+10000000)+'&millis='+new Date().getTime()+'&zid=472&referrer='+encodeURIComponent(document.location)+')
HOLLYWOOD PARK, Inglewood, CA
| 1 | California Flag | Margin: 4½ | BRIS: 100 | $90,000 |
2004 | Gray or Roan Gelding | Avenue of Flags - Ultrafleet, Afleet
Sire: Avenue of Flags, Dark Bay or Brown, 1988. Raced 2 years. 3 starts, 2 wins, $53,550. Lifetime: 84 yearlings sold, median $16,000. In 2009: 1.44 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Afleet, Chestnut, 1984.
| 2 | Racketeer | Margin: ½ | BRIS: 92 | $30,000 |
2003 | Bay Horse | Awesome Again - Noble Robyn, Skip Trial
Sire: Awesome Again , Bay, 1994. Raced 2 years. 12 starts, 9 wins, $4,374,590. Lifetime: 289 yearlings sold, median $60,000.
Broodmare Sire: Skip Trial, Bay, 1982. In 2009: 2.06 AEI.
Sale History:
Adena Springs 2005 Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale, ($150,000).
| 3 | Delta Storm | Margin: head | BRIS: 91 | $18,000 |
2001 | Bay Gelding | Storm Boot - Talkin to Delta, Diesis (GB)
Sire: Storm Boot, Chestnut, 1989. Raced 2 years. 14 starts, 4 wins, $70,510. Lifetime: 356 yearlings sold, median $21,500.
Broodmare Sire: Diesis (GB), Chestnut, 1980.
Others: Carrilero (ARG), $9,000; One Union, $3,000; Joe Bravo (BRZ); Unusual Suspect.
Scratched: Hurry Up Austin; Towzee (NZ); Majestic Diamond (NZ).
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California Flag | Joseph Talamo | Brian J. Koriner |
| 2 | Racketeer | Rafael Bejarano | Barry Abrams |
| 3 | Delta Storm | Aaron T. Gryder | Mike R. Mitchell |
| 4 | Carrilero (ARG) | Jose Valdivia, Jr. | Mike Puype |
| 5 | One Union | Victor Espinoza | Richard E. Mandella |
| 6 | Joe Bravo (BRZ) | Mike E. Smith | Robert J. Frankel |
| 7 | Unusual Suspect | Tyler Baze | Barry Abrams |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Flag | Joseph Talamo | $5.40 | $3.80 | $3.00 | |||||||
| Racketeer | Rafael Bejarano | $11.40 | $5.40 | ||||||||
| Delta Storm | Aaron T. Gryder | $4.00 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (10-4) | $55.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (10-4-1) | $253.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (10-4-1-9) | $1,005.20 | ||||||||||
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
Looking fresh as a daisy, California Flag humbled his rivals in the $100,000 San Simeon Handicap (gr. IIIT) with a front-running 2 1/4-length victory on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita April 21.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
On the sidelines since last fall's Breeder's Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT), California Flag returns to head a field of eight in the $100,000 San Simeon Handicap (gr. 11T) on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita Park April 21.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
A field of 16 runners, led by five grade/group I winners, will enter the starting gate for the $250,000 Dubai City of Gold Sponsored by Skywards (UAE-IIT) at Meydan Racecourse March 10.
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Taking advantage of a heady rail-skimming trip from Joe Bravo, Brazilian-bred Here to Win outkicked Keertana in the stretch for an 11-1 upset in $100,000 The Very One (gr. IIIT) Feb. 25 at Gulfstream Park.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Junebugred made his 2012 debut a winning one, but it was close. The chestnut son of Corinthian defeated 17-1 longshot Reckless Jerry by a neck in the $100,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds at Oaklawn Park Jan. 16.
Monday, January 16, 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
Jockey Paco Lopez was taken off his mounts for the weekend of Dec. 10-11 at Gulfstream Park due to a small hairline crack on his shoulder blade, according to agent Cory Moran.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Making his stakes debut, career claimer Jimanator outdueled odds-on favorite Mambo Meister to win the $100,000 Fred W. Hooper Handicap (gr. III) Nov. 26 at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Several horses posted their final workouts the weekend of Oct. 28-30 in preparation for the Nov. 5 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. II).
