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WOODBINE, Rexdale, ON , CAN
| 1 | Star Contender | Margin: 3ΒΌ | TrueNicks: A++ | $150,975 |
2010 | Bay Colt | Henny Hughes - Sanibel Star, Unbridled's Song
Sire: Henny Hughes , Chestnut, 2003. Lifetime: 268 yearlings sold, median $20,000.
Broodmare Sire: Unbridled's Song , Gray or Roan, 1993.
Sale History:
Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) 2011 Canadian-Bred Yearling Sale, $80,776.
| 2 | Tormenta Fiera | Margin: head | TrueNicks: C | $50,325 |
2010 | Bay Gelding | Perfect Soul (IRE) - Canadian Gem, Tale of the Cat
Sire: Perfect Soul (IRE) , Bay, 1998. Lifetime: 108 yearlings sold, median $9,249.
Broodmare Sire: Tale of the Cat , Dark Bay or Brown, 1994.
Sale History:
Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) 2011 Canadian-Bred Yearling Sale, ($5,049).
| 3 | Tex | Margin: 3 | TrueNicks: D | $25,163 |
2010 | Gray or Roan Colt | Exchange Rate - Seven of Nine, Meadowlake
Sire: Exchange Rate , Gray or Roan, 1997. Raced 3 years. 15 starts, 6 wins, $479,803. Lifetime: 272 yearlings sold, median $35,000.
Broodmare Sire: Meadowlake, Chestnut, 1983.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association April 2012 Two-Year-Olds in Training, ($90,000).
Keeneland Associaton September 2011 Yearling Sale, $55,000.
Others: His Race to Win, $12,581; Drenched, $5,033; Open Ice Hit, $2,516; Iratus Leo, $2,516; Olivier, $2,516; The B's and E's, $403.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Contender | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse |
| 2 | Tormenta Fiera | Justin Stein | Michael J. Doyle |
| 3 | Tex | Luis Contreras | Brian A. Lynch |
| 4 | His Race to Win | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Malcolm Pierce |
| 5 | Drenched | Jesse M. Campbell | Josie Carroll |
| 6 | Open Ice Hit | Todd Kabel | Ralph J. Biamonte |
| 7 | Iratus Leo | Omar Moreno | John P. MacKenzie |
| 8 | Olivier | Emma-Jayne Wilson | Reade Baker |
| 9 | The B's and E's | Alex O. Solis | Wesley A. Ward |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Star Contender | Patrick Husbands | $7.40 | $3.70 | $3.20 | ||||||
| 9 | Tormenta Fiera | Justin Stein | $4.30 | $3.00 | |||||||
| 6 | Tex | Luis Contreras | $4.30 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-9) | $35.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-9-6) | $245.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (4-9-6-1) | $308.95 | ||||||||||
Dynamic Sky, ridden patiently by Joel Rosario, nosed out a game His Race to Win to capture the $147,903 Plate Trial in a superb finish June 9 at Woodbine.
Sunday, June 09, 2013
John Oxley's Star Contender is highweighted at 123 pounds in a field of 11 for the $100,000 Transylvania Stakes (gr. IIIT), but SamSon Farms' Up With the Birds has beaten him and will likely be favored at Keeneland April 5.
Tuesday, April 02, 2013Team Valor is sponsoring the $75,000 Rushaway Stakes at Turfway March 23, and as fate would have it, it will also use the race as a last-ditch effort to get highly-regarded Crop Report to a Kentucky Derby prep.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Kauai Katie is the biggest name of a loaded stakes day at Gulfstream Park Jan. 1. She'll contest the $100,000 Old Hat Stakes (gr. III) while sophomore males duke it out in the Gulfstream Park Derby and Spectacular Bid.
Friday, December 28, 2012
Up With the Birds, rallying from last, circled the field rounding the far turn and swept past favored Star Contender en route to a convincing win in the $249,576 Coronation Futurity for 2-year-olds at Woodbine Nov. 10.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Sam-Son Farms will be represented by two homebred sons of Stormy Atlantic, Up With the Birds and His Race to Win, in the $250,000 Coronation Futurity Stakes Nov. 10 at Woodbine.
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Star Contender, confidently ridden by Patrick Husbands, took command near the top of the lane and cruised home a 3 1/4-length winner in the $250,400 Cup and Saucer Stakes.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Nine lightly-raced juveniles foaled in Canada look to take home a piece of a $250,000 purse in the Cup and Saucer Stakes, going 1 1/16 miles on the turf at Woodbine Oct. 20.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Undefeated in four starts at Woodbine this year including three stakes scores, Uncaptured is a clear standout against six juvenile opponents for the $200,000 Grey Stakes (Can-III) at the Toronto track Oct. 7.
Thursday, October 04, 2012Champion Big Brown could be represented by the second stakes winner of his first juvenile crop if 2-year-old Archer Hill gets the job done in the $250,000 Summer Stakes (gr. IIT) Presented by TVG at Woodbine Sept. 15.
Thursday, September 13, 2012Marcavelly, a two-time graded stakes winner, sired his first winner when his son The B's and E's won a maiden special weight race on turf at Belmont Park July 15 for breeder/owner Mark Dodson.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva will be out for the rest of the 2011 racing season after an incident in the Oct. 15 Cup and Saucer Saucer Stakes at Woodbine.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
The filly Hard Not to Like romped to victory over her male counterparts in the $247,921 Cup and Saucer Stakes over a soft turf course at Woodbine Oct. 15. A pair of horses pulled up early.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Favored Hollinger, roused in upper stretch by jockey Tyler Pizarro, charged impressively to win the $242,341 Cup and Saucer Stakes for 2-year-olds on the Woodbine turf Oct. 18.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Deputiformer rallied from 11th place after three-quarters and used a determined stretch drive to nip favored Cryptonite Kid by a neck in the $250,000 Cup And Saucer Stakes at Woodbine Oct. 14, a 1 1/16-mile event for 2-year-olds on the turf.
Sunday, October 14, 2007Karen and Mickey Taylor's homebred Slew's Saga destroyed a field of Canadian-foaled 2-year-olds Sunday at Woodbine, taking the $250,000 Cup and Saucer Stakes by a widening 9 3/4 lengths.
Sunday, October 17, 2004Master William, masterfully piloted by Patrick Husbands, scored a major upset in Saturday's featured $250,000 Cup and Saucer Stakes at Woodbine.
Saturday, October 11, 2003The toteboard suggested he didn't have a shot, but Winter Whiskey was the toast of the $134,250 Swynford Stakes for 2-year-olds at Woodbine on Sunday.
Sunday, September 21, 2003Six days after Wando dominated the Grey Breeders' Cup Stakes, owner Gus Schickedanz and trainer Mike Keough struck again at Woodbine Saturday, winning the $250,000 Cup and Saucer Stakes with Mobil.
Saturday, October 12, 2002Trainer Malcolm Pierce will saddle Classified Secret in Woodbine's $250,000 Cup and Saucer Stakes for 2-year-olds over 1 1/16 miles on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course at Woodbine Saturday.
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Through the remainder of the year, I am going to recount some of my most memorable experiences/moments in racing over the past 40 years. We begin with Rachel Alexandra's victory in the 2009 Woodward Stakes to kick off Saratoga's 150th anniversary. [More]
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