Fourth at 30-1 against the boys in the Sword Dancer Invitational
Handicap on August 17, Richard Santulli’s Tannery returns just 16 days later as
the 2-1 program favorite in Monday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Glens Falls.
A four-year-old Irish-bred daughter of Dylan Thomas, Tannery
was beaten only 2 3/4 lengths by Big Blue Kitten in the 1 1/2-mile Sword Dancer, in
which she broke from post 12 and raced wide all the way around.
Despite having only one horse beat entering the stretch,
Tannery was just a head behind third-place finisher Nutello.
“I thought with a little better trip, she would have been
right there,” New Jersey-based trainer Alan Goldberg said by telephone Sunday morning.
“I wasn’t really worried about (facing males). It was more that she was doing
very well, and I liked the fact that I could put her on a van and leave that
morning and have her back in her stall that night.
“Hopefully, she’ll move
forward. She’s doing well. She looks good, and she’s acting good.”
The Glens Falls will be the second start for Tannery since
getting a break following her eighth-place finish in the June 29 New York Stakes at Belmont Park. Prior to that race,
the bay miss rallied to win the Sheepshead Bay at the Glens Falls distance of 1
3/8 miles on May 25, also at Belmont.
“I was just thinking that it’s a mile and three-eighths,
and we know she likes the distance,” Goldberg explained the quick turnaround from
the Sword Dancer. “I could have gone to Canada (for the September 15 Canadian Stakes
at Woodbine), but it’s only a mile and an eighth in two more
weeks. There just wasn’t a lot around.”
Goldberg has started seven horses at Saratoga this summer
with two wins, the Diana and Ballston Spa with Santulli’s five-year-old mare Laughing. In the Glens Falls, Tannery will face four
foes — Anjaz, Minakshi, Mystical Star and Strathnaver — she defeated in the
Sheepshead Bay.
“I breezed her with Laughing before the last race, and she
outworked her,” Goldberg said. “Hopefully, she’ll run well.”
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