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HOLLYWOOD PARK, Inglewood, CA
| 1 | Courageous Cat | Margin: neck | TrueNicks: A++ | $180,000 |
2006 | Bay Horse | Storm Cat - Tranquility Lake, Rahy
Sire: Storm Cat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1983. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 4 wins, $570,610. Lifetime: 462 yearlings sold, median $325,000.
Broodmare Sire: Rahy, Chestnut, 1985.
| 2 | Caracortado | Margin: 4¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $60,000 |
2007 | Chestnut Gelding | Cat Dreams - Mons Venus, Maria's Mon
Sire: Cat Dreams , Bay, 2001. Raced 1 years. 1 starts, 1 wins, $27,320. Lifetime: 30 yearlings sold, median $3,250.
Broodmare Sire: Maria's Mon, Gray or Roan, 1993.
| 3 | Victor's Cry | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: C | $36,000 |
2005 | Dark Bay or Brown Ridgling | Street Cry (IRE) - Short Time, Clever Trick
Sire: Street Cry (IRE) , Dark Bay or Brown, 1998. Raced 3 years. 12 starts, 5 wins, $5,150,837. Lifetime: 358 yearlings sold, median $82,500.
Broodmare Sire: Clever Trick, Dark Bay or Brown, 1976. In 2009: 1.54 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2006 Select Yearling Sale, $150,000.
Others: Blue Chagall (FR), $18,000; Smokey Lonesome, $6,000; Liberian Freighter.
Scratched: Ashtar (CHI).
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Courageous Cat | Patrick A. Valenzuela | William I. Mott |
| 2 | Caracortado | Joseph Talamo | Michael Machowsky |
| 3 | Victor's Cry | Victor Espinoza | Eoin G. Harty |
| 4 | Blue Chagall (FR) | Joel Rosario | Julio C. Canani |
| 5 | Smokey Lonesome | Rafael Bejarano | Art Sherman |
| 6 | Liberian Freighter | Martin Garcia | Neil D. Drysdale |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Courageous Cat | Patrick A. Valenzuela | $4.00 | $2.60 | $2.20 | ||||||
| 5 | Caracortado | Joseph Talamo | $3.20 | $2.40 | |||||||
| 6 | Victor's Cry | Victor Espinoza | $2.60 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (1-5) | $11.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (1-5-6) | $29.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (1-5-6-2) | $112.80 | ||||||||||
In search of firm turf, Wilkinson wound up in the Southern California barn of Jeff Mullins, who sent the 4-year-old colt out to spring a 44-1 shocker in the $150,000 American Handicap (gr. IIT) at Betfair Hollywood Park.
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Mr. Commons returns from a layoff of nearly three months to face 10 opponents in the $150,000 American Handicap (gr. II) on the Betfair Hollywood Park turf May 26.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012Stakes winner/stakes-placed producer Itstartswithadream is the first reported mare to get in foal to grade I winner Victor's Cry.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012Grade I winners Courageous Cat and Twirling Candy, who are standing their first year at stud at William S. Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky., have gotten their first mares in foals.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Caracortado, a stunning come-from-behind winner of the Daytona Stakes (gr. IIIt) on Santa Anita's hillside earlier this month, heads the field for the $100,000 Sensational Star Stakes over the same course Jan. 28.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
A day after Caracortado captured the Daytona Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Santa Anita Park against some of the best sprinters in the country, his dam, Mons Venus, commanded $250,000 from Kenny Troutt's WinStar Farm and Airdrie Stud.
Monday, January 09, 2012
Caracortado took advantage of an all-out pace duel to come from far out of it, winning the $98,000 Daytona Stakes (gr. IIIT) on Santa Anita's hillside turf course with a remarkable late charge Jan. 8.
Sunday, January 08, 2012
Regally Ready, the 2011 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT) winner, begins his 2012 campaign in the $100,000 Daytona Stakes (gr. IIIT) Jan. 8 on the Santa Anita hillside grass course.
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Grade I winner Victor's Cry and grade II victor Wilburn have both been retired from racing and purchased by B. Wayne Hughes' Spendthrift Farm.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Grade I winner Courageous Cat has been retired from racing and will enter stud at William S. Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky.
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
An audible groan went up from the table of traveling lads from France at the Breeders' Cup World Championships post-position draw when it was announced three-time Mile (gr. IT) winner had drawn the rail.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Trainer Mike Machowsky took a chance when he decided to breed the unraced mare Mons Venus, but his leap of faith has already paid big dividends in the form of her graded stakes-winning son Caracortado.
Monday, October 31, 2011
It is said that cats have nine lives. The connections of Courageous Cat are hoping that a second chance is enough. The regally bred 5-year-old will again face Goldikova in the Breeders' Cup Mile.
Sunday, October 30, 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
No trainer has won more races at Churchill Downs than Mott.
Stakes winner Calimonco, a full brother to Breeders' Cup winners Sweet Catomine and Life Is Sweet, will enter stud in 2012 at Donald and Karen Cohn's Ballena Vista Farm near Ramona, Calif.
Monday, October 17, 2011
A trio of Breeders' Cup contenders from the barn of Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott--To Honor and Serve (Classic, gr. I), Royal Delta (Ladies' Classic, gr. I) and Courageous Cat (Mile, gr. IT)--worked Oct. 16 at Churchill.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
The first inclination would be to dismiss Dullahan's chances in the Juvenile, based on his two mediocre performances over the Churchill Downs dirt surface in his first two career starts. That would be a mistake.
Grade I winner Courageous Cat will stand at William S. Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky., following his retirement from racing.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
In a heart-pounding finish to the $1 million Ricoh Woodbine Mile (Can-IT), Turallure, a son of 2003 Canadian Triple Crown winner Wando, got up at the wire in his Woodbine debut Sept. 18.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Headlined by morning-line favorite Courageous Cat, a predictably deep and diverse field of 12 was drawn for the $1 million Woodbine Mile (Can-IT) Sept. 18 in Toronto.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Exciting finishes from Saratoga, Del Mar, Calder and France!
Caracortado, on the short end of the photo in a pair of grade I losses recently, came from behind to defeat Mr. Commons by a nose in a terrific finish to the $200,000 Del Mar Mile (gr. IIT) Aug. 27.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
The Factor will face five older horses in the seven-furlong Pat O'Brien (gr. I) as he makes his first start in more than four months on Sunday, Aug. 28, at Del Mar.
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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]
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