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Havelock Punches Through to Win Shakertown

Havelock Punches Through to Win Shakertown

Silverton Hill homebred Havelock and jockey Garrett Gomez found room along the rail and just prevailed by a nose in a five-horse blanket finish of the $100,000 Shakertown Stakes (gr. IIIT) April 13 at Keeneland.

 Saturday, April 13, 2013
Jazzy Idea Christens Laurel Meet With Record

Jazzy Idea Christens Laurel Meet With Record

Owner/trainer Edwin Merryman's Jazzy Idea kicked off the Laurel Park meet in style with a course-record victory in the $100,000 Jameela Stakes at six furlongs on the turf.

 Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Havelock Gets Up for Hanshin Cup Upset

Havelock Gets Up for Hanshin Cup Upset

With a well-timed ride by jockey Florent Geroux, Silverton Hills' Havelock got up in the final strides to overtake favored Lonesome Street to win the $150,000 Hanshin Cup (gr. III) by a neck.

 Saturday, May 19, 2012
Havelock: A True Athlete

Havelock: A True Athlete

Exercise rider Chase Miller has a lot of high hopes in Havelock, who is 9-2 on the morning line for the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT).

 Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Longshot Havelock Rides Rail in Play the King

Longshot Havelock Rides Rail in Play the King

Havelock, shipping in from Kentucky for trainer Darrin Miller, closed with a rush along the rail to register an 18-1 upset by a head in the Play the King Stakes (Can-IIT) on the Woodbine turf Aug. 28.

 Sunday, August 28, 2011
Great Notion, Scrimshaw Sire Winners

Great Notion, Scrimshaw Sire Winners

Stakes winners Great Notion and Scrimshaw were represented by their first winners May 25.

 Monday, May 26, 2008

Great Notion to Northview in Maryland

Stakes winner Great Notion, who nearly won last year's King Bishop Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga, will enter stud at Northview Stallion Station near Chesapeake City, Md.

 Wednesday, September 08, 2004

Champali Answers Aristides Bell

Champali benefited from a blistering pace in Saturday's $162,150 Aristides Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. III), overcoming a poor start to post a convincing 3 1/4-length triumph.

 Saturday, June 19, 2004

Mountain General Seeks Aristides Repeat

Defending champion Mountain General faces a rematch with veteran sprint star Beau's Town in Saturday's $150,000-added Aristides Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. III) at Churchill Downs.

 Thursday, June 17, 2004

Multiple Choice Finds Lawn to His Liking

Trainer Jimmy Jerkens finally got a chance to try Multiple Choice on the turf Sunday afternoon, and the 6-year-old Mt. Livermore gelding rewarded his faith with a late-running neck victory in the $112,200 (gr. IIIT) Jaipur Handicap at seven furlongs on the Widener course.

 Sunday, May 30, 2004

Jaipur Offers Rare NY Turf Sprint

The lone turf sprint stakes of the Belmont Park season will be run Sunday as a field of eight contest the seven furlong $100,000 Jaipur Handicap (gr. IIIT).

 Friday, May 28, 2004

Final Breeders' Cup Preps for Five Kentucky-Based Horses

Five contenders for Saturday's Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships, including a powerful trio trained by Steve Asmussen, were on the track at Churchill Downs and its Trackside Louisville training center Monday.

 Monday, October 20, 2003

Young Tyler Baze Seeks Breeders' Cup Glory

The only thing about Eclipse Award-winning jockey Tyler Baze that even remotely hints at the fact that he'll just be turning 21 on Oct. 19 is his appearance.

 Thursday, October 16, 2003

Phoenix Looks To Be Beau's Town

Beau's Town, a winner of four of five starts this year, is the one to beat in the $250,000 Phoenix Breeders' Cup Stakes (gr. III) as Keeneland opens its fall meet Friday.

 Wednesday, October 01, 2003

Valid Video Zooms in at King's Bishop Wire

With a desperate lunge in the final strides, Valid Video and jockey Joey Bravo had just enough to nip Great Notion at the wire in Saturday's $200,000 King's Bishop (gr. I) for 3-year-old sprinters at Saratoga.

 Saturday, August 23, 2003

Zavata's Speed to be Tested in King's Bishop

The $200,000 King's Bishop, a seven-furlong stake for three-year-olds, has been a chalk player's delight the last four years. But if the likely favorites Saturday, Zavata and Posse, a pair of multiple graded stakes winners, want to keep that trend going, they better have their "A" game.

 Friday, August 22, 2003

Zavata Zings Amsterdam Foes

Michael Tabor's Zavata and jockey Jerry Bailey won a speed duel with Trust N Luck and pulled away in the stretch for a comfortable victory in Saturday's $150,000 Amsterdam Stakes (gr. II) for 3-year-olds at Saratoga.

 Saturday, August 02, 2003

Posse Heads Amsterdam Round-Up

Heiligbrodt Racing Stable's Posse will be chasing his fourth straight stakes victory Saturday when he faces six top 3-year-old sprinters in the $150,000 Amsterdam Stakes (gr. II) at Saratoga.

 Thursday, July 31, 2003

Farina Fires Back At Brancusi Foul Claim

Jockey Tony Farina, who rode Brancusi, was upset with criticism leveled at him after a foul claim by jockey Kent Desormeaux, aboard Crowned Dancer in Saturday's Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland.

 Sunday, April 13, 2003

Offlee Wild, Lots of Sizzle Drill for Toyota Blue Grass

Offlee Wild and Lots of Sizzle, both pointed toward Saturday's Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland, made their final moves over the Central Kentucky oval Tuesday morning.

 Tuesday, April 08, 2003

Crowned King Reigns Supreme in Rebel

McKeever Racing Stable's Crowned King, a 36-1 shot ridden by Chandra Rennie, wore down 3-5 favorite Great Notion in mid-stretch and went on to win the $125,000 Rebel Stakes for 3-year-olds at Oaklawn Park Saturday.

 Saturday, March 22, 2003

Rebel Stakes a Longer Test for Great Notion

Silverton Hills' Great Notion, a nine-length winner of the Southwest Stakes on March 1, figures to be a heavy favorite in Saturday's $125,000 Rebel Stakes for 3-year-olds at Oaklawn Park.

 Thursday, March 20, 2003

GREAT NOTION

GREAT NOTION

 Wednesday, March 19, 2003

Steve Haskin's Road to the Kentucky Derby: How The Mighty Have Fallen

While there were some impressive performances this weekend, it is not likely any of the winners of the major stakes want to go a mile and a quarter. Therefore, we will precede the review of those races with a few comments regarding the overall picture of the 3-year-old crop, as well as Hold That Tiger and the other Ballydoyle horses.

 Sunday, March 02, 2003

Great Notion Wins Southwest by Nine Lengths

Silverton Hills' Great Notion made Saturday's featured $75,000 Southwest Stakes, in front of a crowd of 16,910 at Oaklawn Park, his showcase.

 Saturday, March 01, 2003