AQUEDUCT, Ozone Park, NY
| 1 | Hansen | Margin: 3 | TrueNicks: A++ | $240,000 |
2009 | Gray or Roan Colt | Tapit - Stormy Sunday, Sir Cat
Sire: Tapit , Gray or Roan, 2001. Raced 2 years. 6 starts, 3 wins, $557,300. Lifetime: 371 yearlings sold, median $75,000.
Broodmare Sire: Sir Cat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1993. In 2009: 1.28 AEI.
| 2 | My Adonis | Margin: 6 | TrueNicks: A | $80,000 |
2009 | Bay Colt | Pleasantly Perfect - Silent Justice, Elusive Quality
Sire: Pleasantly Perfect , Bay, 1998. Raced 4 years. 18 starts, 9 wins, $7,789,880. Lifetime: 128 yearlings sold, median $24,000.
Broodmare Sire: Elusive Quality , Bay, 1993.
| 3 | Finnegans Wake | Margin: head | TrueNicks: D | $40,000 |
2009 | Bay Colt | Powerscourt (GB) - Boat's Ghost, Silver Ghost
Sire: Powerscourt (GB), Bay, 2000. Lifetime: 51 yearlings sold, median $5,000.
Broodmare Sire: Silver Ghost, Gray, 1982.
Others: Tiger Walk, $20,000; Pretension, $12,000; Stealcase, $1,000; Raconteur, $1,000; King and Crusader, $1,000; Side Road, $1,000; Done Talking, $1,000; Dan and Sheila, $1,000; Suns Out Guns Out, $1,000; Maan, $1,000.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hansen | Ramon A. Dominguez | Michael J. Maker |
| 2 | My Adonis | Elvis Trujillo | Kelly J. Breen |
| 3 | Finnegans Wake | Kent J. Desormeaux | Dale L. Romans |
| 4 | Tiger Walk | Eddie Castro | Ignacio Correas, IV |
| 5 | Pretension | Edgar S. Prado | Christopher W. Grove |
| 6 | Stealcase | Luis Contreras | Mark E. Casse |
| 7 | Raconteur | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 8 | King and Crusader | Michael J. Luzzi | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. |
| 9 | Side Road | Alan Garcia | Kiaran P. McLaughlin |
| 10 | Done Talking | David Cohen | Hamilton A. Smith |
| 11 | Dan and Sheila | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 12 | Suns Out Guns Out | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | Dale L. Romans |
| 13 | Maan | Rajiv Maragh | Eddie Kenneally |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Hansen | Ramon A. Dominguez | $3.60 | $2.80 | $2.50 | ||||||
| 1 | My Adonis | Elvis Trujillo | $4.80 | $4.10 | |||||||
| 3 | Finnegans Wake | Kent J. Desormeaux | $7.30 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (12-1) | $17.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (12-1-3) | $221.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (12-1-3-13) | $3,489.00 | ||||||||||
Dark Cove earned owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey a gold tray when he drew off to an upset victory in the $150,000 Elkhorn Stakes (gr. II) on closing day April 26 at Keeneland.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Evan Hammonds recaps his top 5 performances in Kentucky Derby prep races. Who else would you include?
Ron Turcotte looks back on Secretariat's victory in the Gotham.
Friday, April 05, 2013
Trainer Mike Maker was represented by his 1,000th career winner March 16 when Magical Season won the third race at Fair Grounds.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
by Anne Peters
During the first weekend in February, he was represented by three graded stakes winners: Flashback, Honorable Dillon, and Tapicat.
Steve Haskin and Lenny Shulman discuss throwback horses after Comma to the Top's recent efforts, Salix in the Breeders' Cup, Vyjack, and recent events.
Evan Hammonds recaps the Gotham Stakes, Santa Anita Handicap, and the Las Virgenes Stakes.
Undefeated Vyjack remains on track for the $1 million Wood Memorial (gr. I) following his terrific victory in the Gotham Stakes (gr. III) at Aqueduct Racetrack March 2.
Sunday, March 03, 2013
Pick Six Racing's Vyjack remained unbeaten in four starts and proceeded on the road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) with an impressive late run March 2 in the $400,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct.
Saturday, March 02, 2013
If you missed the live blog, you can read the transcript.
Tom LaMarra and Pete Denk handicap the Gotham Stakes and the Santa Anita Handicap.
It's hard to believe that we're already so far down the Kentucky Derby Trail that the final prep for the Grade I Wood Memorial is on Saturday.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Heavy favorite will have to overcome the far outside post in his 3-year-old debut.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The Claiming Crown comes to Gulfstream Park for the south Florida oval's season opener Dec. 1, and local horsemen have responded enthusiastically with 97 entrants in the seven-race series worth a total of $850,000 in purses.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Hawthorne Gold Cup (gr. II) winner Pool Play was scratched from the Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (gr. I) the morning of the race, but not due to tendon issues similar to those he has battled in the past.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Jason and Tom give their picks for the 138th Kentucky Derby.
Giant's Causeway, who stands at John Magnier and partners' Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky., will stand in 2013 for $85,000.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Bill Farish Jr.'s Pool Play will be pointed toward the Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (gr. I) Nov. 23 at Churchill Downs, but the 7-year-old might not be the only Clark starter for trainer Mark Casse.
Friday, November 09, 2012
Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner and Eclipse Award winner Hansen has been purchased to stand at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky.
Monday, November 05, 2012
Grade II winner Bourbon Courage proved an easy winner last time out in the Super Derby (gr. II) at 1 1/8 miles. Now, the 3-year-old son of Lion Heart is being asked to shorten up to 1 1/16 miles in the Indiana Derby.
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Point of Entry must clear his final hurdle before the Breeders' Cup in the $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Sept. 29 at Belmont Park, and that hurdle could be Arlington Million winner Little Mike.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Trainer Dale Romans, who already has established a personal record for single-season North American earnings in 2012, has multiple chances to take down additional lucrative prizes over the next two weeks at Belmont Park
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Hansen, last year's champion 2-year-old male and Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) winner, has been retired from racing due to a tendon injury.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Rebounding from a seventh-place showing in the Travers Stakes (gr. I), favored Stealcase registered his first stakes victory with a late-running effort in the $158,934 Ontario Derby (Can-III) Sept. 16 at Woodbine.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Trainer Mark Casse entered Prospective and Stealcase in the $150,000 Ontario Derby at Woodbine Sept. 16, but only expects one to run. Casse will also send out Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Gary Barber's Patrioticandproud.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
This year's Preakness is all about Orb. And then there are his eight opponents, most of whom are worthy adversaries, with a case to be made for any of them to step up and run a big race. [More]