{"id":722,"date":"2014-06-06T14:49:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T14:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linda-rice.com\/?p=722"},"modified":"2014-06-07T14:51:22","modified_gmt":"2014-06-07T14:51:22","slug":"new-york-bred-palace-secures-true-north-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lindarice.com\/index.php\/new-york-bred-palace-secures-true-north-upset\/","title":{"rendered":"New York-Bred Palace Secures True North Upset"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PalaceTrueNorth\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Palace<\/a><\/span>, formerly a $20,000 claimer, collected a victory in the $250,000\u00a0True North Stakes (gr. II)<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0Belmont Park<\/a><\/span>\u00a0June 6 and did so in a solid 1:08.29, closing into a quick pace in the six-furlong sprint before putting away 2-1 favorite\u00a0Bakken<\/a><\/span>\u00a0by three-quarters of a length (VIDEO<\/a>).<\/p>\n

It was the first grade II victory for the 5-year-old New York-bred son of\u00a0City Zip<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/span>, who had not been to the post for trainer Linda Rice since a fourth in the Feb. 17 General George Handicap (gr. II) at\u00a0Laurel Park<\/a><\/span>. He counted back to last November for his most recent win for owner Antonio Miuccio, a score in the Fall Highweight Handicap (gr. III) atAqueduct Racetrack<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that capped a three-race win streak. On Friday,\u00a0<\/span>Rice had him ready to roll first time off the bench.<\/p>\n

“He was a little off form in the winter after (a runner-up finish in) the (Dec. 21) Gravesend, and frankly, he just didn’t care for the inner track so I took him to Maryland for the General George,” Rice said of her 9-1 shot. “He bled through the Lasix and ran really a subpar effort for him, so I turned him out for 60 days, and he came back great.”<\/p>\n

The speed in the True North was another Rice trainee, Affirmed Success Stakes winner\u00a0Marriedtothemusic<\/a><\/span>, who broke like a shot and gunned to the front for an opening quarter in :22.13 and a half in :44.44. Palace, who bobbled\u00a0slightly shortly\u00a0the start from post 7 under jockey Jose Ortiz, rated just behind 4-year-old Bakken, who pressed along in second on the outside.<\/p>\n

“He was barely fit enough to run, but he trained very well coming into the race,” Rice said. “The race looked like it had a lot of speed and it set up well for him, and he really likes Belmont.”<\/p>\n

Ortiz sat chilly as horses rushed up on his outside, then angled Palace off the rail for running room coming off the turn. They hooked up with Bakken, the 2-1 favorite making his first start for Chad Brown since a fifth in the Malibu Stakes (gr. I) at\u00a0Santa Anita Park<\/a><\/span>\u00a0last December, and Palace took over\u00a0as five-eighths went in :56.10.<\/p>\n

“I knew there was a lot of pace in the race, and I knew he had a chance to win because he can close, and that’s what happened,” Ortiz said. “He broke very sharp and was in perfect position. When I asked him to go, he went. A good horse, a lot of class. Linda did a tremendous job with him.”<\/p>\n

The winner returned $20.60, $8.50, and $4.80 while Bakken paid $4 and $3.10 and\u00a0Salutos Amigos<\/a><\/span>\u00a0brought $3.50.\u00a0Eastwood<\/a><\/span>, Marriedtothemusic,\u00a0Dads Caps<\/a><\/span>, and\u00a0Integrity<\/a><\/span>\u00a0completed the order of finish.\u00a0Royal Currier<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0Well Spelled<\/a><\/span>\u00a0were scratched.<\/p>\n

Javier Castellano, in the irons on Bakken, said, “I had a beautiful trip; I was just second best today. We hooked up with the winner at the top of the stretch, and he just showed a little more today.”<\/p>\n

Bred by the Peter J. Callahan Revocable Trust out of the End Sweep mare Receivership, Palace was a $160,000 purchase by Doug Cauthen from the 2011 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s 2011 selected sale of 2-year-olds in training in March, when consigned by Crupi’s New Castle Farm, agent.<\/p>\n

He raced four times for WinStar Farm and Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott before he was claimed\u00a0by Rice upon his fourth start, a maiden race at Belmont in October 2012.<\/p>\n

The True North victory improved his record to 9-4-2 from 18 starts for earnings of $833,200. Among his other victories are the 2013 Chowder’s First Stakes over grade I winner\u00a0The Lumber Guy<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/span>, and the restricted \u00a0Hudson Handicap at Belmont last October.<\/p>\n

Read more on BloodHorse.com:\u00a0http:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/articles\/85543\/new-york-bred-palace-secures-true-north-upset#ixzz33xtrtuCa<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Palace, formerly a $20,000 claimer, collected a victory in the $250,000\u00a0True North Stakes (gr. II)\u00a0at\u00a0Belmont Park\u00a0June 6 and did so in a solid 1:08.29, closing into a quick pace in the six-furlong sprint before putting away 2-1 favorite\u00a0Bakken\u00a0by three-quarters… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lindarice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lindarice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lindarice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lindarice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lindarice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/lindarice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"http:\/\/lindarice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lindarice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lindarice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lindarice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}