WOODBINE, Rexdale, ON , CAN
| 1 | Northern Passion | Margin: 1¼ | TrueNicks: A++ | $153,345 |
2009 | Chestnut Filly | First Samurai - A Touch of Glory, Golden Gear
Sire: First Samurai , Chestnut, 2003. Lifetime: 115 yearlings sold, median $42,000.
Broodmare Sire: Golden Gear, Bay, 1991. In 2009: 1.15 AEI.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2011 Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, $220,000.
Keeneland Association September 2010 Yearling Sale, $95,000.
| 2 | Dayatthespa | Margin: 2 | TrueNicks: B+ | $40,892 |
2009 | Chestnut Filly | City Zip - M'Lady Doc, Doc's Leader
Sire: City Zip , Chestnut, 1998. Raced 2 years. 23 starts, 9 wins, $818,225. Lifetime: 228 yearlings sold, median $20,000.
Broodmare Sire: Doc's Leader, Chestnut, 1986. In 2009: 1.20 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga 2010 Pref New York Bred Yearling Sale, $50,000.
| 3 | Stephanie's Kitten | Margin: 3¾ | TrueNicks: A+ | $20,446 |
2009 | Bay Filly | Kitten's Joy - Unfold the Rose, Catienus
Sire: Kitten's Joy , Chestnut, 2001. Lifetime: 82 yearlings sold, median $21,167.
Broodmare Sire: Catienus , Dark Bay or Brown, 1994.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2011 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, ($17,000).
Keeneland Association September 2010 Yearling Sale, ($30,000).
Others: Spirited Miss, $12,779; Hard Not to Like, $5,112; Ten K Cat, $2,045; Sky Dreamer, $2,045; Runfor Ro, $2,045; St Pancras, $409; Quality Lass, $409; Evil Kitten, $409; Welcome Dance, $409.
Scratched: Anna Sophia.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Passion | Luis Contreras | Mark E. Casse |
| 2 | Dayatthespa | Ramon A. Dominguez | Chad C. Brown |
| 3 | Stephanie's Kitten | Tyler Pizarro | Wayne M. Catalano |
| 4 | Spirited Miss | Julien R. Leparoux | Mark E. Casse |
| 5 | Hard Not to Like | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Gail Cox |
| 6 | Ten K Cat | Quincy Welch | Brian A. Lynch |
| 7 | Sky Dreamer | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse |
| 8 | Runfor Ro | Jesse M. Campbell | Danny M. O'Callaghan |
| 9 | St Pancras | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 10 | Quality Lass | Rajiv Maragh | Mark E. Casse |
| 11 | Evil Kitten | Emma-Jayne Wilson | Nicholas Gonzalez |
| 12 | Welcome Dance | Robby Albarado | Michael R. Matz |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Northern Passion | Luis Contreras | $14.70 | $6.80 | $4.20 | ||||||
| 12 | Dayatthespa | Ramon A. Dominguez | $5.90 | $4.90 | |||||||
| 11 | Stephanie's Kitten | Tyler Pizarro | $9.60 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (10-12) | $106.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (1-12-11) | $1,192.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (10-12-11-5) | $16,906.80 | ||||||||||
With the two favorites for the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweister in Dixie Strike and Northern Passion, trainer Mark Casse holds a powerful hand for the June 3 event at Woodbine.
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Eric Mitchell recaps Kentucky Oaks Day for 2012, highlighted by the victory by Believe You Can and Rosie Napravnik in the Kentucky Oaks. Sponsored by Three Chimneys Farm.
Last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IIT) winner Stephanie's Kitten returned to the Churchill Downs turf course and put in another dominating performance, setting a stakes record in the Edgewood Stakes.
Friday, May 04, 2012
Jockey Robby Albarado has been suspended from racing after his arrest on a charge of accosting a woman who says she was breaking up with him.
Friday, May 04, 2012
Believe You Can predict the winner of this year's Kentucky Oaks?
A visual look at the Kentucky Oaks field in post position order.
Hard Not to Like put in her final work for the $1 million Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), breezing five furlongs in a handy 1:01 3/5 at Woodbine April 27, earning a 'very, very good' report from her trainer Gail Cox.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Favored Dayatthespa spoiled the Keeneland return of Somali Lemonade with a dominating front-running victory in the $100,000 Appalachian Stakes (gr. IIIT) by 2 3/4 lengths on the turf April 19.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Grade III winners Somali Lemonade and Dayatthespa headline a field of nine 3-year-old fillies in the $100,000 Appalachian (gr. IIIT) at a mile on the Keeneland turf April 19.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Alex G. Campbell Jr.'s homebred goes wire-to-wire in Keeneland feature April 7.
Saturday, April 07, 2012
Stephanie's Kitten, a leading juvenile filly last year on both the main track and the turf, heads a field of seven 3-year-old fillies in the Central Bank Ashland Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland April 7.
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Everyone has a niche, but Bradley sells horses, seasons; plans matings; pinhooks...and puts together partnerships
Odds-on Dayatthespa became a graded stakes winner when she held off Regalo Mia in the final strides to capture the $150,000 Herecomesthebride Stakes (gr. IIIT) by a neck on the Gulfstream Park turf course March 11.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Filly Dixie Strike, trained by champion conditioner Mark Casse and owned by John Oxley, was installed as the 4-1 favorite in the Queen's Plate Winterbook.
Friday, March 09, 2012
Trainer Chad Brown, who experienced great success last year with female turf stars Stacelita and Zagora, now appears to have an emerging turf stakes filly prospect in Dayatthespa.
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Graded stakes winners Grace Hall and Summer Applause are among the 3-year-old fillies nominated to the $500,000 Central Bank Ashland Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland on April 7.
Friday, March 02, 2012There will be 42 graded races in Canada in 2012, up from 37 last year, The Jockey Club of Canada's Graded Stakes Committee announced Jan. 25 following its annual review.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Back on firm ground for her first start of 2012, favored Dayatthespa swept to a 1 3/4-length win in the $100,000 Sweetest Chant Stakes on the Gulfstream Park turf Jan. 22.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Ken and Sarah Ramsey won their second Eclipse Award as leading owner, having picked up their first in 2004 when they campaigned top older horses Kitten's Joy and Roses in May.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Bolstered by homebred Stephanie's Kitten, Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey are the first recipients of the John Deere Award as outstanding breeders of the 2011 Breeders' Cup Challenge series and the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
A photographic review of the results of day 1 of the Breeders' Cup.
Ken and Sarah Ramseys' Stephanie's Kitten, a homebred daughter of Kitten's Joy, rallies to catch Stopshoppingmaria late to win the Nov. 4 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IIT).
Friday, November 04, 2011
Jockey Chantal Sutherland may be the most famous Canadian female participating in the Breeders' Cup. But she's not the only one. Gail Cox is operating under the radar as the trainer of Hard Not to Like.
Friday, November 04, 2011
Lenny Shulman talks to owner Ken Ramsey about his Kittens, including Dean's Kitten in the Turf, Holiday for Kitten in the Turf Sprint, and Stephanie's Kitten in the Juvenile Fillies Turf, plus Headache and Pleasant Prince.
Lenny Shulman talks with Chad Brown, who trains Filly and Mare Turf favorite Stacelita, Fantastic Song, and Dayatthespa. Sponsored by Taylor Made Stallions
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]