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PRESQUE ISLE DOWNS, Erie, PA
| 1 | Musical Romance | Margin: neck | TrueNicks: A | $240,000 |
2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Concorde's Tune - Candlelightdinner, Slew Gin Fizz
Sire: Concorde's Tune, Roan, 1989. Raced 4 years. 28 starts, 12 wins, $242,585. Lifetime: 69 yearlings sold, median $6,500.
Broodmare Sire: Slew Gin Fizz, Gray or Roan, 1991. In 2009: 1.50 AEI.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, $22,000.
| 2 | Ariana D | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: B+ | $80,000 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Rock Slide - Derby Tie, Black Tie Affair (IRE)
Sire: Rock Slide , Bay, 1998. Raced 4 years. 23 starts, 9 wins, $442,500. Lifetime: 32 yearlings sold, median $6,600. In 2009: .70 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Black Tie Affair (IRE), Gray or Roan, 1986.
| 3 | Shotgun Gulch | Margin: neck | TrueNicks: A++ | $40,000 |
2007 | Chestnut Filly | Thunder Gulch - Rosieville, Boston Harbor
Sire: Thunder Gulch , Chestnut, 1992. Raced 2 years. 16 starts, 9 wins, $2,915,086. Lifetime: 476 yearlings sold, median $42,000.
Broodmare Sire: Boston Harbor, Bay, 1994.
Others: Promised Mandate, $20,000; Jenny's So Great, $10,000; Kitty in a Tizzy, $6,000; Love That Dance, $2,000; Sweet Lorena, $2,000; Waccamaw, $200; Beat the Blues, $200; D'wild Ride, $200; Worstcasescenario, $200.
Scratched: Malibu Win; Diamond Song.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Musical Romance | Juan C. Leyva | William A. Kaplan |
| 2 | Ariana D | Kent J. Desormeaux | Merrill R. Scherer |
| 3 | Shotgun Gulch | Luis S. Quinonez | C. R. Trout |
| 4 | Promised Mandate | Augusto A. Marin | Manuel Criollo |
| 5 | Jenny's So Great | Jesse M. Campbell | Danny M. O'Callaghan |
| 6 | Kitty in a Tizzy | Huber Villa-Gomez | H. James Bond |
| 7 | Love That Dance | Pablo Fragoso | Benjamin W. Perkins, Jr. |
| 8 | Sweet Lorena | Luis E. Perez | Michael S. Ferraro |
| 9 | Waccamaw | Ronald Dale Allen, Jr. | Robert M. Gorham |
| 10 | Beat the Blues | Miguel Mena | W. Bret Calhoun |
| 11 | D'wild Ride | Jeffrey Sanchez | Joseph F. Orseno |
| 12 | Worstcasescenario | Dale V. Beckner | Richard A. Violette, Jr. |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Musical Romance | Juan C. Leyva | $19.80 | $6.60 | $4.60 | ||||||
| 11 | Ariana D | Kent J. Desormeaux | $5.00 | $3.40 | |||||||
| 1 | Shotgun Gulch | Luis S. Quinonez | $3.80 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-11) | $173.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-11-1) | $612.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (4-11-1-13) | $4,574.80 | ||||||||||
The Bret Calhoun-trained trio of Beat the Blues, Speedacious, and Gleaming highlight a field of eight fillies and mares entered for the June 2 Winning Colors (gr. III) to be run under the lights at Churchill Downs June 2.
Yesterday
Favored Upperline collared pacesetter Hooh Why in the final furlong to post a sharp four-length victory in the $150,000 Arlington Matron (gr. III) at Arlington Park May 26.
5 days ago
Roxy Gap, a gritty winner of the Whimsical Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine last month, attempts to make it two in a row in the $150,000 Hendrie Stakes (Can-II) May 19.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Groupie Doll made it consecutive grade I wins when she dominated the field in track-record time while taking the Humana Distaff Stakes (gr. I) at Churchill Downs May 5.
