MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, NJ
| 1 | Brushed by a Star | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: A+ | $120,000 |
2008 | Bay Mare | Eddington - Brush Hour, Broad Brush
Sire: Eddington , Chestnut, 2001. Lifetime: 169 yearlings sold, median $12,000.
Broodmare Sire: Broad Brush, Bay, 1983.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2012 Mixed Sale, $400,000.
Keeneland Association September 2009 Yearling Sale, $10,000.
| 2 | Successful Song | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: B | $40,000 |
2007 | Bay Mare | Successful Appeal - Song for Annie, Sultry Song
Sire: Successful Appeal , Dark Bay or Brown, 1996. Raced 3 years. 22 starts, 8 wins, $654,681. Lifetime: 292 yearlings sold, median $35,000. In 2009: 2.11 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Sultry Song, Dark Bay or Brown, 1988.
| 3 | R Gypsy Gold | Margin: 4 | TrueNicks: A+ | $20,000 |
2008 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Bernardini - Broadway Gold, Seeking the Gold
Sire: Bernardini , Dark Bay or Brown, 2003. Lifetime: 305 yearlings sold, median $135,000.
Broodmare Sire: Seeking the Gold, Bay, 1985.
Others: Nefertini, $10,000; Absinthe Minded, $5,000; Afleeting Lady, $2,500; Derwin's Star, $2,500; Catch a Thief, $2,500.
Scratched: Withgreatpleasure.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brushed by a Star | Corey S. Nakatani | Grant T. Forster |
| 2 | Successful Song | Angel Serpa | Edward Plesa, Jr. |
| 3 | R Gypsy Gold | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 4 | Nefertini | Carlos H. Marquez, Jr. | Alan E. Goldberg |
| 5 | Absinthe Minded | Terry J. Thompson | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 6 | Afleeting Lady | Rafael Bejarano | Dale L. Romans |
| 7 | Derwin's Star | Joseph Rocco, Jr. | Steve Klesaris |
| 8 | Catch a Thief | Elvis Trujillo | Timothy A. Hills |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Brushed by a Star | Corey S. Nakatani | $21.20 | $9.00 | $5.40 | ||||||
| 7 | Successful Song | Angel Serpa | $15.20 | $6.20 | |||||||
| 6 | R Gypsy Gold | Javier Castellano | $3.40 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (8-7) | $392.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (8-7-6) | $549.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (8-7-6-3) | $4,585.20 | ||||||||||
Pressed all the way on a fast pace, favored Glorious View refused to give way in the stretch in her stakes debut, capturing the $200,000 Vagrancy Handicap (gr. II) May 18 at Belmont Park.
3 days ago
Summer Applause ground her way to the lead and held off Sea Island in the $150,000 Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes Presented by Toyota (gr. III) at Pimlico Race Course May 18.
4 days ago
Grade II winners Brushed by a Star and Summer Applause tangle with local stakes contenders in the $150,000 Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes (gr. III) at Pimlico Race Course May 18.
6 days ago
Three-time stakes winner Spectacular Sky will try to secure her first career graded stakes win when she faces five other fillies and mares in the $200,000 Vagrancy Handicap (gr. II) May 18 at Belmont.
6 days ago
Disposablepleasure scored her second 2013 straight victory when she kicked clear in upper-stretch and prevailed by an easy 1 1/2 lengths over Brushed by a Star in the April 20 Sixty Sails Handicap (gr. III) at Hawthorne.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Out from the shadow of rival Joyful Victory, Brushed by a Star has a chance to shine in the $200,000 Sixty Sails Handicap (gr. III) at Hawthorne Race Course April 20.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
David Nunn and Formal Gold rekindle memories.
David Blethen's Withgreatpleasure skimmed the rail around the turn, then held on for a three-quarter-length victory over favorite My Wandy's Girl in the Ruffian Handicap (gr. II) April 6 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Saturday, April 06, 2013
Funnys Approval will try to again take her game on the road attempting to extend her four-race win streak April 6 in the $250,000 Ruffian Handicap (gr. II) at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Michael B. Tabor's Ciao Bella ran like a favorite should at Gulfstream Park March 30, holding the advantage from gate to wire and drawing off to a 4 1/2-length victory in the $150,000 Rampart Stakes (gr. III).
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Successful Song was supposed to be embarking on a new career as a broodmare by now, but her connections at Live Oak Plantation changed the plan for their homebred daughter of Successful Appeal thanks to her winning ways.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Joyful Victory, shipping to Southern California from New Orleans, has a golden opportunity to secure her first grade I victory in the $300,000 Santa Margarita Invitational Stakes March 16 at Santa Anita Park.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Bobby Rankin's Funnys Approval proved she's no laughing matter on off tracks with a solid front-running upset in the $250,000 Barbara Fritchie Handicap (gr. II) at Laurel Park Feb. 16.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
A freshened Joyful Victory was too much to handle for her rivals in the inaugural $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic at Sam Houston Race Park on the night of Jan. 26, setting a track record while drawing away for an easy win.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
The inaugural running of the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic -- -the richest race run at Sam Houston Race Park since it opened in 1994 -- -will feature round three for rivals Joyful Victory and Brushed by a Star.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
In what is expected to be her final start, Successful Song secured the most lucrative victory of her career when she cruised through the stretch to easily win the $300,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Distaff Stakes.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Successful Song was supposed to retire after the Dec. 30 Ocala Stakes, a one-mile dirt event run at Gulfstream Park. But when she won, her connections decided to run back in the $300,000 Sunshine Millions Distaff.
Wednesday, January 16, 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
Onepointhreekarats made her stakes debut successfully for trainer Graham Motion when she drew off mid-stretch to win the $104,250 Thirty Eight Go Go Stakes Dec. 22 comfortably at Laurel Park.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Nefertini disposed of heavily favored Fantasy of Flight on the turn for home and outfought a game Willet in the final furlong to register her first graded stakes victory in the Go for Wand Handicap (gr. II) Nov. 23.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Afleeting Lady built a three-race win streak and gave trainer Dale Romans his 19th graded stakes score of the season when she powered to victory in the $162,450 Falls City Handicap (gr. II) Nov. 22 at Churchill Downs.
Thursday, November 22, 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
Less than three weeks after hooking up for a thrilling stretch duel in the Chilukki Stakes (gr. II) at Churchill Downs, Brushed by a Star and Joyful Victory will meet again Nov. 22 in the Falls City Handicap (gr. II).
Monday, November 19, 2012
Nominations for five graded stakes events to be run closing week at Churchill Downs were released Nov. 10. Headlining 158 runners are Clark contenders Shackleford, Game on Dude, Pool Play, Take Charge Indy, and Coil.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Florida Million Day returns to Calder Casino & Race Course for the 11th time Nov. 10, with title defenses in the Bonnie Heath Turf Cup by Bad Debt and the Elmer Heubeck Distaff by My Pal Chrisy highlighting the program.
Thursday, November 08, 2012
You don't witness it very often, but one of those cheering the loudest for D. Wayne Lukas and Oxbow in the final quarter mile of the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) was one of his opponents in the race. [More]