GULFSTREAM PARK, Hallandale, FL
| 1 | Tiz Liberty | Age: 5 | Sex: Gelding | WT: 118 |
Tiznow – Leaseholder
| 2 | Private Tale | Age: 5 | Sex: Gelding | WT: 124 |
Tale of the Cat – Taint
| 3 | Homeboykris | Age: 6 | Sex: Gelding | WT: 118 |
Roman Ruler – One Last Salute
| 4 | Parent's Honor | Age: 5 | Sex: Gelding | WT: 124 |
Elusive Quality – Dami
| 5 | Dan and Sheila | Age: 4 | Sex: Ridgling | WT: 117 |
More Than Ready – Sheila's Prospect
| 6 | Willy Elliot | Age: 4 | Sex: Colt | WT: 118 |
Tiznow – Unique Creek
| 7 | American Legend | Age: 5 | Sex: Gelding | WT: 118 |
Smart Strike – Secret Forest
| 8 | Kings Over | Age: 4 | Sex: Gelding | WT: 119 |
Trippi – Mop Squeezer
| 9 | Dominant Jeannes | Age: 6 | Sex: Gelding | WT: 122 |
Pleasantly Perfect – General Jeanne
| 10 | Flatter This | Age: 6 | Sex: Horse | WT: 122 |
Flatter – Val U Me
| 11 | Trade | Age: 4 | Sex: Colt | WT: 121 |
Posse – Provincial
| 12 | Tuvia's Force | Age: 6 | Sex: Horse | WT: 118 |
Mineshaft – Jazz Tradition
The Florida Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association is working with Gulfstream Park and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to secure a three-year contract for the Claiming Crown.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Parent's Honor capped a big day for Ken and Sarah Ramsey at Gulfstream Park Dec. 1, taking the $200,000 Claiming Crown Jewel at odds of 16-1 to give the owners their fourth winner on the card.
Saturday, December 01, 2012
Gulfstream Park will begin its 2012-2013 race meet Dec. 1 and the track's president and general manager Tim Ritvo expects the opening day Claiming Crown to help provide a fast start on the track and in wagering.
Friday, November 30, 2012A horse at Hawthorne was euthanized Nov. 26 and a necropsy revealed the horse had EHV-1. It is the fourth horse to die of the disease during the Hawthorne fall meet.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Pete Denk and Frank Angst handicap the Jewel Stakes and the Emerald Stakes of the Claiming Crown from Gulfstream Park Saturday.
The Claiming Crown comes to Gulfstream Park for the south Florida oval's season opener Dec. 1, and local horsemen have responded enthusiastically with 97 entrants in the seven-race series worth a total of $850,000 in purses.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012The nomination deadline for the Claiming Crown at Gulfstream Park is Nov. 9. This year's event, which will feature seven races worth a total of $850,000, is scheduled for Dec. 1, opening day of the Gulfstream 2012-13 meet.
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
Listen to Tom LaMarra discuss the 2012 Claiming Crown with TOBA president Dan Metzger, Gulfstream Park COO Tim Ritvo, and Owner/Breeder Ken Ramsey.
Local favorite Cash Rules was a popular winner of the $100,000 Spend a Buck Handicap (gr. III) Oct. 13, his seventh lifetime victory at Calder Casino & Race Course and first in a graded stakes event.
Saturday, October 13, 2012There are 276 trainers eligible to nominate horses to the Dec. 1 Claiming Crown at Gulfstream Park, officials said Sept. 13.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
The deadline for trainers to register for this year's Claiming Crown is Aug. 31, Gulfstream Park officials said.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
A new nomination process for the 2012 Claiming Crown has been put in place by Claiming Crown Limited.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Gulfstream Park announced it will offer 61 stakes (33 graded) worth more than $10.1 million during its 2012-13 race meet, which is highlighted by the March 30 Florida Derby (gr. I).
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Gulfstream Park will host the 14th running of the Claiming Crown on the opening day of its 2012-2013 meet Dec. 1, 2012. The 2012 event will see a significant increase in purses to $850,000 for seven races.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Is Hansen worth trying to beat at short odds?
With the exception of Eclipse Award winner Hansen, a large but rather unaccomplished field of 13 has lined up for the $400,000 Gotham (gr. III) March 3 at Aqueduct.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The $400,000 Gotham (gr. III) at Aqueduct March 3 will likely feature more than a dozen 3-year-olds, headed by 2011 juvenile champion Hansen.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Jason Shandler looks at Todd Pletcher's Derby hopefuls.
The $175,000 Lecomte Stakes (gr. III), Fair Grounds' first graded 3-year-old race leading up to the Louisiana Derby (gr. II), drew a field of 13, a handful of them thought to be early Triple Crown prospects.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
It Happened Again, making his first start in more than five months, wore down pacesetter Isthmus to capture the $138,000 Claiming Crown Jewel by 1 1/4 lengths at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Dec. 3.
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Trainer Mike Maker has half the field in this year's $150,000 Claiming Crown Jewel, the featured event of five stakes to be held for the first time Dec. 3 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in Louisiana.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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
Mambo Meister, who got upended two races back in the Woodward Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga, will try for his third stakes win this year at Calder Race Course when he takes on seven rivals in the Fred W. Hooper Handicap.
Monday, November 21, 2011
The 140th Thoroughbred racing season at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots includes more major stakes days, new trainers, and an expanded wagering menu.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The deadline for regular and open nominations to the 2011 Claiming Crown at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots is Aug. 26, organizers of the event said Aug. 11.
Friday, August 12, 2011
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]