AQUEDUCT, Ozone Park, NY
| 1 | Lovely Lil | Margin: 1¼ | TrueNicks: A | $90,000 |
2007 | Bay Mare | Tiznow - How About Now, Pentelicus
Sire: Tiznow , Bay, 1997. Raced 2 years. 15 starts, 8 wins, $6,427,830. Lifetime: 427 yearlings sold, median $100,000.
Broodmare Sire: Pentelicus, Bay, 1984. In 2009: 1.14 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2012 Mixed Sale, ($495,000).
| 2 | All Due Respect | Margin: ¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $30,000 |
2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Value Plus - Aunt Due, Devil His Due
Sire: Value Plus, Gray or Roan, 2001. Lifetime: 157 yearlings sold, median $12,000.
Broodmare Sire: Devil His Due , Dark Bay or Brown, 1989.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2012 Breeding Stock Sale, $340,000.
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, $80,000.
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2008 Selected Sale of Yearlings, ($47,000).
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2007 Fall Mixed Sale, $17,000.
| 3 | C C's Pal | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: A | $15,000 |
2007 | Bay Mare | Alex's Pal - Roca, Noactor
Sire: Alex's Pal , Dark Bay or Brown, 1999. Raced 3 years. 19 starts, 6 wins, $163,680. Lifetime: 14 yearlings sold, median $2,850.
Broodmare Sire: Noactor, Bay, 1989. In 2009: .88 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2012 Mixed Sale, ($240,000).
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2007 Fall Mixed Sale, $7,500.
Others: Katy Now, $7,500; Risky Rachel, $4,500; Persuading, $1,500; Spa City Princess, $1,500; Indian Legend.
Scratched: Arena Elvira.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lovely Lil | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Michael E. Hushion |
| 2 | All Due Respect | Junior Alvarado | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. |
| 3 | C C's Pal | Ryan Curatolo | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. |
| 4 | Katy Now | Corey S. Nakatani | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 5 | Risky Rachel | Paco Lopez | H. James Bond |
| 6 | Persuading | David Cohen | Dale L. Romans |
| 7 | Spa City Princess | Jorge F. Chavez | Patrick J. Kelly |
| 8 | Indian Legend | Alan Garcia | Cynthia G. Reese |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lovely Lil | Cornelio H. Velasquez | $33.80 | $9.90 | $5.90 | ||||||
| 3 | All Due Respect | Junior Alvarado | $3.00 | $2.40 | |||||||
| 9 | C C's Pal | Ryan Curatolo | $3.90 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (1-3) | $101.50 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (1-3-9) | $601.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (1-3-9-4) | $1,554.00 | ||||||||||
Alex's Pal, whose stakes winners include multiple grade II winner C C's Pal, will stand this year at Albert Geldmacher's Centennial Farm of New York near Gilbertsville, N.Y.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Arena Elvira, a grade II winner by Ghostzapper, has been retired from racing to become a broodmare for owner Carolyn Wilson.
Monday, January 28, 2013
At age 6, Nicole H will try to become the first mare to post three consecutive victories in the $75,000 Interborough Handicap. She faces seven others in the six-furlong event at Aqueduct Racetrack on New Year's Day.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Nefertini disposed of heavily favored Fantasy of Flight on the turn for home and outfought a game Willet in the final furlong to register her first graded stakes victory in the Go for Wand Handicap (gr. II) Nov. 23.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Closing weekend at Belmont Park is highlighted by a pair of grade III races, with both the $150,000 Bold Ruler Handicap and the $150,000 Turnback the Alarm Handicap for fillies and mares set for Oct. 27.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
While Ruthenia and Laughing are co-highweights in the $150,000 Athenia Stakes at Belmont Park, they do not figure to hook up until late in the 1 1/16-mile turf race for females because of their different running styles.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Undefeated Awesome Feather returned from an eight-month layoff and took a 10th straight trip to the winner's circle Sept. 20, crushing a field of lesser foes in the $85,000 Nasty Storm Stakes at Belmont Park.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Headed by national female sprint champion Musical Romance and multiple grade I winner Turbulent Descent, the $200,000 Gallant Bloom Handicap (gr. II) Sept. 22 at Belmont Park came up as an exceptionally tough race.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Turbulent Descent made her first start for her new connections a winning one Aug. 24, taking the $500,000 Ballerina Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course and punching her ticket to the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Turbulent Descent returns to the scene of one of her most impressive victories when she makes her second start of the year Aug. 24 in the $500,000 Ballerina Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
One hundred forty-nine years ago on August 3, 1863, Saratoga Racecourse held its first meet. The anniversary passed unnoticed.
C C's Pal closed into a torrid pace and held off a late run from Island Bound to get the victory Aug. 3 in the $200,000 Honorable Miss (gr. II) at Saratoga Race Course.
Friday, August 03, 2012
C C's Pal, who has won or placed in 22 of 30 starts for owner Eric Fein and trainer Rick Dutrow, tops the eight-horse field of older fillies and mares entered in the Aug. 3 Honorable Miss Stakes (gr. II) at Saratoga.
Monday, July 30, 2012
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
Eric Fein's C C's Pal searches for her second straight graded stakes victory July 1 at Belmont Park, facing seasoned sprinters in the $150,000 Bed O' Roses Handicap (gr. II).
Thursday, June 28, 2012
C C's Pal defeated Nicole H by a neck to win the Vagrancy Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont Park June 2.
Saturday, June 02, 2012
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.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Locally based Winning Image, owned by Martin Scafidi, asserted herself early and ended up wiring the field in the $150,000 My Juliet Stakes at Parx Racing May 26.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
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
She's All In turned in the biggest effort of her career when she came from off the pace to dominate the $200,000 Sixty Sails Handicap (gr. III) by 8 3/4 lengths at Hawthorne April 21.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Arena Elvira looks to extend her winning streak to six races in a row when she faces a solid field of older fillies and mares in the $200,000 Sixty Sails Handicap (gr. III) at Hawthorne Race Course April 21.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Godolphin Racing's It's Tricky swung three-wide into the stretch, fought her way to the front, and drew clear by 3 1/2 lengths in the $200,000 Distaff Handicap (gr. II) at Aqueduct April 14.
Saturday, April 14, 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
Giant Ryan stole the show at the New York Thoroughbred Breeders' annual awards banquet April 2, winning top honors as 2011 New York-bred Horse of the Year, champion older male, and champion male sprinter.
Tuesday, April 03, 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
You don't witness it very often, but one of those cheering the loudest for D. Wayne Lukas and Oxbow in the final quarter mile of the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) was one of his opponents in the race. [More]