CALDER RACE COURSE, Miami, FL
| 1 | Verso a Verso | Margin: 5 | TrueNicks: A++ | $178,560 |
2010 | Bay Filly | Circular Quay - Folk Art, Bertrando
Sire: Circular Quay , Chestnut, 2004. Raced 3 years. 13 starts, 5 wins, $1,505,434. Lifetime: 23 yearlings sold, median $7,500.
Broodmare Sire: Bertrando, Dark Bay or Brown, 1989.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2012 Spring Sales of Two-Year-Olds in Training, $11,000.
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2011 Select and Open Sale of Yearlings, $4,000.
| 2 | Ashlee's Princess | Margin: 6 | TrueNicks: C | $57,600 |
2010 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Put It Back - Paperback Princess, Notebook
Sire: Put It Back , Dark Bay or Brown, 1998. Raced 2 years. 7 starts, 5 wins, $232,895. Lifetime: 160 yearlings sold, median $11,750.
Broodmare Sire: Notebook, Bay, 1985.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2011 Select and Open Sale of Yearlings, $21,000.
| 3 | So Blessed | Margin: 1¾ | TrueNicks: D | $28,800 |
2010 | Bay Filly | Chapel Royal - Caveat Apt, Chief's Crown
Sire: Chapel Royal, Dark Bay or Brown, 2001. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 3 wins, $495,571. Lifetime: 261 yearlings sold, median $13,000.
Broodmare Sire: Chief's Crown, Bay, 1982.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders Sales Company 2011 January Mixed Sale, $12,000.
Others: Putitinmypocket, $14,400; Capriccio Blue, $8,640; Putyourdreamsaway, $3,000; Jewel in the Sky, $3,000; Candy Coded Kisses, $3,000; Nasty Cat, $3,000.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verso a Verso | Angel Serpa | Luis M. Ramirez |
| 2 | Ashlee's Princess | Manoel R. Cruz | Steven Dwoskin |
| 3 | So Blessed | Fernando Jara | J. David Braddy |
| 4 | Putitinmypocket | Luis Saez | William A. Kaplan |
| 5 | Capriccio Blue | Carlos Olivero | Antonio Sano |
| 6 | Putyourdreamsaway | Juan C. Leyva | William A. Kaplan |
| 7 | Jewel in the Sky | Hugo Sanchez | Martin D. Wolfson |
| 8 | Candy Coded Kisses | Orlando Bocachica | Easton DeSouza |
| 9 | Nasty Cat | Paco Lopez | Edward Plesa, Jr. |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Verso a Verso | Angel Serpa | $23.40 | $10.20 | $8.00 | ||||||
| 8 | Ashlee's Princess | Manoel R. Cruz | $13.60 | $9.20 | |||||||
| 7 | So Blessed | Fernando Jara | $6.80 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (2-8) | $313.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (2-8-7) | $1,587.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (2-8-7-1) | $9,568.00 | ||||||||||
Evan Hammonds recaps the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes from Keeneland and the In Reality Florida Stallion Series at Calder.
Claimed for $16,000 by owner Frank Calabrese in her one and only start last out, Verso a Verso upset the $300,000 My Dear Girl Stakes at Calder Oct. 13 at odds of 10-1.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Putyourdreamsaway leads a field of nine juvenile fillies entered for the $300,000 My Dear Girl Division of the Florida Stallion Stakes series at Calder Casino & Race Course Oct. 13.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
For the first time since 2007, neither division of the Florida Stallion Stakes at Calder Casino & Race Course will be swept as D'nied Permission won the Affirmed and Putyourdreamsaway took the Susan's Girl.
Saturday, August 25, 2012Grade I winner Circular Quay came through with his first winner when his daughter Jewel in the Sky won at Calder Race Course by 5 1/2 lengths June 9
Sunday, June 10, 2012
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
Jacks or Better Farm's homebred Awesome Feather, who swept the Florida Stallion Series for fillies at Calder this fall, has a big shot in Friday's $2 million Breeder's Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I).
Thursday, November 04, 2010
MAHUBAH'S CORNER, by Avalyn Hunter
Inspiring hope for small breeders is juvenile standout Jackson Bend, whose durability and precocity combined are traits this Florida homebred inherited from both sides of his pedigree.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Jackson Bend and Rosebud's Ridge scored victories in divisions of the Florida Stallion Series for 2-year-olds at Calder Race Course Aug. 29.
Saturday, August 29, 2009Left eight lengths behind leaving the gate in the $400,000 My Dear Girl division of the Florida Stallion Series, Calico Bay overtook prohibitive favorite Silk Ridge near the sixteenth pole en route to a four-length victory at Calder Race Course Oct. 13. In the Florida Stallion In Reality division for males, odds-on choice Wise Answer kicked away from the field leaving the quarter pole and rolled home by a whopping 10 lengths.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Karen Keen's 2-year-old Silk Ridge will seek a sweep of the Florida Stallion Series in her division when she heads to the post in the $400,000 My Dear Girl Stakes at Calder Race Course Oct. 13, the track's Calder Derby day.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007The juveniles Silk Ridge and Wise Answer were romping winners of their respective divisions in the 2007 Florida Stallions Stakes at Calder Race Course Sept. 1.
Saturday, September 01, 2007Centaur Farms' Adhrhythm took the lead entering the far turn and drew off for a facile 4 3/4-length victory in the $400,000 My Dear Girl Division of the Florida Stallion Stakes Saturday at Calder Race Course.
Saturday, October 14, 2006Calder Race Course was forced to close for both live racing and simulcasting from Friday, Sept. 3 through Sunday, Sept. 5 due to the effects of Hurricane Frances.
Sunday, September 05, 2004Millionaire and grade II winner Express Tour, who won all three of the stakes in the Florida Stallion Series for 2-year-old males in 2000, has arrived for stallion duty at Roy Lerman's Lambholm South near Reddick, Fla.
Tuesday, January 20, 2004Sir Oscar, ridden by Julio Garcia, took the lead on the far turn and held off a late run by Tap Dancer to win the $400,000 In Reality Division of the Florida Stallion Stakes by 2 ¼ lengths.
Saturday, October 11, 2003Oscar Novo's 2-year-old colt Sir Oscar and Eugene and Laura Melnyk's juvenile filly French Village are undefeated early in their careers and will face their biggest tests yet Saturday at Calder as the probable favorites in the $125,000 Affirmed and $125,000 Susan's Girl Divisions of the Florida Stallion Stakes.
Thursday, August 28, 2003The $100,000 Brave Raj Stakes and $100,000 Foolish Pleasure Stakes at a mile and 70 yards each will give Calder's top 2-year-old prospects their first opportunity to be tested over a distance of ground in a stakes race on Sept. 21.
Thursday, September 19, 2002Both the Dr. Fager and Desert Vixen first-round Florida Stallion Stakes divisions for 2-year-olds at Calder Race Course produced mild upsets of favorites and round two comes Saturday in the $125,000 Affirmed and $125,000 Susan's Girl divisions at seven furlongs.
Thursday, August 29, 2002R.D. Williams hits 3,500 winners...Rachel Lavoy out 4-6 weeks...Dogwood Dominion nomination time...Churchill Downs hosts Governor's Scholars...Arlington opens...Taylor Made interns celebrate graduation.
Tuesday, June 04, 2002
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]