AQUEDUCT, Ozone Park, NY
| 1 | Weathered | Margin: 1½ | BRIS: 93 | TrueNicks: A+ | $64,680 |
2005 | Chestnut Mare | Key Contender - Thunder Stand, Thunder Puddles
Sire: Key Contender, Chestnut, 1988. Raced 6 years. 56 starts, 15 wins, $839,261. Lifetime: 22 yearlings sold, median $1,950. In 2009: 1.12 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Thunder Puddles, Chestnut, 1979. In 2009: 1.30 AEI.
| 2 | Winning Point | Margin: 4¾ | BRIS: 91 | TrueNicks: A++ | $21,560 |
2004 | Chestnut Mare | Point Given - Bibical Sense, Blushing Groom (FR)
Sire: Point Given , Chestnut, 1998. Raced 2 years. 13 starts, 9 wins, $3,968,500. Lifetime: 214 yearlings sold, median $25,000.
Broodmare Sire: Blushing Groom (FR), Chestnut, 1974.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2010 Breeding Stock Sale, $360,000.
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2005 Eastern Fall Yearling Sale, $30,000.
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2005 Select Yearling Sale, $30,000.
| 3 | Successful Sarah | Margin: 11 | BRIS: 86 | TrueNicks: B | $10,858 |
2005 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Successful Appeal - Sarah Rosebud, Unreal Zeal
Sire: Successful Appeal , Dark Bay or Brown, 1996. Raced 3 years. 22 starts, 8 wins, $654,681. Lifetime: 292 yearlings sold, median $35,000. In 2009: 2.11 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Unreal Zeal, Dark Bay or Brown, 1980.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2011 Breeding Stock Sale, $50,000.
Others: Point Me to It, $5,468; Bourbon Maid, $3,234.
Scratched: Nijinsky Bullet.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weathered | Michael J. Luzzi | Karl M. Grusmark |
| 2 | Winning Point | Rajiv Maragh | Kiaran P. McLaughlin |
| 3 | Successful Sarah | Eddie Castro | John P. Terranova, II |
| 4 | Point Me to It | Pablo Morales | Gary C. Contessa |
| 5 | Bourbon Maid | Richard Migliore | Richard A. Violette, Jr. |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weathered | Michael J. Luzzi | $3.70 | $2.20 | $2.10 | |||||||
| Winning Point | Rajiv Maragh | $2.70 | $2.10 | ||||||||
| Successful Sarah | Eddie Castro | $2.40 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (5-4) | $6.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (5-4-1) | $13.20 | ||||||||||
As Laurel Park digs out from a pair of massive snow storms, the Maryland Jockey Club will run four stakes races Presidents Day, including the General George and Barbara Fritchie Handicaps (both gr. II).
Friday, February 12, 2010
Unbridled Belle, as expected, made her final start in New York a winning one, drawing off to an easy four-length victory as the prohibitive choice in the $109,000 Turnback the Alarm Handicap (gr. III) at Aqueduct Oct. 31.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Millionaire mare Unbridled Belle, who has competed in some of New York's premier stakes races over the past four seasons, makes her final start in the Big Apple as the heavy favorite in the $100,000 Turnback the Alarm Handicap (gr. III) at Aqueduct Oct. 31.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Future Prospect and Haynesfield are the stars and Naughty New Yorker is the sentimental favorite, but contention will run deep Oct. 24 when 11 colts and geldings and one filly line up for the $250,000 Empire Classic at Belmont Park.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Reduced to a one-day sale, the Fasig-Tipton Texas summer yearling auction posted a gross that was down significantly Aug. 31 at Lone Star Park. Under last year's two-day format, 443 horses were cataloged, but only 319 were offered this year, contributing to a 43.9% decline in the gross, from $3,369,700 to $1,889,400. The buy-back rate rose from 36.6% in 2008 to 42%, with only 185 head selling. While the median increased to $5,000 from $4,500, the average dipped from $11,992 to $10,213, a 14.8% decline.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Godolphin Stable's Seventh Street continued her dominance over an off track, as she wore down Spritely in mid-stretch and went on to win the $300,000 Go For Wand Handicap (gr. I) Aug. 2 at rainy Saratoga. It was the fifth victory in eight starts for the 4-year-old daughter of Street Cry, who became a multiple graded stakes winner.
