BELMONT PARK, Elmont, NY
| 1 | Despite the Odds | Margin: 7½ | TrueNicks: A | $65,400 |
2006 | Gray or Roan Horse | Speightstown - Lady Aloma, Cozzene
Sire: Speightstown , Chestnut, 1998. Raced 4 years. 16 starts, 10 wins, $1,258,256. Lifetime: 285 yearlings sold, median $100,000.
Broodmare Sire: Cozzene, Gray, 1980.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds Sale 2008, $300,000.
| 2 | Affirmatif | Margin: 6¼ | TrueNicks: A++ | $21,800 |
2006 | Bay Colt | Unbridled's Song - Wichitoz, Affirmed
Sire: Unbridled's Song , Gray or Roan, 1993. Raced 3 years. 12 starts, 5 wins, $1,311,800. Lifetime: 666 yearlings sold, median $200,000.
Broodmare Sire: Affirmed, Chestnut, 1975. In 2009: 2.43 AEI.
| 3 | Dubinsky | Margin: 2¼ | TrueNicks: D | $10,900 |
2006 | Chestnut Colt | Toccet - Breath of Life, Tactical Advantage
Sire: Toccet , Bay, 2000. Raced 3 years. 23 starts, 7 wins, $931,387. Lifetime: 132 yearlings sold, median $11,250.
Broodmare Sire: Tactical Advantage, Chestnut, 1990.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds Sale 2008, $240,000.
Keeneland Association September 2007 Yearling Sale, ($22,000).
Keeneland Association 2006 November Breeding Stock Sale, $90,000.
Others: Conservative, $5,450; Rendezvous, $3,270; Duke of Homberg (GB), $2,180.
Scratched: Elmfield Boy; Lime Rickey; Heros Image; Florentino (JPN).
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Despite the Odds | Jeremy Rose | Michael J. Trombetta |
| 2 | Affirmatif | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 3 | Dubinsky | UNKNOWN | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. |
| 4 | Conservative | Kent J. Desormeaux | Claude R. McGaughey III |
| 5 | Rendezvous | Garrett K. Gomez | Jerry Hollendorfer |
| 6 | Duke of Homberg (GB) | Ramon A. Dominguez | Thomas Albertrani |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Despite the Odds | Jeremy Rose | $17.20 | $6.80 | $4.40 | |||||||
| Affirmatif | John R. Velazquez | $3.90 | $2.90 | ||||||||
| Dubinsky | UNKNOWN | $3.90 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (2-9) | $72.50 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (2-9-10) | $316.00 | ||||||||||
Notacatbutallama found his way back to the winner's circle for the first time since last November and added a grade to his resume in the meantime, rallying to take the $150,000 Hill Prince Stakes (gr. IIIT).
3 days ago
After a minor injury derailed sale plans, grade I winner Joha is scheduled to return to racing June 15 at Belmont Park in the $150,000 Hill Prince Stakes (gr. IIIT).
6 days ago
Slim Shadey returns to his favorite distance of 10 furlongs as the 122-pound highweight in the $200,000 Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap (gr. IIT) on the turf June 8 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Sky Kingdom showed his staying ability with an easy win in the Tokyo City Cup last month, so now's the time to find out if he can transfer that same success to the turf in the $150,000 San Juan Capistrano Handicap April 21.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Trainers comment on the offspring of Speightstown they have raced. Read the full feature in the Jan. 12, 2013, issue of The Blood-Horse.
Waterford Stable's Summer Front found room late and exploded in the final yards to defeat Howe Great in the $150,000 Hill Prince Stakes (gr. IIIT) for 3-year-olds at Belmont Park June 16.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Returned to the stakes calendar at Laurel Park after a one-year hiatus, the $150,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash drew a field of 10, led by two-time grade III winner Ravalo.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Flying Zee Stables' Street Game set an easy pace and never looked back, crushing a good field of 3-year-old turf milers in the $100,000 Hill Prince (gr. IIIT) June 18 at Belmont Park.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Stuart Janney III's homebred Air Support, a graded stakes winner on the Belmont turf a year ago, returns to New York as the one to beat in the $100,000 Hill Prince Stakes (gr. IIIT) on June 18.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
A fast-closing fourth in the Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I), Soul Candy seeks his first graded stakes win in the $100,000 Tokyo City Cup (gr. III) at the marathon 1 1/2-mile distance March 26 at Santa Anita.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011Affirmatif, a stakes winner from the female family of major sire Tapit, has been retired from racing for stallion duty at Randy Gammill's Diamond G Ranch near Edmond, Okla.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Pacific Classic (gr. I) winner Richard's Kid, most recently third in the Hollywood Gold Cup (gr. I), headlines the field for the $125,000 Cougar II Handicap (gr. III) at Del Mar July 30, if he goes.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Harvey Clarke and Ron Winchell's Krypton took over from 3-5 favorite Nordic Truce rounding the turn and held off his rival to win the $100,000 Hill Prince Stakes (gr. IIIT) by a neck June 4 at Belmont Park.
Friday, June 04, 2010
Nordic Truce, undefeated in three career starts, has been installed the 3-5 morning-line choice in the June 4 Hill Prince Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Belmont Park.
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Acclamation earned his first graded stakes win and snapped an 11-race losing streak when he dominated his rivals in the $150,000 Jim Murray Memorial Handicap (gr. IIT) in a 14-1 upset on the Hollywood Park turf May 15.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Perhaps encouraged by the absence of Bourbon Bay, 11 horses were entered in the $150,000 Jim Murray Memorial Handicap (gr. II) to be contested May 15 over the Hollywood Park turf.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Silver Timber, winner of the 2009 Woodford (gr. IIIT) and Chamberlain Bridge, winner of that race the year prior, headline a field seven turf sprinters entered for the Shakertown Stakes (gr. IIIT) April 10 at Keeneland.
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Asked to go 12 furlongs for the first time in his career, Tap It Light answered the call in the $100,000 Tokyo City Cup Handicap (gr. III) at Santa Anita March 27.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Unusual Suspect and High Court Drama, both disappointing in the San Luis Rey Handicap (gr. IIT) on the Santa Anita turf March 20, are entered right back in the $100,000 Tokyo City Cup Handicap (gr. III) a week later.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Second in his last three starts, Misremembered can make amends for trainer Bob Baffert in the $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I) March 6. The race that drew 14 entrants.
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Three important stakes that were canceled because of weather-related problems at Santa Anita Feb. 6 will return as promised a week later with the fields mostly intact.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
A freshened Misremembered, considered a top candidate for this year's Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I), returns to action for trainer Bob Baffert as the probable favorite in the $200,000 Strub Stakes (gr. II).
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Favored Papa Clem seized the lead from pacesetter Smart Bid in the stretch and held off his rival through the lane to score a hard-fought half-length win in the $150,000 San Fernando Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita Jan. 16.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Jason, Suzanne, and Tim Holland of twinspires/brisnet preview the San Rafael (gr. III) and the San Fernando (gr. II).
Papa Clem's last win came in the Arkansas Derby (gr. II) nine months ago, but the son of Smart Strike could be the horse to beat in a wide-open San Fernando Breeders' Cup Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita Jan. 16.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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]