Patricia Ann, NYRA photo
Maria Eddy
After finishing second in two races in the stakes company Blue Devil Racing Stable’s Patricia Ann He looks set to finish one better on Sunday in the $150,000 Garland of Roses, a six-furlong sprint for fillies and mares 3 years and older, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
The four-year-old Enticed bay, trained by Carlos Martin, was last seen finishing 1 1/4 seconds Weigh the risks in the seven-furlong Listed Pumpkin Pie on November 8, where she finished second under returning rider Kendrick Carmouche and gave a chase when she was eliminated in the lane by the winner. The effort was rewarded with an 87 Beyer Speed Figure.
“She’s in such good shape and she’s become a consistent sprinter,” Martin said. “She was good last time and I’m glad Kendrick put her in the race. I was pretty confident around the turn, and she fought bravely until the last sixteenth of a mile and Weigh the Risks was great that day. She’s great.” [Patricia Ann] I’ve been dealing with some tough fillies lately who are stepping up for the bridesmaid, so I’m excited about this opportunity and hopefully we can make her a stakes winner.”
Two starts ago, Patricia Ann took the black type with a similar second place to R Disaster in the 6 1/2-furlong Grade 2 Gallant Bloom on September 27 here. Her last two attempts at six furlongs produced off-the-board finishes on a sloppy and closed main track at Saratoga Race Course in August and on firm grass here in September, but her last attempt at the distance on a fast track resulted in a score of 3 3/4 lengths here last November. The win was the first of consecutive scores at allowance level, ahead of a six-month postponement from January to July.
“I think our filly still has some room for improvement,” Martin said. “She was gone for a while, she came back and didn’t get anything out of the slop race at Saratoga, and you can throw away the grass race. We’ve caught up a little bit and I think we got her back to her best shape with her last two efforts.”
Patricia Ann, named after Martin’s late sister-in-law, was purchased for $20,000 at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale and is out of the unraced Rahy mare Soother. She has earned $270,525 via an 11-3-4-0 record.
“She’s always been a big, beautiful filly, and she really fits that mold,” Martin said. “Over the past six to eight weeks she has really improved physically, getting bigger and stronger. We bought her as a yearling in honor of my late sister-in-law, Patricia Wagner. It was a godsend to have her. She has made us proud, and I am sure Patricia is in heaven smiling at her namesake. It has been a great story for us and I would love to make her a stakes winner.”
Carmouche returns to the irons from post 2.
Mark Stanley was bred from New York Difficult mood [post 7, Manny Franco] returns to dirt after two attempts on synthetics, including her first placing when she placed third in the 6 1/2-furlong Grade 2 Presque Isle Downs Masters on the namesake course on September 19.
The four-year-old Into Mischief Bay, trained by Jeremiah Englehart, comes in from an even seventh in the seven-furlong Grade 3 Bessarabian on November 8 at Woodbine Racetrack, where she rode a rival at the start and held steady at three-eighths. She tried to rally again but ran out of time and finished four lengths behind the victorious Pondering.
Bred by Sequel Thoroughbreds and Lakland Farm, Tricky Temper’s last six-furlong start on dirt was an optional three-length coup against open company at the Spa in August. She boasts a pair of state wins at the distance on Sunday after taking the Key Cents by the neck here as a juvenile, and Saratoga’s Union Avenue last August, the latter of which produced a best 91 Beyer Speed Figure.
Winning Move Stable, John Oxley, Lady Sheila Stable, Rideau Racers and New York-bred Sanford Robbins With the Angels [post 6, Flavien Prat] rides back after conceding her first career loss last in a 6 1/2-furlong optional claimer against seniors here on Friday.
The sophomore daughter of Omaha Beach, trained by Linda Rice, pushed the pace early and led the way down the stretch, but was passed by Roswell down the stretch and finished 1 1/4 lengths back in second place.
Last year, With the Angels put together a sparkling 4-for-4 junior campaign in which she won three straight state stakes at the Big A, winning the seven-furlong Joseph A. Gimma in September, the mile-and-a-half Maid of the Mist in October and the six-furlong Key Cents in November, with an 11-month lead. She returned victorious with a 2 1/2 length victory over course and distance on October 16.
With the Angels, bred by Joseph DeRico, was a $350,000 purchase at the OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in training and has collected $349,650 in total earnings via a 6-5-1-0 record.
Bran Jam Stable and David Clark’s Volleyball princess [post 3, Angel Rodriguez] returns to the scene in February from her 10-length romp in the seven-furlong Ruthless for trainer Louis Linder, Jr.
Mo Town’s second-year filly led at every point in the Ruthless, pulling away with ease under Eliseo Ruiz to earn her first stakes win. This spring she finished third in two other stakes, including the Grade 2 Beaumont over a sloppy and paved base at Keeneland. She makes her ninth start of this campaign and comes into the Pumpkin Pie from a distant seventh place.
Three-time stakes-winning New Yorker Sunday girl [post 5, Sahin Civaci] returns from a sixth-place finish in the seven-furlong NYSSS Staten Island, where he faces other eligible state-bred fillies and mares here on Nov. 22.
The Central Banker’s four-year-old filly, trained by David Duggan, was stretched to seven furlongs for the third time in thirteen career starts and paced in third before weakening. Sunday Girl, owned by Miter Box Stable, Clear Stars Stable and Eighth Note Stable, returns to the distance where she captured two stakes at the Big A this year, including the open-company Correction on the main track in March and the state-bred John Hettinger on the turf in June. She was bred by McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds and Spruce Lane Farm.
The field of participants is completed by the latest winners at the grant level Hold your breath [post 8, Joel Rosario] for trainer John Servis and Reliable lady [post 1, Jaime Rodriguez] for trainer Fernando Abreu; as well as the debut on the stakes The Great Calhouna [post 4, Jose Lezcano] for conditioner Rick Dutrow, Jr.
The Garland of Roses is scheduled as Race 6 on Sunday’s eight-race card, which also features the Grade 3, $200,000 Comely in Race 7. The first post is 12:40 Eastern.
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