AQUEDUCT, Ozone Park, NY
| 1 | Seattle Smooth | Margin: 5¾ | BRIS: 102 | TrueNicks: A | $90,000 |
2005 | Bay Mare | Quiet American - Our Seattle Star, Seattle Song
Sire: Quiet American , Bay, 1986. Raced 4 years. 12 starts, 4 wins, $754,650. Lifetime: 409 yearlings sold, median $35,000. In 2009: 1.74 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Seattle Song, Dark Bay or Brown, 1981. In 2009: 1.74 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2006 Select Yearling Sale, $340,000.
| 2 | Are We Dreamin | Margin: neck | BRIS: 93 | TrueNicks: B+ | $30,000 |
2004 | Bay Mare | Yes It's True - Higher Earnings, Corporate Report
Sire: Yes It's True , Bay, 1996. Raced 3 years. 22 starts, 11 wins, $1,080,700. Lifetime: 450 yearlings sold, median $50,000.
Broodmare Sire: Corporate Report, Chestnut, 1988. In 2009: .90 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2009 Breeding Stock Sale, $170,000.
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2006 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, $65,000.
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2006 Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, ($65,000).
Ocala Breeders' Sale Company 2005 Selected Sale of Yearlings, $60,000.
| 3 | Distorted Passion | Margin: 4 | BRIS: 93 | TrueNicks: A++ | $15,000 |
2005 | Bay Mare | Distorted Humor - Arianna's Passion, Unbridled's Song
Sire: Distorted Humor , Chestnut, 1993. Raced 3 years. 23 starts, 8 wins, $769,964. Lifetime: 460 yearlings sold, median $150,000.
Broodmare Sire: Unbridled's Song , Gray or Roan, 1993.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2010 Breeding Stock Sale, $800,000.
Keeneland Association January 2010 Horses of All Ages Sale, ($400,000).
Barretts Equine Limited March 2007 Sale of Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training, $475,000.
Others: Awesome I Am, $7,500.
Scratched: Cowgirls Don't Cry; Lovely Isle; Spritely.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle Smooth | Ramon A. Dominguez | Anthony W. Dutrow |
| 2 | Are We Dreamin | Richard Migliore | Randi Persaud |
| 3 | Distorted Passion | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 4 | Awesome I Am | Eddie Castro | John P. Terranova, II |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Smooth | Ramon A. Dominguez | $4.30 | $3.40 | ||||||||
| Are We Dreamin | Richard Migliore | $6.90 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (5-7) | $32.20 | ||||||||||
Derwin's Star, taking advantage of a seam at the head of the stretch, streaked to her first graded stakes win in the $150,000 Bed o' Roses (gr. III) July 1 at Belmont Park.
Sunday, July 01, 2012
Rightly So will try to carry her speed seven furlongs when she faces seven other fillies and mares in the $150,000 Bed o' Roses Handicap (gr. III) July 5 at Belmont Park.
Friday, July 02, 2010
Seattle Smooth, a grade I winner for Ernie Moody's Mercedes Stables, has been retired from racing because of ankle problems.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Funny Moon recorded her fourth win at Belmont Park May 15, pulling away in the stretch to easily defeat odds-on favorite Seattle Smooth in the $150,000 Shuvee Handicap (gr. II) under Alan Garcia.
Saturday, May 15, 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
Both might start in the Shuvee (gr. II) May 15 at Belmont Park.
Friday, May 07, 2010
Gross declines 44.8%, and median drops 25.9% from a year ago.
Monday, January 11, 2010
The last day of 2009 found Ramon Dominguez in the same place as the first -- atop the jockey standings and in the winner's circle at Aqueduct.
Friday, January 01, 2010
Sara Louise, wheeling back in three weeks following a fourth-place showing in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I), held off Justwhistledixie in the final furlong Nov. 27 to win the $150,000 Top Flight Handicap (gr. II) as the odds-on favorite at Aqueduct.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Godolphin Stable's 3-year-old Sara Louise, making her first start since a fourth-place finish in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) Nov. 6 at Santa Anita, headlines a field of nine for the $150,000 Top Flight Handicap (gr. II) for fillies and mares going one mile Nov. 27 at Aqueduct.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Luna Vega overcame Spritely in the homestretch to post a mild surprise in the $223,000 Molly Pitcher Breeders' Cup Stakes (gr. II) Aug. 30 for her second win in as many starts on the Monmouth Park main track.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Led by Edward P. Evans' Spritely, Pin Oak Stable's Euphony, and Glencrest Farm's Devil House, seven capable fillies and mares were entered for the $300,000 Molly Pitcher Stakes (gr. II) Aug. 30 at Monmouth Park.
Friday, August 28, 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
Grade I winner Seattle Smooth, who has won her last five starts (four of them graded stakes), has some physical issues that have prompted her connections to give her a 60-day break from training, Daily Racing Form reported July 28.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
She has already beaten colts this season when she captured the San Vicente Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita. Now Evita Argentina will try to become the first 3-year-old since Honeymoon in 1946 to beat older fillies and mares in the A Gleam Handicap (gr. II) on closing weekend at Hollywood Park.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Not to be a killjoy, but the fact is some of the best horses in the country will not be showing up at the Breeders' Cup this year.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Favored Porte Bonheur showed needed improvement in her second start of the year when she wore down Spritely in the final strides to post a nose victory in the $150,000 First Flight Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont Park June 28.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Carolyn's Cat, wire-to-wire winner last out in the Vagrancy Handicap (gr. II), will look to take her five older filly and mare rivals all the way again when she goes to post for the $150,000 First Flight Handicap (gr. II) June 28 at Belmont Park.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Seattle Smooth wore down Seventh Street in the homestretch to win the Ogden Phipps Handicap (gr. I) for her first grade I victory June 13 at Belmont Park.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Music Note, one of the top fillies in the nation last year when she was a three-time grade I winner, makes her 4-year-old seasonal debut in the $300,000 Ogden Phipps Handicap (gr. I) at Bemont Park June 13.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Carolyn's Cat spoiled an anticipated rematch between the fine sprinters Game Face and Any Limit in the $150,000 Vagrancy Handicap (gr. II) when she went all the way for a front-running score at Belmont Park May 24.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Game Face and Any Limit have developed a nice little rivalry, and the two foes will meet for the fourth time this year when they do battle in the $150,000 Vagrancy Handicap (gr. II) on May 24 at Belmont Park.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
She didn't score the way a 1-4 favorite is supposed to, but Mercedes Stables' Seattle Smooth made a big move in the final furlong and ran down a pair of rivals in the final strides to win the $150,000 Shuvee Handicap (gr. II) by a three-quarters of a length May 16 at Belmont Park.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Mercedes Stables Seattle Smooth will try for her fourth straight stakes victory May 16 in the $150,000 Shuvee Handicap (gr. II) for fillies and mares going a mile on Belmont Park's main track. The Quiet American filly will face five rivals.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009A combination of talent and home-field advantage helped Researcher produce a powerful victory in the inaugural Charles Town Classic at Charles Town Races & Slots the evening of April 18. And he vanquished a few grade I winners in the process.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
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]