MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, NJ
| 1 | Get Serious | Margin: neck | TrueNicks: B+ | $120,000 |
2004 | Chestnut Gelding | City Zip - Java Gal, Java Gold
Sire: City Zip , Chestnut, 1998. Raced 2 years. 23 starts, 9 wins, $818,225. Lifetime: 228 yearlings sold, median $20,000.
Broodmare Sire: Java Gold, Bay, 1984.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2005 Eastern Fall Yearling Sale, $130,000.
| 2 | Nownownow | Margin: 4¼ | TrueNicks: B+ | $40,000 |
2005 | Bay Horse | Whywhywhy - Here and Now (FR), Exit to Nowhere
Sire: Whywhywhy , Chestnut, 2000. Raced 2 years. 9 starts, 3 wins, $315,015. Lifetime: 146 yearlings sold, median $8,000.
Broodmare Sire: Exit to Nowhere, Bay, 1988. In 2009: 1.16 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2010 Breeding Stock Sale, $130,000.
| 3 | Boots Ahead | Margin: 1 | TrueNicks: A | $20,000 |
2006 | Chestnut Gelding | Storm Boot - Mostbeautifulsound, Miswaki
Sire: Storm Boot, Chestnut, 1989. Raced 2 years. 14 starts, 4 wins, $70,510. Lifetime: 356 yearlings sold, median $21,500.
Broodmare Sire: Miswaki, Chestnut, 1978.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2007 Yearling Sale, $90,000.
Others: At the Disco, $10,000; Strike Again, $5,000; Legal Move, $2,500.
Scratched: General Perfect.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get Serious | Pablo Fragoso | John H. Forbes |
| 2 | Nownownow | Joe Bravo | Patrick L. Biancone |
| 3 | Boots Ahead | Eibar Coa | George Weaver |
| 4 | At the Disco | Eddie Castro | Mary Hartmann |
| 5 | Strike Again | Elvis Trujillo | William I. Mott |
| 6 | Legal Move | Harry Vega | Michael Wright, Jr. |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Get Serious | Pablo Fragoso | $3.20 | $2.20 | $2.10 | ||||||
| 3 | Nownownow | Joe Bravo | $3.40 | $2.40 | |||||||
| 1 | Boots Ahead | Eibar Coa | $2.80 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-3) | $8.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-3-1) | $9.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (4-3-1-5) | $30.10 | ||||||||||
Grade I winner Whywhywhy has been sold to a Korean syndicate to stand at Jeju Stallion Station in South Korea.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Right One, winner of the Jaipur Stakes (gr. IIIT) in July, returns as the one to beat in the $100,000 Cliff Hanger (gr. IIIT) Sept. 4 at Monmouth Park.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Turallure came from off the pace and ran down favored Get Stormy in the late stages to win the $202,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap (gr. IIT) Aug. 26 at Saratoga.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Locally-based Get Serious has been off form this season but will try to get back to his winning ways when he goes for his third straight victory in the $200,000 Oceanport Stakes (gr. IIIT) July 31 at Monmouth Park.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Two-time reigning turf champion Gio Ponti still has a chance to remain one of the division leaders and he can do that while attempting to make history in the $600,000 Man o' War Stakes (gr. IT) July 9 at Belmont Park.
Thursday, July 07, 2011
A field of 10, including 2010 winner Chinchon, will assemble at Monmouth Park July 2 for the $750,000 United Nations Stakes (gr. IT).
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Teaks North, biding his time for jockey Eddie Castro into the stretch, surged past odds-on choice Get Stormy near the sixteenth pole en route to victory in the $250,000 Monmouth Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the turf June 12.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Get Stormy, winner of consecutive grade I turf events this spring, appears to be taking a couple of steps down the class ladder in the $250,000 Monmouth Stakes (gr. IIIT) June 12 at Monmouth Park.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Turtle Bird Stable's Haynesfield, winner of the Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I) in 2010, has been honored as New York-bred Horse of the Year for the second year in a row.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Strike Again and Gran Estreno, separated by less than a length last month, are among the top choices for the $100,000 Colonel E. R. Bradley Handicap (gr. IIIT) Jan. 22 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
San Fernando Stakes (gr. II) and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Nownownow sold for $130,000 to top the Nov. 17 session of the Keeneland breeding stock sale.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010Battle of Hastings ended a 10-race drought when he found clear sailing on the outside through the stretch to win the $111,200 River City Handicap (gr. IIIT) over a firm Churchill Downs turf course Nov. 4.
Thursday, November 04, 2010
An ultra-game Get Serious was at it again at Monmouth Park Sept. 5, holding off the charging Nownownow by a neck for a repeat win the $197,500 Red Bank Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the turf before a crowd of 16,017.
Sunday, September 05, 2010
Graded stakes victors Get Serious and Nownownow headline a seasoned, seven-horse cast of stakes winners slated to go postward in the Sept. 5 Red Bank Stakes (gr. III) at Monmouth Park.
Thursday, September 02, 2010
City Zip is enjoying the kind of year few would have imagined. It's not that he ranks 10th on the leading sires' list, but that he ranks third on the leading turf sires' list.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Get Stormy will shoot for his fourth victory at Saratoga and his second graded stakes victory of the 2010 Spa meeting when he tackles the $200,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap (gr. IIT) Aug. 27.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
In two grade III grass races on the IZOD Haskell Invitational card at Monmouth Park Aug. 1, favored Get Serious led from start to finish in the Oceanport, and Unbridled Essence pulled a 42-1 shocker in the Matchmaker.
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Two-time grade II winner Strike a Deal will carry top weight of 123 pounds when leading a field of eight in the $200,000 Oceanport Stakes (gr. IIIT) Aug. 1 at Monmouth Park.
Friday, July 30, 2010
His five-race winning streak snapped last month in Canada, Get Stormy looks to get back to his winning ways in the $150,000 Fourstardave Handicap (gr. IIT) on the Saratoga turf Aug. 1.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Irish-bred Chinchon, making just his second start in the U.S., showed an explosive turn of foot in the stretch and came from off the pace to capture the $760,000 United Nations Stakes (gr. IT) July 3 at Monmouth Park.
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Jason, Tom, and James Scully of twinspires.com preview the United Nations (gr. IT) at Monmouth Park on July 3.
Four grade I winners and a pair of intriguing international contenders were among the nine entered for a suddenly wide-open editon of the $750,000 BetFair/TVG United Nations Stakes (gr. IT) July 3 at Monmouth Park.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Get Serious registered his eighth lifetime win 10 starts on the Monmouth Park turf when he tallied a front-running victory at odds of 7-1 in the $255,000 Monmouth Stakes (gr. IIIT) June 12.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Multiple grade I winner Presious Passion returns to Monmouth Park June 12 to defend his title in the $250,000 Monmouth Stakes (gr. IIIT) on turf.
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Popular 7-year-old Kiss the Kid is back to defend his title as the slight favorite in the $100,000 Appleton Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the Gulfstream Park turf March 20.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
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]