Thursday, August 12, 2010

Live blog for Thursday, August 12

For live race results throughout the day, keep an eye on our Twitter feed.

7:32 p.m.: In Te Domine won the Statue of Liberty, giving the sire Freud a sweep of the two races. It was the second consecutive win in the race for trainer Linda Rice and jockey Ramon Dominguez - last year's title winners - who teamed up to win two races on the card. Heading into Friday, Rice is sitting third in the trainer standings, while Dominguez is tied for second in the rider race.

4:03 p.m.: Coming up in the seventh is Miner Bird. The 4-year-old son of Horse of the Year Mineshaft is out of Mountain Bird, a daughter of top broodmare Dear Birdie. That makes Mountain Bird a half-sister to Belmont and Travers winner Birdstone, as well as Oaks and Alabama winner Bird Town.
The eighth is the featured New York Stallion Series Statue of Liberty Division.

2:43 p.m.: And Sette E Mezzo comes from out of the clouds to score the victory, collaring pacesetter Fagedaboudit Sal - whose name Tom Durkin was calling with great gusto - late. Nice comeback effort by the 5-year-old, who the crowd bet down to even money despite the layoff.

2:40 p.m.: Coming up here in the fourth: Sette E Mezzo, who finished third in last year's Bernard Baruch and most recently an also-ran behind Summer Bird and Quality Road in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. Interesting to see what he'll do off the layoff for Bill Mott.

1:33 p.m.: Make that three weeks and counting for Jonathan Sheppard. The trainer, who has captured every steeplechase this meet at the Spa, sent out Lead Us Not to capture the day's first race; Parker's Project was second to complete the Sheppard exacta.

12:35 p.m.: Welcome back to the Spa for Thursday's card, which of course kicks off in just under half an hour with the weekly steeplechase.
A few raindrops falling, but nothing major yet. We'll keep you posted.
For more on what to expect today, check out this morning's edition of Pink Sheet Insider.

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