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OAK TREE AT SANTA ANITA, Arcadia, CA
| 1 | Magical Fantasy | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $180,000 |
2005 | Chestnut Filly | Diesis (GB) - Kissing Gate, Easy Goer
Sire: Diesis (GB), Chestnut, 1980. Raced 2 years. 6 starts, 3 wins, $172,788. Lifetime: 395 yearlings sold, median $82,000.
Broodmare Sire: Easy Goer, Chestnut, 1986.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2009 Mixed Sale, $1,800,000.
Tattersall's October 2006 Yearling Sale, ($39,638).
| 2 | Visit (GB) | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: A++ | $60,000 |
2005 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Oasis Dream (GB) - Arrive (GB), Kahyasi (IRE)
Sire: Oasis Dream (GB), Bay, 2000. Lifetime: 303 yearlings sold, median $133,200.
Broodmare Sire: Kahyasi (IRE), Bay, 1985.
| 3 | Black Mamba (NZ) | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: C+ | $36,000 |
2003 | Bay Mare | Black Minnaloushe - Sneetch (NZ), Grosvenor (NZ)
Sire: Black Minnaloushe, Bay, 1998. Raced 2 years. 11 starts, 4 wins, $490,945. Lifetime: 357 yearlings sold, median $21,226.
Broodmare Sire: Grosvenor (NZ), Bay, 1979. In 2009: 1.38 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2009 Mixed Sale, $1,500,000.
Others: Lemon Chiffon, $18,000; Rosa Grace (GB), $6,000; Charming Legacy (IRE); Lemonette; Internallyflawless.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magical Fantasy | Alex O. Solis | Patrick Gallagher |
| 2 | Visit (GB) | Garrett K. Gomez | Robert J. Frankel |
| 3 | Black Mamba (NZ) | Mike E. Smith | John W. Sadler |
| 4 | Lemon Chiffon | Kieren Fallon | Sean McCarthy |
| 5 | Rosa Grace (GB) | Joel Rosario | Ben D. A. Cecil |
| 6 | Charming Legacy (IRE) | Joseph Talamo | Ronald L. McAnally |
| 7 | Lemonette | Rafael Bejarano | Eric R. Reed |
| 8 | Internallyflawless | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magical Fantasy | Alex O. Solis | $4.40 | $2.80 | $2.10 | |||||||
| Visit (GB) | Garrett K. Gomez | $3.80 | $2.80 | ||||||||
| Black Mamba (NZ) | Mike E. Smith | $3.00 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (1-7) | $15.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (1-7-4) | $41.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (1-7-4-3) | $206.20 | ||||||||||
The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club announced April 20 that it will add two new juvenile turf stakes to its schedule in conjunction with the Oak Tree Racing Association during the upcoming meet.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Favored Dubawi Heights gave jockey Joel Rosario his third grade I victory of the day at Santa Anita when she posted an impressive win in the $250,000 Yellow Ribbon Presented by Emirates Airline Stakes (gr. IT).
Saturday, October 01, 2011
On a stakes-filled card at Santa Anita Park Oct. 1, the $250,000 Yellow Ribbon Stakes Presented by Emirate Airline stands out as the most contentious race of the bunch.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Hibaayeb, making her United States debut for Godolphin Racing, outfought Turning Top in the final furlong to win Oak Tree's $250,000 Yellow Ribbon Stakes (gr. IT) on the turf at Hollywood Park Oct. 2.
Saturday, October 02, 2010English group I winner Hibaayeb makes her United States debut for owner Godolphin Racing against eight filly and mare rivals in the $250,000 Yellow Ribbon Stakes (gr. IT) at Oak Tree's Hollywood Park meet Oct. 2.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Lady Shakespeare and Long Approach are among the most accomplished turf stakes performers and the likely favorites in a full field of 12 entered in the $125,000 Suwannee River Stakes (gr. III) Feb. 6 at Gulfstream.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
It's not the race they are aiming at with Tuscan Evening, but for Team Hollendorfer, the $100,000 Monrovia Handicap (gr. IIIT) Jan. 3 at Santa Anita appears to be the best way to get there.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Sacred Kingdom upheld local dominance Dec. 13 in the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint (HK-I) at Sha Tin by regaining the title he won so impressively two years ago.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Post positions, post times for the Dec. 13 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races held at Sha Tin Racecourse.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Acoma, who entered off couple of disappointing starts, made it a perfect 3-for-3 on the Churchill Downs turf course when she outfought You Go West Girl by a head to win the $111,700 Cardinal Handicap (gr. IIIT) on Nov. 21.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Jason, Tom, and Tim Holland of brisnet preview the Hollywood Prevue Stakes (gr. III) at Hollywood Park on November 21.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
On paper, it seems as though multiple graded stakes winner Acoma is moving in the wrong direction. The 4-year-old daughter of Empire Maker has been way off her game in her last two starts, finishing sixth and ninth, respectively, in the July 19 Delaware Handicap (gr. II) and Oct. 10 First Lady (gr. IT) at Keeneland.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Three participants in this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships â€" Diamondrella, Lethal Heat, and Magical Fantasy -- were scheduled to be offered at the Nov. 10 Fasig-Tipton November select mixed sale in Lexington as of Nov. 9. Grade I winner Diamondrella finished 11th in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint; grade II winner Lethal Heat was seventh in the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic (gr. I); and grade I winner Magical Fantasy finished fifth in the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT).
Monday, November 09, 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
It would be an understatement to say that Magical Fantasy heads the California contingent for the $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Nov. 6. After four consecutive major stakes wins locally, three in grade I company, she's nearly all that's left.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Forever Together, winner of last year's $2-million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), is the 5-2 morning-line favorite to repeat in the event Nov. 6 at Santa Anita Park.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
In charge most of the way for jockey Javier Castellano, odds-on choice Criticism scored an authoritative repeat victory in the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT) over a yielding turf course at cloudy Aqueduct in her final start for Darley Stable Nov. 1.
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Darley Stable's Criticism, a three-time graded stakes winner this year, holds a big edge over six contenders in the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIIT), the Nov. 1 feature at Aqueduct.
Friday, October 30, 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
A change in tactics helped Black Mamba capture the $125,000 Rood and Riddle Dowager Stakes at Keeneland in likely the final start of her career Oct. 25.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
German-bred mare Caprice, third in last year's Rood & Riddle Dowager at Keeneland, returns for the $125,000 turf event as one of the favorites for owner Sven A. Hanson's NP Bloodstock.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Ridden patiently by Alex Solis, heavily favored Magical Fantasy captured her third consecutive grade I event when she overtook Visit mid-stretch and held off the late charge of Black Mamba to win Oak Tree's $300,000 Yellow Ribbon Stakes (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Oct. 10.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Magical Fantasy looks for her fourth consecutive graded stakes win for trainer Paddy Gallagher as the probable favorite in Oak Tree's $300,000 Yellow Ribbon Stakes (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Oct. 10.
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Brushwood Stable's Mushka took over approaching the quarter-pole, opened a clear lead in the stretch, and held on for a 1 1/4-length victory in the $110,500 Glen Falls Handicap (gr. IIIT) Sept. 7 at Saratoga.
Monday, September 07, 2009
Internallyflawless, making her second start of the year for trainer Bob Baffert, took the lead into the stretch and held off challenges from heavy favorite Well Monied and outsider Nan to win the $350,000 Del Mar Oaks (gr. IT) on turf Aug. 22.
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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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