CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, KY
| 1 | Shared Account | Margin: neck | TrueNicks: C | $1,080,000 |
2006 | Bay Mare | Pleasantly Perfect - Silk n' Sapphire, Smart Strike
Sire: Pleasantly Perfect , Bay, 1998. Raced 4 years. 18 starts, 9 wins, $7,789,880. Lifetime: 114 yearlings sold, median $25,000.
Broodmare Sire: Smart Strike , Bay, 1992.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2007 Yearling Sale, $170,000.
| 2 | Midday (GB) | Margin: neck | TrueNicks: A++ | $360,000 |
2006 | Bay Mare | Oasis Dream (GB) - Midsummer (GB), Kingmambo
Sire: Oasis Dream (GB), Bay, 2000. Lifetime: 282 yearlings sold, median $128,978.
Broodmare Sire: Kingmambo, Bay, 1990.
| 3 | Keertana | Margin: 1 | TrueNicks: A++ | $198,000 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Johar - Motokiks, Storm Cat
Sire: Johar , Bay, 1999. Raced 2 years. 16 starts, 6 wins, $1,494,496. Lifetime: 121 yearlings sold, median $15,000.
Broodmare Sire: Storm Cat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1983.
Others: Red Desire (JPN), $120,000; Hot Cha Cha, $60,000; Eclair de Lune (GER); Forever Together; Hibaayeb (GB); Miss Keller (IRE); Harmonious; Plumania (GB).
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shared Account | Edgar S. Prado | H. Graham Motion |
| 2 | Midday (GB) | Thomas P. Queally | Henry Cecil |
| 3 | Keertana | Jose Lezcano | Thomas F. Proctor |
| 4 | Red Desire (JPN) | Kent J. Desormeaux | Mikio Matsunaga |
| 5 | Hot Cha Cha | James Graham | Philip A. Sims |
| 6 | Eclair de Lune (GER) | Junior Alvarado | Ronald L. McAnally |
| 6 | Forever Together | A. R. Napravnik | Jonathan E. Sheppard |
| 8 | Hibaayeb (GB) | Lanfranco Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 9 | Miss Keller (IRE) | Javier Castellano | Roger L. Attfield |
| 10 | Harmonious | Joel Rosario | John A. Shirreffs |
| 11 | Plumania (GB) | Olivier Peslier | Andre Fabre |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Shared Account | Edgar S. Prado | $94.00 | $21.80 | $15.20 | ||||||
| 7 | Midday (GB) | Thomas P. Queally | $3.20 | $2.20 | |||||||
| 4 | Keertana | Jose Lezcano | $10.20 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (5-7) | $295.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (5-7-4) | $3,830.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (5-7-4-10) | $25,548.80 | ||||||||||
Steve and Lenny discuss the Full House among older horses, 3yos on the Derby Trail, and Luck. Plus, interviews with Jack Wolf, owner of Algorithms, and Paul Reddam, owner of I'll Have Another.
Odds-on favorite Zagora, off for nearly five months, was razor sharp in her return Feb. 4 at Tampa Bay Downs, taking over at the top of the stretch en route to winning the $150,000 Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT).
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Keertana, a winner in four of her five starts last year including three in graded ranks, returns from an extended layoff as one of the main contenders in the $150,000 Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT) Feb. 4 at Tampa Bay Downs.
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Florida Sunshine Millions, Home Sweet Aspen, Algorithms, and more.
Evan Hammonds recaps the Holy Bull Stakes and Sunshine Millions Day from Gulfstream Park
Undefeated Awesome Feather won her ninth consecutive race, runnng away from the Sunshine Millions Distaff field at Gulfstream Park for Stronach Stables and trainer Chad Brown.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Stronach Stable's Awesome Feather, the 2010 champion 2-year-old filly, will be center stage as she takes on five rivals in Saturday's $300,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Distaff.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Unbeaten 4-year-old filly Awesome Feather and 2011 Eclipse champion female sprinter Musical Romance are among the most accomplished of 48 Florida breds entered in the $1.3 million Florida Sunshine Millions Jan. 28.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Ruler On Ice, winner of the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) last spring, drilled a half-mile in :47 flat at Palm Meadows Training Center Jan. 21 for trainer Kelly Breen as he gets near his 2012 season debut in the Donn Handicap.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Undefeated 4-year-old filly Awesome Feather, champion female sprinter Musical Romance, and popular 4-year-old Mucho Macho Man are among the stars expected to run in one of six Florida Sunshine Millions Stakes Jan. 28.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Shared Account, winner of last year's Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), is booked to leading second-crop sire Bernardini.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
There is an impressive list of older horses returning next year.
See races from around the world from Thanksgiving weekend 2011.
All indices rose on the first day of the Tattersalls December Mare Sale led by Miss Keller, who brought 625,000 guineas from Waratah Thoroughbreds' Paul Fudge.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Champion Awesome Feather remained perfect in eight starts when she rolled past pacesetter Love and Pride at the head of the stretch and romped to victory in the $250,000 Gazelle Stakes (gr. I).
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Unbeaten champion Awesome Feather puts her seven-race winning streak on the line against nine opponents in the $250,000 Gazelle Stakes (gr. I) at Aqueduct Nov. 26.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Shared Account, winner of last year's Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) and seventh in this year's running in what proved to be her final start, has been retired from racing.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Midday, a two-time English champion and winner of the 2009 Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), has been retired from racing to became a broodmare.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Daughter of Perfect Soul holds of European challengers to win her first race of the year.
Friday, November 04, 2011
Friday actually has more intriguing longshot possibilities than Saturday, so here we go.
Rain closes the turf course Nov. 3, hindering final BC Turf work for Sir Michael Stoute's Sea Moon.
Thursday, November 03, 2011
MAHUBAH'S CORNER
The story of Rapid Redux -- winner of 19 straight from December 2010 through October 2011 -- points out the importance of consistent placement at a level at which he can compete.
Dean's Kitten overcame a compromised first year to claw his way to Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. I) contention.
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Turf favorite Sarafina gets some light exercise along with Europeans Midday and Sea Moon.
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Marty and Pam Wygod's homebred Harmonious, 10th in last year's Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) is back with trainer John Shirreffs for another run at the brass ring.
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
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