2 yo SPIRIT OF THE LAW 2nd in Gulfstream MSW 11/25/2024
Sackatoga owned two-year-old SPIRIT OF THE LAW (Tiz the Law) rallied and got up for the place racing a mile at 70 on the all-weather track at Gulfstream. Keep an eye on this one. He is figuring it out!
TIZ DASHING 2nd by a head in the Awad S 10/20/2024
TIZ DASHING jumped up into stakes company after his impressive maiden win. He contended strongly throughout inside and out and then inside again, got his nose in front but had to settle for the place by a head. It was an impressive beginning in stakes company for the Sackatoga two year old.
2 yo TIZ DASHING a son of TIZ THE LAW graduates MSW in his 1st start 09/21/2024
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1st-Belmont The Big A, $90,000, Msw, 9-20, 2yo, 6fT, 1:09.69, fm, neck.
TIZ DASHING (c, 2, Tiz the Law--Breaking Beauty, by Into Mischief), one of only two first-time starters in the field, spotted the group a step on the break and had to take up a spot mid pack from the outside up the backstretch. Pushed four wide around the turn, he made a simultaneous move alongside Hit That Review (Ire) (No Nay Never) into the stretch and the pair closed up the center of the track with Tiz Dashing just prevailing over his rival by a neck. The 11th winner for his freshman sire (by Constitution),
Tiz Dashing was a $215,000 weanling buy at FTKNOV in 2022 for Sackatoga Stable. Breaking Beaut's Not This Time yearling filly brought a final bid of $325,000 at KEESEP earlier in the week and she reported a Charlatan colt this year before being bred back to Gunite. Sales History: $215,000 Wlg '22 FTKNOV.
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $49,500. |B-Camas Park Stud (KY)
NORTH END LADY graduates at Saratoga 08/26/2024
NORTH END LADY (Violence) raced 1 1/16 on the turf at Saratoga to graduate by a nose. She came 7 wide and dueled to the win by a whisker. The filly is owned by My Monarch Stable and was bred by Fred W. Hertrich lll & John D. Fielding (NY). With on the board finished, she has already earned $101,288.
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He had been knocking on the door to breaking his maiden," said winning rider Johnny Velazquez. "He has been very consistent and today was his day. He powered home nicely for me and did everything I asked of him. The turf was really soft, and he didn't mind it. You just have to hope in situations like this that you get a horse who likes the ground, and he happened to today and everything worked out." CLICK HEADLINES TO READ MORE
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Was it really 21 years ago that the gelding Funny Cide, owned by a modest upstate New York partnership known as Sackatoga Stable and trained by Barclay Tagg, burst onto the national scene by winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness?
Heck, it was four years ago that Tiz the Law, another New York-bred with the same connections, completed a personal Triple Crown for Tagg by capturing the Belmont Stakes. He later placed second in the Derby in a season turned upside down by the pandemic.
There is something reassuring about seeing Tagg and Robin Smullen, his assistant and life partner, still hard at work at the barn and at the sales, where they are constantly on the prowl for the next Tiz the Law by paying close attention to his progeny. CLICK HEADLINES TO READ MORE
Sackatoga's LEFTEMBEHIND did just that - winning a Saratoga allowance 08/01/2024
LEFTEMBEHIND (g, 4, Accelerate) raced 1 1/8 in allowance company over a sloppy sealed track at Saratoga for a win by 1 3/4. He was impeded more than once, but found his way to the wire 7 wide and got up in the last 70 yards. O-Sackatoga Stable; B-SF Bloodstock LLC (NY)
Lifetime Record: 15-2-1-0, $115,835.
COURTLY BANKER does it again - 2nd in the Cab Calloway Stakes while still a maiden 07/19/2024
Although still a maiden, COURTLY BANKER (Central Banker) ran on well to be 2nd in the New York Stallion Stakes Cab Calloway racing a mile on the inner turf.at Saratoga He was second in the 6 furlong Spectacular Bid and on board twice in two prior MSW starts - exciting to have black-type while still a maiden! Watch for him!. The three-year-old gelding is owned by Sackatoga Stable. Breeder: John Eaton & Steve Laymon
Four years ago, Tiz the Law (Constitution) put Jack Knowlton's Sackatoga Stable back on the thoroughbred racing map when he won the GI Belmont Stakes and the GI Travers Stakes.
Knowlton is hopeful it can happen again with the next generation of Tiz the Laws. CLICK HEADLINES TO READ MORE
COURTLY BANKER 2nd in the NY Stallion Stakes Spectacular Bid 06/17/2024
Although still a maiden, COURTLY BANKER (Central Banker) ran on well to be 2nd in the New York Stallion Stakes Spectacular Bid racing six furlongs on the turf. He has been on the board twice in his two prior MSW starts - exciting to have black-type while still a maiden! Watch for him next out. The three-year-old gelding is owned by Sackatoga Stable. Breeder: John Eaton & Steve Laymon
Jockey Katie Davis said Courtly Banker, who was the field’s lone maiden, was game to get by the speedy Bustin Away for second. “When I switched my crop and went to the left hand he dug in a little bit more for me [to secure second],” said Davis. “He gave me his all and that made me really proud of him.”
