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MARVELOUS MAUDE, never off the board in her career, cleared her second-level New York-bred allowance condition last out at Belmont June 23 and handled her first foray into open company with aplomb Saturday. Backed as the 7-5 chalk for high-profile connections, the dark bay hugged the fence early while off the pace. She switched out and was given her cue into the second bend, came wider still into the lane and could not be contained from there as she bested fellow Empire-bred Finest Work (Outwork) by a length. The winner is out of a half-sister to MGSW Fear the Cowboy (Cowboy Cal). She has a 2-year-old halfsister by Freud and a foal full sister. Her dam was bred back to Slumber for 2023. Lifetime Record: 8-4-2-2, $250,750. O-Michael J. Dubb, The Elkstone Group, LLC & Michael J. Caruso; B-Beechwood Bruckner LLC (NY); T-Chad Brown. 

Multiple Graded stakes winner FLUFFY SOCKS had a 3rd in the Modesty Stakes (Gr. 3) and was on the board in the Eatontown Stakes (G3) earlir this year. Today she was hung wide but got the place position in the  Matchmaker Stakes (Gr. 3) at Monmouth. She is a homebred for Head of the Plains and is trained by Chad Brown.

First year New York stallion Combatant (Scat Daddy – Border Dispute by Boundary) will shuttle to Haras Porta Pia in Chile for Southern Hemisphere duties, it was announced by Rockridge Stud today.

KHALI'S DREAM won off by over 5 length racing 6 furlongs in a MSW at Finger Lakes. He overcame a slow start to lead by the first quarter and draw steadily clear. He is a homebred for the Wachtel Stable and is trained by Chris J. Englehart.
 

BREXTON got win #2 sprinting 5 1/2 at Canterbury Park.  He wait and then cleared the field 5 wide to win by 1/2 a lenght. He is trained by  Bennie L. Woolley, Jr.for owner: David Dayon
Breeders: Mr. & Mrs. Donnie R. Hubbard & Mr. & Mrs. Steve Bodkin

In his graded stakes debut, SY DOG secured his third win in as many starts in the G3 Transylvania Stakes at Keeneland. Upping it a notch into the G2 American Turf Stakes on Derby Day, he was closing fast, but had to settle for 3rd. SY DOG is a homebred for Head of Plains Partners & Madaket Stablesand is trained by H. Graham Motion.

Graded stakes winner FLUFFY SOCKS got her 2022 campaign off to a good start with a willing 2nd in a salty 4 X allowance race at  1 1/6 on the Keeneland turf. She is a homebred for Head of the Plains and is trained by Chad Brown.

SLEEPY N JOYFUL had to work for it but she dueled to her third win racing a mile at Penn National. She is trained by Mark V. Salvaggio
for owner Jeffrey W. Parthemore. She was bred in KY by Calumet Farm.

KHALI MAGIC closed out 2021 with an allowance win at Finger Lakes and opened 2022 with a win at Aqueduct. The homebred stalked, cleared and won for the trainer: Chris J. Englehart. She is a  Wachtel Stable homebred.

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A winner last out of the G2 Sands Point S at Belmont, FLUFFY SOCKS shipped west to start in the American Oaks G1 on opening day at Santa Anita. The race was originally scheduled for the turf and when run on the dirt it was downgraded from a G1 to a G2. Still, nothing to sneeze at. She trailed initially and then split horses to get up for 3rd and add more black type to her resume.  

Bred in Kentucky by owner Head of Plains Racing, Fluffy Socks is by Slumber (GB) out of the Kitten's Joy mare Breakfast Time. With her win in the G2 Sands Point, the 3-year-old filly has one win in five starts in 2021, for a lifetime record of 11-4-3-2and career earnings of $466,880.

Rockridge Stud in Hudson, N.Y., has announced its 2022 roster and stud fees.

The group is headlined by proven second-crop sire Slumber, the sire of a 3-year-old graded stakes winner and a 2-year-old stakes winner in 2021; and newcomer Combatant, a Grade 1-winning son of Scat Daddy.

Al Khali (Medaglia D'Oro) – $2,500 LFSN
A Shin Forward (Forest Wildcat) – $2,500 LFSN
Combatant (Scat Daddy) – $7,500 LFSN
Disco Partner (Disco Rico) – $4,000 LFSN
Frank Conversation (Quality Road) – $3,500 LFSN
Slumber (Cacique) – $7,500 LFSN

Rockridge will host a stallion show and open house on Saturday, Jan. 29, from noon – 2 p.m. Lunch buffet will be served.

