BELMONT PARK, Elmont, NY
| 1 | Haynesfield | Margin: 4 | TrueNicks: B+ | $450,000 |
2006 | Chestnut Horse | Speightstown - Nothing Special, Tejabo
Sire: Speightstown , Chestnut, 1998. Raced 4 years. 16 starts, 10 wins, $1,258,256. Lifetime: 250 yearlings sold, median $100,000.
Broodmare Sire: Tejabo, Bay, 1985.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association April 2008 Two-Year-Olds in Training, $20,000.
Keeneland Association September 2007 Yearling Sale, $100,000.
| 2 | Blame | Margin: 2 | TrueNicks: B+ | $150,000 |
2006 | Bay Colt | Arch - Liable, Seeking the Gold
Sire: Arch , Dark Bay or Brown, 1995. Raced 2 years. 7 starts, 5 wins, $480,969. Lifetime: 344 yearlings sold, median $45,000.
Broodmare Sire: Seeking the Gold, Bay, 1985.
| 3 | Fly Down | Margin: 6 | TrueNicks: A++ | $75,000 |
2007 | Chestnut Colt | Mineshaft - Queen Randi, Fly So Free
Sire: Mineshaft , Dark Bay or Brown, 1999. Raced 2 years. 18 starts, 10 wins, $2,283,402. Lifetime: 194 yearlings sold, median $75,000.
Broodmare Sire: Fly So Free, Chestnut, 1988.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, $80,000.
Others: Hold Me Back, $37,500; Rail Trip, $22,500; Tranquil Manner, $15,000.
Scratched: Mythical Power; Dry Martini.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haynesfield | Ramon A. Dominguez | Steven M. Asmussen |
| 2 | Blame | Garrett K. Gomez | Albert M. Stall, Jr. |
| 3 | Fly Down | Jose Lezcano | Nicholas P. Zito |
| 4 | Hold Me Back | Rajiv Maragh | William I. Mott |
| 5 | Rail Trip | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. |
| 6 | Tranquil Manner | Alan Garcia | Kiaran P. McLaughlin |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Haynesfield | Ramon A. Dominguez | $17.00 | $5.10 | $3.00 | ||||||
| 2 | Blame | Garrett K. Gomez | $2.50 | $2.10 | |||||||
| 1 | Fly Down | Jose Lezcano | $2.20 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (6-2) | $37.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (6-2-1) | $68.50 | ||||||||||
Odds-on favorite Roman Threat had too much speed for his seven opponents in the $100,000 Los Angeles Handicap (gr. III) in a dominating win on the Cushion Track at Betfair Hollywood Park May 28.
2 days ago
Rail Trip, back in the Southern California barn of Ron Ellis, gets back into action in the $100,000 Los Angeles Handicap (gr. III) May 28 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
5 days agoGrade I winner Haynesfield has gotten his first seven mares in foal including stakes winner Soundwave.
Thursday, March 08, 2012
A field of 14 will go to the post in the $400,000 Al Maktoum Challenge-Round 3 Sponsored by Emirates (UAE-I), one of two newlyelevated group I races that anchor a superb seven-race card at Meydan Racecourse March 10.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Last year's Travers (gr. I) winner Stay Thirsty has begun preparations for his 2012 campaign, having recently entered light training at Palm Meadows.
Friday, March 02, 2012Multiple graded stakes winner Hold Me Back sired his first reported foal Jan. 23 when a chestnut filly was born at Kenny Troutt's WinStar Farm near Versailles, Ky.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The first foal by champion Blame arrived Jan. 13 in Pennsylvania.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Haynesfield, winner of the 2010 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (gr. I), will stand at Brereton and Elizabeth Jones' Airdrie Stud near Midway, Ky.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Harvey Weinstein's Turtle Bird Stable announced Dec. 2 that grade I winner Haynesfield has been retired. A stakes winner each year he raced, Haynesfield won 10 of his 19 lifetime starts for earnings of $1,319,481.
Friday, December 02, 2011
Cutting back in distance in search of his first grade I win, To Honor and Serve put away Calibrachoa in upper stretch and held off Hymn Book late to take the Cigar Mile Handicap Nov. 26 at Aqueduct.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
With four wins at the track and a strong comeback effort in his most recent start, Haynesfield figures prominently in the $250,000 Cigar Mile (gr. I), which headlines Aqueduct's Nov. 26 program.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011Chad Schumer's Schumer Bloodstock has purchased four North American stallions/stallion prospects for export to Saudi Arabia.
Monday, November 21, 2011WinStar Farm announced 2012 fees for its expanded roster of stallions, led by North America's leading sire Distorted Humor, who will stand for $100,000 (stands and nurses) and will breed an exclusive book of 100 mares.
Friday, November 11, 2011Claiborne Farm's Cease, a contender for the 1 3/4-mile Breeders' Cup Marathon (gr. II) on at Churchill Downs Nov. 5, breezed four furlongs in :47 2/5 Sunday morning at Keeneland.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
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
Led by grade I winner Haynesfield, eight New York-breds will go to post Oct. 22 for the 36th running of the $200,000 McMahon Adena Empire Classic, the centerpiece of New York Showcase Day at Belmont Park.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Runner-up to a pair of the country's top horses in his last two starts, Flat Out was not to be denied this time, as he returned to his favorite track and won the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I) Oct. 1 at Belmont
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Is the Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I) simply a 2 horse race between Flat Out and Stay Thirsty? Or, will the others have their say?
War Front, second on the second-crop sires' list by progeny earnings, will stand in 2012 for $60,000, a jump of $45,000 from his 2011 fee of $15,000.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Jason, Tom, and Les Instone of TwinSpires.com handicap the Jockey Club Gold Cup and Vosburgh Inivitational at Belmont Park.
Preston Stables' Flat Out and Mike Repole's Stay Thirsty are the two standouts in the 1 1/4-mile Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I), which offers the winner an automatic berth in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I).
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Leading handicap horse Tizway was back on the work tab Sept. 27 at Saratoga after missing last week's scheduled training due to a fever.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The column is about the Gold Cup's influence on the Breeders' Cup Classic and how to approach the race, as prestigious as it is, with the Classic in mind.
With owner Mike Repole and trainer Todd Pletcher watching, 2010 juvenile champion Uncle Mo blazed four furlongs in a bullet :46.57 over Belmont Park's training track for his next start in the one-mile Kelso Handicap (gr. II).
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Tizway, the expected favorite for the next weekend's $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I), will miss the race, according to trainer Jimmy Bond.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Every several years, whenever a horse is attempting to sweep the Triple Crown, Billy Turner is summoned by the media to offer his take on the horse, the obstacles that stand in his way, and to reminisce about the great Seattle Slew, who under Turner’s guidance and expertise became racing’s only undefeated Triple Crown winner. [More]