UNION TRAIL wins allowance - "going away" making it 2 in a row 06/10/2024
NY Bred UNION TRAIL broke his maiden in a MSW on the Aqueduct turf last month - winning with confidence in hand by 2 1/4. Coming back in allowance company on the last day of the Belmont at Saratoga Festival, he won again going away! UNION TRAIL is owned by Sackatoga Stable and was no doubt chosen at the Faisig Tipton NY Bred sale because of his sire - Constitution - sire of Sackatoga's highly successful TIZ THE LAW. Breeder: Twin Creeks Farm
Courtey of the BloodHorse
Classic winner Tiz the Law saw his first winner as a sire May 16 when his son Enduring Spirit posted a front-running score in a five-furlong maiden race for 2-year-olds at Churchill Downs.
Winner of the 2020 Belmont Stakes (G1), freshman sire Tiz the Law stands for $20,000 at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky. CLICK HEADLINES TO READ MORE
BIG NIGHT OUT graduates at Belmont at the Big A 05/13/2024
BIG NIGHT OUT (Into Mischief) ran a mile on the dirt to graduation by a rout. He had grabbed the lead by the 1/4 and from there drew off to win by 5 widening lengths. He was claimed out of the race and we wish his new connections the best of racing luck.
Breeder: Ann Mudge Backer & Smitten Farm
UNION TRAIL takea Aqueduct MSW 05/04/2024
NY Bred UNION TRAIL waited to get to his home state before an authoritative wire to wire win going 1 1/16 in a MSW on the Aqueduct turf. He won with confidence in hand by 2 1/4. UNION TRAIL is owned by Sackatoga Stable and was no doubt chosen at the Faisig Tipton NY Bred sale because of his sire - Constitution - sire of Sa katoga's highly successful TIZ THE LAW.
Breeder: Twin Creeks Farm
TIZ ETERNAL graduates in a Gulfstream MSW 01/12/2024
Originally scheduled at 1 1/8 on the turf, TIZ ETERNAL took to the all-weather substitute, set the pace early and led to win and graduate by 1 1/2. The son of Tiz Now was a $300,000 Saratoga yearling purchase by Sackatoga Stable - they are hunting for another Tiz the Law! How gratifying to have another exciting Tiz Now colt ready for a winter campaign.
2 yo MARCEAU graduates MSW at Gulfstream 01/01/2024
MARCEAU just made the 2 year old winner stats for his classic sire Distorted Humor. Racing 1 1/16 on the turf at Gulfstream. he was never far off the pace and challenged on the inside to take the lead and win by a head. He was the favorite in the race due to a good 2nd in his last start. MARCEAU is owned by Carrington Holdings LLC ad was a $270 two year old OBS purchase.
Breeder: Farm III Enterprises
JAMESTOWN takes MSW at Belmont at the Bg A 10/28/2023
JAMESTOWN (Lope de Vega (IRE)) raced to graduation at Belmont at the Big A. He tracked inside going 1 3/16th on the outside turf course and then spun just off the inside to take the lead in the stretch and hold it to win by 1/2. He is a Erdenheim Farm Thoroughbreds homebred,
Bonner Young's fifth-generation homebred, HIGHLAND GRACE (American Pharoah) came from off the pace with good energy to be 3rd in the G2 Sands Point and add black-type to her illustrious pedigree. CLICK THE TITLE to read more about the extended family,
NORTH END LADY strong 2nd in a NY MSW 09/25/2023
NORTH END LADY (Violence) ran a hard fought 2nd in an off the turf mile MSW at Belmont at the Big A. Third in her last start, watch for her next time. The 3 year old filly is owned by My Monarch Stable.
Breeder: Fred W. Hertrich lll & John D. Fielding
Thoroughbred owner and breeder Bonner Young is hopeful that dual winner Highland Grace can add more prosperity to a highly productive family line in the Grade 3, $350,000 Jockey Club Oaks Invitational going 1 3/8 miles, Saturday’s feature at the Belmont at Aqueduct meet. CLICK TITLE TO READ MORE
Funny Cide reached his final finish line on Aug. 27 when the popular New York-bred gelding was laid to rest in a peaceful spot at Saratoga Race Course.
The winner of the 2003 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1), a portion of Funny Cide's ashes were interred in a garden area behind the clubhouse at the Spa. Half of Funny Cide's ashes were entrusted to Jack Knowlton, the managing partner of Sackatoga Stable, which owned Funny Cide. CLICK TITLE TO READ MORE
NYRA To Honor Funny Cide At Saratoga On New York Showcase Day Aug. 27 08/22/2023
Funny Cide, who died earlier this summer due to complications from colic, earned more than $3.5 million during his six-year racing career, including a history-making victory in the 2003 Kentucky Derby when he became the first New York-bred to win the “Run for the Roses” and was later named the 2003 Eclipse Award winner for Champion 3-Year-Old Colt.
