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| 1 | Sanagas (GER) | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: D | $60,000 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | Lomitas (GB) - Scota (GER), Marju (IRE)
Sire: Lomitas (GB), Chestnut, 1988. Raced 5 years. 19 starts, 10 wins, $918,656. Lifetime: 184 yearlings sold, median $34,573.
Broodmare Sire: Marju (IRE), Brown, 1988.
| 2 | Tahoe Lake (BRZ) | Margin: 2¼ | TrueNicks: A+ | $20,000 |
2006 | Bay Gelding | Know Heights (IRE) - Tutto Charm (BRZ), Roi Normand
Sire: Know Heights (IRE), Bay, 1989. Raced 3 years. 17 starts, 10 wins, $590,763. Lifetime: 1 yearlings sold, median $20,085.
Broodmare Sire: Roi Normand, Dark Bay or Brown, 1983.
| 3 | Center Divider | Margin: ¾ | TrueNicks: A+ | $10,000 |
2007 | Chestnut Horse | Giant's Causeway - Meridiana (GER), Lomitas (GB)
Sire: Giant's Causeway , Chestnut, 1997. Raced 2 years. 13 starts, 9 wins, $3,078,989. Lifetime: 771 yearlings sold, median $140,000.
Broodmare Sire: Lomitas (GB), Chestnut, 1988.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, $310,000.
Others: Bim Bam, $5,000; Odds On (BRZ), $3,000; Eagle Poise, $2,000.
Scratched: Bold Hawk; Ashtar (CHI).
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanagas (GER) | Rajiv Maragh | H. Graham Motion |
| 2 | Tahoe Lake (BRZ) | Manoel R. Cruz | Kenneth G. McPeek |
| 3 | Center Divider | Julien R. Leparoux | Chad C. Brown |
| 4 | Bim Bam | Kent J. Desormeaux | Ron Moquett |
| 5 | Odds On (BRZ) | Edgar S. Prado | Kenneth G. McPeek |
| 6 | Eagle Poise | Robby Albarado | H. Graham Motion |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Sanagas (GER) | Rajiv Maragh | $5.80 | $4.40 | $2.80 | ||||||
| 7 | Tahoe Lake (BRZ) | Manoel R. Cruz | $9.80 | $3.20 | |||||||
| 4 | Center Divider | Julien R. Leparoux | $2.60 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (6-7) | $55.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (6-7-4) | $213.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (6-7-4-8) | $403.60 | ||||||||||
Optimizer has been a different horse since he moved to the grass, and streaks into the March 30 Mervin H. Muniz Jr. Memorial Handicap at Fair Grounds with two graded stakes scores under his girth.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Optimizer hopped at the break of the $150,000 Fair Grounds Handicap (gr. IIIT) but drew clear in the end, earning his second straight victory over the turf at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Feb. 23.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Optimizer went wire-to-wire in the $125,000 Col. E.R. Bradley Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Jan. 26 for red-hot Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, who has won three stakes races in eight days.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Australians Kevin and Colleen Bamford and American David Bernsen have purchased a substantial interest of recent Hollywood Derby (gr. IT) winner Unbridled Command and plan to race in Australia's Cox Plate in October.
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Coming off a splendid three-race campaign at Woodbine, Forte Dei Marmi looks to wrap up the year on a winning note in the $150,000 W. L. McKnight Handicap (gr. IIT) at Calder Casino & Race Course Nov. 24.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Kindergarden Kid made his third start in little more than a month a winning one at Keeneland Oct. 18, kicking on the afterburners approaching the line to jet home in the $100,000 Sycamore Stakes (gr. IIIT).
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Roger Attfield, inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame this year, will try to add the Sycamore Stakes to his victory ledger when he sends out 10-year-old Musketier in the $100,000 race for 3-year-olds and older.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Millionaires Musketier and Rahystrada, with a combined 10 graded stakes victories between them, head a field of seven turf marathoners entered for the $100,000 Sycamore Stakes (gr. IIIT) Oct. 18 at Keeneland.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Turbo Compressor goes after the biggest score of his career Aug. 18 when he heads a field of nine in the 38th running of the $600,000 Sword Dancer Invitational (gr. IT) at Saratoga Race Course.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Point of Entry built a 3-race win streak in the $600,000 Man o' War Stakes (gr. IT) at Belmont Park July 14, drawing off to a solid 3 1/2-length victory while 4-5 favorite Treasure Beach failed to hit the board.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
f Americans are going to have any chance against the mighty Europeans in this year's Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT), they're going to have to show what they're made of. They can start July 14 in the $600,000 Man o' War Stakes.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Eight-year-old Rahystrada defends his title in the Colonial Turf Cup June 16 at Colonial Downs against a full field that includes five horses that ran in last month's Dixie Stakes (gr. IIT).
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
The longest race at Santa Anita Park, the closing day San Juan Capistrano Handicap (gr. IIT), was settled by about an inch when Bourbon Bay came from far out of it at the quarter pole to tag Eagle Poise at the wire.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Bourbon Bay will start as an overwhelming favorite in the marathon $150,000 San Juan Capistrano Handicap (gr. IIT) as the curtain comes down on Santa Anita Park for the 75th season April 22.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Simmard and Newsdad, separated by only a nose in the recent Mac Diarmida (gr. IIT), will battle it out once again in the $150,000 Pan American (gr. IIT) March 24 at Gulfstream Park.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Fresh after a three-month layoff, Simmard won a terrific stretch duel with favored Newsdad by a nose in the $150,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes (gr. IIT) on the Gulfstream Park turf Feb. 26.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
A six-time group/graded stakes winner and a veteran of 44 career starts, 10-year-old Musketier returns for yet another season when he opens up his 2012 campaign in the $150,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes (gr. IIT) Feb. 26.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Slim Shadey, given a crafty front-running ride by David Flores, pirated the $150,000 San Marcos Handicap (gr. IIT) at rainy Santa Anita Feb. 11 at 11-1 odds, holding on by a head for his first stakes victory.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Sanagas, a dominating 3 1/4-length winner of the Hollywood Turf Cup (gr. I) last November, returns to action for new connections in the $150,000 San Marcos Stakes (gr. IIT) Feb. 11 at Santa Anita.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
The 1 3/4-mile Valedictory Stakes (Can-III) came down to just a head when distance-loving Eagle Poise outfought Harrods Creek in deep stretch to capture the $150,388 event on Woodbine's closing day Dec. 4.
Sunday, December 04, 2011
Breeders' Cup Marathon (gr. II) winner Afleet Again is the headliner in the $150,000 Valedictory Stakes (Can-III) Dec. 4 at Woodbine, but for those looking for a better price there are reasons to look elsewhere.
Thursday, December 01, 2011
While lightly raced this year, four-time grade I winner Winchester has by far the most decorated career heading into the Nov. 26 W.L. McKnight Handicap (gr. IIT) at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Favored Sanagas joined the ranks of grade I winners with a dominating triumph for trainer Graham Motion in the $250,000 Hollywood Turf Cup at Hollywood Park Nov. 19.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
There is no standout in the grade I Turf Cup, but Norvsky, Bourbon Bay, Falcon Rock, and Sanagas are all major contenders in the 1 1/2-mile race Nov. 19 at Hollywood Park.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Multiple graded stakes winner Bourbon Bay and dual grade I victor Miss Match worked seven furlongs on the Hollywood Park turf course the morning of Nov. 13 in preparation for the Nov. 19 Hollywood Turf Cup (gr. IT).
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