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3rd-Belmont, $90,000, Msw, 10-24, 2yo, 7fT, 1:22.19, fm, 4 lengths.
SY DOG (c, 2, Slumber {GB}--My Love Venezuela, by Scat Daddy) gave his sire a third winner in the space of the last eight days with a promising debut tally at Belmont. Sy Dog settled last but one before improving one spot nearing the turn. The homebred traveled full of run for Jose Ortiz into the final three furlongs, was angled out into about the five path off the final corner and stormed down the center of the track to graduate by four good-looking lengths at an overlaid 38-5.

Slumber's daughter Fluffy Socks won the GII Sands Point S. Oct. 16, while Marvelous Maude won a state-bred allowance Oct. 21.
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $49,500.
. O-Head of Plains Partners LLC
 B-Head of Plains Partners & Madaket Stables (KY)
 T-H Graham Motion

Maybe they gave SLUMBER (GB) the wrong name.  His progeny are AWAKE!

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9th-Belmont, $80,000, (S), Alw, 10-21, (NW1$X), 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:41.22, fm, 1 length.
MARVELOUS MAUDE (f, 3, Slumber {GB}--Wait Your Turn, by Warrior's Reward) closed to be third after a troubled beginning debuting over a mile on this turf June 11 and graduated in a washed-off Saratoga state-bred maiden heat Aug. 19 before just missing when second by a head back here on the lawn Sept. 26. Away as a 3-2 chalk in this spot, the dark bay settled in seventh at the hedge behind fractions of :24.79 and :48.22, closed in on the leaders starting around the eighth pole and edged past Home for Christmas (Shanghai Bobby) in the final sixteenth for a one-length success.

The winner's dam has an unraced 2-year-old Freud filly named Jet Set Juliet and a yearling filly by the same sire. She returned to the winner's sire this spring.
Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-1, $115,750.
O-Michael Dubb, The Elkstone Group, LLC (Stuart Grant) & Michael J. Caruso;
B-Beechwood Bruckner LLC (NY0
T-Chad C. Brown.

Racing 6 1/2  furlongs at Remington Park, BREXTON broke his maiden for Danny R. Caldwell and trainer Oscar Flores. He wired the field for the win. BREXTON was claimed out of the race and we wish his new connections great luck with him.
 

On the board at Oaklawn in her first start, WHAT'S UP SWEETS  graduated racing 7 1/2 furlongs on the turf at Indiana Grand. She came 6 wide and then 4 wide to gain the lead and win by 3 1/2. WHAT'S UP SWEETS  is trained by  Brad H. Cox for owner Madaket Stables LLC 
and was bred by Circle Bar H LLC.

The Scat Daddy horse is currently being syndicated and will stand for a $7,500 fee

Combatant , a millionaire and winner of the 2020 Santa Anita Handicap (G1), has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Rockridge Stud near Hudson, N.Y., beginning with the 2022 season. The Hronis Racing color-bearer was sold to Brian Levings of Levings Racing in a deal brokered by Matt Bowling of Bowling Bloodstock, Colt Pike, and David Ingordo.

LITTLE BUBS came from off the pace sprinting in allowance company at Wyoming Downs and surged to the lead to win by 2. He is trained by and owned by Tyrrill J. Tsosie and was bred by Clark O. Brewster.

GSW FLUFFY SOCKS was gaining on the winner in the Lake George G3, but had to settle for 2nd
Owner: Head of Plains Partners LLC   Breeder: Head Of Plains PartnersFluffy Socks, second in the Memories of Silver Stakes in April at Aqueduct Racetrack before a fifth-place effort in the Wonder Again, rallied from last-of-9 at the three-quarters mark to earn runner-up status for the second time in three starts, edging Tobys Heart by a neck.

"Going into this race, I thought these four horses were even," admitted Brown. "I couldn't have picked between them"

Trainer Rory Huston wasn't surprised that Groovy Surprise broke through for her first career stakes victory by winning Sunday's $75,000 Smart N Classy Handicap at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J.

