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AQUEDUCT, Ozone Park, NY
| 1 | Hit It Rich | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $90,000 |
2007 | Gray or Roan Mare | Smart Strike - Cuando Puede, Lord At War (ARG)
Sire: Smart Strike , Bay, 1992. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 6 wins, $337,376. Lifetime: 425 yearlings sold, median $70,000.
Broodmare Sire: Lord At War (ARG), Chestnut, 1980. In 2009: 2.59 AEI.
| 2 | Mekong Melody (IRE) | Margin: 1¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $30,000 |
2005 | Bay Mare | Cape Cross (IRE) - Nini Princesse (IRE), Niniski
Sire: Cape Cross (IRE), Dark Bay or Brown, 1994. Raced 4 years. 19 starts, 5 wins, $430,308. Lifetime: 630 yearlings sold, median $66,032.
Broodmare Sire: Niniski, Bay, 1976.
Sale History:
Goff's Orby Million Sale 2006, ($44,415).
| 3 | Musical Rain (IRE) | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: D | $15,000 |
2007 | Bay Mare | Val Royal (FR) - Rainbow Melody (IRE), Rainbows for Life
Sire: Val Royal (FR), Dark Bay or Brown, 1996. Raced 4 years. 12 starts, 7 wins, $1,186,687. Lifetime: 104 yearlings sold, median $20,348.
Broodmare Sire: Rainbows for Life, Chestnut, 1988.
Others: Hasay (GB), $7,500; Emerald Beech, $4,500; Akris Queen, $1,000; Unbridled Essence, $1,000; Little Often Anni, $1,000.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hit It Rich | Javier Castellano | Claude R. McGaughey III |
| 2 | Mekong Melody (IRE) | Rajiv Maragh | Roger L. Attfield |
| 3 | Musical Rain (IRE) | Ramon A. Dominguez | Dale L. Romans |
| 4 | Hasay (GB) | Pablo Morales | H. Graham Motion |
| 5 | Emerald Beech | Alex O. Solis | Jonathan E. Sheppard |
| 6 | Akris Queen | Jacqueline A. Davis | John P. Terranova, II |
| 7 | Unbridled Essence | Jose Lezcano | Gregory D. Sacco |
| 8 | Little Often Anni | Michael J. Luzzi | Louis J. Cocelli, Jr. |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Hit It Rich | Javier Castellano | $10.80 | $5.50 | $3.90 | ||||||
| 7 | Mekong Melody (IRE) | Rajiv Maragh | $3.90 | $3.00 | |||||||
| 3 | Musical Rain (IRE) | Ramon A. Dominguez | $4.10 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (5-7) | $36.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (5-7-3) | $176.50 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (5-7-3-4) | $536.00 | ||||||||||
Flaxman Holdings homebred Aruna took charge at the five-sixteenths pole and held off Hit It Rich to win the Sheepshead Bay, a race that was impacted by a troubled start for Mystical Star and Magical Cat.
5 days ago
No factor in her only start this year, Aruna looks to get back on the beam for trainer Graham Motion in the $200,000 Sheepshead Bay Stakes (gr. IIT), scheduled for the inner turf course at Belmont Park May 26.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
It was close, but Hit It Rich prevailed in the $150,000 Orchid Stakes (gr. IIIT) March 31 at South Florida's Gulfstream Park. The 5-year-old daughter of Smart Strike got up late to defeat Aqsaam by a half-length.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Five-time graded stakes winner Keertana was a close second in her most recent start and will likely be favored to break through this time when she leads a field of nine fillies and mares in the $150,000 Orchid (gr. III).
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
After being graded stakes placed four times in her career, Barbara Hunter's homebred mare Snow Top Mountain finally notched her first graded stakes in the Suwannee River (gr. IIIT) Feb. 11 at Gulfstream Park.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Heavenly Landing, a 19-1 upsetter in last month's Marshua's River (gr. IIIT), will try to keep her perfect turf record intact Feb. 11 when she goes in the $150,000 Suwannee River (gr. IIIT) at Gulfstream Park.
Thursday, February 09, 2012
Senada and Cheetah, the respective first- and third-place finishers in the Rood and Riddle Dowager Stakes at Keeneland Oct. 23, will again square off in the $100,000 La Prevoyante Handicap (gr. IIIT).
Monday, November 28, 2011
Stuart Janney III's homebred Hit It Rich shadowed front-running Unbridled Essence for more than a mile, then took over in the lane and pulled away to win the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the turf Nov. 12.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Emerald Beech, a grade III winner two starts back and a four-time winner this season, will carry top weight of 119 pounds for the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT) Nov. 12 at Aqueduct.
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
An internationally-loaded field of 11 was drawn for the 1 1/4-mile E.P Taylor (Can-IT), which is the second of three grade I races on Woodbine's Sunday card.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Martin S. Schwartz' Stacelita will be going for her second consecutive grade I triumph when she takes on seven others in the Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (gr. IT) at Belmont Park Oct. 1.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Shared Account, last year's winner of the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), figures to draw a good deal of interest in the Canadian Stakes (Can-IIT) at Woodbine Sept 18.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Hitting her stride at 5, Maria's Mon's Saratoga graded stakes winner Emerald Beech is a throwback to the stamina-oriented, late-developing runners of America's turf history.
Emerald Beech overhauled pacesetter Dynaslew past mid-stretch to register her fourth consecutive victory by 1 1/2 lengths in the $102,000 Glens Falls (gr. IIIT), the final stakes event of the 2011 Saratoga season Sept. 5.
Monday, September 05, 2011
As good as she has been during her current five-race winning streak, Romacaca will need to step it up a bit to keep her string alive in the $200,000 Ballston Spa Stakes (gr. IIT) on the Saratoga turf Aug. 27.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Locally-based Get Serious has been off form this season but will try to get back to his winning ways when he goes for his third straight victory in the $200,000 Oceanport Stakes (gr. IIIT) July 31 at Monmouth Park.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Never Retreat, beaten as the favorite when second to Bay to Bay in last month's Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT), turned the tables on her rival at Woodbine in the $313,395 Dance Smartly Stakes (Can-IIT) July 10.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Bay to Bay, convincing winner of the Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT) on a yielding Woodbine turf course last month, returns to head a field of 10 older fillies and mares in the $300,000 Dance Smartly Stakes (Can-IIT) July 10.
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Never Retreat, upset winner of the Jenny Wiley Stakes (gr. IIT) at Keeneland in April, faces a triple threat from the Roger Attfield barn in the $300,000 Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT) on the Woodbine turf course June 4.
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Mrs. Alec Head's Denomination split horses in deep stretch to post a nose victory in the $151,000 Violet Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Monmouth Park on Memorial Day.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Askbut I Won'ttell figures to make things tough in the Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf when she takes on 13 rivals in the 1 1/8-mile race at Gulfstream Park Saturday, Jan. 29.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
David Egan's homebred Mekong Melody stayed perfect in three tries at the marathon distance of 12 furlongs as she sprinted away in the stretch to score convincingly in the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT) Nov. 13.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Swettenham Stud's homebred Changing Skies, who missed by a head in her grade I debut last out, should be the heavy choice to take down six foes in the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT) Nov. 13 at Aqueduct.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
A field of 10 made up almost exclusively of European bred and based fillies and mares will contest the $1 million E. P. Taylor Stakes (Can-IT) Oct. 16 at Woodbine.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Multiple graded stakes winner Phola and Mekong Melody, a grade II winner at Woodbine last month, head the field in the $200,000 Ballston Spa Handicap (gr. IIT) on the Saratoga inner turf course Aug. 28.
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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]
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