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Awesome Feather Basks In Sunshine

Awesome Feather Basks In Sunshine

Undefeated Awesome Feather won her ninth consecutive race, runnng away from the Sunshine Millions Distaff field at Gulfstream Park for Stronach Stables and trainer Chad Brown.

 Saturday, January 28, 2012
Grade I Winners Top Chicago Handicap Lineup

Grade I Winners Top Chicago Handicap Lineup

Grade I winners Dr. Zic and Hooh Why head a field of eight older fillies and mares in the $100,000 Chicago Handicap (gr. III) at Arlington Park July 3.

 Thursday, June 30, 2011
Embur's Song Facing Tough Field in Hendrie

Embur's Song Facing Tough Field in Hendrie

Fresh from her record-setting win in Keeneland's Doubledogdare Stakes (gr. III), Embur's Song returns to Woodbine for the first time since last summer in the $150,000 Hendrie Stakes (Can-III) May 14.

 Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Sovereign Winner Indian Apple Is Starts Year

Sovereign Winner Indian Apple Is Starts Year

Indian Apple Is, Canada's 2010 Sovereign Award-winning female sprinter, launches her 5-year-old campaign against five rivals in the $150,000 Whimsical Stakes (Can-III) April 23 at Woodbine.

 Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Hooh Why Heads Sovereign Finalists

Hooh Why Heads Sovereign Finalists

Sovereign Award finalists were announced Jan. 19; Blood-Horse article nominated for Outstanding Feature Story.

 Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Fast-Closing Ariana D Captures Bessarabian

William Thompson Jr.'s homebred Ariana D rallied from last after a half-mile to upset favored Sugar Again in Woodbine's $150,096 Bessarabian Stakes Nov. 21.

 Sunday, November 21, 2010
Florida Horsewoman Gail Gee Dies

Florida Horsewoman Gail Gee Dies

Gail Gee, owner of Derby Daze Farm near Ocala, Fla., died Oct. 26 in Ocala.

 Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Defending Champ Informed Decision Heads TCA

Defending Champ Informed Decision Heads TCA

Augustin Stable's Informed Decision will seek to become only the second horse to win the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (gr. II) in consecutive years when she faces eight rivals in the six-furlong sprint.

 Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Hooh Why Slips By 'Belle for Seaway Surprise

Hooh Why Slips By 'Belle for Seaway Surprise

Outsider Hooh Why shook off favored Tribal Belle on the turn and persevered through the long Woodbine stretch to win the $155,363 Seaway Stakes (gr. III) Sept. 4.

 Saturday, September 04, 2010
Tribal Belle Seeks Repeat in Seaway Stakes

Tribal Belle Seeks Repeat in Seaway Stakes

Tribal Belle, Canada's champion female sprinter of 2009, returns to defend her title in the Seaway Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine Sept. 4 against just four rivals.

 Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Informed Decision Handles Two-Turn Mile

Informed Decision Handles Two-Turn Mile

Informed Decision, the 2009 Eclipse Award winner as top female sprinter, won her first race beyond seven furlongs, and first around two turns, July 27 in the $100,000 Windward Stakes at Presque Isle Downs & Casino.

 Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Informed Decision Heads Chicago Handicap

Informed Decision Heads Chicago Handicap

Informed Decision, last year's champion female sprinter, returns to Arlington Park to to defend her title in the $100,000 Chicago Handicap (gr. III).

 Friday, July 02, 2010
Acoma Seeks Repeat in Churchill's Mint Julep

Acoma Seeks Repeat in Churchill's Mint Julep

Helen Alexander and Helen Groves' Acoma will make her 2010 debut June 5 as the 5-year-old mare attempts to defend her title in the Early Times Mint Julep Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill Downs.

 Thursday, June 03, 2010
Selene Stakes: Aurora Lights Steals the Show

Selene Stakes: Aurora Lights Steals the Show

Making her stakes debut, Chiefswood Stable's Aurora Lights shot through a big opening along the rail turning for home and outran Milwaukee Appeal and Hooh Why to spring an upset in the $263,000 Selene Stakes (Can-III) Sept. 26 at Woodbine.

