WOODBINE, Rexdale, ON , CAN
| 1 | Up With the Birds | Margin: 3½ | TrueNicks: B+ | $149,745 |
2010 | Bay Colt | Stormy Atlantic - Song of the Lark, Seeking the Gold
Sire: Stormy Atlantic , Dark Bay or Brown, 1994. Raced 3 years. 15 starts, 6 wins, $148,126. Lifetime: 553 yearlings sold, median $30,000.
Broodmare Sire: Seeking the Gold, Bay, 1985.
| 2 | Star Contender | Margin: 4 | TrueNicks: A++ | $49,915 |
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.
| 3 | His Race to Win | Margin: 10 | TrueNicks: B | $27,453 |
2010 | Bay Colt | Stormy Atlantic - Fleet of Foot, Gone West
Sire: Stormy Atlantic , Dark Bay or Brown, 1994. Raced 3 years. 15 starts, 6 wins, $148,126. Lifetime: 553 yearlings sold, median $30,000.
Broodmare Sire: Gone West, Bay, 1984.
Others: Bookies Nightmare, $14,975; Hesa Big Dude, $4,992; Kitten Candy, $2,496.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Up With the Birds | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Malcolm Pierce |
| 2 | Star Contender | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse |
| 3 | His Race to Win | Emma-Jayne Wilson | Malcolm Pierce |
| 4 | Bookies Nightmare | David Moran | Carolyn M. Costigan |
| 5 | Hesa Big Dude | Melanie Pinto | Justin J. Nixon |
| 6 | Kitten Candy | Luis Contreras | Robert P. Tiller |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Up With the Birds | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | $4.30 | $2.20 | $2.10 | ||||||
| 5 | Star Contender | Patrick Husbands | $2.20 | $2.10 | |||||||
| 1 | His Race to Win | Emma-Jayne Wilson | $2.70 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (6-5) | $8.10 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (6-5-1) | $22.60 | ||||||||||
Seventy-three horses have been made eligible for the 154th edition of the historic Queen's Plate, to be held July 7 at Woodbine.
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Gary Barber's Jack Milton came up from Florida to earn his first stakes score, holding off the late charge of Up With the Birds to win the $100,000 Transylvania Stakes (gr. IIIT) on opening day at Keeneland.
Friday, April 05, 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, 2012Bold Executive, a perennial leading Canadian sire, was euthanized the night of Sept. 26 at Gardiner Farms near Caledon, Ontario, Canada.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011Sunday's live Thoroughbred racing at Woodbine has been canceled after three races due to high winds and wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour.
Sunday, November 06, 2005Bit O'Gold received a perfectly rated ride from Jono Jones in Saturday's $250,000 Coronation Futurity Stakes at Woodbine, a key event on the road to the 2004 Queen's Plate.
Sunday, November 02, 2003Up-and-comer A Bit O'Gold, undefeated in two career starts, is the morning line favorite in Saturday's $250,000 Coronation Futurity Stakes for Canadian-bred 2-year-olds at Woodbine.
Thursday, October 30, 2003