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DEL MAR, Del Mar, CA
| 1 | Euroears | Margin: 1¼ | TrueNicks: A | $150,000 |
2004 | Chestnut Horse | Langfuhr - Unky and Ally, Heff
Sire: Langfuhr , Bay, 1992. Raced 3 years. 23 starts, 9 wins, $698,574. Lifetime: 441 yearlings sold, median $22,000.
Broodmare Sire: Heff, Chestnut, 1989. In 2009: .89 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2011 Mixed Sale, ($320,000).
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2004 Mixed Sale, ($22,000).
| 2 | Smiling Tiger | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $50,000 |
2007 | Chestnut Horse | Hold That Tiger - Shandra Smiles, Cahill Road
Sire: Hold That Tiger, Chestnut, 2000. Raced 2 years. 10 starts, 3 wins, $644,235. Lifetime: 254 yearlings sold, median $20,000.
Broodmare Sire: Cahill Road, Bay, 1988.
Sale History:
Washington Thoroughbred Breeders' Association 2008 Summer Yearling Sale, $40,000.
Keeneland Association January 2008 Horses of All Ages Sale, ($32,000).
| 3 | Amazombie | Margin: 1 | TrueNicks: B+ | $30,000 |
2006 | Bay Gelding | Northern Afleet - Wilshe Amaze, In Excess (IRE)
Sire: Northern Afleet , Bay, 1993. Raced 4 years. 21 starts, 5 wins, $626,671. Lifetime: 255 yearlings sold, median $18,000.
Broodmare Sire: In Excess (IRE), Dark Bay or Brown, 1987.
Sale History:
Barretts Equine Limited January 2008 Mixed Sale, ($32,000).
Others: Carbonite, $15,000; Color of Courage, $5,000; Kinsale King.
Scratched: Coffee Boy.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Euroears | Rafael Bejarano | Bob Baffert |
| 2 | Smiling Tiger | Joel Rosario | Jeff Bonde |
| 3 | Amazombie | Mike E. Smith | William Spawr |
| 4 | Carbonite | Joseph Talamo | Mike R. Mitchell |
| 5 | Color of Courage | Garrett K. Gomez | J. Paco Gonzalez |
| 6 | Kinsale King | Martin A. Pedroza | Carl O'Callaghan |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Euroears | Rafael Bejarano | $6.80 | $3.60 | $2.80 | ||||||
| 1 | Smiling Tiger | Joel Rosario | $2.60 | $2.10 | |||||||
| 5 | Amazombie | Mike E. Smith | $2.40 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-1) | $6.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-1-5) | $14.10 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (4-1-5-3) | $43.90 | ||||||||||
If all goes as planned, Amazombie will take the exact same path as last year when he captured the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), using the Triple Bend, Bing Crosby, and Ancient Title as springboards.
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Evan Hammonds recaps the 2012 Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks and several undercard races from the weekend.
After a thrilling stretch duel with champion Amazombie, Mike Lauffer and Bill Cubbedge's Shackleford inched clear in deep stretch to win the $441,600 Churchill Downs Stakes (gr. II) May 5.
Saturday, May 05, 2012
The Kentucky Derby undercard features a top-notch sprint at seven furlongs with millionaires Amazombie, Shackleford, and Smiling Tiger.
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Bill Spawr got Amazombie as part of a two-horse package for $5,000...and turned
 him into last year's Sprint champion
Jockey Mike Smith earned the 5,000th victory of his Hall of Fame career when he teamed with 2011 sprint champion Amazombie to capture the $150,000 Potrero Grande Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita Park April 7.
Saturday, April 07, 2012
Amazombie, last year's Eclipse Award winner as the nation's outstanding sprinter, looks to get his 2012 going in the same direction when he meets eight rivals in the $150,000 Potrero Grande Stakes (gr. II) April 7.
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Reigning Horse of the Year Havre de Grace tops the list of horses nominated to the stakes extravaganza that, along with the Arkansas Derby (gr. I), comprise the "Racing Festival of the South" at Oaklawn Park April 11-14.
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Smiling Tiger is expected to return to action during the Hollywood Park spring/summer meet with his ultimate goal a shot at the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), trainer Jeff Bonde said March 14.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Castaway, who along with stablemate Secret Circle gave trainer Bob Baffert a sweep of the Southwest Stakes (gr. III) divisions at Oaklawn Park last month, worked a steady five furlongs at Santa Anita March 2.
Friday, March 02, 2012
The Factor, making his seasonal debut in the $200,000 San Carlos Stakes (gr. II) Feb. 25, started his 2012 campaign the same way he finished up last year, winning at seven furlongs on Santa Anita's main track.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
The weekend of Feb. 25-26 is loaded with important races, including the Fountain of Youth.
In spite of a small field, a dandy match-up between 2011 national male sprint champion Amazombie and two-time grade I winner The Factor is set for the $200,000 San Carlos Handicap (gr. II) at Santa Anita Feb. 25.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Eclipse Award winner Acclamation was voted California-bred Horse of the Year for 2011 by the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Male sprint champion Amazombie, nearing his first start of the year later this month, turned in his second bullet move in a week at Santa Anita Feb. 10 when he worked six furlongs handily in 1:12 2/5.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Eclipse champions Acclamation and Amazombie, as well as multiple stakes-winning mare Ultra Blend are the finalists for the 2011 California-bred Horse of the Year.
Friday, February 03, 2012
Amazombie, the 2011 Eclipse Award-winning male sprinter, topped the Santa Anita work tab Feb. 3 with a handy six-furlong drill in 1:12 flat as he nears his initial start of the year.
Friday, February 03, 2012
With overnight rain causing Santa Anita's main track to be sealed, Eclipse Award sprint champion Amazombie was scratched on the morning of Jan. 21 from the Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II).
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Amazombie, the Eclipse Award winner as the nation's top sprinter in 2011, was tentatively entered for the $150,000 Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita Jan. 21.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Images from the 41st annual Eclipse Awards.
Winning the Breeders' Cup Sprint had been the flourishing finish to a splendid nine-race championship season for Amazombie that ran from late January to Nov. 5. Now he has been voted male sprint champion.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Trainer Bill Spawr said he's undecided on a start in the Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 21 for Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Amazombie after the 6-year-old gelding worked six furlongs in 1:15 3/5 Jan. 14.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Retrace the steps of Amazombie in a stellar 2011 campaign.
Millionaire and grade I-winning sprinter Euroears, has been retired from racing and will begin his stud career in 2012 at JEH Stallion Station's Oklahoma Division near Wynnewood, Okla.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Pacific Ocean, bursting to the lead from his rail post, overpowered his rivals for the first graded stakes tally of his career in the Vernon O. Underwood (gr. III) at Hollywood Park Nov. 26.
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Every several years, whenever a horse is attempting to sweep the Triple Crown, Billy Turner is summoned by the media to offer his take on the horse, the obstacles that stand in his way, and to reminisce about the great Seattle Slew, who under Turner’s guidance and expertise became racing’s only undefeated Triple Crown winner. [More]
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