COLONIAL DOWNS, New Kent, VA
| 1 | Shared Account | Margin: 1 | TrueNicks: C | $90,000 |
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: 128 yearlings sold, median $24,000.
Broodmare Sire: Smart Strike , Bay, 1992.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2007 Yearling Sale, $170,000.
| 2 | Dynaslew | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: B | $30,000 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Dynaformer - Slews Final Answer, Seattle Slew
Sire: Dynaformer, Dark Bay or Brown, 1985. Raced 3 years. 30 starts, 7 wins, $671,207. Lifetime: 555 yearlings sold, median $75,000.
Broodmare Sire: Seattle Slew, Dark Bay or Brown, 1974. In 2009: 3.66 AEI.
| 3 | Tizaqueena | Margin: ¾ | TrueNicks: B | $12,750 |
2005 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Tiznow - Issaqueena, Mr. Prospector
Sire: Tiznow , Bay, 1997. Raced 2 years. 15 starts, 8 wins, $6,427,830. Lifetime: 427 yearlings sold, median $100,000.
Broodmare Sire: Mr. Prospector, Bay, 1970.
| 3 | Casablanca Smile (CHI) | Margin: ¾ | TrueNicks: A | $8,500 |
2006 | Bay Mare | Ocean Terrace - Periza (CHI), Sadlers Congress (IRE)
Sire: Ocean Terrace, Chestnut, 2000. Raced 2 years. 5 starts, 3 wins, $160,400. Lifetime: 13 yearlings sold, median $4,000.
Broodmare Sire: Sadlers Congress (IRE), Bay, 1987. In 2009: 1.78 AEI.
Others: Omega Cat, $4,500; Blind Date; Kitty Cat Express.
Scratched: Katara.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shared Account | Edgar S. Prado | H. Graham Motion |
| 2 | Dynaslew | Alan Garcia | Seth Benzel |
| 3 | Tizaqueena | E. T. Baird | Michael Stidham |
| 3 | Casablanca Smile (CHI) | Kent J. Desormeaux | Claude R. McGaughey III |
| 5 | Omega Cat | Jermaine V. Bridgmohan | Martin D. Wolfson |
| 6 | Blind Date | Rosemary B. Homeister, Jr. | Hamilton A. Smith |
| 7 | Kitty Cat Express | Sheldon Russell | Butch Silva |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Shared Account | Edgar S. Prado | $6.00 | $3.00 | $2.10 | ||||||
| 1 | Dynaslew | Alan Garcia | $3.80 | $2.20 | |||||||
| 4 | Tizaqueena | E. T. Baird | $2.10 | ||||||||
| 8 | Casablanca Smile (CHI) | Kent J. Desormeaux | $2.10 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (5-1) | $23.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (5-1-4) | $31.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (5-1-8) | $49.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (5-1-8-4) | $100.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (5-1-4-8) | $88.20 | ||||||||||
Steve Castagnola is relaunching Kempton Bloodstock in association with the Berger family's Woodstock Farm.
Monday, March 04, 2013
The 124-pound highweight rebounded from a sixth-place finish last time out to best 10 other fillies and mares in the grade III turf event.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Pachattack, winner of the Doubledogdare Stakes (gr. III) in her only start since finishing third in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I), heads the field for the Edward P. Evans All Along Stakes (gr. IIIT) June 16.
Wednesday, June 13, 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
After 11 months off, the 5-year-old mare was back at Calder Casino & Race Course for the same race, and this time she wired the field in the 1 1/2-mile turf race.
Friday, December 02, 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
Dr. Wayne Mcllwraith updates the condition of Announce, who was a late scratch in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, and Dynaslew, who was removed after the race in a horse ambulance.
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.
Martin Schwartz' Stacelita, a two-time grade I winner this year, was made the 2-1 favorite for the Nov. 4 Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT). The 1 3/8-mile race is worth $2 million.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Live Oak Plantation's Dynaslew is an outsider in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), but is a front-running danger while rounding into best form after a rough start to the year.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Stacelita had no problems overcoming slow fractions or the yielding Belmont Park turf course, as she easily defeated an overmatched field by two lengths in the $500,000 Flower Bowl Invitational (gr. IT) Oct. 1.
Saturday, October 01, 2011
The 26th Jim McKay Maryland Million attracted 111 entrants to the 11-race program which will be held Oct. 1 at Laurel Park. The total purses are worth more than $1 million.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Martin S. Schwartz' Stacelita will be going for her second consecutive grade I triumph when she takes on seven others in the Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (gr. IT) at Belmont Park Oct. 1.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Reduced stud fees lead to better percentages during '11 yearling sale season.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Shared Account, last year's winner of the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), figures to draw a good deal of interest in the Canadian Stakes (Can-IIT) at Woodbine Sept 18.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Catherine Parke of Valkyre Stud wasn't thinking about an exotic vacation or buying a new car after selling a Bernardini filly for $1.2 million during the third session of the Keeneland September yearling auction.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Benjamin Leon Jr.'s Besilu Stable went to $1.2 million to acquire a Bernardini filly (Hip No. 307, consigned by Valkyre Stud) produced from the Smart Strike mare Silk n' Sapphire at Keeneland's September yearling sale.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Emerald Beech overhauled pacesetter Dynaslew past mid-stretch to register her fourth consecutive victory by 1 1/2 lengths in the $102,000 Glens Falls (gr. IIIT), the final stakes event of the 2011 Saratoga season Sept. 5.
Monday, September 05, 2011
The Colonial Turf Cup, opened up this year to competitors of all ages, attracted a field of eight to Colonial Downs for the $500,000 event to be held the evening of June 18.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Shared Account, winner of last year's Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), is the 4-5 morning-line favorite for the May 21 Gallorette Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the Preakness undercard.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Liable, the dam of 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner and champion Blame, has been named Broodmare of the Year by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Trip for A.J., second to Askbut I Won'ttell in the My Charmer Handicap (gr. IIIT) last month, turned the tables in capturing $300,000 Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf at Gulfstream Park Jan. 29.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Askbut I Won'ttell figures to make things tough in the Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf when she takes on 13 rivals in the 1 1/8-mile race at Gulfstream Park Saturday, Jan. 29.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Favored Changing Skies pounced on Casablanca Smile in the stretch and proved a handy 3 3/4-length winner of the $100,000 La Prevoyante Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the turf at Calder Casino and Race Course Jan. 2.
Sunday, January 02, 2011
Green Hills Farm's Chilean-bred Casablanca Smile will be among the favorites in a field of 11 fillies and mares set to launch their 2011 seasons in the $100,000 La Prevoyante Handicap (gr. IIIT) Jan. 2 at Calder.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Through the remainder of the year, I am going to recount some of my most memorable experiences/moments in racing over the past 40 years. We begin with Rachel Alexandra's victory in the 2009 Woodward Stakes to kick off Saratoga's 150th anniversary. [More]