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PRAIRIE MEADOWS, Altoona, IA
| 1 | Headache | Margin: 2½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $180,000 |
2006 | Gray or Roan Gelding | Tapit - Pamric, Woodman
Sire: Tapit , Gray or Roan, 2001. Raced 2 years. 6 starts, 3 wins, $557,300. Lifetime: 371 yearlings sold, median $75,000.
Broodmare Sire: Woodman, Chestnut, 1983.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2007 Select Yearling Sale, $85,000.
| 2 | Awesome Gem | Margin: neck | TrueNicks: A | $60,000 |
2003 | Chestnut Gelding | Awesome Again - Piano, Pentelicus
Sire: Awesome Again , Bay, 1994. Raced 2 years. 12 starts, 9 wins, $4,374,590. Lifetime: 319 yearlings sold, median $55,000.
Broodmare Sire: Pentelicus, Bay, 1984. In 2009: 1.14 AEI.
Sale History:
Barretts Equine Limited March 2005 Sale of Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training, $150,000.
Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga 2004 Select Yearling Sale, $150,000.
| 3 | Victory Pete | Margin: 1 | TrueNicks: A+ | $30,000 |
2005 | Bay Horse | Five Star Day - Blabby B., Tabasco Cat
Sire: Five Star Day , Chestnut, 1996. Raced 3 years. 16 starts, 6 wins, $575,365. Lifetime: 239 yearlings sold, median $20,000.
Broodmare Sire: Tabasco Cat, Chestnut, 1991.
Sale History:
Barretts Equine Limited March 2007 Sale of Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training, $75,000.
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2005 Fall Mixed Sale, ($17,000).
Others: Cryptolight, $15,000; Shadowbdancing, $9,000; Stachys, $6,000; Red Lead; Black Hills; Fast Alex; It Happened Again; Schramsberg.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Headache | Miguel Mena | Michael J. Maker |
| 2 | Awesome Gem | Robby Albarado | Craig Dollase |
| 3 | Victory Pete | Rafael Bejarano | Alexis Barba |
| 4 | Cryptolight | Terry J. Thompson | Timothy E. Martin |
| 5 | Shadowbdancing | Jesus Lopez Castanon | Terrel Gore |
| 6 | Stachys | Derek C. Bell | Michael E. Biehler |
| 7 | Red Lead | Phil Teator | Chris A. Hartman |
| 8 | Black Hills | Jake Barton | Bart G. Hone |
| 9 | Fast Alex | Eusebio Razo, Jr. | Greg Geier |
| 10 | It Happened Again | Mike E. Smith | Steven M. Asmussen |
| 11 | Schramsberg | Ken S. Tohill | Chris A. Hartman |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Headache | Miguel Mena | $11.00 | $5.80 | $3.80 | ||||||
| 4 | Awesome Gem | Robby Albarado | $3.80 | $2.80 | |||||||
| 6 | Victory Pete | Rafael Bejarano | $5.40 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (1-4) | $36.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (1-4-6) | $234.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (1-4-6-8) | $2,354.80 | ||||||||||
by Anne Peters
Awesome Again is one of the most consistent sires of high-class runners in North America.
Top local handicap horse Forest Mouse had his consistency rewarded with the most lucrative win of his career in the $218,120 Zia Park Distance Championship Dec. 2 at the Hobbs, N.M. track.
