Runaway Rumour the Talk of Winter Memories

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Runaway Rumour wins the Wild Applause Stakes at Belmont Park

Lawrence Goichman's New York homebred Runaway Rumour  seeks a return to winning form as part of a deep field assembled for the $150,000 Winter Memories Stakes for sophomore fillies going 1 1/16 miles Oct. 14 over the inner turf at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Trained by Jorge Abreu, the bay daughter of Flintshire   enters off a closing second in the Sands Point Stakes (G2T) Oct. 16 at Belmont Park, where she made up nearly six lengths from the first point of call to miss by a neck to Fluffy Socks . 

Runaway Rumour captured her first three lifetime starts, all at Belmont Park. Following a triumph in a state-bred maiden going six furlongs over Belmont's inner turf in May, she defeated New York-bred winners going one mile on the Widener turf five weeks later. She made her stakes debut a winning one, when besting open company in the Wild Applause on June 26 at Belmont. 

Abreu said he is hoping for firm footing for Sunday's race. 

"I'm more concerned about the weather than anything else. We're supposed to get some rain," Abreu said. "The horse is doing great though. She came out of her last race in really good shape and had a nice breeze at Belmont the other day. She doesn't need much done with her, she's a small horse."

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Runaway Rumour is out of the multiple stakes-placed Elusive Quality  mare Elusive Rumour , who produced stakes winner Myhartblongstodady, also trained by Abreu. 

Jose Lezcano returns to the irons aboard Runaway Rumour from post 11. 

Trainer Graham Motion will be represented by a trio of fillies, including Michael Ryan, Jeff Drown, and Team Hanley's Invincible Gal  who arrives off a close fourth in the Glen Cove Stakes Oct. 15 at Belmont. 

The five-time stakes-placed daughter of Invincible Spirit returns to Aqueduct for the first time since finishing a late-closing second in the Tepin in November 2020. She built on a productive juvenile campaign when picking up second-place finishes in the Soaring Softly (G3T) May 15 at Belmont Park and the Woodford Reserve Virginia Oaks two starts back Aug. 31 at Colonial Downs. 

"She's obviously a very hard-knocking horse," Motion said. "I'm a little torn with her. I'm almost leaning toward thinking she wants to go short, but she ran so well in the Virginia Oaks going a mile and an eighth."

Earle I. Mack's Batyah  (Pioneerof the Nile) will attempt to shake off 13 months' worth of rust for Motion when making her first start since finishing fifth in the JPMorgan Chase Jessamine Stakes (G2T) in October 2020 at Keeneland. 

"She's been ready to run for a while," Motion said. 

Rounding out Motion's contingent is Fortune Racing's Bipartisanship  who makes her North American stakes debut off a sharp maiden triumph over the Laurel Park turf Oct. 10. Following a third-place finish at Belmont in her first stateside start, the Bated Breath  chestnut made up 13 lengths last out to win her sixth outing by 3 3/4 lengths. She was stakes-placed in Ireland earlier in her career.

"I thought the (Laurel) effort warranted a try against stakes company. It's one of the last chances to run against straight 3-year-olds," Motion said. "She acts like she can be pretty useful."

Other entries include White Frost , Gam's Mission , Plum Ali , Quinevere , Bleecker Street , Miss Dracarys , Out of Sorts , and Flown .


Entries: Winter Memories S.

Aqueduct Racetrack, Sunday, November 14, 2021, Race 8

  • STK
  • 1 1/16m
  • Turf
  • $150,000
  • 3 yo Fillies
  • 3:44 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Quinevere (GER) Kendrick Carmouche 120 Rob Atras 50/1
2 2Bleecker Street (KY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 120 Chad C. Brown 15/1
3 3Plum Ali (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Manuel Franco 124 Christophe Clement 8/1
4 4Gam's Mission (KY) Luis Saez 124 Cherie DeVaux 9/2
5 5Batyah (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Javier Castellano 120 H. Graham Motion 15/1
6 6White Frost (KY) Junior Alvarado 124 William I. Mott 4/1
7 7Miss Dracarys (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Dylan Davis 120 Neil D. Drysdale 10/1
8 8Bipartisanship (GB) Jevian Toledo 120 H. Graham Motion 30/1
9 9Out of Sorts (KY) Jorge A. Vargas, Jr. 124 Brittany T. Russell 15/1
10 10Invincible Gal (GB) John R. Velazquez 120 H. Graham Motion 5/1
11 11Runaway Rumour (NY) Jose Lezcano 124 Jorge R. Abreu 7/2
12 12Flown (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jose L. Ortiz 120 Brendan P. Walsh 12/1