CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, KY
| 1 | Sassy Image | Margin: neck | TrueNicks: D | $66,426 |
2007 | Chestnut Mare | Broken Vow - Ideal Image, Hennessy
Sire: Broken Vow , Bay, 1997. Raced 2 years. 14 starts, 9 wins, $725,296. Lifetime: 395 yearlings sold, median $32,000.
Broodmare Sire: Hennessy, Chestnut, 1993.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2011 Mixed Sale, ($1,475,000).
Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, $42,000.
| 2 | Beat the Blues | Margin: 4½ | TrueNicks: C | $21,427 |
2007 | Bay Mare | Great Pyramid (IRE) - Imtheblues, Pentelicus
Sire: Great Pyramid (IRE), Bay, 2000. Lifetime: 3 yearlings sold, median $1,200.
Broodmare Sire: Pentelicus, Bay, 1984. In 2009: 1.14 AEI.
| 3 | Fortune Play | Margin: 1 | TrueNicks: A++ | $10,713 |
2006 | Bay Mare | Five Star Day - Love Play, Friendly Lover
Sire: Five Star Day , Chestnut, 1996. Raced 3 years. 16 starts, 6 wins, $575,365. Lifetime: 232 yearlings sold, median $20,000.
Broodmare Sire: Friendly Lover, Dark Bay or Brown, 1988.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds Sale 2008, ($23,000).
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2007 Select Yearling Sale, $47,000.
Others: Jocata, $5,356; Starlite Starbrite, $3,214; Wind Caper, $1,116; Stephanie Got Even, $1,116; Bell's Shoes, $1,116; My New Lady, $1,116.
Scratched: Indian Ink.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sassy Image | Corey J. Lanerie | Dale L. Romans |
| 2 | Beat the Blues | Miguel Mena | W. Bret Calhoun |
| 3 | Fortune Play | Frederic Lenclud | John A. Booker, Jr. |
| 4 | Jocata | Calvin H. Borel | Cecil P. Borel |
| 5 | Starlite Starbrite | Leandro R. Goncalves | Thomas M. Amoss |
| 6 | Wind Caper | Jesus Lopez Castanon | Ronan Cunningham |
| 7 | Stephanie Got Even | Shaun Bridgmohan | Martin D. Wolfson |
| 8 | Bell's Shoes | Kent J. Desormeaux | William H. Fires |
| 9 | My New Lady | Jon Kenton Court | Robert S. Hackworth, Jr. |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Sassy Image | Corey J. Lanerie | $3.80 | $2.60 | $2.40 | ||||||
| 4 | Beat the Blues | Miguel Mena | $6.20 | $4.60 | |||||||
| 6 | Fortune Play | Frederic Lenclud | $8.40 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (8-4) | $29.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (8-4-6) | $264.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (8-4-6-10) | $1,241.20 | ||||||||||
The Bret Calhoun-trained trio of Beat the Blues, Speedacious, and Gleaming highlight a field of eight fillies and mares entered for the June 2 Winning Colors (gr. III) to be run under the lights at Churchill Downs June 2.
Yesterday
Sassy Image will attempt to become the first repeat winner of the $300,000 Humana Distaff (gr. I) when she faces a strong lineup in the 26th renewal of the seven-furlong test May 5 at Churchill Downs.
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Images from Oaklawn Park's 2012 Racing Festival of the South.
Star Worship and Stephanie Got Even brought $150,000 and $110,000, respectively, during the afternoon of Feb. 6 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale in Lexington.
Monday, February 06, 2012
As bigger names garnered the publicity, Musical Romance completed her rags-to-riches story when she was named champion female sprinter for 2011.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Multiple grade I winner Sassy Image has been taken out of consideration for the $1 million Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) after a chip in a hind ankle was discovered.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Jenny's So Great has a chance to add additional luster to her name as she totes co-high weight of 123 pounds in the $400,000 Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes (gr. II).
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Front-running Hilda's Passion became a grade I winner with a romping triumph in the $250,000 Ballerina Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Aug. 27.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Already a dual grade I winner this year, Sassy Image can keep it going for brothers Jerry and Dale Romans in the $250,000 Ballerina Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Aug. 27.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Taptam, one of two contenders entered by Bret Calhoun, will carry top weight of 122 pounds in the $100,000 Gardenia Stakes (gr. III), the featured race of the Ellis Park summer meet.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Fresh off her narrow win in the A Gleam Handicap (gr. II), California shipper Irish Gypsy tries New York racing for the first time when she faces four rivals in the $150,000 Honorable Miss Handicap (gr. II) Aug. 7 at Saratoga
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Weekend racing, Fasig-Tipton July Sale and the JRHA Sale.
Favored Sassy Image came from out of the clouds to capture the $350,000 Princess Rooney Handicap (gr. I) to highlight the "Summit of Speed" program at Calder Casino & Race Course July 9, her second grade I win in two months.
Saturday, July 09, 2011
Grade I winners Sassy Image and Champagne d'Oro will knock heads with local sharpster Musical Romance going six furlongs in the Princess Rooney H. at Calder July 9.
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
With six stakes worth more than $1 million, Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino will hold its biggest racing weekend of the year June 24-25, highlighted by the $300,000 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap (gr. III).
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Sassy Image made her win in the grade I Humana Distaff look easy earlier this month at Churchill, but she was pushed to the limit by longshot Beat the Blues May 30 before prevailing by a neck in the Winning Colors (gr. III).
Monday, May 30, 2011
Sassy Image, upset winner of the Humana Distaff (gr. I) for the owner-trainer brother duo of Jerry Romans and Dale Romans, headlines a field of 10 fillies and mares entered in the $100,000 Winning Colors (gr. III).
Friday, May 27, 2011
Jerry Romans' filly, a daughter of Broken Vow, rallies from off the pace to win going away; 4-year-old filly was longest shot on the board at 16-1.
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Hilda's Passion, a two-time graded stakes winner this season at Gulfstream Park, heads a strong field of eight older fillies and mares in the $300,000 Humana Distaff Stakes (gr. I) at Churchill Downs May 7.
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Unrivaled Belle makes her first start since capturing last fall's Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I) when she faces six rivals in the Rampart Stakes (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park April 2.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Hilda's Passion took her game to another level March 19 at Gulfstream, setting a new seven-furlong track record when dominating the field in the $150,000 Inside Information Stakes (gr. III) under Javier Castellano.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Hilda's Passion, who is a neck away from being unbeaten in her last four stakes tries, looms as the one to beat in the $150,000 Inside Information (gr. II) March 19 at Gulfstream Park.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011Stephanie Got Even, the winner of the American Beauty Stakes and runner-up in the Spring Fever Stakes at Oaklawn Park this season, has been sold by the owner/trainer team of Joe and Tim Martin.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Martin Racing Stable and Dan Morgan's Dubai Majesty will try to defend her title in the Winning Colors Stakes (gr. III) but will have to face grade I winner Hot Dixie Chick, who is the lone 3-year-old in the sprint.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Buckleupbuttercup, never off the board in six previous starts, earned her first stakes victory in her first attempt when taking the $100,000 Eight Belles Stakes (gr. III) over a sloppy Churchill Downs track May 1.
Saturday, May 01, 2010
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]