3 EXCITING NEW "BABIES" for SACKATOGA STABLE 08/18/2023
443 - TWIRLING CANDY-SWEET ALOHA, Colt - full brother NY stakes winner SENBEI (just under 1/2 million in earnings) and a half to two other stakes winners. The 4th dam is TOO BALD. WATCH VIDEO
493 - CENTRAL BANKER-YOUMAKEMEBLUSH Filly - By leading NY sire out of a young VIOLENCE mare, 2nf dam paced with black-type and the 4th dam is CHERRY JUBILEESEE PHOTO
536 - TIZ THE LAW-BOURBON ENDOWMENT Colt - By Sackatoga raced G1 Belmont and Travers winner TIZ THE LAW out of a young SKY MESA mare from a pedigree page packed with graded black type.WATCH VIDEO
Funny Cide celebration at Siro's August 16 08/09/2023
The venerable track-season restaurant Siro’s in Saratoga Springs will host a celebration of Funny Cide, the beloved thoroughbred that captured the national imagination and fueled local pride during a 2003 run for the Triple Crown, starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16. Funny Cide died July 16 at age 23 at Kentucky Horse Park, a farm in Lexington, Ky.,where the gelding had lived for the past 15 years.
The event, called Funny Cide’s Saratoga Send-Off, will feature appearances by trainer Barclay Tagg, assistant trainer Robin Smullen, owner Jack Knowlton, track announcer Tom Durkin and jockey Jose Santos, who rode Funny Cide to victory in the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. There will be a presentation and a video retrospective of Funny Cide’s life.
LEFTEMBEHIND graduates at Saratoga 07/31/2023
LEFTEMBEHIND (Accelerate) brawled from beginning to end with one set of rivals after another but he was determined and graduated at Saratoga. He raced a mile on the dirt and won by 4 when he could finally shoot clear. LEFTEMBEHIND is owned by Sackatoga Stable.
SCRAMBLE misses Saratoga allowance by a nose 07/23/2023
SCRAMBLE (Gleneagles (IRE) came within a nose of a Saratoga allowance win going 1 1/16 on the inner turf. He closed strongly once he switched leads but lost by a head bob. He is a homebred for Erdenheim Farm Thoroughbreds,
If you were at Barn 15 on the backstretch of the Spa, you could add the word depressed to the description. That is the summer workplace of trainer Barclay Tagg and his staff. The mood was somber as word spread through the barn that Funny Cide , the stable star from 20 years ago, was gone.
HIGHLAND GRACE makes it 2 in a row! 07/11/2023
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10th-Belmont, $95,000, Alw, 7-4, (NW1$X), 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/4mT, 2:03.62, yl, 1 1/2 lengths.
HIGHLAND GRACE (f, 3, American Pharoah--Caroline Thomas {GSW & GISP, $406,387}, by Giant's Causeway) finally broke through to earn her diploma last out here going 1 3/8 miles, and was 3-1 to start a streak in this holiday finale and give rider Flavien Prat half of the day's winners. Settling along the fence and off the pace as longshot Sister Bridget (Ire) (Galileo Gold {Ire}) zipped away, the homebred still had her work cut out for her at the top of the lane. All of a sudden in midstretch she found the gear she needed, and catapulted past rivals to notch a nice one. The pacesetter fought on well for second. The winner has an unraced 2-year-old full-sister named Katherine Thomas. Their second dam is GISW Bit of Whimsy (Distorted Humor). This is the deep female family of highest-level winners Miss Josh and Royal Mountain Inn. Lifetime Record: 6-2-1-1, $130,150. O-Joyce B. Young; B-Bonner Young (KY)
HIGHLAND GRACE granddaughter of GISW Bit of Whimsy , takes turf MSW at Belmont 06/04/2023
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HIGHLAND GRACE (f, 3, American Pharoah--Caroline Thomas {GSW & GISP, $406,387}, by Giant's Causeway) was a close third behind unbeaten GIII Soaring Softly S. winner Queen Picasso (GB) (Kingman {GB}) in a very live Gulfstream maiden Mar. 5, then rallied from far back to finish second as the favorite going 1 1/8 miles over the Belmont lawn May 7. Favored at 4-5 to go one better while getting some additional ground to work with here, she sat a good trip in an outside fourth for most of the way and began to wind up on the far turn. She hit the front as they turned for home and had 1 1/4 lengths to spare over the late-running $825,000 FTFMAR graduate She's Mo Bubbly (Uncle Mo). The winner, a granddaughter of GISW Bit of Whimsy (Distorted Humor), is a full-sister to the 2-year-old filly Katherine Thomas. Lifetime Record: 5-1-1-1, $77,900. O-Joyce B. Young; B-Bonner Young (KY)
SANURA 3rd in the Mount Vernon 05/30/2023
SANURA (Kitten's Joy) had 3 wins in a row in allowance company before stepping up into stakes company in the Mount Vernon at Belmont. Racing a mile on the turf she raced forwardly, had the lead, was collared in deep stretch and had to settle for the show. It is her first black-type. O-Hidden Brook Farm; B-Mia Gallo, Michael Newton, Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey (NY),
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SANURA makes it 3 in a row! 04/28/2023
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Racing 1 1/16m on the turf at Aqueduct, SANURA ( Kitten's Joy) made her first start on the main track away from Gulfstream Park Thursday in pursuit of her third straight win. On the synthetic surface in Florida, she broke her maiden in March 2022 but didn't make it back to the races until just over a year later, winning against optional claimers Mar. 23. Sent away at 9-5, she broke sharply and assumed command to handle the pace. Eased along on the front through fractions of :24.40 and :49.79, she responded well when asked past the quarter pole and held on, winning by a length. O-Hidden Brook Farm; B-Mia Gallo, Michael Newton, Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey (NY),
SANURA makes it 2 in a row 03/24/2023
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8th-Gulfstream, $74,800, Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($35,000), 3-23, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m (AWT), 1:43.86, ft, 1/2 length.
