BELMONT PARK, Elmont, NY
| 1 | Fabulous Strike | Margin: 1¼ | BRIS: 108 | TrueNicks: B+ | $150,000 |
2003 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | Smart Strike - Fabulous Find, Lost Code
Sire: Smart Strike , Bay, 1992. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 6 wins, $337,376. Lifetime: 463 yearlings sold, median $75,000.
Broodmare Sire: Lost Code, Dark Bay or Brown, 1984. In 2009: 1.46 AEI.
| 2 | Benny the Bull | Margin: 2½ | BRIS: 106 | TrueNicks: NR | $50,000 |
2003 | Dark Bay or Brown Horse | Lucky Lionel - Comet Cat, Birdonthewire
Sire: Lucky Lionel, Chestnut, 1993. Raced 3 years. 21 starts, 4 wins, $208,568. Lifetime: 99 yearlings sold, median $4,000.
Broodmare Sire: Birdonthewire, Bay, 1989. In 2009: 1.24 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland 2004 September Yearling Sale, $38,000.
| 3 | Silver Edition | Margin: 3 | BRIS: 102 | TrueNicks: A++ | $25,000 |
2005 | Bay Horse | Silver Deputy - Sincerely, Meadowlake
Sire: Silver Deputy, Bay, 1985. Raced 1 years. 2 starts, 2 wins, $41,820. Lifetime: 550 yearlings sold, median $50,000.
Broodmare Sire: Meadowlake, Chestnut, 1983.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association 2006 September Yearling Sale, $270,000.
Others: Two Step Salsa, $12,500; Sixthirteen, $7,500; Desert Key, $5,000.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabulous Strike | Ramon A. Dominguez | Todd M. Beattie |
| 2 | Benny the Bull | Edgar S. Prado | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. |
| 3 | Silver Edition | Julien R. Leparoux | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 4 | Two Step Salsa | Garrett K. Gomez | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 5 | Sixthirteen | Eibar Coa | Michael E. Hushion |
| 6 | Desert Key | John R. Velazquez | James A. Jerkens |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabulous Strike | Ramon A. Dominguez | $3.80 | $2.60 | $2.10 | |||||||
| Benny the Bull | Edgar S. Prado | $3.20 | $2.80 | ||||||||
| Silver Edition | Julien R. Leparoux | $4.40 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (6-1) | $12.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (6-1-2) | $68.50 | ||||||||||
Three fillies worked a furlong in :9 4/5, the fastest works at the distance at the second session of the Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2013 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013The Delaware Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association is holding its inaugural Stallion Season Auction Feb. 25-27 between the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Thursday, February 21, 2013Multiple champion Benny the Bull will stand in 2013 at Eugene Melnyk's Winding Oaks Farm near Ocala, Fla., for a fee of $2,500 live foal.
Monday, December 10, 2012International bloodstock agent Renato Gameiro of Albatroz Bloodstock and owner Greg James have reached an agreement to shuttle 2008 Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Benny the Bull to Brazil.
Tuesday, April 03, 2012Two-time champion sprinter Benny the Bull, who was scheduled to stand in 2012 at Tom Simon's Vinery near Lexington, will stand instead at Vinery Florida near Summerfield, Fla.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Fabulous Strike, winner of the 2007 Vosburgh Stakes (gr. I), has been pensioned at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Center near Georgetown, Ky.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011More Than Ready, sire of Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT) winner Regally Ready, will stand in 2012 for $60,000, up from $40,000 in 2010.
Friday, November 11, 2011Benny the Bull, whose undefeated 2008 season earned him an Eclipse Award as North America's champion sprinter, will stand the 2012 breeding season at Vinery near Lexington, Kentucky.
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Son of Tapit wins the True North Handicap by 8 1/2 lengths in 1:08.86; gives trainer Kiaran McLaughlin his second stakes score in a row on Belmont Stakes undercard.
Saturday, June 11, 2011Emirates Airline, a long-time partner of the New York Racing Association, will serve as the presenting sponsor of the $250,000 True North Handicap (gr. II).
Wednesday, June 01, 2011Quantum Miss set a new track record for six furlongs at Hollywood Casino at Penn National May 27 while Fabulous Strike finished fifth in another stakes on the program.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Two top-class sprinters, both Pennsylvania breds, will help kick off the 2011 stakes season at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course on Friday night, May 27.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011More than 18 months on the sidelines hasn't dulled the brilliant speed of Tea Party Stable's Fabulous Strike. He made a successful return to competition April 9.
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Walter Downey's Pennsylvania homebred Fabulous Strike was entered in an allowance race April 9 at Penn National Race Course, where he will make his first start since finishing second in the Vosburgh (gr. I) in October 2009.
Tuesday, April 05, 2011The first foal by 2008 champion sprinter Benny the Bull is a colt born Jan. 26 at Ben-D South near Ocala, Fla.
Tuesday, February 01, 2011Florida breeders Doc and Deborah Silveira reported the first foal by group II winner and millionaire Two Step Salsa is a colt born Jan. 12 at the Silveiras' Double C Farm near Reddick, Fla.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Millionaire Fabulous Strike recently underwent stem cell treatment at New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa., in an effort to get him back to the racetrack later this summer.
Friday, June 11, 2010Two to Waltz, dam of millionaire and graded stakes winner Two Step Salsa, was euthanized May 29 after a sudden illness.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Ravalo, Silver Edition, and Celtic Innis ran one, two, three in last year's Maryland Sprint Handicap...and they return May 15 to battle again in the Preakness Day event.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Tugger, the first mare bred to two-time champion sprinter Benny the Bull, is in foal.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Benny the Bull will stand in 2010 at Tom Simon's Vinery near Summerfield, Fla.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Benny the Bull, the 2008 Eclipse Award-winning sprinter when he won all four starts, has been retired from racing and acquired by Greg James.
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Three of the nation's elite sprinters and the top two local speedsters are among the 37 pre-entries for the 19th running of the $300,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (gr. I) at Laurel Park Oct. 24.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Manuel Andrade has acquired complete interest in multiple graded stakes winner Two Step Salsa from Godolphin Racing and will stand him at his Get Away Farm near Reddick, Fla.
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Several trainers from the Oct. 3 races at Belmont indicated which way they were leaning for next month's Breeders' Cup.
Sunday, October 04, 2009