HOLLYWOOD PARK, Inglewood, CA
| 1 | More Than Love | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: A++ | $60,000 |
2009 | Chestnut Filly | More Than Ready - I'm in Love, Zafonic
Sire: More Than Ready , Dark Bay or Brown, 1997. Raced 2 years. 17 starts, 7 wins, $1,026,229. Lifetime: 1016 yearlings sold, median $80,000.
Broodmare Sire: Zafonic, Bay, 1990.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2010 Yearling Sale, $130,000.
| 2 | Starship Flare | Margin: 3½ | TrueNicks: B | $20,000 |
2009 | Chestnut Filly | Stevie Wonderboy - Go to the Ink, Crafty Prospector
Sire: Stevie Wonderboy , Chestnut, 2003. Lifetime: 94 yearlings sold, median $17,000.
Broodmare Sire: Crafty Prospector, Chestnut, 1979.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association January 2013 Horses of All Ages Sale, $50,000.
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2011 Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, $25,000.
Keeneland Association September 2010 Yearling Sale, ($45,000).
| 3 | Island Paradise (IRE) | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: D | $12,000 |
2009 | Bay Filly | Trans Island (GB) - Athlumney Dancer (GB), Shareef Dancer
Sire: Trans Island (GB), Bay, 1995. Raced 4 years. 19 starts, 7 wins, $410,661. Lifetime: 201 yearlings sold, median $11,633.
Broodmare Sire: Shareef Dancer, Bay, 1980. In 2009: 1.21 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky February Mixed Sale 2013, $30,000.
Goff's Orby Million and Sportsman's Yearling Sale 2010, $32,710.
Others: Your Special Day, $6,000; Regal Betty, $2,000; Katie's Ten; Raesunbridledfaith.
Scratched: Assateague.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | More Than Love | Ramon A. Dominguez | John P. Terranova, II |
| 2 | Starship Flare | Victor Espinoza | Kristin Mulhall |
| 3 | Island Paradise (IRE) | Joel Rosario | Charles Hills |
| 4 | Your Special Day | Mike E. Smith | James M. Cassidy |
| 5 | Regal Betty | Joseph Talamo | John W. Sadler |
| 6 | Katie's Ten | Alonso Quinonez | John W. Sadler |
| 7 | Raesunbridledfaith | Martin Garcia | Craig Anthony Lewis |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | More Than Love | Ramon A. Dominguez | $4.00 | $3.20 | $2.20 | ||||||
| 3 | Starship Flare | Victor Espinoza | $15.20 | $6.20 | |||||||
| 1 | Island Paradise (IRE) | Joel Rosario | $2.80 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (7-3) | $71.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (7-3-1) | $220.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (7-3-1-2) | $641.60 | ||||||||||
Fast-developing Travesura took the lead at the start and was never headed while shaking up the $100,000 Miesque Stakes (gr. IIIT) for 2-year-old fillies on the turf at odds of 11-1 Nov. 24 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Three weeks after suffering her first defeat in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IT), Flashy Ways will try to redeem herself in the $100,000 Miesque Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Betfair Hollywood Park Nov. 24.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
An overflow of 24 sophomore fillies passed the entry box for the $125,000 Pin Oak Valley View (gr. IIIT), forcing Keeneland officials to split the Oct. 19 running of the race into divisions for the second time in history.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winning jockey Mario Gutierrez returns to Emerald Downs for the $50,000 Kent Handicap July 15, then plans to ride for the remainder of the summer at Hastings Racecourse.
Monday, July 09, 2012
Newtown Anner Stud's More Than Love will carry top weight and figures the one to beat in the $100,000 Bourbonette Oaks (gr. III) March 22 at Turfway Park.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Peachtree Stable and Bob Baffert used the Sunland Park Oaks as a springboard to an eventual Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) win for Plum Pretty in 2011 and will attempt to do the same this year with Princess Arabella.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
A front-running winner of the one-mile Corte Madera Stakes last month, Lady of Fifty will attempt to stretch her speed a little farther in the $100,000 California Oaks at Golden Gate Fields Jan. 21.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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Even-money choice More Than Love, making her stakes debut, was all-out to the final lunge to nose ultra-game 29-1 pacesetter Starship Flare in the $100,000 Miesque Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the Hollywood Park turf Nov. 25.
