When Tim Glyshaw was trying to go out on his own as a Thoroughbred trainer in 2004, he caught a break when a racing writer and chart-caller named Cliff Guilliams recommended Glyshaw to horse owners he knew.
“It was my first horse,” said Glyshaw, who until that point had worked for years as an assistant to Bob Holthus. “It didn’t matter that I could outrun the horse. I was in the game because of Cliff.”
Golden Stripe, entering off an easy win in the one-mile Distaff for Manitoba-breds, will be looking to come right back when she faces six other fillies and mares in the 1 1/8-mile Matron at Assiniboia Downs on Monday.
A win or a second-place finish in the $50,000 Matron would push Golden Stripe past $300,000 in career earnings for her owner/breeder Phil Kives.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The connections of Travers second-place finisher Moreno filed a complaint Friday with the New York State Gaming Commission alleging that Luis Saez, the rider of Travers winner Will Take Charge, used an electrical device on his horse during the running of the race.
Will Take Charge got up in the final jump of the Travers to beat Moreno by a nose.
Race 2
1 1/16 Miles (Turf)
Maiden Special Weight
2-year-old fillies
Purse $85,000
A dozen years ago, trainer M. Anthony Ferraro and his client Langpap Stables had a New York-bred 2-year-old filly who began her career at Saratoga and successfully challenged males in the six-furlong Aspirant at Finger Lakes. On Monday, Ferraro and Langpap Stables will try to duplicate what the filly Shesastonecoldfox did in 2001 when they send out her 2-year-old son Fox Rox in the $120,925 Aspirant for New York-bred colts and geldings.
Eight 2-year-old fillies, all stretching out around two turns for the first time, will run a mile on the main track in Monday’s $50,000 Irish Sonnet Stakes at Delaware Park.
Southwest Lady, part of a coupled entry for trainer Ricky Griffith, is the lone two-time winner in the field. She most recently scored by 2 1/2 lengths over a sloppy track on Aug. 22.
Rudy’s Edge took quick command of the $50,000 Ricks Memorial at Remington Park on Friday night and never looked back for a length and a half win over favorite Satin Gold. It was another two lengths back in third to Bluegrass Sapphire.
Rudy’s Edge ($34.20) moved to the lead at the start of the one-mile turf race for fillies and mares, and raced clear through fractions of 23.76 for the opening quarter, 47.67 for the half-mile and 1:11.76 for six furlongs. She rebuffed challengers in the stretch, then sprinted home to cover the distance on firm ground in 1:35.12.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - The old racetrack wisdom about backing the longest shot in a short field paid off handsomely on Saturday at Monmouth Park in the $58,200 Miss Woodford Stakes for 3-year-old filly sprinters.
Indian Spell, the 16-1 outsider against three rivals priced 6-5 to 8-5, pulled the upset by a head over Fully Living.
Ju Ju Eyeballs, winner of five straight including the Crank It Up and Just Smashing stakes here, was the favorite and pressed the pacesetting Indian Spell on the turn.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Holy Lute won his stakes debut in Friday’s $100,500 El Cajon Stakes for 3-year-olds at Del Mar, confirming an opinion that trainer Jim Cassidy has held about the colt for two years.
Ridden by David Flores, Holy Lute ($15) closed from fourth in a field of seven to win the one-mile race by a head over 6-5 favorite Fury Kapcori. Holy Lute was timed in 1:35.38.
“I’ve liked this horse since I bought him as a yearling,” Cassidy said. “He got hurt last year and I had to stop on him.”
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Put the fastest horse in the race on a speed-favoring turf course for one of the hottest barns on the grounds, and the outcome should be fairly obvious. And sure enough, so it was in Friday’s $100,000 Riskaverse with the 2-1 favorite Midnight Watch leading throughout to post a one-length victory over Teen Pauline in the feature event on the lone twilight card of the 2013 Saratoga meeting.
