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MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, NJ
| 1 | Summer Soiree | Margin: 8½ | TrueNicks: D | $90,000 |
2008 | Bay Filly | War Front - Mazel Tov, Mazel Trick
Sire: War Front , Bay, 2002. Lifetime: 128 yearlings sold, median $42,000.
Broodmare Sire: Mazel Trick, Chestnut, 1995. In 2009: 1.24 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2009 Select Yearling Sale, ($72,000).
Keeneland Association November 2008 Breeding Stock Sale, ($70,000).
| 2 | My Sunshine Gal | Margin: head | TrueNicks: A++ | $30,000 |
2008 | Chestnut Filly | West Acre - Sunny Again, Awesome Again
Sire: West Acre, Bay, 1995. Lifetime: 69 yearlings sold, median $7,000. In 2009: 1.42 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Awesome Again , Bay, 1994.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2012 Mixed Sale, $42,000.
| 3 | Hessonite | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: B+ | $15,000 |
2008 | Chestnut Mare | Freud - Lakab, Manila
Sire: Freud , Bay, 1998. Raced 2 years. 12 starts, 1 wins, $44,016. Lifetime: 143 yearlings sold, median $20,000.
Broodmare Sire: Manila, Bay, 1983. In 2009: 1.76 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2009 Yearling Sale, $27,000.
Others: Salary Drive, $8,000; Artisanal, $4,000; Oak Marsh, $2,000; Janicellaine (IRE), $2,000; Annabel Lee, $2,000; Pontenuovo (FR), $2,000.
Scratched: Coco Ecolo; War Prospector; R Gypsy Gold.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Summer Soiree | Gabriel Saez | H. Graham Motion |
| 2 | My Sunshine Gal | Kendrick Carmouche | Derek S. Ryan |
| 3 | Hessonite | Charles C. Lopez | David G. Donk |
| 4 | Salary Drive | Elvis Trujillo | Edward Plesa, Jr. |
| 5 | Artisanal | Christopher P. DeCarlo | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 6 | Oak Marsh | Jose Valdivia, Jr. | Martin D. Wolfson |
| 7 | Janicellaine (IRE) | Edgar S. Prado | Roger L. Attfield |
| 8 | Annabel Lee | Francisco Z. Maysonett | K. David Schwartz |
| 9 | Pontenuovo (FR) | Joe Bravo | Patrick L. Biancone |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Summer Soiree | Gabriel Saez | $9.40 | $6.00 | $5.20 | ||||||
| 2 | My Sunshine Gal | Kendrick Carmouche | $10.40 | $8.20 | |||||||
| 3 | Hessonite | Charles C. Lopez | $6.00 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-2) | $89.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-2-3) | $548.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (4-2-3-1) | $3,096.60 | ||||||||||
A ground-saving trip made the difference for Richard Santulli's Tannery in the $200,000 Sheepshead Bay Stakes (gr. IIT) at Belmont Park on May 25, when the 10-1 shot earned her first North American victory by a length.
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Four strong turf fillies will tangle May 25 in the $200,000 Sheepshead Bay Stakes (gr. IIT) at Belmont Park. Hessonite, Strathnaver, Starformer, and Mystical Star all share status as 120-pound highweights in a field of eight.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Finally finding room outside, Hessonite accelerated late to win the Beaugay Stakes (gr. III) by three-quarters of a length May 4 at Belmont Park.
Saturday, May 04, 2013Last year's Diana Stakes (gr. I) runner-up Dream Peace is the 6-5 morning-line favorite in the Beaugay Stakes (gr. IIIT) May 4 at Belmont Park.
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Aidan O'Brien noted that Lines of Battle was sent to Dubai with the specific purpose of picking up Kentucky Derby-qualifying points offered in the race, and he earned 100 points, assuring him a spot in the starting gate.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Team Valor International has hired Rick Mettee to train all of its North American-based racehorses, replacing Graham Motion, the partnership group announced April 5.