SANURA (m, 5, Kitten's Joy--Nehantic Kat {MSW & MGSP, $394,481}, by Tomorrows Cat) broke her maiden over this course 12 months ago and finally emerged from hiding here. The 3-2 favorite was sent to the front and turned away all challengers to gamely score by a hard-fought half length.
The winner's dam produced a colt by Union Jackson in 2022. Sales history: $95,000 Ylg '19 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0, $86,530. O-Hidden Brook Farm; B-Mia Gallo, Michael Newton, Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey (NY)
SCRAMBLE graduates in a Gulfstream MSW 03/04/2023
SCRAMBLE (Gleneagles(IRE)) has been 2nd or 3rd in all 4 of his prior 4 starts and went off the favorite here. He chased the pace 2 then 3 wide and cleared his field in the upper stretch and held for the win by 1 1/2 lengths. He raced 1 1/16 on the Gulfstream turf. SCRAMBLE is a Erdenheim Farm Thoroughbred homebred.
TIZ ETERNAL good 2nd at Gulfstream 01/21/2023
Sackatoga Stable's NY Bred TIZ ETERNAL (Tiz Now) made his first start at Saratoga, starting for the 2nd time at Gulfstream he went to the lead racing a mile on the turf and was just nipped at the wire. Watch for him next time.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A pair of New York-breds, Truancy and Classy Edition, have come to South Florida for the winter and will meet up as the likely favorites in Wednesday’s $86,000 allowance headliner at Gulfstream Park.
3 frustrating 2nd's in a row - but keep on eye on these 3! 10/17/2022
BLITZ TO WIN (Speightster) was 2nd last out and had to settle for 2nd again - by a neck - going 7 furlongs on the dirt in his first allowance condition. He is owned by Sackatoga Stable.
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TRUANCY (Run Away and Hide) is owned by Eric Dattner. SHE broke her maiden this summer and ran back to win her first allowance to make it 2 wins in a row. Today she was checked early but raced forwardly and had to settle for the place racing against the BOYS in order to get a long race. %100 on the board.
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2 year old SCRAMBLE (Gleneagles (IRE)) ran second in a MSW going a mile and a 1/16 on the turf and missed by a neck. It was his 2nd start lifetime nad the chart says he ran with good energy. SCRAMBLE is a homebred for Erdenheim Farm Thoroughbreds, LLC
TRUANCY wins again - 2 in a row - her 1X allowance 09/16/2022
TRUANCY (Run Away and Hide) broke her maiden wire-to-wire win at Saratoga at the end of July. Off the favorite on Belmont at the Big A opening day, she waited tucked into the field and then rallied to win by three lengths. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $110,150. C
The 3 year old filly is owned by Eric Dattner and was bred in NY by Jerry Bilinski.
It has been a long year for Heather Smullen. The exercise rider for trainer Barclay Tagg has been recovering from a horrid riding accident that saw her break her tibia and fibula in her right leg. It happened at the end of the 2021 meet at Saratoga Race Course, and the road to recovery has been slow.
FUNNY CIDE and TIZ THE LAW honored today at Saratoga 08/27/2022
Two of the five New York Legends honored today at Saratoga: Funny Cide and Tiz The Law, were picked, purchased, and trained by Barclay Tagg.
“There’s only one person in the whole frickin’ world who should have gotten Doswell – Robin. I’ve seen a lot of riders and a lot of horses and a lot of people and he’d have never made it with anyone else.”
Trainer Barclay Tagg, about difficult graded stakes winner Doswell teaming up with Robin Smullen
Funny Cide won the 2003 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) before losing the Belmont Stakes (G1) and his Triple Crown bid. Trained by Barclay Tagg, Funny Cide, a son of Distorted Humor , was named New York-bred divisional champion three straight years and the New York-bred Horse of the Year in 2003. He was foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds.
SARATOGA FLASH wins at SARATOGA 08/21/2022
Sackatoga Stable's SARATOGA FLASH (Laoban) overcame a bump at the start and raced towards the back of the pack until asked when he went 8 wide and edged away for the win - his 3rd. He was claimed out of the race and we wish the new connections good racing luck.
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TAPPLE CIDER graduates at Saratoga 08/13/2022
TAPPLE CIDER (Tonalist) overcame a bump at the start and then settled comfortably on the race before launching a 5 wide drive to the wire. She won by a neck racing 1 1/16 on the inner turf. TAPPLE CIDER is owned by Sackatoga Stable.
TRUANCY enjoys a Saratoga MSW graduation! 08/01/2022
Last month, making her first start, 3-year-old TRUANCY (Run Away and Hide) sustained 3 hard bumps and then set sail to catch the leader. She had to settle for 2nd but was 9 lengths ahead of the 3rd place finisher. Today TRUANCY quickly overcame a bobble at the start and cleared the field for an exciting graduation at Saratoga. She raced 7 furlongs on the dirt. The three-year-old filly is owned by Eric Dattner and was bred by Dr. Jerry Bilinski. Watch for this one next time.
