CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, KY
| 1 | Eldaafer | Margin: 1¾ | TrueNicks: A | $270,000 |
2005 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | A.P. Indy - Habibti, Tabasco Cat
Sire: A.P. Indy , Dark Bay or Brown, 1989. Raced 2 years. 11 starts, 8 wins, $2,979,815. Lifetime: 365 yearlings sold, median $360,000.
Broodmare Sire: Tabasco Cat, Chestnut, 1991.
| 2 | Gabriel's Hill | Margin: 1 | TrueNicks: A | $90,000 |
2004 | Bay Horse | A.P. Indy - Lailani (GB), Unfuwain
Sire: A.P. Indy , Dark Bay or Brown, 1989. Raced 2 years. 11 starts, 8 wins, $2,979,815. Lifetime: 365 yearlings sold, median $360,000.
Broodmare Sire: Unfuwain, Bay, 1985.
| 3 | A. U. Miner | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: C+ | $49,500 |
2005 | Dark Bay or Brown Horse | Mineshaft - Clerical Etoile (ARG), The Watcher
Sire: Mineshaft , Dark Bay or Brown, 1999. Raced 2 years. 18 starts, 10 wins, $2,283,402. Lifetime: 194 yearlings sold, median $75,000.
Broodmare Sire: The Watcher, Bay, 1982. In 2009: .87 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association April 2007 Two-Year-Olds in Training, ($42,000).
Keeneland Association 2006 September Yearling Sale, $90,000.
Others: Giant Oak, $30,000; Alcomo (BRZ), $15,000; Awesome Gem; Precision Break; Atoned; Romp (ARG); Prince Will I Am; Bright Horizon (GB); Million Seller.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eldaafer | John R. Velazquez | Diane Alvarado |
| 2 | Gabriel's Hill | Julien R. Leparoux | Seth Benzel |
| 3 | A. U. Miner | Calvin H. Borel | Clark Hanna |
| 4 | Giant Oak | Garrett K. Gomez | Chris M. Block |
| 5 | Alcomo (BRZ) | Rafael Bejarano | Eduardo Caramori |
| 6 | Awesome Gem | David Romero Flores | Craig Dollase |
| 7 | Precision Break | Jamie P. Spencer | Paul F. Cole |
| 8 | Atoned | Robby Albarado | Neil J. Howard |
| 9 | Romp (ARG) | Martin Garcia | Kristin Mulhall |
| 10 | Prince Will I Am | Javier Castellano | Michelle Nihei |
| 11 | Bright Horizon (GB) | John Patrick Murtagh | Aidan P. O'Brien |
| 12 | Million Seller | Jeremy Rose | H. Graham Motion |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Eldaafer | John R. Velazquez | $23.20 | $12.00 | $7.00 | ||||||
| 6 | Gabriel's Hill | Julien R. Leparoux | $25.40 | $13.20 | |||||||
| 12 | A. U. Miner | Calvin H. Borel | $5.20 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-6) | $453.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-6-12) | $4,387.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (4-6-12-8) | $23,868.00 | ||||||||||
Multiple grade I winner Giant Oak has been named the Illinois Horse of the Year and champion older handicap male for 2011
13 hours agoGraded stakes winner Temple City sired his first reported foal Jan. 13 when a bay filly was born at Anderson Farms in Ontario, Canada.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Multiple grade I winner is Giant Causeway's leading runner on dirt.
Monday, January 02, 2012
Rejuvenated 6-year-old Tres Borrachos returns to his favorite track at Hollywood Park as the 119-pound top weight in the $100,000 Native Diver Handicap (gr. III) Dec. 3.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
A. U. Miner, the 3-1 second choice in the Breeders' Cup Marathon (gr. II), is recovering from successful surgery to repair broken sesamoids sustained during the 1 3/4 mile race at Churchill Downs Nov. 5.
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Dr. Wayne Mcllwraith updates the condition of A. U. Miner, who was pulled up in the Breeders' Cup Marathon.
Dr. Wayne Mcllwraith updates the conditions of A. U. Miner and Meeznah after the Breeders' Cup Marathon.
Sent off at 41-1, Afleet Again ran down Birdrun and Giant Oak in deep stretch to pull a shocker in the opening race on Day 2 of the Breeders' Cup World Championships Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs.
Saturday, November 05, 2011
The same connections that won the 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) with Blame are sending Cease into the $500,000 Breeders' Cup Marathon (gr. II).
Wednesday, November 02, 2011A. U. Miner, third in last year's Breeders' Cup Marathon, draws post 11 for this year's renewal. The opener to the Nov. 5 program to be run at 1 3/4 miles.
Monday, October 31, 2011Claiborne Farm's Cease, a contender for the 1 3/4-mile Breeders' Cup Marathon (gr. II) on at Churchill Downs Nov. 5, breezed four furlongs in :47 2/5 Sunday morning at Keeneland.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Eight-year-old Awesome Gem, who has competed in the past four Breeders' Cups, will bypass the World Championships this year, according to West Point Thoroughbreds' website.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
A.U. Miner, who earned a second automatic berth in the Breeders' Cup Marathon (gr. II) by virtue of winning the Greenwood Cup at Parx Racing, has been disqualified from the first-place purse earned in that July 16 victory.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Third at mid-stretch, former claimer Headache closed steadily to edge Where's Sterling by a half-length in the $500,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup (gr. II) in Illinois Oct. 8.
Saturday, October 08, 2011
Grade I winner Giant Oak faces stiff competition from nine challengers in Hawthorne Racecourse's marquee fall event.
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
In his return to Santa Anita, Game On Dude won for the first time since taking the Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I) in March, holding sway over late-running Awesome Gem in the $250,000 Goodwood Stakes (gr. I) Oct. 1.
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Is the Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I) simply a 2 horse race between Flat Out and Stay Thirsty? Or, will the others have their say?
Preston Stables' Flat Out and Mike Repole's Stay Thirsty are the two standouts in the 1 1/4-mile Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I), which offers the winner an automatic berth in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I).
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Trainer Bob Baffert hopes to move a step closer to winning his first Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) when he sends out grade I winners Coil and Game On Dude in the $250,000 Goodwood Stakes (gr. I) Oct. 1 at Santa Anita.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Will Havre de Grace beat the boys? If not, then who's the winner?
Havre de Grace will face males for the first time in the $750,000 Woodward (gr.l) Sept. 3 at Saratoga, where she will meet seven rivals.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Awesome Gem, Royal Delta, Summer Soiree, and more.
Awesome Gem, the richest horse to ever race in Washington, was too much for local star Noosa Beach in the $200,000 Longacres Mile Handicap (gr. III) at Emerald Downs.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Defending champion Noosa Beach and leading challenger Awesome Gem drew the far outside posts in a field of 12 entered for Washington's $200,000 Longacres Mile (gr. III). The signature race at Emerald Downs is Aug. 21.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
This week's nominees: First Dude, Blind Luck, Irish Gypsy, A. U. Miner.
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