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Caracortado, prepping for the Nov. 5 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. II) at Churchill Downs, worked five furlongs on Santa Anita Park's main track Oct. 23 in a minute under regular rider Joe Talamo.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Favored Candyman E, overcoming trouble for jockey Joe Bravo entering the turn, exploited an opening along the inside to prevail in the $150,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Oct. 22 at Laurel Park.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Phipps Stable's homebred Boisterous never stopped charging and finally overtook Sleepless Knight in the final 40 yards to win the $100,000 Knickerbocker Stakes (gr. IIIT) by a half-length Oct. 15 at Belmont Park.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
California Flag became the first horse to win the Morvich Stakes (gr. IIIT) three times when he took the latest edition of the race by a half-length over Excessive Passion in a furious finish Oct. 10.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Front-running Sean Avery, under all-out pressure from jockey Joe Bravo, nosed odds-on choice Trappe Shot to produce a 17-1 stunner in the $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (gr. I) at Saratoga Aug. 7.
Sunday, August 07, 2011
Maiden Jack's in the Deck split horses in the stretch and burst home to capture the $150,000 Futurity Stakes (gr. II) by four lengths in an upset at cloudy Belmont Park July 3.
Sunday, July 03, 2011
This Ones for Phil captured the featured $75,000 Decathlon Stakes, Joe Bravo won three races, and a crowd of 10,847 enjoyed opening day festivities as Monmouth Park kicked off the 2011 Thoroughbred racing season May 14.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Duke of Mischief has no problem traveling or trying new racetracks, and the evening of April 16 he found Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races to his liking in the $1 million Charles Town Classic (gr. III).
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Speedster Little Mike played the bully once again on the Gulfstream Park turf, tallying in the $100,000 Emirates Airlines Appleton Stakes April 3 for his third grade III win of the meet.
Sunday, April 03, 2011Keith Card, former president of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association and recently inducted into the state's Racing Hall of Fame, died March 8. He was 83.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
For the second time during the meet, Little Mike went gate to wire to win a graded stakes on the Gulfstream Park turf, turning back a solid field in the $150,000 Canadian turf Stakes (gr. IIIT) Feb. 27.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Bourbon Bay, the West Coast's premier turf marathoner for most of 2010, takes on last season's late-developing Champ Pegasus in the $150,000 San Marcos Stakes (gr. IIT) at Santa Anita on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 17.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Jockey Joe Bravo made it clean sweep of the Gulfstream Park stakes Jan. 9, as he guided 26-1 longshot Justaroundmidnight to victory in the $100,000 Marshua's River (gr. IIIT) one race after scoring the Ft. Lauderdale.
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Sent off at 12-1 in a wide-open field of 11, Little Mike broke sharply from the outside and never looked back, going wire-to-wire to win a thrilling edition of the $100,000 Ft. Lauderdale (gr. IIIT) Jan. 9 at Gulfstream Park.
Sunday, January 09, 2011
The Usual Q. T., in his first appearance since placing third in the TVG Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT), heads the field for the $150,000 San Gabriel Stakes (gr. IIT) on the second day of the Santa Anita season Dec. 27.
Thursday, December 23, 2010+10000000)+'&millis='+new Date().getTime()+'&zid=437&referrer='+encodeURIComponent(document.location)+')
+10000000)+'&millis='+new Date().getTime()+'&zid=473&referrer='+encodeURIComponent(document.location)+')
+10000000)+'&millis='+new Date().getTime()+'&zid=476&referrer='+encodeURIComponent(document.location)+')
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]
+10000000)+'&millis='+new Date().getTime()+'&zid=366&referrer='+encodeURIComponent(document.location)+')
Copyright © 2012 Blood-Horse Publications. All rights reserved internationally.
+10000000)+'&millis='+new Date().getTime()+'&zid=601&referrer='+encodeURIComponent(document.location)+')