ARLINGTON PARK, Arlington, IL
| 1 | Bay to Bay | Margin: 2½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $116,400 |
2007 | Bay Mare | Sligo Bay (IRE) - Bala, With Approval
Sire: Sligo Bay (IRE) , Bay, 1998. Raced 4 years. 17 starts, 4 wins, $484,695. Lifetime: 115 yearlings sold, median $4,013.
Broodmare Sire: With Approval, Gray or Roan, 1986.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2012 Breeding Stock Sale, $425,000.
Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, $35,000.
| 2 | Go Ask Alex | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: B | $38,800 |
2007 | Bay Filly | Afleet Alex - Dominique's Joy, Strawberry Road (AUS)
Sire: Afleet Alex , Bay, 2002. Lifetime: 287 yearlings sold, median $37,000.
Broodmare Sire: Strawberry Road (AUS), Bay, 1979.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, ($32,000).
Keeneland Association 2007 November Breeding Stock Sale, ($70,000).
| 3 | Queen of the Creek | Margin: 4 | TrueNicks: B+ | $21,340 |
2007 | Bay Filly | Theatrical (IRE) - Miasma, Lear Fan
Sire: Theatrical (IRE), Dark Bay or Brown, 1982. Raced 4 years. 22 starts, 10 wins, $2,940,036. Lifetime: 394 yearlings sold, median $70,000. In 2009: 2.42 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Lear Fan, Bay, 1981.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, $140,000.
Others: Orchestrator, $11,640; Chantilly Nayla, $5,820; Kilmore Quay (IRE), $2,000; Besitos, $2,000; Lucky Lass, $2,000.
Scratched: Superstardom.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bay to Bay | Robby Albarado | Brian A. Lynch |
| 2 | Go Ask Alex | Jon Kenton Court | John Glenney |
| 3 | Queen of the Creek | Jose Lezcano | Thomas F. Proctor |
| 4 | Orchestrator | Junior Alvarado | Kenneth G. McPeek |
| 5 | Chantilly Nayla | Michael C. Baze | Wayne M. Catalano |
| 6 | Kilmore Quay (IRE) | Jesus Lopez Castanon | Darrin Miller |
| 7 | Besitos | Eduardo E. Perez | Raja Malek |
| 8 | Lucky Lass | James Graham | Michael Stidham |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Bay to Bay | Robby Albarado | $5.40 | $3.60 | $2.60 | ||||||
| 5 | Go Ask Alex | Jon Kenton Court | $6.40 | $3.40 | |||||||
| 7 | Queen of the Creek | Jose Lezcano | $2.40 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (8-5) | $38,80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (8-5-7) | $87.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (8-5-7-2) | $419.00 | ||||||||||
The Ontario Racing Commission has suspended trainer Brian Lynch following his recent arrest Woodbine. He was charged with making death threats and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
Friday, May 31, 2013A hearing conducted by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission's license review committee brought out details of an incident in which horse ran under the name of a "paper trainer."
Friday, August 17, 2012The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission's license review committee has suspended the lead outrider at Keeneland Racecourse for 16 months for his role in training a horse that raced in the name of a licensed trainer.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012Kentucky stewards have taken disciplinary action against two licensees in connection with a horse running under an incorrect trainer's name and suspended the trainer involved for a medication positive for the same horse.
Thursday, July 12, 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
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
German-bred Daveron, C.S. Silk, and Never Retreat, all graded stakes winners in 2011, headline an overflow field of 12 fillies and mares, plus two also-eligibles for the Oct. 8 First Lady Stakes (gr. IT) at Keeneland.
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Shared Account, last year's winner of the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), figures to draw a good deal of interest in the Canadian Stakes (Can-IIT) at Woodbine Sept 18.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Zagora earned her first United States win in five starts when she charged home on the outside to tally convincingly in the $500,000 Diana Stakes (gr. IT) on the Saratoga turf July 30.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Aviate and Aruna, who ran one-two at Churchill Downs earlier this year, will square off again in a competitive edition of the $500,000 Diana (gr. IT) July 30 at Saratoga.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Never Retreat, beaten as the favorite when second to Bay to Bay in last month's Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT), turned the tables on her rival at Woodbine in the $313,395 Dance Smartly Stakes (Can-IIT) July 10.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Bay to Bay, convincing winner of the Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT) on a yielding Woodbine turf course last month, returns to head a field of 10 older fillies and mares in the $300,000 Dance Smartly Stakes (Can-IIT) July 10.
Thursday, July 07, 2011
In her first start over the Woodbine turf course since she won the Natalma Stakes (Can-IIIT) as a 2-year-old in 2009, Bay to Bay ran away at 6-1 odds over yielding ground in the Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT) June 4.
Saturday, June 04, 2011
Never Retreat, upset winner of the Jenny Wiley Stakes (gr. IIT) at Keeneland in April, faces a triple threat from the Roger Attfield barn in the $300,000 Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT) on the Woodbine turf course June 4.
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Jason, Tom, and Rich Nilsen of TwinSpires.com preview the Lexus Raven Run Stakes (gr. II). Plus, an early look at the Breeders' Cup Mile and the Ladies Classic.
Lael Stables' 3-year-old filly Check the Label, scratched out of the off-the-turf Lake Placid (gr. IIT) last month, returns to Belmont Park where she seeks her first grade I win in the $250,000 Garden City Stakes.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Kilmore Quay, runner-up last time in the Virginia Oaks (gr. IIIT), could be the one to beat in the $100,000 Pucker Up Stakes (gr. IIIT) for 3-year-old fillies on the Arlington Park turf course Sept. 6.
Friday, September 03, 2010
Four horses leave the ranks of the non-winners.
Sharp Secretary reeled in runaway pacesetter Simply Spiteful at the head of the stretch and cleared off to post her first stakes victory in the $147,118 Duchess at Woodbine Aug. 7.
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Trainer Christophe Clement, a three-time winner of the Lake George Stakes (gr. IIT), sends out 7-2 morning line favorite Strike It Rich for the 16th renewal of the $150,000 grass event at Saratoga July 28.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Freshened since a fifth-place finish in the Ashland Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland three months ago, Upperline drew away to a 4 3/4-length victory in the $100,000 Arlington Oaks (gr. III) July 3.
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Waterville Lake Stable's Strike It Rich forged an easy lead at the start and never looked back, rolling to a 1 1/4-length score in the $157,000 Boiling Springs Stakes (gr. IIIT) for 3-year-old fillies June 26 at Monmouth Park
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Bay to Bay, winner of last month's American One Thousand Guineas at Arlington Park, heads an evenly matched group of 10 3-year-old fillies in the $150,000 Boiling Springs Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the turf June 26 at Monmouth.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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]