Friday, November 25, 2011An easy maiden winner over a yielding grass course at Keeneland Oct. 26, 2-year-old filly Assateague will step into stakes company in the $100,000 Miesque (gr. III) at Hollywood Park Nov. 25.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
After rallying impressively to capture the Del Mar Debutante (gr. I) one month ago, unbeaten Weemissfrankie will try two turns for the first time in the $250,000 Oak Leaf Stakes (gr. I) at Santa Anita Oct. 2.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Neversaidiwassweet got a perfect stalking trip from jockey Rafael Bejarano in her stakes debut, edging past Holiday for Kitten in deep stretch to win the $100,000 Miesque Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Hollywood Park Nov. 28.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Fantastic Pick will face four of the horses he defeated in the Oak Tree Derby (gr. IIT) last month when he goes for his first grade I victory in the $250,000 Hollywood Derby Nov. 28
Friday, November 26, 2010The 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
The Mailet shipped to Hollywood Park from New York off a maiden win and came away with an 11-1 upset victory in the $100,000 Miesque Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the grass Nov. 29.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Habaya, a daughter of Storm Cat out of the Eclipse Award-winning turf mare Golden Apples, came from off the pace to earn her first graded stakes win in the Miesque Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Hollywood Park Nov. 28.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Shadwell homebred Habaya, second most recently in the JP Morgan Chase Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland, invades Hollywood Park for the $100,000 Miesque (gr. IIIT) for 2-year-old fillies on the lawn Nov. 28.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Favored Sea Chanter fought her way between horses to get the lead in the final strides, capturing the $113,200 Miesque Stakes (gr. IIIT) for 2-year-old fillies at one mile on the Hollywood Park turf on Nov. 24.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Opportunities for surprises should be plentiful with five European contenders rounding out a full field of 2-year-old turf fillies for the $100,000 Miesque Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Hollywood Park Nov. 24.Not so, says Xavier Nakkachdji, French trainer for California owner B. Wayne Hughes who enters the lightly raced Macellya.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007Irish-bred Valbenny, making her first U.S. start, rallied impressively from tenth in the final quarter under jockey Alex Solis to win the Miesque Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the Hollywood Park turf by three-quarters of a length over favorite Mystic Soul Saturday.
Saturday, November 25, 2006Favored Paddy's Daisy, an Eastern shipper trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Corey Nakatani, rallied impressively to nip Conveyor's Angel by a neck in the second division of Friday's $75,000 Miesque (gr. IIIT) for 2-year-old fillies on the Hollywood Park turf.
Friday, November 26, 2004Trainer Todd Pletcher, who leads the nation with earnings of about $16.5 million this year, plans to ship three horses to Hollywood Park for the Turf Festival Nov. 26-28.
Friday, November 19, 2004Hollywood Park's Turf Festival, presented this year by John Deere, a three-day series of six graded grass stakes worth $1.85 million, gets underway on Friday with a pair of grade III events on the grass, the $150,000 Hollywood Turf Express and $100,000 Miesque.
Wednesday, November 26, 2003The Thoroughbred Corporation's Atlantic Ocean, a $1.9-million sale purchase who's been mostly disappointing in her 2-year-old season, woke up with a switch to the turf on Friday in Hollywood Park's $200,000 Miesque Stakes (gr. IIIT), posting an impressive one-length victory.
Friday, November 29, 2002There was sunshine on a cloudy day for trainer Christopher Paasch at Hollywood Park, where a rainstorm forced closure of the track for works.
Saturday, November 09, 2002
You don't witness it very often, but one of those cheering the loudest for D. Wayne Lukas and Oxbow in the final quarter mile of the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) was one of his opponents in the race. [More]