PIMLICO, Baltimore, MD
| 1 | Awesomemundo | Margin: head | TrueNicks: A | $60,000 |
2008 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Awesome Again - One Fine Shweetie, Shuailaan
Sire: Awesome Again , Bay, 1994. Raced 2 years. 12 starts, 9 wins, $4,374,590. Lifetime: 319 yearlings sold, median $55,000.
Broodmare Sire: Shuailaan, Chestnut, 1989. In 2009: 1.01 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2012 Mixed Sale, ($245,000).
Keeneland Association September 2009 Yearling Sale, $50,000.
| 2 | Love and Pride | Margin: 4½ | TrueNicks: C | $20,000 |
2008 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | A.P. Indy - Ile de France, Storm Cat
Sire: A.P. Indy, Dark Bay or Brown, 1989. Raced 2 years. 11 starts, 8 wins, $2,979,815. Lifetime: 374 yearlings sold, median $360,000.
Broodmare Sire: Storm Cat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1983.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association April 2010 Two-Year-Olds in Training, ($380,000).
| 3 | Catch a Thief | Margin: 1¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $10,000 |
2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Flatter - Nabbed, Red Ransom
Sire: Flatter , Bay, 1999. Raced 2 years. 6 starts, 4 wins, $148,815. Lifetime: 199 yearlings sold, median $12,500. In 2009: .80 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Red Ransom, Bay, 1987.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds Sale 2009, $25,000.
Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, ($15,000).
Keeneland Association 2007 November Breeding Stock Sale, ($20,000).
Others: Canadian Mistress, $6,000; Check Point, $3,000; Strike the Moon, $1,000; Daring Reality; Absinthe Minded.
Scratched: Pinch Pie.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awesomemundo | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert |
| 2 | Love and Pride | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 3 | Catch a Thief | Julien R. Leparoux | Timothy A. Hills |
| 4 | Canadian Mistress | Ramon A. Dominguez | Martin D. Wolfson |
| 5 | Check Point | Joel Rosario | Alan E. Goldberg |
| 6 | Strike the Moon | Julian Pimentel | Michael J. Trombetta |
| 7 | Daring Reality | Angel S. Arroyo | Cathal A. Lynch |
| 8 | Absinthe Minded | Corey S. Nakatani | D. Wayne Lukas |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Awesomemundo | Mike E. Smith | $4.80 | $3.20 | $2.60 | ||||||
| 8 | Love and Pride | John R. Velazquez | $4.00 | $3.20 | |||||||
| 7 | Catch a Thief | Julien R. Leparoux | $5.60 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (5-8) | $22.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (5-8-7) | $181.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (5-8-7-1) | $560.40 | ||||||||||
Grade II winners Brushed by a Star and Summer Applause tangle with local stakes contenders in the $150,000 Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes (gr. III) at Pimlico Race Course May 18.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Trainer Bill Mott said Oct. 30 that a cut sustained by Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I) favorite Royal Delta on her right hip was superficial and should not pose any problems for the daughter of Empire Maker.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
While Groupie Doll's stellar 2012 record puts her in a different league than many of her competitors in the Nov. 3 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (gr. I), the favorite will still have to face five other grade I winners.
Monday, October 29, 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
Game On Dude headed a parade of heavyweight hopefuls prepping for the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita Park Oct. 14 as the countdown began in earnest for the 28th World Championship events Nov. 2-3.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Groupie Doll put her winning streak on the line at Keeneland and preserved it emphatically Oct. 6, taking the $200,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (gr. II) by 6 1/2 lengths while pushing her earnings past the million mark.
Saturday, October 06, 2012
Love and Pride, good enough to beat champion Royal Delta in her previous start, had little trouble dispatching her rivals in the $250,000 Zenyatta Stakes (gr. I), going gate to wire at Santa Anita Park Sept. 29.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
An interesting mix of talented fillies and mares, headlined by 2012 grade I winners Include Me Out, Love Theway Youare, and Love and Pride, and will go postward in the Sept. 29 Zenyatta Stakes (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The top three finishers in the Aug. 26 Personal Ensign Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course came out of the race in good order, their trainers said Aug. 27.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Love and Pride, staked to a daylight lead in the stretch by John Velazquez, denied the late bid of 3-5 pick Royal Delta to earn her first grade I victory in the $600,000 Personal Ensign Stakes Aug. 26 at Saratoga Race Course.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Royal Delta will make her first start at Saratoga since winning the 2011 Alabama (gr. I) as the 124-pound highweight in the Personal Ensign Invitational (gr. I) Aug. 26.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Besilu Stables' Royal Delta put in her final serious work for the Aug. 26 Personal Ensign Invitational (gr. I), breezing four furlongs in a bullet :48.95 under exercise rider Rodolphe Brisset Aug. 20 at Saratoga Race Course.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Craig B. Singer's homebred Salty Strike jumped out to the early lead and never looked back as the 4-year-old filly posted her third consecutive stakes win in the $100,000 Gardenia Stakes (gr. III) at Ellis Park Aug. 11.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Joyful Victory and Sassy Image top a strong field of 11 fillies and mares in the $100,000 Gardenia Stakes (gr. III) Aug. 11 at Ellis Park, the first race back in Kentucky for jockey Robby Albarado since his May 4 arrest.
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Afleeting Lady, second to Royal Delta in the Fleur de Lis Handicap (gr. II) last month, top a field of nine entered for the $200,000 Molly Pitcher (gr. II) at Monmouth July 29.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Derwin's Star, taking advantage of a seam at the head of the stretch, streaked to her first graded stakes win in the $150,000 Bed o' Roses (gr. III) July 1 at Belmont Park.
Sunday, July 01, 2012
An evenly-matched field of nine older fillies and mares heads postward July 3 in the $250,000 Dr. James Penny Memorial Handicap (gr. IIIT), each seeking her first graded stakes score.
Sunday, July 01, 2012
The June 30 Eatontown Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Monmouth Park has attracted a diverse group of fillies and mares, with graded stakes winners Ruthenia, Heavenly Landing, and Unbridled Humor being the standouts.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Trainer Todd Pletcher sent the 4-year-old filly off a runner-up effort to grade III success at Delaware Park June 16.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Pachattack, a 6-year-old mare conditioned by Graham Motion, has been entered in the local prep for the July 21 Delaware Handicap (gr. II), but her connections are keeping their options open for this weekend and beyond.
Thursday, June 14, 2012Virginia Kraft Payson's Ruthenia made the most of her Monmouth Park debut with a come-from-behind victory in the $100,000 Violet Stakes (gr. IIIT) May 28 at the New Jersey racetrack.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Awesomemundo recovered from a poor start and gamely outdueled Love and Pride in a spirited stretch duel to win the $100,000 Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes (gr. III) by a head May 19 at Pimlico Race Course.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Love and Pride, who has made it a habit of getting out to the lead, will be trying for her second stakes win of the year when she takes on eight rivals in the Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes (gr. III).
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Plum Pretty, winner of last year's Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), and runner-up St. John's River will square off in the La Troienne Stakes (gr. II) at Churchill Downs May 4 on the Kentucky Oaks undercard.
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
She's All In turned in the biggest effort of her career when she came from off the pace to dominate the $200,000 Sixty Sails Handicap (gr. III) by 8 3/4 lengths at Hawthorne April 21.
Saturday, April 21, 2012