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GULFSTREAM PARK, Hallandale, FL
| 1 | Little Mike | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: A+ | $90,000 |
2007 | Bay Gelding | Spanish Steps - Hay Jude, Wavering Monarch
Sire: Spanish Steps, Dark Bay or Brown, 2001. Lifetime: 63 yearlings sold, median $6,500.
Broodmare Sire: Wavering Monarch, Bay, 1979. In 2009: 1.25 AEI.
| 2 | Society's Chairman | Margin: 2¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $30,000 |
2003 | Bay Horse | Not Impossible (IRE) - Athena's Smile, Olympio
Sire: Not Impossible (IRE), Bay, 1997. Lifetime: 7 yearlings sold, median $5,803. In 2009: .88 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Olympio, Chestnut, 1988. In 2009: 1.19 AEI.
Sale History:
Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) 2004 Canadian-Bred Yearlings, $31,076.
| 3 | Yankee Fourtune | Margin: 2½ | TrueNicks: D | $15,000 |
2007 | Gray or Roan Gelding | Yankee Gentleman - Madam Ann, Mi Cielo
Sire: Yankee Gentleman , Bay, 1999. Raced 2 years. 10 starts, 4 wins, $202,547. Lifetime: 138 yearlings sold, median $14,637. In 2009: 1.02 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Mi Cielo, Bay, 1990.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, $37,000.
Keeneland Association 2007 November Breeding Stock Sale, $22,000.
Others: Tannersville, $7,500; Nicanor, $4,500; Zifzaf, $3,000; Rogue Victory; Twilight Meteor; Dr. Smarty Jack; China.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Mike | Joe Bravo | Dale L. Romans |
| 2 | Society's Chairman | Jose Lezcano | Roger L. Attfield |
| 3 | Yankee Fourtune | Victor Santiago | Kiaran P. McLaughlin |
| 4 | Tannersville | Luis Jurado | Henry Collazo |
| 5 | Nicanor | Julien R. Leparoux | Michael R. Matz |
| 6 | Zifzaf | Javier Castellano | James J. Toner |
| 7 | Rogue Victory | Kent J. Desormeaux | George Weaver |
| 8 | Twilight Meteor | Alex O. Solis | Martin D. Wolfson |
| 9 | Dr. Smarty Jack | Elvis Trujillo | Michelle Nihei |
| 10 | China | Rajiv Maragh | Todd Quast |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Little Mike | Joe Bravo | $12.80 | $5.80 | $4.20 | ||||||
| 1 | Society's Chairman | Jose Lezcano | $4.20 | $3.00 | |||||||
| 6 | Yankee Fourtune | Victor Santiago | $3.20 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (7-1) | $69.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (7-1-6) | $117.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (7-1-6-9) | $1,731.30 | ||||||||||
Little Mike caught a tough group of competitors by surprise with a wire-to-wire upset victory in the $561,000 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (gr. IT) at Churchill Downs May 5.
Saturday, May 05, 2012
Doubles Partner, third in the April 13 Makers 46 Mile (gr. IT) at Keeneland after an unfortunate trip, returns to one of his favorite grass courses for the $500,000 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (gr. IT) at Churchill May 5.
Wednesday, May 02, 2012Juddmonte Farms' homebred Mutual Trust, a group I winner in France last season, headlines a competitive field of 12 in the $125,000 Miami Mile Handicap (gr. IIIT) April 21 at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012Coolmore is planning to develop, along with the Irish government, a Thoroughbred industry in China. The project involves racetracks, a training center, and the export of 100 mares from Ireland to China.
Monday, April 16, 2012Grade III winner Society's Chairman has gotten his first three mares in foal including Southern Oaks, a winning daughter of Vindication.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Sand Cove, the 2010 Canadian champion older male, died Feb. 13 from complications from laminitis.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Doubles Partner showed little effect from a 10-month layoff when he charged home late to register a three-quarters of a length victory in the $150,000 Canadian Turf Stakes (gr. IIIT) March 3 on the Gulfstream Park turf.
Saturday, March 03, 2012
Little Mike goes for his fifth consecutive win when he defends his title in the $150,000 Canadian Turf Stakes (gr. IIIT) over the Gulfstream Park turf course he favors March 3.
Thursday, March 01, 2012
Undefeated Awesome Feather won her ninth consecutive race, runnng away from the Sunshine Millions Distaff field at Gulfstream Park for Stronach Stables and trainer Chad Brown.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Unbeaten 4-year-old filly Awesome Feather and 2011 Eclipse champion female sprinter Musical Romance are among the most accomplished of 48 Florida breds entered in the $1.3 million Florida Sunshine Millions Jan. 28.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Undefeated 4-year-old filly Awesome Feather, champion female sprinter Musical Romance, and popular 4-year-old Mucho Macho Man are among the stars expected to run in one of six Florida Sunshine Millions Stakes Jan. 28.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Soaring Empire is on target to defend his 2011 victory in the $100,000 Hal's Hope Stakes (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 14 and could face Jackson Bend in the one-mile test.
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Little Mike, a three-time graded stakes winner on the Gulfstream Park turf earlier this year, returned to his favorite course after 8 1/2 months on the sidelines to win an allowance/optional claiming race by a nose.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Roy and Gretchen Jackson's Lentenor, a 4-year-old full brother to Barbaro, is slated to run in the seventh race Dec. 23 at Tampa Bay Downs. He'll face nine in the 1 1/16-mile allowance/optional claimer on the turf.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Canadian champion Sand Cove and graded stakes winner Society's Chairman have been retired from racing and will stand in 2012 at James and Janeane Everatt's Shannondoe Farm near St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Trainer Christophe Clement may have the one to beat in the Tropical Turf Handicap (gr. IIIT) with Brushwood Stable's 4-year-old colt Mr. Ryder following a third-place effort last out in the Oct. 15 Knickerbocker Stakes.
Monday, November 28, 2011Sheikh Mohammed's Darley operation has announced well-bred stakes winners Jalil and Sousa will enter stud in China in 2012 in an effort to bolster that country's emerging Thoroughbred industry.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Multiple Eclipse Award winner Gio Ponti returns to Keeneland on Oct. 8 as he seeks to defend his title in the $600,000 Shadwell Turf Mile (gr. IT), one of nine graded stakes over the Lexington track's opening weekend.
Monday, October 03, 2011
Racing will be held in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, one day a week with four to six races on the program.
Monday, July 04, 2011
Making his stakes debut, Aurora Meadows and Oxbridge Farm's Court of the Realm held off the determined run of Fifty Proof to win the $269,200 King Edward (Can-IIT) June 25 at Woodbine.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Grand Adventure, who captured the most lucrative win of his career in last year's King Edward Stakes (Can-IIT), is back to defend his title in the one-mile turf event worth $250,000 at Woodbine June 25.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Ventana returned to his winning ways, as the 5-year-old finally did May 21 at Pimlico Race Course when he outdueled longshot Immortal Eyes to score the $100,000 Maryland Sprint Handicap (gr. III).
Saturday, May 21, 2011Roy and Gretchen Jackson's La Ville Rouge produced a full brother to 2006 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Barbaro May 18.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Ventana, the only previous graded stakes winner entered in the Maryland Sprint (gr. III), is seeking his first score outside California. The race, which attracted a field of nine, will be contested at six furlongs May 21.
Thursday, May 19, 2011The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced it has expanded its international equine sales to China.
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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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