OCALA TRAINING CENTER, Ocala, FL
| 1 | Devoted Wildcat | Margin: 1 | TrueNicks: A++ | $30,000 |
2009 | Bay Gelding | Forest Wildcat - Devotedness, Anet
Sire: Forest Wildcat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1991. Raced 4 years. 20 starts, 9 wins, $478,862. Lifetime: 460 yearlings sold, median $65,000. In 2009: 1.55 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Anet, Dark Bay or Brown, 1994. In 2009: 1.00 AEI.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2010 Selected Yearlings, ($29,000).
| 2 | Making Amends | Margin: 5½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $10,000 |
2009 | Bay Colt | Repent - Primary Motive, Prime Timber
Sire: Repent , Dark Bay or Brown, 1999. Raced 2 years. 10 starts, 5 wins, $1,255,660. Lifetime: 163 yearlings sold, median $8,183. In 2009: .97 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Prime Timber, Bay, 1996. In 2009: 1.30 AEI.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2011 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, ($90,000).
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2010 Open Yearling Sale, $14,000.
| 3 | It Takes Heart | Margin: 4¼ | TrueNicks: A++ | $5,000 |
2009 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | Put It Back - Halo's Geisha, Halo's Image
Sire: Put It Back , Dark Bay or Brown, 1998. Raced 2 years. 7 starts, 5 wins, $232,895. Lifetime: 160 yearlings sold, median $11,750.
Broodmare Sire: Halo's Image, Dark Bay or Brown, 1991.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2011 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, $28,000.
Others: Trippi's Secret, $3,500; Mukamer, $1,500; Vexor.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devoted Wildcat | Kent J. Desormeaux | Robert B. Hess, Jr. |
| 2 | Making Amends | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse |
| 3 | It Takes Heart | Daniel Coa | Chad J. Stewart |
| 4 | Trippi's Secret | Elias Peltroche | Ollie L. Figgins, III |
| 5 | Mukamer | Luis Contreras | Mark E. Casse |
| 6 | Vexor | Rajiv Maragh | Todd Quast |
Shivananda Racing's Trinniberg, who has returned to sprinting after a dismal effort in the Kentucky Derby, could be trying for his fourth graded stakes win if he takes on six foes in the Carry Back at Calder.
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Strait of Dover, on a three-race win streak for trainer Dan Vella, has been installed as the slight 3-1 morning line favorite for the 153rd renewal of the Queen's Plate, Canada's most famous race.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Unbeaten in two seven-furlong outings, Donver Stable's homebred Beeker Street stretches out June 3 in Woodbine's $150,000 Plate Trial Stakes. The Plate Trial is a prep for the June 24 Queen's Plate.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Fred Seitz's Flashy Dresser generated a big buzz at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races April 14 when he overcame a difficult trip to win the $250,000 Robert Hilton Memorial Stakes for 3-year-olds with relative ease.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Trainer Todd Pletcher supplemented grade I-placed Big Blue Nation to the $100,000 OBS Championship colts and geldings division for 3-year-olds.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
The Spectacular Bid Stakes has traditionally been the first stakes of the Gulfstream Park meet for 3-year-olds. After a change in the meet schedule, it is now the opening day stakes for 2-year-olds.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Vexor, the longest shot in the field at odds of 18-1, outlasted Trinniberg for a three-quarters-length victory in the $150,000 Nashua Stakes (gr. II) at Belmont Park Oct. 2.
Sunday, October 02, 2011Graded stakes winner Mustanfar sired his first winner when his son Mukamer won at Finger Lakes Aug. 12 in his initial outing.
Friday, August 12, 2011
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. [More]