 Saturday, September 26, 2009
Milwaukee Appeal in Comfort Zone in Selene

Milwaukee Appeal in Comfort Zone in Selene

Milwaukee Appeal, coming off a second-place finish in the Alabama Stakes (gr. I) and two near-misses in Canadian 3-year-old classics before that, returns as the one to beat in the $250,000 Selene Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine Sept. 26.

 Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Ashland Winner Hooh Why Attempts Iowa Oaks

Ashland Winner Hooh Why Attempts Iowa Oaks

Graded stakes winners Hightap and Hooh Why will attempt to upset the home track advantage of dual local stakes victor Don'ttalktome the June 26 Iowa Oaks (gr. III).

 Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Black-Eyed Susan Tops Friday Stakes

Black-Eyed Susan Tops Friday Stakes

The Black-Eyed Susan (gr. II) headlines a day of stakes races one day before the running of the Preakness.

 Monday, May 11, 2009
Oaks: Hooh Why Still a Possible Starter

Oaks: Hooh Why Still a Possible Starter

Hooh Why, who won the Ashland Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland April 4, remains at the Lexington track while co-owner Mark Hoffman decides where the filly will go next. Hoffman had planned to send Hooh Why to Churchill Downs to work April 19, but changed his mind because of heavy rains at the track that morning. Instead, he worked the filly April 20 at Keeneland, where she covered five furlongs in 1:00.20.

 Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Team Hooh Why Considering Oaks Start

Team Hooh Why Considering Oaks Start

Mark Hoffman, co-owner of Ashland Stakes (gr. I) winner Hooh Why, is contemplating a move to Churchill Downs and a possible run at the May 1 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I)

 Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Hooh Why Stuns Stardom Bound in Ashland

Hooh Why Stuns Stardom Bound in Ashland

Stardom Bound, seeking her sixth consecutive grade I victory, was stunned by 24-1 shot Hooh Why in the $400,000 Ashland Stakes April 4 at Keeneland.

 Saturday, April 04, 2009
Ashland-Bound Fillies Prepare for Battle

Ashland-Bound Fillies Prepare for Battle

Co-owner Mark Hoffman walked his Ashland Stakes (gr. I) hopeful Hooh Why at Keeneland the morning of March 31, a day after the Cloud Hopping filly worked a half-mile in :49.60.

 Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Stardom Bound, Hooh Why in Ashland Works

Stardom Bound, Hooh Why in Ashland Works

Champion Stardom Bound and Hooh Why have put in their final works for the April 4 Ashland Stakes at Keeneland.

 Monday, March 30, 2009
Stardom Bound Barely Best in 'Anita Oaks

Stardom Bound Barely Best in 'Anita Oaks

Champion filly Stardom Bound, seven wide at the top of the lane, got up in the final stride by a nose over unheralded Third Dawn to win the $300,000 Santa Anita Oaks (gr. I) for her fifth consecutive grade I win March 7.

 Saturday, March 07, 2009
Santa Anita Oaks: 9 Battle Stardom Bound

Santa Anita Oaks: 9 Battle Stardom Bound

Stardom Bound, who could be headed for the Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) next month, puts her four-race grade I victory streak on the line in the $300,000 Santa Anita Oaks (gr. I) March 7.

 Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Beltene Cinches Sunshine Oaks Upset

Beltene Cinches Sunshine Oaks Upset

Undefeated Beltene won her third straight race in an upset, when she rallied past Hooh Why in deep stretch to win the $250,000 Sunshine Millions Oaks by a head at Santa Anita Jan. 24.

 Saturday, January 24, 2009
Display: Patena Holds On For Victory

Display: Patena Holds On For Victory

Patena, an impressive maiden winner last out, had no problem in his first stakes test, as the 2-year-old Seeking the Gold colt gamely hung on for a narrow victory in the $150,000 Display Stakes on a cold and snowy day at Woodbine Dec. 6.

 Saturday, December 06, 2008