DREAM OF A DAY breaks his maiden 07/11/2022
Sure Thing Stables' homebred DREAM OF A DAY (Carpe Diem) broke his maiden racing 1 1/16 on the turf at Belmont. He came wide around the turn and then responded to clear the field for a win by 1 1/4 lengths.
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1ST-TIME STARTER. SHINSUN graduates at Belmont 06/18/2022
SHINSUN (A Shin Forward) raced like a pro winning at first asking. Racing 1 1/16 on the turf, he trailed until he was asked and then cleared the field swinging 7 wide in the stretch to win by 1 1/2 lengths. He was bred and is co-owned by Edition Farm. His second co-owner is Linda Conroy.
TRUANCY a brave 2nd in her 1st start 06/16/2022
Makig her first start, 3-year-old TRUANCY (Run Away and Hide) sustained 3 hard bumps and then set sail to catch the leader. She had to settle for 2nd but was 9 lengths ahead of the 3rd place finisher. She is owned by Eric Dattner and was bred by Dr. Jerry Bilinski. Watch for this one next time.
SARATOGA FLASH gets his 2022 campaign off with a win 05/01/2022
SARATOGA FLASH (Laoban) broke his maiden last spring and was then on the board in 4 straight allowance starts before a winter break. He has returned with a strong forward win in a salty 1 x allowance race at 1 1/16 on the turf. He is owned by Sackatoga and was bred by McMahon Thoroughbreds,
Barclay and Robin trained SANURA'S dam Nehantic Katto become a stakes winner of almost $400.000. Now he has he daughter SANURA poised to break her maiden. Racing 1 1/16 on the all-weather track at Gulfstream, SANURA (Kitten' Joy) settled well and then made a strong run to be 2nd in her 2nd start.
DOSWELL easy wire to wire winner of the G2 Ft Lauderdale Stakes 12/19/2021
DOSWELL(Giant's Causeway) ran 2nd in this race last year after a rough trip. Today, he broke sharply saved ground and energy of the rail and sailed to victory in wire to wire fashion. WATCH THE RACE
DOSWELL has flourished under the care of Barclay and Robin. The 6year old gelding is a homebred for Mr. Joseph Allen LLC.Lifetime:
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SEIZING THE DREAM graduates at Gulfstream 12/17/2021
Sure Thing Stables, LLC other Carpe Diem homebred SEIZING THE DREAM raced a mile on the Gulfstream turf to graduation. He settled off the early pace two wide, and tipped out to come on between horses and just get his nose on the wire in deep stretch.
HOMBRE (Tourist) rallied to break his maiden at Belmont earlier this year. This time racing at Gulfstream, he added a win #2 to his resume. He came wide and mowed down the leaders to hit the wire first by a head after initially racing in the 2nd flight. The Ontario bred is owned by Robert Cudney and was bred by Joey Gee Thoroughbreds
DREAM OF A DAY 2nd by a nose in Gulfstream MSW 12/14/2021
2-year-old DREAM OF A DAY (Carpe Diem) has been trying hard to seize the day for the past 3 races - and he had to settle for 2nd in all 3. This last time he missed by a nose going a mile and 70 on the new all-weather track at Gulfstream and a time prior he missed by a head. DREAM OF A DAY is a homebred for Sure Thing Stables.
BLITZ TO WIN takes Belmont MSW 10/29/2021
Racing a mile on the dirt, BLITZ TO WIN (g, 3, Speightster--Blitz and Glamour, by Awesome Again) went off the favorite based on his on-the-board finishes. He was bumped hard at the start and found himself settling off the pace. When asked, he responded quickly racing wide then dropping in when he could. He went on to win by almost 4 lengths for owner Sackatoga Stable.
Lifetime Record: 8-1-2-2, $94,900
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Making his 2nd start, HOMBRE (Tourist) overcame a bump at the start and then raced 3 wide close to the pace. He rallied coming into the stretch and drifted in slightly but then switched back to his inside lead and went on for the win by almost 4 lengths. The Ontario bred is owned by Robert Cudney and was bred by Joey Gee Thoroughbreds
SIRO'S CUP to honor Tiz the Law connections 06/24/2021
July 14th Siro’s Cup to benefit the Center of Disability Services will return in 2021! The event is set for July 14 and will start at 6:30 p.m. at Siro’s Restaurant on Lincoln Avenue. This will be the 28th annual Siro’s Cup.
At 7:30 p.m., there will be a brief presentation ceremony honoring the 2021 Siro’s Cup Honorees, Mary Lou Whitney (posthumously) and Chef Tom Dillon (posthumously). They will also recognize the 2020 Siro’s Cup Awardees; Tiz the Law, Sackatoga Stable, Jack Knowlton, Barclay Tagg, Robin Smullin, Heather Smullin and Manny Franco.
Racing 1 1/16 on the inner turf at Belmont. L'INDISCRET (War Front) came from off the pace to graduate by a length. She was in tight quarters and altered course to clear the field. The filly hails from a long family of mares owned by Joseph Allen, LLC. She was claimed out of the race and we wish her new connections the best of racing luck.
