The Mackem Bullet, Somelikeithotbrown Meet in Battaglia

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Photo: Dave W. Harmon
Somelikeithotbrown is scheduled to make his season debut in the John Battaglia at Turfway Park

A pair of grade/group 1-placed 3-year-olds will meet under the lights Friday, Feb. 8 at Turfway Park in the $75,000 John Battaglia Memorial Stakes for 3-year-olds, when the colt Somelikeithotbrown takes on the filly The Mackem Bullet.

The 1 1/16-mile John Battaglia on Turfway's all-weather surface is a prep race for the $200,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) on the same course March 9. The latter race awards Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top four finishers on a scale of 20-8-4-2.

A dozen 3-year-olds have been entered in the John Battaglia, led by Skychai Racing and Sand Dollar Stable's Somelikeithotbrown and Katsumi Yoshida's The Mackem Bullet.

A son of classic winner Big Brown , Somelikeithotbrown will be making his first start since closing 2018 with a third-place finish in the Nov. 2 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) at Churchill Downs. Trained by Mike Maker, Somelikeithotbrown will also be making his first start on a synthetic surface. In his past four starts, all on turf, he has a win and three stakes-placings.

A daughter of Society Rock, The Mackem Bullet drew the outside post but has experience on the Turfway surface. Trained by Wesley Ward, she won an allowance-optional claiming race for juvenile fillies by 10 1/2 lengths on New Year's Eve at Turfway.

The Mackem Bullet earned placings in three group stakes in England last year, including a close second to Fairyland in the Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes (G1) at Newmarket. In her North American debut she finished sixth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T).


Entries: John Battaglia Memorial S.

Turfway Park, Friday, February 08, 2019, Race 5

  • STK
  • 1 1/16m
  • All Weather Track
  • $75,000
  • 3 yo
  • 8:12 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Kentucky Allstar (KY) Rodney A. Prescott 118 Michael J. Maker 15/1
2 2Wallace (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Perry Wayne Ouzts 122 Kelsey Danner 12/1
3 3Dynamic Racer (KY) Euclyn E. Prentice, Jr. 118 Ronald Kahles 20/1
4 4Dabo (IL) John McKee 118 Dale L. Romans 12/1
5 5Zulu Legend (MI) Christian P. Pilares 118 Robert M. Gorham 20/1
6 6Over Protective (KY) Malcolm Franklin 118 Ronald Keith Kinmon 12/1
7 7Somelikeithotbrown (NY) Rafael Manuel Hernandez 118 Michael J. Maker 8/5
8 8Maya Solomea (KY) Abel Lezcano 118 Adolfo Macias 50/1
9 9Naughty Joker (KY) Julio A. Garcia 113 Wesley A. Ward 8/1
10 10Echo Alpha Six (KY) Ty Kennedy 118 Claudie Marshall Godsey, Jr. 8/1
11 11Bermejo (FR) Angel Serpa 118 Arnaud Delacour 12/1
12 12The Mackem Bullet (IRE) Luan Machado 113 Wesley A. Ward 3/1