Tell Your Daddy Tops Loaded Field for Artie Schiller

With only two more weekends of turf racing left in New York, a loaded field of horses hoping to secure one last black-type victory before the season ends drew into the Nov. 11 $100,000 Artie Schiller Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Flying P Stable's Tell Your Daddy  looms as a heavy hitter in the 12-horse field. The Tom Morley trainee enters Saturday's one-mile turf contest off a respectable runner-up finish in the Oct. 9 Keeneland Turf Mile Stakes (G1T). Prior to that effort, he aced the Sept. 6 Bernard Baruch Handicap (G2T) at Saratoga Race Course in a gate-to-wire score.

The 5-year-old Scat Daddy gelding, who was claimed for $40,000 in January at the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, has made a steady progression with a record of 1-2-1 from six starts for his new connections.

Jay Provenzano of Flying P Stable said a better trip in the Keeneland Turf Mile, a "Win and You're In" event could have sent the improving gelding to the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile Presented by PDJF (G1T).

"I think we could have won the race if we had got a clean trip like the winner did down the lane. We got a little bumped here and there," Provenzano said. "We thought we stood a chance to get into the Breeders' Cup but we ended up third on the list.

"Tom and I have always stuck to our plan with this horse and it's usually paid off," Provenzano added. "We decided if we were first or second on the AE list we'd ship and if not we would stay for this spot and that's the plan."

Provenzano said that while he is disappointed to have missed out on this year's Breeders' Cup with Tell Your Daddy, he'll look forward to blazing a trail to next year's event.

"I think we made the right choice staying here," Provenzano said. "It's a good distance and next year we know that we have to campaign him a little differently and treat him like a real good horse now."

John Velazquez, who partnered with the gelding in the Bernard Baruch, returns to the irons.

Multiple graded stakes-placed Bodecream  will also look to go from claim to fame. The 4-year-old son of Bodemeister  , trained by Jeffrey Englehart for Darryl Abramowitz, was claimed for $80,000 out of a winning effort in a 1 1/16-mile optional-claiming tilt last out Oct. 21 at Belmont Park, registering a career-best 106 Equibase Speed Figure.

"I thought he was in for the right price and that he'd be a good horse for us to have for next season," Englehart said. "He ran a nice number last time so we nominated him to this race. He's been training good since, so we're going to take a shot. This spot makes sense for him."

The consistent Bodecream, who captured the Texas Turf Mile Stakes and placed in two graded stakes on the New York circuit last year, boasts a record of 2-2-0 from seven starts this year.

Jose Lezcano will have the call.

Field Pass , a multiple graded stakes winner for owners Three Diamonds Farm and trainer Mike Maker, cuts back in trip in the Artie Schiller after being denied late in the Oct. 10 1 1/8-mile Knickerbocker Stakes (G3T) at Belmont. Two starts back, the versatile 4-year-old took down the Baltimore/Washington International Turf Cup Stakes (G3T) at Pimlico Race Course over the Artie Schiller's mile trip.

Javier Castellano will be aboard the son of Lemon Drop Kid   as he pursues a seventh lifetime stakes victory.

Entries: Artie Schiller S.

Aqueduct Racetrack, Saturday, November 13, 2021, Race 9

• STK
• 1m
• Turf
• $150,000
• 3 yo's & up
• 3:43 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Flavius (KY)	Jose L. Ortiz	123	Chad C. Brown	7/2
2	2Olympic Runner (KY)	Kendrick Carmouche	125	Mark E. Casse	12/1
3	3Rinaldi (NY)	Luis Saez	125	H. James Bond	6/1
4	4March to the Arch (FL)	Dylan Davis	123	Mark E. Casse	8/1
5	5Bodecream (KY)	Jose Lezcano	121	Jeffrey S. Englehart	20/1
6	6Tell Your Daddy (KY)	John R. Velazquez	125	Thomas Morley	3/1
7	7En Wye Cee (KY)	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	121	Todd A. Pletcher	8/1
8	8Breaking the Rules (KY)	Manuel Franco	121	Claude R. McGaughey III	8/1
9	9Bal Harbour (KY)	Jose Lezcano	123	Gregory D. Sacco	3/1
10	10Our Last Buck (NY)	Manuel Franco	125	Michelle Nevin	5/2
11	11Field Pass (MD)	Javier Castellano	125	Michael J. Maker	9/2
12	12Mandate (KY)	Andrew Wolfsont	121	Robert J.W. Johnston	50/1