Bold Fortune streaks to New York Breeders’ Futurity score

Fortune Farm’s homebred Bold Fortune ran back to his monster maiden victory with another eye-popping performance in Monday’s $165,368 New York Breeders’ Futurity at Finger Lakes.

The 2-year-old gelding by multiple leading New York sire Central Banker crushed his six opponents in the 6-furlong Futurity, winning by 7 3/4 lengths under Dylan Davis. Bold Fortune, the 7-5 second choice shipping in from trainer George Weaver’s string at Saratoga Race Course’s Oklahoma Training Track, added the Futurity to his 10 1/2-length victory in the maiden ranks last month during the Belmont at the Big A meeting.

Davis put Bold Fortune on the lead from the break, outrunning Idyll Gossip, Buttah and 4-5 favorite Under Who’s Radar through the opening quarter-mile in :22.52.

Bold Fortune continued on the lead as In the Chase reached contention around the far turn. Bold Fortune clicked off a half in :44.99 and drew off from there, widening his lead in midstretch to 6 ½ lengths through 5 furlongs in :57.34. Share the Ludt, sixth after the opening quarter, rallied to finish second and was 1 ¾ lengths clear of Under Who’s Radar in third. Buttah, In the Chase, Idyll Gossip and Don Luis completed the field. Bold Fortune won in 1:10.72.

Bold Fortune collected $99,220 for the victory, boosting his earnings to $151,270. He finished third in his August 21 debut at Saratoga behind eventual Bertram F. Bongard Stakes winner Sacrosanct.

Bold Fortune also became the latest stakes winner for Central Banker, a 14-year-old son of Speightstown who stands for $7,500 at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs. Central Banker came into the day ranked second on the New York general sire list behind fellow McMahon stallion Bucchero.

Bred by Fortune Farm’s Richard Nicolai and foaled at Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater, Bold Fortune is the second foal out of the multiple stakes-placed Posse mare Might Be. Runner-up in the 2017 Empire Distaff Handicap at Belmont Park and 2019 Jack Betta Be Rite Stakes at Finger Lakes, Might Be won three of 17 starts and earned $228,605.

Might Be’s first foal, the Central Banker filly Walk With Me, sold for $100,000 at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale. She won her debut last November at Aqueduct before a second to My Shea D Lady in the $500,000 Fifth Avenue division of the New York Stallion Series Stakes at Aqueduct. Walk With Me is 1-2-0 in five starts with $162,100 in earnings.

Might Be is also the dam of a yearling New York-bred colt by Uncle Lino who sold for $32,000 to Adelphi Racing Club at this year’s Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale, and a New York-bred weanling filly by Nashville born May 2. Those last two foals were bred by Fortune Farm and Emcee Stable LLC.

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Sweet Brown Sugar delivers in Jack Betta Be Rite

Richie Rich Stable’s Sweet Brown Sugar continued to show her fondness for Finger Lakes Monday afternoon with a dominating victory over older fillies and mares in the $50,000 Jack Betta Be Rite Stakes.

Facing elder females for the first time in stakes company, the 3-year-old daughter of Collected improved to 5-for-6 at Finger Lakes in the 1 1/16-mile Jack Betta Be Rite. Trained by Paul Barrow and ridden by Jeremias Flores, Sweet Brown Sugar won by 7 lengths over Midtown Lights. Final time over the fast track was 1:47.74.

The 1-5 favorite in the field of eight, Sweet Brown Sugar settled in third early as longshot Saloon Girl set the pace ahead of Inouaintalkintome through the opening quarter-mile in :23.92 and half in :48.45.

Sweet Brown Sugar vied for the lead around the far turn and took over before hitting 6 furlongs in 1:13.82. She drew off from there, widening her advantage to 4 1/2 lengths in midstretch past the mile in 1:40.83. Midtown Lights finished a clear second as the 7-2 second choice under Manny Franco, 1 3/4 lengths ahead of 25-1 longshot Shezanarcticqueen with Waitwaitdonttellme fourth.

Sweet Brown Sugar earned $30,000 for the victory and improved to 7-for-11 with a second and a third with earnings of $244,400. She’s won five of nine starts this season, including the East View Stakes in March at Aqueduct and the Niagara Stakes in June at Finger Lakes.

