OAKLAWN PARK, Hot Springs, AR
| 1 | Super Ninety Nine | Margin: 11¼ | TrueNicks: B | $180,000 |
2010 | Chestnut Colt | Pulpit - Exogenetic, Unbridled's Song
Sire: Pulpit , Bay, 1994. Raced 1 years. 6 starts, 4 wins, $728,200. Lifetime: 364 yearlings sold, median $150,000.
Broodmare Sire: Unbridled's Song , Gray or Roan, 1993.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company June 2012 Two-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age Sale, $260,000.
Keeneland Associaton September 2011 Yearling Sale, $200,000.
| 2 | Fear the Kitten | Margin: 2¼ | TrueNicks: A++ | $60,000 |
2010 | Bay Colt | Kitten's Joy - Dynarhythm, Dynaformer
Sire: Kitten's Joy , Chestnut, 2001. Lifetime: 133 yearlings sold, median $25,000.
Broodmare Sire: Dynaformer, Dark Bay or Brown, 1985.
| 3 | Heaven's Runway | Margin: 2¼ | TrueNicks: A | $30,000 |
2010 | Bay Colt | Run Away and Hide - Heavens Passport, Awesome Again
Sire: Run Away and Hide , Bay, 2006. Raced 1 years. 3 starts, 3 wins, $224,684. Lifetime: 22 yearlings sold, median $14,500.
Broodmare Sire: Awesome Again , Bay, 1994.
Others: Channel Isle, $15,000; Always in a Tiz, $9,000; Will Take Charge, $1,200; Big Lute, $1,200; Brown Almighty, $1,200; Texas Bling, $1,200; Officer Alex, $1,200.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super Ninety Nine | Rafael Bejarano | Bob Baffert |
| 2 | Fear the Kitten | Rosie Napravnik | Michael J. Maker |
| 3 | Heaven's Runway | Jareth Loveberry | Joseph R. Martin |
| 4 | Channel Isle | Israel Ocampo | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 5 | Always in a Tiz | Paco Lopez | Dominick A. Schettino |
| 6 | Will Take Charge | Jon Kenton Court | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 7 | Big Lute | Robby Albarado | Steve Hobby |
| 8 | Brown Almighty | Terry J. Thompson | Tim A. Ice |
| 9 | Texas Bling | M. Clifton Berry | Danele Durham |
| 10 | Officer Alex | Luis S. Quinonez | Lynn S. Whiting |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Super Ninety Nine | Rafael Bejarano | $4.00 | $3.80 | $3.00 | ||||||
| 7 | Fear the Kitten | Rosie Napravnik | $11.60 | $6.60 | |||||||
| 8 | Heaven's Runway | Jareth Loveberry | $11.60 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (6-7) | $156.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (6-7-8) | $781.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (6-7-8-9) | $4,588.60 | ||||||||||
The under tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s 2013 June sale of 2-year-olds and horses of racing age begins June 14 and continues through June 16. All three sessions begin at 7:30 a.m.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Images from the week leading up to Belmont Stakes Day 2013.
Here's a rundown of the field for the June 8 Belmont Stakes (gr. I), with reasons each contender could get the money... and why they might not.
Friday, June 07, 2013
It's time to try to analyze this year's Belmont Stakes.
The transcript for the Live Blog is now available.
Lenny Shulman discusses the news of the day, including the post positions, Orb, Frac Daddy, Will Take Charge, and the weather.
Here are some of the players in one of the most perplexing Belmont Stakes in years.
Lenny, Steve, and special guest Steve Byk discuss filly Unlimited Budget, Orb, the post position draw, and make their picks. Plus, comments from Dallas Stewart, trainer of Golden Soul. Sponsored by Darby Dan Farm.
A grade I winner as a juvenile, Gary and Mary West's Power Broker will try to secure the second stakes victory of his career June 8 in the $150,000 Easy Goer Stakes at Belmont Park.
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Now that the post positions for the Belmont Stakes have been drawn, we at least can make an educated guess on how the race might be run.
Giant Finish, who finished 10th in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), turned in his final serious work for the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) June 4, breezing a half-mile on the main track.
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Trainer Ken McPeek confirmed Monday June 3 that Magic City Thoroughbred Partners' Frac Daddy will run Saturday in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont Park in field that could include 15 starters.
Monday, June 03, 2013
Always in a Tiz, most recently ninth in the Wood Memorial (gr. I), breezed five furlongs in 1:01.12 on the morning of June 1 at Belmont Park for a possible start in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) in a week.
Saturday, June 01, 2013
Preakness (gr. I) winner Oxbow and stablemate Will Take Charge will van to Belmont Park June 3 to compete in the upcoming Belmont Stakes (gr. I), Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas confirmed.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Preakness Stakes (gr. I) winner Oxbow, stablemate Will Take Charge, and Kentucky Derby (gr. I) runner-up Golden Soul turned in preparations for the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) on the morning of May 30 at Churchill Downs.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Tom LaMarra and Pete Denk handicap the Arlington Classic Stakes with Brown Almighty and General Election.
Admiral Kitten leads 12 sophomore contenders in the $150,000 Arlington Classic (gr. IIIT) at Arlington Park on May 25, Illinois Derby (gr. III) runner-up Fordubai also in the mix.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Experience an interactive turn-by-turn slideshow of the 2013 Preakness Stakes.
Trainer D. Wayne Lukas, his Preakness (gr. I) winner Oxbow, and the rest of his nine-horse contingent this week at Pimlico Race Course were on the highway before dawn May 19 heading back to their base at Churchill Downs.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Can the Kentucky Derby winner hold off eight challengers -- including five wheeling back from that race two weeks ago -- in the May 18 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico? Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey thinks so.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
With the forecast calling for a high temperature of 70 degrees and a strong possibility of rain for the Preakness Stakes (gr. I), the Maryland Jockey Club could be hard-pressed to surpass last year's record crowd of 121,309.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
This year's Preakness is all about Orb. And then there are his eight opponents, most of whom are worthy adversaries, with a case to be made for any of them to step up and run a big race.
Tom LaMarra and Claire Novak handicap the field of the Preakness Stakes. Will Orb hold off Departing and former Kentucky Derby rivals?
All joking aside, trainer D. Wayne Lukas seems pretty confident his horses will have some say in the outcome of the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I).
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Steve Haskin reports on the big news of the day, the draw.
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]