PHILADELPHIA PARK, Bensalem, PA
| 1 | Rose Catherine | Margin: 1¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $120,000 |
2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Speightstown - Great Plains Lady, Peaks and Valleys
Sire: Speightstown , Chestnut, 1998. Raced 4 years. 16 starts, 10 wins, $1,258,256. Lifetime: 285 yearlings sold, median $100,000.
Broodmare Sire: Peaks and Valleys, Dark Bay or Brown, 1992.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2011 Mixed Sale, ($290,000).
Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga 2008 Select Yearling Sale, $410,000.
Keeneland Association 2007 November Breeding Stock Sale, ($110,000).
| 2 | West Ocean | Margin: 2¼ | TrueNicks: A++ | $40,000 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Elusive Quality - Ocean Drive, Belong to Me
Sire: Elusive Quality , Bay, 1993. Raced 3 years. 20 starts, 9 wins, $413,284. Lifetime: 786 yearlings sold, median $75,000.
Broodmare Sire: Belong to Me , Dark Bay or Brown, 1989.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2007 Yearling Sale, $400,000.
| 3 | Canadian Ballet | Margin: 1 | TrueNicks: B | $22,000 |
2005 | Chestnut Mare | City Zip - Canadian Flagship, Northern Flagship
Sire: City Zip , Chestnut, 1998. Raced 2 years. 23 starts, 9 wins, $818,225. Lifetime: 285 yearlings sold, median $24,000.
Broodmare Sire: Northern Flagship, Bay, 1986.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association January 2013 Horses of All Ages Sale, ($72,000).
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2010 Mixed Sale, $160,000.
Others: Lady Rizzi, $12,000; Ashton Girl (IRE), $6,000.
Scratched: Dubai Majesty.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rose Catherine | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 2 | West Ocean | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 3 | Canadian Ballet | Stewart Elliott | Linda Rice |
| 4 | Lady Rizzi | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Linda Rice |
| 5 | Ashton Girl (IRE) | John Bisono | Randy Allen |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rose Catherine | Javier Castellano | $3.20 | $2.20 | $2.10 | ||||||
| 2 | West Ocean | John R. Velazquez | $2.10 | $2.10 | |||||||
| 6 | Canadian Ballet | Stewart Elliott | $2.20 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (1-2) | $5.40 | ||||||||||
Stopshoppingmaria, making just her third start since finishing second in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IIT), won the allowance feature on the grass at Gulfstream Park Dec. 14.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Inspired will try for her sixth stakes win this season when she faces other top female turf sprinters in the Buffalo Trace Franklin County Stakes on Oct. 12 at Keeneland.
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
Favored Ben's Cat surged from third in the final furlong to nip Chamberlain Bridge by a head, winning the $350,000 Turf Monster Handicap (gr. IIIT) for the second year in a row Sept. 3 over soft going at Parx Racing.
Monday, September 03, 2012
Trainer Bret Calhoun won the 2,000th race of his career April 19 at Lone Star Park when Forty Winks won a claiming race under Clifton Berry.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Dennis "Peaches" Geier, assistant to trainer Bret Calhoun, had a feeling about last year's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT) with Chamberlain Bridge.
Thursday, November 03, 2011
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale's reputation has improved dramatically in recent years.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Carl Moore Management's Chamberlain Bridge, defending champion in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT), tuned up for an expected repeat bid the morning of Oct. 19 by working a bullet five furlongs in :59.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
A gelded son of Parker's Storm Cat swept Pennsylvania's top turf sprints when he captured the $350,000 Turf Monster Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Parx Racing.
Monday, September 05, 2011
Keeneland has slated 18 stakes--led by five grade I races on opening FallStars Weekend--with purse money totaling $4.375 million for its 2011 fall meeting.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Jason Shandler looks at the likely 2010 Eclipse Award winners.
Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) winner Awesome Feather is the Kentucky auction's top seller, bringing $2.3 million.
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Dubai Majesty was in the news again, two days after she won the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (gr. I) at Churchill Downs.
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Todd Pletcher said all 11 of his Breeders' Cup horses were fine the morning of Nov. 7.
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Eric Mitchell recaps Day 1 of the 2010 Breeders' Cup, including the extracurricular activities of the Marathon.
Photos of the day one winners at the 2010 Breeders' Cup.
Dubai Majesty took over coming off the turn and rolled to a commanding victory in the $1 million Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs.
Friday, November 05, 2010
Silver Timber, winner of the April 30 Turf Sprint (gr. IIIT) at Churchill Downs, will break from post 5 against a full field in the Nov. 6 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT).
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Edward Evans' Quality Road breezed a half-mile in :48 3/5 at Churchill Downs Oct. 31 in his final work before the Nov. 6 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) at the Kentucky racetrack.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Todd Pletcher has pre-entered 11 horses -- more than any other trainer at the two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships to be held Nov. 5-6 at Churchill Downs.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Part of Todd Pletcher's Breeders' Cup brigade took to Belmont's training track to breeze one final time before they depart for Churchill Downs Oct. 26.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
The Turf Sprint is not the most glamorous BC race, but it may be one of the most competitive.
Led by Quality Road, Breeders' Cup World Championship contenders from the barn of trainer Todd Pletcher were hard at work at Belmont Park over the weekend.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Dubai Majesty, who narrowly lost to Informed Decision last out, turned the tables on the champion Oct. 9 at Keeneland, notching the biggest win of her career in the $200,000 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (gr. II).
Saturday, October 09, 2010
Augustin Stable's Informed Decision will seek to become only the second horse to win the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (gr. II) in consecutive years when she faces eight rivals in the six-furlong sprint.
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
The daughter of Speightstown wins her fourth turf sprint of the year. Trainer Todd Pletcher has the top two finishers.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
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]