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GULFSTREAM PARK, Hallandale, FL
| 1 | Kathmanblu | Margin: 1¼ | TrueNicks: D | $60,000 |
2008 | Bay Filly | Bluegrass Cat - Abba Gold, Devil's Bag
Sire: Bluegrass Cat , Bay, 2003. Lifetime: 144 yearlings sold, median $32,000.
Broodmare Sire: Devil's Bag, Bay, 1981. In 2009: 1.81 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2009 Yearling Sale, ($57,000).
| 2 | Excited | Margin: 10¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $20,000 |
2008 | Bay Filly | Giant's Causeway - Path of Thunder, Thunder Gulch
Sire: Giant's Causeway , Chestnut, 1997. Raced 2 years. 13 starts, 9 wins, $3,078,989. Lifetime: 731 yearlings sold, median $140,000.
Broodmare Sire: Thunder Gulch , Chestnut, 1992.
| 3 | Nina Fever | Margin: 1 | TrueNicks: A | $7,500 |
2008 | Bay Filly | Borrego - Impact Now, Major Impact
Sire: Borrego , Chestnut, 2001. Lifetime: 71 yearlings sold, median $8,500.
Broodmare Sire: Major Impact, Dark Bay or Brown, 1989. In 2009: 1.20 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2009 Yearling Sale, $32,000.
Keeneland Association November 2008 Breeding Stock Sale, $40,000.
| 3 | Holidaysatthefarm | Margin: 1 | TrueNicks: C | $7,500 |
2008 | Chestnut Filly | Smarty Jones - Qualatative, Woodman
Sire: Smarty Jones , Chestnut, 2001. Raced 2 years. 9 starts, 8 wins, $7,613,155. Lifetime: 153 yearlings sold, median $32,000.
Broodmare Sire: Woodman, Chestnut, 1983.
Others: Bellaridge, $3,000; War Prospector, $1,000; Michelle's Trip, $1,000; Tiger Girl.
Scratched: Greatest Dream.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathmanblu | Julien R. Leparoux | Kenneth G. McPeek |
| 2 | Excited | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 3 | Nina Fever | Jeffrey Sanchez | Wesley A. Ward |
| 3 | Holidaysatthefarm | Jose Lezcano | Thomas F. Proctor |
| 5 | Bellaridge | Tony Farina | William Bradley |
| 6 | War Prospector | Rajiv Maragh | Juan C. Vazquez |
| 6 | Michelle's Trip | Elvis Trujillo | Henry Collazo |
| 8 | Tiger Girl | Kent J. Desormeaux | William I. Mott |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Kathmanblu | Julien R. Leparoux | $3.00 | $2.20 | $2.10 | ||||||
| 6 | Excited | John R. Velazquez | $3.80 | $2.40 | |||||||
| 5 | Nina Fever | Jeffrey Sanchez | $2.10 | ||||||||
| 7 | Holidaysatthefarm | Jose Lezcano | $2.20 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (3-6) | $11.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (3-6-5) | $21.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (3-6-7) | $16.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (3-6-7-5) | $62.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (3-6-5-7) | $64.60 | ||||||||||
A competitive filed of older fillies and mares, including previous Arlington Park graded stakes winner Upperline, comprise the lineup for the May 26 Arlington Matron Stakes (gr. III) at Arlington Park.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Tracy Farmer's La Gran Bailadora, fifth in last year's Hilliard Lyons Doubledogdare Stakes (gr. III) after a slow start, will give it another try April 20 in the 1 1/16-mile stakes for fillies and mares at Keeneland.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Back on firm ground for her first start of 2012, favored Dayatthespa swept to a 1 3/4-length win in the $100,000 Sweetest Chant Stakes on the Gulfstream Park turf Jan. 22.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Jason, Evan, and Tim Holland of TwinSpires.com handicap the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. at Keeneland this week.
Behind a wall of horses with nowhere to go, Winter Memories somehow found a way out, passing the entire field inside the sixteenth pole to win the Garden City Stakes (gr. IT) in unbelievable fashion Sept. 17 at Belmont Park.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Winter Memories, beaten for the first time this season last out as the heavy favorite, shoots for her first grade I win in the $250,000 Garden City Stakes Sept. 17 at Belmont Park.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Fast-closing Hungry Island ran her winning streak to four races when she blew past her rivals in the final furlong to take the $150,000 Woodford Reserve Lake Placid Stakes (gr. IIT) going away by 2 1/2 lengths at Saratoga.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Facing Winter Memories would seem an unenviable task for anyone right now, which is why the NYRA stakes coordinators should be commended for actually finding six 3-year-old fillies to face her in the Lake Placid.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Michael Tabor's Excited stalked the pace before taking control nearing the eighth pole and edged away for a half-length victory in the Virginia Oaks (gr. IIIT) at Colonial Downs July 16.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Dynamic Holiday has been on a roll in her last four starts, and she is looking to carry over her win streak into her first start at Colonial Downs in the July 16 Virginia Oaks (gr. IIIT).
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Bizzy Caroline, making her stakes debut, kicked clear late to register a 2 1/4-length win in the $138,125 Regret Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the Churchill Downs turf course June 18, earning her third consecutive win.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Glen Hill Farm's Banned, a smashing winner of the American Turf (gr. IIT) in his most recent start, returns to Churchill Downs as the heavy favorite for the $100,000 Jefferson Cup (gr. IIIT) on June 18.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Strictly from a handicapping standpoint, I will give you my three top picks for the Kentucky Oaks and tell you why.
Unbeaten filly is mild 4-1 morning line favorite in 10-horse Edgewood field; $100,000 race kicks off stakes action on Oaks day at Churchill Downs
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Fox Hills Farms' Joyful Victory, runaway winner of Oaklawn Park's Honeybee (gr. III) and Fantasy (gr. II) in her past two starts, tops a stellar cast of 13 3-year-old fillies entered in the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I).
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Who will win this year's Kentucky Oaks? Will it be a Joyful Victory? Is it time for a Summer Soiree? Are you expecting a Street Storm? Or will the results be Plum Pretty?
R Heat Lightning, the likely favorite in the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) for trainer Todd Pletcher, put in her final drill prior to the race April 30, working a half-mile in :48 1/5 at Churchill Downs.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Dr. William Dobozi is bound for the Kentucky Oaks with a filly from the only broodmare he owns.
R Heat Lightning, the likely Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) favorite, and Kathmanblu braved a steady rain and sloppy track conditions at Churchill Downs to put in timed workouts just after the track maintenance break April 23.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
With the addition of Suave Voir Faire and Royal Delta to the list of prospective starters in the 137 running of the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), there are 16 fillies listed as "likely" or "possible."
Friday, April 22, 2011
Read about the name meanings of some of this year's Kentucky Oaks-bound fillies.
Even with her third-place effort in the April 9 Ashland Stakes (gr. I), grade III winner Kathmanblu has high hopes resting on her shoulders leading up to the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I).
Monday, April 18, 2011
Lightly-regarded Lilacs and Lace shocked many in the crowd of 23,155 racing fans who turned out to watch the $400,000 Central Bank Ashland Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland April 9.
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Five D Thoroughbreds and Wind River Stables' homebred filly Kathmanblu, a stakes winner on grass and dirt, will attempt to transfer that form to Keeneland's Polytrack surface April 9 in the Central Bank Ashland (gr. I).
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Without Kathmanblu in the field, the $500,000 Fair Grounds Oaks (gr. II) went from a race with a heavy favorite to one with a wide-open feel.
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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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