ARLINGTON PARK, Arlington, IL
| 1 | Take the Points | Margin: head | BRIS: 101 | TrueNicks: B+ | $230,400 |
2006 | Gray or Roan Colt | Even the Score - Ginger Ginger, Fred Astaire
Sire: Even the Score , Gray or Roan, 1998. Raced 4 years. 29 starts, 9 wins, $751,629. Lifetime: 147 yearlings sold, median $12,500.
Broodmare Sire: Fred Astaire, Bay, 1983. In 2009: 1.00 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2007 Select Yearling Sale, $160,000.
| 2 | Black Bear Island (IRE) | Margin: 3ΒΌ | BRIS: 100 | TrueNicks: A+ | $76,800 |
2006 | Bay Colt | Sadler's Wells - Kasora (IRE), Darshaan (GB)
Sire: Sadler's Wells, Bay, 1981. Raced 2 years. 11 starts, 6 wins, $713,690. Lifetime: 627 yearlings sold, median $263,280.
Broodmare Sire: Darshaan (GB), Brown, 1981.
| 3 | Laureate Conductor | Margin: neck | BRIS: 97 | TrueNicks: B+ | $38,400 |
2006 | Bay Horse | Bernstein - Lavender Baby, Rubiano
Sire: Bernstein, Bay, 1997. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 4 wins, $173,120. Lifetime: 373 yearlings sold, median $24,000.
Broodmare Sire: Rubiano, Gray or Roan, 1987.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association January 2007 Horses of All Ages Sale, $30,000.
Others: Oil Man (IRE), $19,200; Proceed Bee, $11,520; Quite a Handful, $7,680; Giant Oak, $4,000; Reb, $4,000; Cliffy's Future, $4,000; Hoosier Kingdom, $4,000.
Scratched: Driving Snow (GB).
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take the Points | Kent J. Desormeaux | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 2 | Black Bear Island (IRE) | John Patrick Murtagh | Aidan P. O'Brien |
| 3 | Laureate Conductor | Ramon A. Dominguez | Christophe Clement |
| 4 | Oil Man (IRE) | Garrett K. Gomez | John W. Sadler |
| 5 | Proceed Bee | Christopher A. Emigh | Scott Becker |
| 6 | Quite a Handful | Jermaine V. Bridgmohan | Andrew M. Hansen |
| 7 | Giant Oak | Eusebio Razo, Jr. | Chris M. Block |
| 8 | Reb | Julien R. Leparoux | George R. Arnold, II |
| 9 | Cliffy's Future | Fernando Jara | Darrin Miller |
| 10 | Hoosier Kingdom | Elvis Trujillo | Ron D. Herrell |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Take the Points | Kent J. Desormeaux | $7.40 | $4.00 | $3.20 | |||||||
| Black Bear Island (IRE) | John Patrick Murtagh | $5.20 | $3.80 | ||||||||
| Laureate Conductor | Ramon A. Dominguez | $5.20 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (7-9) | $35.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (7-9-4) | $275.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (7-9-4-5) | $1,224.80 | ||||||||||
The International Festival of Racing, featuring the 31st running of the Arlington Million Stakes (gr. I), tops a 2013 schedule that includes 25 stakes races worth $5.5 million during 89 days of racing at Arlington Park.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013Bred by Mike Abraham, the filly is out of the Ghazi mare Silent Emotion, a stakes winner of $209,993 and dam of grade 1-placed multiple stakes winner Unspoken Word.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Trainer Chris Block was represented by his 1,000th winner Jan. 12 at Gulfstream Park, when 5-year-old All for Thee rallied through the stretch to score a hard-fought neck victory at odds of 12-1 in the second race of the day.
Saturday, January 12, 2013Off the success of multiple grade I winner Dullahan, Even the Score will see an increase in his stud fee from $10,000 to $12,500 in 2013 at Millennium Farms.
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Scenes from the 2012 Arlington Million Day.
The Aga Khan's Bayrir, winner of three of four previous races including a group II stakes in France, rallied late to win the $500,000 Secretariat Stakes (gr. IT) for 3-year-olds at Arlington Park Aug. 18.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Trainer Dale Romans will saddle three in the Aug. 18 Secretariat Stakes (gr. IT) at Arlington Park, including streaking turf runner Silver Max.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Dale Romans will send a strong contingent to the Arlington Million and Secretariat (both gr. IT).
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Phipps Stable's Boisterous, third in the Manhattan Handicap on the Belmont Stakes undercard, will carry high weight as he heads a field of 11 turf specialists in $200,000 Arlington Handicap (gr. IIIT) July 14.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Multiple grade I winner Giant Oak has been named the Illinois Horse of the Year and champion older handicap male for 2011
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Making his stakes debut in the $200,000 John B. Connally Turf Cup, favored Papaw Bodie surged to the lead in upper stretch to post a convincing win at Sam Houston Race Park on the night of Jan. 28.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Proceed Bee is the obvious choice in the Jan. 28 John B. Connally Turf Cup Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Sam Houston Race Park. But he will face some still competition from the likes of several other promising horses.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Boosted by money from the Horse Racing Equity Trust Fund, Arlington Park has proposed a 2012 stakes schedule of 26 stakes races worth $5.8 million during the 90-day meet at the Chicago, Ill.-area track.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Multiple grade I winner is Giant Causeway's leading runner on dirt.
Monday, January 02, 2012
Sent off at 41-1, Afleet Again ran down Birdrun and Giant Oak in deep stretch to pull a shocker in the opening race on Day 2 of the Breeders' Cup World Championships Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs.
Saturday, November 05, 2011A. U. Miner, third in last year's Breeders' Cup Marathon, draws post 11 for this year's renewal. The opener to the Nov. 5 program to be run at 1 3/4 miles.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Third at mid-stretch, former claimer Headache closed steadily to edge Where's Sterling by a half-length in the $500,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup (gr. II) in Illinois Oct. 8.
Saturday, October 08, 2011
Grade I winner Giant Oak faces stiff competition from nine challengers in Hawthorne Racecourse's marquee fall event.
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Will Havre de Grace beat the boys? If not, then who's the winner?
Havre de Grace will face males for the first time in the $750,000 Woodward (gr.l) Sept. 3 at Saratoga, where she will meet seven rivals.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Arlington Million Day, Saratoga, Del Mar, and more.
Making his United States debut, English-bred Treasure Beach gamely held off fellow European invader Ziyarid to post a neck victory in the $400,000 Secretariat Stakes (gr. IT) Aug. 13 at Arlington Park.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Jason, Ian and Tim handicap the Arlington Million and Secretariat Stakes at Arlington Park this weekend.
Despite making his first start in North America, European-based grade I winner Treasure Beach was tabbed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite for the $400,000 Secretariat Stakes (gr. IT) Aug. 13 at Arlington Park.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tizway picked up his second consecutive grade I victory Aug. 6 at Saratoga when he took over approaching the quarter-pole and breezed to an easy score in the $750,000 Whitney Invitational Handicap (gr. I).
Saturday, August 06, 2011
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]