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California Derby

GOLDEN GATE FIELDS, Albany, CA

  • Purse: $100,000
  • Date: January 12, 2013
  • Class:
  • TV: HRTV/TVG
  • Age: 3 yo
  • Race: 4
  • Distance: One And One Sixteenth Miles
  • Post Time: 2:15 PM
1 Zeewat Margin: ½ TrueNicks: A $60,000

2010 | Bay Colt | Harlan's Holiday   - Delizia, Distant View

  • Breeder:Derry Meeting Farm
  • Owner: Hollendorfer, Jerry and Todaro, George
  • Trainer: Jerry Hollendorfer
  • Jockey: Russell A. Baze

Sire: Harlan's Holiday  , Bay, 1999. Raced 3 years. 22 starts, 9 wins, $3,632,664. Lifetime: 382 yearlings sold, median $56,500.

Broodmare Sire: Distant View, Chestnut, 1991.

Sale History: Keeneland Associaton September 2011 Yearling Sale, $50,000.

2 Wildcat Moon Margin: TrueNicks: A++ $20,000

2010 | Chestnut Colt | D'wildcat   - Moonshine Girl, Shadeed

  • Breeder:Silver Oaks Farm
  • Owner: Bonde, Jeff, Metanovic, Mersad and Shindelas, Margaret
  • Trainer: Jeff Bonde
  • Jockey: Kyle Frey

Sire: D'wildcat  , Chestnut, 1998. Raced 4 years. 18 starts, 5 wins, $570,444. Lifetime: 146 yearlings sold, median $17,585. In 2009: 1.77 AEI.

Broodmare Sire: Shadeed, Bay, 1982. In 2009: 1.24 AEI.

Sale History: Barretts Equine Limited 2011 California Cup Yearling Sale, $20,000.
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2011 Select and Open Sale of Yearlings, $25,000.

3 Tree of Life Margin: ½ TrueNicks: D $12,000

2010 | Bay Gelding | Lion Heart - Professora, Gulch

  • Breeder:Finsbury Bloodstock Ltd.
  • Owner: West Point Thoroughbreds
  • Trainer: Craig Dollase
  • Jockey: Dennis Carr

Sire: Lion Heart, Chestnut, 2001. Raced 2 years. 10 starts, 5 wins, $1,390,800. Lifetime: 497 yearlings sold, median $30,000.

Broodmare Sire: Gulch, Bay, 1984.

Sale History: Barretts Equine Limited March 2012 Sale of Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training, $70,000.
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2011 Select and Open Sale of Yearlings, $60,000.
Keeneland Association November 2010 Breeding Stock Sale, ($27,000).

Time: 1:46.50   Track: Fast

Others: Butterfly Soul, $6,000; Will True Up, $2,000; Condiment; My Best Bet.

FinishHorseJockeyTrainer
1ZeewatRussell A. BazeJerry Hollendorfer
2Wildcat MoonKyle FreyJeff Bonde
3Tree of LifeDennis CarrCraig Dollase
4Butterfly SoulAbel CedilloGenaro Vallejo
5Will True UpChristian Santiago ReyesPeter Miller
6CondimentJulien CoutonJoseph Brook
7My Best BetFrank T. AlvaradoWilliam E. Morey

Payoffs

HorseJockeyWinPlaceShow
3 ZeewatRussell A. Baze$3.80$2.80$2.40
4 Wildcat MoonKyle Frey$8.80$4.40
5 Tree of LifeDennis Carr$2.60
EXOTIC PAYOFFS:
$2.00 Exacta (3-4)$29.40
$2.00 Trifecta (3-4-5)$86.60
$2.00 Superfecta (3-4-5-6)$277.60

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