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6/4/05 - TRAVELATOR takes Candy Eclair at Monmouth Park for 5th stakes win
Our Sugar Bear Stable's New York-bred TRAVELATOR scored her 10th victory and fifth stakes tally -- but her first win at a distance other than six furlongs -- in Monmouth's five-furlong Candy Eclair Stakes for fillies and mares on Saturday as the 1.90-to-1 favorite among seven starters. Always a deadly come-from-behind sprinter at six furlongs and Grade 2-placed going seven furlongs at Aqueduct in 2005, the five-year-old mare had jockey Christopher DeCarlo on board as her ninth career jockey. DeCarlo allowed the New York-bred to do what she does best: make a devastating final quarter-mile stretch run that carried her from fourth to first by three-quarters of a length in 57.24 seconds over the drying out "good" main track. Originally scheduled for five furlongs on turf, the Candy Eclair was switched to Monmouth's main track because of wet turf conditions, resulting in four scratches but leaving a field of competitors that had all scored repeatedly on main tracks. Travelator's victory increased her earnings by $33,000 to $499,442 and improved her record to 10 - 6 - 4 in 26 starts.

Owned by the Our Sugar Bear Stable of William Terrill of New Hyde Park, Travelator campaigns under the care of trainer Stanley Hough, who had give her sharp half-mile workouts on Belmont's training track on May 24 and May 31 (a 47 3/5 "bullet" drill on the latter date). She is the 10th New York-bred open stakes winner of 2005, and the Candy Eclair was the 11th open stakes won in 2005 by a runner foaled in the Empire State. Travelator and stakes-winning half-brother Top Shoter (now $249,900 following an open stakes-placing on May 7) and Memorial Day stakes-placer Miss Smart Strike comprise 26 New York-breds that have won or placed in a total of 44 open stakes events in 2005.

Bred by Michael and Raylene Anchel, owners of the new Victory Lake Farm in Skaneateles, Travelator is the fourth stakes winner of 2005 by leading New York sire A. P Jet (Fappiano - Taminette, by In Reality), who stands at Howard Kaskel's Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag for $5,000, live foal. A $52,000 purchase out of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2002 April sale of two-year-olds in training in Florida, Travelator is the third offspring and third New York-bred winner produced from New York-bred Rajadiddle, a daughter of former New York stallion Raja's Revenge. In addition to Top Shoter, she is a half-sister to Saratoga allowance winner Archers Gal ($111,930). Travelator's maternal granddam (second dam), Taradiddle, is a winning daughter of Damascus

Galloping Grocer Joins the Preakness Fray
Galloping Grocer (A.P Jet) joined the list of possible Preakness starters yesterday. The colt, winless in four starts this term, was beaten 26 1/4 lengths when fourth in the GI Wood Memorial and is coming off a third-place effort against New York-breds in the Apr. 24 Times Square S. at Belmont Park.

'Grocer' Getting Ready
GII Remsen S. runner-up Galloping Grocer (A. P Jet) has been given some time off from serious training, but is set to embark down the GI Kentucky Derby trail on a schedule comprised of a trio of prep races, according to trainer Dominick Schettino. The Bronx-born conditioner, 38, said that the New York-bred Galloping Grocer would tentatively target the Feb. 12 Whirlaway S. at Aqueduct, Mar. 5 GII Fountain of Youth S. at Gulfstream and GI Wood Memorial S. at the Big A in preparation for the Derby, held May 7 at Churchill Downs.

12/11 - TRAVELATOR,f. 4, A. P Jet—Rajadiddle, by Raja’s Revenge does it again, winning the GARLAND OF ROSES H.at Aqueduct for owner Our Sugar Bear Stable and breeder Michael & Raylene Anchel (N.Y.). She has started 21 times and has been on the board 17 time with 9 wins and earnings of $435,986.

Travelator notched the fourth stakes victory of her two-season career when she passed three horses in the stretch to earn a head decision over Sensibly Chic in the $80,900 Garland of Roses Handicap on Saturday at Aqueduct. Travelator, with Norberto Arroyo Jr. in the irons, rated in fourth throughout before passing Forest Music, the fading Cologny, and Sensibly Chic in the stretch. T ravelator finished third to Cologny in the Montclair State University Stakes on November 13 at the Meadowlands. She earned her first victory since taking the Regret Stakes on August 8 at Monmouth Park.
Travelator is out of the unraced Raja’s Revenge mare Rajadiddle and is a half sister to two-time stakes winner Top Shoter.

11/27 - In a stretch battle that would determine which one of two undefeated
horses would see their streak end, Rockport Harbor held on by a narrow margin to win the $200,000 Remsen Stakes (G2) on Saturday at Aqueduct. Jockey Stewart Elliott kept Rockport Harbor to his task along the rail in the stretch, as the colt dug in resolutely to hold off Galloping Grocer and register a neck victory in 1:48.88, the second-fastest time in the history of the Remsen, and the closest victory n four career starts for Rockport Harbor.

