of it, but none of it would have come together if she didn’t show us that she could handle the tight turns,” Amoss said. “Just like we did last year with Sum of the Parts, who won up at Charles Town, we took her over to Churchill’s sister track to train over. It’s a six-furlong track, and she went real good around the tighter turns there, and it gave us enough confidence that she wouldn’t have any problems handling them.”

To get So Many Ways acclimated, Amoss sent her to Charles Town on Monday.

“We sent her up earlier than we normally would have,” Amoss said. “She hasn’t been the best horse in the paddock, so we sent her up to get settled.”
My Happy Face, who missed by a neck in the Grade 1 Test at Saratoga last month, will be a major factor if she runs. She is cross-entered in Saturday’s $1 million Cotillion at Parx.

Among those So Many Ways is certain to face in a field in which four horses are cross-entered elsewhere are Gold Edge, the winner of the Grade 3 Arlington-Washington Lassie on Polytrack a year ago; R Free Roll, who posted a 101 Beyer Speed Figure in winning the six-furlong Unbridled Stakes at Calder in June; and Ile St. Molly, freshened since missing by a half-length in the Grade 2 Delaware Oaks in July.

Gold Edge has not raced on dirt since winning her career debut at Churchill Downs in June 2012, but she has been training locally since she was transferred from trainer Wayne Catalano to the low-profile Keturah Obed-Letts following her fifth straight loss this season.

“When she got here, she was really quiet and would just stand back in the corner of her stall,” said Obed-Letts, who also will saddle Henny’s Princess for owner James Miller in the Rachel’s Turn Stakes earlier on the card. “But now, she’s taken in the sights in her new environment, has gotten back to being a horse, and is training much more aggressively. I hope she can run back to her last work because it was very good, and she seemed to bounce out of it great, too.”

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Sat: CT Researcher & CT Oaks Both 400K Sept 20, 2013 9:41:48 GMT -5

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A couple of good races.

Is this the first year the "Researcher" has been named after him?

I checked his record, in flat races he was 13 for 29, more than $1.3M earnings, most of those wins were at Charles Town.

Interestingly, in 2011 they converted him to a jumper, qualifying him once again for Maiden races! He had six races over the jumps, zero wins (3 DNFs) and finally, thankfully, the old gelding was retired.

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Sat: CT Researcher & CT Oaks Both 400K Sept 20, 2013 22:44:42 GMT -5

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Post by racinggal on Sept 20, 2013 22:44:42 GMT -5

I found this on Wiki

Researcher (foaled May 5, 2004, in Virginia) is a Thoroughbred racehorse competing mostly in the United States. Bred by the Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc.

A horse from the most humble beginnings [1], Researcher was bought by Rutledge Farm (Mr. Hermen Greenberg), in 2005, as a $5,000 charitable donation [2] to the Virginia Tech Foundation's M.A.R.E Center, in Middleburg, Virginia. One year after winning the 1st Charles Town Classic, and only a few days before winning the 2nd Charles Town Classic, April 16, 2010, Mr. Zohar Ben-Dov (Kinross Farm) bought Researcher from Mr. Greenberg's estate, for an undisclosed sum. (Mr. Greenberg died February 28, 2010.)

A rare combination of stamina and speed, "Researcher is every horseman's dream..."—a "push button" horse [3], known for his adaptability.

Charles Town Classic: Researcher was the lone local horse, in a 10-horse field, when he beat Commentator to steal the show [5] at Charles Town Races and Slots, winning the 1st Annual Charles Town Classic, on April 18, 2009.

On April 17, 2010, Researcher defended his title in the 2nd Annual $1 million Charles Town Classic by winning over a game Awesome Gem. His time was just a fraction off the track's record he set on 3/28/2009. (As of 3/2/2012, the record still holds

Researcher earned a record 133 Equibase Speed Figure in 2009's Inaugural Charles Town Classic.

His 133 Speed Figure was higher than any other horse competing in any other 2009 race in North America. (2009 Breeders' Cup Classic champion Zenyatta only scored a 127, and Rachael Alexandra only scored a 121 in both the 2009 Kentucky Oaks and Haskell Invitational.)

No horse, in 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006, has run a faster Equibase Speed Figure. (note: Equibase Speed Figures are only available, as far back as 2006, online.)

The late Hermen Greenberg’s Researcher was named 2009 Champion Virginia-bred Older Male on the strength of his wins in the 2009 $500,000 Charles Town Classic Stakes (L) and his second place finish in the 2009 $100,000 Queens Country Handicap Gr. III at Aqueduct.

By Two Smart, out of Wild Magnolia by Apalachee, Researcher won four other West Virginia stakes races while earning $492,859 for 2009

2009 CT Classic (1st Running)

2010 CT Classic

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Sat: CT Researcher & CT Oaks Both 400K Sept 21, 2013 21:57:49 GMT -5

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Post by Evelyn on Sept 21, 2013 21:57:49 GMT -5

Take It Like a Man excels in sloppy Researcher
By Joe DeVivo
DRF

All eight of Take It Like a Man’s previous starts on dirt came on fast tracks. Since he trains at Keeneland, where the main track is Polytrack, Take It Like a Man had never even trained in the mud.

