CALDER RACE COURSE, Miami, FL
| 1 | Game Face | Margin: 6¾ | BRIS: 108 | TrueNicks: C | $212,660 |
2005 | Chestnut Filly | Menifee - Galleon of Gold, Gone West
Sire: Menifee, Bay, 1996. Raced 2 years. 11 starts, 5 wins, $1,732,000. Lifetime: 156 yearlings sold, median $30,000. In 2009: 1.56 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Gone West, Bay, 1984.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, $280,000.
| 2 | Keep the Peace | Margin: 1¼ | BRIS: 97 | TrueNicks: C+ | $68,600 |
2005 | Chestnut Filly | Touch Gold - Look Upon, Carson City
Sire: Touch Gold , Bay, 1994. Raced 3 years. 15 starts, 6 wins, $1,679,907. Lifetime: 343 yearlings sold, median $39,000.
Broodmare Sire: Carson City, Chestnut, 1987.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association 2006 September Yearling Sale, $65,000.
| 3 | Orinoquia | Margin: ½ | BRIS: 95 | TrueNicks: A+ | $34,300 |
2005 | Chestnut Filly | Whywhywhy - Nice Boots Baby, Storm Boot
Sire: Whywhywhy , Chestnut, 2000. Raced 2 years. 9 starts, 3 wins, $315,015. Lifetime: 146 yearlings sold, median $8,000.
Broodmare Sire: Storm Boot, Chestnut, 1989.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, $85,000.
Keeneland Association 2006 September Yearling Sale, $65,000.
Others: Pious Ashley, $17,150; B R's Girl, $10,290; Jessica Is Back, $3,500; Dubai Majesty, $3,500.
Scratched: Marina Ballerina; Indian Blessing.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Game Face | Edgar S. Prado | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 2 | Keep the Peace | Manoel R. Cruz | Eddie Kenneally |
| 3 | Orinoquia | Eduardo O. Nunez | Rodolfo Garcia |
| 4 | Pious Ashley | Jermaine V. Bridgmohan | Martin D. Wolfson |
| 5 | B R's Girl | Javier Santiago | Martin D. Wolfson |
| 6 | Jessica Is Back | Paco Lopez | Martin D. Wolfson |
| 7 | Dubai Majesty | Jamie Theriot | W. Bret Calhoun |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game Face | Edgar S. Prado | $5.60 | $3.60 | $2.80 | |||||||
| Keep the Peace | Manoel R. Cruz | $5.80 | $4.00 | ||||||||
| Orinoquia | Eduardo O. Nunez | $8.40 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (6-7) | $31.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (6-7-2) | $392.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (6-7-2-5) | $1,864.80 | ||||||||||
Indian Charlie, sire of multiple champions, was euthanized the morning of Dec. 15.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Dennis "Peaches Geier, assistant to trainer Bret Calhoun, had a feeling about last year's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT) with Chamberlain Bridge.
Thursday, November 03, 2011
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale's reputation has improved dramatically in recent years.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Carl Moore Management's Chamberlain Bridge, defending champion in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT), tuned up for an expected repeat bid the morning of Oct. 19 by working a bullet five furlongs in :59.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Keeneland has slated 18 stakes--led by five grade I races on opening FallStars Weekend--with purse money totaling $4.375 million for its 2011 fall meeting.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
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
Calder Casino & Race Course, which is gearing up to celebrate its 40th anniversary season, released its stakes schedules April 8 for this year's Calder and Tropical meets.
Friday, April 08, 2011Two-time champion Indian Blessing gave birth to her first foal Jan. 30 when she produced a, a dark bay/brown colt by three-time grade I winner Zensational, according to Hill 'n' Dale Farms.
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Steven Michael Bell's Aegean, sent off at 9-1 odds, held off a determined 13-1 shot in Jessica Is Back to post an upset in the $200,000 Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Sprint at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 29
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Grade I winners Cost of Freedom and Jessica Is Back head their respective sprint divisions of the Sunshine Millions taking place at Santa Anita in California and at Gulfstream Park in Florida Jan. 29.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Jessica Is Back, winner of the Princess Rooney (gr. I) at Calder last summer, heads a well-balanced field of 10 fillies and mares entered in the $100,000 Sugar Swirl Stakes (gr. III) Jan. 15 at Gulfstream Park.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
Top 2-year-old colt Uncle Mo has to share some of the juvenile spotlight as newcomer Comma to the Top makes 2010 a bright year for the Indian Charlie sire line.
Jason Shandler looks at the likely 2010 Eclipse Award winners.
Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) winner Awesome Feather is the Kentucky auction's top seller, bringing $2.3 million.
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Dubai Majesty was in the news again, two days after she won the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (gr. I) at Churchill Downs.
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Eric Mitchell recaps Day 1 of the 2010 Breeders' Cup, including the extracurricular activities of the Marathon.
Photos of the day one winners at the 2010 Breeders' Cup.
Dubai Majesty took over coming off the turn and rolled to a commanding victory in the $1 million Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs.
Friday, November 05, 2010
Dubai Majesty, who narrowly lost to Informed Decision last out, turned the tables on the champion Oct. 9 at Keeneland, notching the biggest win of her career in the $200,000 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (gr. II).
Saturday, October 09, 2010
Augustin Stable's Informed Decision will seek to become only the second horse to win the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (gr. II) in consecutive years when she faces eight rivals in the six-furlong sprint.
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Champion Informed Decision wins her second Presque Isle Masters in a tight finish with Dubai Majesty after racing last and then wide.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Champion female sprinter Informed Decision will try to bounce back from an uncharacteristically subpar effort when she faces a full field in the $400,000 Presque Isle Downs Masters (gr. I), a race she dominated a year ago.
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Rightly So found grade I success for the first time when she led all the way in the $250,000 Ballerina Stakes over a speed-favoring Saratoga main track Aug. 28.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Informed Decision, the reigning champion female sprinter, will look for her third straight win in the Ballerina Handicap (gr. I), a race that also has grade I winner Jessica Is Back in its field.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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