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(11/7) Karakorum Splendor win Stallion S. divisions their own way Karakorum Farm's KARAKORUM SPLENDOR got a decent start and did what she does best in Aqueduct's $125,000 New York Stallion Fifth Avenue Stakes for two-year-old fillies sired by registered New York stallions on Sunday, going immediately to the front and refusing to let any rival overtake her. Ridden for the fourth time in four career starts by Pablo Fragoso and favored at 1.15-to-1 among eight starters in the six-furlong event, the fleet daughter of A. P Jet broke from the inside post and reeled off fractions of 22.56, 45.87, and 58.02. She pulled clear of her closest challenger, 5.80-to-1 third choice Avery Hall, in the final furlong to win by 3 3/4 lengths in 1:10.94, with 2.10-to-1 second choice Brassy Boots coming in third.

Karakorum Splendor's second victory within 24 days and coming just 15 days after her second-place effort in Belmont's $100,000 Maid of the Mist Stakes on New York Showcase Day, when she had ducked in at the start, increased her earnings by $75,000 into six figures at $121,650 in four starts. Owned by the Karakorum Farm partnership racing program managed by William DiScala of Staten Island, the bay filly campaigns under the care of trainer James Jerkens, who had given her a sharp three-furlong workout of 35 2/5 on Belmont's training track four days prior to her first stakes victory.

Karakorum Splendor has had a busy schedule since debuting with a fourth-place effort at Belmont on September 19, and that fact had concerned Jerkens, who had decided that she deserved another shot at stakes competition: "She had a ridiculous trip last time. I was a little bit worried about running her back so quick, because she is high-strung to start with. But for a $125,000 race, she certainly looked as good as anyone else in there, so we had to take a shot. She broke running. I would have been unbelievably disappointed if she would have packed it in."
Jockey Fragoso indicated that his quick-striding mount had not shown any signs of weariness: "She did everything so easily. Turning for home, I knew I had a lot of horse left. She just kept running for me."

Purchased for $25,000 at Fasig-Tipton's 2003 Saratoga preferred New York-bred yearling sales and originally named Indy Woods, Karakorum Splendor had been consigned to that auction by Howard Kaskel's Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag, where she also had been conceived, foaled, and raised. The speedy filly's breeder is the GSB Racing & Breeding Stock, Inc. of Gale Brophy, who owns a small farm in upstate New York and divides her time between New York and Florida. GSB Racing & Breeding Stock qualified for the maximum $10,000 breeder award as a result of Karakorum Splendor's Fifth Avenue victory, and the win also qualified the connections of the filly's New York-based syndicated sire, A. P Jet (Fappiano - Taminette, by In Reality), for a $5,250 stallion award. Karakorum Splendor is the eighth stakes winner overall and fourth 2004 stakes winner sired by A. P Jet -- joining unbeaten Galloping Grocer, Travelator, and Jini's Jet -- and her victory pushed the stallion's progeny earnings to over $7.7-million from five crops and his 2004 progeny earnings to nearly $2.3-million. A. P Jet stood the 2004 season at Sugar Maple Farm for a fee of $5,000, live foal.
Karakorum Splendor is the third offspring, third winner, and second consecutive New York-bred winner that GSB Racing & Breeding Stock has bred from Forest Garden, a winning daughter of Woodman that had raced for breeder Brophy, breaking her maiden in her 21st and final career start as a five-year-old.

10/23 - GALLOPING GROCER Strolls To Third Straight Victory

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Robert D. Rosenthal's and Bernice Waldbaum's Galloping Grocer loped around Belmont Park's main track and won the 11th running of the $100,000 Sleepy Hollow by seven and a half lengths without getting out of a gallop.

The victory was the third for this A.P. Jet gelding, who like fellow New York-bed Funny Cide in 2002, is 3-0 after the Sleepy Hollow. Funny Cide, also a gelding, would go on to win the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in 2003 and the Jockey Club Gold Cup in 2004. Funny Cide is expected to run in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Lone Star Park, Texas next Saturday.

While comparisons are obvious, Galloping Grocer still has a lot to do in the future to equal his predecessor's numbers. But he is off to a good start. Saturday, Galloping Grocer took jockey John Velazquez to the lead to set a controlled pace of :23 2/5; :46 3/5 and 1:11. Carminooch and Distinctive Trick tried, but the race was clearly over as Galloping Grocer exited the turn. He came home with no pressure in 1:37 4/5.
"He broke a step slow," Velazquez said. "I wasn't going to choke him down. I said, 'Let them chase me and let them get tired,' because he was just galloping around. I made him do a little bit after the wire because he is not doing enough, just so he gets something out of it. He still has to improve and face open company, but he seems like he is going to be something special."

