BloodHorse.com | Horse Racing News

BloodHorse.com Articles for "Breeders Cup Filly Mare Turf"

Midday Delivers Colt, Booked to Frankel

Midday Delivers Colt, Booked to Frankel

Juddmonte on Jan. 29 announced the arrival of the first foal out of 2009 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) winner Midday. The six-time group I-winning mare will form part of Frankel's first book in 2013.

 Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Siyouma Sails Clear in E. P. Taylor Triumph

Siyouma Sails Clear in E. P. Taylor Triumph

French raider Siyouma, unleashed in the homestretch by Gerald Mosse, stormed past the leaders to post an impressive win in the $1 million E. P. Taylor Stakes (Can-IT) at Woodbine Oct. 14.

 Sunday, October 14, 2012
French Raider Siyouma Heads E. P. Taylor Cast

French Raider Siyouma Heads E. P. Taylor Cast

Siyouma, a group I winner at Newmarket last month, is the 3-1 morning line favorite for the $1 million E. P. Taylor Stakes (gr. IT) at Woodbine Oct. 14.

 Thursday, October 11, 2012
Marketing Mix Rallies to Take Rodeo Drive

Marketing Mix Rallies to Take Rodeo Drive

Glen Hill Farm's Marketing Mix took advantage of a quick early pace to win the grade I Rodeo Drive Stakes on the turf at Santa Anita Park Sept. 29.

 Saturday, September 29, 2012
Marketing Mix Faces Big Field in Rodeo Drive

Marketing Mix Faces Big Field in Rodeo Drive

Marketing Mix, coming off a tough loss in the Beverly D Stakes (gr. IT) last month, takes on 12 Southern California-based fillies and mares in the $250,000 Rodeo Drive Stakes (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park Sept. 29.

 Wednesday, September 26, 2012
27-1 Perfect Shirl Stuns Filly & Mare Turf

27-1 Perfect Shirl Stuns Filly & Mare Turf

Daughter of Perfect Soul holds of European challengers to win her first race of the year.

 Friday, November 04, 2011
Harmonious Back for More in F&M Turf

Harmonious Back for More in F&M Turf

Marty and Pam Wygod's homebred Harmonious, 10th in last year's Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) is back with trainer John Shirreffs for another run at the brass ring.

 Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Miss Keller Wakes Up in Thrilling E.P. Taylor

Miss Keller Wakes Up in Thrilling E.P. Taylor

Out of the money in five starts this year, Miss Keller woke up in a huge way at Woodbine Oct. 16, taking the $991,288 E.P. Taylor Stakes (Can-IT) in heart-pounding style as part of a three-horse blanket finish.

 Sunday, October 16, 2011
Rosario, Dubawi Heights Wrap Up Yellow Ribbon

Rosario, Dubawi Heights Wrap Up Yellow Ribbon

Favored Dubawi Heights gave jockey Joel Rosario his third grade I victory of the day at Santa Anita when she posted an impressive win in the $250,000 Yellow Ribbon Presented by Emirates Airline Stakes (gr. IT).

 Saturday, October 01, 2011
Stacelita Shows Her Stuff in Beverly D.

Stacelita Shows Her Stuff in Beverly D.

Favored Stacelita added a grade I North American victory to her stellar record when she used a rail-skimming ride by jockey Ramon Dominguez to capture the $750,000 Beverly D. Stakes (gr. IT) at Arlington Park Aug. 13.

 Saturday, August 13, 2011
Shared Account Pulls 46-1 Shocker in F&M Turf

Shared Account Pulls 46-1 Shocker in F&M Turf

Shared Account pulled off the biggest upset in the history of the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), out-finishing heavy favorite Midday in a thrilling stretch drive to win at odds of 46-1.

 Friday, November 05, 2010
Eclair de Lune Doing 'Light' Duty

Eclair de Lune Doing 'Light' Duty

Hall of Fame conditioner Ron McAnally is taking a page out of the John Henry training manual in preparing Eclair de Lune for the Emirates Airlines Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT).

