AQUEDUCT, Ozone Park, NY
| 1 | Head Heart Hoof | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $90,000 |
2006 | Gray or Roan Gelding | Intidab - Trustees Gray, Flying Chevron
Sire: Intidab , Dark Bay or Brown, 1993. Raced 6 years. 36 starts, 7 wins, $531,221. Lifetime: 17 yearlings sold, median $7,500.
Broodmare Sire: Flying Chevron, Dark Bay or Brown, 1992.
Sale History:
New York Breeders' Sales Company 2006 Fall Mixed Sale, $19,000.
| 2 | Johannesburg Smile | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: B | $30,000 |
2007 | Bay Horse | Johannesburg - Serenity's Smile, Dixie Brass
Sire: Johannesburg, Bay, 1999. Raced 2 years. 10 starts, 7 wins, $1,014,585. Lifetime: 687 yearlings sold, median $52,000.
Broodmare Sire: Dixie Brass, Dark Bay or Brown, 1989.
| 3 | Sinai | Margin: 3½ | TrueNicks: B | $15,000 |
2008 | Gray or Roan Horse | Rockport Harbor - Dontgetinmyway, Machiavellian
Sire: Rockport Harbor , Gray or Roan, 2002. Lifetime: 213 yearlings sold, median $25,000.
Broodmare Sire: Machiavellian, Dark Bay or Brown, 1987.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2009 Yearling Sale, $50,000.
Keeneland Association November 2008 Breeding Stock Sale, $50,000.
Others: P J's Magical Wink, $7,500; Isn't He Perfect, $4,500; Mine Over Matter, $3,000.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Head Heart Hoof | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Rudy R. Rodriguez |
| 2 | Johannesburg Smile | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 3 | Sinai | David Cohen | Rudy R. Rodriguez |
| 4 | P J's Magical Wink | Channing Hill | Michael E. Hushion |
| 5 | Isn't He Perfect | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | Doodnauth Shivmangal |
| 6 | Mine Over Matter | Junior Alvarado | Michael E. Hushion |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Head Heart Hoof | Cornelio H. Velasquez | $6.10 | $3.70 | $2.50 | ||||||
| 1 | Johannesburg Smile | Javier Castellano | $3.60 | $2.80 | |||||||
| 2 | Sinai | David Cohen | $4.30 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (6-1) | $21.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (6-1-2) | $73.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (6-1-2-4) | $291.00 | ||||||||||
Game On Dude and Ron the Greek, two of the top older horses in training, are among the seven horses entered in the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic (gr. II) April 20.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Last Gunfighter overcame a troubled start and came through on the rail to win the $150,000 Excelsior Stakes (gr. III) March 23 at Aqueduct, while 2011 Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Ruler On Ice finished fifth.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Unbeaten Verrazano, the early favorite for this year's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), is set to make his next start April 6 in the $1 million Wood Memorial (gr. I) at Aqueduct, trainer Todd Pletcher said.
Friday, March 22, 2013
The 3-1 second choice on the morning line for the $150,000 Excelsior Stakes (gr. III) March 23 at Aqueduct Racetrack is 2011 Belmont Stakes winner Ruler On Ice, who won an Aqueduct optional claimer Jan. 30.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Favored Comma to the Top, making just his second appearance outside of California, proved a tenacious winner of the $200,000 Tom Fool Handicap (gr. III) March 2 at Aqueduct Racetrack, just a week after making his last start.
Saturday, March 02, 2013
While Comma to the Top registered his biggest win in the 2010 CashCall Futurity (gr. I), the Bwana Charlie gelding has placed in three straight graded stakes, including a clear victory in the Daytona Stakes to close out 2012
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Benefiting from a patient ride, Head Heart Hoof took control leaving the turn and held off a tenacious rally by Johannesburg Smile to win the 120th renewal of the Toboggan Handicap (gr. III) at Aqueduct Racetrack Feb. 2.
Saturday, February 02, 2013
Six older horses seek their first graded stakes score in the $150,000 Toboggan Stakes (gr. III) at Aqueduct Racetrack Feb. 2, led by 120-pound highweight Mine Over Matter and the recently claimed Johannesburg Smile.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Repole Stable's Caixa Eletronica made start number 60 a winning one Nov. 22, carrying 133 pounds across the finish line in the $147,000 Fall Highweight Handicap (gr. III) at Aqueduct Racetrack in solid style.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Poseidon's Warrior seeks to bounce back off a dull effort in the Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) as the 135-pound highweight in the Nov. 22 Fall Highweight Handicap (gr. III) at the Big A.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Lunar Victory and Saratoga Snacks were the favorite and second choice, respectively, in the $250,000 Empire Classic at Belmont Park Oct. 20--and they ran that way.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
A field of nine, including the 3-year-old filly Haldane, will contest the 1 1/8-mile event in which 5-year-old Lunar Victory is the 8-5 favorite to pick up his fifth win in six 2012 starts for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Though it seemed doubtful 11 days ago, the resilient Jackson Bend was entered in the $500,000 Forego Stakes (gr. I) to be contested Sept. 1 at Saratoga Race Course.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Mike Repole and Michael Dubb, who were in a neck-in-neck owner's title race for most of the 2011 Saratoga meet, square off once again in the Toboggan Stakes (gr. III) Feb. 4, as each will send out a coupled entry.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Trainer Bill Spawr said he's undecided on a start in the Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 21 for Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Amazombie after the 6-year-old gelding worked six furlongs in 1:15 3/5 Jan. 14.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Haynesfield held off a game rally by Green Monster to score by a length in the $200,000 McMahon Adena Empire Classic Oct. 22, the richest race on Belmont Park's New York Showcase Day for state breds.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Nine three-year-olds battle at Parx Racing in the 1 1/8 mile Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II). Who will win it? How will the others finish?
Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Ruler On Ice was made the 5-2 morning-line favorite for the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II), but by post time Sept. 24 most of the money could land on To Honor and Serve.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Stewards in New York June 15 issued jockey Rajiv Maragh a 10-day suspension for careless riding in connection with his handling of Isn't He Perfect in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I).
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Lenny Shulman talks with Rajiv Maragh, jockey of Isn't He Perfect.
If many of the names in the Belmont (gr. I) look familiar, that's because they should. For the first time in history, the top seven finishers from the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) have returned for the final leg of the Triple Crown
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Lenny Shulman reports the news of the day, including the first appearance of Master of Hounds at Belmont. Plus, Animal Kingdom, Isn't He Perfect, Santiva, Prime Cut, and Nehro.
Doodnauth Shivmangal, a native of Guyana on the north shore of South America, will be saddling Isn't He Perfect in the Belmont Stakes for his cousin D.J. Ramnarayan.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Animal Kingdom arrived at Belmont Park at approximately 7:30 a.m. (EDT) June 5 to prepare for the June 11, $1 million Belmont Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont Park.
Sunday, June 05, 2011
Meet the horses running in the 2011 Preakness Stakes.
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]