BELMONT PARK, Elmont, NY
| 1 | Winter Memories | Margin: 5¼ | TrueNicks: A++ | $90,000 |
2008 | Gray or Roan Filly | El Prado (IRE) - Memories of Silver, Silver Hawk
Sire: El Prado (IRE), Gray, 1989. Raced 2 years. 9 starts, 4 wins, $236,987. Lifetime: 393 yearlings sold, median $35,000.
Broodmare Sire: Silver Hawk, Bay, 1979. In 2009: 2.22 AEI.
| 2 | Arch Support | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: C | $30,000 |
2008 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Arch - Two Ninety Jones, Sir Harry Lewis
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: Sir Harry Lewis, Bay, 1984. In 2009: 1.07 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2009 Yearling Sale, $75,000.
| 3 | Fancy Point | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $15,000 |
2008 | Chestnut Filly | Point Given - Fancy Clancy, Rahy
Sire: Point Given , Chestnut, 1998. Raced 2 years. 13 starts, 9 wins, $3,968,500. Lifetime: 211 yearlings sold, median $25,000.
Broodmare Sire: Rahy, Chestnut, 1985.
Others: Excited, $7,500; Silent Joy, $4,500; A Brilliant Idea, $500; Pleine Forme, $500; Table Talking, $500; Le Mi Geaux, $500; Button Girl, $500; Sleepless Dixie, $500.
Scratched: Upper East Sider; Atlantic Voyage; Come a Callin.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winter Memories | Jose Lezcano | James J. Toner |
| 2 | Arch Support | Edgar S. Prado | Gary C. Contessa |
| 3 | Fancy Point | Javier Castellano | William Phipps |
| 4 | Excited | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 5 | Silent Joy | Ramon A. Dominguez | Michelle Nihei |
| 6 | A Brilliant Idea | Garrett K. Gomez | Kelly J. Breen |
| 7 | Pleine Forme | David Cohen | H. Graham Motion |
| 8 | Table Talking | Eibar Coa | Robin L. Graham |
| 9 | Le Mi Geaux | Kent J. Desormeaux | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. |
| 10 | Button Girl | Julien R. Leparoux | Ralph E. Nicks |
| 11 | Sleepless Dixie | Alan Garcia | Kelly J. Breen |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Winter Memories | Jose Lezcano | $4.90 | $3.90 | $3.10 | ||||||
| 3 | Arch Support | Edgar S. Prado | $30.80 | $17.00 | |||||||
| 7 | Fancy Point | Javier Castellano | $5.00 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (11-3) | $214.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (11-3-7) | $1061.00 | ||||||||||
Grade I winner Winter Memories started her 2012 season in fine form with a 2 1/4-length win in the $150,000 Beaugay Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Belmont Park, giving jockey Eddie Castro his 2,000th North American victory.
Saturday, May 05, 2012
Winter Memories will attempt to win her fourth graded stakes at Belmont Park when she makes her 2012 debut in the $150,000 Beaugay (gr. IIIT) on May 5.
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Five-time graded stakes winner Winter Memories is on track to have another big season, according to trainer Jimmy Toner, as she prepares for her 4-year-old bow in the $150,000 Beaugay (gr. IIIT) on May 5 at Belmont Park.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Winter Memories, who was a dazzling four-time graded stakes winner in 2011, had her first official breeze of the year Feb. 21 at Palm Meadows.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Three horses commanded six-figure prices during the first hour of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed auction Feb. 6 in Lexington.
Monday, February 06, 2012
There is an impressive list of older horses returning next year.
The iron filly Together was scheduled to return to Ireland Oct. 16, a day after her impressive 1 1/4-length victory in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (gr. IT).
Sunday, October 16, 2011
John Phillips of Darby Dan Farm talks about Winter Memories, who runs in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (gr. I) at Keeneland October 15.
Jason, Evan, and Tim Holland of TwinSpires.com handicap the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. at Keeneland this week.
Lenny and Steve discuss Union Rags' Champagne, the Keeneland Polytrack, and cutbacks at Santa Anita. Plus, John Phillips of Darby Dan Farm talks about Winter Memories. Sponsored by Darby Dan Farm.
Jimmy Toner left the door open for a possible Breeders' Cup appearance by Winter Memories, if she runs well in Saturday's Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (gr. IT) and comes out of it in good order.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
It will be speed vs. closing power as Summer Soiree and Winter Memories clash.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Winter Memories began her stellar 2011 campaign in April with a win at Keeneland and she could end the year the same way in the 28th running of the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (gr. IT) Oct. 15.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011Winter Memories and Bold Hawk are Keeneland-bound after turning in separate breezes on turf at Belmont Park Oct. 9. Winter Memories and Bold Hawk worked five furlongs in 1:01.50 and 1:02.70, respectively.
Sunday, October 09, 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
Winter Memories, Rapid Redux, the Keeneland Sales, and more.
Jon and Joel discuss the Garden City Stakes, Goldikova, and reveal the BC Mile Top 5. Presented by Taylor Made Stallions.
Behind a wall of horses with nowhere to go, Winter Memories somehow found a way out, passing the entire field inside the sixteenth pole to win the Garden City Stakes (gr. IT) in unbelievable fashion Sept. 17 at Belmont Park.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Jason, Ian and Ed DeRosa from TwinSpires.com handicap the Garden City Stakes at Belmont Park.
Winter Memories, beaten for the first time this season last out as the heavy favorite, shoots for her first grade I win in the $250,000 Garden City Stakes Sept. 17 at Belmont Park.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Winter Memories turned in her final workout in preparation for her grade I debut in the Sept. 17 Garden City at Belmont Park, breezing five furlongs in 1:03.48 Sept. 11 over the New York track's inner turf course.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Fast-closing Hungry Island ran her winning streak to four races when she blew past her rivals in the final furlong to take the $150,000 Woodford Reserve Lake Placid Stakes (gr. IIT) going away by 2 1/2 lengths at Saratoga.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Facing Winter Memories would seem an unenviable task for anyone right now, which is why the NYRA stakes coordinators should be commended for actually finding six 3-year-old fillies to face her in the Lake Placid.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Lenny and Kenny Rice of NBC Sports review breaking news, the Saratoga race meet, Del Mar Exes race, Race Medication and Leftylenythelegend.
This weekend at Saratoga, Winter Memories looks to follow in her dam's footsteps again when she will go off as the heavy favorite in the Aug. 21 Woodford Reserve Lake Placid Stakes (gr. IIT).
Tuesday, August 16, 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]