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GULFSTREAM PARK, Hallandale, FL
| 1 | Changing Skies (IRE) | Margin: ¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $60,000 |
2005 | Bay Mare | Sadler's Wells - Magnificient Style, Silver Hawk
Sire: Sadler's Wells, Bay, 1981. Raced 2 years. 11 starts, 6 wins, $713,690. Lifetime: 635 yearlings sold, median $263,280.
Broodmare Sire: Silver Hawk, Bay, 1979. In 2009: 2.22 AEI.
| 2 | Nehantic Kat | Margin: 1¼ | TrueNicks: B | $20,000 |
2003 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Tomorrows Cat - Knightly Thunder, Thunder Puddles
Sire: Tomorrows Cat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1995. Raced 2 years. 15 starts, 4 wins, $516,090. Lifetime: 133 yearlings sold, median $8,500.
Broodmare Sire: Thunder Puddles, Chestnut, 1979. In 2009: 1.30 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton New York 2004 Preferred Yearling Sale, ($34,000).
Fasig-Tipton Ky Open, 2003 Mixed Sale, $2,500.
| 3 | Cable | Margin: 1¾ | TrueNicks: A+ | $10,000 |
2005 | Gray or Roan Mare | Dynaformer - Sterling Pound, Seeking the Gold
Sire: Dynaformer , Dark Bay or Brown, 1985. Raced 3 years. 30 starts, 7 wins, $671,207. Lifetime: 535 yearlings sold, median $75,000.
Broodmare Sire: Seeking the Gold, Bay, 1985.
Others: Proud Lisa, $5,000; Long Approach, $3,000; Closeout, $2,000; Morena (PER); Belle Allure (IRE); Celtic Princess (BRZ); Mystic Miracle; Zaskar (GB); Rcuandry; In My Glory.
Scratched: Jessica Is Back; Lady Shakespeare; Kiawah Cat.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Changing Skies (IRE) | Kent J. Desormeaux | William I. Mott |
| 2 | Nehantic Kat | Joe Bravo | Barclay Tagg |
| 3 | Cable | Alan Garcia | Christophe Clement |
| 4 | Proud Lisa | Javier Castellano | Joseph F. Orseno |
| 5 | Long Approach | Julien R. Leparoux | Jonathan E. Sheppard |
| 6 | Closeout | Edgar S. Prado | Thomas F. Proctor |
| 7 | Morena (PER) | Elvis Trujillo | Michael R. Matz |
| 8 | Belle Allure (IRE) | Rajiv Maragh | Christophe Clement |
| 9 | Celtic Princess (BRZ) | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Eduardo Caramori |
| 10 | Mystic Miracle | Eibar Coa | Mark A. Hennig |
| 11 | Zaskar (GB) | Eddie Castro | John P. Terranova, II |
| 12 | Rcuandry | Jeremy Rose | H. Graham Motion |
| 13 | In My Glory | Jesus Lopez Castanon | Chuck Peery |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Changing Skies (IRE) | Kent J. Desormeaux | $10.00 | $6.00 | $4.00 | ||||||
| 13 | Nehantic Kat | Joe Bravo | $12.60 | $6.60 | |||||||
| 5 | Cable | Alan Garcia | $3.40 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (11-13) | $140.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (11-13-5) | $844.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (11-13-5-1) | $12,548.20 | ||||||||||
Taking advantage of a heady rail-skimming trip from Joe Bravo, Brazilian-bred Here to Win outkicked Keertana in the stretch for an 11-1 upset in $100,000 The Very One (gr. IIIT) Feb. 25 at Gulfstream Park.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
On Nov. 4, Charles Fipke's persistence paid off as his homebred 4-year-old filly Perfect Shirl gave the Canadian prospector a paydirt of a different kind: a win in the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Always tough Wasted Tears returns to Southern California to defend her title in the $250,000 John C. Mabee Stakes (gr. IIT) against a competitive field on the Del Mar turf Aug. 14.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Coming off a grade I win last month, Acclamation returns on the opening Saturday of the 2011 Del Mar season in the $300,00 Eddie Read Stakes (gr. IT) July 23.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Review graded stakes from Independence Day weekend.
