Taptowne survives inquiry to take WV Governor's on Derby undercard

One race earlier, Mark Russell's Russell Road won the $100,000

Senator Robert C. Byrd Memorial Stakes via disqualification. Jasizzle

crossed the wire 7 3/4 lengths ahead of his next closest rival but was placed

second after a stewards inquiry revealed that he veered into the path of 3-5

favorite Russell Road at the break. The final time of the race was clocked in

1:09 4/5.

Jose Montano rode the James Casey charge for his 20th career stakes

victory, giving the chestnut a total of $1,525,918 in lifetime earnings from a

44-26-8-4 line. The seven-year-old gelded son of Wheaton was entering in here off a score in

the Independence Day Stakes over this track on July 2 in a race that was taken

off the turf.

In the sister race to the Byrd, Lloyd Schwing's Ms Anna Destiny captured her first stakes in the $100,000

West Virginia Secretary of State Stakes. The Brad Cox-trained daughter of

Anabaa tracked the

pace four wide around the far turn, grabbed the lead at the top of the stretch

and pulled away from the field to win by four lengths. With Ricardo Santana Jr.

in the irons, the five-year-old mare stopped the teletimer in 1:10 3/5 going six

furlongs over the main track.

Ms Anna Destiny was claimed three starts back from

Dale Romans and Franklin Smith Jr., and was exiting a half-length victory in an

optional claimer over a sloppy Indiana Downs track earlier last month. The dark bay

has a career mark of 24-7-1-5, $198,499.

Blazing Meadows Farm LLC and Cottonwood Stables LLC's Rise Up kicked off the

first stakes race on the day by wiring the field for a 4 3/4-length score in the

$100,000

Mountaineer Juvenile Stakes as the 2-1 second choice. The Tim Hamm pupil

broke alertly, had a head lead at the quarter-pole before he slowly started to

draw away from the field and padded his lead in the stretch. The two-year-old

colt stopped the clock in 1:11 for the six-furlong test over the main track with

Rosie Napravnik up.

The Rockport Harbor bay was coming off his maiden win in his second attempt

over Presque Isle Downs' Tapeta track back on June 26. With Saturday's first

stakes win, Rise Up banked $60,900 to boost his bankroll to $88,900 from a

3-2-1-0 line.

In the sister race for two-year-old fillies, Bowman Racing LLC's Silver

Valley was much the best as the 2-1 co-favorite in the six-furlong, $100,000

Mountaineer Juvenile Fillies Stakes. The Ron Moquette charge broke to an

early lead on the outside but settled back in third before taking back over by a

head at the half-mile pole and shaking clear in the stretch to come away

victorious by four lengths. The bay daughter of Silver Train crossed the wire in 1:12 3/5

to give jockey Santana his second stakes win in a row.

Silver Valley

broke her maiden at first asking back on May 25 for the only start under trainer

Bobby Jenkins, and finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the Debutante and

Schuylerville Stakes her last two times out. She increased her lifetime earnings

to $82,609 from a 4-2-0-0 line.

Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Kentucky homebred Prissy wired the field for her

stakes bow in the $100,000

West Virginia Senate President's Cup Stakes in the first race on the firm

turf. The Mike Maker trained-four-year-old filly went right to the lead,

setting a swift pace along the rail and fought off 6-5 favorite Soft Whisperer

to the wire to prevail by a length. The 2-1 second choice traveled one mile and

seventy yards in 1:39 2/5 with Alan Garcia up.

The Unbridled's Song chestnut had won three in a

row on the turf before finishing second at Churchill

Downs on June 27 in a race that was taken off the turf. Prissy has an impressive

career line which reads 6-4-1-0 and $188,200 in lifetime earnings.

In the last stakes race on the card, Loooch Racing Stable Inc.'s Global Power

took the field gate-to-wire in the $100,000

West

Virginia House of Delegates Speaker's Cup Stakes. For his second start under trainer Jeffery Radosevich,

the five-year-old horse

broke right to the lead, setting swift fractions, as he built up a four-length

lead in the stretch. The bay prevailed by 1 1/2 lengths but had to hold off a

late charge from 5-2 favorite Derby Kitten. With Scott Spieth in the irons,

Global Power went one mile and seventy yards over the turf course in 1:38 2/5.

The son of Pulpit was exiting a third-place finish in the Arlington Sprint last month,

but was

placed ninth through disqualification in that race. Global Power won his third stakes and now

has a career line which reads 21-7-2-3, $347,702.

Earlier on the card, Jay F. Young's Brooklyn Cowboy was victorious in his

stakes debut in the $100,000

West Virginia Legislature Chairman's Cup Stakes. The five-year-old Pomeroy gelding

pressured the pace from the outside, took over the lead just past the

quarter-pole and was in a dual to the wire with 4-5 favorite Comisky's Humor

before edging clear for a 1 1/4-length win. In the first start out of Damon

Dilodovico's barn, the 6-1 fourth choice covered 4 1/2 furlongs in :52 over the

main track with Montano aboard.

Brooklyn Cowboy was exiting a fourth-place finish in an optional claimer at

Charles Town last month while being trained by Mike Pino. The bay now sports a record that stands at 20-6-4-4, $199,900.

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