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BELMONT PARK, Elmont, NY
| 1 | Criticism (GB) | Margin: 2ΒΌ | BRIS: 95 | TrueNicks: A+ | $90,000 |
2004 | Bay Mare | Machiavellian - Innuendo (IRE), Caerleon
Sire: Machiavellian, Dark Bay or Brown, 1987. Raced 2 years. 7 starts, 4 wins, $355,790. Lifetime: 181 yearlings sold, median $149,121.
Broodmare Sire: Caerleon, Bay, 1980.
| 2 | Mushka | Margin: nose | BRIS: 92 | TrueNicks: D | $30,000 |
2005 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Empire Maker - Sluice, Seeking the Gold
Sire: Empire Maker, Dark Bay or Brown, 2000. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 4 wins, $1,985,800. Lifetime: 212 yearlings sold, median $165,000. In 2009: 2.45 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Seeking the Gold, Bay, 1985.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2008 Breeding Stock Sale, $2,400,000.
Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga 2006 Select Yearling Sale, $1,600,000.
| 3 | Caprice (GER) | Margin: neck | BRIS: 92 | TrueNicks: A | $15,000 |
2003 | Bay Mare | Monsun (GER) - Catella (GER), Generous (IRE)
Sire: Monsun (GER), Brown, 1990. Raced 3 years. 17 starts, 8 wins, $1,177,853. Lifetime: 127 yearlings sold, median $107,928.
Broodmare Sire: Generous (IRE), Chestnut, 1988.
Others: Colina Verde (BRZ), $7,500; Backseat Rhythm, $4,500; Venetian Causeway, $3,000.
Scratched: Russian Rosie (IRE); Shadiyna (IRE).
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Criticism (GB) | Javier Castellano | Thomas Albertrani |
| 2 | Mushka | Ramon A. Dominguez | William I. Mott |
| 3 | Caprice (GER) | Edgar S. Prado | H. Graham Motion |
| 4 | Colina Verde (BRZ) | Alan Garcia | Kiaran P. McLaughlin |
| 5 | Backseat Rhythm | Eibar Coa | Kiaran P. McLaughlin |
| 6 | Venetian Causeway | Jose Lezcano | Claude R. McGaughey III |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criticism (GB) | Javier Castellano | $3.60 | $2.50 | $2.10 | |||||||
| Mushka | Ramon A. Dominguez | $3.90 | $3.00 | ||||||||
| Caprice (GER) | Edgar S. Prado | $4.20 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (3-5) | $11.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (3-5-7) | $66.00 | ||||||||||
The Keeneland September yearling sale crossed the finish line of its marathon run Sept. 21 in Lexington with average and median prices that increased for the third year in a row.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Flaxman Holdings' top-class turf mare Aruna will face a new contender in the $200,000 New York Stakes (gr. IIT) at Belmont Park June 30, when trainer Chad Brown sends Banimpire to her U.S. debut.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Elizabeth Moran's grade I winner Mushka has been retired from racing because of an ankle issue and booked to Distorted Humor.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Front-running Speak Easy Gal stretched her speed farther than she ever has before when she held off Lady Shakespeare by a head to capture the $150,000 Orchid Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the Gulfstream Park turf March 28.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Trainer Bill Mott sent out Swettenham Stud's Dress Rehearsal to capture the $150,000 Orchid Stakes at Gulfstream Park last year and will have the likely favorite in 2010 with another runner, Changing Skies, for the same owner
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Paul Pompa Jr. has retired his grade I winner Backseat Rhythm and plans to send her to one of his former stars, champion and dual classic winner Big Brown.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Champion filly She Be Wild, a disappointing fifth in her season debut last month at Gulfstream Park, ships further north to Tampa Bay Downs in hopes of rebounding in the $175,000 Florida Oaks (gr. III) March 13.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
While 3-year-olds take the spotlight at Gulfstream Park Feb. 20, a pair of grade III turf stakes for older horses, the Canadian Turf and the Honey Fox, shape up as outstanding supporting features with large fields.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Life Is Sweet makes her first appearance since her rousing victory in the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I) when she faces eight rivals in the $250,000 Santa Maria Handicap (gr. II)at Santa Anita Feb. 13.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
A pair of interesting turf stakes, both with full fields, highlight the Gulfstream Park program on Jan. 16.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Pam and Martin Wygod's locally-based Life is Sweet rallied from last on the far turn, engulfed the field in the stretch and drew away to a three-length victory in the $2-million Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic (gr. I) Nov. 6 at Santa Anita Park.
Friday, November 06, 2009
With most of the major training over for the Nov. 6-7 Breeders' Cup World Championships completed, the work tab at Santa Anita Nov. 3 was pretty light.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
In charge most of the way for jockey Javier Castellano, odds-on choice Criticism scored an authoritative repeat victory in the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT) over a yielding turf course at cloudy Aqueduct in her final start for Darley Stable Nov. 1.
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Darley Stable's Criticism, a three-time graded stakes winner this year, holds a big edge over six contenders in the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT), the Nov. 1 feature at Aqueduct.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Rachel Alexandra isn't coming and Zenyatta is leaning to the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I). However, anyone who believes that doesn't leave much for the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I) needs to think again.
Friday, October 30, 2009
A change in tactics helped Black Mamba capture the $125,000 Rood and Riddle Dowager Stakes at Keeneland in likely the final start of her career Oct. 25.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
German-bred mare Caprice, third in last year's Rood & Riddle Dowager at Keeneland, returns for the $125,000 turf event as one of the favorites for owner Sven A. Hanson's NP Bloodstock.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Interference in deep stretch cost Juddmonte Farms a chance to win their own race, as their English homebred Proviso crossed the wire first in the $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster (gr. I) but was disqualified for veering out sharply inside the sixteenth-pole. The disqualification gave the victory to Brushwood Stable's Mushka, who crossed the wire second by 2 1/4 lengths, but likely would have gone by Proviso had her path not been impeded.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Mark Stanley's Swift Temper, who upset Seventh Street last month in the Ruffian Handicap (gr. I), will make her first start on a synthetic surface in more than three years as she preps for the Breeders' Cup in the $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster (gr. I) Oct. 11 at Keeneland.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Pure Clan overtook Criticism in the final furlong to register a convincing win in the $600,000 Flower Bowl Invitational (gr. IT) at foggy, soggy Belmont Park Oct. 3.
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Dynaforce wouldn't mind a little cut in the ground when she defends her crown in the $600,000 Flower Bowl Invitational (gr. IT) over Belmont Park's inner turf course Oct. 3.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Brushwood Stable's Mushka took over approaching the quarter-pole, opened a clear lead in the stretch, and held on for a 1 1/4-length victory in the $110,500 Glen Falls Handicap (gr. IIIT) Sept. 7 at Saratoga.
Monday, September 07, 2009German-bred Caprice saved ground throughout, snuck through a hole on the inside in upper stretch, and held off Trensa by a neck to win the $171,050 Robert G. Dick Memorial Handicap (gr. IIIT) July 18 on the Delaware Park turf.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Augustin Stable's Winter View, riding a three-race win streak, the last two in graded stakes company, is the one to beat in the Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes (gr. IIIT) July 18 at Delaware Park.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Purchased for $2.4 million at auction last November by Elizabeth Moran's Brushwood Stable, Mushka attempts to win her first stakes for her new connections in the $300,000 Dance Smartly (Can-IIT) on the Woodbine turf July 11.
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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]
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