PRAIRIE MEADOWS, Altoona, IA
| 1 | Hightap | Margin: ¾ | BRIS: 90 | TrueNicks: B+ | $120,000 |
2006 | Gray or Roan Filly | Tapit - Don'tellmichelle, Regal Classic
Sire: Tapit , Gray or Roan, 2001. Raced 2 years. 6 starts, 3 wins, $557,300. Lifetime: 308 yearlings sold, median $60,000.
Broodmare Sire: Regal Classic, Chestnut, 1985.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall 2007 Yearling Sale, $72,000.
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2007 Select Yearling Sale, ($75,000).
Keeneland Association 2006 November Breeding Stock Sale, $87,000.
| 2 | Sweet Relish | Margin: neck | BRIS: 89 | TrueNicks: A+ | $40,000 |
2006 | Chestnut Filly | Smoke Glacken - Sweet Eloise, Sky Classic
Sire: Smoke Glacken , Gray or Roan, 1994. Raced 2 years. 14 starts, 10 wins, $759,560. Lifetime: 395 yearlings sold, median $32,000.
Broodmare Sire: Sky Classic , Chestnut, 1987.
| 3 | Peach Brew | Margin: 1¾ | BRIS: 89 | TrueNicks: A | $20,000 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Milwaukee Brew - Georgia Ok, Hickory Ridge
Sire: Milwaukee Brew , Bay, 1997. Raced 4 years. 24 starts, 8 wins, $2,879,612. Lifetime: 145 yearlings sold, median $10,000. In 2009: .74 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Hickory Ridge, Bay, 1983. In 2009: .60 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky February Mixed Sale 2011, ($160,000).
Others: Hooh Why, $10,000; Mein Fraulein, $6,000; Don'ttalktome, $4,000.
Scratched: Sweet and Flawless; Monterey Street.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hightap | Shaun Bridgmohan | Steven M. Asmussen |
| 2 | Sweet Relish | M. Clifton Berry | Donnie K. Von Hemel |
| 3 | Peach Brew | Quincy Hamilton | Donnie K. Von Hemel |
| 4 | Hooh Why | Robby Albarado | Donna L. Dupuy |
| 5 | Mein Fraulein | Miguel Mena | Greg Compton |
| 6 | Don'ttalktome | Terry J. Thompson | Judi A. Hicklin |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hightap | Shaun Bridgmohan | $6.20 | $3.40 | $2.60 | |||||||
| Sweet Relish | M. Clifton Berry | $4.00 | $3.40 | ||||||||
| Peach Brew | Quincy Hamilton | $3.60 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (7-2) | $19.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (7-2-5) | $96.20 | ||||||||||
Undefeated Awesome Feather won her ninth consecutive race, runnng away from the Sunshine Millions Distaff field at Gulfstream Park for Stronach Stables and trainer Chad Brown.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Grade I winners Dr. Zic and Hooh Why head a field of eight older fillies and mares in the $100,000 Chicago Handicap (gr. III) at Arlington Park July 3.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Fast-improving Little Miss Holly swept past Find the Humor in the stretch and held sway for a two-length victory in the $200,000 Iowa Oaks (gr. III) on the night of June 25 at Prairie Meadows.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
With six stakes worth more than $1 million, Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino will hold its biggest racing weekend of the year June 24-25, highlighted by the $300,000 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap (gr. III).
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Fresh from her record-setting win in Keeneland's Doubledogdare Stakes (gr. III), Embur's Song returns to Woodbine for the first time since last summer in the $150,000 Hendrie Stakes (Can-III) May 14.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Indian Apple Is, Canada's 2010 Sovereign Award-winning female sprinter, launches her 5-year-old campaign against five rivals in the $150,000 Whimsical Stakes (Can-III) April 23 at Woodbine.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Broodmares and broodmare prospects are among the horses that will be offered as the breeding season approaches.
Friday, February 04, 2011
Sovereign Award finalists were announced Jan. 19; Blood-Horse article nominated for Outstanding Feature Story.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011William Thompson Jr.'s homebred Ariana D rallied from last after a half-mile to upset favored Sugar Again in Woodbine's $150,096 Bessarabian Stakes Nov. 21.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Gail Gee, owner of Derby Daze Farm near Ocala, Fla., died Oct. 26 in Ocala.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Favored Casablanca Smile could not have had an easier setup in Keeneland's $125,000 Rood and Riddle Dowager Stakes, kicking away in the stretch for a front-running seven-length romp over a firm turf course Oct. 24.
Sunday, October 24, 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
Outsider Hooh Why shook off favored Tribal Belle on the turn and persevered through the long Woodbine stretch to win the $155,363 Seaway Stakes (gr. III) Sept. 4.
Saturday, September 04, 2010
Tribal Belle, Canada's champion female sprinter of 2009, returns to defend her title in the Seaway Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine Sept. 4 against just four rivals.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Peach Brew, who won two stakes last year, including the Arlington Oaks (gr. III), was named Horse of the Year and top 3-year-old female by the Oklahoma Thoroughbred Association.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Informed Decision, the 2009 Eclipse Award winner as top female sprinter, won her first race beyond seven furlongs, and first around two turns, July 27 in the $100,000 Windward Stakes at Presque Isle Downs & Casino.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Informed Decision, last year's champion female sprinter, returns to Arlington Park to to defend her title in the $100,000 Chicago Handicap (gr. III).
Friday, July 02, 2010
Jockey Calvin Borel went against type and swung Seeking the Title to the outside in the stretch run of the $200,000 Iowa Oaks (gr. III), but the move paid off when she went on to a half-length victory at Prairie Meadows.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Fox Hill Farm's Winslow Homer is an unexpected headliner in a field of six in the $250,000 Iowa Derby (gr. III) June 26 at Prairie Meadows.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Helen Alexander and Helen Groves' Acoma will make her 2010 debut June 5 as the 5-year-old mare attempts to defend her title in the Early Times Mint Julep Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill Downs.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Defending champ Euphony and last year's Arlington Oaks (gr. III) winner Peach Brew, both trained by Donnie K. Von Hemel, are among 12 entered in the $150,000 Arlington Matron Stakes (gr. III) May 29.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Charles Fipke's Lady Shakespeare stalked pacesetter Changing Skies for more than 11 furlongs, then overtook the leader in mid-stretch en route her first graded stakes victory in the $150,000 Grey Goose Bewitch Stakes
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Eleven-time winner Jessica Is Back, coming off a nine-length romp in the Ocala Stakes at Gulfstream Park one month ago, is the 5-2 morning line favorite in the $200,000 Sixty Sails Handicap (gr. III) April 17.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010Cactus Ridge, who ranks among the leading third-crop sires of 2009, will stand the 2010 breeding season at Vinery near Lexington. The 8-year-old son of Hennessy previously stood at Walmac Farm.
Friday, November 06, 2009
Millionaire mare Unbridled Belle, who has competed in some of New York's premier stakes races over the past four seasons, makes her final start in the Big Apple as the heavy favorite in the $100,000 Turnback the Alarm Handicap (gr. III) at Aqueduct Oct. 31.
Thursday, October 29, 2009