GULFSTREAM PARK, Hallandale, FL
| 1 | Presious Passion | Margin: 1¼ | TrueNicks: A | $90,000 |
2003 | Chestnut Gelding | Royal Anthem - Princesa's Passion, Marquetry
Sire: Royal Anthem, Bay, 1995. Raced 3 years. 12 starts, 6 wins, $1,876,876. Lifetime: 118 yearlings sold, median $10,000.
Broodmare Sire: Marquetry, Chestnut, 1987.
| 2 | Winchester | Margin: 2 | TrueNicks: A | $30,000 |
2005 | Bay Horse | Theatrical (IRE) - Rum Charger (IRE), Spectrum (IRE)
Sire: Theatrical (IRE), Dark Bay or Brown, 1982. Raced 4 years. 22 starts, 10 wins, $2,940,036. Lifetime: 395 yearlings sold, median $70,000. In 2009: 2.42 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Spectrum (IRE), Bay, 1992.
| 3 | Feels All Right (IRE) | Margin: 2 | TrueNicks: A | $15,000 |
2006 | Bay Horse | Danehill Dancer (IRE) - Zagreb Flyer (GB), Old Vic (GB)
Sire: Danehill Dancer (IRE), Bay, 1993. Raced 3 years. 11 starts, 4 wins, $343,120. Lifetime: 1052 yearlings sold, median $81,456.
Broodmare Sire: Old Vic (GB), Bay, 1986.
Sale History:
Goff's Orby Million Yearling Sale 2007, $370,188.
Tattersall's December, 2006 Sale of Foals, $212,948.
Others: Bearpath, $7,500; Expansion, $4,500; Gabriel's Hill, $3,000; Thou Swell.
Scratched: Imawildandcrazyguy; Sr. Henry.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presious Passion | Elvis Trujillo | Mary Hartmann |
| 2 | Winchester | Alan Garcia | Christophe Clement |
| 3 | Feels All Right (IRE) | Corey S. Nakatani | Patrick L. Biancone |
| 4 | Bearpath | Javier Castellano | Ian R. Wilkes |
| 5 | Expansion | Julien R. Leparoux | Chad C. Brown |
| 6 | Gabriel's Hill | John R. Velazquez | Seth Benzel |
| 7 | Thou Swell | Cornelio H. Velasquez | James A. Jerkens |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Presious Passion | Elvis Trujillo | $5.20 | $3.20 | $2.60 | ||||||
| 2 | Winchester | Alan Garcia | $3.00 | $2.40 | |||||||
| 7 | Feels All Right (IRE) | Corey S. Nakatani | $3.40 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-2) | $13.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-2-7) | $49.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (4-2-7-5) | $332.80 | ||||||||||
Fresh after a three-month layoff, Simmard won a terrific stretch duel with favored Newsdad by a nose in the $150,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes (gr. IIT) on the Gulfstream Park turf Feb. 26.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
A six-time group/graded stakes winner and a veteran of 44 career starts, 10-year-old Musketier returns for yet another season when he opens up his 2012 campaign in the $150,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes (gr. IIT) Feb. 26.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Bert and Diana Firestone have retired their four-time grade I winner Winchester from racing for stallion duty.
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
While lightly raced this year, four-time grade I winner Winchester has by far the most decorated career heading into the Nov. 26 W.L. McKnight Handicap (gr. IIT) at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) lost one of its contenders Oct. 29 when Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Firestone's Winchester was taken out of consideration following a workout at Belmont Park.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Cape Blanco and Teaks North, both two-time grade I winners on turf this year, headline a star-studded six-horse field for the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational (gr. IT).
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Graded stakes winner and grade I stakes-placed Bearpath, who sustained a shoulder injury during the John's Call Stakes at Saratoga Aug. 5, was euthanized Sept. 23.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Grade I winners Royal Delta and Winchester work five furlongs at Belmont Park.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Proposals for horse racing and marriage abound.
Winchester delivered the fourth grade I victory of his career Aug. 13 when he rallied from last to take the Sword Dancer Invitational (gr. IT) at Saratoga.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Teaks North will try to jump to the top of the standings when he takes on seven rivals in the $500,000 Sword Dancer Invitational (gr. IT) Aug. 13 at Saratoga.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Attendance, handle and Marylou again highlight the third Friday.
The legacy of the late Edward P. Evans was carried on in a big way when the 2010 Virginia-bred champions were announced by the Virginia Thoroughbred Association.
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Free Fighter ended a drought of 14 months when he ground out a two-length victory in the off-the-turf Stars and Stripes Stakes at Arlington Park July 23.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Multiple grade I stakes winner Winchester heads a field of seven grass runners entered for the $100,000 Stars and Stripes Stakes (gr. IIIT), a 1 1/2-mile turf event July 23.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Two-time reigning turf champion Gio Ponti still has a chance to remain one of the division leaders and he can do that while attempting to make history in the $600,000 Man o' War Stakes (gr. IT) July 9 at Belmont Park.
Thursday, July 07, 2011
In a thrilling photo finish in which three horses were separated by the narrowest of margins, it was the 5-year-old mare Keertana who prevailed over her male rivals in the $111,200 Louisville Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Game On Dude, trained by Bob Baffert, and Thiskyhasnolimit, from the Steve Asmussen barn, headline the $300,000 Lone Star Park Handicap (gr. III), the featured event on the Texas track's Memorial Day program May 30.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Tom, Evan and Tim Holland briefly recap the Preakness Stakes, examine the Louisville Handicap and give a shout out to a special horse.
Smart Bid prevailed for the first time since November 2009 in a four-horse photo finish to the $396,000 Mervin H. Muniz Memorial Handicap (gr. IIT) March 26 on the Fair Grounds turf.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Battle of Hastings will play the role of the morning-line favorite in the $400,000 Mervin H. Muniz Jr. Memorial Handicap (gr. IIT) March 26 at Fair Grounds.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Favored Doubles Partner closed with a rush in the final yards to snatch victory by a neck over Rahystrada in the $125,000 Tampa Bay Stakes (gr. IIT) on the turf March 19 at Tampa Bay Downs.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Teaks North, who registered his first graded stakes win in the final jump of last month's Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (gr. IT) for a 25-1 shocker, is back in action in the $125,000 Tampa Bay Stakes (gr. IIIT) March 19.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Prince Will I Am scored his second straight graded stakes win when he held off Rahy's Attorney to take the $150,000 Mac Diarmida (gr. IIT) by three-quarters of a length Feb. 19 at Gulfstream Park.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Expansion closed with determination between horses to score a 32-1 surprise by a head in the $125,000 Fair Grounds Handicap (gr. IIIT)Feb. 19 at the New Orleans track.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
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]