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ARLINGTON PARK, Arlington, IL
| 1 | Upperline | Margin: 4¾ | TrueNicks: C+ | $59,400 |
2007 | Bay Mare | Maria's Mon - Snowflake (IRE), Caerleon
Sire: Maria's Mon, Gray or Roan, 1993. Raced 2 years. 7 starts, 4 wins, $507,140. Lifetime: 496 yearlings sold, median $47,000.
Broodmare Sire: Caerleon, Bay, 1980.
| 2 | Snow Top Mountain | Margin: 6½ | TrueNicks: D | $19,800 |
2007 | Gray or Roan Mare | Najran - Motokiks, Storm Cat
Sire: Najran, Gray or Roan, 1999. Raced 3 years. 15 starts, 7 wins, $483,448. Lifetime: 90 yearlings sold, median $7,250.
Broodmare Sire: Storm Cat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1983.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association January 2013 Horses of All Ages Sale, $950,000.
| 3 | Dundalk Dust | Margin: ¾ | TrueNicks: A+ | $10,890 |
2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Military - Plus Beau, Beau Genius
Sire: Military, Dark Bay or Brown, 1994. Raced 3 years. 12 starts, 5 wins, $462,700. Lifetime: 67 yearlings sold, median $5,500. In 2009: 1.44 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Beau Genius, Chestnut, 1985.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall 2008 Yearling Sale, $35,000.
Others: Chantilly Nayla, $5,940; Age of Humor, $2,970; Laura Babe, $1,000.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upperline | E. T. Baird | Michael Stidham |
| 2 | Snow Top Mountain | Jesus Lopez Castanon | Thomas F. Proctor |
| 3 | Dundalk Dust | Eduardo E. Perez | Chris M. Block |
| 4 | Chantilly Nayla | James Graham | Wayne M. Catalano |
| 5 | Age of Humor | Quincy Hamilton | Michael J. Maker |
| 6 | Laura Babe | Christopher A. Emigh | Richard Jackson |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upperline | E. T. Baird | $6.60 | $3.20 | $3.00 | ||||||
| 6 | Snow Top Mountain | Jesus Lopez Castanon | $3.20 | $2.40 | |||||||
| 5 | Dundalk Dust | Eduardo E. Perez | $3.00 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (1-6) | $18.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (1-6-5) | $110.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (1-6-5-2) | $158.60 | ||||||||||
The second-highest-priced yearling to ever sell at Keeneland January and the beginning of a dispersal of an apparently deep group of horses from Fares Farm helped the Lexington sale to a strong start.
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
The legacy of the late Barbara Hunter was on full display Jan. 8 during the second day of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale, with Keertana selling for $1 million and Snow Top Mountain bringing $950,000.
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Graded stakes winner Snow Top Mountain brought an impressive price of $950,000 from Audley Farm during the second session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale Jan. 8.
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire Keertana brought some excitement to the second session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale Jan. 8 when she fetched $1 million from Craig Bandoroff of Denali Stud.
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Buyers will have the opportunity to purchase horses from the Issam Fares' Fares Farm dispersal at a Keeneland January sale that will feature a larger catalog compared with last year.
Friday, January 04, 2013
Barbara Hunter, 78, who owned Brownwood Farm near Nicholasville, Ky., died at the farm Nov. 8 after a long illness. She had recent success with homebreds Keertana and Snow Top Mountain.
Thursday, November 08, 2012
The owners of 2012 multiple graded stakes winner Upperline have decided to withdraw the 5-year-old mare from the November Sale in order to keep her as a broodmare.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
In the final start of her career, multiple graded stakes winner Upperline outfought Ciao Bella in the homestretch to prevail in the $125,000 Rood and Riddle Dowager Stakes Oct. 21 on the Keeneland turf.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Upperline will be returning to the course and 1 1/2-mile distance where she captured the Grey Goose Bewitch Stakes (gr. IIIT) in the spring.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Flaxman Holdings' Aruna seeks back-to-back wins in the $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster (gr. I) at Keeneland Oct. 6, facing 12 rivals as she attempts to become just the fourth horse to accomplish the feat.
Thursday, October 04, 2012
Several stakes horses based at Arlington Park turned in preparatory moves there Sept. 29 for starts at the upcoming Keeneland meet that opens Oct. 5 in Lexington.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
With horses invading from at least four countries as well as various parts of the U.S. for the Beverly D. Aug. 18, it is somewhat ironic that the 3-1 morning line favorite has been based at Arlington much of the summer.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Hernandez Racing Club's Illinois-bred remained perfect on Polytrack and in her 2012 season when cruising to victory over six rivals in the $150,000 Arlington Oaks (gr. III) July 21 at Arlington Park.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
The $150,000 Arlington Oaks (gr. III) returns to the schedule at Arlington Park July 21 after a one-year hiatus, featuring a well-matched field of eight distaffers headed by Spendthrift Farm's Treasured Up.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Barbara Hunter's multiple graded stakes-winning mare Snow Top Mountain, in foal to Blame, has been retired from racing with earnings of $525,303.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Frank Calabrese's Romacaca gamely held off Snow Top Mountain by a neck in the Modesty Handicap (gr. IIIT)at Arlington Park. The 6-year-old Running Stag mare covered the 1 3/16 miles in 1:56.67.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Two-time 2012 stakes winner Upperline carries top weight of 121 pounds July 14 in the 1 3/16-mile Modesty Handicap (gr. IIIT). The Modesty is one of four stakes on Arlington's 'Million Preview Day.'
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
The 124-pound highweight rebounded from a sixth-place finish last time out to best 10 other fillies and mares in the grade III turf event.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Pachattack, winner of the Doubledogdare Stakes (gr. III) in her only start since finishing third in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I), heads the field for the Edward P. Evans All Along Stakes (gr. IIIT) June 16.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Frank L. Jones Jr's Tapitsfly, who has started four times this year in graded events and has won or placed in all of them, will carry top weight of 121 pounds in the Early Times Mint Julep Handicap at Churchill Downs.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Favored Upperline collared pacesetter Hooh Why in the final furlong to post a sharp four-length victory in the $150,000 Arlington Matron (gr. III) at Arlington Park May 26.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
A competitive filed of older fillies and mares, including previous Arlington Park graded stakes winner Upperline, comprise the lineup for the May 26 Arlington Matron Stakes (gr. III) at Arlington Park.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Barbara Hunter's homebred Keertana, who last year became the first female to win the Louisville Handicap (gr. IIIT) since Our Request in 1951, has been retired from racing.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Upperline, runner-up in her last two stakes tries, found another gear in the late stages to win the $150,000 Grey Goose Bewitch (gr. IIIT) by 1 1/2 lengths April 26 at Keeneland.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Senada and Upperline, the respective winner and runner-up in the Rood & Riddle Dowager last fall over the Keeneland turf course, will meet again in the $150,000 Grey Goose Bewitch Stakes (gr. IIIT) April 26.
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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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