{"id":175862,"date":"2025-10-02T20:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T20:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/175862\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T20:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T20:04:07","slug":"curtain-call-tries-for-bc-juvenile-ticket-in-champagne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/175862\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtain Call Tries for BC Juvenile Ticket in Champagne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BY BROCK SHERIDAN<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftboa.com\/entries-results#searchby=owner&amp;search=west%20point%20thoroughbreds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Point Thoroughbreds\u2019<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftboa.com\/entries-results#searchby=horse&amp;search=curtain%20call\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Curtain Call<\/a> makes his second consecutive start in a Grade 1 when the 2-year-old Florida-bred goes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equibase.com\/static\/entry\/BAQ100425USA-EQB.html#RACE7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">$500,000 Champagne<\/a> on Saturday during the Belmont at Big A meet. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equibase.com\/profiles\/Results.cfm?type=People&amp;searchType=T&amp;eID=20416&amp;rbt=TB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mark Casse<\/a>-trained son of Tiz the Law takes on eight other juveniles in the one-mile Champagne, which offers a <a href=\"https:\/\/breederscup.com\/races\/challenge-series?tab=schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Win And Your\u2019re In<\/a> fees paid invitation to the <a href=\"https:\/\/breederscup.com\/races\/2025-juvenile?tab=overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">$2 million FanDuel Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile<\/a> set for Oct. 31 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.<\/p>\n<p>In his second career race, Curtain Call was an impressive eight-and-a-half-length winner of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftboa.com\/juvenile-florida-bred-curtain-call-romps-in-saratoga-maiden-special-weight\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">maiden special weight<\/a> going six furlongs on the slop at Saratoga Race Course on July 12.<\/p>\n<p>He then graduated into Grade 1 company on Sept. 1 in the seven-furlong Spendthrift Farm Hopeful at Saratoga. He was boxed in while trying to advance entering the far turn then shifted off the rail to maneuver into contention in the stretch. Evenutal winner Ted Noffey got clear in the final furlong while Curtain finished third in a photo for second with runner-up Buetane.<\/p>\n<p>Curtain Call has earned $104,500 in his three races.<\/p>\n<p>West Point bought him for $325,000 out of Steven Venosa\u2019s SGV Thoroughbreds consignment at the <a href=\"https:\/\/obssales.com\/catalog\/#\/142\/hip\/70?refUrl=results&amp;gallery=video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ocala Breeders\u2019 Sale March Sale of 2-year-olds<\/a> in training earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>He is out of Deep Trouble, by Into Mischief and was bred in Florida by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftboa.com\/entries-results#searchby=breeder&amp;search=nancy%20stone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nancy Stone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Curtain Call has post one and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equibase.com\/profiles\/Results.cfm?type=People&amp;searchType=J&amp;eID=136048&amp;rbt=TB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ricardo Santana Jr.<\/a> will ride for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftboa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/47272-Bobby-Jones-OBS-Oct-2025_1200px_UPDATE10.1.2025.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-25817 size-fusion-600\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/47272-Bobby-Jones-OBS-Oct-2025_1200px_UPDATE10.1.2025-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"  data- data-orig-\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Double Down Horse Racing\u2019s It\u2019s Our Time makes his stakes debut after breaking his maiden at Saratoga in his first start, winning by 17 \u00be lengths. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equibase.com\/profiles\/Results.cfm?type=People&amp;searchType=T&amp;eID=3496&amp;rbt=TB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tom Amoss<\/a>-trained son of Not This Time pressed the pace in the six-and-a-half-furlong maiden special weight then exploded away from his competition out of the turn with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equibase.com\/profiles\/Results.cfm?type=People&amp;searchType=J&amp;eID=135658&amp;rbt=TB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Luis Saez<\/a> aboard.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Our Time is out of the multiple stakes-winning Florida-bred mare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equibase.com\/profiles\/Results.cfm?type=Horse&amp;registry=T&amp;refno=10426234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Shea D Summer<\/a>, by Summer Front and earned $55,000 for the victory.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Saez has the return mount on It\u2019s Our Time from post six.<\/p>\n<p>Napoleon Solo also exits a nice maiden special weight victory in his only start.<\/p>\n<p>Owned by Gold Square LLC and trained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equibase.com\/profiles\/Results.cfm?type=People&amp;searchType=T&amp;eID=958533&amp;rbt=TB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Chad Summers<\/a>, Napoleon Solo won a six-furlong maiden special weight by five-and-a-quarter length at Saratoga on Aug. 8 and enters with three bullet works to his credit. His last breeze came on Sept. 26 over the Belmont Park training track where he went four furlongs in :47.40, the fastest of 51 works at the distance.<\/p>\n<p>Napoleon Solo is by Liam\u2019s Map and earned $44,000 in his lone start.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equibase.com\/profiles\/Results.cfm?type=People&amp;searchType=J&amp;eID=109183&amp;rbt=TB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Joel Rosario<\/a> will ride from post eight.<\/p>\n<p>Others entered are Stradale with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equibase.com\/profiles\/Results.cfm?type=People&amp;searchType=J&amp;eID=150157&amp;rbt=TB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Manny Franco<\/a> named to ride, Universe and jockey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equibase.com\/profiles\/Results.cfm?type=People&amp;searchType=J&amp;eID=174583&amp;rbt=TB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Christopher Elliott<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equibase.com\/profiles\/Results.cfm?type=People&amp;searchType=J&amp;eID=171282&amp;rbt=TB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Samuel Marin<\/a> has the call on Aye Aye, Just Asap will have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equibase.com\/profiles\/Results.cfm?type=People&amp;searchType=J&amp;eID=119101&amp;rbt=TB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Florent Geroux<\/a> up, Stickupwithoutagun will carry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equibase.com\/profiles\/Results.cfm?type=People&amp;searchType=J&amp;eID=135658&amp;rbt=TB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Luis Rivera Jr<\/a>. and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equibase.com\/profiles\/Results.cfm?type=People&amp;searchType=J&amp;eID=82464&amp;rbt=TB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kendrick Carmouche<\/a> will guide Talkin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Return to the October 2 issue of\u00a0Wire to Wire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BY BROCK SHERIDAN West Point Thoroughbreds\u2019 Curtain Call makes his second consecutive start in a Grade 1 when&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-175862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}