FORT ERIE, Fort Erie, ON , CAN
| 1 | Gallant | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: A | $257,610 |
2006 | Gray or Roan Colt | Aptitude - Quintessa, Touch Gold
Sire: Aptitude, Dark Bay or Brown, 1997. Raced 3 years. 15 starts, 5 wins, $1,965,410. Lifetime: 206 yearlings sold, median $21,000.
Broodmare Sire: Touch Gold , Bay, 1994.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2010 Breeding Stock Sale, $7,000.
Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) 2007 Canadian-Bred Yearling Sale, $90,231.
| 2 | Milwaukee Appeal | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: C+ | $85,870 |
2006 | Bay Mare | Milwaukee Brew - Appealing Forum, Open Forum
Sire: Milwaukee Brew , Bay, 1997. Raced 4 years. 24 starts, 8 wins, $2,879,612. Lifetime: 145 yearlings sold, median $10,000. In 2009: .74 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Open Forum, Gray or Roan, 1994.
| 3 | Eye of the Leopard | Margin: 5¼ | TrueNicks: A+ | $42,935 |
2006 | Bay Horse | A.P. Indy - Eye of the Sphynx, Smart Strike
Sire: A.P. Indy , Dark Bay or Brown, 1989. Raced 2 years. 11 starts, 8 wins, $2,979,815. Lifetime: 365 yearlings sold, median $360,000.
Broodmare Sire: Smart Strike , Bay, 1992.
Others: Keino West, $21,468; Mr. Foricos Two U, $12,881; Flip for the Coin, $8,587.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gallant | Corey Fraser | Mark E. Casse |
| 2 | Milwaukee Appeal | Stewart Elliott | Scott H. Fairlie |
| 3 | Eye of the Leopard | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Mark R. Frostad |
| 4 | Keino West | Gerry Olguin | Steve Attard |
| 5 | Mr. Foricos Two U | Mike E. Smith | Catherine Day Phillips |
| 6 | Flip for the Coin | Steven Ronald Bahen | Vito Armata |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallant | Corey Fraser | $33.10 | $11.10 | $3.60 | |||||||
| Milwaukee Appeal | Stewart Elliott | $3.60 | $2.30 | ||||||||
| Eye of the Leopard | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | $2.40 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (3-2) | $111.10 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (3-2-5) | $282.30 | ||||||||||
The 1 3/4-mile Valedictory Stakes (Can-III) came down to just a head when distance-loving Eagle Poise outfought Harrods Creek in deep stretch to capture the $150,388 event on Woodbine's closing day Dec. 4.
Sunday, December 04, 2011
Breeders' Cup Marathon (gr. II) winner Afleet Again is the headliner in the $150,000 Valedictory Stakes (Can-III) Dec. 4 at Woodbine, but for those looking for a better price there are reasons to look elsewhere.
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Eye of the Leopard, the 2009 Queen's Plate Stakes winner and Canada's champion 3-year-old male, will be making his first start of the year as he takes on several fellow stakes-winning veterans in the Durham Cup.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Pender Harbour, third in last month's Queen's Plate, captured the second leg of the Canadian Triple Crown when he held off the surging Bowman's Causeway by a nose in the $524,000 Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie July 17.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Queen's Plate runner-up Hippolytus, 61-1 in Canada's opening jewel of the Triple Crown, heads a field of seven Ontario-bred colts and geldings in the $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie July 17.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Gary and Mary West have privately purchased Canadian champion Milwaukee Appeal from C. E. C. Farms and have retired her to their broodmare band.
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Upperline returns to Chicago for the first time since winning the Arlington Oaks (gr. III) last summer when she faces nine opponents in the $100,000 Arlington Matron Stakes (gr. III) May 28.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Check the Label, who jumpstarted her four-race win streak on the Keeneland turf last year, makes her season debut in Lexington as the 121-pound high weight in the $125,000 Doubledogdare Stakes (gr. III) April 22.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
The 1 3/4-mile distance of the $176,816 Valedictory Stakes proved no problem for odds-on favorite Pool Play, who rallied wide in the stretch en route to a handy victory on closing day of the 167-day Woodbine meet Dec. 5.
Sunday, December 05, 2010
Multiple stakes winner winner Acoma added a first grade I victory to her record when she seized the lead coming off the turn for home en route to taking the $500,000 Spinster Stakes at Keeneland Oct. 10.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Pool Play and Palladio, the last two winners of the $150,000 Durham Cup (Can-III), are both back for another try in the 1 1/8-mile Polytrack race Oct. 3 at Woodbine.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Just Jenda went out a winner when she overtook odds-on favorite Malibu Prayer in upper stretch and rolled to an easy 3 1/2-length victory in the $294,000 Molly Pitcher Stakes (gr. II) Aug. 29.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Canadian classic winner Golden Moka's story involves a crippled jockey who sees something in a cheap Panamanian 2yo; a stallion that has struggled to meet expectations; and a female family with a long and proud tradition.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Undefeated Golden Moka, a Panamanian invader owned by by disabled jockey Rene Douglas as part of Good Friends Stable, drew off for a 2 3/4-length win in the $482,600 Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie July 25.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Queen's Plate winner Big Red Mike will attempt to add the second jewel of Canada's Triple Crown to his record when he goes to post as the 6-5 favorite in the July 25 Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie Racetrack.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Candy DeBartolo's Life At Ten, the late-blooming filly who has just begun to hit her best stride, will seek her sixth consecutive victory when she meets five rivals in the $750,000 Delaware Handicap (gr. II) July 17.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010Odds-on choice Tasty Temptation delivered her fourth consecutive victory when she collared pacesetter La Rocca in deep stretch to win the $115,338 Hill 'N' Dale Stakes at Woodbine June 20.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Funny Moon recorded her fourth win at Belmont Park May 15, pulling away in the stretch to easily defeat odds-on favorite Seattle Smooth in the $150,000 Shuvee Handicap (gr. II) under Alan Garcia.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Grade I winner Seattle Smooth, idle since last June, returns to action in the $150,000 Shuvee Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont Park May 15, a race she won last year as the odds-on favorite.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Juddmonte Farms' homebred Champs Elysees is the first U.S.-based runner to win the Sovereign Award's Horse of the Year title since 1995.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) has announced the top earners in the Ontario Sired Racing Rewards Program for 2009.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
The flashy gray 3-year-old daughter of Tapit returns to action in the $300,000 Gazelle (gr. I) for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/8 miles at Aqueduct.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Making his first stakes appearance against older horses, Queen's Plate victor Eye of the Leopard has no easy task, facing several multiple added-money winners in the $150,000 Autumn (Can-II) at Woodbine Nov. 14.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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, 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
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