GULFSTREAM PARK, Hallandale, FL
| 1 | Smooth Air | Margin: 1¼ | BRIS: 101 | TrueNicks: A+ | $180,000 |
2005 | Bay Colt | Smooth Jazz - Air France, French Deputy
Sire: Smooth Jazz, Dark Bay or Brown, 1999. Raced 2 years. 11 starts, 5 wins, $321,105. Lifetime: 26 yearlings sold, median $6,000.
Broodmare Sire: French Deputy, Chestnut, 1992.
| 2 | Finallymadeit | Margin: ¾ | BRIS: 99 | TrueNicks: A+ | $60,000 |
2004 | Chestnut Horse | Concerto - Gold for My Gal, Gold Alert
Sire: Concerto, Chestnut, 1994. Raced 3 years. 21 starts, 10 wins, $1,308,118. Lifetime: 75 yearlings sold, median $7,500.
Broodmare Sire: Gold Alert, Chestnut, 1983. In 2009: 1.28 AEI.
| 3 | Formidable | Margin: 4¾ | BRIS: 98 | TrueNicks: A++ | $30,000 |
2005 | Bay Horse | Sky Mesa - Santaria, Star de Naskra
Sire: Sky Mesa , Bay, 2000. Raced 2 years. 6 starts, 3 wins, $633,076. Lifetime: 320 yearlings sold, median $50,000. In 2009: .71 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Star de Naskra, Dark Bay or Brown, 1975. In 2009: 1.67 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2010 Breeding Stock Sale, ($47,000).
Others: Bribon (FR), $15,000; Cool Coal Man, $9,000; How's Your Halo, $6,000.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smooth Air | Paco Lopez | Bennie F. Stutts, Jr. |
| 2 | Finallymadeit | Eduardo O. Nunez | Javier Negrete |
| 3 | Formidable | Javier Castellano | H. Allen Jerkens |
| 4 | Bribon (FR) | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Robert Ribaudo |
| 5 | Cool Coal Man | Jose Lezcano | Nicholas P. Zito |
| 6 | How's Your Halo | Juan C. Leyva | Brian Prichard |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smooth Air | Paco Lopez | $6.80 | $4.40 | $3.20 | |||||||
| Finallymadeit | Eduardo O. Nunez | $8.20 | $4.20 | ||||||||
| Formidable | Javier Castellano | $3.60 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (6-5) | $54.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (6-5-2) | $318.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (6-5-2-4) | $706.60 | ||||||||||
Trainer Ian Wilkes said he is leaning toward the Oaklawn Handicap (gr. II) for Fort Larned after last fall's Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner breezed an easy half-mile at Palm Meadows Training Center March 21.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
After monitoring Fort Larned for the past few days, trainer Ian Wilkes said he is pleased with the manner in which the 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic winner has emerged from his fall in the March 9 Gulfstream Park Handicap.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Evan Hammonds recaps the victories of Verrazano, Hear the Ghost, and the stumble of Fort Larned.
Fort Larned came out of his bad stumble at the start of the Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. II) March 9 with a grabbed quarter, but otherwise escaped further injury, trainer Ian Wilkes reported the following morning.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
E. Paul Robsham Stables' Discreet Dancer picked up the pieces of an incident-marred running of the Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. II) March 9, when Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Fort Larned stumbled at the start.
Saturday, March 09, 2013
Fort Larned, who has not started since his gutsy victory in the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I), will face five opponents when he makes his 5-year-old debut March 9 in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. I).
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Trainer Todd Pletcher had a busy Sunday morning at Palm Meadows Training Center March 3 with more than a dozen stakes runners from his powerful stable hitting the work tab for upcoming stakes engagements.
Sunday, March 03, 2013
Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Fort Larned was assigned high weight of 124 pounds for his first of 2013 in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. II) March 9 in south Florida.
Sunday, March 03, 2013
Defending Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. II) winner Mucho Macho Man will miss the March 9 event because of a mild virus, owner Dean Reeves confirmed Feb. 28.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Horse of the Year finalist Fort Larned breezed a half-mile in 48 2/5 on the morning of Jan. 18 at Palm Meadows Training Center, his first recorded workout since his victory in last fall's Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I).
Friday, January 18, 2013
Veteran trainer Bennie Stutts Jr. announced his retirement Nov. 24, with recent maiden winner Iwillneversaynever the final horse he would saddle during a career that spanned 44 years.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
The son of Macho Uno wins his second stakes of the year in the Gulfstream Park Handicap.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Mucho Macho Man breaks from the rail against a small field that includes Jackson Bend and defending champion Tackleberry in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. II) March 10.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Trainer Kathy Ritvo set the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. II) March 10 as the next start for multiple stakes winner Mucho Macho Man.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Boys At Tosconova, a grade I winner at 2, appeared ready to rejoin the stakes ranks Jan. 27 with a game triumph over the filly Groupie Doll in the $51,000 allowance feature at Gulfstream Park.
Friday, January 27, 2012The first reported foal by Robert LaPenta's grade II winner Cool Coal Man is a colt born Jan. 20 in Ocala, Fla.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Overdriven follows Uncle Mo as a standout 2-year-old for owner Mike Repole. The Tale of the Cat colt's pedigree offers many clues to how he'll develop as a runner.
Noble's Promise made headlines finishing a close third in the 2009 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) and fifth in the 2010 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
All he does is win, now three in a row with the Gulfstream Park Handicap.
Tackleberry scored his third consecutive stakes win on March 12, holding on gamely for a narrow win in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. II) March 12.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Luis Olivares' Tackleberry will seek his fifth stakes victory in six starts when he returns to face seven foes in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. II) at one mile March 12.
Wednesday, March 09, 2011Grade II winner Cool Coal Man had his first mare confirmed in foal. The mare, Bahrina (by Bahri), is owned by Rick Sutherland.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Cool Coal Man, a grade II-winning son of Mineshaft, will stand the 2011 breeding season at Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds in Ocala, Florida for a fee of $5,000.
Friday, February 04, 2011Fanlew Farms near Serepta, La., has announced its 2011 stud fees for six stallions.
Friday, January 07, 2011
In a star-studded field that included four Breeders' Cup starters, it was the longest shot on the board, Jersey Town, who pulled a 34-1 shocker in the Hill 'N' Dale Cigar Mile (gr. I) Nov. 27 at Aqueduct.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
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]