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BELMONT PARK, Elmont, NY
| 1 | Awesome Maria | Margin: 3 | TrueNicks: A | $150,000 |
2007 | Gray or Roan Mare | Maria's Mon - Discreetly Awesome, Awesome Again
Sire: Maria's Mon, Gray or Roan, 1993. Raced 2 years. 7 starts, 4 wins, $507,140. Lifetime: 497 yearlings sold, median $47,000.
Broodmare Sire: Awesome Again , Bay, 1994.
| 2 | Payton d'Oro | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: A | $50,000 |
2006 | Bay Mare | Medaglia d'Oro - Jealous and Jaded, Jade Hunter
Sire: Medaglia d'Oro , Dark Bay or Brown, 1999. Raced 4 years. 17 starts, 8 wins, $5,754,720. Lifetime: 343 yearlings sold, median $100,000.
Broodmare Sire: Jade Hunter, Chestnut, 1984.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2011 Breeding Stock Sale, $475,000.
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2010 Mixed Sale, $260,000.
Keeneland Association September 2007 Yearling Sale, $35,000.
| 3 | Super Espresso | Margin: 1¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $25,000 |
2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Medaglia d'Oro - Amizette, Forty Niner
Sire: Medaglia d'Oro , Dark Bay or Brown, 1999. Raced 4 years. 17 starts, 8 wins, $5,754,720. Lifetime: 343 yearlings sold, median $100,000.
Broodmare Sire: Forty Niner, Chestnut, 1985.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, $1,100,000.
Others: Life At Ten, $12,500; Absinthe Minded, $7,500.
Scratched: Unrivaled Belle.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awesome Maria | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 2 | Payton d'Oro | Gabriel Saez | J. Larry Jones |
| 3 | Super Espresso | David Cohen | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 4 | Life At Ten | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 5 | Absinthe Minded | Eddie Castro | D. Wayne Lukas |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Awesome Maria | John R. Velazquez | $3.30 | $2.40 | $2.10 | ||||||
| 6 | Payton d'Oro | Gabriel Saez | $4.10 | $2.90 | |||||||
| 1 | Super Espresso | David Cohen | $2.80 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (3-6) | $13.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (3-6-1) | $37.60 | ||||||||||
Evan Hammonds recaps the Met Mile, Acorn Stakes, and Ogden Phipps Handicap.
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.
3 days ago
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.
6 days ago
Love and Pride, who has made it a habit of getting out to the lead, will be trying for her second stakes win of the year when she takes on eight rivals in the Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes (gr. III).
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Plum Pretty, winner of last year's Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), and runner-up St. John's River will square off in the La Troienne Stakes (gr. II) at Churchill Downs May 4 on the Kentucky Oaks undercard.
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Plum Pretty hadn't been out in more than five months but her class showed through as she strolled to a comfortable win in the $500,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (gr. I) April 13 at Oaklawn Park.
Friday, April 13, 2012A Circuit Court judge has granted a stay of the enforcement of a one-year suspension imposed by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on former chief steward John Veitch.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Last year's Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner, Peachtree Stable's Plum Pretty, will carry top weight of 117 pounds in the 1 1/16-mile event for fillies and mares on the main track.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Saying that weight assignments for the Apple Blossom Handicap (gr. I) were "unfair," owner Rick Porter and trainer Larry Jones will bypass the April 13 race at Oaklawn Park with Horse of the Year Havre de Grace.
Monday, April 09, 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
For Rick Porter and Larry Jones, Plan A is to run Havre de Grace in the Apple Blossom Handicap April 13. However, the connections have also made one thing clear: They will only do so under the right weight conditions.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Tiz Miz Sue, making her third start of the Oaklawn Park meet, finally broke through with Joe Rocco Jr. aboard, posting an 8-1 upset in the $147,000 Azeri Stakes (gr. III) March 17.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Absinthe Minded, who has dominated Oaklawn Park's older filly and mare division this meet, takes on a new challenge from Fair Grounds invader Joyful Victory in the $150,000 Azeri Stakes (gr. III) March 17.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
John Veitch, the Hall of Fame trainer who was fired from his position as chief racing steward in Kentucky, has filed legal documents seeking to be reinstated and to have a one-year suspension imposed on him lifted.
Monday, March 12, 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, 2012An attorney for former Kentucky chief steward John Veitch said his client will appeal the Feb. 15 action by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission in which it suspended Veitch for one year.
Friday, February 17, 2012
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission voted unanimously Feb. 15 to suspend fired chief state steward John Veitch for one year in connection with his actions surrounding the Life At Ten case.
Wednesday, February 15, 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
A hearing officer has concluded that former Kentucky chief steward John Veitch violated five rules of racing in his handling of the Life At Ten incident during the 2010 Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
John Veitch, chief steward for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission who was the subject of an investigation into the Life At Ten situation during the 2010 Breeders' Cup, was dismissed from his position Nov. 28.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Bobby Flay's Super Espresso, a graded stakes winner, has been retired from racing to become a broodmare.
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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]
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