FLY LIKE AN EAGLE graduates at Gulfstream 2nd time out 03/14/2021
3rd in his first start, FLY LIKE AN EAGLE, soared to graduation going 1 1/8 on the Gulfstream turf. He was never far off the pace and rallied in deep stretch for the win. The Constitution colt is owned by Sonia and Jame Esposito and was bred by Brushy Hill, LLC
DOSWELL 3rdin the G3 W. L. McKnight Stakes 01/23/2021
DOSWELL(Giant's Causeway) has flourished under the care of Barclay and Robin. He was a horse with a number of "issues" which have been smoothed out under the care of the Tagg barn. He has developed a particular trust in Robin who has worked with him extensively. After breaking his maiden, he followed that up immediately with an allowance victory. Trying a G2 stakes in the Fort Lauderdale at Gulfstream, he ran a strong 2nd after being bumped and steadied. Today in the W. L. McKnight Stakes G3, he was strongly held inside and then found room wide and got up for the show. The 6year old gelding is a homebred for Mr. Joseph Allen LLC.Lifetime: 9 2 5 1 $177,941
Tiz the Law working towards the Pegasus 12/27/2020
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Tiz the Law (Constitution) a four time Grade 1 winner worked 4 furlongs in 51.6 at Palm Meadows Training Center on Thursday morning. It was the 49th fastest of 54 works at the distance. His previous work was 8 days ago going 6 furlongs at Palm Meadows Training Center. In his last start he placed 6th in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) going 1 1/4 miles on the main track at Keeneland on November 7 for trainer Barclay Tagg. He is pointed toward the Pegasus World Cup (G1) on Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park.
Tiz The Law arrived Tuesday morning from Saratoga after a routine flight. "He flew in from Albany and we met him here," Tagg said. "He walked off the van, took a couple turns, did his business and started eating hay."
NIKO'S DREAM takes allowance at Gulfstream - closing on $200,000 in earnings 05/18/2020
Stakes placed NIKO'S DREAM (Central Banker) was second in two of the New York Stallion Series Stakes, one at Belmont and one at Saratoga and today added her second allowance win, the first at Saratoga and the newest at Gulfstream. She tugged behind horses early and the came wide to get her nose on the wire firsst. NIKO'S DREAM is owned by Sackatoga Stable. She has earned over $196,000
Homebred PLEASANT ORB graduates at Gulfstream 03/23/2020
Second in her first two outings, PLEASANT ORB understandably went off the favorite and it was deserved. She raced in 3rd three wide then closed and dueled for the win by 1/2 going a mile on the dirt. She is a Charles Fipke homebred and has pocketed $44.000. She comes from the deep female family of Point of Entry (Dynaformer), Pine Island (Arch), Maplejinsky (Nijinsky II), Sky Beauty (Blushing Groom {Fr}) and Tale of Ekati (Tale of the Cat).
Jack Knowlton of Sackatoga Stable, owner of Derby contender Tiz the Law (Constitution), responded to the date change on the Stable’s Twitter, saying, “The rescheduling of the Kentucky Derby to 9/5 is a required step in these unprecedented times. The details re: the Preakness/Belmont, new points races & impact on the Travers were not addressed. Sackatoga awaits additional info as we look to future races for Tiz the Law.”
Making her third start, HIGHLAND GLORY (Sky Mesa) answered her cue and closed when asked to draw away for the victory. In her first outing, she was 2nd at Saratoga and she hot the board in 4th at Belmont next time out of the gate. HIGHLAND GLORY is owned by Steadfast Stable and was bred by Bonner Young. The 3 year old filly raced a mile on the turf.
TALE OF SILENCE 2nd in the G3 Bold Ruler 10/27/2019
Charles Fipke’s TALE OF SILENCE made a strong stretch-drive move up the rail, capturing a thrilling blanket finish with three challengers by a head in Grade 3, $200,000 Westchester. He tried the same strategy in the Bold Ruler G3 but could not catch Maximum Security and had to settle for 2nd. He has earned over a half a million dollars.
Trainer Barclay Tagg — Tale of Silence (2nd):
“That’s the way he likes to run. He likes to be right on the rail,” Tagg said. “I thought there was plenty of speed in here and that worked out. I wanted to use this as a prep for the Cigar Mile and we can move forward from here.”
Tiz the Law works for Kentucky Jockey Club 10/19/2019
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However, Tiz the Law is pointing to the Grade 2, $300,000 Kentucky Jockey Club at Churchill on Nov. 30. On Friday morning, Tiz the Law worked four furlongs in 47.87 seconds over Belmont’s main track.
Tiz the Law, under jockey Manny Franco, began the work about three lengths behind a pair of stablemates – Im the Captain Now and L’Indiscret. Franco let Tiz the Law take plenty of dirt before tipping him outside inside the eighth pole. Tiz the Law went by his stablemates, finishing two to three lengths in front. He galloped out five furlongs in 1:01.05.
“We tucked him in behind some horses to slow him down a little bit and let him get dirt in his face,” trainer Barclay Tagg said. “Manny just said he does it so easy you can’t tell how fast he’s going.”
