BELMONT PARK, Elmont, NY
| 1 | Check the Label | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $90,000 |
2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Stormin Fever - Don't Trick Her, Mazel Trick
Sire: Stormin Fever , Dark Bay or Brown, 1994. Raced 4 years. 21 starts, 8 wins, $484,664. Lifetime: 292 yearlings sold, median $26,000.
Broodmare Sire: Mazel Trick, Chestnut, 1995. In 2009: 1.24 AEI.
| 2 | Crescenda | Margin: 2¼ | TrueNicks: A+ | $30,000 |
2007 | Chestnut Filly | Bowman's Band - Waevus On, Naevus
Sire: Bowman's Band, Chestnut, 1998. Raced 4 years. 34 starts, 7 wins, $1,315,774. Lifetime: 46 yearlings sold, median $7,250.
Broodmare Sire: Naevus, Chestnut, 1980.
| 3 | Negligee | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: A+ | $15,000 |
2007 | Bay Filly | Northern Afleet - Naughty Notions, Relaunch
Sire: Northern Afleet , Bay, 1993. Raced 4 years. 21 starts, 5 wins, $626,671. Lifetime: 255 yearlings sold, median $18,000.
Broodmare Sire: Relaunch, Gray, 1976. In 2009: 2.66 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association January 2011 Horses of All Ages Sale, $625,000.
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, ($37,000).
Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, $52,000.
Others: Khancord Kid, $7,500; More Is Better, $4,500; Hit It Rich, $1,500; Ultimate Class, $1,500.
Scratched: Strike It Rich.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Check the Label | Ramon A. Dominguez | H. Graham Motion |
| 2 | Crescenda | Eibar Coa | Michael K. McDonald |
| 3 | Negligee | John R. Velazquez | John P. Terranova, II |
| 4 | Khancord Kid | Rajiv Maragh | John C. Kimmel |
| 5 | More Is Better | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Barclay Tagg |
| 6 | Hit It Rich | Kent J. Desormeaux | Claude R. McGaughey III |
| 7 | Ultimate Class | Javier Castellano | George Weaver |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Check the Label | Ramon A. Dominguez | $7.40 | $3.80 | $2.80 | ||||||
| 7 | Crescenda | Eibar Coa | $9.50 | $5.10 | |||||||
| 8 | Negligee | John R. Velazquez | $2.60 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-7) | $75.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-7-8) | $203.50 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (4-7-8-5) | $829.00 | ||||||||||
Heavenly Landing, a 19-1 upsetter in last month's Marshua's River (gr. IIIT), will try to keep her perfect turf record intact Feb. 11 when she goes in the $150,000 Suwannee River (gr. IIIT) at Gulfstream Park.
Yesterday
Stuart Janney III's homebred Hit It Rich shadowed front-running Unbridled Essence for more than a mile, then took over in the lane and pulled away to win the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the turf Nov. 12.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Barbara Hunter's homebred Snow Top Mountain, first or second in 10 of 12 starts thus far, will seek her first stakes victory in the $100,000 Early Times Mint Julep Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill Downs June 11.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Phillips Racing Partnership's homebred Winter Memories, a multiple grade III winner on turf, is the 123-pound high weight for the $150,000 Sands Point (gr. II) on the Memorial Day card at Belmont Park.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Embur's Song shot to an early lead and never looked back, as she held off a late bid from Check the Label to win the $125,000 Hilliard Lyons Doubledogdare (gr. III) in track record time April 22 at Keeneland.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Check the Label, who jumpstarted her four-race win streak on the Keeneland turf last year, makes her season debut in Lexington as the 121-pound high weight in the $125,000 Doubledogdare Stakes (gr. III) April 22.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Turtle Bird Stable's Haynesfield, winner of the Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I) in 2010, has been honored as New York-bred Horse of the Year for the second year in a row.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The New Year started on a happy note at Keeneland as the January horses of all ages sale finished its opening session in Lexington Jan. 10 with huge increases of 62.2% in gross and 53.5% in average price from 2010.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Negligee returned to the site of her former glory and made news again Jan. 10.
Monday, January 10, 2011
The two most recent winners of Keeneland's Alcibiades Stakes (gr. I), Negligee and Wickedly Perfect, are scheduled to go through the sale ring on the auction's opening day.
Saturday, January 08, 2011
Wickedly Perfect and Negligee, the two most recent winners of the Darley Alcibiades Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland, are among the horses cataloged for the 2011 Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Sovereign Stable's Negligee, who scored her biggest career win at Keeneland in the 2009 Darley Alcibiades (gr. I), was one of a full field of 14 drawn for the $250,000 Lexus Raven Run (gr. II) on Oct. 23.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
California shipper Harmonious easily ran away from Evening Jewel in the stretch to win the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (gr. IT) Oct. 16 at Keeneland.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Evening Jewel and Check the Label, who have won seven consecutive graded stakes between them, will meet in a showdown of star 3-year-old fillies Oct. 16 in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (gr. IT) at Keeneland.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Evening Jewel and Check the Label top a list of 10 3-year-old fillies issued invitations to the $400,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (gr. IT) Oct. 16 at Keeneland.
Friday, October 08, 2010
Check the Label, under a patient ride from Ramon Dominguez, came from off the pace and pulled away in the stretch to win the $250,000 Garden City Stakes (gr. IT) Sept. 18 at Belmont Park for her fourth straight victory.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Lael Stables' 3-year-old filly Check the Label, scratched out of the off-the-turf Lake Placid (gr. IIT) last month, returns to Belmont Park where she seeks her first grade I win in the $250,000 Garden City Stakes.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Check the Label shoots for her fourth consecutive graded stakes win Aug. 22 at Saratoga, as she headlines the Woodford Reserve Lake Placid (gr. IIT) for 3-year-old fillies
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Trainer Christophe Clement, a three-time winner of the Lake George Stakes (gr. IIT), sends out 7-2 morning line favorite Strike It Rich for the 16th renewal of the $150,000 grass event at Saratoga July 28.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Brereton Jones' homebred Check the Label took over approaching the sixteenth-pole and drew clear to win the $150,000 Virginia Oaks (gr. IIIT) by 2 3/4 lengths July 17 at Colonial Downs.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Paddy O'Prado looks to continue his ascent to the top of the 3-year-old ranks when he meets seven rivals in the $600,000 Virginia Derby (gr. IIT). The El Prado colt is the 7-5 morning-line choice.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The sale kicks off what probably will be another tough year for commercial breeders.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Waterville Lake Stable's Strike It Rich forged an easy lead at the start and never looked back, rolling to a 1 1/4-length score in the $157,000 Boiling Springs Stakes (gr. IIIT) for 3-year-old fillies June 26 at Monmouth Park
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Bay to Bay, winner of last month's American One Thousand Guineas at Arlington Park, heads an evenly matched group of 10 3-year-old fillies in the $150,000 Boiling Springs Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the turf June 26 at Monmouth.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Check the Label burst through an opening between horses in a crowded stretch to win the $150,000 Sands Point Stakes (gr. IIT) over the Belmont Park inner turf course May 31.
Monday, May 31, 2010