The next test for Galloping Grocer appears to be the Grade 2, $200,000 Remsen for two-year-olds at nine furlongs as part of Aqueduct as part of HolidayFest. It will be his first start around two turns.

"I left everything up to Johnny (Velazquez)," said trainer Dominick Schetttino. "With an inside post, he did the right thing and put the horse on the lead. I'm confident that he could sit if you wanted him to. This horse is awesome; he keeps doing everything right. Johnny galloped him out to make sure he got something out of this and get fit to go a mile and an eighth. If he comes out of this race well, we'll go in the Remsen. It' s a real treat to be around a horse like him."

9/17- Galloping Grocer romps by 12 1/2 to go 2-for-2
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In what could only be described as a glorified workout, Robert Rosenthal's and Bernice Waldbaum's homebred GALLOPING GROCER turned in another uncontested performance in Belmont's third race on Friday, a $43,000 restricted N1X allowance for two-year-olds, stretching out to 6 1/2 furlongs and winning by 12 1/2 lengths. The big chestnut was bet down to the lowest odds possible -- five cents on the dollar -- against four rivals with New York Thoroughbred Breeders 2002 Jockey of the Year John Velazquez again on board for an effort at a furlong-and-a-half longer than his five-furlong debut (in 56.88) 26 days earlier.

Lathery and feisty at the gate (he had almost run off with Velazquez prior to his August 22 Saratoga debut), Galloping Grocer stumbled at the start but quickly recovered and was at the throatlatch of the early pacesetter, 12.90-to-1 third choice Keep Sam in Cheq, in the opening quarter-mile. Velazquez obviously had received instructions from trainer Dominick Schettino that Friday's outing was to be a training drill for longer distances, and he kept his long-striding mount in check until the stretch, where Galloping Grocer quickly opened up a lead that almost doubled in distance in the final furlong. After crossing the finish line, Galloping Grocer galloped out an additional furlong in 13.10 for a 7 1/2-furlong clocking of 1:32-flat.

Galloping Grocer's second victory in two starts -- preceded by a 59-flat five-furlong workout at Belmont six days earlier -- increased his earnings by $25,800 to $50,400.

Galloping Grocer is among 55 winners in 2004 to represent his New York-based sire, syndicated A. P Jet (Fappiano - Taminette, by In Reality), and is among 116 winners overall sired by that stallion A Hypo-Mating check of Galloping Grocer's pedigree reveals that he is inbred 4 x 4 to Intentionally and that A. P Jet is inbred 4 x 4 to Rough'n Tumble

8/21-22 -) NY Stallion A. P Jet Has Impressive Weekend
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Over the August 21-22 weekend, three New York-conceived runners from three different crops sired by New York stallion A. P JET performed impressively on three different types of surfaces -- good, sloppy, and turf -- at three different tracks: stakes winner Jini's Jet, juvenile first-time-starter Galloping Grocer, and turf filly Always Dreaming.
At Suffolk Downs on Saturday, August, 21, Anthony Spadea's six-year-old Jini's Jet went gate-to-wire on a sloppy track to score his ninth stakes victory in the mile and a sixteenth Thomas F. Moran Stakes, winning by 6 1/2 lengths as the top-weighted and odds-on (.80-to-1) favorite among five starters. It was the chestnut gelding's fourth outing and second stakes victory under jockey Josiah Francis Hampshire Jr. in five starts since the Memorial Day weekend, and it boosted his earnings over the $300K mark to $311,220 while improving his record to 15 - 9 - 6 in 39 starts. Trained by Karl Grusmark and bred by Dennis Wallace, Jini's Jet is a full brother to winning stakes-placed filly Daffodil Princess and a half-brother to three stakes winners, being among eight winners produced from stakes winner Lady Scotus, by former New York stallion Duns Scotus. A Hypo-Mating check of the pedigree of Jini's Jet reveals that he is inbred 4 x 5 to Tom Fool.

The next day (Sunday) at Saratoga, Robert Rosenthal's and Bernice Waldbaum's New York homebred two-year-old, Galloping Grocer, raised eyebrows when he almost equaled the Spa's 11-year-old track record for five furlongs by winning his debut under a hand ride from John Velazquez in 56.88 over a drying-out "good" track. It was at least the fastest five furlongs recorded at Saratoga over the past four meetings. Trained by Dominick Schettino, Galloping Grocer is the fifth New York-bred winner produced from stakes-placed dirt and turf winner Little Evie, by Northrop, but he is that mare's first two-year-old winner. A Hypo-Mating check of Galloping Grocer's pedigree reveals that he is inbred 4 x 4 to Intentionally.

