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Tactics Key in Cardinal for Daisy Devine

Tactics Key in Cardinal for Daisy Devine

James Miller's grade I winner Daisy Devine heads $100,000 Cardinal Handicap (gr. IIIT) Nov. 10 at Churchill Downs, but the proven speedster could face challenge from Winter Memories' half sister, the late-closing La Cloche.

 Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Bringing Back Memories

Bringing Back Memories

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No one will be forgetting Memories of Silver any time soon, because her daughter, Winter Memories, won some the same races at Saratoga as her dam.

 Friday, August 10, 2012
Grade I Winner Winter Memories Retired

Grade I Winner Winter Memories Retired

Phillips Racing Partnership's Winter Memories, a millionaire daughter of El Prado, has been retired from racing due to a degenerative bone condition in her ankle and will begin a broodmare career at Darby Dan Farm.

 Thursday, August 09, 2012
Winter Memories Accelerates to Capture Diana

Winter Memories Accelerates to Capture Diana

Phillips Racing Partnership's homebred Winter Memories accelerated coming off the second turn and continued on for an impressive victory in the $600,000 Diana Handicap (gr. IT).

 Saturday, July 28, 2012
Zagora in Tough to Defend Diana Title

Zagora in Tough to Defend Diana Title

Zagora won the Diana Stakes (gr. IT) in 2011, but the 5-year-old mare faces a steep challenge this time around at Saratoga Race Course as Tapitsfly, Winter Memories, Hungry Island, and two European invaders join the fray.

 Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Tapitsfly Wires a Tough Just a Game Field

Tapitsfly Wires a Tough Just a Game Field

The 5-year-old Tapit mare holds off even-money favorite Winter Memories.

 Saturday, June 09, 2012
Memories to be Made in Just a Game?

Memories to be Made in Just a Game?

Winter Memories battles Hungry Island and Tapitsfly, in the $500,000 Longines Just a Game Stakes (gr. IT) at a mile on the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) undercard June 9.

 Thursday, June 07, 2012
Winter Memories Rolls to Easy Beaugay Victory

Winter Memories Rolls to Easy Beaugay Victory

Grade I winner Winter Memories started her 2012 season in fine form with a 2 1/4-length win in the $150,000 Beaugay Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Belmont Park, giving jockey Eddie Castro his 2,000th North American victory.

 Saturday, May 05, 2012
Winter Memories Leads Beaugay Field

Winter Memories Leads Beaugay Field

Winter Memories will attempt to win her fourth graded stakes at Belmont Park when she makes her 2012 debut in the $150,000 Beaugay (gr. IIIT) on May 5.

 Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Big Things Expected From Winter Memories

Big Things Expected From Winter Memories

Five-time graded stakes winner Winter Memories is on track to have another big season, according to trainer Jimmy Toner, as she prepares for her 4-year-old bow in the $150,000 Beaugay (gr. IIIT) on May 5 at Belmont Park.

 Thursday, April 26, 2012
Winter Memories Back on the Turf

Winter Memories Back on the Turf

Winter Memories, who was a dazzling four-time graded stakes winner in 2011, had her first official breeze of the year Feb. 21 at Palm Meadows.

 Tuesday, February 21, 2012
A Lot to Look Forward to in 2012

A Lot to Look Forward to in 2012

There is an impressive list of older horses returning next year.

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 Tuesday, November 29, 2011
QE II  Winner Together Headed Back to Ireland

QE II Winner Together Headed Back to Ireland

The iron filly Together was scheduled to return to Ireland Oct. 16, a day after her impressive 1 1/4-length victory in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (gr. IT).

 Sunday, October 16, 2011
John Phillips Interview (Winter Memories)

John Phillips Interview (Winter Memories)

John Phillips of Darby Dan Farm talks about Winter Memories, who runs in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (gr. I) at Keeneland October 15.

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 Friday, October 14, 2011
THS: Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup

THS: Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup

Jason, Evan, and Tim Holland of TwinSpires.com handicap the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. at Keeneland this week.

