Those that swallowed the 1-5 about last-out GI Woody Stephens Stakes winner Book'em Danno (Bucchero) were made to sweat it out, as the Jersey-bred star needed every last inch of the Monmouth stretch to peg back the previously unbeaten Little Ni (Midshipman) in Friday's Jersey Shore Stakes.
Clearly last of a scratched-down field of four to leave the gates, Book'em Danno was outsprinted and caboosed the field as Proprietary Trade (Practical Joke) set the pace from Little Ni, with Buccherino (Bucchero) not far away in third and three deep on the track. Samuel Marin, who had ridden Book'em Danno to his first two career victories, was sitting on a ton of horse and could easily have circumnavigated the short field, but he opted to ride for luck nearer the inside and was in a bit of a jackpot nearing the stretch. Angled out three deep for clear sailing in upper stretch, the heavy chalk had dead aim on Little Ni, but the gray proved a very stubborn foe up front, only to lose the race on the wire.
“That's a nice horse that ran second,” said winning trainer Derek Ryan. “We got what we wanted out of the race. He had to fight for it today. If all things go well, we'll be back in Saratoga to run in the [$500,000 GI H.] Allen Jerkens [Stakes].”
Breeder Greg Kilka purchased the unraced Adorabella for $14,000 in foal to Fast Anna at the 2020 Keeneland January Sale, and that foal, Girl Trouble, did her part in improving the page with a pair of juvenile stakes scores in 2022. When factoring in Book'em Danno's emergence late last year, the family became even more valuable, as the now-juvenile colt by Classic Empire topped the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic October sale on LC Racing's bid of $135,000 and that same operation added Adorabella to the fold when paying $550,000 for the mare in foal to Medaglia d'Oro after she was supplemented to the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Adorabella subsequently aborted the foal.
The stakes-placed second dam produced snythetic stakes winner Alydiva (Quality Road) and she is a daughter of Esprit d'Escalier, the dam of GSW & MGISP Gastronomical (Sunshine Forever). Alydorable was purchased by Thomas & Mitchell Bloodstock for $5,000 in foal to Sir Winston at last year's Keeneland November Sale. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
JERSEY SHORE S., $110,000, Monmouth, 7-19, 3yo, 6f, 1:09.28, ft.
1–BOOK'EM DANNO, 122, g, 3, by Bucchero
1st Dam: Adorabella, by Ghostzapper
2nd Dam: Alydorable, by Arch
3rd Dam: Esprit d'Escalier, by Diesis (GB)
O-Atlantic Six Racing LLC; B-Gregory J Kilka & Bright View Farm (NJ); T-Derek S Ryan; J-Samuel Marin. $75,000. Lifetime Record: GISW-US, GSP-KSA, 8-6-2-0, $910,625. *1/2 to Girl Trouble (Fast Anna), MSW, $288,540.
2–Little Ni, 120, g, 3, Mohaymen–Elraazy, by Malibu Moon.1ST BLACK-TYPE. O-Jersey Pride Racing LLC, Billy Belford & Boardwalk Racing; B-Shadwell Farm LLC (KY); T-Eddie Owens Jr. $20,000.
3–Buccherino, 116, c, 3, Bucchero–Bellimbusto, by First Dude. ($75,000 2yo '23 OBSAPR). O-Happy Tenth Stable; B-Blue River Bloodstock (FL); T-Alfredo Velazquez. $10,000.
Margins: NO, 5 3/4, 3HF. Odds: 0.20, 2.30, 13.20.
Also Ran: Proprietary Trade. Scratched: Jasper's Pride, Let's Go Mark.
#3 BOOK'EM DANNO ($2.40) prevails in the $100,000 Jersey Shore Stakes at Monmouth Park. The three-year-old @Buccherostud colt was piloted by Samuel Marin for trainer Derek Ryan. pic.twitter.com/xXZ0cVi1HP
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