About 2 1/2 hours after Galloping Grocer's debut, Michael Smith's homebred Always Dreaming missed by a head while placing second in her first turf stakes effort, having led for most of River Downs' mile and a sixteenth Vivacious Handicap before getting caught by multiple stakes winner Oh So Easy ($253,145). Finishing a length and a half behind the four-year-old New York-conceived bay, who was ridden by jockey Jeff Johnston, was the 2.30-to-1 favorite among the 12 Ohio-bred fillies and mares (three-year-olds and up) participating, Rhythm in Shoes. Trained by Douglas Danner, Always Dreaming was the 15.10-to-1 seventh choice despite coming off consecutive two-turn allowance victories on turf (in open company) and on dirt (sloppy track) within a span of six days at River Downs during July. Her record is now 4 - 3 - 5 in 23 starts, and her second-place effort in the Vivacious marked her first black-type stakes credential. Always Dreaming is the first offspring produced from four-time sprint winner Dreamalongwithme, by Danzatore, and a Hypo-Mating check of her pedigree reveals that she is inbred 4 x 4 to Raise a Native and Dr. Fager -- grandsires of A. P Jet's sire, Fappiano.

8/22 - Galloping Grocer: 5F in 56.88 in dazzling debut
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Obviously, the word was out on Robert Rosenthal's and Bernice Waldbaum's homebred GALLOPING GROCER, who was odds-on (.80-to-1) among six juveniles in Saratoga's five-furlong third race on Sunday, a $41,000 restricted maiden special, but what was not anticipated was his near record performance of 56.88 despite an off track. With New York Thoroughbred Breeders 2002 Jockey of the Year John Velazquez in the irons, the big, powerful chestnut broke next-to-last from the outside post position for his debut, but once he got rolling, his head was in front after three-sixteenths of a mile. Third choice Storm N Lightning (4.10-to-1), who had broken on top from the number two post, held the rail position around the turn but could not match strides with his intimidating rival, who zipped a 21.88 opening quarter, followed by a 45.83 half-mile for a seven-length mid-stretch lead. Galloping Grocer covered his final furlong in 11.05 seconds under a hand ride over the drying-out "good" track, reaching the finish with an 11 3/4-length margin in a clocking that was only about a fifth of a second (.28 officially) off Saratoga's 11-year-old track record for five furlongs.

Trained by Dominick Schettino, who had given the long striding gelding seven pre-start workouts beginning on May 5 and including a half-mile "bullet" drill of 47 2/5 in the mud from the gate on June 18, Galloping Grocer actually appears to be bred more for routing than sprinting. His four New York-bred winning half-siblings all won route races, and his nine-time winning half-brother, Little General ($158,675), scored all of his victories -- and all of his placings -- in routes. Galloping Grocer is the first offspring out of his dam to win as a two-year-old.

Galloping Grocer is the 48th winner of 2004 to represent his New York-based sire, syndicated A. P Jet (Fappiano - Taminette, by In Reality), and is the 114th winner overall sired by that stallion, whose connections qualified for a $1,722 stallion award as a result of the gelding's debut victory. A. P Jet was a group stakes-winning miler in Japan, where he earned $1,622,369, and Galloping Grocer's first-out tally has boosted the stallion's 2004 progeny earnings to almost $1.5-million and his cumulative figure to just under $6.9-million from five crops. A. P Jet stands at Howard Kaskel's Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag, where his 2004 fee was $5,000, live foal.

The dam of Galloping Grocer is stakes-placed Little Evie, a daughter of Northrop (by Northern Dancer) who won twice on dirt and once on turf and placed third as a three-year-old in two turf stakes for New York-breds: Saratoga's Yaddo Stakes and a division of Belmont's Mount Vernon Stakes. Old Westbury Farm South had purchased Little Evie for $13,000 at Keeneland's 1987 September yearling sale in Lexington, Kentucky. A Hypo-Mating check of Galloping Grocer's pedigree reveals that he is inbred 4 x 4 to Intentionally and that his sire, A. P Jet, is inbred 4 x 4 to Rough'n Tumble

8/21 - Tough and durable JINI'S JET (g, 6, A. P Jet--Lady Scotus {SW}, by Duns Scotus) wins the Thomas Moran at Suffolk and pushes his earnings over $310,000.

8/13 - A.P Jet had two nice two year old winners at Saratoga today.

Blue Sunday in eye-opening debut at Spa
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Darley Stable's BLUE SUNDAY making his career debut against 2-year-old state-breds put in a sparkling performance winning by 15-lengths at Saratoga Race Course. The 5-1/2-furlong race was run over a "sloppy" main track with a field of 6-horses. Trainer Thomas Albertrani gave a leg-up to Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey, who recently broke Angel Cordero, Jr.'s record of 640 victories at the Spa and is currently in second-position for the meet.

