OAK TREE AT SANTA ANITA, Arcadia, CA
| 1 | Pounced | Margin: ¾ | BRIS: 88 | TrueNicks: A | $540,000 |
2007 | Chestnut Colt | Rahy - Golden Cat, Storm Cat
Sire: Rahy, Chestnut, 1985. Raced 3 years. 13 starts, 6 wins, $343,386. Lifetime: 440 yearlings sold, median $65,000.
Broodmare Sire: Storm Cat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1983.
| 2 | Bridgetown | Margin: head | BRIS: 87 | TrueNicks: A++ | $180,000 |
2007 | Chestnut Horse | Speightstown - Ellesmere, Tabasco Cat
Sire: Speightstown , Chestnut, 1998. Raced 4 years. 16 starts, 10 wins, $1,258,256. Lifetime: 285 yearlings sold, median $100,000.
Broodmare Sire: Tabasco Cat, Chestnut, 1991.
| 3 | Interactif | Margin: ½ | BRIS: 86 | TrueNicks: B+ | $99,000 |
2007 | Bay Colt | Broken Vow - Broad Pennant, Broad Brush
Sire: Broken Vow , Bay, 1997. Raced 2 years. 14 starts, 9 wins, $725,296. Lifetime: 443 yearlings sold, median $35,000.
Broodmare Sire: Broad Brush, Bay, 1983.
Others: Awesome Act, $60,000; Buzzword (GB), $30,000; Dean's Kitten; Gallant Gent; Viscount Nelson; Becky's Kitten; King Ledley; Zip Quik; Codoy.
Scratched: Kera's Kitten; Summer Movie.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pounced | Lanfranco Dettori | John H. M. Gosden |
| 2 | Bridgetown | Robert C. Landry | Kenneth G. McPeek |
| 3 | Interactif | Kent J. Desormeaux | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 4 | Awesome Act | Ryan L. Moore | Jeremy Noseda |
| 5 | Buzzword (GB) | Ahmed Ajtebi | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 6 | Dean's Kitten | Ramon A. Dominguez | Michael J. Maker |
| 7 | Gallant Gent | Joel Rosario | Craig Anthony Lewis |
| 8 | Viscount Nelson | John Patrick Murtagh | Aidan P. O'Brien |
| 9 | Becky's Kitten | Julien R. Leparoux | Wesley A. Ward |
| 10 | King Ledley | Rafael Bejarano | Darrin Miller |
| 11 | Zip Quik | Mike E. Smith | Patrick L. Biancone |
| 12 | Codoy | Garrett K. Gomez | Mark Hubley |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Pounced | Lanfranco Dettori | $6.80 | $4.80 | $3.20 | ||||||
| 7 | Bridgetown | Robert C. Landry | $6.60 | $4.20 | |||||||
| 11 | Interactif | Kent J. Desormeaux | $3.20 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (2-4) | $62.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-7-11) | $181.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (4-7-11-6) | $5,501.40 | ||||||||||
Owned by The Jim Stable of trainer King Leatherbury, Ben's Cat won the 21st race of his 31-race career with a solid come-from-behind tally in the $100,000 Jim McKay Sprint Presented by Apple Ford May 17 at Pimlico.
3 days ago
Popular Ben's Cat will run in the Jim McKay Turf Sprint Stakes for the third straight time on the undercard for this year's Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (gr. II) program May 17 at Pimlico Race Course.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Trainers comment on the offspring of Speightstown they have raced. Read the full feature in the Jan. 12, 2013, issue of The Blood-Horse.
Making her first start since a sixth in the 2012 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), Garland Williamson's Hard Not to Like proved her quality with a half-length victory in the $100,000 Marshua's River Stakes at Gulfstream Park Jan. 5.
Saturday, January 05, 2013
A celebration of George Vancouver's win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Comments from Trainer Aidan O'Brien and Jockey Ryan Moore after George Vancouver's win in the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
The Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IT) was the most popular race among the 15 on the two-day World Championships programs, with a maximum 14 drawing into the field for the race.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Five European colts sporting excellent form will face nine North American colts in a full field for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park Nov. 3.
Monday, October 29, 2012
California Flag and Tale of a Champion, two contenders for the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IT), worked over the grass course at Santa Anita Oct. 28 in preparation for the Nov. 3 race.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Breeders' Cup candidates were out in full force at Santa Anita Park Oct. 20, going through the late stages of their major drills for the World Championships events.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
The winners of two $100,000 stakes races for 2-year-olds on the turf at Santa Anita Park on Oct. 8 will likely head to the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
Regally-bred Noble Tune earned a trip to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IT) with win a visually impressive win in the Pilgrim Stakes at Belmont Park.
Monday, October 08, 2012
Balance the Books captured the $150,000 Bourbon Stakes (gr. IIIT) as the 4-5 favorite after much bumping in the stretch run of the 1 1/16-mile test of 2-year-olds at Keeneland Oct. 7.
Sunday, October 07, 2012
Olympic Glory and Silasol won the two races for juveniles on the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) undercard on Oct. 7 at Longchamp.
Sunday, October 07, 2012
Bridgetown earned his first graded stakes win since 2009 when he ground out a one-length advantage in the $150,000 Woodford Stakes (gr. IIIT) Oct. 6 at Keeneland.
Saturday, October 06, 2012
Several promising maiden winners on turf including Cerro, Noble Tune, and Quinzieme Monarque will challenge New York-bred stakes winner West Hills Giant in the Pilgrim Stakes.
Friday, October 05, 2012
Four years after taking the 2008 edition of the Woodford Stakes, Chamberlain Bridge will try to win the Keeneland turf sprint for a second time on Saturday.
Wednesday, October 03, 2012Coolmore and partners' Battle of Marengo scored easily over three opponents in the Juddmonte Beresford Stakes (Ire-II) for 2-year-olds on Sept. 30 at the Curragh, providing trainer Aidan O'Brien with a 12th win in the race.
Sunday, September 30, 2012Trainer Aidan O'Brien has two runners for Sept. 30 Juddmonte Beresford Stakes (Ire-II) at the Curragh, including favorite Battle of Marengo, as he seeks to win the race for the 12th time.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
The final day of Newmarket's Cambridgeshire Festival Sept. 29 is anchored by a pair of group I races and a group II event that kick-starts a new points-based system to determine the field for the 2013 Kentucky Derby.
Friday, September 28, 2012
I'm Boundtoscore upset the $258,205 Summer Stakes Presented by TVG (gr. IIT) at odds of 10-1 Sept. 15 at Woodbine, earning an automatic trip to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IT) Nov. 3 at Santa Anita Park.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Veteran turf sprinters Ben's Cat and Chamberlain Bridge, who have combined to win the past three renewals of the Turf Monster Handicap (gr. IIIT), head the field for this year's $350,000 race Sept. 3 at Parx Racing.
Friday, August 31, 2012
NYRA scheduled the best horses to race Wednesday in the fifth race instead of the ninth or the tenth.
Perhaps bettors felt Ben's Cat had lost a step when they sent him off at 10-1 in the $150,000 Parx Dash Handicap June 17, but the 6-year-old dispelled that notion with an emphatic two-length victory in course record time.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Dean's Kitten, a grade II winner and a stakes winner all three years he raced, has been retired from racing after suffering a bowed tendon while being prepared for his 5-year-old debut.
Thursday, May 17, 2012Last year's Kentucky Derby winners arrived at Churchill Downs with 2013 contender Goldencents on April 27. The duties of unloading are documented herein. [More]