Keane Stud: About the Farm

10/26/08 - MY MAGIC MOMENT by Forest Wildcat out of Sari by Cozzene, won the open MISSY MOO I LOVE YOU Stakes at Belmont .The filly foaled at Keane

10/23/08 - KEANE STUD FOALED Doremifasollatido draws post potition 13 in the Distaff Juvenile giving Jimmy Jerkens the quote of the day. "What else can you do except give the jock a leg up!"

Exercise rider Kelvin Pahal let Doremifasollatido roll for 2f furlongs in the stretch during a morning gallop Thursday morning. “She just went slow, like 24-and-change,” said trainer James JerkensBelmont in her most recent start, will break from post 13 in the Juvenile Fillies.

“There’s not much you can do about it,” said Jerkens, whose filly will be ridden by Eibar Coa. “It’s up to the jock. He’s got to make a decision before he gets to the turn whether to go a little more or to take back a little bit.”

10/18/08- Keane Stud foaled and raised, STORMY'S SMILE won the Maid of Mist at Belmont she was born at On the same day, Love Abroad was third in Empire Classic. He was also foaled and raised at Keane Stud.

Stormy's Smile ($153.00!) scores front-running shocker in Maid of the Mist
by Rab Hagin
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Photo: Adam Coglianese

STORMY'S SMILE

The only unplaced maiden among 12 New York-bred two-year-old fillies (11 wagering interests) in Showcase Day's one-mile Maid of the Mist Stakes was Francis Paolangeli's homebred STORMY'S SMILE, who shocked onlookers by immediately grabbing the lead and never getting caught, winning by 3-1/2 lengths as the 75.50-to-1 ninth choice. The rest of the race was surprisingly formful, with half of the 2.60-to-1 favored entry, Anjorie, advancing to within a length of the winner but no further, and 4.80-to-1 co-third choice Sneakin Up -- winner of Belmont's $111,900 Joseph A. Gimma 27 days earlier -- overtaking Anjorie for second. What happened?

"We know she wanted to go long; her mother did nothing but go long," explained winning owner-breeder Paolangeli of Ithaca, New York. "So, he (winning trainer Dominic Galluscio) was game to run a maiden, and we know she wanted to go long. I'm just elated; I can't believe the price!" exclaimed Paolangeli, who also bred and raced Stormy's Smile's 11-time winning and three-time stakes-placed dam, Serenity's Smile ($178,634).

"I thought she would run well and actually, we put her in here because we thought she would have some kind of chance," Paolangeli continued. "I would have been happy to share it instead of taking a whole piece of the pie."

As owner and breeder of a winning 75.50-to-1 shot in a six-figure stakes, that would be pi(e) squared several times over.

Stormy's Smile's stunning performance started with an opening quarter-mile in 22.60 -- faster than the Sleepy Hollow opening quarter (23.04) and putting her a length and a half in front, after which no rival seemed willing to run with the Paolangeli homebred even though her subsequent splits dropped off significantly. It was Stormy's Smile's first outing under jockey Jose Lezcano, who reported that the Maid of the Mist winner performed perfectly: "The filly broke really good," observed Lezcano. "I knew she was going to break good. I sent her and let her go. I asked her to run, and she gave me a real good kick."

Victory in the Maid of the Mist increased the earnings for Stormy's Smile to $69,511 in three starts. The daughter of Stormy Atlantic had finished fifth among eight in her 5-1/2-furlong Saratoga debut and fourth among nine in Finger Lakes' $156,612 Lady Finger Stakes for state-bred fillies going six furlongs on Labor Day, after which she was away from competition until Showcase Day. In the 47-day interim, trainer Galluscio had given Stormy's Smile four workouts at Belmont, including one fairly quick half-mile drill on September 21 and a long (seven-furlong) breeze a week prior to Showcase Day.

Stormy's Smile is the first offspring produced from New York-bred Serenity's Smile, who did not race as a two-year-old and did not place in any stakes until her four-year-old and five-year-old seasons, scoring 11 times on dirt -- seven at a mile and up -- under the care of trainer Galluscio. Serenity's Smile -- by the late leading New York-based stallion Dixie Brass -- is a half-sister to stakes-placed 11-time winning filly/mare Raf's Society Girl and is out of New York-bred Aggressivebynature, a first-out winning Distinctive Pro mare that Paolangeli also bred and raced.