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 Thursday, October 13, 2011
And They're Off: Columbus Day Edition

And They're Off: Columbus Day Edition

Lenny and Steve discuss Union Rags' Champagne, the Keeneland Polytrack, and cutbacks at Santa Anita. Plus, John Phillips of Darby Dan Farm talks about Winter Memories. Sponsored by Darby Dan Farm.

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 Wednesday, October 12, 2011
BC Still a Possibility for Winter Memories

BC Still a Possibility for Winter Memories

Jimmy Toner left the door open for a possible Breeders' Cup appearance by Winter Memories, if she runs well in Saturday's Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (gr. IT) and comes out of it in good order.

 Wednesday, October 12, 2011
QE II Challenge Cup: Catch Me If You Can

QE II Challenge Cup: Catch Me If You Can

It will be speed vs. closing power as Summer Soiree and Winter Memories clash.

 Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Winter Memories: 'Everything Is Good'

Winter Memories: 'Everything Is Good'

Winter Memories began her stellar 2011 campaign in April with a win at Keeneland and she could end the year the same way in the 28th running of the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (gr. IT) Oct. 15.

 Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Winter Memories, Bold Hawk Work at Belmont

Winter Memories and Bold Hawk are Keeneland-bound after turning in separate breezes on turf at Belmont Park Oct. 9. Winter Memories and Bold Hawk worked five furlongs in 1:01.50 and 1:02.70, respectively.

 Sunday, October 09, 2011
Slideshow: The Week In Photos - Sept 19, 2011

Slideshow: The Week In Photos - Sept 19, 2011

Winter Memories, Rapid Redux, the Keeneland Sales, and more.

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 Tuesday, September 20, 2011
TCI: Can Anyone Stop A Goldikova 4-Peat?

TCI: Can Anyone Stop A Goldikova 4-Peat?

Jon and Joel discuss the Garden City Stakes, Goldikova, and reveal the BC Mile Top 5. Presented by Taylor Made Stallions.

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 Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Winter Memories Gets Grade I in Garden City

Winter Memories Gets Grade I in Garden City

Behind a wall of horses with nowhere to go, Winter Memories somehow found a way out, passing the entire field inside the sixteenth pole to win the Garden City Stakes (gr. IT) in unbelievable fashion Sept. 17 at Belmont Park.

 Saturday, September 17, 2011
THS: Garden City Stakes 2011

THS: Garden City Stakes 2011

Jason, Ian and Ed DeRosa from TwinSpires.com handicap the Garden City Stakes at Belmont Park.

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 Thursday, September 15, 2011
Garden City: Winter Memories Tries to Rebound

Garden City: Winter Memories Tries to Rebound

Winter Memories, beaten for the first time this season last out as the heavy favorite, shoots for her first grade I win in the $250,000 Garden City Stakes Sept. 17 at Belmont Park.

 Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Winter Memories Prepares for Garden City

Winter Memories Prepares for Garden City

Winter Memories turned in her final workout in preparation for her grade I debut in the Sept. 17 Garden City at Belmont Park, breezing five furlongs in 1:03.48 Sept. 11 over the New York track's inner turf course.

 Sunday, September 11, 2011
Hungry Island Stops 'Memories' in Lake Placid

Hungry Island Stops 'Memories' in Lake Placid

Fast-closing Hungry Island ran her winning streak to four races when she blew past her rivals in the final furlong to take the $150,000 Woodford Reserve Lake Placid Stakes (gr. IIT) going away by 2 1/2 lengths at Saratoga.

 Sunday, August 21, 2011
Six to Take on Winter Memories in Lake Placid

Six to Take on Winter Memories in Lake Placid

Facing Winter Memories would seem an unenviable task for anyone right now, which is why the NYRA stakes coordinators should be commended for actually finding six 3-year-old fillies to face her in the Lake Placid.

 Thursday, August 18, 2011
And They're Off: Dog Days Edition

And They're Off: Dog Days Edition

Lenny and Kenny Rice of NBC Sports review breaking news, the Saratoga race meet, Del Mar Exes race, Race Medication and Leftylenythelegend.

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 Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Like Her Dam, Winter Memories on Star Path

Like Her Dam, Winter Memories on Star Path

This weekend at Saratoga, Winter Memories looks to follow in her dam's footsteps again when she will go off as the heavy favorite in the Aug. 21 Woodford Reserve Lake Placid Stakes (gr. IIT).

 Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Slideshow: Week In Photos - August 2, 2011

Slideshow: Week In Photos - August 2, 2011

From Frankel to the Haskell Invitational, lots of racing from last week. Including a special guest appearance on the final slide.

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 Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Surging Winter Memories Captures Lake George

Surging Winter Memories Captures Lake George

With an eye-catching burst down the middle of Saratoga's inner turf course, odds-on choice Winter Memories reminded many of her dam, Memories of Silver, in winning the $150,000 Lake George Stakes (gr. IIT) July 27.

 Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Winter Memories, More Than Real Clash at Spa

Winter Memories, More Than Real Clash at Spa

More Than Real, who handed Winter Memories the only defeat of her career in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IIT), square off again in the $150,000 Lake George Stakes (gr. IIT) July 27 at Saratoga.

 Sunday, July 24, 2011
Inglorious Has Alabama in Her Sights

Inglorious Has Alabama in Her Sights

Donver Stable's Inglorious, who defeated males in the Queen's Plate on June 26, will bypass the Prince of Wales, the second leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, in favor facing fillies in Saratoga's Alabama (gr. I) on Aug. 20.

 Friday, July 08, 2011
Winter Memories Romps in Sands Point

Winter Memories Romps in Sands Point

Phillips Racing Partnership homebred Winter Memories served notice May 30 with an emphatic score in the Sands Point Stakes (gr. IIT) for 3-year-old fillies at Belmont Park May 30.

 Monday, May 30, 2011
Winter Memories Tops Sands Point Lineup

Winter Memories Tops Sands Point Lineup

Phillips Racing Partnership's homebred Winter Memories, a multiple grade III winner on turf, is the 123-pound high weight for the $150,000 Sands Point (gr. II) on the Memorial Day card at Belmont Park.

 Friday, May 27, 2011
The Week In Photos: April 26, 2011

The Week In Photos: April 26, 2011

Foreign and domestic weekend racing, Derby contenders at Churchill Downs, and more!

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 Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Winter Memories Makes Return in Appalachian

Winter Memories Makes Return in Appalachian

Winter Memories will make her much anticipated 2011 debut when she faces 11 rivals in the $100,000 Appalachian Stakes (gr. IIIT) for 3-year-old fillies going a mile on the turf April 20 at Keeneland.

 Sunday, April 17, 2011
Flay's Filly Fillets Foes in BC Juvenile Test

Flay's Filly Fillets Foes in BC Juvenile Test

Celebrity chef Bobby Flay's More Than Real opens up in the stretch and easily won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf over favored Winter Memories.

 Friday, November 05, 2010
Winter Memories a Special Breeders' Cup Filly

Winter Memories a Special Breeders' Cup Filly

Winter Memories is a special filly to Darby Dan Farm owner John Phillips, and it's not just because she's good enough to have been made the 2-1 morning line favorite for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr IT).

 Thursday, November 04, 2010
Breeders' Cup Chat: Friday Picks

Breeders' Cup Chat: Friday Picks

Selections for the six Friday Breeders' Cup races at Churchill Downs.

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 Thursday, November 04, 2010
Winter Memories Draws Post 7 in JF Turf

Winter Memories Draws Post 7 in JF Turf

Winter Memories, the impressive winner of the Miss Grillo Stakes (gr. IIIT) was made the 2-1 morning line favorite for the Nov. 5 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. She will break from post 7.

 Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Winter Memories Explodes in Miss Grillo Win

Winter Memories Explodes in Miss Grillo Win

Winter Memories remained perfect in two starts when she used an electrifying move at the top of the stretch to pull away for an eye-catching 5 1/4-length victory in the $150,000 Miss Grillo Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Belmont Park.

 Sunday, October 03, 2010
Soldat Looks for Second Graded Win in Pilgrim

Soldat Looks for Second Graded Win in Pilgrim

The winners of the Pilgrim and Miss Grillo stakes automatically have a starting berth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Fillies.

 Thursday, September 30, 2010
Saratoga Diary: End of Days

Saratoga Diary: End of Days

The party plan goes into effect to help attendance.

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 Saturday, September 04, 2010