Saturday, May 05, 2012
Sassy Image will attempt to become the first repeat winner of the $300,000 Humana Distaff (gr. I) when she faces a strong lineup in the 26th renewal of the seven-furlong test May 5 at Churchill Downs.
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Images from Oaklawn Park's 2012 Racing Festival of the South.
Groupie Doll, who barely missed in the Lexus Raven Run (gr. II) last fall at Keeneland, broke through in a big way April 12 when she returned to Lexington to win the $300,000 Vinery Madison (gr. I) by three lengths.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Musical Romance, the 2011 champion female sprinter, tops the field of 10 fillies and mares set to contest the $300,000 Vinery Madison Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland on April 12.
Monday, April 09, 2012
Champion female sprinter Musical Romance earned her first win of the season when she split horses in deep stretch to capture the $150,000 Inside Information (gr. II) March 17 at Gulfstream Park.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Champion Musical Romance, who disappointed in her 2012 debut, will have a chance to rebound when she meets 10 rivals in the $150,000 Inside Information (gr. II) March 17 at Gulfstream Park.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
U.S. champion female sprinter was bred by Ocala Stud and sold as a 2-year-old at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s April sale.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Team Valor International's Animal Kingdom worked an easy five-eighths of a mile on turf in 1:04 4/5 at Palm Meadows Training Center March 10 as he preps for the $10 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) on March 31.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Shotgun Gulch, a grade I winner who was retired from racing following an injury in February, has been purchased privately by Rick Porter of Fox Hill Farm from breeder/owner/trainer C.R. Trout.
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Trainer C.R. Trout's homebred grade I winner Shotgun Gulch has been retired from racing because of a cracked sesamoid in her left front leg suffered during a workout.
Thursday, March 01, 2012
Four Eclipse Award winners are among the international cast of horses nominated to the $27.25 million Dubai World Cup card at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday, March 31.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Unbeaten 4-year-old filly Awesome Feather and 2011 Eclipse champion female sprinter Musical Romance are among the most accomplished of 48 Florida breds entered in the $1.3 million Florida Sunshine Millions Jan. 28.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Undefeated 4-year-old filly Awesome Feather, champion female sprinter Musical Romance, and popular 4-year-old Mucho Macho Man are among the stars expected to run in one of six Florida Sunshine Millions Stakes Jan. 28.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Images from the 41st annual Eclipse Awards.
As bigger names garnered the publicity, Musical Romance completed her rags-to-riches story when she was named champion female sprinter for 2011.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Michael Lauffer and Bill Cubbedge's Shackleford and Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and partners' Mucho Macho Man each moved closer to their 2012 campaigns when posting workouts Jan. 13 at Gulfstream Park.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Embur's Song, entering off a rare dull effort in her last start, will try to rebound when she leads a field of 10 in the $150,000 Bessarabian Stakes (Can-III) Nov. 20 at Woodbine.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Pinnacle Racing Stable and trainer Bill Kaplan's longshot Musical Romance (by Concorde's Tune) pulled away on the inside in the stretch to take the $1 million Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I).
Friday, November 04, 2011
Atlantic Hurricane, claimed by trainer Stuart Simon for $40,000 in June, notched the fifth victory of her impressive 2011 campaign in the $152,774 Ontario Fashion Stakes at Woodbine Oct. 30.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
The hot start to the Keeneland fall meet continued for Ken and Sarah Ramsey, as their homebred filly Holiday for Kitten held off Musical Romance by a nose to win the $200,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (gr. II) Oct. 8.
Saturday, October 08, 2011
Shotgun Gulch, winner of the Vinery Madison Stakes (gr, I) at the Keeneland spring meeting, will be gunning for her second stakes win at the Lexington track as she contests the Thoroughbred Club of America (gr. II).
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Every several years, whenever a horse is attempting to sweep the Triple Crown, Billy Turner is summoned by the media to offer his take on the horse, the obstacles that stand in his way, and to reminisce about the great Seattle Slew, who under Turner’s guidance and expertise became racing’s only undefeated Triple Crown winner. [More]
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