BELMONT PARK, Elmont, NY
| 1 | Eskendereya | Margin: 7¼ | TrueNicks: B+ | $94,500 |
2007 | Chestnut Colt | Giant's Causeway - Aldebaran Light, Seattle Slew
Sire: Giant's Causeway , Chestnut, 1997. Raced 2 years. 13 starts, 9 wins, $3,078,989. Lifetime: 731 yearlings sold, median $140,000.
Broodmare Sire: Seattle Slew, Dark Bay or Brown, 1974. In 2009: 3.66 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, $250,000.
| 2 | Western Flyer | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: NR | $31,500 |
2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Colt | More Than Ready - West Indian, Indian Charlie
Sire: More Than Ready , Dark Bay or Brown, 1997. Raced 2 years. 17 starts, 7 wins, $1,026,229. Lifetime: 899 yearlings sold, median $74,536.
Broodmare Sire: Indian Charlie , Bay, 1995.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, $150,000.
| 3 | Chairman Now | Margin: 12 | TrueNicks: A+ | $15,825 |
2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Colt | Tiznow - Lady From Shanghai, Storm Cat
Sire: Tiznow , Bay, 1997. Raced 2 years. 15 starts, 8 wins, $6,427,830. Lifetime: 384 yearlings sold, median $95,000.
Broodmare Sire: Storm Cat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1983.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, $32,000.
Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, ($20,000).
Others: Bricklayer, $7,950; Dean's Kitten, $4,725.
Scratched: Paddy O'Prado; Billions Boy; Shrimp Dancer; Mr. Vegas; Interactif.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eskendereya | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 2 | Western Flyer | Alan Garcia | Kiaran P. McLaughlin |
| 3 | Chairman Now | Alan Garcia | Richard A. Violette, Jr. |
| 4 | Bricklayer | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Frank A. Alexander |
| 5 | Dean's Kitten | Julien R. Leparoux | Michael J. Maker |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eskendereya | Javier Castellano | $7.20 | $2.90 | $2.20 | |||||||
| Western Flyer | Alan Garcia | $3.40 | $2.30 | ||||||||
| Chairman Now | Alan Garcia | $2.40 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (6-7) | $22.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (6-7-10) | $48.20 | ||||||||||
Grade I winner Eskendereya sired his first reported foal on Jan. 20 when a filly was born at Lynn Alexander's Alastar in Nicholasville, Ky.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Mr. Vegas set a comfortable pace and had enough left in the stretch to defeat Dubious Miss in the $100,000 Colonel E. R. Bradley Handicap (gr. IIIT) Jan. 21 at Fair Grounds.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Eight-year-old gelding Dubious Miss has been close to winning graded stakes numerous times on Fair Grounds' turf course, and he will be given another shot Jan. 21 when he takes on seven in the Col. E. R. Bradley Handicap.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Grade II winner Interactif has been retired from racing to stand at Jay Adcock's Red River Farms near Coushatta, La.
Monday, January 02, 2012
Major stallion Unbridled's Song will stand in 2012 at the Taylor family's Taylor Made Farm near Nicholasville, Ky., for $85,000 stands and nurses, down from $100,000 in 2011.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Lenny Shulman talks to owner Ken Ramsey about his Kittens, including Dean's Kitten in the Turf, Holiday for Kitten in the Turf Sprint, and Stephanie's Kitten in the Juvenile Fillies Turf, plus Headache and Pleasant Prince.
Dean's Kitten overcame a compromised first year to claw his way to Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. I) contention.
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Turf favorite Sarafina gets some light exercise along with Europeans Midday and Sea Moon.
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Shkspeare Shaliyah and Pure Gossip turned in strong rallies to win two grade III turf stakes at Belmont Park Oct. 2 and appear headed to the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Sunday, October 02, 2011
Cape Blanco shipped across the pond from Ireland for third time to collect a grade I victory, barely outlasting a determined Dean's Kitten by a nose in the $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational (gr. IT) Oct. 1.
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Team Valor International's State of Play tops a field of seven and is the horse to beat in the $100,000 Pilgrim Stakes (gr. IIIT) Oct. 2 at Belmont Park.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Cape Blanco and Teaks North, both two-time grade I winners on turf this year, headline a star-studded six-horse field for the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational (gr. IT).
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
A yielding turf was just fine with favored Cape Blanco, who registered his second straight grade I score on North American turf in style for Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien in the Arlington Million (gr. IT) Aug. 13.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
When grade I winner Paddy O'Prado is honored at Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino Aug. 5, the 4-year-old son of El Prado will be in Kentucky and not at the Iowa racetrack.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Grade I winner Paddy O'Prado, who will enter stud in 2012 at B. Wayne Hughes' Spendthrift Farm near Lexington, will be honored at Prairie Meadows Aug. 5.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Shadwell Stable's Tajaaweed broke a seven-race losing streak and earned his first stakes win in the United States July 9 when taking over in upper stretch and scoring the $150,000 Arlington Handicap (gr. IIIT).
Saturday, July 09, 2011
Grade I winner Paddy O'Prado will stand his first season at stud in 2012 at B. Wayne Hughes' Spendthrift Farm near Lexington it was announced July 8.
Friday, July 08, 2011
Juniper Pass, winner of consecutive grade II races in California, tops a field of 10 in the $150,000 Arlington Handicap (gr. IIIT) July 9 at Arlington Park.
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Ahmed Zayat, who seems on the cusp of winning a classic race any time now, as been in the headlines for all the right and wrong reasons in his six years of Thoroughbred ownership.
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Eight-year-old Awesome Gem registered his first win since last year's Hollywood Gold Cup (gr. I) when he edged past odds-on choice Game On Dude in the lane and posted a one-length victory in the Lone Star Park Handicap.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Game On Dude, trained by Bob Baffert, and Thiskyhasnolimit, from the Steve Asmussen barn, headline the $300,000 Lone Star Park Handicap (gr. III), the featured event on the Texas track's Memorial Day program May 30.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
The loss of Paddy O'Prado is a big loss in a year that's already without a superstar.
Grade I winner Paddy O'Prado, who sustained a sesamoid injury in his May 21 victory in the Dixie Stakes (gr. II), has been retired.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Dixie Stakes (gr. IIT) winner Paddy O'Prado will be checked by a veterinarian in Kentucky May 22 after suffering an apparent foot bruise at Pimlico Race Course, trainer Dale Romans said.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
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