Take It Like a Man’s inexperience with running in the slop hardly showed Saturday night at Charles Town, where he came from slightly off a swift pace to score a surprise victory in the $400,000 Researcher for 3-year-olds.

With Luis Saez aboard for the first time, Take It Like a Man ($16.20) got an ideal trip. On a night when early speed was dominant, Mongolian Saturday and Whiskey Romeo fought hard trying to shake clear, but wound up dueling each other into defeat. Whiskey Romeo dropped out of it first, leaving Mongolian Saturday, the fourth-place finisher in this summer’s Ohio Derby, clearly in front.

But Take It Like a Man was in close stalking position, surged to the front, and drove clear to the finish, completing seven furlongs on a sloppy track in 1:26.27. Mongolian Saturday held second, with Bond Vigilante checking in third as the 9-5 favorite.

It was the first stakes victory for Take It Like a Man, a son of Run Away and Hide trained by Kellyn Gorder for Lynn and Lola Cash. Gorder elected to scratch Take It Like a Man from Saturday’s $300,000 Gallant Bob at Parx in favor of the Researcher.

Take It Like a Man is now 6 for 12 lifetime. In his only previous stakes appearance, he finished sixth of 10 in the Coach Jimmie Lee, a seven-furlong race on Polytrack at Arlington.

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Sat: CT Researcher & CT Oaks Both 400K Sept 21, 2013 22:00:06 GMT -5

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Post by Evelyn on Sept 21, 2013 22:00:06 GMT -5

No story about the race yet but So Many Ways Won!

Amoss confident in So Many Ways
By Joe DeVivo
DRF
The easier option for Tom Amoss this weekend would have been to stay home at Churchill Downs with his Grade 1-winning filly So Many Ways and run in the Grade 3 Dogwood Stakes.

But after observing how well So Many Ways handled the tight turns at Churchill’s nearby training center, Amoss wasted no time shipping the 3-year-old daughter of Sightseeing to West Virginia for Saturday night’s $400,000 Charles Town Oaks.

The seven-furlong Oaks shares top billing with the $400,000, seven-furlong Researcher for 3-year-olds on a Race for the Ribbon program that begins at 5 p.m. Eastern. The Oaks goes as race 12 at 10:30 p.m.

Although the value of the Oaks far exceeds the $100,000 purse of the Dogwood, Amoss said that wasn’t the primary factor in his decision to travel.

“The money is part of it, but none of it would have come together if she didn’t show us that she could handle the tight turns,” Amoss said. “Just like we did last year with Sum of the Parts, who won up at Charles Town, we took her over to Churchill’s sister track to train over. It’s a six-furlong track, and she went real good around the tighter turns there, and it gave us enough confidence that she wouldn’t have any problems handling them.”

To get So Many Ways acclimated, Amoss sent her to Charles Town on Monday.

“We sent her up earlier than we normally would have,” Amoss said. “She hasn’t been the best horse in the paddock, so we sent her up to get settled.”

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Sat: CT Researcher & CT Oaks Both 400K Sept 21, 2013 22:35:13 GMT -5

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Post by Evelyn on Sept 21, 2013 22:35:13 GMT -5

Here's the story!

So Many Ways smoothly deals with slop, tight turns in Charles Town Oaks
By Joe DeVivoDRF

Tom Amoss said he felt confident his filly So Many Ways would handle the tight turns at Charles Town after watching her train well at the Churchill Downs training center’s six-furlong track. Amoss was right.

So Many Ways, racing on a wet track for the first time, blew past speedy Florida shipper R Free Roll in deep stretch to capture Saturday night’s $400,000 Charles Town Oaks.

Sent off as the 8-5 favorite in a field of nine 3-year-old fillies, So Many Ways paid $5.40 after running seven furlongs on a sloppy track in 1:26.62. R Free Roll held onto second and Mr Hall’s Opus finished third.

Amoss chose to ship to West Virginia rather than keep So Many Ways at home to run in the Grade 3 Dogwood at Churchill Downs. A Grade 1 winner as a 2-year-old, So Many Ways, a daughter of Sightseeing owned by Maggi Moss, is now 5 for 10 lifetime. She won the Grade 3 Eight Belles at Churchill this past spring and was coming off close fourth in last month’s Grade 1 Test at Saratoga.

The West Virginia-bred Jax and Jill gave local fans a brief thrill when she gunned from post 8 to gain the lead into the first turn of the two-turn race. But R Free Roll was in hot pursuit and sprinted clear after a half-mile in 46.44 seconds. R Free Roll, racing outside of Florida for the first time, maintained a clear advantage turning for home and was stlll 2 1/2 lengths in front with a furlong remaining. But So Many Ways, under Miguel Mena, kicked in down the middle of the track and was 2 3/4 lengths in front at the finish.