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No dithering for Maybesomaybenot in Sanford Belying the indecisiveness of his name, Carolyn and Karen Scisney's homebred MAYBESOMAYBENOT (Sunday Break [Jpn]) sprinted right to the early lead on the rail in Sunday's $150,000 Sanford S. (G2) at Saratoga, fought off his pace rivals, and forged clear to prevail by 1 1/2 lengths.
"We meant to go in front," Leparoux said. "With the rail, you kind of have to send him from there. He was in front pretty easy and he's still a little green. He kind of looked around in the stretch, but he did it pretty well. He did it like a nice horse, so hopefully he can go forward from today." The 6-1 Nacho Saint, who has now finished second in all three of his starts, paid $7.50 and $4.20. Another Silver Oak held third, another 1 1/4 lengths back, and yielded $7.40 at 11-1. Kentucky Juvenile S. (G3) winner and Bashford Manor S. (G3) runner-up Lou Brissie (Limehouse) wound up a non-threatening fourth, followed by Chipshot (Peace Rules), Bail Out the Cat, Blue Right By (Bluegrass Cat) and Commonwealth Rush. Bail Out the Cat appeared to have returned unscathed from his disastrous start. "He seems to have come back OK," trainer Rick Violette said. "It was bad luck for us," Garcia lamented. "My horse was acting up in the gate. When the gates opened, he didn't get out. I am really upset about it." The Kentucky-bred Maybesomaybenot, an RNA for $22,000 at Keeneland September, represents a family operation. He was bred by Carolyn and Arthellor Scisney, who gave their ailing daughter-in-law, Karen Scisney, a 25-percent interest in him. "The owners are the nicest couple you'd ever want to meet," Maker said. "They've had some lesser horses who were stabled where I train my horses, and he'd always tell me 'When I get a good horse, I'll bring it over to you.' He came over to me this spring, and said, 'I think I have a good horse for you.' "Their daughter-in-law, who is part owner with them, is quite sick and in the hospital, and hopefully, it will be a good dose of medicine for her. As for the horse's next start, anything's a possibility. We'll just play it by ear." "We've worked hard all our lives, and this is a joy," Arthellor Scisney said. "My daughter-in-law spoke to us on the phone. She just had bypass surgery on Monday and already has lupus. She has lost 60, 70 pounds. I hope this picks her up. If the Lord does nothing else for me, I'll be all right." Maybesomaybenot has now bankrolled $125,700 from his 3-2-0-1 line. Third on his June 11 debut at Churchill after breaking in the air, the bay gelding came back to romp by six lengths beneath the Twin Spires on July 3. He is out of the winning Olympio mare Majestic Mommy, whose latest offspring is a 2010 colt by Da Stoops. Much further back in the female line, one finds the classy Clem, the upset winner over Hall of Famer Round Table in the 1958 United Nations H. and Washington Park H. Maybesomaybenot's name is based on a parable that Arthellor Scisney read a number of years ago. There was an old man in a village to whom people went for advice. A farmer whose ox died was concerned that he wouldn't be able to plow his field, and went to the old man for advice. When he asked the old man if this was the worst thing that could have happened, the man's response was, "Maybe so, maybe not." The farmer thought the old man was crazy, but he ended up finding a horse that pulled the plow and yielded the best crop the farmer ever had. The next year, the farmer's son was riding the horse and broke his leg, rendering him unable to help with the crop. Once again, the farmer went to the old man asking him if this was the worst thing that could have happened, and he responded, "Maybe so, maybe not." The farmer thought the old man was crazy, but the next day, troops arrived to take every able-bodied young man in the village to fight in a war. The farmer's son was the only one that wasn't selected to go, and ended up surviving, proving that once again, the old man was very wise. After reading the story, Scisney decided that the next good horse he owned would be named Maybesomaybenot.
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