{"id":3229,"date":"2013-06-05T07:41:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equestrianinfluence.com\/horsehappenings\/?p=3229"},"modified":"2020-01-14T12:24:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T17:24:47","slug":"busy-pletcher-aims-trio-at-belmont-day-sprint-stakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equestrianinfluence.com\/horsehappenings\/busy-pletcher-aims-trio-at-belmont-day-sprint-stakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy Pletcher Aims Trio at Belmont Day Sprint Stakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

ELMONT\u00a0, N.Y. \u2013 Before saddling a record five horses in the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes, trainer Todd Pletcher will send out top contenders in each of the supporting sprint stakes on Saturday\u2019s Belmont undercard.<\/p>\n

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The ageless Caixa Eletronica will return to defend his title in the Grade 2, $400,000 RTN True North Handicap, while Capo Bastone and Forty Tales will both represent Pletcher in the Grade 2, $400,000 Woody Stephens presented by NYRA Rewards.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Saturday\u2019s 13-race card features six stakes, five of them graded, highlighted by the 1 \u00bd-mile Belmont, the oldest, last and longest leg of the Triple Crown.<\/span><\/p>\n

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An 8-year-old son of Arromanches, Caixa Eletronica will make his 63rd<\/sup>\u00a0career start in the six-furlong True North, a race he won by three-quarters of a length last year over Justin Phillip, who also returns to the race.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Winner of the Uncle Mo overnight stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in March to open his year, Caixa Eletronica was fifth when attempting to repeat in the Grade 2 Charles Town Classic on April 20 going 1 1\/8 miles.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s a warrior,\u201d Pletcher said. \u201cHe\u2019s just a really, really cool horse who shows up every time and seems to get better with age. His last race wasn\u2019t what we were hoping for, but the race before that he put on a good performance. He\u2019s probably a little bit better sprinting than going long, but he seems like he\u2019s training really well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Owned by Repole Stable, Caixa Eletronica has a record of 20-8-11 , hitting the board in five of eight lifetime starts at Belmont Park , and all but one of 10 career starts at six furlongs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re happy with him,\u201d Pletcher said. \u201cHe\u2019s shown up here on a number of occasions and performed really well. We feel like he\u2019s coming up to this in good shape.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sage<\/span>\u00a0Valley returned from a six-month layoff to win the Grade 3 Maryland Sprint Handicap on the Preakness undercard May 18 at Pimlico in his 2013 debut. Trainer Rudy Rodriguez comes right back with the 4-year-old Discreet Cat colt, who brings a four-race win streak into the RTN True North, and is 2-for-3 at Belmont and 3-for-5 at the distance.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe were expecting him to run good, but when you\u2019re coming into a graded race and coming off [a long] layoff, you don\u2019t know,\u201d Rodriguez said. \u201cWe wanted to get him going, because you don\u2019t know how long they\u2019re going to last. He looks like he\u2019s ready to run. He hasn\u2019t missed anything. He\u2019s here, and he\u2019s good, so we\u2019ll go. He\u2019s a good horse, and the good horses want to run.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Testing graded stakes waters for the first time in the True North will be Reload, trained by Hall of Famer Shug McGaughey for the\u00a0 Phipps Stable. Reload has won his last two races by 11 \u00be lengths combined, and has been first or second in four of five career starts at Belmont .<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a big step up for him,\u201d McGaughey said. \u201cHis last two races, he won easy. There\u2019s obviously some very solid horses in it, but I\u2019m looking forward to seeing where he takes us. We only have to walk 200 yards [from the barn], so we might as well see. I think he\u2019s got a chance to be that kind of horse.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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A multiple graded stakes winner, Justin Phillip enters the True North off two straight victories, including the Grade 3 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap at Oaklawn Park on April 13 in his most recent effort. Another True North contender, Laurie\u2019s Rocket, was fourth in that race and third to Sage Valley in the Maryland Sprint Handicap.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Completing the field are Off the Jak, who captured the $150,000 Sunshine Millions Sprint for Florida-breds at Gulfstream Park on January 19, and Luckysdream.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pletcher-trained stablemates Forty Tales and Capo Bastone, who ran 1-2, respectively, separated by only a neck in the Grade 3 Derby Trial at Churchill Downs on April 27, will hook up again in the seven-furlong Woody Stephens.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the Derby Trial, favored Forty Tales got off well from post four and raced on the outside, having enough left to hold off Capo Bastone, who lunged at the start and ran at or near the back of the pack before flying late.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI think they\u2019re very evenly matched,\u201d Pletcher said. \u201cCapo Bastone got back a little further than probably is ideal in his last start, but I think he has probably found his niche in one-turn races coming from a little bit off the pace. Forty Tales has consistently run well in these types of races.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Derby Trial was Forty Tales\u2019 third straight graded stakes try and first win, though he was second by a half-length in the Grade 2 Hutcheson on February 2, and fifth, beaten only 3 \u00bc lengths, in the Grade 3 Swale, both at Gulfstream Park.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Capo Bastone ran in three consecutive Grade 1 stakes for former trainer John Sadler in California, including a third in the Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile, beaten 2 \u00bc lengths by Champion Two-Year-Old Male Shanghai Bobby.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The chestnut son of Street Boss cuts back for the Woody Stephens after winning an optional claimer in the slop at 1 1\/16 miles in his 3-year-old debut, then finishing ninth after stumbling at the start of the 1 1\/8-mile Grade 3 Spiral prior to the one-mile Derby Trial.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe tried to stretch him out a little bit, and he ran some competitive races,\u201d Pletcher said. \u201cWe\u2019re just trying to find out what his specialty is, and felt like this will kind of clarify it, backing up to seven-eighths, and kind of tell us what to do moving forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cForty Tales, we haven\u2019t him beyond the mile because we kind of feel this is what he does best.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Breaking from the rail in the Woody Stephens is the lightly raced but talented Declan\u2019s Warrior, trained by Hall of Famer Nick Zito for Lucky Shamrock Stable. The 3-year-old Majestic Warrior colt began a three-race win streak by dead-heating for first in a 7 \u00bd-furlong optional claimer at Gulfstream Park on March 9.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Declan\u2019s Warrior followed up by rallying on the outside to beat Clearly Now by a head in the Grade 3 Bay Shore at Aqueduct on April 6, and was a neck better than Tenango in the Gygistar overnight stakes at Belmont Park on May 22 in an eye-opening 1:20.85.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Zito felt Declan\u2019s Warrior was doing well enough to run back in just 17 days in what will be only his sixth lifetime start. He is 2-for-2 at both Belmont Park and the seven-furlong distance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clearly Now, from the barn of trainer Brian Lynch, looks to turn the tables on Declan\u2019s Warrior in the Woody Stephens. A $30,000 yearling purchase, the Up Hill Stable color-bearer won the Grade 3 Swale at Gulfstream Park on March 2.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Also entered are Grade 2 Hutcheson winner Honorable Dillon; multiple stakes winners Whiskey Romeo and Merit Man, who has been off since finishing third to Kentucky Derby winner Orb in the Grade 1 Florida Derby on March 30; Zee Bros, who captured the $100,000 Chick Lang on the Preakness undercard May 18; Gygistar runner-up Tenango; Let Em Shine, a winner of three straight races and the 3-1 morning-line favorite; Salutos Amigos and Retrieve, who ran fourth and seventh, respectively, in the Bay Shore.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The field for the Grade 2, $400,000 RTN True North:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
PP<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nHorse<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nJockey<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nWGT<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nTrainer<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nOdds<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1a<\/span><\/td>\nJustin Phillip (KY)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nJ R. Velazquez<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n118<\/span><\/td>\nS M. Asmussen<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n7-5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/span><\/td>\nLaurie’s Rocket (KY)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nG L. Stevens<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n115<\/span><\/td>\nD Wayne Lukas<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n12-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/span><\/td>\nReload (KY)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nL Saez<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n114<\/span><\/td>\nC R. McGaughey III<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n6-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4a<\/span><\/td>\nFast Bullet (KY)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nJ Rosario<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n116<\/span><\/td>\nB Baffert<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n7-5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/span><\/td>\nOff the Jak (FL)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nW Martinez<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n115<\/span><\/td>\nB Parboo<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n15-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/span><\/td>\nCaixa Eletronica (KY)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nJ Castellano<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n118<\/span><\/td>\nT A. Pletcher<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n7-2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/span><\/td>\nSage Valley (KY)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nR Maragh<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n116<\/span><\/td>\nR R. Rodriguez<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n5-2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The field for the Grade 2, $400,000 Woody Stephens presented by NYRA Rewards:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
PP<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nHorse<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nJockey<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nWGT<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Trainer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1<\/span><\/td>\nDeclan’s Warrior (KY)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nJ Lezcano<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n123<\/span><\/td>\nN P. Zito<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n\n