Tagg said Tiz the Law would do all his major work at Belmont before shipping to Churchill Downs the week of the Kentucky Jockey Club.
GSW DR. EDGAR adds a G2 stakes placing in the Knickerbocker 10/15/2019
GSW DR. EDGAR 3rd in the G2 Knickerbocker Stakes having led in hand for most of the trip. He finished willingly but could not keep the closers at bay. DR EDGAR is owned by Eloise and Peter Canzone, Sr. He has earned $358,505.
KELLEYCANRUN graduates in a MSW at Belmont 10/15/2019
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Belmont, $75,000, Msw, 10-14, 3yo/up, f/m, 7fT, 1:21.72, fm.
KELLEYCANRUN (f, 3, Cairo Prince--Tempest Storm, by Malibu Moon), off the board in a pair of dirt starts to open her career, perked up with a runner-up finish at 37-1 Aug. 24 at Saratoga and dropped a spot here Sept. 21. Made the 3-1 second choice cutting back to a sprint in this spot, the gray traveled in fifth along the rail behind splits of :22.61 and :45.17. Picking it up some approaching the eighth pole, she found her beststride in deep stretch and rallied to nail favored Smack (Super Saver) by a nose on the wire.
Lifetime Record: 5-1-1-1, $77,250.
O-Hayward R. & John R. Murrell
B-John R. Murrell (KY)
The Champagne winner receives a free berth to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and earns 10 points toward a spot in a 20-horse field as part of the 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby series.
Tiz the Law, who garnered a field-best 97 Speed rating posting an impressive debut tally at Saratoga on August 8, looks like the main rival. By Constitution, the second-leading freshman sire to date, Tiz the Law overcame being stuck behind a wall of horses with a sizzling turn of foot in the stretch, drawing off to win by a widening 4 ¼-length margin. Barclay Tagg trains and the New York-bred colt picks up a new pilot in Manny Franco after being ridden by Alvarado.
HIGHLAND SKY in the Japan Turf Cup Stakes at Laurel 09/29/2019
JAPAN TURF CUP STAKES
3yo and up, $100,000 purse, 1 1/2 miles on the turf
Barclay Tagg, trainer of Highland Sky (9-2), who’ll have Forest Boyce up: “He’s a real nice horse. He comes from a good family, and I’ve been training that family for the owner for probably 30 years now. They were all hard knockers with a few group stakes winners and a couple of Grade 1 winners in there. It’s always been a good family.”
REALM 3rd in the Grand Prix American Jockey Club Invitational Stakes at Belmont. 09/10/2019
Stakes winner and also multiple Graded Stakes Placed, REALM (Haynesfield) added other stakes placing running 3rd in the Grand Prix American Jockey Club Invitational Stakes at Belmont. Bred in Virginia by Morgan’s Ford Farm, Realm was selected by Tagg from the 2014 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern Fall Yearling sale, paying $75,000. He’s earned just over half a million dollars.
Va Bred FERDINANDA airs in the Brookmeade Stakes at Colonia 09/08/2019
At Colonial Downs FERDINANDA (Giant's Causeway) won the Brookmeade Stakes - drawing off to score by 6 lengths. She has won or been placed in all but 2 of her last 16 starts, Saratoga shipper Ferdinanda, who races in the silks of Ann Backer made easy work disposing of her rivals, coasting to a six-length victory.
“I knew I was on a pretty nice horse when I looked in the program and saw the name Barclay Tagg,” Boyce said. “The first part (of the race) I just let her find her own position, find her own way. I just waited as long as I could (before making her move to the lead).”
NIKO'S DREAM takes allowance at Saratoga 08/31/2019
Since February at Gulfstream, NIKO'S DREAM has won or been on the board in every one of her 6 starts including two seconds in the New York Stallion Series Stakes, one at Belmont and one at Saratoga. Today racing a mile on the turf, she got bumped and pinched off early but edged away for the win by 1 1/2. NIKO'S DREAM is owned by Sackatoga Stable. She has earned over $169,000
2 yo TIZ THE LAW graduates at Saratoga 1st out 08/08/2019
2-year-old TIZ THE LAW (by Constitution - Tizfiz, by Tiznow), owned by Sackatoga Stable, won Saratoga's 5th race by 4 1/4 wrapped up. It was the New York-bred's first start. He raced 6 1/2 furlongs on the dirt.
NIKO'S DREAM stakes placed in the NYSSS Statue of Liberty 08/01/2019
In May, NIKO'S DREAM (Central Banker) graduated in a MSW for Sackatoga Stable racing a mile on the grass at Belmont. In June, trying stakes company for the first time in the NYSSS Cupecoy's Joy, she saved ground initially and then moved out under a hand ride and finally came charging 5 wide but had to settle for the place by a neck. Today on the last day of July, she added another stakes placing in the NYSSS Statue of Liberty going a mile on the turf at Sartoga. She raced 3 wide throughout and mounted a challenge to the leader in the stretch. but again had to settle for second. She has now earned over$125,000.
