2/27/2010 John Battaglia Memorial S. Vow to Wager, (DQ)Codoy

TURFWAY PARK, Saturday February 27, 2010 - Race 11

John Battaglia Memorial S.

Purse: $100,000

Distance/Restrictions: 1 1/16M, Dirt, 3 Year Olds, STAKES

Winning Time:1:48.94

Pgm	Horse	Jockey	Win	Place	Show
6	Vow to Wager	John McKee	48.60	17.80	8.00
3	Codoy	Sal Gonzalez, Jr.		5.60	4.40
4	In the Paint	Rex A. Stokes, III			5.80

Times in 100ths: :23.86 :47.79 1:13.71 1:41.88 1:48.94 Unplaced horses listed in order of finish. Also ran: Slewzoom, Fish, Pathoki, Lucky Chuck and Kera's Kitten Winning Breeder: Dixiana Stables, Inc. Winning Trainer: Dale L. Romans Winning Owner: Donegal Racing Wager Type Winning Numbers Payoff $2 Daily Double 5-6 $269.40 $2 Exacta 6-3 $247.20 $2 Superfecta 6-3-4-2 $18,033.20 $2 Trifecta 6-3-4 $2,312.00 $2 Pick 3 4-5-6 $2,960.20

Race Comments: CODOY was unhurried into stride, closed the gap along the inside through the second turn, got through a wide hole leaving the second turn when LUCKY CHUCK veered out, drifted out entering the stretch stacking up VOW TO WAGER, FISH, LUCKY CHUCH, PATHOKO, and KERA'S KITTEN in the process, edged clear and had his rider lose the whip with three-sixteenths to run, drifted inward under a hand ride but held a clear advantage. VOW TO WAGER was shuffled back and steadied entering the first turn, settled into stride four wide, angled in with three furlongs to run, ranged into striking distance off of the inside, was forced out and bumped with a quarter to run, angled in and came again, lacked room and bumped repeatedly with IN THE PAINT through the drive, altered course back outside after steadying off heels near the furlong marker, kept on gamely despite the rough trip and was getting to the winner late. IN THE PAINT was close up between horses early, settled off of the pace on the backstretch, came again along the inside, got through entering the stretch and loomed a danger, bumped repeatedly with VOW TO WAGER in the drive and failed to improve his position. SLEWZOOM vied for the lead between horses early, dropped back before going a half, advanced between horses three wide, lacked room nearing the quarter pole, steadied and swung to the extreme outside, finished with some late run but failed to seriously threaten. FISH was allowed to settle, ranged up four wide, loomed a danger with five-sixteenths to run, but was carried out leaving the second turn and weakened in the drive. PATHOKI was forwardly placed three wide, moved up to engage the leaders on the second turn, was carried out and faltered between horses entering the stretch. LUCKY CHUCK vied for the lead three wide early, then along the inside, veered out under left handed urging leaving the second turn bumping KERA'S KITTEN, was bumped again when VOW TO WAGER was forced out and came up empty thereafter. KERA'S KITTEN disputed the pace while hung wide, edged clear and dropped in on the backstretch, dueled for the lead two wide, but was bumped and steadied leaving the second turn and stopped.

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VOW TO WAGER 수 2007 USA 흑갈색 전적:5(2/0/0)  SW	Broken Vow 갈 1997 USA  G2 14전(9,2,2) 725,296 USD 80 f, 10sw 1.04	Unbridled 언브라이들 갈 1987 USA [I] G1 566 f, 43sw 2.86	Fappiano 갈 1977 USA *{IC} LS
			Gana Facil 밤 1981 USA {DC}
		Wedding Vow 갈 1988 USA  w 7 f, 5 w, 2 sw	Nijinsky 갈 1967 CAN *+{CS} LSB
			Wedding Picture 갈 1981 USA  SW
	Wage A Penny 갈 2001 USA  전(0,0,0) 0 0 f, 0 w, 0 sw	Valid Wager 갈 1992 USA {1420} G2 93 f, 2sw 1.75	Valid Appeal 갈 1972 USA [B] G2
			Bid Gal 밤 1979 USA  Unr
		Lucky Penny 갈 1987 USA  0 f, 0 w, 0 sw	Golden Act 밤 1976 USA [C] G2
			Copernica 갈 1972 USA  W

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Vow to Wager Awarded Battaglia Win Via DQ
By Jason Shandler
Updated: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 2:31 PM
Posted: Saturday, February 27, 2010 6:53 PM
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/55612/vow-to-wager-awarded-battaglia-win-via-dq

Donegal Racing’s 23-1 longshot Vow to Wager was awarded the win in an eventful running of the $100,000 John Battaglia Memorial Stakes Feb. 27 (VIDEO) at Turfway Park after Codoy was disqualified for interference at two different points during the race for 3-year-olds.

Turfway’s final prep for the $500,000 Lane’s End Stakes (gr. II)  March 27, the 1 1/16-mile Battaglia resembled bumper cars as much as it did horse racing when the field of eight turned for home. After the stewards took a long look at the action, they determined Codoy, who crossed the wire in front by three-quarters of a length under Sal Gonzalez Jr., was guilty of impeding Vow to Wager—both coming off the turn and in deep stretch. Rex Stokes, jockey of third-place finisher In the Paint, also lodged an objection against Codoy but that complaint was disallowed. Codoy was placed second.

Vow to Wager, a son of Broken Vow  —Wager a Penny, by Valid Wager, won in his stakes debut for Dale Romans. He was ridden by John McKee.

The trouble started when the field was coming off the turn, as pacesetter Kera's Kitten was carried wide when Lucky Chuck rammed into the 13-10 favorite, causing others to his outside to also lose their paths. That trouble left a huge opening along the inside, and Codoy took advantage by sprinting through the gap.

But the Bernstein   colt also lost his path and went wide while rounding the turn, making contact with Vow to Wager for the first time. Later, as they raced through the stretch, Codoy veered to the inside when Gonzalez lost his whip and caused Vow to Wager, who was between horses, to steady. That also forced Vow to Wager to make contact with In the Paint, who was racing along the rail. McKee shifted Vow to Wager to the outside of Codoy in the final yards while gaining ground, but it was too late.

The final time on the Polytrack was 1:48.94.

"Dale told me to put this horse in the race,” said McKee, "but I found myself squeezed back going into the first turn. I wanted to be closer to the pace, but it didn’t fall like that so I had to go to plan B and let my horse relax. And when I asked him on the second turn, Ben Creed’s horse (Lucky Chuck) floated the field out, and I ended up cutting the corner. Turning for home I had a lot of horse, and Sal’s horse came over and broke my momentum.”

Vow to Wager entered the Battaglia off a convincing 5 1/2-length maiden special weight win in his sophomore debut Jan. 31 at Turfway. The dark brown/bay colt was winless in three starts as a 2-year-old. A $90,000 Keeneland Spetember 2008 yearling sale purchase, Vow to Wager was bred in Kentucky by Dixiana Stables. He has now earned $74,024.

Sent off as the longest shot on the board, Vow to Wager paid $48.60, $17.80, and $8. The exacta (6-3) returned $247.20 and the trifecta (6-3-4) was $2,312.

Of Codoy being taken down, trainer Mark Hubley said: “He ran really good but of course I’m disappointed. It’s unfortunate there was an objection. It could have gone either way, but he could have impeded that horse. I do think he was the best horse in the race."

Slewzoom was fourth, followed by Fish, Pathoki, Lucky Chuck, and Kera's Kitten.