SATURDAY NOTES

ONTARIO SIRED/BRED MR HAVERCAMP WINS BIG AT SARATOGA

Woodbine Mile is goal for 2018 2-time champion

Sean and Dorothy Fitzhenry’s Mr Havercamp started his 5-year-old campaign in impressive fashion, coming off a seven-month layoff by overtaking Gidu in the final furlong and outkicking Hembree for a half-length victory in the sixth running of the Grade 3, $150,000 Forbidden Apple for 4-year-olds and up on Friday at Saratoga Race Course.

The Ontario-bred Mr Havercamp settled in fourth position under jockey Junior Alvarado as Gidu led the 10-horse field through the opening quarter-mile in 24.15 seconds and moved up to third with the half going in 48.04 on the inner turf listed as yielding.

Around the far turn, Alvarado tipped Mr Havercamp out, overtaking defending Forbidden Apple champion Voodoo Song before running down Gidu in deep stretch from the outside and finishing strong to the wire, completing one mile in 1:37.50.

“I knew that there were two horses with speed, and I was sitting right where I wanted to be. By the half-mile pole, I was pretty excited with where I was and where he was travelling,” Alvarado said. “I knew that I had a lot of horse under me, so I was pretty confident. As soon as we turned for home, he gave me a nice kick and was just all out right there trying hard.”

The Court Vision gelding started his year with by winning his first race on American soil. Trained by Catherine Day Phillips, Mr Havercamp starred at Woodbine, where he won three stakes in 2018, including the Grade 2 Autumn on November 3 and the Grade 2 Play the King in August, with those efforts bracketing a runner-up effort to Oscar Performance in the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile in September.

Off at 13-1, Mr Havercamp returned $29.60 on a $2 win wager. He improved his career record to 8-1-0 in 13 starts and increased his bankroll to $673,886.

“Junior gave him a perfect ride,” Day Phillips said. “He got a very good position coming out of the gate. Going into the first turn, I was a little concerned with the mile track on the inside – he’d never been on a tight track like that – but he handled it well for a big horse.”

Mr Havercamp finished on the board for the first time in four starts at an American racetrack. His only other Saratoga appearance was a fifth-place finish in the 2017 Grade 3 Saranac.

Day Phillips, who won her second graded stakes at Saratoga and first since Jambalaya captured the 2005 Saranac, said the Grade 1, $1 million Woodbine Mile on September 14 remains a target following the success at the Spa.

“It’s great to be back at Saratoga,” Day Phillips said. “We won the Saranac with Jambalaya. He was a very special horse to me and this horse has always reminded me of Jambalaya. We brought him [Mr Havercamp] here for the Saranac and he ran well but didn’t quite get the job done, but he got it done today.

“He runs well fresh,” she added. “This was probably a little steeper of a first race than we really wanted, but the Woodbine Mile is our goal, so we’re backing up and this is what brought us here this weekend. This race was here and Saratoga is Saratoga – it’s great to be here.”

 

 

CANADIAN PREMIER’S YEARLING SALE – CTHS ONT – ON LINE

273 Yearlings catalogued

STALLIONS with Yearlings in Ontario sale. First crops of Ontario sired RELOAD, AMI’S HOLIDAY DYNAMIC SKY and Hyper.

Afleet Alex………………………………..266
Ami’s Holiday………….33, 46, 78, 110,
118, 147, 226, 241
Animal Kingdom…………………………31
Atreides ……………………………104, 176
Awesome Again……………………….194
Bayern……………………………………….80
Bear’s Kid ………………………………….26
Big Screen ……………37, 85, 101, 130,
136, 140, 144, 159, 182,
187, 243, 268
Bodemeister ………………………………36
Can the Man…………………………….222
Cold Harbor……………………………..248
Commissioner…………………….72, 175
Conquest Curlinate…………39, 49, 65,
235, 237, 255, 270
Danza………………………………………150
Daredevil……………………………………52
Dialed In …………………………….13, 232
Dominus…………………………………….93
Dynamic Sky…………..62, 77, 95, 120,
124, 184
English Channel …………………………41
Fast Anna…………………………………….1
Fed Biz…………………………………….183
First Samurai……………………….82, 153
Flashback ………………………………..148
Flat Out…………………………8, 209, 214
Flintshire (GB)…………………………….28
Fort Larned………………………………192
Frac Daddy…………5, 61, 67, 75, 135,
146, 152, 171
Gamble’s Exchange …………………..79
Gemologist ………………………………211
Giant Gizmo………..11, 27, 34, 43, 58,
70, 81, 83, 86, 88, 90, 92,
105, 125, 167, 180, 188,
189, 196, 216, 218, 220,
228, 234, 236, 253
Graydar………………………………18, 139
Hunters Bay……………………………..132
Hyper ……………2, 22, 56, 73, 74, 181,
224
Justin Phillip……………………………….42
Kantharos ………………………………..185
Karakontie (JPN) ………………………..20
Kentucky Bear ………………48, 94, 210
Leonnatus Anteas …………………….263
Midshipman……………………………..190
Milwaukee Brew………..23, 35, 91, 97,
99, 155, 208
Noble Mission (GB)…………………..249
Not Bourbon ………..55, 133, 156, 267
Old Forester………..15, 29, 38, 59, 76,
103, 131, 165, 193, 239,
242, 245, 246, 260, 261,
272
Paynter…………………………………….121
Point of Entry…………………………….217
Pool Play………………………………9, 177
Race Day…………………………………..40
Reload…………..10, 17, 19, 32, 63, 84,
107, 108, 109, 128, 141,
142, 161, 163, 172, 173,
201, 215, 219, 225, 229,
231, 244, 256, 258
Rookie Sensation …………..4, 178, 191
Shackleford ………………………137, 186
Signature Red………..14, 71, 102, 204
Silent Name (JPN)……….7, 16, 21, 24,
60, 98, 116, 158, 160, 162,
195, 227
Silver Max …………44, 50, 51, 89, 115,
117, 149, 169, 273
Sky Mesa……………………………25, 265
Sligo Bay (IRE)……………..45, 69, 129,
200
Society’s Chairman……….57, 64, 106,
111, 112, 114, 122, 126,
174, 197, 247, 251, 254,
264
Souper Speedy…………..6, 66, 68, 87,
100, 113, 134, 138, 143,
145, 154, 157, 166, 198,
205, 206, 212, 213, 221,
230, 240, 252, 259, 262,
269, 271
Tapiture………………………………30, 202
Tizway …………………54, 151, 203, 207
Tonalist…………………………………….170
Tourist …………………………53, 123, 164
Vancouver (AUS)………………………233
Verrazano ……………………..3, 119, 179
War Dancer ………………………..47, 223
We Miss Artie………………12, 238, 250
Where’s the Ring…………………96, 199
Wicked Strong………………………….127

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