NEW KENT, Va.--Graham Motion saddled Tok Tok to win a $125,000 Stakes in only his second start.
Tok Tok winning at Colonial Downs (Photo by Coady Photography)Wertheimer and Frere's homebred Tok Tok, by Quality Road, won the $125,000,, 1 1/16 mile Kitten's Joy Stakes on the turf by 1 1/4 lengths at Colonial Downs on Sept. 9.
This was only the 2-year-old colt's second start after winning a Maiden Special Weight race, also at Colonial Downs, on July 27.
Running third in the early going, Tok Tok went three wide on the turn, hit the front one furlong from home and continued on to win under a drive.
Also on Sept.9, Gary Broad's Vergara won the G3, $1 Million, 1 5/16 mile Aristocrat Ladies Marathon Stakes for fillies and mares 3 and up on the turf by 3/4 lengths at Kentucky Downs.
This was Vergara's third Stakes win and first graded stakes win after also placing previously second and third in graded stakes.
Vergara now has four wins, two seconds and three thirds from 13 starts with earnings of $1,102,213.
Wertheimer and Frere had a second homebred stakes winner with Serifos, a 4-year-old gelding who won the $100,000, 11/2 mile Precious Passion Stakes by 3 1/4 lengths at Monmouth Park on Sept. 10.
This was Serifos third win and first stakes win from 14 starts, with also three seconds and one third.
QUEEN OF THE MUD, owned by Siena Farm, Michael Kisber and Peter and The Elkstone Group (Stuart Grant), won a $90,000, 6 furlong Maiden Special Weight for fillies and mares 3 an up at Aqueduct on Sept. 21.
This was Queen of the Mud's second start after placing third art Delaware Park in her first start.
Amy N. Moore's Por Una Cabeza won a $75,000, 1 1/8 mile Maiden Special Weight turf race for fillies and mares 3 and up at Colonial Downs on Sept. 9.
Por Una Cabeza won by a neck in her seventh start after her previous best races being third twice before.
Motion's six win in the last two weeks came with Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners' Yatta, who won a $156,000, 1 mile Maiden Special Weight turf race for 2-year-old fillies by 2 1/2 lengths at Kentucky Downs on Sept. 7.
That was Yatta's third start after previously finishing second at Delaware Park and fourth at Colonial in maiden races.
MICHAEL MATZ had three winners, two in allowance races and one in a maiden special weight.
Runnymoore Racing's Stern Chaser was the first of the trio, winning a $38,500, 1 mile and 70 yards Allowance turf race for fillies and mares 3 and up at Delaware Park on Sept.7.
This was Stern Chaser's second win in six races, and she won by a head after closing steadily through the stretch.
Runnymoore Racing had a second winner on Sept. 8 with Understudy Kitty winning a $75,000, 5 1/2 furlong Maiden Special Weight by a neck at Colonial Downs.
This was Understudy Kitty's second start after finishing fourth in her first race at Colonial.
John T. Behrendt's Tequilera won a $160,000, 7 furlong Allowance turf race for fillies and mares 3 and up by a neck at Kentucky Downs on Sept. 10.
This was Tequilera's second win with five seconds and three thirds in 14 starts, a very consistent filly who has hit the board 10 times.
ELIZABETH MERRYMAN saddled two winners, including one of her own homebreds in a stakes race.
Merryman's homebred Witty won the $75,000, 5 furlong Ben's Cat Stakes on the turf by a head at Sept.16 at Pimlico.
That was Witty's fourth stakes win, and prior to the Ben's Cat, Witty had run second four times in a row this year, three of them in stakes.
Merryman also saddled Hasting Farm's homebred Jean Valjean to win a $31,600, 6 furlong Allowance race by 2 3/4 lengths at Penn National on Sept. 13.
Jean Valjean now has four first, a second and a third from eight starts.
KERI BRION saddled Three Diamonds Farm's Chasing After You to win a $19,000, 6 furlong Claiming Race by 3/4 lengths at Presque Isle on Sept. 19.
This was Brion's first time training Chasing After You, who was previously trained my Michael Maker.
JACK FISHER saddled Bruton Street-US' St. John's to win a $70,000, 1 mile Maiden Special Weight turf race by 2 lengths at Kentucky Downs on Sept. 9.
St. John's is beautifully bred 3-year-old gelding by Hard Spun out of a Street Cry (Ire) mare that was recently acquired by Bruton Street.
The Maiden win was St. John''s second race for Fisher.
