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HOLLYWOOD PARK, Inglewood, CA
| 1 | Ventura | Margin: 1¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $180,000 |
2004 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Chester House - Estala (GB), Be My Guest
Sire: Chester House, Dark Bay or Brown, 1995. Raced 4 years. 21 starts, 6 wins, $1,944,545. Lifetime: 87 yearlings sold, median $27,000.
Broodmare Sire: Be My Guest, Chestnut, 1974.
| 2 | Tuscan Evening (IRE) | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $60,000 |
2005 | Bay Mare | Oasis Dream (GB) - The Faraway Tree (GB), Suave Dancer
Sire: Oasis Dream (GB), Bay, 2000. Lifetime: 303 yearlings sold, median $133,200.
Broodmare Sire: Suave Dancer, Bay, 1988. In 2009: 1.28 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2009 Mixed Sale, $650,000.
Tattersall's October 2006 Yearling Sale, $8,823.
| 3 | Diamondrella (GB) | Margin: 4 | TrueNicks: B+ | $36,000 |
2004 | Bay Mare | Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) - Tap Your Feet, Dixieland Band
Sire: Rock of Gibraltar (IRE), Bay, 1999. Raced 2 years. 13 starts, 10 wins, $1,888,048. Lifetime: 893 yearlings sold, median $65,838.
Broodmare Sire: Dixieland Band, Bay, 1980. In 2009: 2.07 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2009 Mixed Sale, ($1,100,000).
Keeneland 2005 September Yearling Sale, $185,000.
Others: Rutherienne, $18,000; Puttanesca (NZ), $6,000; Taste's Sis.
Scratched: April Pride (GB).
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ventura | Garrett K. Gomez | Humberto Ascanio |
| 2 | Tuscan Evening (IRE) | Rafael Bejarano | Jerry Hollendorfer |
| 3 | Diamondrella (GB) | Alex O. Solis | Gary L. Stevens |
| 4 | Rutherienne | Joel Rosario | Christophe Clement |
| 5 | Puttanesca (NZ) | Joseph Talamo | Julio C. Canani |
| 6 | Taste's Sis | Michael C. Baze | Marcelo Polanco |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Ventura | Garrett K. Gomez | $3.20 | $2.20 | $2.10 | ||||||
| 6 | Tuscan Evening (IRE) | Rafael Bejarano | $2.80 | $2.20 | |||||||
| 3 | Diamondrella (GB) | Alex O. Solis | $2.40 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-6) | $6.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-6-3) | $11.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (4-6-3-5) | $22.80 | ||||||||||
Tiz Flirtatious seeks her first graded stakes victory in the $150,000 Robert J. Frankel Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Santa Anita Park Dec. 30, and seems primed to take it off an impressive runner-up finish in the Nov. 25 Matriarch.
Thursday, December 27, 2012The Nov. 26-28 Thanksgiving holiday weekend programming on TVG will feature the $6.3 million Japan Cup (Jpn-I) from Tokyo Racecourse and the Turf Festival at Hollywood Park.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Hollywood Park will restore four stakes to the schedule when its autumn meeting opens Nov. 4, including the $250,000 Hollywood Turf Cup (gr. IT) Nov. 13.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Rank the past winners of the Woodbine Mile. Compare your rankings to the rest of the BloodHorse.com community.
Sweet August Moon outfought even-money choice Alpha Kitten to win the $147,000 Rancho Bernardo Handicap (gr. III) at Del Mar Aug. 22 and earn a spot in the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) this fall.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Free Flying Soul, upset as the odds-on choice by Sweet August Moon in last month's A Gleam Handicap (gr. II), gets another shot at her nemesis in the $150,000 Rancho Bernardo Handicap (gr. III) at Del Mar Aug. 22.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Top grass female Tuscan Evening collapsed after a workout on the Del Mar turf course Aug. 8 and died. Track officials suspect that the 5-year-old grade I winner suffered a heart attack.
Sunday, August 08, 2010
Tuscan Evening remained unbeaten in six graded stakes in 2010 when she led Eclair de Lune all the way in the $150,000 Modesty Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the Arlington Park turf July 17.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Tuscan Evening puts her 2010 unbeaten record on the line in the Modesty Handicap and Woodford Reserve Turf Classic winner General Quarters tops an 11-horse field in the Arlington Handicap (gr. III) at Arlington Park July 17.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Jason Shandler takes a look at the leading contenders in the Female Turf Division.
Odds-on choice Tuscan Evening earned her first grade I stakes win when she outfought 2008 female turf champion Forever Together by a half-length in the $250,000 Gamely Stakes (gr. IT) on the Hollywood Park turf May 29.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Jason, Tom, and Tim Holland of twinspires.com preview the Gamely Stakes (gr. I) at Hollywood Park.
For all of Tuscan Evening's success in the past two seasons, the one thing that has eluded her is a grade I victory, an omission she'll try to correct in the $250,000 Gamely Stakes May 29 at Hollywood Park.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Forever Together, the 2008 female grass champion, will ship west to take on Tuscan Evening, the current female star in California, in the $250,000 Gamely Stakes (gr. IT) at Hollywood Park May 29.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
The May 1 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (gr. IIT) has six graded/group stakes winners entered.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Sweet Life, a daughter of Kris S. who is the dam of champion Sweet Catomine and grade I winner Life Is Sweet, was named Kentucky Broodmare of the Year.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Prohibitive choice Tuscan Evening picked up her fourth graded stakes win of the Santa Anita season when she led all the way in defeating three rivals in the $147,000 Santa Barbara Handicap (gr. IIT) April 17.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Tuscan Evening goes for an extremely rare achievement at Santa Anita when she attempts to win her fourth graded stakes of the meet in the $200,000 Santa Barbara Handicap (gr. IIT) April 17.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
The ultra-consistent mare Tuscan Evening had no problem handling a little extra distance in the Santa Ana Handicap (gr. IIT), leading all the way for her ninth win in 13 Southern California races March 21 at Santa Anita.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Tuscan Evening, bidding for her ninth win in 13 starts since arriving in the United States last year, faces seven rivals in the $150,000 Santa Ana Handicap (gr. IIT) on the Santa Anita turf course March 21.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Tuscan Evening, brilliant winner of eight of 12 starts since transferring to the United States last year, squares off against males for the first time in the $250,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park March 6.
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Comfortably settled off a fast early pace, Tuscan Evening took over in midstretch and drew off to win the Buena Vista Handicap (gr. IIT) by 2 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita on Feb. 15.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Bob Baffert, who has won three of the last seven runnings of the San Vicente Stakes (gr. II), will saddle a pair of speedy colts in the $150,000 sprint for 3-year-olds Feb. 15 at Santa Anita.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Her last four stakes wins have come at seven furlongs, but if grade I winner Evita Argentina hopes to add the $250,000 Santa Monica Handicap (gr. I) to her fine record, she'll need to be at her best at Santa Anita Jan. 31.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Fifth win for Khalid Abdullah's global operation; won in 1995, 2001-03
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