HOLLYWOOD PARK, Inglewood, CA
| 1 | Medaglia d'Amour | Margin: 1ΒΌ | TrueNicks: A++ | $60,000 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Medaglia d'Oro - Izara, Blushing John
Sire: Medaglia d'Oro , Dark Bay or Brown, 1999. Raced 4 years. 17 starts, 8 wins, $5,754,720. Lifetime: 393 yearlings sold, median $120,000.
Broodmare Sire: Blushing John, Chestnut, 1985.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2011 Mixed Sale, $400,000.
Barretts Equine Limited May 2008 Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, ($30,000).
Keeneland Association September 2007 Yearling Sale, $3,000.
| 2 | Cat by the Tale | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: B+ | $20,000 |
2005 | Chestnut Mare | Tale of the Cat - St Clair Ridge (IRE), Indian Ridge (IRE)
Sire: Tale of the Cat , Dark Bay or Brown, 1994. Raced 2 years. 9 starts, 5 wins, $360,900. Lifetime: 1075 yearlings sold, median $63,018.
Broodmare Sire: Indian Ridge (IRE), Chestnut, 1985.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association January 2008 Horses of All Ages Sale, $52,000.
Keeneland Association 2006 September Yearling Sale, $75,000.
| 3 | You Lift Me Up | Margin: head | TrueNicks: A | $12,000 |
2005 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Lord Carson - Up On Her Toes, Green Dancer
Sire: Lord Carson, Bay, 1992. Raced 3 years. 27 starts, 12 wins, $654,742. Lifetime: 224 yearlings sold, median $18,000.
Broodmare Sire: Green Dancer, Bay, 1972. In 2009: 1.97 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2010 Breeding Stock Sale, $57,000.
Others: Czechers, $6,000; Princess Haya, $2,000; Sweeter Still (IRE); Exquisite (NZ); Dextera (GER); April Pride (GB); Toque de Queda (GB).
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medaglia d'Amour | Alonso Quinonez | Ben D. A. Cecil |
| 2 | Cat by the Tale | Tyler Baze | Neil D. Drysdale |
| 3 | You Lift Me Up | Russell A. Baze | Jerry Hollendorfer |
| 4 | Czechers | Frank T. Alvarado | Mark Glatt |
| 5 | Princess Haya | Travis L. Dunkelberger | Carl O'Callaghan |
| 6 | Sweeter Still (IRE) | Felipe Valdez | Jeff Mullins |
| 7 | Exquisite (NZ) | Victor Espinoza | Patrick Gallagher |
| 8 | Dextera (GER) | Silvio Ruiz Amador | James M. Cassidy |
| 9 | April Pride (GB) | Julio A. Garcia | James M. Cassidy |
| 10 | Toque de Queda (GB) | Brice Blanc | Humberto Ascanio |
Halo Dolly returned to winning form when teamed with Rafael Bejarano for the first time April 28, scoring a 1 1/2-length victory in the $100,000 Wilshire Handicap (gr. IIIT) on firm turf at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Grade II winner Halo Dolly looks for her first victory of the year while carrying top weight of 120 pounds in the $100,000 Wilshire Handicap (gr. IIIT) April 28, the first graded stakes of the Betfair Hollywood Park meet.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Debussy, winner of the 2010 Arlington Million Stakes (gr. IT), has been retired from racing for stallion duty at Llety Stud in Carmathenshire, Wales
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Finishing with a flourish, Quiet Oasis produced a 15-1 upset in the $100,000 Wilshire Handicap (gr. IIIT) when she swept past pacesetter Briecat in the closing strides for a half-length victory at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Nereid, who finished in a dead heat with Cambina in the American Oaks (gr. IT) last summer, returns to Betfair Hollywood Park for her 4-year-old debut in the $100,000 Wilshire Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the turf April 29.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Trainer Ben Cecil confirmed that Medaglia d'Amour will be scratched from the $2 million Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I) Nov. 4 after spiking a temperature the day before the race.
Thursday, November 03, 2011Recent grade I winners Dubawi Heights and Amazombie completed the main preparations for their respective assignments in the 2011 Breeders' Cup World Championships with workouts at Santa Anita Oct. 29.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Winning for the first time since April 2010, City to City came from off the rail in the lane to sweep past pacesetter Medaglia d'Amour in deep stretch and captured the $150,000 Palomar Handicap (gr. IIT) at Del Mar Sept. 5.
Monday, September 05, 2011
The busy Labor Day weekend of stakes action winds down at Del Mar with the Palomar Handicap (gr. IIT). The 1 1/16-mile race for older fillies and mares is a hard one to handicap.
Friday, September 02, 2011
Always tough Wasted Tears returns to Southern California to defend her title in the $250,000 John C. Mabee Stakes (gr. IIT) against a competitive field on the Del Mar turf Aug. 14.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
British import Dubawi Heights swept past the leaders in the stretch to post her first stakes victory impressively for trainer Simon Callaghan in the $100,000 Wilshire Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the Hollywood Park turf.
Saturday, April 30, 2011Grade II winner Well Monied will make her first start in 11 months in the $100,000 Wilshire Handicap (gr. IIIT) April 30 over the turf at Hollywood Park.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011Kiss Mine, whose four-race winning streak was ended in an unplaced finish in the Abu Dhabi First Lady Stakes (gr. IT) one month ago, looks to get back in the win column in the $100,000 Cardinal Handicap at Churchill Downs.
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Even-money choice Gotta Have Her survived a stretch-long duel with the outsider Go Forth North to score a repeat victory by a neck in the Palomar Handicap (gr. IIT) on the Del Mar turf Sept. 6.
Monday, September 06, 2010
Gotta Have Her, coming off a big effort in the John C. Mabee Stakes (gr. II) last month, defends her title in the Palomar Handicap (gr. II) against four rivals on the Del Mar turf Sept. 6.
Friday, September 03, 2010
English shipper Debussy, sent off at 11-1 in his United States debut, made a dynamic late burst along the inside to upset champion Gio Ponti in the Arlington Million (gr. IT) Aug. 21.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Wasted Tears, attempting her longest distance over a surface she had never tried, dug deep to defeat Lilly Fa Pootz by a desperate nose to register her 10th consecutive win on turf in Del Mar's $250,000 John C. Mabee Stakes.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Shippers Wasted Tears, on a six-race winning tear, and Gozzip Girl, making her first appearance in Southern California since winning last year's American Oaks (gr. IT), head the field for the $250,000 John C. Mabee Stakes.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Turning Top became a graded stakes winner in her first try at 10 furlongs when she ran down longshot pacesetter Princess Taylor in the $100,000 Beverly Hills Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the turf at Hollywood Park June 26.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Tuscan Evening has so dominated the Southern California older female turf division this year that her absence leaves the $100,000 Beverly Hills Handicap (gr. IIIT) wide open June 26 at Hollywood Park.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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
Medaglia d'Amour made her stakes debut a winning effort when she edged clear in deep stretch to take the $100,000 Wilshire Handicap (gr. IIIT) by 1 1/4 lengths over favored Cat by the Tale on the Hollywood Park turf May 1.
Saturday, May 01, 2010
Neil Drysdale will send out probable favorite Cat By The Tale with jockey Tyler Baze aboard in the $100,000 Wilshire Handicap (gr. III) May 1 at Hollywood Park.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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