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Grade I Winner Ice Box Retired to Calumet

Grade I Winner Ice Box Retired to Calumet

Ice Box, a grade I winner and second in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), has been retired from racing to stand at Calumet Farm near Lexington.

 Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Coal Play to McMahon in New York

Coal Play to McMahon in New York

Graded stakes winner Coal Play, who finished a close second to Big Brown in a grade I stakes, has been retired from racing and will enter stud in 2011 at Joe and Anne McMahon's McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds.

 Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Andromeda's Hero Claims Sam F. Davis Stakes

The Nick Zito-trained Andromeda's Hero flew past 52-1 shot Summer Legacy in the final furlong and powered home to a convincing 2 ½-length victory in Saturday's $100,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes, a 1 1/16-mile test for 3-year-olds at Tampa Bay Downs.

 Saturday, February 26, 2005

Pies Prospect Cakewalks to Hooper Victory

Robert V. LaPenta's Pies Prospect seized control before the eighth pole and pulled away for an easy victory in the $100,000 Fred W. Hooper Handicap (gr. III) at Calder Race Course Saturday.

 Saturday, December 18, 2004

$320,000 Thunder Gulch Colt Tops Keeneland September's Sixth Session

The last horse in the auction ring Sunday brought the top price of $320,000 during the sixth session of Keeneland's September yearling sale in Central Kentucky. Robert V. LaPenta's Whitehorse Stables purchased the Thunder Gulch colt, with a member of LaPenta's buying team, David Foye, signing the sale ticket.

 Sunday, September 19, 2004

Clouds Don't Stop Pollard's Vision in Richards

Pollard's Vision, ridden for the first time by Jerry Bailey, drove past a stubborn Britt's Jules with 70 yards to go and pulled away to win the $250,000 Leonard Richards (gr. III) for 3-year-olds on a sloppy Delaware Park track Sunday.

 Sunday, July 18, 2004

Awesome Time Has a Blast in Richards Stakes

Robert V. Lapenta's Awesome Time, the second-longest shot in the field of eight at odds of 20-1, nipped Christine's Outlaw, by a nose to win the $250,000 Leonard Richards Stakes (gr. III) Saturday at Delaware Park.

 Saturday, June 14, 2003