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WOODBINE, Rexdale, ON , CAN
| 1 | Never Retreat | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $184,014 |
2005 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Smart Strike - Lisieux, Steady Growth
Sire: Smart Strike , Bay, 1992. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 6 wins, $337,376. Lifetime: 425 yearlings sold, median $70,000.
Broodmare Sire: Steady Growth, Chestnut, 1976.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2006 Select Yearling Sale, $410,000.
| 2 | Perfect Shirl | Margin: 1 | TrueNicks: B+ | $61,338 |
2007 | Bay Mare | Perfect Soul (IRE) - Lady Shirl, That's a Nice
Sire: Perfect Soul (IRE) , Bay, 1998. Lifetime: 99 yearlings sold, median $9,498.
Broodmare Sire: That's a Nice, Chestnut, 1974. In 2009: 1.28 AEI.
| 3 | Stars to Shine | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: A | $30,669 |
2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Tale of the Cat - Gaily Lady, Silver Hawk
Sire: Tale of the Cat , Dark Bay or Brown, 1994. Raced 2 years. 9 starts, 5 wins, $360,900. Lifetime: 1003 yearlings sold, median $65,000.
Broodmare Sire: Silver Hawk, Bay, 1979. In 2009: 2.22 AEI.
Sale History:
Tattersall's October 2008 Yearling Sale, ($47,565).
Keeneland Association 2007 November Breeding Stock Sale, $45,000.
Others: Fantasia (GB), $15,335; Miss Keller (IRE), $6,134; Shared Account, $3,067; Zagora (FR), $3,067; Bay to Bay, $3,067; Magic Broomstick, $409; Apple Charlotte, $409; Forest Uproar, $409; Mekong Melody (IRE), $409; Hooh Why, $409; Woolly Bear, $409.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never Retreat | Julien R. Leparoux | Chris M. Block |
| 2 | Perfect Shirl | Patrick Husbands | Roger L. Attfield |
| 3 | Stars to Shine | William T. Buick | Mark R. Frostad |
| 4 | Fantasia (GB) | Rajiv Maragh | Jonathan E. Sheppard |
| 5 | Miss Keller (IRE) | Garrett K. Gomez | Roger L. Attfield |
| 6 | Shared Account | Edgar S. Prado | H. Graham Motion |
| 7 | Zagora (FR) | Javier Castellano | Chad C. Brown |
| 8 | Bay to Bay | Luis Contreras | Brian A. Lynch |
| 9 | Magic Broomstick | Emma-Jayne Wilson | Mark R. Frostad |
| 10 | Apple Charlotte | Sheldon Russell | H. Graham Motion |
| 11 | Forest Uproar | Omar Moreno | Mark R. Frostad |
| 12 | Mekong Melody (IRE) | John R. Velazquez | Roger L. Attfield |
| 13 | Hooh Why | Justin Stein | Mark Hoffman |
| 14 | Woolly Bear | Richard Anthony Dos Ramos | Deborah England |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Never Retreat | Julien R. Leparoux | $15.50 | $7.40 | $5.40 | ||||||
| 1 | Perfect Shirl | Patrick Husbands | $23.30 | $15.10 | |||||||
| 14 | Stars to Shine | William T. Buick | $8.00 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (9-1) | $318.70 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (9-1-14) | $5,464.10 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (9-1-14-2) | $23,617.50 | ||||||||||
Favored Upperline collared pacesetter Hooh Why in the final furlong to post a sharp four-length victory in the $150,000 Arlington Matron (gr. III) at Arlington Park May 26.