KEANE STUD FOALED Doremifasollatido hits all the right notes - wins G2 Matron by 2 lengths
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by Rab Hagin

Looking significantly stronger and more mature than she did a month ago at Saratoga, Susan Moore's and M and M Thoroughbred Partners' New York-bred DOREMIFASOLLATIDO drove to a two-length victory in Belmont's Grade 2 Matron Stakes for two-year-old fillies going seven furlongs on Saturday, scoring her first stakes victory. The dark bay stalker also thrust herself into the Breeders' Cup picture, hinting that a two-turn mile and a sixteenth (the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies distance at Oak Tree/Santa Anita on Friday, October 24) might be just to her liking. For the fourth time in as many starts, Doremifasollatido had New York Thoroughbred Breeders 2006-2007 Jockey of the Year Eibar Coa on board, and that pair now appears to have a close understanding of each other.

Breaking from the inside post as the 3.40-to-1 second choice among nine starters, Doremifasollatido stayed next to the rail and close behind the top-three early contenders until reaching the upper stretch, at which point Coa sent her inside of second-place pursuer Argyle Park, brushing briefly with that rival. By mid-stretch, the New York-bred had overtaken front-runner Miss Ocean City, the 4.10-to-1 third choice, and was five lengths ahead of 2-to-1 favorite Heavenly Vision, with whom she had stalked the early pace, and in the final furlong Doremifasollatido drew clear. Fourth choice Persistently (4.70-to-1) closed from last to place second, with 13.70-to-1 Argyle Pink holding for third.

A month earlier in Saratoga's Grade 2 Adirondack Stakes at 6-1/2 furlongs, Doremifasollatido had broken dead last but angled outside to circle five-wide into the stretch, where she closed for runner-up honors but had no chance of catching still-undefeated and now Grade 1 winner Mani Bhavan. It was a different story in the Matron, and winning rider Coa, who had two victorious trips going seven furlongs on Belmont's Saturday card, was succinct in his observations about what had transpired: "It was supposed to be a fast race," Coa remarked. "It's about your horse showing up. She showed up today, broke easily and showed ability and heart."

Winning trainer James Jerkens, who had given Doremifasollatido three widely varied workouts following the filly's second-placing in Saratoga's Adirondack on August 13 -- one drill on turf and a three-furlong blowout at Belmont just two days prior to the Matron -- had been impressed with her stakes debut. "In her last race (the Adirondack), she got into contending position while she was losing ground and got tired late," explained Jerkens. "But she hung on game for second. That was a big effort. I told Eibar (Coa) today, 'Hopefully, she will break good, and we can sit there for awhile.' She was up close without any effort. Her rhythm got broken a little bit at the top of the stretch (when Doremifasollatido brushed with Argyle Park), but she showed a lot of grit. Eibar makes them do that."

Victory in the 102nd Matron -- won by the eventual Eclipse Champion Juvenile Fillies in two of the event's six most recent previous renewals and by Hall of Fame fillies La Prevoyante, Gallant Bloom, Cicada, Bed o' Roses, Busher, Top Flight, and Maskette -- increased Doremifasollatido's earnings to $217,000. Now with two wins and two runner-up efforts in four starts, the improving filly had been purchased by agent Cecil Seaman for $110,000 at Keeneland's 2007 September yearling sale on behalf of Susan Moore of Far Hills New Jersey, who frequently races in conjunction with M and M Thoroughbred Partners. The daughter of Irish multiple group winner Bernstein was bred by Dr. Edward Messina of Equiology Concepts, Inc. in Briarcliff Manor and is the fourth winner and second graded winner produced from Consider It Done, who is a half-sister to five-time stakes winner Lily's Affair ($528,970). Dr. Edwards had purchased Consider It Done for $42,000 at Keeneland's 2000 November sale when the mare was carrying her future first named offspring and Doremifasollatido's turf graded-winning half-sister, Fortunate Damsel ($218,815). Doremifasollatido's two winning half-sisters, Fortunate Damsel and five-time winner Smokinatthefinish ($104,929), have both scored at beyond sprint distances.

Doremifasollatido is the 23rd New York-bred open black-type stakes winner of 2008 and the 11th state-bred graded winner this year, and the Matron was the 14th graded event captured in 2008 by a runner bred in the Empire State. She is the second New York-bred juvenile open stakes winner at Belmont this summer-fall and is among eight state-bred two-year-olds to finish in the top-three in open 2008 black-type events.

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