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 Nonsuch Bay Tops Day 7 of Keeneland Sale

Nonsuch Bay Tops Day 7 of Keeneland Sale

Nonsuch Bay, a grade I-winning mare in foal to A. P. Warrior, brought the top price of $210,000 during the Nov. 14 session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale in Lexington.

 Sunday, November 14, 2010
Mr. Greeley's Reputation Growing

Mr. Greeley's Reputation Growing

Mr. Greeley is enjoying racetrack and commercial success overseas.

 Sunday, April 20, 2008

Grade I Winner Nonsuch Bay Retired

Joseph and Mary Platt have retired their grade I winner Nonsuch Bay.

 Thursday, September 02, 2004

Misty Sixes Bounces Away to Obeah Win

Puglisi Stable's Misty Sixes established herself as one of the early favorites for the $750,000 Delaware Handicap (gr. II) July 18 with an authoritative 2 1/2-length victory Saturday in the $100,000 Obeah Handicap for fillies and mares.

 Saturday, June 19, 2004

Friel's For Real Was Real Deal in Pimlico Distaff

Philadelphia Park-based Friel's For Real was the real deal in winning the $100,000 Pimlico Distaff Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. III) at Pimlico Race Course Friday by 2 ¼ lengths over Saintly Action.

 Friday, May 14, 2004

Trio of Graded Stakes Winners Lead Pimlico Breeders' Cup Distaff Handicap Field

A trio of graded stakes winners highlight the 10-horse field for Friday's $150,000 Pimlico Breeders' Cup Distaff Handicap (gr. III), going 1 1/16 miles at Pimlico Race Course. The field is highlighted by grade I winner Nonsuch Bay and grade II winners Roar Emotion and Smok'n Frolic.

 Tuesday, May 11, 2004

Passing Shot Rides Rail to Bed o'Roses Win

Passing Shot and jockey Jose Santos rode the rail to a 2 1/4-length victory in the $156,900 Bed o'Roses Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. III), a one-turn mile for fillies and mares at Aqueduct Saturday.

 Saturday, April 17, 2004

Buy the Sport in Thorny Spot for '04 Debut

Buy the Sport was a major league surprise winning last summer's prestigious Gazelle (gr. I) at Belmont Park at odds of 48-1. Saturday, she makes her 4-year-old debut in Aqueduct's Bed O' Roses Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. III), which drew three other grade I winners.

 Thursday, April 15, 2004

Roar Emotion Romps in Sabin Handicap

Joseph Allen's Roar Emotion pulled clear of Ivanavinalot at the top of the stretch and buried her rivals under strong urging from John Velazquez, posting a 5 1/2-length triumph in the $100,000 Sabin Handicap (gr. III) at Gulstream Park Sunday.

 Sunday, February 15, 2004

Smok'n Frolic Slight Pick in Sabin Puzzler

For a pure handicapping puzzle, it would be hard to beat Sunday's $100,000 Sabin Handicap (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park, which drew a field of 10 extremely well-matched fillies and mares.

 Friday, February 13, 2004

Pocus Hocus Changes Tactics, Takes 'Alarm

Because Pocus Hocus has a bad habit of waiting on other horses when she gets the lead, trainer Jimmy Jerkens and jockey Jose Santos allowed her to play catch up in Saturday's $107,500 Turnback The Alarm Handicap (gr. III). The result was a resounding 5 ¼-length victory at Aqueduct.

 Saturday, November 01, 2003

She's Got the Beat May Benefit from Speed Duel

With speedy Miss Linda breaking from the rail and need-the-lead Pocus Hocus to her outside, the $100,000 Turnback the Alarm at 1 1/8-miles on Saturday at Belmont Park, should set up nicely for She's Got the Beat, who will attempt to win her first graded stakes.

 Thursday, October 30, 2003

Sightseek Sails in Saratoga's Go for Wand

Juddmonte Farms' prohibitive favorite Sightseek cruised to her third straight grade I victory Sunday for jockey Jerry Bailey and trainer Bobby Frankel, dusting her five opponents by 11 1/2 lengths in the Go for Wand at Saratoga.

