SANTA ANITA PARK, Arcadia, CA
| 1 | Cowboy Cal | Margin: nose | BRIS: 96 | TrueNicks: A | $90,000 |
2005 | Dark Bay or Brown Colt | Giant's Causeway - Texas Tammy, Seeking the Gold
Sire: Giant's Causeway , Chestnut, 1997. Raced 2 years. 13 starts, 9 wins, $3,078,989. Lifetime: 731 yearlings sold, median $140,000.
Broodmare Sire: Seeking the Gold, Bay, 1985.
| 2 | Informed | Margin: 1¾ | BRIS: 96 | TrueNicks: A++ | $30,000 |
2004 | Bay Horse | Tiznow - Cajun Two Step, Tabasco Cat
Sire: Tiznow , Bay, 1997. Raced 2 years. 15 starts, 8 wins, $6,427,830. Lifetime: 384 yearlings sold, median $95,000.
Broodmare Sire: Tabasco Cat, Chestnut, 1991.
Sale History:
Keeneland 2005 September Yearling Sale, $500,000.
| 3 | Magnum (ARG) | Margin: neck | BRIS: 94 | TrueNicks: C+ | $18,000 |
2001 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | El Compinche (ARG) - Merrymaker (ARG), Rainbow Corner (GB)
Sire: El Compinche (ARG), Dark Bay, 1991. Raced 5 years. 28 starts, 15 wins, $718,961.
Broodmare Sire: Rainbow Corner (GB), Bay, 1989. In 2009: 1.26 AEI.
Others: Well Armed, $9,000; Mostacolli Mort, $3,000; Racketeer; Past the Point; Marchfield; Ball Four.
Scratched: Slew's Tizzy; Noble Court; Blue Exit.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cowboy Cal | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 2 | Informed | Michael C. Baze | Doug F. O'Neill |
| 3 | Magnum (ARG) | Martin A. Pedroza | Darrell Vienna |
| 4 | Well Armed | Aaron T. Gryder | Eoin G. Harty |
| 5 | Mostacolli Mort | Garrett K. Gomez | John W. Sadler |
| 6 | Racketeer | Chantal Sutherland | Barry Abrams |
| 7 | Past the Point | Rafael Bejarano | Eoin G. Harty |
| 8 | Marchfield | Patrick Husbands | Mark E. Casse |
| 9 | Ball Four | Christopher P. DeCarlo | Todd A. Pletcher |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboy Cal | John R. Velazquez | $7.60 | $5.00 | $3.60 | |||||||
| Informed | Michael C. Baze | $22.80 | $12.20 | ||||||||
| Magnum (ARG) | Martin A. Pedroza | $12.00 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-3) | $181.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-3-8) | $5,140.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (4-3-8-7) | $22,601.60 | ||||||||||
The first reported foal by Canadian champion Marchfield was born at Windhaven Farm in Caledon, Ontario. The chestnut filly out of Casey's Irish Pride was born Jan. 25.
Saturday, January 28, 2012Josephine Abercrombie's Pin Oak Stud announced that Ron Winchell has purchased a significant interest in Cowboy Cal from Robert and Janice McNair's Magnolia Racing.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Bill Casner recounts the incredible recovery story of Dubai World Cup winner Well Armed and reports on the gelding's retirement.
California grade II winner Noble Court will enter stud in 2012 at Rich and Gaby Sulpizio's Magali Farms near Santa Ynez, Calif.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011Slew's Tiznow, a dual stakes winner in California, will enter stud in 2012 at Tom and Nancy Clark's Rancho San Miguel near San Miguel, Calif.
Monday, October 03, 2011
To celebrate the arrival of the recently retired grade II winner Ball Four at Old Friends Thoroughbred retirement center near Georgetown, Ky., the 10-year-old son of Grand Slam will make an appearance at Keeneland April 16.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Ball Four, a son of Grand Slam, has been retired and sent to Old Friends near Midway, Ky. Michael Blowen, owner of Old Friends related the story of how he got the gelding.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Well Armed, best known for his record-breaking 14-length victory in the 2009 Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (UAE-I), has been retired from racing.
Wednesday, February 09, 2011Game On Dude, idle since finishing fourth to Drosselmeyer in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) last June, returned to action at Santa Anita Jan. 27 with a sparkling victory as trainer Bob Baffert continued on his torrid pace.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
The first reported foal by grade I winner Cowboy Cal is a filly born Jan. 2.
Monday, January 10, 2011
After winning a pair of Triple Crown races, besting this year will be quite a challenge for WinStar Farm. But if 2010 was the year of the 3-year-old for WinStar, 2011 may just be the year of the older horse.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Eugene Melnyk's homebred Marchfield, a two-time Canadian champion, will stand the 2011 breeding season at Michael Byrne's Park Stud near Orangeville, Ontario, Canada.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Unbeaten Twirling Candy attempts to become the third 3-year-old in the past four years to win the $250,000 Goodwood Stakes (gr. I) Oct. 2, which would earn the colt a berth in the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I).
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Seven evenly-matched starters, including Marsh Side, Spice Route, and Windward Islands are set to contest the $250,000 Sky Classic Stakes (Can-IIT) Aug. 22 at Woodbine.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Eight-year-old Karelian, who scored the biggest win of his career in the Maker's Mark Stakes (gr. IT) last month, bids for consecutive grade I victories when he battles nine rivals in the $250,000 Shoemaker Mile (gr. IT).
Friday, May 28, 2010
Grade I winner Ever a Friend will return to Santa Anita's hillside turf course searching for his first stakes win in more than two years in the $100,000 San Simeon Handicap (gr. IIIT) April 17.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Graded stakes winners Cool Coal Man and Grasshopper drew the top weight assignments as part of a contentious field for the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. II) March 13.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Juddmonte Farms' homebred Champs Elysees is the first U.S.-based runner to win the Sovereign Award's Horse of the Year title since 1995.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Many breeders anticipate that Giant's Causeway will become a powerful sire of sires. Paired with the sire-producing Missy Baba family genes, recent graded winner Neko Bay is likely to attract interest as a sire prospect.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Seven-year-old Neko Bay earned the first graded stakes victory of his career in the San Pasqual Handicap (gr. II), winning a dash to the wire in the final sixteenth of a mile at Santa Anita Jan. 9.
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Even-money favorite Custom for Carlos overcame the sloppy going at Gulfstream Park in the Mr. Prospector Stakes (gr. III) Jan. 9, seizing the lead at the top of the lane en route to a three-quarters length victory.
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Jason, Evan, and Les Instone of twinspires/brisnet preview the San Pasqual Handicap (gr. II).
Surprise winner of the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) two months ago, former claimer Furthest Land returns to Santa Anita Jan. 9 for the $150,000 San Pasqual Handicap (gr. II).
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Munnings, a sharp winner of consecutive grade II races last year, kicks off his 2010 campaign in the $100,000 Mr. Prospector Stakes (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park Jan. 9.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
For the first time, female Thoroughbreds occupy the top two spots on the list of leading North American earners in 2009, according to final statistics released today by Equibase Company.
Friday, January 01, 2010
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