 Thursday, November 04, 2010
Midday Gets Feel of Churchill

Midday Gets Feel of Churchill

Midday, the shortest-priced morning-line favorite for the six Breeders' Cup races at Churchill Downs Friday, Nov. 5, stretched her legs at the Louisville track Nov. 3 preparing for the Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT).

 Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Back to Reality for Europeans at Churchill

Back to Reality for Europeans at Churchill

After the tremendous success of European horses in the last two Breeders'Cup World Championships at Santa Anita in California, it is back to the stark reality of racing in America at Churchill Downs in 2010.

 Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Keertana's Trainer Has History On His Side

Keertana's Trainer Has History On His Side

Keertana may go off as a longshot in the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), but don't count her out. In 1994, bettors ignored another distaffer trained by Tom Proctor at their peril.

 Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Midday 6-5 Choice to Repeat in F&M Turf

Midday 6-5 Choice to Repeat in F&M Turf

Juddmonte Farms' homebred Midday was made the 6-5 morning line favorite to repeat in the Nov. 5 Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT).

 Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Forever Together Preps for Third F&M Turf

Forever Together Preps for Third F&M Turf

Forever Together, winner of the 2008 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), is back in the race in which she finished third last year.

 Monday, November 01, 2010

Group I winner Midday Headed to BC

Khalid Abdullah's top-class 3-year-old filly Midday will be pointed for the Emirates Air Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) following her third in last Sunday's Prix de l'Opera (Fr-I) at Longchamp, said Abdullah's racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe.

 Thursday, October 08, 2009
Euro Invaders to Test Pure Clan in Beverly D.

Euro Invaders to Test Pure Clan in Beverly D.

European group winners Alnadana and Mad About You challenge top American-based runners Pure Clan, Black Mamba and others in the $750,000 Beverly D. Stakes (gr. IT).

 Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Dar Re Mi Wins Pretty Polly, Earns BC Berth

Lord Andrew Lloyd-Webber's Dar Re Mi became the first European horse to qualify for the 2009 Breeders' Cup World Championships following her half-length victory in the Audi Pretty Polly Stakes (Ire-I) June 27 at the Curragh.

 Saturday, June 27, 2009
Wait a While Tests Positive in BC

Wait a While Tests Positive in BC

The Todd Pletcher-trained Wait a While, champion 3-year-old filly of 2006, tested positive for procaine in the $2-million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park, it was confirmed Dec. 5 by the California Horse Racing Board. Procaine is a local anesthetic found in the antibiotic procaine penicillin G.

 Friday, December 05, 2008
Dreaming of Anna Faces Stiff QE II Test

Dreaming of Anna Faces Stiff QE II Test

Champion filly Dreaming of Anna will put her three-race win streak on the line and get her final prep for the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships in the $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (gr. IT) Oct. 13 on Keeneland's Haggin Turf Course.

 Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Flower Bowl Field Blooming With Talent

Flower Bowl Field Blooming With Talent

A few horses making their final Breeders' Cup preps this weekend have landed in rather soft fields. That cannot be said for the nine fillies and mares entered in the $600,000 Flower Bowl Invitational (gr. IT) at Belmont Park Sept. 29, as an all-star cast has been assembled for the 10-furlong test on the turf.

 Thursday, September 27, 2007

California Vet Fined for Late Salix Shot

Veterinarian Amy Lee Nevens has been fined $750 by the California Horse Racing Board for falsely reporting when she administered a Salix shot last September at Del Mar.

 Friday, February 24, 2006

Riskaverse Gamble Paying Off for Kelly, Schiff

With two grade I victories and earnings of more than $1.5, no one would have been surprised had trainer Patrick Kelly and owner Peter Schiff retired Riskaverse after the 2004 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT). But with the event returning to Belmont Park in 2005, they decided on another season of racing for the 6-year-old mare.

 Saturday, October 15, 2005

Punctilious is Breeders' Cup Bound After Yorkshire Oaks Win

Punctilious is being considered for the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) after giving Godolphin its second group I victory in four days in the Aston Upthorpe Yorkshire Oaks at York, England Wednesday.

 Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Emirates Airline Offers Trips To Breeders' Cup, Dubai World Cup

Emirates Airline, in conjunction with the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, announced June 20 the "Emirates Airline Racing Around the World Sweepstakes."