8-1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2<\/span><\/td>\nSalutos Amigos (KY)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nJ R. Leparoux<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n117<\/span><\/td>\nE J. Guillot<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n20-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/span><\/td>\nCapo Bastone (KY)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nJ R. Velazquez<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n117<\/span><\/td>\nT A. Pletcher<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n6-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/span><\/td>\nRetreive (FL)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nI Ortiz, Jr.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n117<\/span><\/td>\n\n

J C. Englehart<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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30-1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

5<\/span><\/td>\nHonorable Dillon (KY)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nJ Alvarado<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n123<\/span><\/td>\nE Kenneally<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n12-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/span><\/td>\nZee Bros (KY)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nR Napravnik<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n123<\/span><\/td>\nB Baffert<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n4-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/span><\/td>\nForty Tales (KY)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nJ Rosario<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n123<\/span><\/td>\n\n

T A. Pletcher<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

5-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/span><\/td>\nTenango (KY)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nD Cohen<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n117<\/span><\/td>\nD Jacobson<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n\n

20-1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9<\/span><\/td>\nClearly Now (KY)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nL Saez<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n123<\/span><\/td>\nE Cotterill<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n8-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/span><\/td>\nMerit Man (FL)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nK J. Desormeaux<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n123<\/span><\/td>\nR B. Hess, Jr.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n10-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/span><\/td>\nLet Em Shine (KY)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nE A. Maldonado<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n117<\/span><\/td>\n\n

A Kitchingman<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

3-1<\/span><\/p>\n

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