Car Club set to ship from Kentucky for $100,000 Regret Stakes at Monmouth Park – centraljersey.com

OCEANPORT – It isn’t typically that Ben Colebrook ships Automobile Membership from Kentucky to race. It’s much more uncommon for the 44-year-old coach to indicate up at Monmouth Park with a runner.

Each would be the case on July 2, nevertheless, when Membership Automobile units her sights on the featured $100,000 Remorse Stakes on the Jersey Shore oval, in line with a press launch.

“I’ve solely run one horse at Monmouth Park; when Fancy Gown Get together gained the Miss Woodford Stakes (in 2019),” mentioned Colebrook.

For Membership Automobile, the ultra-consistent 6-year-old mare, the six-furlong Remorse Stakes will mark her twenty seventh profession begin. Twenty of these have are available Kentucky, however Colebrook mentioned the timing appeared proper – Membership Automobile has been idle since ending second within the Roxelana In a single day Stakes at Churchill Downs on April 30 – to move north to take this shot.

“It appeared like this got here up as a great spot for her,” mentioned Colebrook. “She has performed nicely with the freshening. I feel she is able to fireplace a giant one.”

A Kentucky-bred daughter of Malibu Moon-Sittin on the Bar by Into Mischief, Membership Automobile has banked $612,284 for her profession and his been within the cash in 21 of her 26 profession begins.

However she has simply 5 profession wins and only one in stakes firm.

“Certain it’s a bit of irritating,” mentioned Colebrook. “However clearly she has been holding fairly good firm.”

In three begins this 12 months, Membership Automobile exhibits two seconds and an off-the-board end within the Grade 1 Madison Stakes at Keeneland on April 9.

“She has come again very robust at 6,” mentioned Colebrook. “I feel we had some unhealthy luck early within the 12 months. We despatched her to New York (for the Correction Stakes at Aqueduct on March 12) after which the race received canceled. So we needed to convey her all the way in which again to Kentucky and we ran her at Turfway (for her seasonal debut on March 19). She ran second there to Caravel. I believed that was an excellent race.

“We got here again together with her in three weeks and took a shot within the Grade 1 Madison as a result of it was at house at Keeneland and we had been pondering we may get her Grade 1 positioned. Then I believed she ran nicely towards Bayerness (at Churchill Downs on April 30). After that we freshened her up as a result of she had three bang-bang-bang races.”

Membership Automobile, owned by Michael and Katherine G. Ball, does personal a pair of seconds in graded stakes firm, however her solely stakes win got here within the West Virginia Secretary of State Stakes at Mountaineer on Aug. 7, 2021. Colebrook is wanting so as to add to that on Saturday.

“She’s seasoned and virtually at all times exhibits up,” mentioned Colebrook. “Each time she has not proven up there was an excuse. She could be very constant.”

Colebrook has enlisted Nik Juarez to trip and can give him very particular directions on the way to deal with Membership Automobile.

“She pulls on the rider and she or he does issues fairly simply, so generally she fools the rider,” Colebrook mentioned. “It’s a must to seize her and ensure she is just not too near the tempo, as a result of in any other case she will get working free and the riders don’t notice how briskly she goes. She is a long-striding mare and it won’t appear she is working that quick. It looks as if it takes the starch out of her once they do this. We’ll ship her on Thursday (June 30) and if all goes nicely we plan on working.”

Saturday’s card at Monmouth Park is a part of a four-day July 4 racing weekend that begins on Friday, July 1, in line with the press launch.