KENTUCKY DOWNS, Franklin, KY
| 1 | Cloudy's Knight | Margin: 2½ | BRIS: 97 | TrueNicks: A | $88,350 |
2000 | Chestnut Gelding | Lord Avie - Cloudy Spot, Solar City
Sire: Lord Avie, Bay, 1978. Raced 2 years. 16 starts, 8 wins, $705,977. Lifetime: 282 yearlings sold, median $14,000.
Broodmare Sire: Solar City, Bay, 1981.
| 2 | Rezif | Margin: 1¾ | BRIS: 95 | TrueNicks: A+ | $28,500 |
2005 | Bay Gelding | Distant View - Formal Affair, Dynaformer
Sire: Distant View, Chestnut, 1991. Raced 1 years. 7 starts, 2 wins, $238,374. Lifetime: 195 yearlings sold, median $23,000.
Broodmare Sire: Dynaformer, Dark Bay or Brown, 1985.
| 3 | Silver Mountain | Margin: 6 | BRIS: 93 | TrueNicks: D | $14,250 |
2005 | Chestnut Ridgling | Victory Gallop - Country Cruise, Riverman
Sire: Victory Gallop, Bay, 1995. Raced 3 years. 17 starts, 9 wins, $3,505,895. Lifetime: 239 yearlings sold, median $20,000.
Broodmare Sire: Riverman, Bay, 1969. In 2009: 2.60 AEI.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company June 2007 Two-Year-Olds & Horses of Racing Age, ($10,000).
Ocala Breeders Sales Company 2007 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, ($7,000).
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2006 Open Sale of Yearlings, $2,700.
Keeneland Association 2005 November Breeding Stock Sale, ($5,000).
Others: Deal Making, $7,125; Southwest, $4,275; Independent George, $1,500; Rumor Has It, $1,500; Guadalcanal, $1,500; My Happiness (ARG), $1,500; Rogue Victory, $1,500.
Scratched: Palace Episode; Timeless Fashion.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cloudy's Knight | Rosemary B. Homeister, Jr. | Jonathan E. Sheppard |
| 2 | Rezif | Jose Luis Calo | Caryn Vecchio |
| 3 | Silver Mountain | Fabio A. Arguello, Jr. | Thomas F. Proctor |
| 4 | Deal Making | Brice Blanc | H. Graham Motion |
| 5 | Southwest | Miguel Mena | Rodney Jenkins |
| 6 | Independent George | Tom Foley | Ernest M. Oare |
| 7 | Rumor Has It | Eduardo E. Perez | David H. Hinsley |
| 8 | Guadalcanal | Dean Mernagh | Frederick J. Seitz |
| 9 | My Happiness (ARG) | Calvin H. Borel | Bobby C. Barnett |
| 10 | Rogue Victory | E. T. Baird | George Weaver |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudy's Knight | Rosemary B. Homeister, Jr. | $12.20 | $3.40 | $2.60 | |||||||
| Rezif | Jose Luis Calo | $3.60 | $2.60 | ||||||||
| Silver Mountain | Fabio A. Arguello, Jr. | $6.60 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (8-10) | $502.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (8-10-7) | $12,443.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (8-10-7-12) | $14,119.60 | ||||||||||
Lord Avie, the champion 2-year-old male of 1980, died Dec. 28 at Blue Ridge Farm near Upperville, Va. Thoroughbred racing's oldest living Eclipse Award winner at age 34, he passed away peacefully from natural causes.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Oklahoma telecom mogul hits with Caleb's Posse, takes equity interest in Three Chimneys Stallions
Charles White's Sundance Thoroughbreds will stand graded stakes-placed Silver Mountain in 2012 at Don and Dana Myers' Swifty Farms near Seymour, Ind.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
For the second consecutive year Greta Kuntzweiler was aboard the decisive winner of the $150,000 Kentucky Cup Turf (gr. IIIT), this time guiding odds-on favorite Rahystrada to a 3 3/4-length victory Sept. 10 at Kentucky Downs
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Jason, Tom and Evan from TwinSpires.com handicap the Super Derby from Louisiana Downs and the Kentucky Cup Turf S. at Kentucky Downs.
Seeking the third graded stakes win of his career, 7-year-old Rahystrada headlines a field of 10 in the $150,000 Kentucky Cup Turf (gr. IIIT) Sept. 10 on opening day of Kentucky Downs' four-day stand.
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Theresa Moore goes from owner to breeder to developer of Harmony Training Center.
Southwest Stakes (gr. III) winner Archarcharch posted his first workout since finishing third in the Rebel Stakes (gr. II) March 29 at Oaklawn Park.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Texas horsemen gear up for last, best run at video lottery terminals
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Timeless Fashion registered a repeat victory in the $50,000 Prairie Bayou Stakes at Turfway Park Dec. 18 after getting the best of a thrilling three-way photo over Stately Victor and Ordination.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
The Dec. 18 Prairie Bayou Stakes at Turfway Park says a couple of things about the state of Kentucky racing: Purses aren't up to par, and $50,000 can still buy you a pretty good field.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Harold Forman's Copper Crowne wows 'em in Cajun Country
S J Stables Cloudy's Knight, an earner of more than $2.5 million from 42 starts, has been retired due to a recurrence of a suspensory injury.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Eldaafer, a starter in the Breeders' Cup Marathon a year ago, could be on his way back to the World Championship event once again thanks to his half-length score in the Turfway Park Fall Championship Stakes (gr. III).
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Cloudy's Knight, who used last year's Kentucky Cup Turf (gr. IIIT) as a springboard to a remarkable second-half campaign, is back to defend his title.
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Get Stormy will shoot for his fourth victory at Saratoga and his second graded stakes victory of the 2010 Spa meeting when he tackles the $200,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap (gr. IIT) Aug. 27.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Free Fighter, unplaced in two starts since upsetting the Louisville Handicap (gr. IIIT) in May, is back to defend his title in the $100,000 Stars and Stripes Turf Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Arlington Park Aug. 21.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Free Fighter seized the lead from Eagle Poise coming into the stretch and drew off in the lane to produce a determined upset at odds of 12-1 in the $113,800 Louisville Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill Downs May 22.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Shirley and Jerrold Schwartz' 10-year-old multi-millionaire gelding Cloudy's Knight , who sustained a tendon injury in a April 19 workout, may be retired from racing, according to Daily Racing Form.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Three-time grade I winner Court Vision will try to add to his impressive resume April 9 when he takes on seven in the $300,000 Maker's Mark Mile (gr. IT) in Lexington.
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Winchester will be the favorite in the $150,000 Pan American Stakes (gr. IIIT) March 27 at Gulfstream Park, a race that also will mark the season debut of Fred Bradley's remarkable 9-year-old gelding Brass Hat.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Timeless Fashion's victory in the March 13 Tejano Run Stakes had special meeting for his connections and family and friends of the late Justin Vitek.
Monday, March 15, 2010A memorial service has been scheduled for jockey Justin Vitek March 13 following the racing program at Turfway Park. Vitek died Jan. 28 in Houston, Texas, after battling leukemia.
Monday, March 08, 2010
Already having had the best season of racing as a 9-year-old, Cloudy's Knight put an exclamation point on 2009 with a 1 1/4-length victory Dec. 26 in the Calder's W.L. McKnight Handicap (gr. IIT).
Saturday, December 26, 2009Veteran campaigners Presious Passion and Cloudy's Knight, a pair of grade I winners who starred in last month's Breeders' Cup races, meet in the $150,000 W.L. McKnight Handicap at Calder.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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]