Out On Bail (c, 2, Tiz the Law–Judge Lee, by Street Cry {Ire}) became the first stakes winner for his freshman sire (by Constitution) by delivering a hard-fought win in Friday's $150,000 Skidmore Stakes sprinting over the turf at Saratoga.
Favored at 3-2 while facing only three rivals, the gray was always traveling nicely while racing in an outside second as Jet Sweep Joe (Frosted) showed the way. The two arrived at the quarter pole together and raced shoulder to shoulder down the stretch. After exchanging bumps close to home, Out On Bail got up to win by a head.
The result stood following a stewards' inquiry and a claim of foul by the rider of the runner-up Joseph Bealmear alleging interference against Out On Bail and Jose Ortiz.
“I just rolled my eyes,” winning trainer Mike Maker said of the inquiry. “You can watch the head-on and see the one horse [Jet Sweep Joe] just kept carrying and carrying us. It was kind of puzzling, but it's not the first time I've been puzzled.”
On a potential next start in the six-furlong GIII Futurity Oct. 4 at Belmont at the Big A, a 'Win and You're In' for the five-furlong GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint in November at Del Mar, Maker added, “The Futurity makes sense.”
Ortiz added, “The horse next to me kept drifting out almost every step of the way. Finally, in the last sixteenth I put a head in front. I tried to keep my ground and I push him a little bit in, but almost the whole stretch he was laying on top of me the whole way. If I had run second, I was going to claim foul, too. I guess he took a shot, but I knew his horse was drifting on me the whole stretch, so I had a point in my favor there.
“If I came in a little bit at the end, so what? It wasn't a hard bump. He didn't give me a hard bump either. He drifted out, so I drift in – it was 50/50. Nothing happened – just two good horses out there battling each other. He came out a bit, I came in a bit but there never was a hard contact made. I'm very happy with the win and very happy for the connections.”
Out On Bail graduated at third asking while making his first start on grass versus New York-breds at the Spa July 24. Jet Sweep joe entered following a game second in Monmouth's Tyro Stakes Aug. 3.
Judge Lee produced a full brother to the winner in 2023. She was bred to Americanrevolution for 2025.
SKIDMORE S., $139,500, Saratoga, 8-16, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:05.00, gd.
1–OUT ON BAIL, 122, c, 2, by Tiz the Law
1st Dam: Judge Lee, by Street Cry (Ire)
2nd Dam: Miss Prado, by El Prado (Ire)
3rd Dam: Northern Swava, by Northern Baby
($40,000 Ylg '23 SARAUG; $110,000 2yo '24 OBSMAR). 1ST
BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Chambers, Case, Paradise Farms Corp.
& Staudacher, David; B-Matthew Nestor (NY); T-Michael J.
Maker; J-Jose L. Ortiz. $82,500. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-1,
$156,000. *First stakes winner for freshman sire (by
Constitution).
2–Jet Sweep Joe, 122, c, 2, Frosted–Sister Blues, by Pioneerof
the Nile. O-Hall Stables, LLC; B-Hall Stables LLC (KY); T-Paul
McEntee. $30,000.
3–Spiralizer, 122, c, 2, Twirling Candy–Jotown, by
Speightstown. ($250,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP; $550,000 2yo '24
OBSMAR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Wathnan Racing; B-Bridlewood
Farm (FL); T-Steven M. Asmussen. $18,000.
Margins: HD, 9HF, 3 3/4. Odds: 1.55, 2.15, 2.35.
Also Ran: Classic Time. Scratched: Governor Sam, Raise the Bar, Soontobeking. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
Down to the wire! OUT ON BAIL, the 2YO son of @coolmoreamerica stallion Tiz the Law, clinches the Skidmore Stakes in a thrilling photo finish with @jose93_ortiz up for trainer Mike Maker. pic.twitter.com/pl128KVqcJ
— NYRA (🎪) (@TheNYRA) August 16, 2024
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