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Captures MATCH Championship Voting Decision


Owner William Pape and coach Edward Graham had a tough call to make later Racing Parx October 1 decided to move two grass races scheduled for the final round of the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championship Series on October 3 to the wet main track due to heavy rain from the ruins of Hurricane Ian. their 5 years old Mr Speaker mare Voting decision the first two dirt track runs of her career but became a proven competitor on grass.

They had a chance in the $100,000 Salvatore DeBunda PTHA President’s Cup, and the result was the Voting Decision to be the overall MATCH Series champions for 2022 with 38 points.

“This means a lot to Mr and Mrs Pape, and it means a lot to me,” said Graham, who is based at the Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland. “We were so close to the series finale, and we were all like, ‘Let’s get going,’ and if she doesn’t handle the track, tell the cyclist to take care of her. that.”

Mychel Sanchez, who won his 1,000th race on October 1 at Delaware Park and had many wins at Parx, just as planned.

Decision Vote Ninth early in the field of 10 horses in 1/8 mile stakes and hold position until the last turn. Sanchez guided the Decisive Vote to follow the broad path of Tic Tic Tic Boom and cyclist Andrew Wolfsont and reeled in the late lead to win the half-length. The time on the sloppy track was 1:52.67.

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Sanchez said he entered the Decisive vote as if it were a grass-court race – she was often late early and would move later. There’s no indication that she’s not handling the track, he said.

“I thought they could scratch her, but (Graham) said they would shoot,” said Sanchez, who rode the mare in her first bout. “She gave me a good feeling from the beginning of the race, so we just got on with it.”

It’s the second stake win this year for Decisive Vote, who won Dahlia Shares at Laurel Park, the first leg of the division Filly and Mare Long-Turf. All five of her races have come in the MATCH Series, and Graham says it’s by design because he believes the Voting Decision will be a good fit for the competition. She has five wins in 16 starts with earnings of $265,800.

One win in the division pays $30,000 to the owner and $15,000 to the trainer. The championship adds up to $20,000 for the owner and $10,000 for the trainer.

Timory Ridall’s Tic Tic Tic Boom, a 4 year old Hit It a Bomb Coached by Parx-based Alan Bedard, got the jump in the Decisive Vote with her finishing move but failed in another good attempt. She finished second in the group with 24 points.

Bedard said: “I am delighted that the only two horses that ran all five stages of the MATCH Series division ran one of the two races in this race. “We’re happy for them and we’re happy for us. It was a great race and I’m so excited. She turns 5 next year and we want to do the same with her — run in the Match Series.”

Stuart Janney III’s In a hurry who competed in three MATCH matches and accumulated 17 points, finishing third in his division.

The only horse left with a chance to win the final championship in 2022 is CJI Phoenix Group and No Guts No Glory Farm’s Fille d’Esprit , who was claimed by partners for $10,000 in 2020 and subsequently won eight races — three of which were shares — and also became classified shares. A 6-year-old Maryland mare bred by Great idea sitting right next to the leader, Oxana for US$100,000, 6 1/2 Roamin Rachel Stakes but faded to finish in third place.

Oxana, owned by Tee-N-Jay Farm and coached by Timothy Hills, led all the way under Paco Lopez to the win with a score of 1:17.93. This is the first time appearing in the MATCH competition for a 4-year-old boy of mixed Pennsylvania by Uptowncharlybrown .

Intern John Robb Fille d’Esprit, with four starts in the Filly and Mare Sprint-Dirt divisions, is the champion with 32 points. Carl Ionnatta of CJI Phoenix Group, who traveled to the Mid-Atlantic region to attend the MATCH final and sell the Fasig-Tipton Timonium, said he was very pleased with Fille d’Esprit’s performance.

“I think she ran really well,” he said. “I didn’t pay much attention to this series at first, but as she kept running in it, it became very interesting. She didn’t win (the general championship), but she did win. in my department. This horse changed my life, and I’m grateful for it.”

Kaylasaurus , owned by Bush Racing Stable, Liberty House Racing, BlackRidge Stables, and George Saufley, are second in the table with 22 points from three starts. The owners planned to race a 6-year-old Pennsylvania dog bred by Munnings in all five shares of the division, but an injury was discovered in the morning at the scheduled start at Colony Downs in August, and then she retired.

Kaylasaurusbased Penn National Racecourse with coach Tim Kreiser, won eight of the 25 starts with earnings of $350,683. She was claimed $25,000 by Bush Racing last November and in the first of new relationships won a $100,000 stake in Laurel in December. When the 2022 MATCH schedule was announced. announced, they decided the mare’s schedule would be based on the series.

