BELMONT PARK, Elmont, NY
| 1 | Our Khrysty | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: A++ | $60,000 |
2006 | Chestnut Filly | Newfoundland - The Hess Express, Lord Carson
Sire: Newfoundland, Chestnut, 2000. Raced 3 years. 22 starts, 7 wins, $677,534. Lifetime: 53 yearlings sold, median $10,000.
Broodmare Sire: Lord Carson, Bay, 1992.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2011 Mixed Sale, $600,000.
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds Sale 2008, $25,000.
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall 2007 Yearling Sale, $6,000.
Keeneland Association 2006 November Breeding Stock Sale, $3,500.
| 2 | Funny Moon | Margin: 4¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $20,000 |
2006 | Chestnut Mare | Malibu Moon - Fun Crowd, Easy Goer
Sire: Malibu Moon , Bay, 1997. Raced 1 years. 2 starts, 1 wins, $33,840. Lifetime: 493 yearlings sold, median $70,000.
Broodmare Sire: Easy Goer, Chestnut, 1986.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2011 Mixed Sale, $2,300,000.
Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga 2007 Select Yearling Sale, $175,000.
| 3 | Way With Words | Margin: 5½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $10,000 |
2004 | Bay Mare | Sefapiano - Swiftly Tilting, Belong to Me
Sire: Sefapiano, Bay, 1989. Raced 1 years. 4 starts, 2 wins, $37,793. Lifetime: 52 yearlings sold, median $4,600.
Broodmare Sire: Belong to Me , Dark Bay or Brown, 1989.
Others: Banker's Buy, $5,000; Nicksappealinglady, $3,000; Miss Match (ARG), $667; My Dinah, $667; Manitoba Miss, $666.
Scratched: Awesome Maria.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Our Khrysty | Ramon A. Dominguez | Todd M. Beattie |
| 2 | Funny Moon | Alan Garcia | Christophe Clement |
| 3 | Way With Words | Edgar S. Prado | Mary E. Eppler |
| 4 | Banker's Buy | Jose Lezcano | Nicholas P. Zito |
| 5 | Nicksappealinglady | Maylan Studart | Gary C. Contessa |
| 6 | Miss Match (ARG) | Rajiv Maragh | Michael R. Matz |
| 7 | My Dinah | Jose L. Espinoza | Kathleen M. Feron |
| 8 | Manitoba Miss | Cornelio H. Velasquez | George Weaver |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Our Khrysty | Ramon A. Dominguez | $5.40 | $2.70 | $2.20 | ||||||
| 1 | Funny Moon | Alan Garcia | $2.40 | $2.20 | |||||||
| 5 | Way With Words | Edgar S. Prado | $3.00 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (9-1) | $11.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (9-1-5) | $35.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (9-1-5-2) | $97.00 | ||||||||||
Pure Fun, winner of the Hollywood Starlet (gr. I) in December, gets her season started in the $100,000 Fathead Bourbonette Oaks (gr. III) as the 8-5 favorite in a field of a dozen 3-year-old fillies March 23 at Turfway Park.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Closing weekend at Belmont Park is highlighted by a pair of grade III races, with both the $150,000 Bold Ruler Handicap and the $150,000 Turnback the Alarm Handicap for fillies and mares set for Oct. 27.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Joyce Robsham's homebred Awesome Maria, a New York grade I winner, has been retired from racing because of a tendon injury discovered after her last race, the Delaware Handicap (gr. II) July 21, in which she finished third.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Besilu Stables' Royal Delta held off a late challenger to win the $750,000 Delaware Handicap (gr. II) by a neck at Delaware Park July 21, but it wasn't the nemesis everyone thought she'd face near the wire.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Finnegans Wake looks live in Va. Derby.
Tom and Pete handicap the Delaware Handicap and Virginia Derby.