Blue Sunday came out running from the 5-post and quickly opened up a three-length lead through an opening first quarter in 22.4 seconds. Cherokee Chief tracked in second and the race time favorite Aspen Edge, who stumbled at the started moved into third-position. As the field hit the top of the stretch, Blue Sunday began to draw off increasing his lead with every stride to win under a hand-ride. Aspen Edge finished second and Cherokee Chief held for third-money. Final time was 1:04.2 seconds.
Bred by Edward C. Behringer and Thomas P. Murray, who together qualify for a $4,920 breeder's award, Blue Sunday is by A. P Jet, and the fourth-foal out of the stakes producing Wavering Monarch mare, Manor Queen, a stakes placed multiple allowance winner of $320,155. The Maktoum brother's Darley Stable purchased the bay colt at this year's March OBS two-year-old in training sales for $350,000. A. P Jet stands at Howard Kaskel's Sugar Maple Farm in Pouhquag, N.Y. and is having another banner year with progeny earnings approaching $1,400,000, which places him sixth on the registered New York-based stallion standings. A. P Jet's recent stakes winners include New York-bred Travelator, winner of the Regret Stakes at Monmouth Park and Jini's Jet, winner of the Last Dance Stakes at Suffolk Downs. The syndicate owners of A. P Jet qualified for a $1,722 stallion owner's award.

Earhart rallies to capture state-bred maiden at Spa
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Paul and Gilmary Andrews' EARHART, making her second career start and first at six-furlongs, closed strongly over a "sloppy" main track at Saratoga Race Course to break her maiden. The two-year-old maiden race had a field of 8-fillies go to the gate with trainer Thomas Bush naming jockey Aaron Gryder to ride the bay filly. Earhart finished second in her debut on July 22nd at Belmont Park and trained back for today's race at Bush's Belmont home base.

Swither was sent to the front by Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey tracked by Hoosick Falls, Speed Bag and Lord and Lady B through an opening first quarter in 22.1 seconds. Earhart was moved against the rail in the early going and saved ground around the far turn as Swither continued to lead the way, getting to the top of the stretch and led the way past the half-mile pole in 46.1 seconds before tiring badly. Gryder moved Earhart off the rail moving the talented filly between Hoosick Falls and Swither to gain command and drew off to win by 3-1/2-lengths under the wire. Hoosick Falls finished second and it was another six-lengths back to Swither, who held for third money. Final time was 1:12.1 seconds.

Bred by Dr. Doug Koch's Berkshire Stud Farm, who qualifies for a $4,920 breeder's award, Earhart gave sire A. P Jet his second winner of the afternoon at the Spa. Earhart is out of the unraced Sky Classic mare All Engaged, a half-sister to winner of the Sorority Stakes - Grade 1 winner Officer's Ball (Faraway Son), and half-sister to stakes winner Pledge Card, who placed 2nd as a two-year-old in the Grade 1 - Laurel Futurity. Earhart was purchased at last year's Saratoga Fasig-Tipton Preferred Yearling sale for $15,000 and picked up a $24,600 winner's purse for today's effort. The sire, A. P Jet stands at Howard Kaskel's Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag, New York and with his second winner on the card moves closer to the top of the registered New York-based stallion standings. The syndicate owners of A. P Jet qualified for a $1,722 stallion owner's award.

8/8 - TRAVELATOR, is living up to her name and now has traveled out of state to win the $100,000 Reget S. at Monmouth Park for owner Our Sugarbear Stable and breeders, Michael & Raylene Anchel (N.Y.). She is trained by Stanley M. Hough.
Lifetime: 16-8-5-1, $360,311. $52,000 2002 OBSAPR

7/30 - Volley Ball, H. 5, A.P Jet - Verbal Volley (Oh Say) ran third in the John J Shumaker H at Penn National raising his earnings to $111,103.

7/16 - TRAVELATOR f. 4, A. P Jet—Rajadiddle, by Raja’s Revenge continues her war with COLOGNY and this time she was second to that rival in the in the SCOTZANNA S. at Belmont Park. She has now earned over $300,000 for owner Our Sugar Bear Stable.

7/5 -Good old JINI'S JET (g, 6, A. P Jet--Lady Scotus {SW}, by Duns Scotus) remains the model of consistency winning a $40,000 stakes race at his home track Suffolk Downs
Lifetime Record: 37-14-9-5, $282,820.