The victory in the Jack Betta Be Rite came 12 days after Sweet Brown Sugar won a 5 1/2-furlong allowance-optional over older fillies and mares at Finger Lakes. She finished second in the New York Oaks and sixth in the Fleet Indian at Saratoga Race Course in her two prior starts.

Bred by Chester and the late Mary Broman and foaled at their Chestertown Farm in Chestertown, Sweet Brown Sugar is the first and only foal out of the winning Bodemeister mare Rachel’s Blue Moon. The winner of two of 11 starts and $97,096, Rachel’s Blue Moon raced for the Bromans as a second-generation homebred for the eight-time leading breeders in the Empire State.

Rachel’s Blue Moon is out of the Grade 1-placed stakes-winning El Corredor mare Beautiful But Blue, who is out of the multiple stakes-winning $523,927-earning Dixie Brass mare Beautiful America.

Beautiful But Blue, third in the Grade 1 Test Stakes at Saratoga in 2012 and winner of three New York-bred stakes on the NYRA circuit that season, is also the dam of stakes-placed Montebello. Beautiful But Blue won five of 17 starts and earned $395,450. Beautiful America won six of 21 starts and earned $523,927 for the Bromans from 2002 to 2004.

Sweet Brown Sugar originally sold for $10,000 through the Sequel New York consignment at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale. She was then offered as part of the Scenic Sales consignment at the 2023 OBS June sale and brought $32,000 from Nick Hines, agent for Richie Rich Stables.

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Maker’s Candy dominates Genessee Valley Breeders’ Stakes

By Paul Halloran

An ownership group led by Paradise Farms made it two wins in a row in the Genessee Valley Breeders’ Stakes at Finger Lakes Monday, when odds-on favorite Maker’s Candy rolled to a 4 3/4-length win.

A year after Barese, owned by Paradise Farms and David Staudacher at the time, won the Genessee Valley, Maker’s Candy made every pole a winning one. Maxis Stable and John Huber are also part of the ownership group of Maker’s Candy, who was bred by Newtownanner Stud and foaled at Jacks Farm on the Hill in Millbrook.

Lady’s Golden Guy broke first from the far outside in a field that scratched down to six, but Manny Franco was intent on getting the lead and hustled Maker’s Candy to the front from the rail. Maker’s Candy was in front by the time they went around the clubhouse turn through a quarter-mile in :24.22.

The lead was a length as they started down the backstretch, and while Franco never really opened up on the field, he was in control throughout. Lady’s Golden Guy got as close as a long neck heading into the far turn after a half-mile in :48.70, but Maker’s Candy gradually extended the advantage down the stretch. The final time was 1:47.08.

Maker’s Candy, a 4-year-old son of Twirling Candy, improved his career line to 6-3-2 from 18 starts with $423,910 in earnings. Out of the Bluegrass Cat mare Purple Cat, Maker’s Candy sold for $97,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale. Trainer Mike Maker signed for the $200,000 ticket at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream 2-year-olds in training sale.

Purple Cat, a $550,000 yearling purchase in 2009, has produced two other winners out of six foals to race – Catapult Jack and Deep Space. Maker’s Candy is by far her most successful progeny. Purple Cat is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Sky Diva and stakes winner and the multiple Grade 1-placed Freud mare Quick Little Miss. The family also includes dual Grade 1 winner Pure Clan and Grade 1 winner Finley’sluckycharm.

Purple Cat was sold for $12,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky February mixed sale and foaled a New York-bred Speightster colt named Dream Alliance a few months later. Dream Alliance, who was sold for $20,000 at the 2022 OBS October yearling sale, ran sixth in his career debut August 5 at Finger Lakes.

Barese won six races, including the 2022 New York Derby at Finger Lakes, and more than $550,000 for Paradise Farms and Staudacher before getting claimed by Mertkan Kantarmaci for Diane Balsamo August 1 at Saratoga. The same ownership campaigns 3-year-old standout New York-bred The Wine Steward, who has three wins and three seconds in seven career starts, the only out-of-the-money finish coming in this year’s Belmont Stakes at Saratoga.

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