HOLLYWOOD PARK, Inglewood, CA
| 1 | Acclamation | Margin: 7½ | TrueNicks: D | $90,000 |
2006 | Bay Horse | Unusual Heat - Winning in Style, Silveyville
Sire: Unusual Heat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1990. Raced 4 years. 16 starts, 6 wins, $142,605. Lifetime: 74 yearlings sold, median $23,000.
Broodmare Sire: Silveyville, Dark Bay or Brown, 1978.
| 2 | Falcon Rock (IRE) | Margin: neck | TrueNicks: C | $30,000 |
2005 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | Hawk Wing - Champaka (IRE), Caerleon
Sire: Hawk Wing, Bay, 1999. Lifetime: 293 yearlings sold, median $42,400.
Broodmare Sire: Caerleon, Bay, 1980.
Sale History:
Tattersall's Craven Breeze Up Sale 2007, $397,045.
Tattersall's October 2006 Yearling Sale, $79,267.
| 3 | Rendezvous | Margin: neck | TrueNicks: A+ | $18,000 |
2006 | Chestnut Horse | Victory Gallop - Halo Babe, Southern Halo
Sire: Victory Gallop, Bay, 1995. Raced 3 years. 17 starts, 9 wins, $3,505,895. Lifetime: 239 yearlings sold, median $20,000.
Broodmare Sire: Southern Halo, Bay, 1983.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2007 Yearling Sale, ($4,500).
Others: Scintillo (GB), $9,000; Unusual Suspect, $3,000; Romp (ARG); Stalingrad; History Boy; Skellytown; Alphie's Bet.
Scratched: Dynamic Range.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acclamation | Christian Santiago Reyes | Donald Warren |
| 2 | Falcon Rock (IRE) | Joseph Talamo | Simon Callaghan |
| 3 | Rendezvous | Joel Rosario | Jerry Hollendorfer |
| 4 | Scintillo (GB) | Rafael Bejarano | Neil D. Drysdale |
| 5 | Unusual Suspect | Alonso Quinonez | Barry Abrams |
| 6 | Romp (ARG) | Brice Blanc | Kristin Mulhall |
| 7 | Stalingrad | Victor Espinoza | James M. Cassidy |
| 8 | History Boy | David Romero Flores | Neil D. Drysdale |
| 9 | Skellytown | Tyler Baze | Mike R. Mitchell |
| 10 | Alphie's Bet | Julio A. Garcia | Alexis Barba |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Acclamation | Christian Santiago Reyes | $31.00 | $12.40 | $6.80 | ||||||
| 8 | Falcon Rock (IRE) | Joseph Talamo | $5.60 | $3.60 | |||||||
| 11 | Rendezvous | Joel Rosario | $3.60 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (3-8) | $152.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (3-8-11) | $645.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (3-8-11-1) | $2,549.80 | ||||||||||
Active trading on yearlings during the first day of the Goffs February sale Feb. 13 led to increases in the clearance rate and median price.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Acclamation was named 2012 Horse of the Year by the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association, becoming the eighth multiple winner of the honor.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Unusual Suspect won six stakes races in California and one in Australia, highlighted by the 2010 Hollywood Turf Cup (gr. IT), during a 72-race career.
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Eclipse winner and California-bred Horse of the Year Acclamation has been retired and will stand the 2013 breeding season at Old English Rancho in Sanger, Calif. for a $20,000 fee.
Saturday, December 01, 2012
The sale saw 167 horses sell for 3,595,300 guineas ($6,049,452), at an average of 21,529 guineas ($36,224), and a median of 13,000 guineas ($21,874).
Monday, November 26, 2012
Stud Dona Pancha's Calidoscopio targeted the leaders at the top of the stretch and pulled away to win the Breeders' Cup Marathon (gr. II) by a widening 4 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita Park Nov. 2.
Friday, November 02, 2012On a light day for workouts by horses pointing to the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park, Nonios turned some heads with a bullet five-furlong breeze at Betfair Hollywood Park Oct. 24.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Demonstrative, winner of the New York Turf Writers Cup Handicap (NSA-I), will battle with several veteran runners and new arrivals to American racing in the $250,000 Grand National (NSA-I), at Far Hills Races Oct. 20.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Trainer Don Warren confirmed speculation that Acclamation, the 2011 Eclipse Award winner as outstanding older male, would not make the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park Nov. 2 and 3.
Sunday, October 07, 2012
The injury that will keep Acclamation from defending his championship in the TVG Pacific Classic Aug. 26 has been determined to be a mild strain of a ligament in the area of the left front pastern.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Acclamation came out of an Aug. 13 gallop with slight swelling in his left front ankle which owner E.W. "Bud" Johnston said will prevent a title defense in the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic (gr. I) Aug. 26.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
The field for Del Mar's $1 million TVG Pacific Classic, the fourth of six "Win and You're In" races for the Breeders' Cup Classic, is beginning to come together.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) winner Dullahan zipped five furlongs in 1:00 1/5 at Churchill Downs Aug. 11 in preparation for the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic (gr. I) at Del Mar Aug. 26.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
A morning after Acclamation's dominating Eddie Read Stakes (gr. IT) victory July 21 at Del Mar, trainer Don Warren talked about his plans for the remainder of the champion's 2012 campaign.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Champion Acclamation ran his winning streak to seven en route to his second straight triumph in the $300,000 Eddie Read Stakes (gr. IT), drawing away in the stretch after setting the pace on the Del Mar turf July 21.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Just four rivals are up to the challenge of taking on defending champion Acclamation in the $300,000 Eddie Reads Stakes (gr. IT), the first grade I event of the year at Del Mar July 21.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Last year's champion older male will try to extend his six-race winning streak in the Eddie Read Handicap (gr. IT), which he won in 2011.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Trainer Mike Mitchell, who had surgery to remove a tumor from his brain late last month, was on hand as odds-on Dhaamer turned the closing-day Sunset Handicap (gr. IIIT) into a romp at Betfair Hollywood Park July 15.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Following his first United States victory for trainer Mike Mitchell, Dhaamer goes for his initial graded win in the $100,000 Sunset Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the turf July 15 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Acclamation, last year's champion old horse, made his long-awaited return to action with a front-running victory in the $250,000 Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap (gr. IT) at Betfair Hollywood Park June 9.
Saturday, June 09, 2012
Off for more than eight months, champion Acclamation makes his much-awaited return in the $250,000 Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap (gr. IT) at Betfair Hollywood Park June 9, a race he has won the past two years.
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Champion Acclamation emerged from his June 3 workout "fine," according to trainer Don Warren and will enter the $250,000 Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap (gr. IT) at Betfair Hollywood Park in California June 9.
Sunday, June 03, 2012
Acclamation, the champion older male of 2011, tops a list of 10 nominees to the $250,000 Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap (gr. IT), which will be run at Betfair Hollywood Park June 9.
Friday, June 01, 2012
After a brief scare April 26, champion Acclamation was declared fit and ready by trainer Don Warren, who said the 6-year-old could run in the $150,000 Mervyn LeRoy Handicap (gr. II) at Betfair Hollywood Park May 5.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Beginning with the scratch of champion Acclamation, the Inglewood Handicap (gr. IIIT) went perfectly for Utopian, who got up in the final couple of strides to win by a head April 27 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Friday, April 27, 2012
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