6/24 - EXPECT NOTHING, f. 3, A. P Jet—Missalaric, by Dom Alaric (Fr). has taken to the grass liek a fish to water and won a second allowance race for owner breeder Joseph W. Gerrity Jr. she has raised her earnings to over $96,000. Expect Nothing gave everything, soaring past three rivals from three wide just past a half-mile. She held off a game closing rally by Gebb’s Dixie to prevail by a nose to score her third win in eight starts this season. In her previous start—her Belmont Park debut—Expect Nothing finished second in a 11/16-mile allowance race on June 3. Expect Nothing is one of five winners from six starters out of the stakes-placed winning Dom Alaric (Fr) mare Missalaric.

6/20 - TRAVELATOR f. 4, A. P Jet—Rajadiddle, by Raja’s Revenge continues her winning ways nailing the Mount Vernon at Finger Lakes. Her earnings climb over $288,00 for owner Our Sugar Bear Stable and breeder Michael & Raylene Anchel.

6/19- JINI'S JET keeps up the heat running third in the OLD IRONSIDES S.on Mass Cap day at Suffolk Downs. In his last out he won the RISE JIM for the second year in a row.

4/20 - QUIET RENDITION, f, by A. P Jet—Quiet City, by Carson City. {M & H Training and Sales, agent} was purchased by Jeffrey Tucker for $102,000 on the second day of the OBS Spring sale.

4/19 - A. P JET COLT TOPS OBS SPRING SALE OPENER
Hip No. 249, Blue Sunday, an A. P Jet colt whose quarter in :21 4/5 into a stiff headwind was the fastest at the distance at the opening session of the Under Tack Show, went to John Ferguson, Agent for $350,000 to top the opening session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2004 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training. The dark bay or brown colt, consigned by Nick de Meric, Agent, is out of stakes placed Manor Queen, by Wavering Monarch, and is a half brother to stakes winner Infinite Justice.

3/31 - Hot Golden Jet, f, 4 Hot Gossip (Java Gold) runs third in the Big A's open stakes the Numbered Account as NY-breds run 1-2-3-4

2003 NEWS

9/21 - TRAVELATOR graduated to the ranks of stakewinners winning the SCHENECTADY H. at Belmont Park and raising her earnings over $200,000. To read more please visit http://www.nybreds.com/frames/FS_bulletinboard.html and scroll down to 9/21.

7/12 -Travelator adds a second stakes placing to her resume running 2nd in the Candy Eclair at Monmouth.

7/5/03 - J.P. JET c. 4, A. P Jet—Wee Small Hours, by Seattle Slew ran 3rd in the Blair's Cove at Canterbury Downs earlier he won the Lakes S His earnings stand at $178,031

6/8/03 - Jet Alert ran 3rd in the $250,000 NY Stallion Cab Calloway S. at Belmont

5/26/03- O`dassuny ran third in the G.W.Barker at Finger Lakes rasing her earnings to $103,574.

5/18- Travelator adds a stakes placing to her resume, runing third in the Bouwerie S at Belmont. Earlier she won for the third time in four races, defeating state-bred NW-2X fillies and mares, three year-olds and upward. Owned by Our Sugar Bear Stable, Travelator is trained by Chris Englehart, who makes his home in Farmington, New York. Bred by Michael and Raylene Anchel at their Treasure Hill Farm in Middletown, New York,

Purchased at the 2002 April OBS two year-old in training sale for $52,000, Travelator has now earnedalmost a $100,000 in fiver-career starts.

5/17/03- J.P.Jet won the Lakes S. at Canterbury Downs raising his earnings to Lakes S. $173,776

4/27/03- Hot Golden Jet ran a gutsy second in the $150,000 NY Stallion Stakes Park Avenue ) at Aqueduct. She has now earned over $90,000 for her connections,: Owner, John Confort and Albert Weiss; breeder, Sugar Maple Farm (N.Y.); trainer, James
A. Jerkens.
3/1/03 - Consistent JINI'S JET, ran third in the Waquoit S. at Suffolk Downs and raised his earnings to $222,270.

2002

Please click the following links to see the tracking of Owners, Breeder's and Stallion awards in 2002. 1st Quarter - 2nd Quarter - 3rd Quarter - 4th Quarter

12/1 - JINI'S JET, ran third in the Rise Jim S. at Suffolk Downs and raised his earnings to $218,770.

12/21 - JINI'S JET has added a fourth 2002 stakes win ( and 7th stakes win over all) to his credentials romping in the John Kirby S. at Suffolk Downs and winning by more than 6 lengths. He has increased his earnings to over $215,000.

12/4 - A.P JET colts finish first and second: Moon Spinner, a first out winner Thalia Stavrides' homebred, MOON SPINNER, won first crack out of the box today at Aqueduct Racetrack. Facing 9 state-bred two year-olds, Moon Spinner was primed and ready for his debut around the winterized inner-track. The one-mile affair was run around two turns, and Jean Luc Samyn had the winning mount for trainer Bill Turner, Jr.