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Chevalier Stable's Weathered repelled a bid from Winning Point in a determined stretch run to earn her first graded-stakes victory in the $100,000 Next Move (gr. III) March 28 at Aqueduct.
Saturday, March 28, 2009Successful Sarah will face five rivals in the $100,000 Next Move (gr. III) for fillies and mares at nine furlongs at Aqueduct March 28.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009The New England Turf Writers Association has selected its champions and award winners for 2008.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Prohibitive favorite Proud Spell bounced back from a rough trip in the Mother Goose (gr. I) just two weeks ago to win the $500,000 Delaware Oaks (gr. I) in determined fashion July 12.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Edward Seltzer's Wow Me Free started slowly and trailed the field around the first turn, but the poor start did little to deter the daughter of Menifee, as she took over in mid-stretch and powered to a convincing 3 -length victory in the $104,400 Next Move Handicap (gr. III) March 29 at Aqueduct.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Kiaran McLaughlin will certainly have the odds in his favor March 29, as the veteran trainer will saddle three of the five entrants in the $100,000 Next Move Handicap (gr. III), a 1 1/8-mile dirt test for fillies and mares at Aqueduct.
Thursday, March 27, 2008Moon Catcher, a winner at Delaware Park in her last start, came right back to go gate-to-wire in the $505,600 Delaware Oaks (gr. II) Saturday, desperately holding off the surging Winning Point by a head at the wire.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
The July 14 Delaware Oaks (gr. II) is shaping up to be a continental showdown at Delaware Park. The $500,000, 1 1/16-mile race has attracted a field of eight entrants from points across North America. Appearing to head the field are Cotton Blossom, High Heels, and Tough Tiz's Sis.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007The raid was on at cloudy Pimlico Friday. Panty Raid, under Edgar Prado, came from off the pace to win the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (gr. II) with authority.
Friday, May 18, 2007Baroness Thatcher heads a field of eight entered for Friday's Black-Eyed Susan (gr. II) at Pimlico, one of five stakes on the Preakness eve race card.
Sunday, May 13, 2007Phipps Stable's Boca Grande kept her cool and pulled away for a 1 1/2-length victory in the $150,000 Comely (gr. II) for 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct Saturday.
Saturday, April 14, 2007The Phipps Stable's Boca Grande is one of the favorites in the $150,000 Comely Stakes (gr. II) for 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct April 14.
Thursday, April 12, 2007Foiled twice before, Melnyk Racing Stables' Indian Vale looks like she will finally make her comeback in Saturday's $100,000 Next Move Handicap (gr. III) for fillies and mares at 1 1/8 miles at Aqueduct.
Thursday, March 29, 2007Trainer Todd Pletcher couldn't go with his course specialist in Sunday's $101,200 Next Move Handicap (gr. III) for fillies and mares, so a newcomer to his deep stable, Fleet Indian, registered a one-length win on the Aqueduct inner dirt.
Sunday, March 26, 2006Friel's For Real shoots for the second graded stakes win of her career in Friday's $100,000-added Next Move Handicap (gr. III) for fillies and mares at nine furlongs on Aqueduct's main track.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005Dogwood Stable's multiple Grade 2 winner Smok'n Frolic will look to gain millionaire status when she takes on six rivals as the 120-pound highweight in the $100,000 Next Move Handicap (gr. III) at Aqueduct Sunday.
Friday, March 21, 2003Dogwood Stable's multiple Grade 2 winner Smok'n Frolic will look to gain millionaire status when she takes on six rivals as the 120-pound highweight in the $100,000 Next Move Handicap (gr. III) at Aqueduct Sunday.
Friday, March 21, 2003
This year's Preakness is all about Orb. And then there are his eight opponents, most of whom are worthy adversaries, with a case to be made for any of them to step up and run a big race. [More]