ARLINGTON PARK, Arlington, IL
| 1 | Gran Estreno (ARG) | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: A+ | $60,000 |
2003 | Chestnut Horse | Lucky Roberto - Great Stampa (ARG), Senor Pete
Sire: Lucky Roberto, Dark Bay or Brown, 1996. Raced 2 years. 13 starts, 3 wins, $214,684. Lifetime: 2 yearlings sold, median $4,200.
Broodmare Sire: Senor Pete, Bay, 1987. In 2009: 1.61 AEI.
| 2 | Giant Oak | Margin: neck | TrueNicks: A++ | $30,000 |
2006 | Chestnut Horse | Giant's Causeway - Crafty Oak, Crafty Prospector
Sire: Giant's Causeway , Chestnut, 1997. Raced 2 years. 13 starts, 9 wins, $3,078,989. Lifetime: 771 yearlings sold, median $140,000.
Broodmare Sire: Crafty Prospector, Chestnut, 1979.
| 3 | Mad Flatter | Margin: 6½ | TrueNicks: B | $16,500 |
2005 | Bay Horse | Flatter - Miss Pangea, Honor Grades
Sire: Flatter , Bay, 1999. Raced 2 years. 6 starts, 4 wins, $148,815. Lifetime: 199 yearlings sold, median $12,500. In 2009: .80 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Honor Grades, Bay, 1988. In 2009: 1.57 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association January 2013 Horses of All Ages Sale, ($24,000).
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall 2006 Yearling Sale, ($29,000).
Others: Elusive Beat, $9,000; Country Flavor, $4,500.
Scratched: Cure for Sale (ARG); Coolcullen Times (IRE).
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran Estreno (ARG) | Michael C. Baze | Michael Stidham |
| 2 | Giant Oak | Junior Alvarado | Chris M. Block |
| 3 | Mad Flatter | James Graham | Jeffrey D. Thornbury |
| 4 | Elusive Beat | Florent Geroux | John W. Sadler |
| 5 | Country Flavor | Inez Karlsson | Greg Geier |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Gran Estreno (ARG) | Michael C. Baze | $10.60 | $3.20 | $2.40 | ||||||
| 6 | Giant Oak | Junior Alvarado | $2.80 | $2.60 | |||||||
| 5 | Mad Flatter | James Graham | $2.60 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (2-6) | $22.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (2-6-5) | $82.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (2-6-5-3) | $91.20 | ||||||||||
Dual graded stakes winner Mad Flatter will stand at Glen and Becky Brok's Diamond B Farm near Mohrsville, Pa.
Monday, January 21, 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
Multiple graded stakes winner Mad Flatter has been retired from racing and will enter stud for the 2013 season.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Outsider Middie spurted away from the field in upper stretch to post a 3 3/4-length victory under jockey Francisco Torres in the $150,000 Washington Park Handicap in track-record time over Polytrack at Arlington Park Sept 1.
Saturday, September 01, 2012
Mister Marti Gras goes for a repeat victory in the $150,000 Washington Park Handicap (gr. III) as a co-highweight at 119 pounds Sept. 1 on the Arlington Park Polytrack surface.
Wednesday, August 29, 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
Multiple grade I winner is Giant Causeway's leading runner on dirt.
Monday, January 02, 2012
Mad Flatter, winner of the Spend A Buck Handicap (gr. III) last month, heads the field for the co-featured $150,000 Carl G. Rose Classic Handicap on the annual Florida Million program at Calder Casino and Race Course.
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
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
Keeneland, Calder, and Woodbine highlight this week in photos.
Bonnie Heath Farm's homebred Mad Flatter won the $100,000 Spend a Buck Handicap (gr. III) for the second straight year when he held off Mambo Meister by a length Oct. 15 at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Mad Flatter and Mambo Meister, the winners of the last two editions of the $100,000 Spend a Buck Handicap (gr. III), will face off again in the 1 1/16-mile race Oct. 15 at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Tuesday, October 11, 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
Lothenbach Stable's Mister Mardi rallied from far back to get his first graded stakes win, taking the $100,000 Washington Park Handicap (gr. III) at Arlington.
Saturday, September 03, 2011
Will Havre de Grace beat the boys? If not, then who's the winner?
Workin for Hops, winner of the Hanshin Cup Handicap (gr. III) at Arlington Park this spring, returns to his favorite track for the $100,000 Washington Park Handicap (gr. III) on Polytrack Sept. 3.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
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
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