Serve King Eyes Graded Stakes Win the Red Smith

Back in 2017, trainer Chad Brown and gore agent Mike Ryan made the wise decision to travel across the Atlantic and attend the Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.

They arrived with about a dozen aspirants Klaravich Stables owners Seth Klarman and Peter Brant, who have proven to be the kind of gift that never stops giving.

From that consortium, they bought Newspaperaperofrecord for Klaravich, who won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T) in 2018 and earned $1.1 million. Two years later, Digital age also became the 1st place winner for Klaravich and earned $1.2 million.

Also, there is a 3rd place winner and stallion in Demarchelier for Brant and a winner stake in Klaravich’s Value proposition , which explains why more and more Americans are traveling to the Newmarket store, and that about 50 individuals were purchased by US connectivity companies at auction last month.

Nor was the original caravan ready to rest on an impressive series of laurel wreaths. While those promising kids are now 5 years old, one more classified stake winner could be added to the list on November 20th when Brown submits a request to buy Brant’s 2017 Tattersalls. Serving the King in Red Smith Staking (G2T) $200,000 at Aqueduct race track.

“Purchasing at Tattersalls has added another dimension to our barn, who has arranged the sale and development of about 60 breeders at Tattersalls for his owners since 2017.” Overall, it was very successful. We have obtained a high percentage of Pile out there. “

If going to a sale and eventually winning a ranked bet with a 25% bonus on 10 or more buys is an extraordinary feat, then an even more glittering tournament may be needed. Saturday if Serve the King takes the turf 1/8 mile. shares in Big A.

5 year old son of King added some light to Brown and Ryan’s Class Abroad of 2017 by winning the John’s Call Stakes contest this summer and then making it to Class 1 via runner-up last month. Rockempang , another Brown runner, in Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1T) at Belmont Park.

While that performance in Joe Hirsch wasn’t convincing enough to qualify for the Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T), it should make him ready for a strong effort in the final ranked game. of New York’s year for men.

“Serving the King is having a really good race and is continuing to get better. He’s been in really good form,” Brown said. “He had a great ride, saving ground in Joe Hirsch, although he did have to stop a bit to swing around a horse and that could cost him a bit.”

Serve the King was purchased for $361,616 from a Norris Bloodstock shipment at the Tattersalls sale. With a 4-2-1 record from 10 starts, he raked in $296,180 while serving as one of the matches that lit the fuse for a string of sustained success for Ryan and Brown at the Tattersalls.

Overall, Ryan bought 57 annuities for Brown and various owners at Tattersalls between 2017-19 and by mid-September he had aggregated 29 winners and seven graded bet winners. from those purchases.

In addition to Serving the King, Brown will also send Value engineering , a 5-year-old raised in Kentucky by DJ Stable, who will win the pension option on October 21.

“Value engineering is a horse that finally broke through last time. We’ll shoot with him, but it’s a big, solid field and he’s going to have to step up to win it,” Brown said. about a son of Lemon Drop Kid who will feature in his 12th match.

Field 10 also includes Calumet . Farm purebred tier 1 winners Cat . Channel . The son of a stallion who died recentlyEnglish Channel won the Man o’ War Stakes (G1T) in May for coach Jack Sisterson but finished no better than fourth in the next three starts.

The 6-year-old Channel cat, who finished sixth in the Calumet Turf Cup Stakes (G2T) at Kentucky Downs in his final start, will race against the lightning players on Saturday in hopes of triggering a return to his form in the spring.

“He’s been lacking a bit of light on the previous couple of starts and the addition of the blinks will help him,” Sisterson said. “During the race at the Kentucky Downs, he didn’t take the lead and didn’t really finish. I felt like something was missing in the last two races and I think the flashes would help. “

Grade 1 booked The soldier is rising should welcome Red Smith’s longer distance after climbing from 10th in the eighth column to fifth in Hill Prince Stakes (G2T) at 1 1/8 mile last time.

Owned by Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb, Morris Bailey, Wonder Stables and Michael Caruso and trained by Christophe Clement, Frankel The 3-year-old finished second in both the Jockey Club Derby Invitational Stakes and the Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes (G1T) 1 1/2 miles and 1 3/16 miles respectively, in the first two starts of new connections. after starting his career in France. He will face the older horses for the first time on Saturday.