DELAWARE PARK, Wilmington, DE
| 1 | Starformer | Margin: 3 | TrueNicks: A | $120,000 |
2008 | Bay Mare | Dynaformer - Etoile Montante, Miswaki
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: Miswaki, Chestnut, 1978.
| 2 | Bubbly Jane (BRZ) | Margin: head | TrueNicks: D | $40,000 |
2005 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Yagli - Built To Last (BRZ), Knifebox
Sire: Yagli, Chestnut, 1993. Raced 5 years. 27 starts, 10 wins, $1,702,121. In 2009: .97 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Knifebox, Bay, 1988.
| 3 | Sikara (IRE) | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: A | $22,000 |
2008 | Gray or Roan Filly | Aussie Rules - Beucaire (IRE), Entrepreneur (GB)
Sire: Aussie Rules , Gray or Roan, 2003. Lifetime: 186 yearlings sold, median $14,728.
Broodmare Sire: Entrepreneur (GB), Bay, 1994.
Others: Team, $12,000; Dinner's Out (GB), $6,000; Sex Appeal, $125; Namaskara, $125; Senada, $125.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starformer | Edgar S. Prado | William I. Mott |
| 2 | Bubbly Jane (BRZ) | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 3 | Sikara (IRE) | Jeremy Rose | H. Graham Motion |
| 4 | Team | Kent J. Desormeaux | Christophe Clement |
| 5 | Dinner's Out (GB) | Abel Castellano, Jr. | Alan E. Goldberg |
| 6 | Sex Appeal | Joseph Rocco, Jr. | Claude R. McGaughey III |
| 7 | Namaskara | Daniel Centeno | H. Graham Motion |
| 8 | Senada | Luis Garcia | Jonathan E. Sheppard |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Starformer | Edgar S. Prado | $10.00 | $4.40 | $3.20 | ||||||
| 6 | Bubbly Jane (BRZ) | Javier Castellano | $3.20 | $2.60 | |||||||
| 4 | Sikara (IRE) | Jeremy Rose | $2.80 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (3-6) | $38.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (3-6-4) | $175.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (3-6-4-2) | $529.40 | ||||||||||
Four strong turf fillies will tangle May 25 in the $200,000 Sheepshead Bay Stakes (gr. IIT) at Belmont Park. Hessonite, Strathnaver, Starformer, and Mystical Star all share status as 120-pound highweights in a field of eight.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Juddmonte Farms' homebred Starformer seeks her second straight stakes score at Gulfstream Park March 30, going up against nine others in the $150,000 Orchid Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the undercard of the Florida Derby (gr. I).
Wednesday, March 27, 2013Juddmonte Farms' homebred Starformer continued to shine in the $100,000 The Very One Stakes (gr. IIIT) Feb. 16, cruising to 3 1/4-length victory as much the best over seven other older fillies and mares at Gulfstream Park.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Newsdad, Ioya Bigtime, and Twilight Eclipse will shake it up Feb. 16 in the $150,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park, while Starformer and Closing Range tangle in the $100,000 Very One (gr. III).
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Briefly headed in deep stretch but game every step of the way, Juddmonte Farms' homebred Starformer repealed the challenge of Mystical Star to take the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Aqueduct Nov. 10.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Hit It Rich, who last year won her first graded stakes in the Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT), attempts to conclude her career with another victory in the race at Aqueduct Nov. 10.
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
In the final start of her career, multiple graded stakes winner Upperline outfought Ciao Bella in the homestretch to prevail in the $125,000 Rood and Riddle Dowager Stakes Oct. 21 on the Keeneland turf.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Upperline will be returning to the course and 1 1/2-mile distance where she captured the Grey Goose Bewitch Stakes (gr. IIIT) in the spring.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Multiple graded stakes winner Zagora heads the $600,000 Flower Bowl Invitational (gr. IT) at Belmont Park Sept. 29, while European invaders I'm a Dreamer and Nahrain are poised to challenge.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Juddmonte Farm's Starformer, far back in a Churchill Downs allowance race on the dirt in her last start, returned to the turf to win the $200,375 Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Delaware Park July 14.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Lewis Schaffel, Jim Collins, and Joel Schwartz' Team, winner of three of four starts this year, will make her stakes debut July 14 in the $200,000 Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Delaware Park.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Upperline, runner-up in her last two stakes tries, found another gear in the late stages to win the $150,000 Grey Goose Bewitch (gr. IIIT) by 1 1/2 lengths April 26 at Keeneland.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Senada and Upperline, the respective winner and runner-up in the Rood & Riddle Dowager last fall over the Keeneland turf course, will meet again in the $150,000 Grey Goose Bewitch Stakes (gr. IIIT) April 26.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Five-time graded stakes winner Keertana was a close second in her most recent start and will likely be favored to break through this time when she leads a field of nine fillies and mares in the $150,000 Orchid (gr. III).
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Senada and Cheetah, the respective first- and third-place finishers in the Rood and Riddle Dowager Stakes at Keeneland Oct. 23, will again square off in the $100,000 La Prevoyante Handicap (gr. IIIT).
Monday, November 28, 2011
Sent off at odds of 16-1, Senada snapped an 11-race losing streak when she came from far off the pace to collar Upperline in deep stretch, capturing the $125,000 Rood and Riddle Dowager Stakes on the Keeneland turf.
Sunday, October 23, 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
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
Life At Ten earned a berth in the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I) with her victory July 17 in the Delaware Handicap (gr. II) at Delaware Park.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
From a Sex Appeal family branch that has rarely hit in recent generations, United Nations (gr. IT) winner Chinchon was bred on a smart family inbreeding pattern.
Bell Woodbine Mile (Can-I) winner Becrux is an unlikely candidate for the NetJets' Breeders' Cup Mile (Gr. IT) at Churchill Downs Nov. 4 because he isn't nominated, according to Barry Irwin, president of Team Valor, the syndicate that co-owns the 4-year-old colt along with Gary Barber.
Thursday, September 21, 2006Bell Woodbine Mile (Can-I) winner Becrux is an unlikely candidate for the NetJets' Breeders' Cup Mile (Gr. IT) at Churchill Downs Nov. 4 because he isn't nominated, according to Barry Irwin, president of Team Valor, the syndicate that co-owns the 4-year-old colt along with Gary Barber.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
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]