Friday, April 05, 2013
At age 6, Nicole H will try to become the first mare to post three consecutive victories in the $75,000 Interborough Handicap. She faces seven others in the six-furlong event at Aqueduct Racetrack on New Year's Day.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Grade I winner Summer Soiree wrapped up her racing career by passing the $500,000 earnings plateau and adding to her grade I credentials with a third-place finish in the Matriarch Stakes (gr. IT) Nov. 25.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Better Lucky gave Godolphin Racing another grade I victory when she registered a 35-1 shocker in an adventurous renewal of the $250,000 Matriarch Stakes (gr. IT) on the turf Nov. 25 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Dayatthespa, who has won five in a row at three different tracks, will try to keep her streak alive in the $250,000 Matriarch Stakes (gr. IT) Nov. 25 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Recent stakes winner Willet and four other fillies and mares will go shopping for their first graded stakes win on 'Black' Friday, Nov. 23, when they go postward in the $200,000 Go for Wand Handicap (gr. II) at Aqueduct.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Closing weekend at Belmont Park is highlighted by a pair of grade III races, with both the $150,000 Bold Ruler Handicap and the $150,000 Turnback the Alarm Handicap for fillies and mares set for Oct. 27.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Lunar Victory and Saratoga Snacks were the favorite and second choice, respectively, in the $250,000 Empire Classic at Belmont Park Oct. 20--and they ran that way.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Jenny Wiley Stakes winner Daisy Devine will face fellow grade I winners Tapitsfly and Summer Soiree when she starts in the First Lady Stakes Oct. 6 at Keeneland Race Course.
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Multiple graded stakes winner Zagora heads the $600,000 Flower Bowl Invitational (gr. IT) at Belmont Park Sept. 29, while European invaders I'm a Dreamer and Nahrain are poised to challenge.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Hessonite registered a 5 1/4-length romp in the $150,000 John Hettinger Stakes and Lubash outlasted favored Compliance Officer in the $150,000 Ashley T. Cole Stakes, both for New York-breds, Sept. 9 at Belmont Park.
Sunday, September 09, 2012
Favored Zagora found firm going much to her liking in capturing the $250,000 Ballston Spa Stakes (gr. IIT), presented by Jose Cuervo, in record time on the inner turf course Aug. 25 at Saratoga Race Course.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Royal Delta will make her first start at Saratoga since winning the 2011 Alabama (gr. I) as the 124-pound highweight in the Personal Ensign Invitational (gr. I) Aug. 26.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Grade I winner Summer Soiree, last seen finishing second in the Matriarch Stakes (gr. IT) last November, makes her 2012 debut in the $250,000 Ballston Spa Stakes Presented by Jose Cuervo (gr. IIT) on Saratoga's inner turf.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Besilu Stables' Royal Delta put in her final serious work for the Aug. 26 Personal Ensign Invitational (gr. I), breezing four furlongs in a bullet :48.95 under exercise rider Rodolphe Brisset Aug. 20 at Saratoga Race Course.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Team Forster's Brushed by a Star took her first graded stake in front-running fashion, going wire to wire under Corey Nakatani to win the $202,500 Molly Pitcher Stakes (gr. II) at Monmouth Park July 29.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Afleeting Lady, second to Royal Delta in the Fleur de Lis Handicap (gr. II) last month, top a field of nine entered for the $200,000 Molly Pitcher (gr. II) at Monmouth July 29.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Patsy C. Symons' Gitchie Goomie got her first graded stakes score in the $250,000 Dr. James Penny Memorial Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Parx Racing July 3.
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
An evenly-matched field of nine older fillies and mares heads postward July 3 in the $250,000 Dr. James Penny Memorial Handicap (gr. IIIT), each seeking her first graded stakes score.
Sunday, July 01, 2012
Dancing Solo earned her second stakes win in a row on the Monmouth Park turf with a sharp effort in the $103,000 Boiling Springs Stakes(gr. IIIT) June 23.
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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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