Parchment Celebration , drawn into the Belmont Gold Cup Stakes (G3) on the ultimate hour when rain pressured the race off the turf, splashed residence a convincing 8 1/2-length winner June 6 at Saratoga Race Course.
Because the skies opened over Saratoga Friday afternoon, the dynamics of the Belmont Gold Cup modified drastically when monitor administration dominated the two-mile turf contest could be run at 1 3/4 miles over the primary monitor. There have been 4 late scratches, together with race favourite Restricted Legal responsibility , following the announcement.Parchment Celebration, b, 4/c
Structure — Life Nicely Lived, by Tiznow
Proprietor: PIN OAK STUD LLC
Breeder: B. Flay Thoroughbreds (KY)
Coach: William I. Mott
Jockey: Rider TBA
Info supplied by Equibase at time of entry.
Pedigree Notes
Structure stands at WinStar Farm LLC for $110,000 (2025).
Sale Historical past
KEESEP2022 • $450,000 • Consignor: Stone Farm • Purchaser: Dana Bernhard.
Though German-trained horses had gained two earlier editions of the Belmont Gold Cup, a qualifier for the celebrated two-mile Melbourne Cup (G1) in Australia, the abroad invader Flatten the Curve would abruptly need to sort out the slop for the primary time in his profession.
Parchment Celebration’s stablemate, the Invoice Mott-trained Timeout , who additionally drew into the sector as a main-track-only contender, stepped into the gate because the 2-1 favourite. Parchment Celebration, not fairly as completed as Timeout on the dust, although nonetheless a first-level allowance winner on the primary monitor at Churchill Downs, closed the betting at 7-1.
“At 1 o’clock within the afternoon it appeared like we weren’t going to run. We gave the horses their common lunch and put some water in for them, and abruptly I appeared up and stated we’d higher change course right here and get these horses able to run,” Mott stated. “So we cleaned them up, put the bridles on them and introduced them over … It turned out they took the race off about an hour beforehand. We didn’t have a lot time.”Join BloodHorse Each day
Successful Transfer Secure’s Yo Daddy , one other MTO entrant, established the tempo on the entrance finish underneath jockey Kendrick Carmouche. The pair skipped by means of the mud, setting uncontested fractions of :48.71, 1:38.56, and a pair of:04.75.
As the sector raced into the far flip, Parchment Celebration and John Velazquez, who picked up the mount final minute on the son of Structure , discovered a brand new wind over the slop, reducing into Yo Daddy’s benefit with each stride. Turning for residence, Parchment Celebration dueled the longtime chief into the lane earlier than placing away that foe, streaking clear a dominant winner.
Padiddle , a last-out third within the Man o’Struggle Stakes (G2T), edged out Flatten the Curve to finish the trifecta.
Pin Oak Stud’s Parchment Celebration earned his first stakes win. The 4-year-old stopped the clock in 2:57.86 for the sparingly run 1 3/4-mile distance and returned $16 for a $2 win ticket.
“That is what Mr. Mott informed me about this horse, ‘He doesn’t prefer to be ridden the primary a part of the race, however he all the time gallops out.’ He thought that this distance could be good for him,” Velazquez stated.
Mattress in Kentucky by Bobby Flay, Parchment Celebration is out of the Tiznow mare Life Nicely Lived and is a half sibling to 2017 Maker’s 46 Mile Stakes (G1T) winner and Darley Japan stallion American Patriot . Parchment Celebration is the third Northern Hemisphere graded stakes winner this yr for Structure, becoming a member of Mindframe and Pin Up Betty . Structure stands for a $110,000 2025 charge at WinStar Farm in Kentucky.
Pin Oak’s Dana Bernhard signed the ticket for Parchment Celebration for $450,000 on the 2022 Keeneland September Yearling Sale from the Stone Farm consignment.
Due to the floor swap, the Belmont Gold Cup was downgraded from its marketed grade 2 stage underneath American Graded Stakes Committee guidelines. The committee can evaluate the race inside 5 days and restore its prior grade if the race is deemed to have nonetheless provided a grade 2-caliber discipline.
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