Caravel, Change of control has been fixed in the Master program

Classified bet winners Caravel and Change of control half a length apart when 1-2 in Smart N Fancy bets are on the field at Racecourse Saratoga August 20, meet at a distance and on a different surface on September 19 at the Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes (G2).

With a $400,000 purse, the stakes are high in the 6 1/2 long-distance synthetic Tapeta surface race at Presque Isle Downs, a piece of music that Caravel has experienced. ‘s 5-year-old daughter Mizzen Mast is 2 to 2 at the Pennsylvania Oval and 3 to 3 overall, counting a win in Queen Stakes at Lawn Park this March for coach Brad Cox.

Bred by Pennsylvania by owner/trainer Elizabeth Merryman, who originally lobbied for her, Caravel won the Lady Erie Stakes and Malvern Rose Stakes at the Presque Isle in the open length in 2020, running 6 1. /2 distance in 1: 15.40 score in the following race .

That speed has been shown to other owners and trainers Graham Motion and Cox. She currently races for Qatar Racing owners Marc Detampel and Madaket Stables after she was acquired for $500,000 from ELiTE consignment at The November Sale at Fasig-Tipton last fall. Her purchase finished in 12th place in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T) Sprint at Del Mar.

This year, after winning the Queen, she finished sixth in the Twin Spiers Turf Sprint Stakes presented by Sysco (G2T) at Churchill Downsacquired Intercontinental Shares (G3T) June 10 in Belmont Parkand ran ninth in the Caress Stakes (G3T) in Saratoga before entering the Smart N Fancy on August 20.

Three laps wide, speeding up in Smarty N Fancy led by Luis Saez, she took command of the lane and overtook Change of Control, who was stuck in traffic for much of the sprint. New York-based Saez comes to town for a Monday ride on his favorite line this morning, February 5.

Perry Harrison’s Change of Control, unlucky in Smart N Fancy, can become a millionaire in Master with a 1st or 2nd place finish. The Lawn Specialist is 10-9-7 in 38 starting at $953,725. ‘s 6 year old daughter Fed Biz coached by Michelle Lovell, has never raced on a synthetic track.

Regular racer Colby Hernandez is the 2021 Intercontinental winner who won the Andy Guest Stakes at Colony Downs this summer before Smart N Fancy. Earlier this June, she was also fourth under Manny Franco behind Casa Creed , Catch me red and True Valor when facing males in Jaipur Stakes (G1) at Belmont.

Other contenders include award-winning aggregator Artie’s princess graded Jeanie B and local fast Boo Boo Kitty won three of her last four starts, topped by Satin and Lace Stakes on August 15.