Surprisingly vs. 4 Brown Trainees in Ballston Spa

Lengthy profitable with grass females and having a deep and proficient secure of such Thoroughbreds, coach Chad Brown has racked up a document seven victories within the Ballston Spa Stakes (G2T) at Saratoga Race Course, all since 2012.

That tally appears more likely to rise to eight Aug. 22 when Brown runs 4 of the 5 turf entrants within the $300,000 Ballston Spa, a 1 1/16-mile turf race. With dry climate forecast for Thursday, the race will probably stay on the grass and consequence within the scratches of main-track-only entrants Hoosier Philly , Film Moxy , and Amanda’s Folly .

That would depart solely the Todd Pletcher-trained Surprisingly  to check the Brown quartet of Beaute Cachee , Coppice , Delahaye , and Gina Romantica . Surprisingly has already run behind two of these rivals this summer time, ending fourth behind 1-3 finishers Beaute Cachee and Delahaye within the Matchmaker Stakes (G3T) at Monmouth Park after they final raced July 20.

Brown’s remaining pair, Peter Brant’s Gina Romantica and Juddmonte’s Coppice, ran third and fifth, respectively, within the July 13 Diana Stakes (G1T) at Saratoga. They misplaced to a different Brown feminine turf runner: Whitebeam .

Seemingly with out rivals to problem her early, Louis Lazzinnaro, Madaket Stables, Michael J. Caruso, and Michael Dubb’s twin graded stakes winner Beaute Cachee might maintain a tempo benefit. She gained the Matchmaker in front-running vogue and in addition upset the Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland on the lead for Frankie Dettori, who returns aboard the 5-year-old Literato  mare.

“She’s proven a brand new dimension this yr together with her velocity,” Brown famous.

William Lawrence and Three Chimneys Farm’s Delahaye (Medaglia d’Oro  ), a size behind her within the Matchmaker after stalking the tempo, figures to be shut early, together with Gina Romantica. Tyler Gaffalione picks up the trip on Delahaye whereas Flavien Prat pilots Gina Romantica, on whom he gained the 2022 Queen Elizabeth II Problem Cup Stakes (G1T).

Brown mentioned of Gina Romantica, a 5-year-old Into Mischief   mare: “I used to be more than happy together with her Diana effort. She appears to be working again into type. Taking a look at her final couple of years of racing, it looks like she could also be a second-half-of-the-year kind of filly, and that is the time of yr she’s at her finest.”

Irad Oritz Jr. rides Coppice for the primary time after Dettori was aboard for her first three begins since being positioned into Brown’s secure. The stakes-winning 4-year-old daughter of Kingman   gained 4 of eight earlier begins in the UK.

“She’s coaching very well. Her first begin within the nation was excellent—she narrowly misplaced to an eventual grade 1 winner in Chili Flag,” Brown mentioned of the Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes (G2T) at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day. “The final couple of races have been a bit irritating—not the best of journeys, not horrible, however perhaps not the setups she desires.”

Repole, Pletcher Try Upset with Surprisingly

Surprisingly, winless since February 2023 when she scored on the grade 3 stage, managed a pair of high quality second-place finishes earlier within the yr when racing within the Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational Stakes (G2T) and within the Orchid Stakes (G3T), each at Gulfstream Park. The Repole Secure-owned runner has been off the board in her final three outings. Jose Ortiz rides the Pletcher-trained 5-year-old daughter of Mastery .