CALDER RACE COURSE, Miami, FL
| 1 | Mambo Meister | Margin: head | TrueNicks: B+ | $60,140 |
2005 | Bay Gelding | King Cugat - Bleu'slittlesecret, Desert Secret (IRE)
Sire: King Cugat, Bay, 1997. Raced 3 years. 16 starts, 7 wins, $1,293,782. Lifetime: 128 yearlings sold, median $7,851.
Broodmare Sire: Desert Secret (IRE), Bay, 1990. In 2009: .58 AEI.
| 2 | Pinckney Hill | Margin: ¾ | TrueNicks: B | $19,400 |
2006 | Bay Ridgling | A.P. Indy - Jemima (GB), Owington (GB)
Sire: A.P. Indy, Dark Bay or Brown, 1989. Raced 2 years. 11 starts, 8 wins, $2,979,815. Lifetime: 374 yearlings sold, median $360,000.
Broodmare Sire: Owington (GB), Bay, 1991. In 2009: 1.49 AEI.
| 3 | Pleasant Strike | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: A+ | $9,700 |
2004 | Dark Bay or Brown Horse | Smart Strike - Colonella, Pleasant Colony
Sire: Smart Strike , Bay, 1992. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 6 wins, $337,376. Lifetime: 463 yearlings sold, median $75,000.
Broodmare Sire: Pleasant Colony, Dark Bay or Brown, 1978.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2010 Breeding Stock Sale, $125,000.
Others: March to Victory, $4,850; Fearless Eagle, $2,910; Storm Caller, $1,000; Stones River, $1,000; Jet Propulsion, $1,000.
Scratched: Dream Maestro; Gentleman James; Motovato.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mambo Meister | Manoel R. Cruz | Philip A. Gleaves |
| 2 | Pinckney Hill | Rajiv Maragh | Angel J. Penna, Jr. |
| 3 | Pleasant Strike | Christopher P. DeCarlo | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 4 | March to Victory | Joe Bravo | Christophe Clement |
| 5 | Fearless Eagle | Paco Lopez | Edward Plesa, Jr. |
| 6 | Storm Caller | Eddie Castro | George Weaver |
| 7 | Stones River | Elvis Trujillo | Martin D. Wolfson |
| 8 | Jet Propulsion | Elvis Trujillo | Martin D. Wolfson |
Summer Front, third in last year's Jamaica Handicap and Secretariat Stakes (both gr. IT), makes his second start of 2013 in the $100,000 Miami Mile Handicap (gr. IIIT) April 20 at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013A new Ocala area farm named Sovereign Farm of Ocala will stand three stallions in 2013 in graded stakes winners Field Commission, Backtalk, and Motovato.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Imperial Czar, drawing into the Miami Mile Handicap after it was rained off the turf, won at odds of 8-1 April 21 at Calder.
Saturday, April 21, 2012Juddmonte Farms' homebred Mutual Trust, a group I winner in France last season, headlines a competitive field of 12 in the $125,000 Miami Mile Handicap (gr. IIIT) April 21 at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
A six-time group/graded stakes winner and a veteran of 44 career starts, 10-year-old Musketier returns for yet another season when he opens up his 2012 campaign in the $150,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes (gr. IIT) Feb. 26.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Calder Casino & Race Course has released a stakes schedule for 2012 that includes the return of the Calder Derby and Oaks after a one-year absence from the calendar.
Saturday, February 04, 2012
The Fort Lauderdale Stakes (gr. IIIT) not only drew a full field, but many of the entrants are recognizable names with both turf and dirt experience. It should make for an interesting race, as a field of 12 will do battle.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Making his stakes debut, career claimer Jimanator outdueled odds-on favorite Mambo Meister to win the $100,000 Fred W. Hooper Handicap (gr. III) Nov. 26 at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
While lightly raced this year, four-time grade I winner Winchester has by far the most decorated career heading into the Nov. 26 W.L. McKnight Handicap (gr. IIT) at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Mambo Meister, who got upended two races back in the Woodward Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga, will try for his third stakes win this year at Calder Race Course when he takes on seven rivals in the Fred W. Hooper Handicap.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Bonnie Heath Farm's homebred Mad Flatter won the $100,000 Spend a Buck Handicap (gr. III) for the second straight year when he held off Mambo Meister by a length Oct. 15 at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Mad Flatter and Mambo Meister, the winners of the last two editions of the $100,000 Spend a Buck Handicap (gr. III), will face off again in the 1 1/16-mile race Oct. 15 at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Will Havre de Grace beat the boys? If not, then who's the winner?
Morning Line, winner of the seven-furlong Carter Handicap (gr. I) at Aqueduct in his last start, heads a field of seven in the Salvator Mile Stakes (gr. III) at Monmouth Park.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Successful Mission parlayed a ground-saving trip into his first graded stakes win, resisting favored Voodoo Swinge in the final strides by a neck in the $125,000 Miami Mile Handicap (gr. IIIT) on turf at Calder.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Mambo Meister makes his first turf start in more than a year when he defends his title in the $125,000 Miami Mile Handicap (gr. IIT) at Calder Casino and Race Course April 30.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Longshot Tackleberry wins the Sunshine Millions Classic by 2 1/4 lengths; odds-on favorite First Dude fourth.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Morning Line, who last came into his own during the second half of his 3-year-old campaign and is expected to be one of the top older horses in 2011, makes his season debut in the Hal's Hope Stakes Jan. 8 at Gulfstream.
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Tackleberry, who set the pace but relinquished his lead to longshot Dream Maestro, fought back in deep stretch and nipped his rival by a nose in a thrilling finish of the Fred Hooper Handicap (gr. III) Dec. 11 at Calder.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Mambo Meister, who has recorded all nine of his lifetime wins at Calder Casino & Race Course, is the one to beat in the $100,000 Fred W. Hooper Handicap (gr. III) Dec. 11 at the South Florida racetrack.
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Mambo Meister will try win the $100,000 Spend a Buck Handicap (gr. III) Oct. 16 at Calder, a race he won by 3 3/4 lengths a year ago.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Jason, Tom, and Les Instone of TwinSpires.com preview the Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes (gr. III) and the Presque Isle Downs Mile Stakes.
A diverse field of 12 that includes speedsters, stalkers, deep closers, and the defending title holder was entered for the fourth running of the $250,000 Presque Isle Mile Sept. 10 at Presque Isle Downs & Casino.
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
The meet's leading jockey finds a narrow hole to ride the winner of a race named for nuns.
A talented cast of seven older males are looking to add a grade I victory to their resumes when they contend in the Aug. 8 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga.
Thursday, August 05, 2010