Coach Joe Sharp says he wants to make a lot of winning bets Summer in Saratoga on January 29 Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf Stakes (G3T) on January 29 at Gulfstream Park. He and co-owner Anderson Farms just wanted to make sure she was the right fit.
“We’ll make a decision as it gets a little closer, but it’s definitely under scrutiny,” Sharp said. “From what I’m gathering, it looks like her (handicap) numbers will be pretty competitive at Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf. As long as we’re both comfortable shooting, it might be possible. is what we do.”
The mare is now inducted into the Marie G. Krantz Memorial on January 22 at Fair Grounds & Slots a week ago Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf.
Summer in Saratoga is a refreshing win in Rood and Riddle Dowager Stocks (G3T) on October 24 at Keeneland when the mare was sold for $630,000 to Anderson Farms from a Denali Stud shipment at last year’s The November Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s flagship stall sale in Lexington. Sharp thought that might be the last time he saw his daughter Spin hard . However, owner Anderson Farms sent her back to Sharp. In her first and as such just the beginning for her new owner, Summer in Saratoga won a KD Blushing Share on December 26 at Fair Grounds to cap off her 2021 campaign she.
“Obviously you hoped it would turn out the way it did,” Sharp said of being able to keep Summer in Saratoga in his cage. “At the price she’s expected to sell, most people will buy her as a lead. There’s no guarantee you’ll get someone who wants to keep racing her, Please trust us to get her again. It all really comes together beautifully.”
Sharp has never met Dave Anderson before, who is campaigning for the now 6-year-old mare on behalf of his ranch in Ontario, Canada, and with Narola. Success will come quickly, but not before facing a speed bump.
“We sent her to New York,” Sharp said. “She got scratched in the paddock, she sat down in the back. So we took her down to the Fair Grounds. She was back together and running really fast the day before. Corey (Lanerie, her regular jogger) happened to be in town He knew her too well It’s done, basically, first start a new relationship to have a battle. win.”
Whether summer in Saratoga races all season or races once or twice before mating will appear with mares.
“It’s on a starting-from-scratch basis,” says Sharp. “From what I understand from Dave, as long as she’s performing at a level that can add to the hum, then I think he’s content to move forward with the race.”
Sharp had Summers in Saratoga for all but her first two races. That span includes her seven wins, four of which have come from stakes — including three of her last four.
“Honestly, this moment right now is probably my favorite version of Summer in Saratoga that I’ve been there,” he said. “There can be a lot of different factors that contribute to that, but the main one is maturity. She talks about her being a good horse, very safe and very confident. She makes her job very easy. I become easy.”
