LAUREL PARK, Laurel, MD
| 1 | Bandbox | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $30,000 |
2008 | Gray or Roan Colt | Tapit - Empty the Bases, Grand Slam
Sire: Tapit , Gray or Roan, 2001. Raced 2 years. 6 starts, 3 wins, $557,300. Lifetime: 371 yearlings sold, median $75,000.
Broodmare Sire: Grand Slam, Dark Bay or Brown, 1995.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2009 Eastern Fall Yearling Sale, $105,000.
| 2 | Rush Now | Margin: 5 | TrueNicks: A+ | $10,000 |
2008 | Bay Gelding | Tiznow - Dirty Rush, Wild Rush
Sire: Tiznow , Bay, 1997. Raced 2 years. 15 starts, 8 wins, $6,427,830. Lifetime: 427 yearlings sold, median $100,000.
Broodmare Sire: Wild Rush, Bay, 1994.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga 2009 Select Yearling Sale, ($290,000).
Keeneland Association November 2008 Breeding Stock Sale, $280,000.
| 3 | No Easy Answer | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: B | $5,500 |
2008 | Chestnut Gelding | Petionville - Untangled, Unbridled
Sire: Petionville , Dark Bay or Brown, 1992. Raced 3 years. 15 starts, 7 wins, $811,905. Lifetime: 138 yearlings sold, median $10,750.
Broodmare Sire: Unbridled, Bay, 1987.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2009 Yearling Sale, $15,000.
Others: Tap Star, $3,000; Concealed Identity, $2,250; Ram.
Scratched: Distorted Appeal; Joe Vann.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bandbox | Travis L. Dunkelberger | Rodney Jenkins |
| 2 | Rush Now | Mario G. Pino | Anthony W. Dutrow |
| 3 | No Easy Answer | Malcolm Franklin | Timothy J. Tullock, Jr. |
| 4 | Tap Star | Kendrick Carmouche | John C. Servis |
| 5 | Concealed Identity | J. D. Acosta | Edmond D. Gaudet |
| 6 | Ram | Julian Pimentel | King T. Leatherbury |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Bandbox | Travis L. Dunkelberger | $3.40 | $2.10 | $2.10 | ||||||
| 1 | Rush Now | Mario G. Pino | $3.20 | $2.20 | |||||||
| 5 | No Easy Answer | Malcolm Franklin | $2.60 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (8-1) | $10.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (8-1-5) | $27.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (8-1-5-3) | $33.40 | ||||||||||
Mr Palmer had the highest Beyer speed figure of nine 3-year-olds who went to the gate for the $100,000 Private Terms Stakes March 9 at Laurel Park, and teh favorite prevailed when he closed with a strong late run.
Saturday, March 09, 2013
Dynamic Strike will try for a second straight stakes win at Laurel Park and fourth consecutive victory overall at the track in the $150,000 Private Terms Stakes March 9.
Thursday, March 07, 2013Barretts will stream its new Del Mar Paddock Sale live July 22 beginning at 6:30 p.m. PDT.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012The catalog for the inaugural Paddock Sale at Del Mar of Race Ready Horses in Training is now on-line. This auction of 44 racehorseswill be held July 22 in the paddock at Del Mar beginning at about 6:30 p.m. PDT.
Wednesday, July 04, 2012
Hamazing Destiny and jockey Corey Nakatani took advantage of a duel between the early leaders before taking the lead at the top of the stretch to win the Maryland Sprint Handicap (gr. III).
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Favored Raconteur, under a vigorous ride from Chris DeCarlo, registered his first stakes win for trainer Todd Pletcher when he nipped Hakama by a head in the $76,500 Private Terms Stakes at Laurel Park March 17.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Motor City, a 3-year-old son of Street Sense and winner of last fall's Iroquois Stakes (gr. II), worked five furlongs in 1:01.88 at Palm Meadows Training Center Feb. 23. The bullet at the trip was recorded by Dialed In.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Nine three-year-olds battle at Parx Racing in the 1 1/8 mile Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II). Who will win it? How will the others finish?
All In Stable's Willcox Inn is the 3-1 favorite for the $250,000 Kent Stakes (gr. IIIT) Sept. 24 at Delaware Park. The 1 1/8-mile turf event has attracted a field of 13 sophomores.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Ruler On Ice was made the 5-2 morning-line favorite for the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II), but by post time Sept. 24 most of the money could land on To Honor and Serve.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Prayer for Relief ran down front-running Rush Now by a half-length Aug. 6 at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort to win the $750,000 West Virginia Derby (gr. II).
Saturday, August 06, 2011
California invaders Prayer for Relief and Dreamy Kid, both recent graded stakes winners, headline a field of 10 in the $750,000 West Virginia Derby (gr. II) Aug. 6 at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort.
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Do you like Fire or Ice? Shackleford or Coil? How will they run?
On July 31 at Monmouth Park, Shackleford will try to stamp himself as the division leader when he leads a field of eight in the $1 million Haskell Invitational (gr. I).
Thursday, July 28, 2011
PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
Making his dirt debut, and running in a grade I event for only the second time, Pool Play won the Stephen Foster to become a player in the older male division.
Odds-on choice Pants On Fire returned from his unplaced effort in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) with a smart two-length victory in the $195,000 Pegasus Stakes (gr. III) at Monmouth Park June 18.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Peter Callahan's Scotus made a winning stakes debut June 18 when he took over inside the sixteenth-pole to score by one length in the $138,500 Matt Winn (gr. III) for 3-year-olds at Churchill Downs.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
A week after winning the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) with Ruler On Ice, trainer Kelly Breen and owners George and Lori Hall hope to add to their success with Pants On Fire in the $200,000 Pegasus Stakes (gr. III) at Monmouth Park.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Illinois Derby (gr. III) winner Joe Vann leads a field of eight 3-year-olds entered in the $125,000 Matt Winn Presented by Emirates Equestrian Federation Stakes (gr. III) at Churchill Downs June 18.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Meet the horses running in the 2011 Preakness Stakes.
Animal Kingdom was a surprise winner of the Derby and came out of the race in great shape. But will the pace of the Preakness, which will likely be much swifter, be a benefit or a hindrance to the Triple Crown hopeful?
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Will Animal Kingdom win again? One of his Derby foes? Or a new shooter?
After a frustrating couple of months, Pin Oak Stable's homebred Alternation redeemed himself with a hard-fought win in the $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes (gr. II) May 14 at Belmont Park.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Jason, Tom and Evan from Twinspires.com reflect on the Kentucky Derby and handicap the Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park.
Who will win the Peter Pan Stakes (gr. II), and who will finish last? Will Joe Vann produce a Bold Deed, and say Adios Charlie? Or is it time for a Tap Attack from Beer Meister?
Through the remainder of the year, I am going to recount some of my most memorable experiences/moments in racing over the past 40 years. We begin with Rachel Alexandra's victory in the 2009 Woodward Stakes to kick off Saratoga's 150th anniversary. [More]