WOODBINE, Rexdale, ON , CAN
| 1 | Signature Red | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: D | $121,416 |
2006 | Bay Horse | Bernstein - Irish and Foxy, Irish Open
Sire: Bernstein, Bay, 1997. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 4 wins, $173,120. Lifetime: 373 yearlings sold, median $24,000.
Broodmare Sire: Irish Open, Bay, 1984.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall 2007 Yearling Sale, $77,000.
| 2 | Fiddlers Patriot | Margin: 1¼ | TrueNicks: A | $40,472 |
2006 | Chestnut Gelding | Proud Citizen - Thorette, Affirmed
Sire: Proud Citizen , Bay, 1999. Raced 3 years. 16 starts, 3 wins, $638,822. Lifetime: 273 yearlings sold, median $30,000. In 2009: 1.72 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Affirmed, Chestnut, 1975. In 2009: 2.43 AEI.
| 3 | Heros Reward | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: A | $20,236 |
2002 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | Partner's Hero - Lifes Passage, Caveat
Sire: Partner's Hero, Dark Bay or Brown, 1994. Raced 3 years. 33 starts, 8 wins, $554,731. Lifetime: 103 yearlings sold, median $11,000.
Broodmare Sire: Caveat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1980.
Others: Riding the River, $10,118; Jungle Wave, $4,047; Paso Doble, $2,024; Essence Hit Man, $2,428; Silver Timber, $2,024; Nordic Truce, $405; Stormy Lord, $405.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Signature Red | Luis Contreras | Sid C. Attard |
| 2 | Fiddlers Patriot | John R. Velazquez | George Weaver |
| 3 | Heros Reward | Sheldon Russell | Dale Capuano |
| 4 | Riding the River | Richard Anthony Dos Ramos | David Cotey |
| 5 | Jungle Wave | Gerry Olguin | Sid C. Attard |
| 6 | Paso Doble | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse |
| 7 | Essence Hit Man | Jono C. Jones | Audre Cappuccitti |
| 8 | Silver Timber | Robby Albarado | Chad C. Brown |
| 9 | Nordic Truce | Garrett K. Gomez | Christophe Clement |
| 10 | Stormy Lord | James McAleney | Ian Black |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Signature Red | Luis Contreras | $15.60 | $7.80 | $6.00 | ||||||
| 10 | Fiddlers Patriot | John R. Velazquez | $4.70 | $4.90 | |||||||
| 2 | Heros Reward | Sheldon Russell | $6.70 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (3-10) | $83.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (3-10-2) | $954.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (3-10-2-9) | $6,400.30 | ||||||||||
Essence Hit Man won the $166,408 Jacques Cartier Stakes for the third year in a row with a powerful front-running performance under Jesse Campbell April 27 at Woodbine.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Bear Tough Tiger, rallying on the outside, outfought stablemate Bear No Joke to record his first stakes victory in the $127,940 Kennedy Road (Can-III) by a neck at Woodbine Nov. 25.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Boisterous, winner of the Red Smith Handicap and Knickerbocker in his previous two starts, carries top weight of 124 pounds against 11 rivals in the $100,000 River City Handicap (gr. IIIT) Nov. 25 at Churchill Downs.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Essence Hit Man is set to defend his title in the $150,000 Kennedy Road Stakes (gr. III) Nov. 25 at Woodbine; his start will come just days after the passing of his trainer and owner, Audre Cappuccitti.
Thursday, November 22, 2012Successful and popular Woodbine-based owner and trainer Audre Cappuccitti has died at age 66.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Ben's Cat looks to become the fourth horse to win a Maryland Million race three consecutive years when he faces nine rivals in the $100,000 Maryland Million Turf Sprint at Laurel Park Oct. 6.
Thursday, October 04, 2012
Eighttofasttocatch has been tabbed as the 9-5 favorite as he goes for a repeat in the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic at Laurel Park Oct. 6.
