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: 134 yearlings sold, median $11,750.
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: 635 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: 317 yearlings sold, median $25,000.
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 | ||||||||||
Multiple grade I winner Giant Oak has been named the Illinois Horse of the Year and champion older handicap male for 2011
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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
Jason, Tom, and Ed DeRosa of TwinSpires.com, handicap the Whitney Invitational Handicap and West Virginia Derby.
Will a Rail Trip make a Mission Impazible for Friend Or Foe running Flat Out?
The handicap division has taken its lumps this year for not being especially deep, but its competitive nature has led to one of the more intriguing recent editions of the $750,000 Whitney Handicap (gr. I), which drew 11.
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Alex Lieblong's Duke of Mischief topped the list of horses working at Saratoga on the morning of July 31 for the $750,000 Whitney Invitational (gr. I), turning in a bullet half-mile breeze over the main track in :46.88.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Free Fighter ended a drought of 14 months when he ground out a two-length victory in the off-the-turf Stars and Stripes Stakes at Arlington Park July 23.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Multiple grade I stakes winner Winchester heads a field of seven grass runners entered for the $100,000 Stars and Stripes Stakes (gr. IIIT), a 1 1/2-mile turf event July 23.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011Will Carson and Jerry Pint's Heza Wild Guy failed in his attempt to win his fourth consecutive A.J. Foyt Stakes at Indiana Downs July 13 but did earn enough money to become the all-time leading Indiana-bred money winner.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
William S. Farish Jr.'s Pool Play, making his first start on dirt in his 28th career start, pulled a 36-1 shocker in the $561,300 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) June 18 at Churchill Downs.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Jason, Tom and Steve from TwinSpires.com handicap the Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs.
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