Chad Brown, who saddled 2012 GIII Miss Grillo S. winner Watsdachances (Ire) (Diamond Green {Fr}) and 2013 victress Testa Rossi (Fr) (Dr Fong), looks to capture his third consecutive renewal of Belmont's grassy 1 1/16-mile test for juvenile fillies. Long Lake Stable LLC's Tammy the Torpedo (More Than Ready) is one of three very good chances Brown has to get the job done this year. Purchased for $225,000 at OBSAPR after breezing a furlong in :10 1/5, the dark bay earned J “TDN Rising Star” J status with an ultra impressive debut victory going this distance at Saratoga Aug. 17. “Visually and numbers-wise, she was most impressive of the group; she showed a great turn of foot,” said Brown. “We've given her plenty of time to recover from that effort and she seems to be in top shape.” Stablemate Partisan Politics (More Than Ready) finished third by just a head in her 5 1/2-panel Saratoga unveiling July 21. The Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence colorbearer showed an extension in trip was just what she needed when powering home to capture the Spa's grassy P.G. Johnson S. at today's distance last time Aug. 27. “She ran terrific [in the P.G. Johnson],” Brown remarked. “She was bumped so hard on the first turn; I was expecting that she would chuck it in on the backside. She was wide the whole way, and she had one race under her belt, a sprint race I had given her. She's a lightly built horse. For her to overcome all that, a wide trip and getting hit pretty hard around the first turn, I was super impressed with that effort.” Brown is also represented by Sheep Pond Partners's Lady Eli (Divine Park), who overcame a troubled trip to graduate at first asking going this distance at the Spa Aug. 25. Also owned by Long Lake Stable, Greywalls (City Zip) runs as part of a coupled entry with Tammy the Torpedo and gets the blinkers off for this third attempt. One of two maidens in this field, the John Terranova pupil was fifth on debut in a sloppy off the turfer upstate Aug. 21, and improved to third last time behind Richard Greeley's My Cara Mia (Colonel John) going six panels over this course Sept. 5. Terranova also saddles Ancient Goddess (Fr) (Ifraaj {GB}), who was second in her Maisons-Lafitte unveiling and earned her diploma next out going seven panels at Chantilly June 15 for conditioner M. Delcher-Sanchez. The Sovereign Stable runner was a respectable third in her American debut for this barn in the P.G. Johnson. Rick Violette sends out a representive of the home team in New York-bred Skinner Box (Freud). The Patsy Symons colorbearer donned cap and gown first out in a state-bred Saratoga turf sprint Aug. 11, and was a game third after facing some trouble in Woodbine's one-mile GII Natalma S. Sept. 13. Both Lady Bling (Pioneerof the Nile) and Amazing Anne (Freud) boast debut wins at this distance at Saratoga Aug. 15 and Aug. 28, respectively.
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