| 1 | Ben's Cat | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: D | $210,000 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | Parker's Storm Cat - Twofox, Thirty Eight Paces
Sire: Parker's Storm Cat, Dark Bay or Brown, 2000. Raced 2 years. 4 starts, 1 wins, $40,800. Lifetime: 30 yearlings sold, median $2,150. In 2009: .30 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Thirty Eight Paces, Chestnut, 1978.
| 2 | Perfect Officer | Margin: neck | TrueNicks: A+ | $70,000 |
2006 | Bay Gelding | Officer - Perfect Tradition, Perfect Vision
Sire: Officer, Dark Bay or Brown, 1999. Raced 2 years. 9 starts, 6 wins, $804,090. Lifetime: 307 yearlings sold, median $28,971.
Broodmare Sire: Perfect Vision, Chestnut, 1995. In 2009: .53 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2007 Select Yearling Sale, $110,000.
Keeneland Association 2006 November Breeding Stock Sale, $75,000.
| 3 | Chamberlain Bridge | Margin: head | TrueNicks: A++ | $38,500 |
2004 | Bay Gelding | War Chant - She's Got Class, Trempolino
Sire: War Chant , Dark Bay or Brown, 1997. Raced 2 years. 7 starts, 5 wins, $1,130,600. Lifetime: 208 yearlings sold, median $60,000.
Broodmare Sire: Trempolino, Chestnut, 1984.
Others: Streakin' Mohican, $21,000; Awakino Cat, $10,500; Cardashi, $1,000; Heros Reward, $1,000; Country Day, $1,000; Yield Bogey, $1,000; Regally Ready, $1,000; Central City, $1,000.
Scratched: Varsity.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben's Cat | Jeremy Rose | King T. Leatherbury |
| 2 | Perfect Officer | Kendrick Carmouche | Michael V. Pino |
| 3 | Chamberlain Bridge | Jamie Theriot | W. Bret Calhoun |
| 4 | Streakin' Mohican | Elvis Trujillo | Doug F. O'Neill |
| 5 | Awakino Cat | Alan Garcia | Linda Rice |
| 6 | Cardashi | Frankie Pennington | Timothy C. Kreiser |
| 7 | Heros Reward | Javier Castellano | Dale Capuano |
| 8 | Country Day | Shaun Bridgmohan | Steve Margolis |
| 9 | Yield Bogey | Charles C. Lopez | Patrick J. Kelly |
| 10 | Regally Ready | Corey S. Nakatani | Steven M. Asmussen |
| 11 | Central City | Robby Albarado | Ronny W. Werner |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Ben's Cat | Jeremy Rose | $10.60 | $5.40 | $3.60 | ||||||
| 5 | Perfect Officer | Kendrick Carmouche | $9.20 | $7.80 | |||||||
| 11 | Chamberlain Bridge | Jamie Theriot | $5.20 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (9-5) | $97.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (9-5-11) | $624.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (9-5-11-10) | $296.30 | ||||||||||
Chamberlain Bridge, winner of the 2010 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT) at Churchill Downs, returns to familiar territory when he takes on 11 rivals in the Twin Spires Turf Sprint at the track.
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Grade I winner Willa B Awesome, sent off as a heavy favorite in the $288,000 Melair Stakes, was all out to win by a nose over a determined Starry Skies at Befair Hollywood Park April 28.
Saturday, April 28, 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
Country Day, a three-time stakes winner, has been retired from racing after he came down with a stress fracture during a recent workout at Churchill Downs.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Perfect Officer needed the every inch of the short Keeneland stretch to run down pacesetter Great Mills, as the 6-year-old son of Officer won by a nose in an exciting finish of the $100,000 Shakertown (gr. IIIT) on April 14.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
About the only thing left for Chamberlain Bridge to do in his career is win the $100,000 Shakertown (gr. IIIT), a race he's been in three times but has yet to conquer.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Ortensia, bred and based in Australia, rallied from last and gobbled up the field from the outside to score the $1 million Al Quoz Sprint Sponsored by Emirates NBD (UAE-I) March 31 at Meydan Racecourse.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Veteran Hong Kong-based sprinter Joy And Fun will face 15 of the world's best turf sprinters in the $1 million Al Quoz Sprint Sponsored by Emirates NBD (UAE-IT) at Meydan Racecourse March 31.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
America's contenders for the $27 million Dubai World Cup program, including champion Royal Delta and multiple grade I winner Game On Dude, have landed safely in Dubai and are in good health after the long flight from Florida.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Krypton Factor and Hitchens are set to renew their rivalry when they go to the post in the $200,000 Mahab Al Shimaal Sponsored by Skywards (UAE-III) at Meydan Racecourse March 10.
Friday, March 09, 2012
Dick Powell gives his selections for the March 10 Super Saturday program at the Dubai Carnival, which includes the Jebel Hatta (UAE-IT) and the Al Maktoum Challenge Round 3 (UAE-I), and the Dubai City of Gold (UAE-IIT).
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Vinery Stables' Regally Ready took his first tour of the vast Meydan Racecourse on March 1 after clearing quarantine following his arrival in Dubai on Feb. 27 for a two-race campaign.
Thursday, March 01, 2012
King T. Leatherbury's homebred gelding Ben's Cat swept three divisional categories: older male, turf runner, and sprinter, and was named Maryland-bred Horse of the Year of 2011.
Wednesday, February 15, 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
Caracortado took advantage of an all-out pace duel to come from far out of it, winning the $98,000 Daytona Stakes (gr. IIIT) on Santa Anita's hillside turf course with a remarkable late charge Jan. 8.
Sunday, January 08, 2012
Regally Ready, the 2011 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT) winner, begins his 2012 campaign in the $100,000 Daytona Stakes (gr. IIIT) Jan. 8 on the Santa Anita hillside grass course.
Thursday, January 05, 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.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Frankie Dettori, subbing for Corey Nakatani, won the Cathay Pacific International Jockeys' Championship, booting home the winner of the last leg of the Dec. 7 competition with a dramatic stretch run.
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Eclipse Award-winning trainer Steve Asmussen returned to Santa Anita Nov. 29 with a stable of approximately 40 horses to begin preparation for a second season in Southern California this winter.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011Millionaire gelding wins a tight one over Immortal Eyes and Ben's Cat.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Ben's Cat, a comfortable winner of the off-the-turf Laurel Turf Dash in his last start, hopes to keep the momentum going in the $200,000 Six Bits Handicap at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course Nov. 23.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
2011 Breeders' Cup World Championships - Day 2: Photos of the day two winners at the 2011 Breeders' Cup.
Regally Ready grabbed the lead early and flew up the inside to score in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT) Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs.
Saturday, November 05, 2011Favored Regally Ready proves much best in BC Turf Sprint, winning by two lengths in :56.48 for the five furlongs.
Saturday, November 05, 2011
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
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]