AQUEDUCT, Ozone Park, NY
| 1 | Nicole H | Margin: 2½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $39,000 |
2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Mr. Greeley - Hot Chipotle, Victory Gallop
Sire: Mr. Greeley , Chestnut, 1992. Raced 2 years. 16 starts, 5 wins, $474,452. Lifetime: 822 yearlings sold, median $75,000.
Broodmare Sire: Victory Gallop , Bay, 1995.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, $115,000.
| 2 | Meese Rocks | Margin: head | TrueNicks: B | $13,000 |
2005 | Bay Mare | Rock and Roll - Meeses Pieces, Grindstone
Sire: Rock and Roll, Chestnut, 1995. Raced 5 years. 38 starts, 10 wins, $708,557. Lifetime: 27 yearlings sold, median $5,000. In 2009: .79 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Grindstone, Dark Bay or Brown, 1993. In 2009: 1.34 AEI.
| 3 | Tar Heel Mom | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $6,500 |
2005 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Flatter - Perpetual Light, Sunny's Halo
Sire: Flatter , Bay, 1999. Raced 2 years. 6 starts, 4 wins, $148,815. Lifetime: 165 yearlings sold, median $10,000. In 2009: .80 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Sunny's Halo, Chestnut, 1980. In 2009: 1.18 AEI.
Others: McVictory, $3,250; Love That Dance, $1,950; Ocean Goddess, $1,300.
Scratched: Don'tgetsuspicious.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicole H | Ramon A. Dominguez | Michael E. Hushion |
| 2 | Meese Rocks | Junior Alvarado | Edward R. Barker |
| 3 | Tar Heel Mom | Alan Garcia | Stanley M. Hough |
| 4 | McVictory | David Cohen | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 5 | Love That Dance | Jose Lezcano | Benjamin W. Perkins, Jr. |
| 6 | Ocean Goddess | Jose L. Espinoza | William H. Turner, Jr. |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Nicole H | Ramon A. Dominguez | $5.20 | $3.20 | $2.40 | ||||||
| 5 | Meese Rocks | Junior Alvarado | $5.20 | $3.00 | |||||||
| 3 | Tar Heel Mom | Alan Garcia | $2.50 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (2-5) | $21.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (2-5-3) | $63.00 | ||||||||||
Fourth as the favorite in the My Juliet Stakes, Nicole H makes a one-week turnaround for trainer Michael Hushion in the $200,000 Vagrancy Handicap (gr. II) June 2 at Belmont Park.
Yesterday
Five female sprinters with a combined 34 victories were entered in the $150,000 My Juliet Stakes, the May 26 feature that begins the 2012 stakes schedule in earnest at Parx Racing in Pennsylvania.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Dual grade I winner It's Tricky will cut back to seven furlongs as she heads a field of seven fillies and mares entered in the $200,000 Distaff Handicap (gr. II) April 14 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Making her graded stakes debut, Magical Feeling split the two favorites in deep stretch to pull off a 27-1 stunner in the $200,000 Barbara Fritchie Handicap (gr. II) Feb. 18 at Laurel Park.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Led by a trio of in-form New York invaders, a field of nine was drawn for the $200,000 Barbara Fritchie Handicap (gr. II) Feb. 18 at Laurel Park.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Favored Eighttofasttocatch wins the Maryland Million Classic to highlight Maryland racing's big day.
Saturday, October 01, 2011
The 26th Jim McKay Maryland Million attracted 111 entrants to the 11-race program which will be held Oct. 1 at Laurel Park. The total purses are worth more than $1 million.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Pomeroys Pistol is likely headed to the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) after an emphatic four-length win in the $150,000 Foxwoods Gallant Bloom Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont Park Sept. 24.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Tar Heel Mom and Pomeroys Pistol, both second in grade I events at Saratoga in their most recent starts, return to action in the $150,000 Foxwoods Gallant Bloom Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont Park Sept. 24.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Front-running Hilda's Passion became a grade I winner with a romping triumph in the $250,000 Ballerina Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Aug. 27.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Already a dual grade I winner this year, Sassy Image can keep it going for brothers Jerry and Dale Romans in the $250,000 Ballerina Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Aug. 27.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Graded stakes placed in a pair of starts this year, Ms Vanenzza looks to break through against nine fillies and mares in the $150,000 Endine Stakes (gr. III) Aug. 20 at Delaware Park.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Front-running Tar Heel Mom overpowered her four rivals in the $150,000 Honorable Miss Handicap (gr. II), drawing off in the stretch for a 5 3/4-length romp at Saratoga Aug. 7.
Sunday, August 07, 2011
Fresh off her narrow win in the A Gleam Handicap (gr. II), California shipper Irish Gypsy tries New York racing for the first time when she faces four rivals in the $150,000 Honorable Miss Handicap (gr. II) Aug. 7 at Saratoga
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Indian Legend registered the first stakes win of her career when she outlasted prohibitive favorite Tar Heel Mom by a nose following a long stretch duel in the $250,000 My Juliet at Philadelphia's Parx Racing May 28.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Jockey Alex Solis won his fourth race at Gulfstream Park April 17 when odds-on choice Tar Heel Mom drew off in the stretch for a 3 1/2-length win in the $51,650 Harmony Lodge Handicap.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Nicole H picked up her third straight victory and first in a graded stakes with an easy 2 1/2-length score in the $150,000 Distaff Handicap (gr. II) for fillies and mares April 16 at Aqueduct.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Led by 8-5 morning-line favorite Nicole H, a field of only five filly and mare sprinters will line up for the $150,000 Distaff Handicap (gr. II) April 16 at Aqueduct.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
A holy terror on the Laurel and Charles Town circuits the past two seasons, West Virginia-bred mare Aspenglow takes a six-race win streak into the $150,000 Barbara Fritchie Handicap (gr. II) at Laurel Park Feb. 19.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Favored Hilda's Passion took the race right to her five rivals in winning Gulfstream Park's $150,000 Hurricane Bertie Stakes (gr. III), leading at every call en route to a 2 1/2-length triumph Feb. 13.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Tar Heel Mom and Hilda's Passion staged a rugged stretch battle in the Sugar Swirl Stakes (gr. III) one month ago and both return to Gulfstream Park Feb. 13 to renew their rivalry in the $150,000 Hurricane Bertie Stakes.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
View the past week's races. Including the Mr Prospector, San Fernando and The Fifth Season Stakes.
Tar Heel Mom, who fires nearly every time, ran another big race to begin her 6-year-old campaign, this time holding off Hilda's Passion by neck to take the $100,000 Sugar Swirl (gr. III) Jan. 15 at Gulfstream Park.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Jessica Is Back, winner of the Princess Rooney (gr. I) at Calder last summer, heads a well-balanced field of 10 fillies and mares entered in the $100,000 Sugar Swirl Stakes (gr. III) Jan. 15 at Gulfstream Park.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Heavily favored Friend Or Foe returned to the winner's circle at Belmont Park with a front-running stakes-record victory in the $200,000 Empire Classic for New York-breds, the centerpiece of New York Showcase Day Oct. 23.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Every several years, whenever a horse is attempting to sweep the Triple Crown, Billy Turner is summoned by the media to offer his take on the horse, the obstacles that stand in his way, and to reminisce about the great Seattle Slew, who under Turner’s guidance and expertise became racing’s only undefeated Triple Crown winner. [More]