GULFSTREAM PARK, Hallandale, FL
| 1 | Idle Talk | Age: 7 | Sex: Mare | WT: 120 |
Olmodavor – Letem Talk
| 2 | Juanita | Age: 5 | Sex: Filly | WT: 124 |
Mineshaft – Wishful Splendor
| 3 | Revelstoke | Age: 5 | Sex: Mare | WT: 124 |
Monashee Mountain – Libeccio (NZ)
| 4 | Sky Glow | Age: 6 | Sex: Mare | WT: 124 |
Grand Slam – Cosmic Fire
| 5 | Falbala | Age: 5 | Sex: Filly | WT: 118 |
Ghostzapper – Freeport Flight
| 6 | Lemons to Lemonade | Age: 5 | Sex: Mare | WT: 120 |
Lemon Drop Kid – Lake Placid (IRE)
| 7 | Starsilhouette | Age: 6 | Sex: Mare | WT: 120 |
Orientate – Lure of Gold
| 8 | Malibu Yankee | Age: 4 | Sex: Filly | WT: 119 |
Malibu Moon – Winbrandlex
| 9 | Fleur de Lilly | Age: 5 | Sex: Filly | WT: 122 |
Bowman's Band – Thornhill
| 10 | My Precious Baby | Age: 5 | Sex: Filly | WT: 122 |
With Distinction – Laurica
| 11 | Ainsley | Age: 4 | Sex: Filly | WT: 117 |
Officer – Surging Storm
| 12 | Decennial | Age: 5 | Sex: Mare | WT: 122 |
Trippi – Romantic Dinner
| 13 | Witch's Orchard | Age: 5 | Sex: Mare | WT: 122 |
Snuck In – Witchy Witch
| 14 | Silver Screamer | Age: 5 | Sex: Mare | WT: 120 |
Cozzene – West Sider
| 15 | Write When Ready | Age: 6 | Sex: Mare | WT: 120 |
More Than Ready – Epistle
Trainer Mike Maker was represented by his 1,000th career winner March 16 when Magical Season won the third race at Fair Grounds.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
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, 2012
Tom and Pete handicap the Cardinal Handicap at Churchill Downs this week.
James Miller's grade I winner Daisy Devine heads $100,000 Cardinal Handicap (gr. IIIT) Nov. 10 at Churchill Downs, but the proven speedster could face challenge from Winter Memories' half sister, the late-closing La Cloche.
Wednesday, November 07, 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
Fox Hill Farms' Joyful Victory, a multiple graded stakes-winning earner of more than $625,000, heads a competitive field of 11 fillies and mares entered for the $150,000 Chilukki Stakes (gr. II) Nov. 3 at Churchill Downs.
Wednesday, October 31, 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.
Flaxman Holdings' Aruna seeks back-to-back wins in the $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster (gr. I) at Keeneland Oct. 6, facing 12 rivals as she attempts to become just the fourth horse to accomplish the feat.
Thursday, October 04, 2012
Naples Bay broke through with her first stakes victory in the $150,000 Noble Damsel (gr. IIIT) on the turf at Belmont Park Sept. 15, collaring pacesetter Silver Screamer past mid-stretch en route a 1 1/2-length win.
Saturday, September 15, 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
Joyful Victory and Sassy Image top a strong field of 11 fillies and mares in the $100,000 Gardenia Stakes (gr. III) Aug. 11 at Ellis Park, the first race back in Kentucky for jockey Robby Albarado since his May 4 arrest.
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Silver Screamer, winner of the June 30 Eatontown Handicap (gr. IIIT) last out, is the 123-pound high weight in a field of eight fillies and mares entered for the $150,000 Taylor Made Matchmaker Stakes (gr. IIIT) July 29.
Friday, July 27, 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
Gaining the services of jockey Jose Espinoza for the first time, Silver Screamer kicked clear under urging in the stretch to prevail by 1 1/2 lengths in the June 30 Eatontown Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Monmouth Park.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
The June 30 Eatontown Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Monmouth Park has attracted a diverse group of fillies and mares, with graded stakes winners Ruthenia, Heavenly Landing, and Unbridled Humor being the standouts.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Godolphin Racing's It's Tricky, a daughter of Mineshaft who has won or placed in 11 of 12 starts, wore down pacesetter Cash for Clunkers to win the Ogden Phipps Handicap (gr. I) on the Belmont Park Memorial Day card.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Awesome Maria carries highweight of 124 pounds against four rivals May 28 in Belmont Park's Ogden Phipps Handicap (gr. I). The Phipps is one of three grade I races on the Memorial Day card in New York.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Evan Hammonds recaps the 2012 Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks and several undercard races from the weekend.
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]