A two-time group I winner and Horse of the Year in her native Brazil, Celtic Princess finally notched her first stakes win in the United States in her sixth try, handily taking the Royal Heroine Mile (gr. IIT) July 4.
Monday, July 04, 2011
Dubawi Heights, stepping into grade I company for the first time for trainer Simon Callaghan, collared pacesetter Celtic Princess just strides from the wire to win the $250,000 Gamely Stakes at Hollywood Park.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Keertana bided her time behind the pacesetting Belle Watling and then outfought the late-charging Zapparition to win the $100,000 The Very One Stakes (gr. IIIT) by a half-length on the Gulfstream Park turf course Feb. 20.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Swettenham Stud's homebred 6-year-old Changing Skies won the $100,000 The Very One Stakes (gr. IIIT) a year ago and returns as the likely favorite in the 1 3/8-mile turf contest Feb. 20 at Gulfstream Park.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Steven Michael Bell's Aegean, sent off at 9-1 odds, held off a determined 13-1 shot in Jessica Is Back to post an upset in the $200,000 Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Sprint at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 29
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Grade I winners Cost of Freedom and Jessica Is Back head their respective sprint divisions of the Sunshine Millions taking place at Santa Anita in California and at Gulfstream Park in Florida Jan. 29.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Jessica Is Back, winner of the Princess Rooney (gr. I) at Calder last summer, heads a well-balanced field of 10 fillies and mares entered in the $100,000 Sugar Swirl Stakes (gr. III) Jan. 15 at Gulfstream Park.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
See the races from the first weekend of 2011.
Favored Changing Skies pounced on Casablanca Smile in the stretch and proved a handy 3 3/4-length winner of the $100,000 La Prevoyante Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the turf at Calder Casino and Race Course Jan. 2.
Sunday, January 02, 2011
Green Hills Farm's Chilean-bred Casablanca Smile will be among the favorites in a field of 11 fillies and mares set to launch their 2011 seasons in the $100,000 La Prevoyante Handicap (gr. IIIT) Jan. 2 at Calder.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Soinlovewithyou, in foal to Sea the Stars, topped the Nov. 29 opening day of the Tattersalls December Mare Sale when she was purchased by agent Hugo Lascelles for 950,000 guineas.
Monday, November 29, 2010
David Egan's homebred Mekong Melody stayed perfect in three tries at the marathon distance of 12 furlongs as she sprinted away in the stretch to score convincingly in the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT) Nov. 13.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Swettenham Stud's homebred Changing Skies, who missed by a head in her grade I debut last out, should be the heavy choice to take down six foes in the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT) Nov. 13 at Aqueduct.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
English-bred Ave split horses in deep stretch and got up just before the wire to post a 10-1 upset in the $500,000 Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (gr. IT) Oct. 2 at Belmont Park.
Saturday, October 02, 2010An international field of accomplished females, including Japanese group I winner Red Desire, will go postward in the Oct. 2 Flower Bowl Invitational (gr. IT) at Belmont Park.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Rightly So found grade I success for the first time when she led all the way in the $250,000 Ballerina Stakes over a speed-favoring Saratoga main track Aug. 28.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Informed Decision, the reigning champion female sprinter, will look for her third straight win in the Ballerina Handicap (gr. I), a race that also has grade I winner Jessica Is Back in its field.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Charles Fipke's homebred Perfect Shirl, a maiden when the summer began, notched her third consecutive win and made a successful stakes debut when taking the Lake George (gr. IIT) for 3-year-old fillies July 28 at Saratoga.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
MAHUBAH'S CORNER, by Avalyn Hunter
Although she descends from an important early American female family, Jessica Is Back is the sole grade I-winning representative of her dam line's branch in a half-century.
Farnsworth Stables' Jessica Is Back rallied from off the pace and caught Warbling in deep stretch to win the $350,000 Princess Rooney Handicap (gr. I) by two lengths July 10 at Calder Race Course.
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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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