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Quiet Temper Sizzles Over Churchill Surface

Quiet Temper Sizzles Over Churchill Surface

Fair Grounds Oaks (gr. II) winner Quiet Temper sizzled five furlongs in :59.60 on April 16 in preparation for the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I).

 Friday, April 16, 2010
Quiet Temper Gets Up to Win FG Oaks

Quiet Temper Gets Up to Win FG Oaks

Quiet Temper, owner Mark Stanley's star 3-year-old filly, got up to win the March 26 Fair Grounds Oaks (gr. II) by a half-length as the favorite over pacesetter Champage d'Oro.

 Friday, March 26, 2010
Jody Slew Looking for Second Straight Stakes

Jody Slew Looking for Second Straight Stakes

Four contenders from the Jan. 23 Tiffany Lass Stakes at Fair Grounds -- including winner Jody Slew -- are set to meet again in the Silverbulletday Stakes (gr. III) at the New Orleans, La. track Feb. 20.

 Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Quiet Temper Breaks Maiden in Delta Princess

Quiet Temper Breaks Maiden in Delta Princess

New York shipper Quiet Temper broke her maiden in style when she crushed the field in the $500,000 Boyd Gaming's Delta Princess Stakes Powered by Youbet.com (gr. III) on a sloppy track at snow-pelted Delta Downs on Dec. 4.

 Friday, December 04, 2009
Grade I Winner Swift Temper Retired

Grade I Winner Swift Temper Retired

Mark Stanley's grade I-winning millionaire Swift Temper, the 5-2 second choice in the morning line for the Nov. 26 Falls City Handicap (gr. II) at Churchill Downs, has been scratched from the race because of an injury and has been retired.

 Thursday, November 26, 2009
Swift Temper Bought Back for $2,050,000

Swift Temper Bought Back for $2,050,000

The final bid on Swift Temper was $2,050,000, but it came from her owner, Mark Stanley, so she didn't find a new home Nov. 10 during the opening session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale in Lexington. Taylor Made Sales Agency consigned the 5-year-old daughter of Giant's Causeway to the auction for Stanley as a racing or broodmare prospect.

 Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Swift Temper Downs Seventh Street in Ruffian

Swift Temper Downs Seventh Street in Ruffian

Mark Stanley's Swift Temper, returning to action off less than two weeks rest, upset odds-on favorite Seventh Street in the $300,000 Ruffian Handicap (gr. I) Sept. 12 in the mud at Belmont Park. The 1 3/4-length victory earned the 5-year-old daughter of Giant's Causeway an automatic berth in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic (gr. I) Nov. 6 at Santa Anita.

 Saturday, September 12, 2009
Swift Temper Game in Sixty Sails Win

Swift Temper Game in Sixty Sails Win

Mark Stanley's Swift Temper fought back along the inside in deep stretch to post a gutsy head victory over California shipper Santa Teresita in the $200,000 Sixty Sails Handicap (gr. III) April 18 at Hawthorne Race Course.

 Saturday, April 18, 2009
Copper State Hopes to Break Through

Copper State Hopes to Break Through

Millennium Farms' Copper State, a bridesmaid in four consecutive stakes efforts, will finally try to get over the hump Nov. 2 at Churchill Downs when she takes on 10 rivals in the $150,000 Chilukki Stakes (gr. II), a one-mile main track test for fillies and mares.

 Thursday, October 30, 2008

Swift Temper Pulls Gardenia Shocker

Swift Temper, who was 2-for-18 lifetime and had not won since February 2007, pulled off a shocker in the $150,000 Gardenia Handicap (gr. III) Aug. 16 at Ellis Park, romping to a 4 1/2-length victory under Victor Lebron at odds of 21-1.

 Saturday, August 16, 2008

Graded Winner Quick Temper Retired; Booked to Ghostzapper

Quick Temper, a graded stakes winner last year, has been retired and booked to Ghostzapper.

 Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Three Wonders Best in Kent BC Stakes

Three Wonders stalked unchallenged early leader Field Cat from second position before sweeping by that rival in the final furlong to win the $250,900 Kent Breeders' Cup Stakes (gr. IIIT) by 1 1/4 lengths Sunday at Delaware Park. Over firm turf, Three Wonders completed the 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.95 with Pat Day in the irons.

 Sunday, July 23, 2000