OAK TREE AT SANTA ANITA, Arcadia, CA
| 1 | Bold Chieftain | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: B+ | $120,000 |
2003 | Dark Bay or Brown Horse | Chief Seattle - Hooked On Music, Seattle Dancer
Sire: Chief Seattle, Dark Bay or Brown, 1997. Raced 1 years. 4 starts, 1 wins, $327,000. Lifetime: 168 yearlings sold, median $11,500.
Broodmare Sire: Seattle Dancer, Bay, 1984.
| 2 | Lethal Heat | Margin: 6¼ | TrueNicks: B+ | $40,000 |
2005 | Bay Filly | Unusual Heat - Lethal Leta, Synastry
Sire: Unusual Heat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1990. Raced 4 years. 16 starts, 6 wins, $142,605. Lifetime: 74 yearlings sold, median $23,000.
Broodmare Sire: Synastry, Bay, 1983. In 2009: .56 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2009 Mixed Sale, $425,000.
Barretts Equine Limited May 2007 Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, ($25,000).
Barretts Equine Limited October 2006 Yearling Sale, ($49,000).
| 3 | Star Nicholas | Margin: ¾ | TrueNicks: D | $24,000 |
2003 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | Poteen - Viznaga, Royal Roberto
Sire: Poteen, Bay, 1994. Raced 5 years. 19 starts, 4 wins, $435,509. Lifetime: 2 yearlings sold, median $1,400. In 2009: .40 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Royal Roberto, Dark Bay or Brown, 1979. In 2009: 1.33 AEI.
Others: One Chin Again, $12,000; Grazen; Blackbriar.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bold Chieftain | Russell A. Baze | William J. Morey, Jr. |
| 2 | Lethal Heat | Alex O. Solis | Barry Abrams |
| 3 | Star Nicholas | Michael C. Baze | Peter Eurton |
| 4 | One Chin Again | Rafael Bejarano | Doug F. O'Neill |
| 5 | Grazen | Garrett K. Gomez | Mike R. Mitchell |
| 6 | Blackbriar | Brice Blanc | Matthew Chew |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bold Chieftain | Russell A. Baze | $10.00 | $5.20 | $3.60 | |||||||
| Lethal Heat | Alex O. Solis | $4.40 | $3.40 | ||||||||
| Star Nicholas | Michael C. Baze | $4.00 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (1-4) | $44.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (1-4-2) | $179.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (1-4-2-6) | $779.40 | ||||||||||
Graded stakes winner Bold Chieftain was represented by his first reported foal when a filly was born Feb. 2 at Sue Greene's Woodbridge Farm in Oakdale, Calif.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Jockey Tyler Baze, sidelined since August 2011 due to substance abuse problems, earned his first stakes victory since returning to action a week ago, guiding Lucky Primo in the California Cup Classic Oct. 13 at Santa Anita.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
With their purses enhanced to $250,000 apiece, two stakes races for juveniles take center stage at this year's 23rd California Cup, to be run Oct. 13 at Santa Anita Park.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Golden Gate Fields will salute fan favorite Bold Chieftain Jan. 22. He was retired after his final race Jan. 16 to begin his new career as a stallion.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Front-running Our Nautique maintained a hefty advantage into the stretch and held on gamely in the final strides to edge the closing favorite Bold Chieftain by a neck in the $100,260 All American Stakes at Golden Gate Fields.
Friday, November 25, 2011
A well-balanced field of six, including four graded stakes winners, is set to go in the $100,000 Nov. 25 All-American (gr. III) as part of the long Thanksgiving weekend at Golden Gate Fields in northern California.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Favored Norvsky, ridden by a red-hot Rafael Bejarano, flew home in the final 100 yards to nab pacesetter Lucky Primo just before the wire to win the $175,000 California Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park Oct. 29.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Soul Candy, winner of the California Cup Classic last year when it was held on the Cushion Track at Hollywood Park, is back to defend his title against seven rivals in the $175,000 event on Santa Anita's turf course Oct. 29.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Uh Oh Bango outfought favored Bold Chieftain by a head in a terrific finish to post the first graded stakes win of his career in the $100,000 Berkeley (gr. III) at Golden Gate Fields May 30.
Monday, May 30, 2011
The $100,000 Berkeley Stakes (gr. III) drew a field of eight, including Bold Chieftain, who has been oh-so-close to winning the race the last two years.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Our Nautique, given a heady front-running ride by Keven Krigger, led all the way at 19-1 odds to register his first North American stakes win in the $100,000 San Francisco Mile (gr. IIIT) on the turf at Golden Gate Fields.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Bold Chieftain, who won his first graded stakes in last year's San Francisco Mile, will defend his title at Golden Gate Fields April 30 on the turf after returning from retirement earlier this year.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Soul Candy made a success of his first synthetic start when he ran down favored Enriched in deep stretch to win the $150,000 California Cup Classic going away by 1 1/4 lengths Oct. 30 at Hollywood Park.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
A reduced California Cup program featuring seven stakes for state-bred horses worth a total of $700,000 are on tap for the Oak Tree Racing Association's 21st annual event to be held at Hollywood Park Oct. 30.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Bold Chieftain, a California champion and grade II winner, has been retired from racing for stallion duty. He retires with 17 wins and 11 placings from 38 starts and earnings of $1,542,151.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Sent off at odds of nearly 20-1, Mercedes Stables' homebred Run It dug in along the rail to post a head victory over heavily favored Bold Chieftain in the $100,000 Berkeley Stakes (gr. III) at Golden Gate Fields.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Equine millionaires Bold Chieftain and Delightful Kiss head the field for the $100,000 Berkeley Stakes (gr. III), the headline event of Memorial Day weekend at Golden Gate Fields May 31.
Friday, May 28, 2010Millionaire Bold Chieftain scored the first graded stakes win of his 36-race career when he collared pacesetter Monterey Jazz in the $150,000 San Francisco Mile (gr. IIT) April 24 at Golden Gate Fields.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Bold Chieftain, a 16-time winner of more than $1.4 million, is on one of the best form cycles of his six-year career as he prepares to race in the $150,000 San Francisco Mile Stakes (gr. IIT) at Golden Gate Fields April 24.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Bold Chieftain made a late charge from mid-pack to win the Sunshine Millions Classic. Palladio finished a close second.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
The Usual Q. T., on a six-race winning streak on grass, will stay home for the $500,000 Sunshine Millions Classic, even though it means switching to Santa Anita's Pro-Ride main track Jan. 30.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Seven-year-old Neko Bay earned the first graded stakes victory of his career in the San Pasqual Handicap (gr. II), winning a dash to the wire in the final sixteenth of a mile at Santa Anita Jan. 9.
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Jason, Evan, and Les Instone of twinspires/brisnet preview the San Pasqual Handicap (gr. II).
Surprise winner of the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) two months ago, former claimer Furthest Land returns to Santa Anita Jan. 9 for the $150,000 San Pasqual Handicap (gr. II).
Wednesday, January 06, 2010Chief Seattle, New York's leading sire in 2007, has been purchased by Tommy Wente's WinRich Farm for stallion duty at the North Vernon, Ind., farm.
Sunday, November 22, 2009