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Rigoletta Provides Oak Leaf Surprise Ending

Rigoletta Provides Oak Leaf Surprise Ending

Rigoletta outfought odds-on choice Tell a Kelly to the wire to score an exciting 32-1 upset in Oak Tree's $250,000 Oak Leaf Stakes (gr. I) Oct. 3 at Hollywood Park.

 Sunday, October 03, 2010
Finallymadeit Heads Skip Away Field

Finallymadeit Heads Skip Away Field

The durable and talented Finallymadeit will be making the 42nd start of his racing career and his sixth during the current Gulfstream Park meeting in Florida when he takes on six challengers in the $100,000 Skip Away Stakes (gr. III) April 4. He will break from the No. 2 post with Eduardo Nunez, his regular rider, aboard.

 Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Finallymadeit Shows Way in Hooper Upset

Finallymadeit Shows Way in Hooper Upset

Front-running Finallymadeit shook off a challenge from Dream Maestro to post a 1 1/4-length win in the $100,000 Fred W. Hooper Handicap (gr. III) at Calder Race Course Dec. 13.

 Saturday, December 13, 2008
Memorial Day Stakes Attracts Nine

Memorial Day Stakes Attracts Nine

Rolbea Thoroughbreds' 4-year-old homebred Finallymadeit was the 'Iron Horse' of South Florida last year. He made 19 starts with eight victories and four seconds, earned $362,000, and all but one of those starts came in sprint races for trainer Javier Negrete.

 Saturday, May 24, 2008

Bushmills Best Is the Best in OBS Championship Stakes

The connections of Bushmills Best have high hopes for the 3-year-old son of Concerto, and he lived up to their expectations Monday with a 1 1/2-length victory in the $100,000 colt and gelding division of the OBS Champion Stakes.

 Monday, March 20, 2006

Miss Concerto Gives Upsetting Performance

Miss Concerto pulled a 30-1 upset in Saturday's $179,350 Bessarabian Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine.

 Saturday, December 03, 2005

Bellamy Road Breezes Five Furlongs at Churchill

Kinsman Stable's Bellamy Road, the early favorite for the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), breezed an easy five furlongs in 1:02 4/5 at Churchill Downs Thursday morning. It was the colt's first work since his 17 1/2-length romp in the Wood Memorial (gr. I) April 9.

 Thursday, April 21, 2005

Chief's Crown, Bellamy Road's Grandsire, Newest Chef-De-Race

Chief's Crown, whose paternal grandson Bellamy Road is one of the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) favorites, was named racing's newest chef-de-race stallion.

 Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Bellamy Road Turns in Stunning Wood Win

George Steinbrenner's Bellamy Road became a serious contender for next month's Kentucky Derby (Gr. I) with a stunning 17 1/2-length victory over a half dozen overmatched rivals in Saturday's $750,000 Wood Memorial (gr. I) at Aqueduct.

 Saturday, April 09, 2005

Bellamy Road, Now Trained by Zito, Debuts in Gulf Allowance

Nick Zito, who already has four solid Kentucky Derby (gr. I) contenders, will try to add to his roster when he sends out the newly acquired Bellamy Road, winner of the Miller Genuine Draft Cradle Stakes (gr. III), in a one-mile allowance race at Gulfstream Saturday.

 Thursday, March 10, 2005

Angelic Aura Takes Carpenter by a Neck

Sanford Goldfarb and Steve Klesaris' Angelic Aura registered a hard fought neck victory over The Lady's Groom in $100,000 RRM Carpenter Jr. Memorial at Delaware Park Saturday.

 Saturday, July 17, 2004

Concerto Filly Among Fastest Workers For OBS April Sale

A filly by Concerto and Easy Swinger, a colt by Minister's Mark, worked quarter miles in :21 1/5 Wednesday to post the fastest times at the distance during the first session of the under tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's April sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Wednesday, April 16, 2003

First Stakes Winner for Grade II Winner Concerto

Grade II winner Concerto was represented by his first stakes winner when his daughter Collymore Hall won the Aug. 31 NATC Sorority Futurity at Delaware Park for Eugene and Laura Melnyk.

 Sunday, September 01, 2002

Concerto's First Starter a Winner at Keeneland

Collymore Hall, the first starter from the first foal crop of Jim Beam Stakes (gr. II) winner Concerto, won his debut race Thursday at Keeneland.

 Thursday, April 25, 2002

Pine Bluff Colt Among Fastest Workers In OBS Under Tack Show

A Pine Bluff colt turned in the fastest eighth of a mile work Monday at Calder Race Course, covering the distance in 10 1/5 seconds during the first under tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Comapany's select sale of 2-year-olds in training. The auction is scheduled for Feb. 5 at Calder in South Florida.

 Monday, January 28, 2002