Cosmic Jet led the way into the Clubhouse turn with Moon Spinner saving ground along the inside. John's Jet ( also by A.P Jet), who was rank in the gate, was forced to go five wide around the turn before racing into contention down the backstretch. Nearing the far turn, Moon Spinner took command and once straightened for home, drew away to win by three and one-half lengths over John's Jet with Teet Jr. up for third money. Moon Spinner is a bay colt by A.P Jet, out of Calypso Vuh, by Well Selected. The dam, Calypso Vuh, is a half-sister to grade 3 winner Popol's Gold (Strike Gold), a New York-bred who earned $447, 465. The winner's share of the purse amounts to $25,200 and Ms. Stavrides, also, qualifies for a breeder's award of $5,040 from the New York Breeding and Racing Program.

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10/12 JINI'S JET has added a third 2002 stakes win to his credentials winning the John Macomber S. at Suffolk Downs with dsipatch by over 3 lengths. He has increased his earings to $197,270

Krystyna Stable's and Anthony Spadea's Jini's Jet,picked up his sixth stakes victory and third stakes score of 2002 when he won Suffolk's black-type John R. Macomber Stakes by 3 1/4 lengths under top weight of 125 pounds on Saturday, October 12. Ridden for the second time by Josiah Francis Hampshire Jr., who rode three winners that day and was last aboard Jini's Jet for a victory in Suffolk's Norman Hall Stakes in 2000, the chestnut four-year-old was the .50-to-1 favorite despite conceding eight to five pounds to his six rivals. His victory in the six-furlong event increased his earnings to $197,270 and improved his record to 12 - 5 - 1 in 23 starts. Conceived in New York and bred by Dennis Wallace, Jini's Jet is a half-brother to three stakes winners -- two others of which also were conceived in New York -- being out of stakes winner Lady Scotus, by Duns Scotus. Jini's Jet is among five stakes winners from the first two crops of A. P Jet .
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8/25 J. P. JET, Dkbbr. c. 3, A. P Jet—Wee Small Hours, by Seattle Slew, Won the Minnessota Classic at Canterbury Park by 2 1/4 lengths. This was his fourth consecutive win. He increased his earnings to $151,209 for owner Jessica Peltier. The chart reads: ... secured a forward placing while angling in a bit on the first turn, attended the pace outside a rival through the backstretch, increased the tempo leaving the second bend, took over in upper stretch and went clear under firm encouragement.

8/14 Le Bourget (A.P. Jet - Bien Sucre by Ends Well) wires an open allowance field at Saratoga. Robert Reinacher, Jr.'s LE BOURGET racing against open allowance horses, 3 year-olds and upward, went wire to wire today at Saratoga Race Course. Jockey, Jerrry Bailey sent Le Bourget to the lead soon after the break and dictated the pace throughout getting to the half-mile in 46 seconds flat. Never threatened, Le Bourget opened daylight on the field and coasted under the wire an easy three-length winner. Bred by Reinacher, Terry Segura and Dr. Doug Koch's Berkshire Stud Farm of Pine Plains, New York, the four year-old bay colt has now earned $130,170, hitting the board in seven of his nine lifetime starts including four victories.

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8/3 J. P. JET, Dkbbr. c. 3, A. P Jet—Wee Small Hours, by Seattle Slew, romped in the MINNESOTA DERBY at Canterbury Park, winning by 11 and 1/2 lengths and equaling the track record in the process. This was his third consecutive win. He gained $34,827 for owner, Jessica Peltier and increased his earnings to $124,749.

7/29 MISCHIEVIOUSLY, B. f. 2, Mrs. Filio, by Eastern Echo. Saratoga Race Course, 7/29, 5.5f, fast, 1:05.91. Won by 1/2. O—Padua Stables; B—Sugar Maple Farm (N.Y.); T—Dallas Stewart. 2-1-0-0, $26,225.

$210,000 2001 FTSAUG. Mischieviously reared at the start, stumbled out of the gate and was outrun early, but she recovered and made a wide move into the lane to reach contention with a swift rally from fifth in the final furlong to beat a field of New York-breds as the 1.75-to-1 favorite. Satish Sanan’s Padua Stables purchased Mischieviously for $210,000 at the 2001 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga preferred yearling sale from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. Mischieviously is out of the winning Eastern Echo mare Mrs. Filio and a half sister to two winners.

7/28 JINI'S JET - ran second in the LouSmithMemH (3up) and raised his earnings to $173,880 for owners Krystyna Stable and Spadea, Anthony and trainer Karl M. Grusmark.

