AQUEDUCT, Ozone Park, NY
| 1 | Dream Play | Margin: 5½ | BRIS: 101 | TrueNicks: A++ | $90,000 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Hennessy - Playcaller, Saratoga Six
Sire: Hennessy, Chestnut, 1993. Raced 1 years. 9 starts, 4 wins, $580,400. Lifetime: 481 yearlings sold, median $88,856.
Broodmare Sire: Saratoga Six, Bay, 1982. In 2009: 1.44 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2009 Mixed Sale, $460,000.
Fasig-Tipton Florida Select 2-Year-Olds in Training 2008, $325,000.
Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga 2007 Select Yearling Sale, $150,000.
| 2 | Don't Forget Gil | Margin: ½ | BRIS: 94 | TrueNicks: A++ | $30,000 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Kafwain - Livermore Leslie, Mt. Livermore
Sire: Kafwain , Dark Bay or Brown, 2000. Raced 2 years. 11 starts, 4 wins, $715,848. Lifetime: 241 yearlings sold, median $15,000.
Broodmare Sire: Mt. Livermore, Chestnut, 1981.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2010 Mixed Sale, $200,000.
Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga 2007 Pref Yearling Sale, $43,000.
| 3 | Holdontoyourdream | Margin: 4 | BRIS: 94 | TrueNicks: D | $15,000 |
2006 | Bay Mare | Proud Citizen - Danzig's Dreamer, Rubiano
Sire: Proud Citizen , Bay, 1999. Raced 3 years. 16 starts, 3 wins, $638,822. Lifetime: 256 yearlings sold, median $30,000. In 2009: 1.72 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Rubiano, Gray or Roan, 1987.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2011 Breeding Stock Sale, $80,000.
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds Sale 2008, ($25,000).
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2007 Eastern Fall Yearling Sale, ($30,000).
Others: Subprime, $7,500; Laragh, $4,500.
Scratched: Platinum Girl.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dream Play | Eddie Castro | Kiaran P. McLaughlin |
| 2 | Don't Forget Gil | Rajiv Maragh | Mark A. Hennig |
| 3 | Holdontoyourdream | David Cohen | Anthony W. Dutrow |
| 4 | Subprime | Richard Migliore | James A. Jerkens |
| 5 | Laragh | Ramon A. Dominguez | John P. Terranova, II |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dream Play | Eddie Castro | $6.00 | $3.10 | $2.60 | |||||||
| Don't Forget Gil | Rajiv Maragh | $3.20 | $2.50 | ||||||||
| Holdontoyourdream | David Cohen | $2.90 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (5-2) | $12.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (5-2-6) | $45.80 | ||||||||||
Don't Forget Gil, a graded stakes winner, has been retired from racing and has been entered in the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall mixed sale.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Grade I winner Seattle Smooth, idle since last June, returns to action in the $150,000 Shuvee Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont Park May 15, a race she won last year as the odds-on favorite.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Touching Beauty won a roughly run $100,000 Comely Stakes (gr. III) when odds-on choice She'll Be Doggone nearly went down after being shut off at the rail near mid-stretch at Aqueduct April 10.
Saturday, April 10, 2010She'll Be Doggone, unbeaten in her two starts, bids for her first stakes win April 10 as the 5-2 morning line favorite in the $100,000 Comely Stakes (gr. III) at Aqueduct.
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Venezuelan star Bambera, who is expected to take on undefeated Zenyatta in the Apple Blossom Invitational next month, adds intrigue to the field of eight selected for the $150,000 Rampart Stakes (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park.
Thursday, March 18, 2010Ronchalon Stable's Irish-bred Belle Allure looks for her first U.S. stakes win in the $100,000 Athenia (gr. IIIT) Oct. 21 going 1 1/16 miles over the Belmont Park turf course. Originally carded for Oct. 17, the race was moved when inclement weather forced racing off the grass in New York this weekend.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Gozzip Girl, freshened since her smashing win in the American Oaks (gr. IT) at Hollywood Park more than two months ago, returns to Belmont Park Sept. 12 as the filly to beat in the $300,000 Garden City Stakes (gr. IT).
