1/16/2010 Santa Ynez S.(G2) Amen Hallelujah

 

SANTA ANITA PARK, Saturday January 16, 2010 - Race 5

Santa Ynez S. - Grade: 2

Purse: $150,000

Distance/Restrictions: 7F, Dirt, F, 3 Year Olds, STAKES

Winning Time:1:21.39

Pgm	Horse	Jockey	Win	Place	Show
4	Amen Hallelujah	Chantal Sutherland	8.40	4.20	3.20
2	Franny Freud	Garrett K. Gomez		3.40	3.20
6	Switch	Rafael Bejarano			4.20

Times in 100ths: :22.89 :45.24 1:09.27 1:21.39 Unplaced horses listed in order of finish. Also ran: Whispering Hush, She's Funomenal and Seriously Winning Breeder: Thorobeam Farm Winning Trainer: Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. Winning Owner: IEAH Stables and Whizway Farms Wager Type Winning Numbers Payoff $2 Daily Double 4-4 $24.40 $1 Exacta 4-2 $12.00 $1 Superfecta 4-2-6-3 $152.60 $1 Trifecta 4-2-6 $61.70 $1 Pick 3 3-4-4 $27.10

Race Comments: AMEN HALLELUJAH chased a bit off the rail or outside a rival, came out leaving the turn and four wide into the stretch, bid outside foes in the drive, gained a short lead under urging in deep stretch and gamely prevailed. FRANNY FREUD stalked inside then a bit off the rail, went outside a rival on the turn, bid three deep into the stretch, put a head in front, fought back between horses through a long drive and held second. SWITCH angled in and dueled outside a rival, inched away into the turn, continued just off the inside, fought back inside foes through the drive, drifted in some late and bested the others. WHISPERING HUSH settled a bit off the rail, came out leaving the turn and a bit wide into the stretch and lacked the needed rally. SHE'S FUNOMENAL had good early speed and angled in, dueled inside, stalked along the rail on the turn, fell back some into the stretch and weakened. SERIOUSLY saved ground chasing the pace, came out leaving turn and into the stretch and lacked a response in the drive.

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AMEN HALLELUJAH 암 2007 USA 흑갈색 전적:7(3/1/2)  G2	Montbrook 흑 1990 USA {1280} G3 8전(5,0,1) 674 f, 45sw 1.49	Buckaroo 벅커루 갈 1975 USA *{BI} LS 523 f, 29sw 2.06	Buckpasser 갈 1963 USA +{C} LB
			Stepping High 갈 1969 USA {*} SP
		Secret Papers 흑 1982 USA  W 6 f, 6 w, 2 sw	Jet Diplomacy 흑 1975 USA  SW
			Attache Case 1970 USA  W
	Sara's Success 1998 USA  SW 33전(8,6,1) 1 f, 0 w, 0 sw	Concorde's Tune 회 1989 USA  SW 141 f, 6sw 1.39	Concorde Bound 회 1981 USA  G3
			Parisian Tune 밤 1983 USA  w
		Saratogianna 갈 1992 USA  1 f, 0 w, 0 sw	Saratoga Six 갈 1982 USA [B] G1
			The Old Maryann 밤 1975 USA

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Amen Hallelujah Answers Santa Ynez Call
By Jack Shinar
Updated: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 2:11 PM
Posted: Saturday, January 16, 2010 6:31 PM
by http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/54854/amen-hallelujah-answers-santa-ynez-call?source=rss

In a battle of Eastern invaders down the Santa Anita stretch, Amen Hallelujah overpowered Franny Freud in the final strides to win the $150,000 Santa Ynez Stakes (gr. II) by three-quarters of a length Jan. 16 (VIDEO).

Amen Hallelujah, who broke her maiden at Arlington Park in August, defeated five 3-year-old fillies in the Santa Ynez for her first stakes victory for trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. and owners IEAH Stables and Whizway Farms. The final time for the seven-furlong test on Pro-Ride was a solid 1:21.39.

With Chantal Sutherland aboard, Amen Hallelujah rated off the the rail in fourth as Switch and 3-2 favorite She's Funomenal vied for the lead with Franny Freud in close attendance in third place. After quarter-mile fractions of :22.89 and :45.24, She's Funomenal, along the inside, threw in the towel. Switch, ridden by Rafael Bejarano battled on as Franny Freud and Garrett Gomez closed in on her outside.

Amen Hallelujah, rallying four wide on the grandstand side, joined the leaders in upper stretch and edged away in the final furlong while enjoying a nine-pound weight advantage over Franny Freud, who lugged 123. Switch held third, a half-length behind the runner-up, with Whispering Hush closing mildly for fourth. She's Funomenal and Seriously trailed.

“I hate to say it, but she’s really easy to ride," said Sutherland, who was aboard Amen Hallelujah for the first time. "She’s calm, cool and you don’t have to do much as a jockey."

Sutherland won her first graded stakes at Santa Anita. One of the leading riders at Woodbine in Toronto, she is riding her third season at the Santa Anita meet. Her only previous stakes win at the track was achieved in the 2008 Irish O’Brien Stakes atop Lightmyfirebaby. The 33-year-old jockey’s only previous graded stakes victory in the United States came aboard Smokume in the Tom Fool Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont Park in 2005.

"I could see they were going really fast on the lead, and I loved it. The pace was sweet and I didn’t want to move too soon because I didn’t want to get fanned too wide. It was like watching a movie, the way it set up, it couldn’t have been any better. I was concerned about Garrett’s (Franny Freud) horse but when I asked my filly she had plenty in reserve. The move she made was just fantastic.”

A Florida-bred daughter of Montbrook   out of the Concorde's Tune mare Sara's Success, Amen Hallelujah has performed on synthetic tracks in all seven of her starts so far. Amen Hallelujah shipped to the West Coast last month for the 1 1/16-mile Hollywood Starlet (gr. I), where she faded to third after leading the field into the stretch. She ran third in Keeneland's Alcibiades (gr. I) prior to that.

The Santa Ynez victory, her third win, was worth $90,000 and boosted her overall earnings to $222,370.

“Chantal gave her a great ride," said Michelle Nevin, chief assistant to Dutrow, who was in Florida. "The filly settled nice for her and it was perfect.”

Thorobeam Farm bred the winning dark bay or brown filly.  She was a $40,000 Keeneland yearling sale in September 2008.

Sent off as the third choice, Amen Hallelujah paid $8.40, $4.20 and $3.10 and topped a $24 exacta. New York-bred Franny Freud, a three-time stakes winner as a 2-year-old for trainer John Terranova, returned $3.40 and $3.20. Switch, a two-length maiden winner in her only prior start last month, was $4.20 to show in her jump to graded company for trainer John Sadler.

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