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LAUREL PARK, Laurel, MD
| 1 | Javerre | Margin: 1¼ | TrueNicks: C | $150,000 |
2009 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | Outflanker - Our Fantene, Touch Gold
Sire: Outflanker , Dark Bay or Brown, 1994. Raced 2 years. 10 starts, $4,424. Lifetime: 137 yearlings sold, median $9,000.
Broodmare Sire: Touch Gold , Bay, 1994.
| 2 | Il Villano | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $50,000 |
2009 | Gray or Roan Colt | Pollard's Vision - Do the Wekiva, Wekiva Springs
Sire: Pollard's Vision , Bay, 2001. Lifetime: 128 yearlings sold, median $8,000.
Broodmare Sire: Wekiva Springs, Gray, 1991. In 2009: .90 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale 2011, ($35,000).
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2010 Select Yearling Sale, $60,000.
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky February Mixed Sale 2010, $34,000.
Keeneland Association November 2009 Breeding Stock Sale, ($9,500).
| 3 | Broad Rule | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: D | $25,000 |
2008 | Bay Horse | Dixie Union - Illeria, Stop the Music
Sire: Dixie Union, Dark Bay or Brown, 1997. Raced 2 years. 12 starts, 7 wins, $1,233,190. Lifetime: 451 yearlings sold, median $85,000.
Broodmare Sire: Stop the Music, Bay, 1970. In 2009: 1.83 AEI.
Others: Fiddlers Afleet, $15,000; Brigand, $7,500; Associate.
Scratched: Isn't He Perfect; Thunder Lord.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javerre | J. D. Acosta | Cathal A. Lynch |
| 2 | Il Villano | Kendrick Carmouche | Susan L. Crowell |
| 3 | Broad Rule | Forest Boyce | Richard W. Small |
| 4 | Fiddlers Afleet | Horacio Karamanos | Rudy R. Rodriguez |
| 5 | Brigand | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | Bob Baffert |
| 6 | Associate | Erick D. Rodriguez | Michelle Nevin |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Javerre | J. D. Acosta | $15.80 | $6.00 | $4.60 | ||||||
| 2 | Il Villano | Kendrick Carmouche | $3.40 | $2.60 | |||||||
| 8 | Broad Rule | Forest Boyce | $7.40 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (6-2) | $62.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (6-2-8) | $336.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (6-2-8-5) | $823.10 | ||||||||||
Drawing Away Stables' Saginaw turned in another remarkable effort in the $98,000 Affirmed Success Handicap, overcoming early trouble and a tepid pace before shoving his way out at the head of the stretch.
Saturday, June 01, 2013
Drawing Away Stables' hard-knocking Saginaw is back to defend his title in the Affirmed Success Stakes June 1 at Belmont Park.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
A full field of 13, including four graded stakes winners, will clash in the May 18 Red Bank Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Monmouth Park.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Game On Dude and Ron the Greek, two of the top older horses in training, are among the seven horses entered in the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic (gr. II) April 20.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer threatens to have grade I winners on both coasts April 6 as he ships Sahara Sky to Aqueduct Racetrack for the $400,000 Carter Handicap (gr. I).
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Last Gunfighter overcame a troubled start and came through on the rail to win the $150,000 Excelsior Stakes (gr. III) March 23 at Aqueduct, while 2011 Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Ruler On Ice finished fifth.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
The 3-1 second choice on the morning line for the $150,000 Excelsior Stakes (gr. III) March 23 at Aqueduct Racetrack is 2011 Belmont Stakes winner Ruler On Ice, who won an Aqueduct optional claimer Jan. 30.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Smith Farm and Stable's Javerre, a winner of four races last year, has been named New Jersey-bred Horse of the Year for 2012.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Smith Farm and Stable's New Jersey-bred Javerre won his first graded- stakes race Feb. 18, taking the $250,000 General George Handicap (gr. III) at Laurel Park.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Trainer Bob Baffert and Brigand will go back to the Laurel Park well Feb. 18 in the $250,000 General George Handicap (gr. III), where Brigand is the 9-5 morning-line favorite.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Six older horses seek their first graded stakes score in the $150,000 Toboggan Stakes (gr. III) at Aqueduct Racetrack Feb. 2, led by 120-pound highweight Mine Over Matter and the recently claimed Johannesburg Smile.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Apprentice jockey Jose Ortiz won the first three races and brother Irad Ortiz Jr. took races 4 through 7 to give them a sweep of the first seven races Jan. 20 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Brigand, shipped to Laurel Park from New York by trainer Bob Baffert, responded with a front-running one-length victory in the $104,000 City of Laurel Stakes Dec. 8.
Saturday, December 08, 2012
Off a smashing victory in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, Groupie Doll, from the outside post of 7, challenges a salty cast of older runners in the Nov. 24 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct.
Thursday, November 22, 2012The remarkable Ben's Cat surged through an opening at mid-stretch to put his head in front in the final strides, capturing the inaugural running of the $200,000 Fabulous Strike Handicap at Penn National Race Course.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Godolphin Racing's Buffum came out running and never stopped as he posted a gate-to-wire score in the $150,000 Bold Ruler Handicap (gr. III) at Belmont Park Oct. 27.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Action Andy closed relentlessly on the outside to get up in the final strides by a whisker over a game Il Villano in a terrific finish to win the $350,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel Park Oct. 27.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Currency Swap and Trinniberg will go at it again Sept. 22 in the $300,000 Gallant Bob Stakes at Parx Racing, but both seem vulnerable nearing the end of a long 2012 campaign.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Though it seemed doubtful 11 days ago, the resilient Jackson Bend was entered in the $500,000 Forego Stakes (gr. I) to be contested Sept. 1 at Saratoga Race Course.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Sum of the Parts, taking the lead shortly after the start, led at every pole to capture the $400,000 Red Legend Stakes by 3 3/4 lengths in an upset at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races on the night of June 30.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
With Hansen expected to bow out of the $400,000 Red Legend Stakes June 30, the seven-furlong test of 3-year-olds at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races shapes up as an evenly-matched contest of nine.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The son of Teuflesberg wired a 10-horse field in the grade II Woody Stephens Stakes.
Saturday, June 09, 2012
Shivananda Racing's Trinniberg will cut back to a more favorable distance June 9 in the $400,000 Woody Stephens Stakes (gr. II) for 3-year-olds at Belmont Park, but he could have his hands full.
Thursday, June 07, 2012
The Lumber Guy enjoyed the cutback to a mile in the $200,000 Jerome (gr. II), as he fended off pressure all the way around the track to score by 2 3/4 lengths April 21 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
The Jerome drew a field of seven, four of them entering off failed Derby prep efforts. Trainer Bob Baffert, a two-time winner of this event, will send out of a pair including Sunland Derby third-place finisher Stirred Up.
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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]
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