 Sunday, July 27, 2003

You Back on Winning Track in Fleur de Lis

Edmund Gann's 1-2 favorite You erased some doubts about her recent form with a convincing win in Saturday's $327,900 Fleur de Lis Handicap (gr. II) for fillies and mares at Churchill Downs.

 Saturday, June 14, 2003

Speedy Raging Fever Wins Bed 'o Roses

Edward P. Evan's Raging Fever used her dominating speed to its best advantage in winning Saturday's $155,100 Bed o' Roses Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. III) by a half-length over a game Smok'n Frolic at Aqueduct.

 Saturday, April 19, 2003

Raging Fever Could Have Edge in Bed O' Roses

Raging Fever figures to have an edge in Saturday's $150,000 Bed O' Roses Handicap (gr. III) at Aqueduct. The one-mile race for fillies and mares is the ninth of a 10-race card that begins at 1 p.m.

 Thursday, April 17, 2003

Nonsuch Bay Pulls Away in Banshee Breeze

Joseph P. Platt Jr.'s Nonsuch Bay, ridden by Eibar Coa, scored a convincing 4 1/4-length victory in Friday's $75,000 Banshee Breeze Handicap at Gulfstream Park.

 Friday, April 04, 2003

Ten Fillies to Contest Second Banshee Breeze Handicap

Grade I winner Nonsuch Bay is among the entrants for Friday's Banshee Breeze Handicap at Gulfstream Park.

 Wednesday, April 02, 2003

Nonsuch Bay Makes Return in Shirley Jones

Grade I-winning daughter of Mr. Greeley has not raced since October, but is one of six horses entered in Gulfstream's Shirley Jones Handicap.

 Wednesday, February 12, 2003

Strong Fields Set for Calder's Axthelm, Genter

The $100,000 Pete Axthelm Stakes and $100,000 Frances A. Genter Stakes to be run Saturday at Calder, companion events for 3-year-olds at 7 ½ furlongs on turf, have attracted strong fields, including a number of graded stakes runners.

 Thursday, December 19, 2002

Aqueduct Offers Tasty Breeders' Cup Appetizers

Fans can build a bankroll in two Aqueduct stakes races Saturday, the $150,000 First Flight (gr. II) and the $100,000 Sport Page (gr. III), before turning their attention to the Breeders' Cup simulcasts from Arlington Park.

 Thursday, October 24, 2002

Take Charge Lady Will Have All She Can Handle

Take Charge Lady will make her first start since May 25, and she will have to do it against tough rivals like Bella Bellucci and Imperial Gesture, part of a strong field for the $250,000 Gazelle Handicap (gr. I) at 1 1/8 mile for 3-year-old fillies at Belmont Park.

 Friday, September 06, 2002

Belmont Park Race Report: Fairy Tale

Surviving a battle of attrition, Nonsuch Bay wins the Mother Goose over just three rivals.

 Saturday, June 29, 2002

Small Field Set For Mother Goose

With Take Charge Lady and Bella Bellucci both on the sidelines, a field of just five 3-year-old fillies will run Saturday at Belmont in the grade I Mother Goose Stakes.

 Thursday, June 27, 2002

Notable Names Missing From Mother Goose Field

Saturday's $250,000 Mother Goose Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont Park might be missing such notables names as You, Take Charge Lady, and Bella Bellucci, but the race isn't lacking a quality field.

 Wednesday, June 26, 2002

High Profile Jocks, Fillies Vie in Acorn

Friday's 1-mile Acorn (gr. I), the first leg of the Triple Tiara at Belmont Park, boasts a showdown between star 3-year-old fillies Bella Bellucci and You.

 Thursday, June 06, 2002

Nonsuch Bay Splits Horses to Win Nassau County

Nonsuch Bay raced to her third victory in five starts, edging Wopping by a nose Saturday in the $200,000 Nassau County Breeders' Cup Stakes (gr. II) for 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct.

 Saturday, May 11, 2002

Bonnie Miss Winner Leaves Belterra in 'Dust'

Dust Me Off earned her first careeer stakes win in Friday's $250,000 Bonnie Miss Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park, upsetting previously undefeated grade II winner Belterra.

 Friday, March 15, 2002