Sunday, December 02, 2012
Global Stage and Forest Mouse, the first two finishers in the Veteran Stakes at Zia Park, head the field for the $200,000 Zia Park Distance Championship Dec. 3, the richest Thoroughbred race of the season at Hobbs, N.M.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
In his final major training move for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park, Whitney Handicap (gr. I) winner Fort Larned breezed a bullet five furlongs in 1:00 2/5 Oct. 28 at Churchill Downs.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Grade I winner and multi-millionaire Awesome Gem has been retired from racing. The 9-year-old son of Awesome Again was scheduled to run in the Sept. 23 Ralph M. Hinds Pomona Handicap at Fairplex.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Red-hot Taylor Said, back in action just 13 days after setting a track record at Hastings Racecourse, held off Winning Machine in the final strides Aug. 19 to capture the $200,000 Longacres Miles (gr. III) by a head.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
He's the gift that keeps on giving and the equine version of the Energizer Bunny. Making the 52nd start of his career Aug. 19, Awesome Gem steps forward to defend his title at Emerald Downs.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Pin Oak Stable's Alternation became a millionaire with a victory in the $200,000 Governor's Cup at Remington Park Aug. 11, but he had to work for it.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Alternation seeks redemption against a short field of four others in the $200,000 Governor's Cup Stakes at Remington Park Aug. 11, but Zayat Stables' speedy Prayer for Relief presents a challenge.
Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Fort Larned, left alone on an easy pace, turned back heavy favorite Successful Dan in the lane to post an easy three-length triumph in the $300,000 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap (gr. III) in Iowa June 30.
Sunday, July 01, 2012
Highly regarded Successful Dan, winner of the Alysheba Stakes (gr. II) this spring, is 6-5 on the morning line for the $300,000 Cornhusker Handicap (gr. III) at Prairie Meadows on the night of June 30.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012Favored Awesome Gem, making his 50th career start, was awarded victory in the $100,000 Berkeley Handicap (gr. III) when original winner Positive Response was disqualified at Golden Gate Fields May 28.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Awesome Gem, lifetime winner of more than $2.7 million, and San Francisco Mile (gr. IIIT) victor Hudson Landing head the field for the $100,000 Berkeley Handicap (gr. III) at Golden Gate Fields May 28.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
An experienced field of older runners face off at Arlington in the grade III Hanshin Cup May 19 with a slew of recent winners set to go in a very competitive heat.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Morning Line wanted no part of the starting gate at Betfair Hollywood Park, but once he finally acquiesced there was no catching the grade I winner in the $150,000 Mervyn Leroy Handicap (gr. II) May 5.
Saturday, May 05, 2012
Grade I winner Morning Line debuts for new trainer John Shirreffs in the $150,000 Mervyn LeRoy Handicap (gr. II) May 5 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Wednesday, May 02, 2012Nine-year-old Awesome Gem got his 2012 campaign underway with a handy allowance victory at Golden Gate Fields April 12.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Win Willy is set for his first start since winning last year's Oaklawn Handicap (gr. II), returning to the Hot Springs, Ark., track for the $125,000 Razorback Handicap (gr. III) March 10.
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Nates Mineshaft led all the way in the $120,000 Mineshaft Handicap (gr. III) for his first stakes victory in a race marred by the breakdown of favorite Thiskyhasnolimit Feb. 25 at Fair Grounds.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Nine-year-old Awesome Gem, in the money in 19 graded stakes, is back on the work tab in California and will be pointed toward a seventh year of racing.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Thiskyhasnolimit, who led all the way in the Louisiana Handicap at Fair Grounds in mid-January, will try for his second straight triumph when he takes on eight rivals in the Mineshaft Handicap (gr. III).
Monday, February 20, 2012
Game On Dude may have caused his backers a bit of concern when he trailed the field in the San Antonio Stakes (gr. II) after a tardy start, but it all worked out for the 3-10 favorite, who romped to victory at Santa Anita.
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Pin Oak Stud's regally bred son of Distorted Humor, now 4, returns to Oaklawn ready to redeem himself in the $100,000 Essex Handicap where he was installed as the 2-1 morning line favorite and is the 118-pound high weight.
Friday, February 03, 2012
Game on Dude makes his first start since he nearly pirated the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) last fall when he takes on six opponents in the $200,000 San Antonio Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita Feb. 5.
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Million-dollar earner Chamberlain Bridge snapped a six-race losing streak Dec. 17 when he led throughout to capture the Bonapaw Stakes at Fair Grounds, one of three $75,000 stakes races on the New Orleans program.
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