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Jason, Evan, and James Scully of twinspires.com preview the Del Mar Oaks (gr. IT). Plus picks for the Alabama (gr. I).
Thursday, August 20, 2009
There are two ways to look at the field for the $600,000 Alabama (gr. I): It could be a disappointment that the nation's top 3-year-old filly, Rachel Alexandra, is not included in the field. Or, a more optimistic view would be that many of the talented fillies entered for the prestigious race are only there because Rachel Alexandra is not in the field.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Funny Moon came charging down the lane under Alan Garcia and outran a host of rivals in deep stretch to win the $300,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (gr. I) at Belmont Park July 25. It was the first graded stakes victory for the 3-year-old daughter of Malibu Moon.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Hightap, a winner of consecutive graded stakes for Steve Asmussen, will take on seven 3-year-old filly rivals in the $300,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (gr. I) July 25 at Belmont Park.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Dell Ridge Farm's Bluegrass Princess, third in her two graded stakes starts this season, may be in prime position to pick up her first black-type victory when facing seven rivals in the $150,000 Boiling Springs Stakes (gr. IIIT) June 27 on the Monmouth Park turf.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Rachel Alexandra, who when last seen was making history by winning the May 16 BlackBerry Preakness (gr. I), will make her return to the racetrack in the $300,000 Mother Goose (gr. I) June 27 at Belmont Park. The Horse of the Year candidate will face only four rivals in the nine-furlong test for 3-year-old fillies.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Rachel Alexandra will make her first start since her historic Preakness (gr. I) victory June 27 at Belmont Park, but her presence in the $300,000 Mother Goose (gr. I) isn't scaring everyone away.
Friday, June 19, 2009
On a five-race win streak, Justwhistledixie doesn't figure to run into anyone like Rachel Alexandra in the one-mile Acorn, a $300,000 event that drew eight other 3-year-old fillies.
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Laragh, the only graded winner in the May 1 Edgewood Stakes, won the race in wire-to-wire fashion over favored Magical Affair.
Friday, May 01, 2009
A field of 10 was drawn for the $100,000 Eight Belles Stakes (gr. III) to be held on May 2 at Churchill Downs, a race for 3-year-old fillies renamed for last year's ill-fated Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) runner-up.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
IEAH Stables and partners' Laragh tired to finish fifth in her 3-year-old debut last month, but the classy daughter of Tapit still has a big edge over the other 11 fillies in the $100,000 Edgewood Stakes on May 1 at Churchill Downs.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Favored Dream Play, left alone on the lead, exploded away from the field at the top of the lane under Eddie Castro to collect her first graded stakes win in the $147,000 Comely (gr. II) at sloppy Aqueduct April 11.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Laragh, who captured the Hollywood Starlet (gr. I) in December, makes her 3-year-old debut in the $150,000 Comely Stakes (gr. II) at one mile on the Aqueduct main track April 11.
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
The powerhouse duo of champion Stardom Bound and Rachel Alexandra figured to be the top stories in the only pool of Churchill Downs' Kentucky Oaks Future Wager of 2009, but it was rising star Justwhistledixie who stole the show and ended up as the favorite over that duo as four days of Oaks Future betting drew to a close Sunday evening.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Zayat Stable's Heart Ashley took the lead out of the gate and never looked back as the 3-year-old daughter of Lion Heart ran away with the $107,300 Cicada Stakes (gr. III) at Aqueduct Racetrack on March 14.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Alan Brodsky's Don't Forget Gil turned the tables on her two main rivals by drawing off to a convincing victory in the March 14 Florida Oaks (gr. III) at Tampa Bay Downs.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
The top five finishers from the competitive Suncoast Stakes in February will face each other again in the $200,000 Florida Oaks (gr. III) March 14 at Tampa Bay Downs.
Friday, March 13, 2009
One Smokin' Lady, who in her last start romped to a 5 1/2-length allowance victory at Philadelphia Park, will make the jump into graded stakes company in the $100,000 Cicada (gr. III), a six-furlong sprint for 3-year-old fillies March 14 at Aqueduct.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
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