FAIR GROUNDS, New Orleans, LA
| 1 | Friesan Fire | Margin: 2 | BRIS: 99 | $120,000 |
2006 | Bay Ridgling | A.P. Indy - Bollinger (AUS), Dehere
Sire: A.P. Indy , Dark Bay or Brown, 1989. Raced 2 years. 11 starts, 8 wins, $2,979,815. Lifetime: 365 yearlings sold, median $360,000.
Broodmare Sire: Dehere , Bay, 1991.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2007 Yearling Sale, ($725,000).
| 2 | Flying Pegasus | Margin: 1¾ | BRIS: 97 | $40,000 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Horse | Fusaichi Pegasus - Lilly Capote, Capote
Sire: Fusaichi Pegasus , Bay, 1997. Raced 2 years. 9 starts, 6 wins, $1,994,400. Lifetime: 706 yearlings sold, median $79,170.
Broodmare Sire: Capote, Dark Bay or Brown, 1984.
| 3 | Uno Mas | Margin: nose | BRIS: 95 | $22,000 |
2006 | Bay Horse | Macho Uno - Queen Majesty, Regal Classic
Sire: Macho Uno , Gray or Roan, 1998. Raced 3 years. 14 starts, 6 wins, $1,851,803. Lifetime: 222 yearlings sold, median $30,000.
Broodmare Sire: Regal Classic, Chestnut, 1985.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2008 Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, ($140,000).
Keeneland Association September 2007 Yearling Sale, $150,000.
Others: Nowhere to Hide, $12,000; Giant Oak, $6,000; Soul Warrior; Indygo Mountain; Au Moon; Dumar; It Happened Again; Map of the World; Summer's Empire; Code of Honour.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friesan Fire | Gabriel Saez | J. Larry Jones |
| 2 | Flying Pegasus | Robby Albarado | Ralph E. Nicks |
| 3 | Uno Mas | Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. | Steven M. Asmussen |
| 4 | Nowhere to Hide | Corey J. Lanerie | Nicholas P. Zito |
| 5 | Giant Oak | Edgar S. Prado | Chris M. Block |
| 6 | Soul Warrior | Patrick A. Valenzuela | Steven M. Asmussen |
| 7 | Indygo Mountain | Jamie Theriot | W. Bret Calhoun |
| 8 | Au Moon | Julien R. Leparoux | David M. Carroll |
| 9 | Dumar | Shaun Bridgmohan | Steven M. Asmussen |
| 10 | It Happened Again | Terry J. Thompson | J. Larry Jones |
| 11 | Map of the World | Curt C. Bourque | Albert M. Stall, Jr. |
| 12 | Summer's Empire | Jesse M. Campbell | Anthony Mitchell |
| 13 | Code of Honour | Randall Toups | William Don Bennett |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friesan Fire | Gabriel Saez | $7.60 | $4.60 | $3.40 | |||||||
| Flying Pegasus | Robby Albarado | $8.80 | $6.20 | ||||||||
| Uno Mas | Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. | $7.20 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (6-12) | $76.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (6-12-5) | $635.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (6-12-5-3) | $6,936.40 | ||||||||||
Multiple grade I winner Giant Oak has been named the Illinois Horse of the Year and champion older handicap male for 2011
9 hours ago
Pin Oak Stud's regally bred son of Distorted Humor, now 4, returns to Oaklawn ready to redeem himself in the $100,000 Essex Handicap where he was installed as the 2-1 morning line favorite and is the 118-pound high weight.
Friday, February 03, 2012
Multiple grade I winner is Giant Causeway's leading runner on dirt.
Monday, January 02, 2012New Orleans-based Turf writer Bob Fortus of the Times-Picayune to be inducted into the Press Box Hall of Fame at Fair Grounds Jan. 18.
Friday, December 30, 2011
It Happened Again, making his first start in more than five months, wore down pacesetter Isthmus to capture the $138,000 Claiming Crown Jewel by 1 1/4 lengths at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Dec. 3.
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Trainer Mike Maker has half the field in this year's $150,000 Claiming Crown Jewel, the featured event of five stakes to be held for the first time Dec. 3 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in Louisiana.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Sent off at 41-1, Afleet Again ran down Birdrun and Giant Oak in deep stretch to pull a shocker in the opening race on Day 2 of the Breeders' Cup World Championships Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs.
Saturday, November 05, 2011A. U. Miner, third in last year's Breeders' Cup Marathon, draws post 11 for this year's renewal. The opener to the Nov. 5 program to be run at 1 3/4 miles.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Friesan Fire, winner of the 2009 Louisiana Derby (gr. II) and the favorite in that year's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), has been retired from racing and will stand at Merryland in Maryland.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Third at mid-stretch, former claimer Headache closed steadily to edge Where's Sterling by a half-length in the $500,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup (gr. II) in Illinois Oct. 8.
Saturday, October 08, 2011
Grade I winner Giant Oak faces stiff competition from nine challengers in Hawthorne Racecourse's marquee fall event.
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Will Havre de Grace beat the boys? If not, then who's the winner?
Havre de Grace will face males for the first time in the $750,000 Woodward (gr.l) Sept. 3 at Saratoga, where she will meet seven rivals.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tizway picked up his second consecutive grade I victory Aug. 6 at Saratoga when he took over approaching the quarter-pole and breezed to an easy score in the $750,000 Whitney Invitational Handicap (gr. I).
Saturday, August 06, 2011
Jason, Tom, and Ed DeRosa of TwinSpires.com, handicap the Whitney Invitational Handicap and West Virginia Derby.
Will a Rail Trip make a Mission Impazible for Friend Or Foe running Flat Out?
The handicap division has taken its lumps this year for not being especially deep, but its competitive nature has led to one of the more intriguing recent editions of the $750,000 Whitney Handicap (gr. I), which drew 11.
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Alex Lieblong's Duke of Mischief topped the list of horses working at Saratoga on the morning of July 31 for the $750,000 Whitney Invitational (gr. I), turning in a bullet half-mile breeze over the main track in :46.88.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
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
William S. Farish Jr.'s Pool Play, making his first start on dirt in his 28th career start, pulled a 36-1 shocker in the $561,300 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) June 18 at Churchill Downs.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Jason, Tom and Steve from TwinSpires.com handicap the Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs.
Eleven are scheduled to compete in the grade I Stephen Foster. Can you predict the order of finish?
Nearly six months into the season, the handicap division is still looking for a clear-cut leader. With a breakout performance in the Stephen Foster Handicap June 18, there is an opportunity for someone to assume that role.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011An injury suffered during a June 13 workout has taken Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider's Bind out of consideration for the Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill Downs and could sideline him for the rest of the year.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Jockey Michael Baze, a member of a famed riding family in United States racing, was found dead the afternoon of May 10 on the backstretch at Churchill Downs.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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