KEENELAND, Lexington, KY
| 1 | Never Retreat | Margin: 1¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $120,000 |
2005 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Smart Strike - Lisieux, Steady Growth
Sire: Smart Strike , Bay, 1992. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 6 wins, $337,376. Lifetime: 425 yearlings sold, median $70,000.
Broodmare Sire: Steady Growth, Chestnut, 1976.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2006 Select Yearling Sale, $410,000.
| 2 | Fantasia (GB) | Margin: 1 | TrueNicks: A | $40,000 |
2006 | Bay Mare | Sadler's Wells - Blue Symphony (GB), Darshaan (GB)
Sire: Sadler's Wells, Bay, 1981. Raced 2 years. 11 starts, 6 wins, $713,690. Lifetime: 635 yearlings sold, median $263,280.
Broodmare Sire: Darshaan (GB), Brown, 1981.
| 3 | Zagora (FR) | Margin: neck | TrueNicks: A++ | $20,000 |
2007 | Chestnut Mare | Green Tune - Zaneton (FR), Mtoto (GB)
Sire: Green Tune, Chestnut, 1991. Raced 3 years. 13 starts, 5 wins, $472,166. Lifetime: 215 yearlings sold, median $34,167. In 2009: 1.33 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Mtoto (GB), Bay, 1983.
Sale History:
Agence Francaise De Vente Du Pur-Sang, Deauville August, 2008 Yearling Sale, $139,394.
Others: Forest Uproar, $10,000; Eclair de Lune (GER), $6,000; Miss Keller (IRE), $800; Gypsy's Warning (SAF), $800; Kiss Mine, $800; C. S. Silk, $800; Valli With a Vow, $800.
Scratched: Ice Mist; Aviate (GB); Spring Party; Satans Quick Chick.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never Retreat | Shaun Bridgmohan | Chris M. Block |
| 2 | Fantasia (GB) | Rosie Napravnik | Jonathan E. Sheppard |
| 3 | Zagora (FR) | Julien R. Leparoux | Chad C. Brown |
| 4 | Forest Uproar | Alan Garcia | Mark R. Frostad |
| 5 | Eclair de Lune (GER) | Junior Alvarado | Ronald L. McAnally |
| 6 | Miss Keller (IRE) | John R. Velazquez | Roger L. Attfield |
| 7 | Gypsy's Warning (SAF) | Joel Rosario | H. Graham Motion |
| 8 | Kiss Mine | Rajiv Maragh | David R. Vance |
| 9 | C. S. Silk | Garrett K. Gomez | Dale L. Romans |
| 10 | Valli With a Vow | James Graham | Josie Carroll |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Never Retreat | Shaun Bridgmohan | $16.60 | $7.80 | $4.40 | ||||||
| 8 | Fantasia (GB) | Rosie Napravnik | $10.40 | $5.80 | |||||||
| 4 | Zagora (FR) | Julien R. Leparoux | $2.60 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (2-8) | $150.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (2-8-4) | $603.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (2-8-4-3) | $6,555.40 | ||||||||||
Bettors made Zagora the even-money favorite in the $150,000 Gallorette Handicap (gr. IIIT) and she rewarded their faith in her.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Zagora will be trying to pad her already impressive resume when she takes on six rivals in the $150,000 Gallorette Handicap (gr. IIIT) May 19 at Pimlico Race Course in Maryland.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
James Miller's Daisy Devine, allowed to get away with an easy lead under James Graham, went wire-to-wire in the $300,000 Jenny Wiley (gr. IT) April 14 at Keeneland.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Zagora, who ran third in last year's Jenny Wiley Stakes (gr. IIT) at Keeneland, is back for this year running, but this time she's coming off two straight graded stakes wins.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Defending champion Get Stormy and Turallure had the Keeneland turf course all to themselves on the morning of April 6 as they prepared for the upcoming Maker's Mark Mile.
Friday, April 06, 2012
Team Block's Never Retreat narrowly beat out a pair of 3-year old champions in Inglorious and Pender Harbour to be named Canada's Horse of the Year for 2011 at the 37th Sovereign Awards.
Friday, April 06, 2012
Zagora's great turn of foot delivered a win in the Hillsborough Stakes, just 3/5ths of a second off the Tampa Bay Downs track record for 1 1/8 miles on the turf.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Grade I winner Zagora, second in last year's Hillsborough Stakes (gr. IIIT) to Denomination in a tight finish, will attempt to turn the tables in 2012 when the two mares meet again in the grass event at Tampa Bay Downs.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Odds-on favorite Zagora, off for nearly five months, was razor sharp in her return Feb. 4 at Tampa Bay Downs, taking over at the top of the stretch en route to winning the $150,000 Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT).
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Keertana, a winner in four of her five starts last year including three in graded ranks, returns from an extended layoff as one of the main contenders in the $150,000 Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT) Feb. 4 at Tampa Bay Downs.
Thursday, February 02, 2012Thoroughbred owner and breeder Jerry Jamgotchian announced he will donate $100,000 from the sale of Morekissesforpatti at Keeneland's upcoming January horses of all ages sale to the athletic department of USC.
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Team Block's Never Retreat, who had been scheduled to make her final start in the Jan. 7 Marshua's River Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Gulfstream Park, has been retired from racing.
Monday, January 02, 2012
All indices rose on the first day of the Tattersalls December Mare Sale led by Miss Keller, who brought 625,000 guineas from Waratah Thoroughbreds' Paul Fudge.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Star Billing, advancing along the inside for Victor Espinoza, edged away from front-running Summer Soiree for her first grade I victory in the $250,000 Matriarch Stakes (gr. IT) at Hollywood Park Nov. 25.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Trainer Graham Motion, fresh off a grade I win in the Hollywood Turf Cup, guns for another at Hollywood Park when he sends out three entrants in the $250,000 Matriarch Stakes on the turf Nov. 25.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Trainer Bill Mott put an exclamation point on his big Breeders' Cup weekend at Churchill Downs when the regally-bred Deluxe held on for a half-length victory in the $109,900 Cardinal Handicap (gr. IIIT) Nov 6.
Sunday, November 06, 2011
Lenny Shulman talks with trainer Eric Reed, whose charge Satans Quick Chick runs in the Ladies Classic on Friday, November 4. Sponsored by Taylor Made Stallions
Breeders' Cup contender works and arrivals.
Hopefuls for the Breeders' Cup World Championships were on the work tab Oct. 24 at Keeneland and Santa Anita Park, including Euroears, who scorched five furlongs in :56 3/5 at the Southern California racetrack.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Keeneland, Calder, and Woodbine highlight this week in photos.
Out of the money in five starts this year, Miss Keller woke up in a huge way at Woodbine Oct. 16, taking the $991,288 E.P. Taylor Stakes (Can-IT) in heart-pounding style as part of a three-horse blanket finish.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Working in company with Desert Sage, Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) contender Stacelita breezed four furlongs in 48.55 seconds.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Mike Repole's dynamic duo of Uncle Mo and Stay Thirsty worked the morning of Oct. 16 over the training track at Belmont Park, with Uncle Mo covering five furlongs in a bullet :58.64 -- the fastest of 32 at the distance.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
An internationally-loaded field of 11 was drawn for the 1 1/4-mile E.P Taylor (Can-IT), which is the second of three grade I races on Woodbine's Sunday card.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Derrick Smith's Together, who rallied to finish second in the Oct. 8 First Lady (gr. IT), will remain at Keeneland this week for a run in the Oct. 15 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup.
Sunday, October 09, 2011
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]