Besilu Stables' Royal Delta headlines the $750,000 Delaware Handicap (gr. II) at Delaware Park July 21, but the champion filly will have to fend off an old nemesis in Awesome Maria.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Godolphin Racing's It's Tricky, a daughter of Mineshaft who has won or placed in 11 of 12 starts, wore down pacesetter Cash for Clunkers to win the Ogden Phipps Handicap (gr. I) on the Belmont Park Memorial Day card.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Awesome Maria carries highweight of 124 pounds against four rivals May 28 in Belmont Park's Ogden Phipps Handicap (gr. I). The Phipps is one of three grade I races on the Memorial Day card in New York.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Reigning Horse of the Year Havre de Grace tops the list of horses nominated to the stakes extravaganza that, along with the Arkansas Derby (gr. I), comprise the "Racing Festival of the South" at Oaklawn Park April 11-14.
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Sent off as the 1-10 favorite against five overmatched contenders, E. Paul Robsham Stables' Awesome Maria was a comfortable winner of the $150,000 Rampart (gr. III) March 31 at Gulfstream Park.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Grade I winner Awesome Maria looked as good as ever romping in the Sabin Stakes (gr. III) last month; Where's Sterling leads the field in the Skip Away. Both races are part of the Florida Derby undercard at Gulfstream Park.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
El Padrino put the finishing touches on his preparations for the upcoming Floriday Derby (gr. I) with a half-mile workout in :49 flat at Palm Meadows Training Center March 25.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
E. Paul Robsham Stables' Awesome Maria, who hadn't raced since last June, destroyed four foes, including champion Royal Delta, to win the $98,000 Sabin Stakes (gr. III) by eight lengths at Gulfstream Park Feb. 25.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
More than three months after winning the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic (gr. I) and locking up champion 3-year-old filly honors, Royal Delta will begin her 2012 season in the Sabin Stakes (gr. III) Feb. 25 at Gulfstream.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Awesome Maria, who hasn't competed since winning the Ogden Phipps Handicap (gr. I) last June, breezed five furlongs in 1:01 4/5 Jan. 16 at Palm Meadows in Florida.
Monday, January 16, 2012
There is no standout in the grade I Turf Cup, but Norvsky, Bourbon Bay, Falcon Rock, and Sanagas are all major contenders in the 1 1/2-mile race Nov. 19 at Hollywood Park.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Multiple graded stakes winner Bourbon Bay and dual grade I victor Miss Match worked seven furlongs on the Hollywood Park turf course the morning of Nov. 13 in preparation for the Nov. 19 Hollywood Turf Cup (gr. IT).
Sunday, November 13, 2011
The Fasig-Tipton November select mixed sale enjoyed a tidal wave-like surge in business. The gross revenue rose 17% from a year ago even though the number of lots sold declined 11.2%. The average price increased 31.8%.
Sunday, November 06, 2011
Grade I winner Funny Moon, who is foal to Indian Charlie and carrying her first offspring, shot into the price lead at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November select mixed sale around 7 p.m. (EST) Nov. 6, bringing $2.3 million.
Sunday, November 06, 2011
Arena Elvira notched her third straight victory and first in a graded stakes when she pulled away to a 6 3/4-length triumph in the $98,000 Turnback the Alarm Handicap (gr. III) Nov. 4, the opening-day feature at Aqueduct.
Friday, November 04, 2011
Friday actually has more intriguing longshot possibilities than Saturday, so here we go.
The $100,000 Turnback the Alarm Handicap (gr. III) headlines an eight-race live program as racing returns Nov. 4 to Aqueduct Racetrack. The track will also simulcast the first day of the 2011 Breeders Cup.
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
The first inclination would be to dismiss Dullahan's chances in the Juvenile, based on his two mediocre performances over the Churchill Downs dirt surface in his first two career starts. That would be a mistake.
E. Paul Robsham Stables' Awesome Maria, undefeated in four starts in 2011, will be sidelined for the remainder of the year after suffering a condylar fracture of her left foreleg.
Thursday, July 21, 2011