AQUEDUCT, Ozone Park, NY
| 1 | Meeker Avenue | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: A++ | $75,000 |
2010 | Bay Gelding | Read the Footnotes - Age of Silver, Silver Deputy
Sire: Read the Footnotes, Bay, 2001. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 5 wins, $450,660. Lifetime: 85 yearlings sold, median $11,000.
Broodmare Sire: Silver Deputy, Bay, 1985.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga 2011 Pref New York Bred Yearling Sale, $135,000.
| 2 | Laila's Jazz | Margin: 2 | TrueNicks: A++ | $25,000 |
2010 | Dark Bay or Brown Colt | Smooth Jazz - Fidget, French Deputy
Sire: Smooth Jazz, Dark Bay or Brown, 1999. Raced 2 years. 11 starts, 5 wins, $321,105. Lifetime: 26 yearlings sold, median $6,000.
Broodmare Sire: French Deputy, Chestnut, 1992.
| 3 | Petrocelli | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: A++ | $12,500 |
2010 | Bay Gelding | Disco Rico - Squaw Valley, Indian Charlie
Sire: Disco Rico , Bay, 1997. Raced 3 years. 17 starts, 9 wins, $532,244. Lifetime: 14 yearlings sold, median $8,250.
Broodmare Sire: Indian Charlie, Bay, 1995.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2011 Eastern Fall Yearling Sale, $12,000.
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic December 2010 Mixed Sale, $2,500.
Others: Here Comes Tommy, $6,250; Stoneless, $3,750; Madam I'm Adam, $2,500.
Scratched: Patriot Class.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meeker Avenue | Ramon A. Dominguez | Dominick A. Schettino |
| 2 | Laila's Jazz | Rajiv Maragh | Gary C. Contessa |
| 3 | Petrocelli | Javier Castellano | Timothy A. Hills |
| 4 | Here Comes Tommy | Michael J. Luzzi | John Morrison |
| 5 | Stoneless | Joel Rosario | Bruce N. Levine |
| 6 | Madam I'm Adam | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Linda Rice |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Meeker Avenue | Ramon A. Dominguez | $3.20 | $2.30 | $2.10 | ||||||
| 3 | Laila's Jazz | Rajiv Maragh | $3.20 | $2.40 | |||||||
| 4 | Petrocelli | Javier Castellano | $3.10 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (2-3) | $7.10 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (2-3-4) | $32.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (2-3-4-6) | $92.00 | ||||||||||
Favorites swept the New York Stallion Series stakes Nov. 14 at Aqueduct as Sportswriter took the $100,000 Thunder Rumble and Sunny Desert overcame a troubled start to win the $100,000 Staten Island for fillies and mares.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Odds-on choice Meeker Avenue nosed out Laila's Jazz at the wire and Kelli Got Frosty got up in the final strides as they won their respective divisions of the New York Stallion Stakes for 2-year-olds Nov. 11 at Aqueduct.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Undefeated Matchmadeinheaven goes for her fourth straight stakes victory Nov. 11 when she takes on six other 2-year-old fillies in the $125,000 Fifth Avenue division of the New York Stallion Series at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Thursday, November 08, 2012
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]