GOLDEN GATE FIELDS, Albany, CA
| 1 | Zeewat | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: A | $60,000 |
2010 | Bay Colt | Harlan's Holiday - Delizia, Distant View
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: 1¼ | TrueNicks: A++ | $20,000 |
2010 | Chestnut Colt | D'wildcat - Moonshine Girl, Shadeed
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
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).
Others: Butterfly Soul, $6,000; Will True Up, $2,000; Condiment; My Best Bet.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zeewat | Russell A. Baze | Jerry Hollendorfer |
| 2 | Wildcat Moon | Kyle Frey | Jeff Bonde |
| 3 | Tree of Life | Dennis Carr | Craig Dollase |
| 4 | Butterfly Soul | Abel Cedillo | Genaro Vallejo |
| 5 | Will True Up | Christian Santiago Reyes | Peter Miller |
| 6 | Condiment | Julien Couton | Joseph Brook |
| 7 | My Best Bet | Frank T. Alvarado | William E. Morey |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Zeewat | Russell A. Baze | $3.80 | $2.80 | $2.40 | ||||||
| 4 | Wildcat Moon | Kyle Frey | $8.80 | $4.40 | |||||||
| 5 | Tree of Life | Dennis 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 | ||||||||||
Pete Denk and Frank Angst handicap the El Camino Real Derby and Mac Diarmida Stakes.
California Derby champion Zeewat will face eight rivals, including a pair of colts trained by three-time Kentucky Derby winner Bob Baffert, in the $200,000 El Camino Real Derby (gr. III) at Golden Gate Fields Feb. 16.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Odds-on Zeewat overcame a less than ideal trip to claim the $100,000 California Derby Jan. 12 at Golden Gate Fields for his second straight stakes score around two turns.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Zeewat, a front-running 3 1/4-length victor in the Gold Rush Stakes for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer one month ago, is the one to beat in the $100,000 California Derby Jan. 12 Golden Gate Fields.
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
The 2012-2013 winter/spring meet at Golden Gate Fields, featuring 101 days of Thoroughbred racing in Northern California, opens Dec. 26 with a nine-race program.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Three weeks after suffering her first defeat in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IT), Flashy Ways will try to redeem herself in the $100,000 Miesque Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Betfair Hollywood Park Nov. 24.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Den's Legacy will stretch out for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert in pursuit of his first stakes victory in the $100,000 Generous (gr. IIIT) on turf.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Southern California shipper Miss Empire, the 1-2 choice ridden by Russell Baze, won a stretch-long battle with outsider Butterfly Soul to capture the $100,000 Pike Place Dancer Stakes by a neck Oct. 27 at Golden Gate Fields.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Pataky Kid, winner of the Arlington-Washington Futurity (gr. III), heads a field of 14 runners in the Dixiana Breeders' Futurity Oct. 6 over Keeneland's Polytrack going 1 1/16 miles.
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Executiveprivilege, undefeated in four starts for trainer Bob Baffert, makes her dirt debut in the $250,000 Chandelier Stakes (gr. I) Sept. 29 at Santa Anita Park.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Favored Russian Greek rallied from last on the far turn to register a one-length victory in the $100,520 California Derby at Golden Gate Fields Jan. 14.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Russian Greek, who overcame a stumble at the start to win the Gold Rush Stakes last month, is the 122-pound high weight for his return to Golden Gate Fields in the $100,000 California Derby Jan. 14.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012Favored Positive Response seized the lead on the final turn and ran away with the $100,000 California Derby for his third consecutive victory at Golden Gate Fields Jan. 15.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Stakes winner Positive Response figures to have a slight edge on paper in the Jan. 15 California Derby. A field of 12 was drawn for the 1 1/16-mile race at Golden Gate Fields.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Sue Dowling, who bred the stakes-winning gelding Ranger Heartley with her husband, Craig Upham, decided to name the horse after a local heroic army ranger, Sgt. Jeffrey Hartley, who was killed in Iraq in April 2008.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010Though somewhat erratic through the homestretch, Ranger Heartley held off odds-on choice Connemara to win the $100,000 California Derby by three-quarters of a length at Golden Gate Fields Jan. 16.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Connemara, undefeated in a pair of route tries for trainer Todd Pletcher last fall, makes his stakes debut against five rival 3-year-olds in the $100,000 California Derby at Golden Gate Fields Jan. 16.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Connemara, an undefeated colt trained by Todd Pletcher, and Macias, a two-time stakes-winner from the Bob Baffert barn, are among the 16 runners nominated to the California Derby Jan. 16 at Golden Gate Fields.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Odds-on favorite Chocolate Candy split horses as the field straightened away, struck the front nearing the eighth-pole and drew clear to post a 1 3/4-length victory in the $100,000 California Derby Jan. 17 at Golden Gate Fields.
Sunday, January 18, 2009Stakes winners Chocolate Candy, Gallant Son, and undefeated Merus Miami top a group of seven 3-year-old colts entered for the $100,000 California Derby at Golden Gate Fields Jan. 17.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Chocolate Candy, who ran third in the CashCall Futurity (gr. I) at Hollywood Park last month, is among the horses already confirmed for the $100,000 California Derby at Golden Gate Fields Jan. 17.
Sunday, January 11, 2009Merus Miami dropped back to last on the backstretch and then rallied through the final quarter of a mile to win the $75,000 Gold Rush Stakes by one length at Golden Gate Fields Dec. 20.
Saturday, December 20, 2008Yankee Bravo duplicated his Eddie Logan Stakes performance, unleashing a strong stretch rally to remain undefeated by winning the $150,000 California Derby on a showery day at Golden Gate Fields Jan. 27.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
With heavy rain in the forecast this weekend, a dozen 3-year-old prospects were entered for the $150,000 California Derby at Golden Gate Fields Jan. 27.
Thursday, January 24, 2008The stalking Bwana Bull circled the pacesetters coming off the final turn of Sunday's $150,000 California Derby and was long gone at the end under substitute rider David Lopez at Golden Gate Fields.
Sunday, January 28, 2007