OAK TREE AT SANTA ANITA, Arcadia, CA
| 1 | Goldikova (IRE) | Margin: ½ | BRIS: 105 | TrueNicks: D | $1,080,000 |
2005 | Bay Mare | Anabaa - Born Gold, Blushing Groom (FR)
Sire: Anabaa, Bay, 1992. Raced 2 years. 13 starts, 8 wins, $482,394. Lifetime: 499 yearlings sold, median $83,050.
Broodmare Sire: Blushing Groom (FR), Chestnut, 1974.
| 2 | Courageous Cat | Margin: 1 | BRIS: 104 | TrueNicks: A++ | $360,000 |
2006 | Bay Horse | Storm Cat - Tranquility Lake, Rahy
Sire: Storm Cat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1983. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 4 wins, $570,610. Lifetime: 462 yearlings sold, median $325,000.
Broodmare Sire: Rahy, Chestnut, 1985.
| 3 | Justenuffhumor | Margin: head | BRIS: 103 | TrueNicks: C | $198,000 |
2005 | Bay Colt | Distorted Humor - Justenuffheart, Broad Brush
Sire: Distorted Humor , Chestnut, 1993. Raced 3 years. 23 starts, 8 wins, $769,964. Lifetime: 460 yearlings sold, median $150,000.
Broodmare Sire: Broad Brush, Bay, 1983.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association 2006 September Yearling Sale, $550,000.
Others: Court Vision, $120,000; Delegator (GB), $60,000; Karelian; Ferneley (IRE); Whatsthescript (IRE); Gladiatorus; Cowboy Cal; Zacinto (GB).
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goldikova (IRE) | Olivier Peslier | Frederic Head |
| 2 | Courageous Cat | Garrett K. Gomez | William I. Mott |
| 3 | Justenuffhumor | Alan Garcia | Kiaran P. McLaughlin |
| 4 | Court Vision | Robby Albarado | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. |
| 5 | Delegator (GB) | Lanfranco Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 6 | Karelian | Rajiv Maragh | George R. Arnold, II |
| 7 | Ferneley (IRE) | Rafael Bejarano | Ben D. A. Cecil |
| 8 | Whatsthescript (IRE) | Kent J. Desormeaux | John W. Sadler |
| 9 | Gladiatorus | Ahmed Ajtebi | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 10 | Cowboy Cal | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 11 | Zacinto (GB) | Ryan L. Moore | Sir Michael R. Stoute |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Goldikova (IRE) | Olivier Peslier | $4.80 | $4.00 | $2.60 | ||||||
| 6 | Courageous Cat | Garrett K. Gomez | $12.80 | $8.00 | |||||||
| 10 | Justenuffhumor | Alan Garcia | $8.00 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (11-6) | $109.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (11-6-10) | $1,410.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (11-6-10-1) | $13,257.60 | ||||||||||
by John P. Sparkman
In just about every way possible, A.P. Indy has been the ideal Thoroughbred of the international era of American racing and breeding.
After a pair of runner-up finishes last season, Wertheimer and Frere homebred Anodin, a full brother to three-time Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) winner Goldikova, secured a clear victory in his 3-year-old debut.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Alain and Gerard Wertheimer's homebred champion Goldikova, the sole three-time Breeders' Cup winner, produced her first foal, a colt by leading sire Galileo.
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Derek Brugman, Racing Manager - Markus & Ingrid Jooste talks about 2012 South African Horse of the Year Variety Club, whose future plans include the Breeders' Cup Mile.
The event will introduce first-year stallion Boys At Tosconova, a grade I-winning juvenile, along with New York newcomers Courageous Cat and El Corredor.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Five-time grade I winner Court Vision had his first reported foal arrive when a filly was born Jan. 20 at Hill 'n' Dale Farm in Canada.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Morton Fink's homebred Wise Dan swept three categories--male turf horse, older male, and Horse of the Year--at the Jan. 19 Eclipse Awards ceremony in Hallandale Beach, Fla., becoming the first horse to do so since John Henry.
Sunday, January 20, 2013South African Horse of the Year Variety Club, narrowly beaten in last year's L'Ormarins Queen's Plate (SAf-I), would not be denied this year when scoring a clear victory Jan. 12 at Kenilworth in Cape Town.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Leading Horse of the Year candidate Wise Dan returned to the track Jan. 7 following some turnout time at trainer Charlie Lopresti's Forest Lane Farm near Lexington, joining Successful Dan and Turallure.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Animal Kingdom, winner of the 2011 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), turned in his final work of 2012 Dec. 28 at Palm Meadows Training Center under the supervision of trainer Graham Motion.
Friday, December 28, 2012The Arqana breeding stock sale concluded Dec. 11 in Deauville with a new benchmark in overall total receipts for the four-day auction that was bolstered by strong numbers at the top end of the market.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012Courageous Cat, a grade I winner and millionaire son of Storm Cat, will move to Questroyal North near Stillwater, N.Y., after spending his first season at Lane's End Farm in Kentucky.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Animal Kingdom, winner of the 2011 Kentucky Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), will prep for the 2013 Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) with a start in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (gr. IT) Feb. 9.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Comments from the connections of Wise Dan after his win in the 2012 Breeders' Cup Mile.
Morton Fink's Wise Dan squarely put himself in the mix for a variety of championships this year with a superior course-record victory in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park Nov. 3.
Saturday, November 03, 2012
MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Excelebration can be added to the list of championship-caliber horses who had the misfortune to be foaled in the same crop as a still better runner.
For a horse with the name he's been given, Obviously is anything but at the 2012 Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Thursday, November 01, 2012
Breeders' Cup Mile contender and top European Excelebration returns from his first trip over the Santa Anita track Nov. 1.
The final contingent of Breeders' Cup runners, including Mile favorite Wise Dan and Classic contenders Mucho Macho Man, Fort Larned, and Brilliant Speed, arrived at Santa Anita Park Oct. 31.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Breeders' Cup Mile favorite Wise Dan settles in at Santa Anita Oct. 31.
Breeders' Cup Mile favorite Wise Dan arrives at Santa Anita Oct. 31.
Freddie Head, who won the Breeders' Cup Mile three times with Goldikova, talks about 2012 contender Moonlight Cloud, a filly running against the boys.
Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) favorite Wise Dan will have his travel plans from Lexington to Santa Anita Park delayed a day, trainer Charlie Lopresti said Oct. 29.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Morton Fink's homebred Wise Dan drew post 2 and was installed as the 9-5 favorite Oct. 29 for the $2 milion Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park Nov. 2, but must run the race of a lifetime to get the job done.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Trainer Dale Romans contemplates starting Little Mike in the Breeders' Cup Turf instead of the Mile.
Last year's Kentucky Derby winners arrived at Churchill Downs with 2013 contender Goldencents on April 27. The duties of unloading are documented herein. [More]