AQUEDUCT, Ozone Park, NY
| 1 | Alpha | Margin: 3¼ | TrueNicks: A+ | $120,000 |
2009 | Bay Colt | Bernardini - Munnaya, Nijinsky II
Sire: Bernardini , Dark Bay or Brown, 2003. Lifetime: 305 yearlings sold, median $135,000.
Broodmare Sire: Nijinsky II, Bay, 1967.
| 2 | Speightscity | Margin: 1¾ | TrueNicks: B+ | $40,000 |
2009 | Chestnut Colt | Speightstown - My American Girl, Quiet American
Sire: Speightstown , Chestnut, 1998. Raced 4 years. 16 starts, 10 wins, $1,258,256. Lifetime: 285 yearlings sold, median $100,000.
Broodmare Sire: Quiet American , Bay, 1986. In 2009: 1.74 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale 2011, ($49,000).
Keeneland Association September 2010 Yearling Sale, $65,000.
| 3 | Tiger Walk | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: A | $20,000 |
2009 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | Tale of the Cat - Majestic Trail, Kris S.
Sire: Tale of the Cat , Dark Bay or Brown, 1994. Raced 2 years. 9 starts, 5 wins, $360,900. Lifetime: 1075 yearlings sold, median $63,018.
Broodmare Sire: Kris S., Dark Bay or Brown, 1977.
Others: How Do I Win, $10,000; King Kid, $6,000; Hakama, $4,000.
Scratched: Swag Daddy.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alpha | Ramon A. Dominguez | Kiaran P. McLaughlin |
| 2 | Speightscity | David Cohen | Gary C. Contessa |
| 3 | Tiger Walk | Horacio Karamanos | Ignacio Correas, IV |
| 4 | How Do I Win | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 5 | King Kid | Michael J. Luzzi | Dale L. Romans |
| 6 | Hakama | Julian Pimentel | Michael J. Trombetta |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Alpha | Ramon A. Dominguez | $2.70 | $2.50 | $2.10 | ||||||
| 2 | Speightscity | David Cohen | $16.20 | $5.40 | |||||||
| 6 | Tiger Walk | Horacio Karamanos | $2.90 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (7-2) | $32.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (7-2-6) | $132.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (7-2-6-5) | $381.00 | ||||||||||
Evan Hammonds recaps his top 5 performances in Kentucky Derby prep races. Who else would you include?
Louisiana Derby (gr. II) morning line favorite Revolutionary has continued the graded stakes-winning tradition that has lasted in his female family for three profitable generations.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Soft Falling Rain got a less than ideal trip in the $1 million Godolphin Mile before storming to victory in the first race on the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) card March 30 at Meydan.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum's unbeaten colt Soft Falling Rain will get the first major test of his career in the $1 million Godolphin Mile (UAE-II) March 20 at Meydan.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
Making his 2013 debut, War Pass' son Revolutionary produced a remarkable performance, weaving through traffic to score a last-to-first victory in the Withers Stakes.
Godolphin's Hunter's Light provided trainer Saeed bin Suroor a ninth win in the $250,000 Al Maktoum Challenge Round II Sponsored by TABLOID (UAE-II) Feb. 7 with a convincing 3 1/4-length victory at Meydan.
Thursday, February 07, 2013
2012 Travers Stakes (gr. I) winner and former U.S. classics hopeful Alpha is set to make his Dubai debut Feb. 7 in the $250,000 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 2 (UAE-II) Sponsored by Tabloid.
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Evan Hammonds recaps weekend races with a focus on performances by Flashback, Revolutionary, Verrazano, and more!
What WinStar Farm's Revolutionary lacks in seasoning he made up for in heart at Aqueduct Racetrack Feb. 2, closing late with a tremendously game effort to win the $200,000 Withers Stakes (gr. III) by a neck.
Saturday, February 02, 2013
Pete Denk and Claire Novak handicap the Withers Stakes and take a brief look at the Robert B. Lewis Stakes.
I can't wait to see Revolutionary run on Saturday in the grade III Withers Stakes, but I am even more interested in watching the colt that was the first foal out of Round Pond.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Todd Pletcher's impressive maiden winner steps up to stakes company at the Big A.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Jason and Tom give their picks for the 138th Kentucky Derby.
Janis R. Whitham's Fort Larned led from gate to wire and held off a sustained stretch bid by Mucho Macho Man to win the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) before a crowd of 55,123 at Santa Anita Park Nov. 3.
Saturday, November 03, 2012
Game On Dude could put himself atop the favorites list for Horse of the Year with a victory in the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I).
Friday, November 02, 2012
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin discusses Alpha, Emcee, Fortify, and Questing at Breeders' Cup on Oct. 29.
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin had Godolphin Racing stars Alpha, Emcee, and Questing prepare for the Breeders' Cup World Championships with workouts at Darley's Greentree Training Center on Oct. 19 in Saratoga Springs.
Friday, October 19, 2012
MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Handsome Mike is the fourth graded/group stakes winner of 2012 for Ashford Stud's Scat Daddy.
J. Paul Reddam's Handsome Mike staged a Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II) shocker at Parx Racing Sept. 22, taking the $1 million event at odds of 19-1.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Dead-heat Travers winners are set to clash again in Saturday's Pennsylvania Derby.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Godolphin Racing will send out the favorites in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II) and $1 million Cotillion Stakes (gr. I) Sept. 22 at Parx Racing.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin, following Godolphin's fourth grade I win of the Saratoga meet with Emcee in the Forego Stakes (gr. I) Sept. 1, talked about the upcoming plans for each of those horses.
Sunday, September 02, 2012
For the first time in history, two canoes will float on the infield pond at Saratoga Race Course in honor of Golden Ticket and Alpha.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Evan Hammonds recaps the Travers Stakes, Personal Ensign, Pacific Classic, and more!
Alpha and Golden Ticket, forever linked after their historic draw in the Travers Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 25, could meet again in another $1 million race, the Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II) at Parx Racing Sept. 22.
Sunday, August 26, 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]