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Stormy Lord proved too classy for his rivals as he successfully defended his title in the $250,000 PTHA President's Cup, a race that was marred by a three-horse spill on the turf at Philadelphia's Parx Racing Sept. 15.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Versatile gelding Wise Dan goes for his first grade I victory on grass as the 6-5 morning line favorite in the $1 million Ricoh Woodbine Mile (gr. IT) Sept. 16 in Toronto.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Stormy Lord returns to Philadelphia's Parx Racing Sept. 15 as the 2-1 favorite to defend his title in the $250,000 PTHA President's Cup, a 1 1/8-mile turf test that drew a field of 10 older horses.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Ending a spate of runner-up finishes at Woodbine, Big Band Sound spurted away from the field at mid-stretch and held sway to win the Play the King Stakes (Can-IIT) on the turf Aug. 26.
Sunday, August 26, 2012Forte Dei Marmi unleashed a devastating turn of foot in the homestretch to register an upset in the $266,930 Sky Classic Stakes (Can-IIT) for his first North American added-money victory Aug. 19 at Woodbine.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Trainer Roger Attfield is hoping a stretch-out to 1 1/4 miles in the $250,000 Sky Classic (Can-IIT) will enable Forte Dei Marmi to land his first North American stakes victory Aug. 19 at Woodbine.
Thursday, August 16, 2012Shut off while making a move for the lead in the stretch, Riding the River dipped to the inside for racing room and emerged with a 9-1 upset win in the $318,180 Nijinsky Stakes (Can-IIT) July 22 on the Woodbine turf course.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Pender Harbour, last year's 3-year-old Canadian champion, takes an undefeated record on the Woodbine turf course into the $300,000 Nijinsky Stakes (Can-IIT) July 22.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Essence Hit Man showed what champions are made of when he staved off the equally determined challenger Eternal Rule through the long Woodbine homestretch to win the $172,801 Bold Venture Stakes (Can-III) July 18.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012Essence Hit Man, last year's Canadian champion sprinter, should get a stern test from undefeated Eternal Rule in the $150,000 Bold Venture Stakes (Can-III) on the night of July 18 at Woodbine.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Unleashing a strong turn of foot entering the stretch, longshot Riding the River rallied from last to first under jockey Todd Kabel to post an upset in the King Edward Stakes Presented by TVG (Can-IIT).
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Smokey Fire, making his first start in nearly 20 months, overcame traffic problems in upper stretch to sweep past the leaders close to home for a 1 1/4-length win in the $230,726 Highlander Stakes (Can-IIT) at Woodbine.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Silverton Hill's homebred Havelock returns to Woodbine Race Course for the first time since a 2011 upset in the Play the King Stakes (gr. IIT), heading a field of seven entered in the $250,000 King Edward (Can-IIT) June 24.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Signature Red, whose only two victories since July 2010 have come in the Highlander Stakes (Can-IIIT), is back to defend his title for a second time in the $200,000 grass event at Woodbine June 23.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Stormy Lord, a no-sweat three-length winner in last year's Connaught Cup Stakes (Can-IIT), returns to defend his crown against 10 opponents at Woodbine May 27.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Undefeated Agave Kiss stretched her streak to six when she romped to victory in the $100,000 Miss Preakness Stakes on the Black-Eyed Susan program at Pimlico Race Course May 18.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Champion Canadian sprinter Essence Hit Man earned his second victory of the 2012 Woodbine campaign when he led every step of the way to take the $168,790 Vigil Stakes (Can-III) by three-quarters of a length May 6.
Sunday, May 06, 2012
Canada's champion sprinter Essence Hit Man looks for his second victory of the year in the $150,000 Vigil Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine May 6.
Thursday, May 03, 2012
You don't witness it very often, but one of those cheering the loudest for D. Wayne Lukas and Oxbow in the final quarter mile of the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) was one of his opponents in the race. [More]