 Monday, June 20, 2005

Decision Time Nears for Ouija Board

Three-year-old filly Ouija Board, the third place finisher in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I), could face males in the $2 million John Deere Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) rather than the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT).

 Friday, October 15, 2004

Wonder Again to Arrive Early for Breeders' Cup

Wonder Again, a multiple Grade I winner who took the Diana Handicap at Saratoga by more than five lengths, will be among the early arrivals at Lone Star Park for the Oct. 30 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships.

 Thursday, October 07, 2004

Breeders' Cup Could be in Ouija Board's Future

Ouija Board, winner of the Irish Oaks Sunday to become the 10th filly to win both the English and Irish versions of the middle-distance classics, is being considered for a trip to Texas in October for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT).

 Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Islington Proves Her Class in Filly & Mare Turf

With a wicked late kick, favored Islington prevailed in a heated stretch duel with 45-1 longshot L'Ancresse to win the 1 ΒΌ-mile Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) by a neck.

 Saturday, October 25, 2003

Dettori to Ride Sulamani; Islington Headed to Filly & Mare Turf

Following victories in the Arlington Million (gr. IT) and Turf Classic (gr. IT) under David Flores and Jerry Bailey, respectively, Sulamani will be reunited with regular rider Frankie Dettori for the Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT).

 Friday, October 10, 2003

Head2Head Wagering Returns; Post Times Released

Head2Head wagering, first introduced at last year's Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships, is back on the wagering menu for this year's races that will be hosted by the Oak Tree Racing Association at Santa Anita Park on Oct. 25.

 Monday, October 06, 2003

Dimitrova an Early Arrival for Breeders' Cup

Flower Bowl Invitational Handicap (gr. IT) winner Dimitrova arrived in Southern California late Wednesday night from New York and was safely bedded down in barn 68 at Santa Anita to begin preparations for her next start in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) on Oct. 25.

 Thursday, October 02, 2003

Ghostzapper Won't Run in Sprint, Frankel Says

Despite his eye-catching performance in Saturday's $500,000 Vosburgh (gr. I), Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel said Stronach Stable's Ghostzapper is most likely done for the year.

 Sunday, September 28, 2003

BC-Bound Dimitrova Impressive in Flower Bowl

Joseph Higgins' Dimitrova, ridden by Jerry Bailey, edged in front in deep stretch and drove to a one-length victory in the $750,000 Flower Bowl Invitational (gr. IT) over the German entry Walzerkoenigin Saturday at Belmont Park.

 Sunday, September 28, 2003

Starine's Pedigree: A Star in the Family

Starine's meteoric rise from a French claimer to being a Breeders' Cup winner is anything but routine.

 Tuesday, October 29, 2002

Complete List of Breeders' Cup Entrants (Filly & Mare Turf through Classic)

The complete list of entries for the 2002 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships.

 Thursday, October 17, 2002

Owsley, Sky Mesa, Touch of the Blues Work at Keeneland

Keeneland had a number of Breeders' Cup contenders on the grounds Monday morning making final preparations for Oct. 26.

 Wednesday, October 16, 2002

On Site at Arlington

Xtra Heat arrives, will gallop up to BC Sprint...Two Item Limit Works Toward Distaff...Fraulein settles in.

 Wednesday, October 09, 2002

Filly & Mare Turf Update (10/1): Preps in Kentucky, California

Janis Whitham's Affluent is scheduled to return to the races Oct. 5 in Keeneland's grade II WinStar Galaxy Stakes, one of the top final preps for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf Oct. 26 at Arlington Park. In California, last year's Filly & Mare Turf winner, Banks Hill, is set to go in the grade I Yellow Ribbon Stakes at Santa Anita Park the same afternoon.

 Thursday, October 03, 2002

Filly & Mare Turf Story: Staying the Course

Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms finally gets a Breeders' Cup victory as Olivier Peslier sees no one closing ground on the filly Banks Hill.

 Wednesday, October 31, 2001

BANKS HILL

Return to Main Contenders Page

 Friday, October 19, 2001

Filly & Mare Turf Continued

Continued from part 1

 Wednesday, November 08, 2000