Catalano to Unveil Carpe Diem, Farrell Half at the Spa

A 12-race program Aug. 1 anchored by the Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course will kick off when nine juveniles go into line for a six-furlong maiden special weight on the main track. Trainer Wayne Catalano will debut Regular Guy, a Bernardini colt owned and bred by Coffeepot Stables, the racing operation of Bob Cummings and Annette Bacola. The dark bay is out of the Unbridled's Song broodmare Rebridled Dreams, making him a half brother to grade 1 winner and sire Carpe Diem as well as five-time graded stakes-winning millionaire Farrell. Catalano also trained the latter. "Farrell was a little more headstrong, but this horse is pretty cool and laid-back," Catalano said. "They both have talent, but he's got to go out there and prove it. She's done it all. Obviously, it's a very beautiful family." Regular Guy has recorded two breezes on the main track at Saratoga, including a five-furlong drill July 29 in 1:00.44. "He's training well. We're happy with him. It's a short meet, so we're trying to get a race into him to see how good he is," Catalano said. "(Cummings and Bacola) are such wonderful people. They're like family. They give me their horses, and we've had some wonderful success." Christophe Clement will send out first-time starter Venerable for Jump Sucker Stable, Claiborne Farm, and Adele Dilschneider. The bay son of Tiznow is the third foal out of the dual turf stakes-winning Giant's Causeway mare Coarsegold and was purchased for $410,000 at the 2019 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, where he was consigned by Woodford Thoroughbreds. He comes from the same family as multiple champion-producing sire Unbridled's Song. "He's a good-looking colt and an exciting prospect as of now," Clement said. "It's an amazingly tough race on paper, but we'll go out there and do our best." The ownership group of Grandview Equine, Cheyenne Stables, and LNJ Foxwoods will be represented by two first-time starters, Olympiad and Outlier. Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, Olympiad is by Speightstown out of the Medaglia d'Oro mare Tokyo Time, who is a half sister to multiple graded turf stakes winner Hungry Island, graded stakes winner Soaring Empire, and Flying Dixie, who produced last year's Woodward Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) winner, Preservationist. Olympiad was purchased for $700,000 from the 2019 Keeneland September sale and was consigned by Gainesway. "He's been training great," Cheyenne Stables' Everett Dobson said. "He's supposed to be a two-turn horse, so that's our long-term goal with him. Mott is particularly high on the horse, and we think he's one that has a bright future ahead of him." Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen will saddle Outlier, a son of highly regarded freshman sire Not This Time out of the Good and Tough broodmare Tough Issie. Outlier was purchased for $375,000 from Taylor Made Sales Agency's consignment to the 2019 Keeneland September sale. His second dam, Lady Ethel, is a half sister to Sweet and Careless, the dam of 2009 Alabama Stakes (G1) winner Careless Jewel. "He's really quick, and I think he's going to be fast first out. On paper, the race came up pretty tough," Dobson said. In Race 7, juveniles will go two turns on the Mellon turf course for a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight. Trainer Wesley Ward will send out King of Miami, who makes his debut on grass after finishing second on debut July 10 on an off track at Belmont Park. The bay son of American Pharoah is owned and bred by Ward. He is out of the Afleet Alex mare Bombo Genesis, who is a half sister to multiple turf stakes winner Bound for Nowhere, who also is owned and trained by Ward. "He's coming back on short rest," Ward said. "Turf is his game. I made the decision to run from the outside post at Belmont when the race came off the turf. I wish I would have scratched. He is going to be a nice colt, and with the American Pharaoh influence, he should appreciate the added distance." Mott will debut a well-bred son of Medaglia d'Oro for Don Alberto Stable in Sol Del Sur. Sol Del Sur is out of the War Front mare Snow Fall, a half sister to multiple graded stakes winner Upperline.