MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, NJ
| 1 | Captain's Lover (SAF) | Margin: 7 | TrueNicks: D | $120,000 |
2004 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Captain Al (SAF) - Sunshine Lover (SAF), Badger Land
Sire: Captain Al (SAF), Bay, 1996. Raced 3 years. 7 starts, 4 wins, $13,823. Lifetime: 127 yearlings sold, median $22,933. In 2009: 1.71 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Badger Land, Bay, 1983. In 2009: 1.38 AEI.
| 2 | Princess Haya | Margin: 1¼ | TrueNicks: A+ | $40,000 |
2005 | Bay Mare | Street Cry (IRE) - Sally Slew, Slew City Slew
Sire: Street Cry (IRE) , Dark Bay or Brown, 1998. Raced 3 years. 12 starts, 5 wins, $5,150,837. Lifetime: 344 yearlings sold, median $75,000.
Broodmare Sire: Slew City Slew , Dark Bay or Brown, 1984.
| 3 | American Border | Margin: 7¼ | TrueNicks: A | $22,000 |
2004 | Bay Mare | Boundary - American Mambo, Kingmambo
Sire: Boundary, Bay, 1990. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 6 wins, $217,777. Lifetime: 201 yearlings sold, median $32,000.
Broodmare Sire: Kingmambo, Bay, 1990.
Sale History:
Keeneland 2005 September Yearling Sale, ($27,000).
Others: Them There Eyes, $12,000; Meadow Saffron, $6,000.
Scratched: Rutherienne; Social Queen; Closeout; Ariege.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Captain's Lover (SAF) | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 2 | Princess Haya | Paco Lopez | Michael R. Matz |
| 3 | American Border | Elvis Trujillo | Jason Servis |
| 4 | Them There Eyes | Jose L. Espinoza | Kathleen M. Feron |
| 5 | Meadow Saffron | Calvin H. Borel | Frederick J. Seitz |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain's Lover (SAF) | John R. Velazquez | $7.00 | $3.60 | $2.20 | |||||||
| Princess Haya | Paco Lopez | $4.20 | $2.60 | ||||||||
| American Border | Elvis Trujillo | $2.40 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-1) | $29.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-1-3) | $38.30 | ||||||||||
Romacaca takes the Taylor Made Matchmaker after favorite C. S. Silk encounters major trouble leaving the gate.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Calumet Farm, so much a part of the top-tiered landscape of Kentucky breeding and racing for decades, returned to the spotlight in a big way when 3-year-old Switch won the $150,000 La Brea Stakes (gr. I).
Friday, December 31, 2010Kiss Mine, whose four-race winning streak was ended in an unplaced finish in the Abu Dhabi First Lady Stakes (gr. IT) one month ago, looks to get back in the win column in the $100,000 Cardinal Handicap at Churchill Downs.
Thursday, November 04, 2010
English shipper Debussy, sent off at 11-1 in his United States debut, made a dynamic late burst along the inside to upset champion Gio Ponti in the Arlington Million (gr. IT) Aug. 21.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Wasted Tears, attempting her longest distance over a surface she had never tried, dug deep to defeat Lilly Fa Pootz by a desperate nose to register her 10th consecutive win on turf in Del Mar's $250,000 John C. Mabee Stakes.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Shippers Wasted Tears, on a six-race winning tear, and Gozzip Girl, making her first appearance in Southern California since winning last year's American Oaks (gr. IT), head the field for the $250,000 John C. Mabee Stakes.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
A full field of fillies and mares -- highlighted by multiple graded stakes winner Acoma -- will go postward in the Locust Grove Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill Downs July 3.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Turning Top became a graded stakes winner in her first try at 10 furlongs when she ran down longshot pacesetter Princess Taylor in the $100,000 Beverly Hills Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the turf at Hollywood Park June 26.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Tuscan Evening has so dominated the Southern California older female turf division this year that her absence leaves the $100,000 Beverly Hills Handicap (gr. IIIT) wide open June 26 at Hollywood Park.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Augustin Stable's multiple group I winner Rainbow View will carry high weight of 125 pounds as the 4-year-old filly headlines the June 5 Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT) at Woodbine.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
For all of Tuscan Evening's success in the past two seasons, the one thing that has eluded her is a grade I victory, an omission she'll try to correct in the $250,000 Gamely Stakes May 29 at Hollywood Park.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Princess Haya was named 2009 Texas Horse of the Year and champion female at the Texas Thoroughbred Association's annual meeting and awards banquet Feb. 20.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Heavy choice Tight Precision, closing fast on the outside, surged past Bootleg Annie and Pretty Unusual close to home to post her first stakes victory in the $300,000 Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Pretty Unusual, fresh off a stunning 29-1 upset in the El Encino Stakes (gr. II) two weeks ago, will try her luck on grass in the $300,000 Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita Jan. 30.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
For the second day in a row, the barn of the late Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel scored a grade I victory on the Hollywood Park turf. On Nov. 28 Ventura captured the $300,000 Matriarch in a stakes record time by 1 3/4 lengths.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
The debt crisis in Dubai was being closely monitored Nov. 27 by buyers and sellers of high-end Thoroughbreds, but there was no immediate indication Dubai's ruler would scale back his enormous financial ties to the industry in the United States and elsewhere.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Ventura, one of the leading stars for the late trainer Bobby Frankel and Juddmonte Farms during the past two years, goes for her fourth grade I victory against six rivals in the Nov. 28 Matriarch Stakes (gr. IT) at Hollywood Park.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009Irish-bred Tuscan Evening, who won five of her first six starts in the United Stakes prior to a two-race skid, regained her winning form in Oak Tree's $200,000 Las Palmas Handicap (gr. IIT) for fillies and mares at one mile over Santa Anita's Camino Real Turf Course.
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Midday, who was bred in England, gave the Europeans their second win of the 26th Breeders' Cup World Championships. The 3-year-old daughter of Oasis Dream was making her first start in the United States. She is trained by Henry Cecil, a renowned English trainer who earned his first Breeders' Cup victory after many years.
Friday, November 06, 2009
Looking to join Ouija Board as the only two-time winner of the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (gr. IT), Forever Together is the likely pick in the $2 million event sponsored by Emirates Airline.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Lahaleeb produced the biggest upset in the 54-year history of Woodbine's E.P. Taylor Stakes (Can-IT) Oct. 17 when she came from off the pace in the stretch to win the $964,356 test for fillies and mares at odds of 44-1.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Coming off a group I win in Ireland, Rainbow View can sew up a starting berth in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) next month with a victory in Woodbine's $1 million E.P. Taylor Stakes (Can-IT) on the turf Oct. 17.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Music Note, as expected, swept to victory with jockey Rajiv Maragh in the $600,000 Beldame (gr. I), the first of five grade I stakes at Belmont Park Oct. 3.
Saturday, October 03, 2009
There was a time not too long ago that a meeting among the nation's best fillies and mares in the $600,000 Beldame (gr. I) was a distinct possibility. But with Rachel Alexandra on the sideline, Zenyatta staying in California for the Lady's Secret (gr. I), and Icon Project now heading to Keeneland's Juddmonte Spinster (gr. I), the Beldame has lost some of its appeal.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
A trio of contenders for the Oct. 3 $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I) had their final tune-ups for the 1 1/4-mile race on a busy morning at Belmont Park Sept. 26.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
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