But he was bewildered a bit by how it happened

BELLA DOMENICA has been knocking on the door to graduation for trainer  Rudy R. Rodriguez. Today she came between foes and got up for the win racing 6 furlongs on the dirt at Belmont.  She is owned by co-breeder Robert Gennett and Catherine Genett. Her other co-breeder is  Tom Andreadakis. She has bank-rolled $65,052.

Racing at Horsemen's Park in Omaha, Nebraska, FIVE ROSES LUNA wired the field to break her maiden racing 6 furlongs for owner/trainer James E. Cranwell. She won easily by 5 1/4 lengths. She had crossed the wire first in her initial start but was disqualified. Racing back at Columbus, Nebraska she again wired the field by over 5 lengths.

Att 2, GROOVY SURPRISE scooted right to the lead and increased her advantage to a 6 1/2 length at the wire to win her first outing going 6 1/2 furlongs at Monmouth. She followed that up with a third in the Hollywood Wildcat S also at Monmouth. Making her first start as a 4-year-old she got right off the mark adding a stakes placing in the Spruce Fir Handicap again at Monmouth. The NJ Bred filly a homebred for Hope H. Jones and trained by Rory K. Huston. Lifetime: 11: 2  2  4  $130,430.

Racing a mile on the dirt at Belmont, PATTY O'MARC rallied from far back and cleared to win by over 8 lengths. She is trained by  Linda Rice
for owner Sean Shay. The breeder is Allen C. Hallett.
 

FLUFFY SOCKS won both the G3 Jimmy Durante Stakes (Gr. 3) and the Selima S at 2. She started her 2021 campaign in the Memories Of Silver Stakes at Aqueduct. The 3 year old filly made a determined rally from off the pace and just missed the win by a head. She is a homebred for Head Of Plains Partners and is trained by Chad Brown,

Sprinting 2 furlongs at Mountaineer, SHADOW SURPRISE won his 8th race for owner Ann Bernecker and trainer Joe Pizzurro. He sprinted 5 furlongs and won by almost 4 lengths. He has earned $104,308. 

At Aqueduct, MEB'S WEB won for the 2nd time. She raced 6 1/2 furlongs to a 5 length score. The 4-year-old filly is owned by A Bianco Holding and trained by A C Avila. She was bred by the  Brooklyn Boyz Stable & MEB Stables. She has earned over $76,000.

At Laurel, TEQUILA FOG won for the 3rd time. She had a 5 1/4 length victory racing 7 furlongs. She was bred by  Mr & Mrs. Grant L Whitmer is owned by  Michael Scheffres and is trained by Carlos Mancilla. She has earned over $66,000.

BIG CITY RALPH by GIANT SURPRISE raced to graduation at Monmouth last fall. The now 4-year-old gelding is on a roll, he added win #2 at Parx and made that 2 in a row at Parx racing 7 furlongs and winning by 1 1/2. He was claimed from his winning race and we wish his new connections the best in racing luck. BIG CITY RALPH was bred by Monster Racing Stable, Inc.

BIG CITY RALPH by GIANT SURPRISE raced to graduation at Monmouth last fall. The now 4-year-old gelding added win #2 at Parx racing 1 1/16 and winning by 5 1/2 lengths. He is owned by Araceli Lopez  and trained by Alexander  Martinez. He was bred by Monster Racing Stable, Inc..Also in Pennsylvania, but at Penn National, 3 year old filly PARK MANAGER MAIZE by MICROMANAGE  broke her maiden by 3 1/2 lengths going a mile and 70. She is owned by Old First Ward  and trained by Sal Lorio, Jr. Her breeder is Robert Simonick.

DYNAFORM has the distinction of being the first winner for his sire - he  won a Colonial Downs maiden claiming race in his second start for owners DARRS Inc. and trainer Michael Stidham. Today he added win #4 for his owner/trainer Miguel Ramos Agosto. He has now earned over $58,000.

Trained by Joseph W. Mazza. MS. GENUINE raced between horses just off the first flight and then came wide for her second win at Tampa Bay. She is owned by AB Racing LLC, Foo Do Stables, and Caruso-Mazza, Lucille    and was bred by Donna Lee Sammons

Racing 1 1/18 on the turf at Tampa, JIMMY P advanced from the outside to clear the field and break his maiden. He is a homebred for Head of Plains Partners & Madaket Stables and is trained by Trainer: H. Graham Motion.

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