NIKO'S DREAM stakes placed in the NYSSS Cupecoy's Joy 06/24/2019
Last month, NIKO'S DREAM (Central Banker) graduated in a MSW for Sackatoga Stable racing a mile on the grass at Belmont. Trying stakes company for the first time in the NYSSS Cupecoy's Joy, she saved ground initially and then moved out under a hand ride and finally came charging 5 wide but had to settle for the place by a neck. None-the-less, she now has added black type to her pedigree and raised her earnings over $95,000.
DR EDGAR 4th in the G3 Poker S - by 3 noses 06/17/2019
Dr. Edgar, the Barclay Tagg-trainee who won his graded stakes debut with the Grade 3 Appleton on March 29 at Gulfstream Park, edged out Cullum Road by a nose for second in the Grade 3, $150,000 Fort Marcy. Today he had to settle for 4th in the Poker S G3 but it was a thrilling blanket finihs and he lost by 3 noses! DR EDGAR is owned by Eloise and Peter Canzone, Sr. He has earned $331,505. DR. EDGAR keeps moving forward in each start, including a win in the Grade III Appleton, since being trained by Barclay Tagg.
Stakes winner of the Alydar S and also a multiple Graded Stakes Placed, REALM (Haynesfield) added another G2 stakes placing n the G2 Brooklyn Invitational at 12 furlongs on the Belmont Stakes card. He ran close to the pace and in a blanket finish only missed by a 1/2 and a neck.
Bred in Virginia by Morgan’s Ford Farm, Realm was selected by Tagg from the 2014 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern Fall Yearling sale, paying $75,000. He’s earned just over $421,000.
“Harry and I have had a couple of horses together,” Dattner said, “but this is the first with Barclay. He said he’d like to own a horse but couldn’t afford one, so I paid for the horse and he paid for the upkeep until he caught up.”
Multiple Graded Stakes Placed HIGHLAND SKY added to his resume running 3rd in the Belmont Gold Cup Invitational G2. He saved ground on the rail early running behind the field then swung out and rallied for third. He is owned by his breeder Bonner Young and Gerald and Jerrie Stewart McManis.
Lifetime: 23 4-3-5 $668,422,00
NIKO'S DREAM graduates in a MSW at Belmont 05/19/2019
NIKO'S DREA graduated in a MSW for Sackatoga Stable racing a mile on the grass at Belmont. She raced towards the rear of the pack and then surged 6 wide to the wire to win by 1 1/2 lenghts. She had been second and third in her last 2 starts and has already earned over $65,000. CLICK HERE TO SEE RACE PHOTOS
Congratulations from the Tagg Barn to Kelly Rubley 05/15/2019
We are proud to have been part of the backstory which has ended up helping Kelly Rubley have Alwaysmining entered in the Preakness for Runnymede Racing. To read more please CLICK HERE. Kelly gives credit throughout for lessons learned from Barclay Tagg,
CASSIE'S DREAMER takes allowance at Belmont - getting her 2019 campaign under way 05/06/2019
CASSIE'S DREAMER has proved to be a very astute claim by Barclay and has added greatly to her value as a broodmare. As a 2 year old she jumped from the maiden claiming ranks to run 3rd in the Spinaway Stakes (Gr. 1) and again in the Frizette (G1) . Making her 2nd start at 3 she had no trouble winning a small but salty allowance race at Belmont. CASSIE'S DREAMER is owned by Turf Stable Racing (Rusty Jones) & Hayward R Pressman and was bred by Santucket Stables & Indian Creek (KY). She has earned $224,250.
DR EDGAR 2nd in the Grade 3, $150,000 Fort Marcy, 05/05/2019
Dr. Edgar, the Barclay Tagg-trainee who won his graded stakes debut with the Grade 3 Appleton on March 29 at Gulfstream Park, edged out Cullum Road by a nose for second in the Grade 3, $150,000 Fort Marcy.
“He's a hard-fighting horse and any battle that comes up he gives it a 110 percent,” said Dr. Edgar jockey Dylan Davis. “The favorite [Robert Bruce] went by me but he dug right back in down the lane. I thought I was going to get it, but a late closer came and got him. I thought he ran his 'A' game today.”
FERDINANDA scores in a Gulfstream allowance going away 04/21/2019
Placed in her last 4 starts FERDINANDA (Giant's Causeway) headed to the winner's circle for the 3rd time today. Racing about 7 1/2 furlongs on the Gulfstream grass, she waited patiently until she found an inside seam and burst to the wire under a hand ride to win going away. She is owned and was bred by the William M. Backer and has earned over $171,000 for her connections.
Dr. EDGAR: Win #5 in allowance company at Gulfstream 02/23/2019
DR EDGAR pressed the pace in second and then challenged and bested the leader to win by 2 lengths racing 1 1/16 on the Gulfstream turf. The Lookin At Lucky 6-year-old gelding is owned by Peter J.and Eloise Canzone, Sr. Lifetime record:18 starts: 5 - 4 - 2 $223,985
BRUCIA LA TERRA was named Maryland-bred champion 2-year-old filly 02/21/2019
We are very proud to announce that BRUCIA LA TERRA was named Maryland-bred champion 2-year-old filly. BRUCIA LA TERRA was bred by Sallyellen M. Hurst and Hugh H. Hurst and is owned by William M. Ferrone. She won her first outing and followed that up with a 2nd in the Frizette G1.
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