7/27 BRIANO - bobs head in time in 3-way thriller
In one of the most exciting finishes on Saratoga's Friday card, Rocco Bueti's homebred BRIANO led all the way in the sixth race, a $44,000 restricted N1X allowance for three-year-olds and up going a two-turn mile on the inner turf, winning a three-way photo finish that had everyone guessing.

The four-year-old gelding was coming off a restricted maiden special victory at six furlongs (in 1:09.97) on Belmont's main track on July 10, and 16 days earlier he had placed second in his first turf outing, a maiden special mile at Rockingham. Saratoga bettors were unimpressed with those credentials, sending him off as the 28.20-to-1 eighth choice among 10 starters with jockey Wilfredo Lozano Jr. up for the first time, but Briano and Lozano controlled the pace from the outset, and that was one of the keys to their victory. Breaking from the ninth post position, Briano quickly opened up a length and a half lead and saved ground with even quarter-mile splits of 24.32 and 24.36. By mid-stretch, 13.50-to-1 sixth choice Native Rhythm got to within half a length of him, followed closely by a phalanx of other contenders, and Briano kicked in. Throughout the contentious final furlong, the dark bay gelding repeatedly dropped his head downward as though uncertain about the relatively high grass on Saratoga's inner turf course while Native Rhythm ranged up on the outside. Briano looked like he wanted to switch leads, which he did a few strides from the wire, again dropping his head at precisely the opportune moment to score a nose victory over Native Rhythm, who had a narrow nose margin over fast-flying Foreverness, the 1.35-to-1 favorite, on the outside. Briano ran his final quarter-mile in 23.84 seconds to clock a winning time of 1:37.42. For his second consecutive win and first victory on turf, Briano earned $26,400, increasing his career bankroll to $70,060 and improving his record to 2 - 2 - 0 in nine starts while also qualifying his owner-breeders, Mr. and Mrs. Rocco Bueti of Mt. Kisco, for a $5,280 breeder award. Trained by John Rigattieri, the New York-bred gelding's speed was never in question, but his new found talent on turf and ability to run a fast fourth quarter-mile give him a new dimension.

Briano's sire is New York stallion A. P Jet ($1,622,369), who was a Group 3-winning miler on turf in Japan, where he raced exclusively, but whose stakes winners from his first crops have tended to be early-developing main track performers. Owned by a syndicate comprised chiefly of John Nerud, Howard Kaskel, John Hettinger, and Taylor Made Farm, which qualified for a $1,848 stallion award, A. P Jet (Fappiano - Taminette, by In Reality) stands at Kaskel's Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag. Briano is among three New York-bred runners, all winners, produced by Brianas'flyingkiss, an On to Glory mare who raced for Marie Bueti under the care of trainer Rigattieri, winning four of nine starts, including three main track six-furlong allowances at Suffolk and Rockingham by daylight margins totaling 26 3/4 lengths. Brianas'flyingkiss also earned stakes money on turf (twice) and dirt.

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6/2 A.P. JET - went off the heavy favorite in the Victor Myer Jr S. for state breds at Canterbury Park. He won by 4 lengths. The chart reads: ... stalked the pacesetter between foes on the backstretch, steadily closed the gap on that rival leaving the turn, took over nearing mid stretch and went clear under firm handling.

6/8 JINI'S JET - went off the heavy favorite in the Thomas F. Moran S. at Suffolk Downs and did not disappoint. He has won both of his 2002 starts, both in stakes company and raised his earnings to $158,080 for owners Krystyna Stable and Spadea, Anthony and trainer Karl M. Grusmark.

6/5James Riccio's New York-bred, BELLA
ROUGE, won her second consecutive
open allowance race beating
non-winners of 3X condition fillies and
mares going seven furlongs over the main
track. She raised her earnings to $197,365. Trained by Richard Dutrow, Jr.,
Bella Rouge was ridden by apprentice
jockey Victor Carrero. BELLA ROUGE was claimed by owner Mr. Riccio for $45,000 and has raced in his Royal Blue colors four times, visiting the winner's circle three times - all against open company allowance fillies and mares. As owner, Mr. Riccio receives an open owners' award of 20% of the winner's share of today's $49,000 purse or $5,880. Thus far, Mr. Riccio has collected $18,240 in owner's awards from the New York Breeding and Racing Program!

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JINI'S JET - winner of the Rise Jim Stakes at Suffolk Downs on April 6th.Jini’s Jet went right to the front from the start, opened up daylight on the turn, then had to hold off a late charge by Al Bark to post a head decision in Saturday’s $30,000 Rise Jim Stakes for older Massachusetts-breds.

Jini’s Jet, making his first start of the year, captured his ninth victory in 15 lifetime appearances and went over $130,000 in career earnings.

The chestnut filly is among 16 winners in 2002 from two crops to race by syndicated New York stallion A. P Jet.

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