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Excelsior S. (gr. 3)

AQUEDUCT, Ozone Park, NY

  • Purse: $150,000
  • Date: March 17, 2012
  • Class: Grade 3
  • TV: HRTV/TVG
  • Age: 3 yo's & up
  • Race: 9
  • Distance: One And One Eighth Miles
  • Post Time: 4:52 PM
1 Marilyn's Guy Margin: neck TrueNicks: A++ $90,000

2006 | Gray or Roan Gelding | Yonaguska - Marilyn Merlot, Unbridled's Song  

  • Breeder:Chesapeake Farm & Mary R. Odom
  • Owner: Dubb, Michael, Bethlehem Stables LLC and Aisquith, Gary
  • Trainer: Anthony W. Dutrow
  • Jockey: Charles C. Lopez

Sire: Yonaguska, Dark Bay or Brown, 1998. Raced 3 years. 18 starts, 6 wins, $536,355. Lifetime: 292 yearlings sold, median $22,000.

Broodmare Sire: Unbridled's Song  , Gray or Roan, 1993.

Sale History: Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2007 Eastern Fall Yearling Sale, ($19,000).
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2006 Mixed Sale, ($42,000).

2 San Pablo Margin: TrueNicks: A++ $30,000

2008 | Dark Bay or Brown Horse | Jump Start   - Hunt's Corner, Silver Ghost

  • Breeder:Dan Bearden
  • Owner: Burning Sands Stable LLC
  • Trainer: Todd A. Pletcher
  • Jockey: Cornelio H. Velasquez

Sire: Jump Start  , Dark Bay or Brown, 1999. Raced 1 years. 5 starts, 2 wins, $221,265. Lifetime: 264 yearlings sold, median $17,000.

Broodmare Sire: Silver Ghost, Gray, 1982.

3 Norman Asbjornson Margin: head TrueNicks: C+ $15,000

2008 | Bay Ridgling | Real Quiet - Merryland Missy, Citidancer

  • Breeder:Thomas G. McClay, Harry C. Nye III & Horseshoe Valley Equine
  • Owner: McClay, Thomas and Nye, Harry
  • Trainer: Christopher W. Grove
  • Jockey: J. D. Acosta

Sire: Real Quiet, Bay, 1995. Raced 3 years. 20 starts, 6 wins, $3,271,802. Lifetime: 164 yearlings sold, median $8,350.

Broodmare Sire: Citidancer, Chestnut, 1987. In 2009: 1.80 AEI.

Time: 1:52.54   Track: Fast

Others: Redding Colliery, $7,500; Inherit the Gold, $4,500; Birdrun, $3,000.

FinishHorseJockeyTrainer
1Marilyn's GuyCharles C. LopezAnthony W. Dutrow
2San PabloCornelio H. VelasquezTodd A. Pletcher
3Norman AsbjornsonJ. D. AcostaChristopher W. Grove
4Redding CollieryAlan GarciaKiaran P. McLaughlin
5Inherit the GoldEddie CastroJames Hooper
6BirdrunJunior AlvaradoWilliam I. Mott

Payoffs

HorseJockeyWinPlaceShow
5 Marilyn's GuyCharles C. Lopez$11.40$5.70$3.30
4 San PabloCornelio H. Velasquez$5.50$3.90
6 Norman AsbjornsonJ. D. Acosta$4.50
EXOTIC PAYOFFS:
$2.00 Exacta (5-4)$37.80
$2.00 Trifecta (5-4-6)$186.50
$2.00 Superfecta (5-4-6-1)$566.00

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