WOODBINE, Rexdale, ON , CAN
| 1 | Kara's Orientation | Margin: 2¼ | TrueNicks: A++ | $151,605 |
2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Horse | Orientate - Crissy Aya, Saros (GB)
Sire: Orientate , Dark Bay or Brown, 1998. Raced 3 years. 19 starts, 10 wins, $1,716,950. Lifetime: 401 yearlings sold, median $25,000.
Broodmare Sire: Saros (GB), Dark Bay or Brown, 1974. In 2009: 1.33 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association April 2009 Two-Year-Olds in Training, $7,000.
| 2 | Smart Bid | Margin: head | TrueNicks: A | $50,535 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Horse | Smart Strike - Recording, Danzig
Sire: Smart Strike , Bay, 1992. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 6 wins, $337,376. Lifetime: 425 yearlings sold, median $70,000.
Broodmare Sire: Danzig, Bay, 1977.
| 3 | Hailstone | Margin: 1¼ | TrueNicks: A+ | $27,794 |
2007 | Bay Horse | City Zip - Weekend Storm, Storm Bird
Sire: City Zip , Chestnut, 1998. Raced 2 years. 23 starts, 9 wins, $818,225. Lifetime: 228 yearlings sold, median $20,000.
Broodmare Sire: Storm Bird, Bay, 1978. In 2009: 2.27 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2011 Breeding Stock Sale, $235,000.
Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, $100,000.
Others: Grassy, $15,160; Musketier (GER), $7,580.
Scratched: Fifty Proof.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kara's Orientation | Emile Ramsammy | Steven Chircop |
| 2 | Smart Bid | Edgar S. Prado | H. Graham Motion |
| 3 | Hailstone | Jesse M. Campbell | Mark E. Casse |
| 4 | Grassy | Patrick Husbands | Christophe Clement |
| 5 | Musketier (GER) | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Roger L. Attfield |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kara's Orientation | Emile Ramsammy | $16.80 | $6.50 | $4.10 | ||||||
| 3 | Smart Bid | Edgar S. Prado | $3.60 | $3.30 | |||||||
| 6 | Hailstone | Jesse M. Campbell | $5.30 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (1-3) | $64.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (1-3-6) | $305.30 | ||||||||||
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
One race before trainer Graham Motion saddles Went the Day Well in the May 19 Preakness (gr. II) at Pimlico Race Course, he will send out Augustin Stables' Smart Bid, the 7-2 overnight favorite in the Dixie Stakes (gr. IIT).
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Phipps Stable's homebred Point of Entry shook clear at the top of the stretch and glided to a 1 1/2-length victory under John Velazquez in the $150,000 Elkhorn (gr. IIT) on closing day at Keeneland April 27.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Musketier, a 10-year-old veteran with 45 starts in his remarkable career, will bid for his third consecutive win in the $150,000 Elkhorn Stakes (gr. III) April 27 on closing day at Keeneland.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Smart Bid, who has claimed both of his graded stakes wins over the Fair Grounds turf course, will try to defend his Mervin H. Muniz Memorial Handicap (gr. IIT) title against nine others in the $400,000 turf race on April 1
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Extra distance was the key for James Karp's homebred Newsdad to exact revenge on Simmard, as the son of Arch came from off the pace to win the $150,000 Pan American (gr. IIT) against a short field March 24 at Gulfstream Park.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Simmard and Newsdad, separated by only a nose in the recent Mac Diarmida (gr. IIT), will battle it out once again in the $150,000 Pan American (gr. IIT) March 24 at Gulfstream Park.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Fresh after a three-month layoff, Simmard won a terrific stretch duel with favored Newsdad by a nose in the $150,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes (gr. IIT) on the Gulfstream Park turf Feb. 26.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Classy 6-year-old Smart Bid nailed pacesetter Mr. Vegas on the wire to score as the favorite in the $122,500 Fair Grounds Handicap (gr. IIIT) Feb. 25.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
A six-time group/graded stakes winner and a veteran of 44 career starts, 10-year-old Musketier returns for yet another season when he opens up his 2012 campaign in the $150,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes (gr. IIT) Feb. 26.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Will it be grass or dirt for Lothenbach Stables Mister Marti Gras? He was entered in the Feb. 25 Fair Grounds Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the turf and the Mineshaft Handicap (gr. III) on dirt on the same card.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Silver Medallion has found a home on grass since arriving at Todd Pletcher's barn last fall, but he'll face the toughest test of his career in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (gr. I) Feb. 11.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Nine-year-old veteran Musketier sat a perfect trip under Luis Saez and held off a late run from a pair of rivals to notch the sixth group/graded stakes score of his career in the $150,000 W. L. McKnight Handicap (gr. IIT).
Saturday, November 26, 2011
While lightly raced this year, four-time grade I winner Winchester has by far the most decorated career heading into the Nov. 26 W.L. McKnight Handicap (gr. IIT) at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Hailstone, a half brother to TVG Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) winner Court Vision, was purchased by agent Steve Young for $235,000 to top the Nov. 15 session of the Keeneland November sale.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011Boisterous wrapped up his 4-year-old campaign on a high note Nov. 5 at Aqueduct Racetrack, coming from off the pace for a two-length victory over Bold Hawk in the $150,000 Red Smith Handicap (gr. IIT).
Saturday, November 05, 2011
After notching his first graded stakes victory with a powerful late charge one year ago, Grassy is back to defend his title in the $150,000 Red Smith Handicap (gr. IIT) on the Aqueduct turf Nov. 5.
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Cape Blanco shipped across the pond from Ireland for third time to collect a grade I victory, barely outlasting a determined Dean's Kitten by a nose in the $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational (gr. IT) Oct. 1.
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Cape Blanco and Teaks North, both two-time grade I winners on turf this year, headline a star-studded six-horse field for the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational (gr. IT).
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Woodbine-based Stormy Lord ventured to Philadelphia for the $250,000 PTHA President's Cup and produced a 9-1 upset for trainer Ian Black Sept. 17 on a yielding turf course at Parx Racing.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Headlined by morning-line favorite Courageous Cat, a predictably deep and diverse field of 12 was drawn for the $1 million Woodbine Mile (Can-IT) Sept. 18 in Toronto.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Grassy took over from Center Divider in mid-stretch and notched his first win of the year in the $150,000 Bowling Green Handicap (gr. IIT) on opening day of the Belmont Park fall meet Sept. 10.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
German-bred Sanagas, the 2-1 morning-line favorite, goes for his first graded stakes win when facing six other turf males in the $150,000 Bowling Green Handicap (gr. IIT) on opening-day of the Belmont Park fall meet Sept. 10.
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Front-running Kara's Orientation teamed with jockey Emile Ramsammy to execute a perfect theft of the $252,674 Sky Classic Stakes (Can-IIT) on a damp Woodbine turf course Aug. 21.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Fifty Proof, a tough-luck loser in his last two starts on the Woodbine turf course, will try to make amends in the $250,000 Sky Classic (Can-IIT) Aug. 21 in Toronto.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Every several years, whenever a horse is attempting to sweep the Triple Crown, Billy Turner is summoned by the media to offer his take on the horse, the obstacles that stand in his way, and to reminisce about the great Seattle Slew, who under Turner’s guidance and expertise became racing’s only undefeated Triple Crown winner. [More]