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CALDER RACE COURSE, Miami, FL
| 1 | Giant Ryan | Margin: neck | TrueNicks: A+ | $214,830 |
2006 | Bay Horse | Freud - Kheyrah, Dayjur
Sire: Freud , Bay, 1998. Raced 2 years. 12 starts, 1 wins, $44,016. Lifetime: 143 yearlings sold, median $20,000.
Broodmare Sire: Dayjur, Dark Bay or Brown, 1987.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2008 June Two-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age, $27,000.
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2008 Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, ($25,000).
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2006 Fall Mixed Sale, $14,000.
| 2 | Irrefutable | Margin: ¾ | TrueNicks: D | $69,300 |
2006 | Gray or Roan Horse | Unbridled's Song - Honestly Darling, Kingmambo
Sire: Unbridled's Song , Gray or Roan, 1993. Raced 3 years. 12 starts, 5 wins, $1,311,800. Lifetime: 666 yearlings sold, median $200,000.
Broodmare Sire: Kingmambo, Bay, 1990.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Florida Select 2-Year-Olds in Training 2008, $600,000.
Keeneland Association September 2007 Yearling Sale, $450,000.
| 3 | Noble's Promise | Margin: ¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $34,650 |
2007 | Bay Horse | Cuvee - The Devil's Trick, Clever Trick
Sire: Cuvee, Chestnut, 2001. Raced 2 years. 9 starts, 4 wins, $402,044. Lifetime: 192 yearlings sold, median $12,250.
Broodmare Sire: Clever Trick, Dark Bay or Brown, 1976. In 2009: 1.54 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2011 Mixed Sale, $125,000.
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2008 Selected Sale of Yearlings, ($25,000).
Keeneland Association 2007 November Breeding Stock Sale, $10,000.
Others: Royal Tricon, $17,325; How's Your Halo, $10,395; This Ones for Phil, $3,500.
Scratched: Apriority.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giant Ryan | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Bisnath Parboo |
| 2 | Irrefutable | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert |
| 3 | Noble's Promise | Manoel R. Cruz | Kenneth G. McPeek |
| 4 | Royal Tricon | Eduardo O. Nunez | Joseph G. Calascibetta |
| 5 | How's Your Halo | Juan C. Leyva | Brian Prichard |
| 6 | This Ones for Phil | Javier Castellano | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giant Ryan | Cornelio H. Velasquez | $7.40 | $3.80 | $2.40 | ||||||
| 2 | Irrefutable | Mike E. Smith | $4.20 | $2.80 | |||||||
| 4 | Noble's Promise | Manoel R. Cruz | $2.20 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (1-2) | $23.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (1-2-4) | $50.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (1-2-4-5) | $150.00 | ||||||||||
Comma to the Top will seek his third win of the year and fifth stakes victory at Betfair Hollywood Park against six opponents in the $100,000 Los Angeles Handicap (gr. III) on Memorial Day May 27.
Friday, May 24, 2013
B. Wayne Hughes, Richard Mandella, and Garrett Gomez score stakes double as Jimmy Creed takes Potrero Grande after Beholder wins Santa Anita Oaks.
Saturday, April 06, 2013
Comma to the Top, Jimmy Creed, and Camp Victory all bring grade I victories into the Potrero Grande (gr. II) at Santa Anita, vying to become the West Coast's top sprinter.
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Jockey is full of confidence as he prepares to ride last year's Breeders' Cup Sprint champion in the Dubai Golden Shaheen March 30 at Meydan Racecourse.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Donald Dizney's Bahamian Squall will go up against open company including Silverton Hill's Swagger Jack in the $150,000 Gulfstream Sprint Championship Stakes (gr. III) Feb. 9 at Gulfstream Park.
Wednesday, February 06, 2013Dublin, winner of the 2009 Three Chimneys Hopeful Stakes (gr. I) as a 2-year-old at Saratoga Race Course, sired his first reported foal, a filly born Jan. 18 at Newtown Anner Stud Farm in Millbrook, N.Y.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Versatile Comma to the Top, who has produced wins on dirt, synthetic, and turf, as well as going long and sprinting, brings his best form recently into the $150,000 Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 19.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Remembering the people and horses that left us in 2012.
Repole Stable's Caixa Eletronica made start number 60 a winning one Nov. 22, carrying 133 pounds across the finish line in the $147,000 Fall Highweight Handicap (gr. III) at Aqueduct Racetrack in solid style.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Poseidon's Warrior seeks to bounce back off a dull effort in the Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) as the 135-pound highweight in the Nov. 22 Fall Highweight Handicap (gr. III) at the Big A.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
The 3-year-old son of Speightstown earns a spot in the Breeders' Cup Sprint with the win.
Friday, October 05, 2012
Opening day at Keeneland offers one of the last gateways to a spot in the Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), and it's a wide open contest.
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
The morning after his commanding five-length victory in the Smile Sprint Handicap (gr. II), Brittlyn Stable's Gantry gave the appearance of a horse that had done very little July 7 at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Sunday, July 08, 2012
Gantry remained perfect at six furlongs, winning his sixth straight at that distance and winning easily in the Smile Sprint after a third to monsters Shackleford and Amazombie at Churchill Downs.
Saturday, July 07, 2012
Trinniberg, Field Commission, and Gantry are highweighted trio in the six-furlong Smile Sprint (gr. II), the $400,000 highlight of Calder Race Course and Casino's Summit of Speed card July 7.
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Grade I-winning New York champion Giant Ryan, who fractured both left front sesamoids during the June 9 True North Handicap (gr. II), was euthanized at New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania June 14.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Father and son combo experiences the highs and lows of the sport in the space of two hours at Belmont Park.
New York-bred champion sprinter Giant Ryan, who fractured both left front sesamoids during the running of the True North Handicap (gr. II) on the Belmont Stakes undercard June 9, remained stabled at Belmont Park overnight.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Caixa Eletronica took advantage of a blistering early pace to rally in the stretch for a three-quarters of a length victory in the True North Handicap (gr. II) on the Belmont Stakes card June 8.
Saturday, June 09, 2012
An accomplished field of seasoned, older spinters, headed by grade I victors Smiling Tiger and Giant Ryan, will vie for victory in the $400,000 True North Handicap (gr. II) on Belmont Stakes Day at Belmont Park.
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Riley Tucker and Cash Refund figure to be the top two in the $100,000 Aristides Stakes (gr. III) at Churchill Downs. The six-furlong stakes is one of three under the lights under the Twin Spires June 2.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Outta Tune, claimed for $5,000 last summer, became a graded stakes winner when he outlasted Apriority in the $250,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park April 14.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Apriority, looking to establish himself as one of the top sprinters in the nation, heads a field of six for the $250,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park April 14.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Giant Ryan stole the show at the New York Thoroughbred Breeders' annual awards banquet April 2, winning top honors as 2011 New York-bred Horse of the Year, champion older male, and champion male sprinter.
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Giant Ryan and The Factor, the U.S. representatives in the Dubai Golden Shaheen, have worked well on the Tapeta surface at Meydan Racecourse and appear primed for big efforts.
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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]
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