“We really love the MATCH Series and wish we could continue, but her health is our number one priority,” said David Bushey, Bush Racing manager. “We had her checked out by our vet and we advised us to retire her. Anyway, we were just going to put her through the MATCH Series and then sell her. She’s happy and healthy at Taylor Made Farms in Kentucky and will be selling at the November Sale at Keeneland, but we’ll be looking for another Kaylasaurus for the MATCH Series.”

Farm St. Omer’s and Christopher Feifarek’s Beren entered the US$100,000, 6 1/2 Liberty Bell Staking Bonus as a leader in the kids sprint division 3 and up and he needs a head start to qualify for the money Bonus MATCH Series. 4 year old Pennsylvania crossbred foal by Weigelia test in fourth place, but win the division with 20 points.

Another Pennsylvania variety, Smart Angle’s Fortheluvofbourbon , made it past the city gates in 1:16.88 with Lopez riding for an 11th win in 22 starts. 5 year old child Bourbon Courage gelding was claimed for $50,000 at Churchill Downs in May 2020 and has since won 10 races, four of which were stakes. He won five races in a row and his earnings were $518,120.

“We asked him for $50,000, and he looks like a Pennsylvania hybrid that I think could win some shares,” said coach Michael Pino at Parx. “He’s grown up well. I spoke to Paco and said if he wants to keep an eye on the two horses inside, that’s okay, but if he breaks badly, let him do what he does. he wants.”

Butch Reid, who trains Beren, who won eight of 20 starts, said the MATCH Series is “really stimulating” and provides his ponies with reasonably distanced races. Pocket 3’s Racing Threes Over Deuces finished second in the group with 10 points after three starts.

Tyler Servis, another coach based in Parx, had the main track-only horse enter the $100,000 off-court Bucks County Stakes at 1 1/8 mile and 5 year old horse Strong evil gelding Shooger Ray Too won with Abner Adorno on board. He underestimated the speed of the dispute and took away 5 3/4 of the length Tax who last raced at the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1).

Owned by Vintage Thoroughbreds, Shooger Ray Too was added to Bucks County. He came off the table in his only grass-court effort but performed well on wet dirt tracks. In his last start, he finished second with a record of 1/8 allowed on dirt roads Racecourse Saratoga.

“We had to find the right position for him, and that’s it,” said Servis. “Abner did a great job by saving ground (behind the speed showdown).”

Team 3 years old and above won by Eons , owned by Mark Grier and trained by Arnaud Delacour. Eons collected 23 points in three series starts and got into Bucks County but was scratched by a surface switch.

Delacour has won six MATCH shares since the series returned in 2018, but he and his owners have never won a divisional championship in part because they have stakes for the stakes. classified section. One of them, Lael Stables’ Chalon won MATCH stakes in 2019 and 2018, the year she failed to win Breeders’ Filly and Mare Sprint (G1).

This year, Eons, the 6-year-old Giant’s Causeway, fits the bill for the MATCH Series and gives Delacour and Grier their first divisional championship. Eons won two out of three starts, once disqualified, and will race for a fourth time.

Delacour, who is based at Fair Hill, said: “If they had raced on grass and it was soft, then he was fine on soft ground, so we had a shot (in the joint championship). )”. “However, this is really great. I think it’s a great movie; it’s very motivating. I think it’s a great thing for the Mid-Atlantic region.”

Beacon Hill ranked second in the table with 10 points after three starts. Beacon Hill chose to run on October 1 in the $100,000 Japan Cup at Laurel Park and came in second, just one share behind. CHEAP Armando .

The 2022 MATCH Series bonus distribution offers up to $92,500 per division and $30,000 to the overall champion by points. For each division, the first place pays $30,000 to the owner and $15,000 to the trainer; for the second, $20,000 / $10,000; and third, $10,000 / $7,500.

The Maryland Horse Breeders Association, the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association and the Virginia Thoroughbred Association will pay out $5,000 in prize money to breeders based on the performance of the horses in the series with potential totals. is $30,000. Pennsylvania and Virginia will recognize the top state-bred male and female runners according to the total points earned, while Maryland will award bonuses to the top Maryland and Maryland-like runners by overall score earned.

Eligible for the breeder bonus are Sweet Spirits Stable, which bred Fille d’Esprit (Md.), and Arrowwood Ranch, breeder of Kaylasaurus (Pa.), and Susan C Quick and Christopher J. Feifarek, who bred Beren (Pa.).

This press release has been edited for content and style by the BloodHorse Staff.

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