5 days ago
A competitive filed of older fillies and mares, including previous Arlington Park graded stakes winner Upperline, comprise the lineup for the May 26 Arlington Matron Stakes (gr. III) at Arlington Park.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Bettors made Zagora the even-money favorite in the $150,000 Gallorette Handicap (gr. IIIT) and she rewarded their faith in her.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Zagora will be trying to pad her already impressive resume when she takes on six rivals in the $150,000 Gallorette Handicap (gr. IIIT) May 19 at Pimlico Race Course in Maryland.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
James Miller's Daisy Devine, allowed to get away with an easy lead under James Graham, went wire-to-wire in the $300,000 Jenny Wiley (gr. IT) April 14 at Keeneland.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Zagora, who ran third in last year's Jenny Wiley Stakes (gr. IIT) at Keeneland, is back for this year running, but this time she's coming off two straight graded stakes wins.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Team Block's Never Retreat narrowly beat out a pair of 3-year old champions in Inglorious and Pender Harbour to be named Canada's Horse of the Year for 2011 at the 37th Sovereign Awards.
Friday, April 06, 2012
Tapitsfly, given a patient ride by Julien Leparoux, swept past the leaders in deep stretch to pick up her first graded stakes victory in the $150,000 Honey Fox Stakes (gr. IIIT) March 18 on Gulfstream Park's firm turf course.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Robert Smithen's Bay to Bay hasn't won since taking the Nassau (Can-IIT) last summer at Woodbine, but she figures to be one of the main competitors in her season debut, the $150,000 Honey Fox Stakes March 18 at Gulfstream.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Zagora's great turn of foot delivered a win in the Hillsborough Stakes, just 3/5ths of a second off the Tampa Bay Downs track record for 1 1/8 miles on the turf.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Grade I winner Zagora, second in last year's Hillsborough Stakes (gr. IIIT) to Denomination in a tight finish, will attempt to turn the tables in 2012 when the two mares meet again in the grass event at Tampa Bay Downs.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Taking advantage of a heady rail-skimming trip from Joe Bravo, Brazilian-bred Here to Win outkicked Keertana in the stretch for an 11-1 upset in $100,000 The Very One (gr. IIIT) Feb. 25 at Gulfstream Park.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Odds-on favorite Zagora, off for nearly five months, was razor sharp in her return Feb. 4 at Tampa Bay Downs, taking over at the top of the stretch en route to winning the $150,000 Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT).
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Keertana, a winner in four of her five starts last year including three in graded ranks, returns from an extended layoff as one of the main contenders in the $150,000 Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT) Feb. 4 at Tampa Bay Downs.
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Undefeated Awesome Feather won her ninth consecutive race, runnng away from the Sunshine Millions Distaff field at Gulfstream Park for Stronach Stables and trainer Chad Brown.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Team Block's Never Retreat, who had been scheduled to make her final start in the Jan. 7 Marshua's River Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Gulfstream Park, has been retired from racing.
Monday, January 02, 2012
Shared Account, winner of last year's Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), is booked to leading second-crop sire Bernardini.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
All indices rose on the first day of the Tattersalls December Mare Sale led by Miss Keller, who brought 625,000 guineas from Waratah Thoroughbreds' Paul Fudge.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Star Billing, advancing along the inside for Victor Espinoza, edged away from front-running Summer Soiree for her first grade I victory in the $250,000 Matriarch Stakes (gr. IT) at Hollywood Park Nov. 25.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Trainer Graham Motion, fresh off a grade I win in the Hollywood Turf Cup, guns for another at Hollywood Park when he sends out three entrants in the $250,000 Matriarch Stakes on the turf Nov. 25.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Shared Account, winner of last year's Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) and seventh in this year's running in what proved to be her final start, has been retired from racing.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Stuart Janney III's homebred Hit It Rich shadowed front-running Unbridled Essence for more than a mile, then took over in the lane and pulled away to win the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the turf Nov. 12.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
On Nov. 4, Charles Fipke's persistence paid off as his homebred 4-year-old filly Perfect Shirl gave the Canadian prospector a paydirt of a different kind: a win in the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Emerald Beech, a grade III winner two starts back and a four-time winner this season, will carry top weight of 119 pounds for the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT) Nov. 12 at Aqueduct.
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Charles Fipke's homebred champion Perfect Soul (IRE), sire of 2011 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (gr. IT) winner Perfect Shirl, will stand the 2012 breeding season at the Hunderup family's Norse Ridge Farm.
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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]
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