BELMONT PARK, Elmont, NY
| 1 | Jack's in the Deck | Margin: 4 | TrueNicks: A+ | $90,000 |
2009 | Dark Bay or Brown Colt | Love of Money - Thracian, Partner's Hero
Sire: Love of Money, Dark Bay or Brown, 2001. Lifetime: 22 yearlings sold, median $3,350.
Broodmare Sire: Partner's Hero, Dark Bay or Brown, 1994.
| 2 | Team Six | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: A++ | $30,000 |
2009 | Dark Bay or Brown Colt | Lion Heart - Most Beautiful, More Than Ready
Sire: Lion Heart, Chestnut, 2001. Raced 2 years. 10 starts, 5 wins, $1,390,800. Lifetime: 497 yearlings sold, median $30,000.
Broodmare Sire: More Than Ready , Dark Bay or Brown, 1997.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2011 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, $26,000.
| 3 | Tarpy's Goal | Margin: 3¾ | TrueNicks: D | $15,000 |
2009 | Dark Bay or Brown Colt | High Cotton - Terre des Hommes (IRE), Exbourne
Sire: High Cotton , Bay, 2003. Raced 3 years. 17 starts, 4 wins, $462,574. Lifetime: 51 yearlings sold, median $20,000.
Broodmare Sire: Exbourne, Dark Bay or Brown, 1986.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Florida Select 2-Year-Olds in Training 2011, $70,000.
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Fall Mixed Sale 2009, $8,500.
Others: Large Kaufy, $7,500; Getupwiththesun, $4,500; Threeanddonedan, $3,000.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack's in the Deck | Joe Bravo | Robin L. Graham |
| 2 | Team Six | John R. Velazquez | Mark Shuman |
| 3 | Tarpy's Goal | Javier Castellano | Dale L. Romans |
| 4 | Large Kaufy | Jeffrey Sanchez | Wesley A. Ward |
| 5 | Getupwiththesun | Rajiv Maragh | Robert Leaf, Jr. |
| 6 | Threeanddonedan | Ramon A. Dominguez | John E. Salzman, Jr. |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Jack's in the Deck | Joe Bravo | $30.20 | $10.60 | $6.20 | ||||||
| 2 | Team Six | John R. Velazquez | $4.70 | $3.40 | |||||||
| 5 | Tarpy's Goal | Javier Castellano | $2.60 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-2) | $148.50 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-2-5) | $487.00 | ||||||||||
All Too Hard, the younger half brother of superstar Black Caviar, launched an eye-catching acceleration off the turn at Caulfield Feb. 23 and rolled to a 3 1/4-length victory in the $500,000 Futurity Stakes (Aus-I)
Saturday, February 23, 2013
PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
Distance concerns were, to a degree, dispelled by his determined triumph over the Remsen's nine furlongs.
Love of Money, winner of the 2004 Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II) who later found a home in the Keystone State as a stallion, died earlier this month at age 11.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Aptly named Overanalyze gave trainer Todd Pletcher a sweep of the 2-year-old stakes at Belmont Park with a 5-1 upset in the $200,000 Futurity Stakes (gr. II) Sept. 30.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Led by Zayat Stable's talented but lightly raced Paynter, a field of 11 sophomores was entered in the $200,000 The Cliff's Edge Derby Trial (gr. III) on opening night of the Churchill Downs spring meet April 28.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
King T. Leatherbury's homebred gelding Ben's Cat swept three divisional categories: older male, turf runner, and sprinter, and was named Maryland-bred Horse of the Year of 2011.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Everyone, including trainer Jonathan Sheppard, is waiting to see if the speedy Ever So Lucky belongs on the Triple Crown trail. The answer, hopefully, could come Feb. 11 in the Hutchson (gr. II) at Gulfstream.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Trainer Todd Pletcher says he's not comparing new stable star Overdriven to last year's champion 2-year-old colt Uncle Mo. But he may have trouble keeping others from doing so after an easy win in the Sanford Stakes July 24.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Todd Pletcher, who has won three of the last seven editions of the Sanford (gr. II), will have another strong chance when he sends out impressive maiden winner Overdriven July 24 at Saratoga.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Maiden Jack's in the Deck split horses in the stretch and burst home to capture the $150,000 Futurity Stakes (gr. II) by four lengths in an upset at cloudy Belmont Park July 3.
Sunday, July 03, 2011The Futurity and Matron (both gr. II), previously held during the fall, both make their reappearance July 3 at Belmont Park after a one-year hiatus. The Futurity drew a field of six, while the Matron attracted seven.
Thursday, June 30, 2011Graded stakes winner High Cotton sired his first winner when his son Tarpy's Goal won at Churchill Downs May 19 for owner Mike Tarp in his initial outing.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Trainers Larry Jones and Kiaran McLauglin each take two shots in the wide open $250,000 Futurity (gr. II) for 2-year-olds at Belmont Park Sept. 13.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Many have attempted to dethrone racing's supreme monarch, Rags to Riches, this year, from the fairest of maidens to the bravest of knights. They all failed. But then, in the Sept. 15 Gazelle Stakes (gr. I), came a stately, kindhearted damsel named Lear's Princess, who dared to look the "Belle of Belmont" in the eye.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Kodiak Kowboy has already established himself as the clear leader of the juvenile division. Now the son of Posse, out of the Coronado's Quest mare Kokadrie, will try to further cement that distinction as he headlines a field of six in the $250,000 Futurity Stakes (gr. II) Sept. 15 at Belmont Park.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Trainer Jim Bolger appears to have another budding star in his stable as his juvenile New Approach remained undefeated when winning the Galileo EBF Futurity Stakes (Ire-II) at the Curragh Aug. 25.
Saturday, August 25, 2007The Dubai Duty Free (UAE-I), now worth $5 million, has been added to the 2006 Asian Mile Challenge series.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005The American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association released Tuesday its listing of U.S. graded stakes for 2004, the results of its annual grading session conducted Nov. 24 in Lexington, Ky. The committee reviewed 759 unrestricted U.S. stakes races with a purse of at least $75,000, and assigned graded status to 480 of them, seven less than were graded in 2003.
Tuesday, November 25, 2003After drifting out in the stretch and bumping Burning Roma near the wire, City Zip finished the one-mile of the Futurity a nose ahead of Burning Roma but was disqualified and placed second by the stewards for causing the contact. Burning Roma was moved up to first, keeping the Anthony Dutrow trainee undefeated in three starts.
Sunday, September 17, 2000City Zip will attempt to win his fifth straight race when he faces eight rivals in Sunday's $200,000 Futurity Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont Park. The 2-year-old finished in a dead heat for first with Yonaguska in the Hopeful in his most recent start to complete a sweep of the three major juvenile stakes at Saratoga.
Friday, September 15, 2000
You don't witness it very often, but one of those cheering the loudest for D. Wayne Lukas and Oxbow in the final quarter mile of the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) was one of his opponents in the race. [More]