SANTA ANITA PARK, Arcadia, CA
| 1 | Quisisana | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: D | $110,000 |
2005 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Decarchy - Mink Kiss, Distinctive Cat
Sire: Decarchy , Bay, 1997. Raced 5 years. 19 starts, 6 wins, $703,862. Lifetime: 43 yearlings sold, median $5,500. In 2009: 1.01 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Distinctive Cat, Bay, 1993.
| 2 | Dubai Majesty | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $40,000 |
2005 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Essence of Dubai - Great Majesty, Great Above
Sire: Essence of Dubai, Dark Bay or Brown, 1999. Raced 3 years. 13 starts, 5 wins, $2,001,058. Lifetime: 81 yearlings sold, median $8,000. In 2009: .37 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Great Above, Dark Bay or Brown, 1972.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2010 Mixed Sale, $1,100,000.
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall 2006 Yearling Sale, ($7,000).
| 3 | Dotsy Jean | Margin: 2½ | TrueNicks: C | $22,000 |
2005 | Gray or Roan Mare | Lit de Justice - Grandjean, Pentelicus
Sire: Lit de Justice, Gray or Roan, 1990. Raced 5 years. 36 starts, 10 wins, $1,397,649. Lifetime: 147 yearlings sold, median $8,000.
Broodmare Sire: Pentelicus, Bay, 1984. In 2009: 1.14 AEI.
Others: Miss McCall, $14,000; Emmy Darling, $8,000; Via Veneto, $750; U R All That I Am, $750; Sleep Tight, $750; Rate of Exchange, $750; Fearless Leader, $750; Libor Lady, $750; High Resolve, $750; Magdalena's Chase, $750.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quisisana | Rafael Bejarano | Mike Puype |
| 2 | Dubai Majesty | Jamie Theriot | W. Bret Calhoun |
| 3 | Dotsy Jean | Victor Espinoza | Martin F. Jones |
| 4 | Miss McCall | Tyler Baze | Mike R. Mitchell |
| 5 | Emmy Darling | Alex O. Solis | John W. Sadler |
| 6 | Via Veneto | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert |
| 7 | U R All That I Am | Mike E. Smith | Jerry Hollendorfer |
| 8 | Sleep Tight | Jose Lezcano | Mike R. Mitchell |
| 9 | Rate of Exchange | Joel Rosario | Martin D. Wolfson |
| 10 | Fearless Leader | Chantal Sutherland | Michael Lerman |
| 11 | Libor Lady | Garrett K. Gomez | Michael V. Pino |
| 12 | High Resolve | Russell A. Baze | Greg Gilchrist |
| 13 | Magdalena's Chase | Joseph Talamo | John W. Sadler |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Quisisana | Rafael Bejarano | $15.00 | $6.20 | $4.80 | ||||||
| 10 | Dubai Majesty | Jamie Theriot | $4.40 | $3.40 | |||||||
| 4 | Dotsy Jean | Victor Espinoza | $5.80 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (12-10) | $63.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (12-10-4) | $494.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (12-10-4-3) | $1,618.60 | ||||||||||
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
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
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale's reputation has improved dramatically in recent years.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Carl Moore Management's Chamberlain Bridge, defending champion in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT), tuned up for an expected repeat bid the morning of Oct. 19 by working a bullet five furlongs in :59.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Keeneland has slated 18 stakes--led by five grade I races on opening FallStars Weekend--with purse money totaling $4.375 million for its 2011 fall meeting.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Steven Michael Bell's Aegean, sent off at 9-1 odds, held off a determined 13-1 shot in Jessica Is Back to post an upset in the $200,000 Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Sprint at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 29
Saturday, January 29, 2011
A dominant winner of the La Brea Stakes (gr. I) to kick off the Santa Anita season, Switch returns to action Jan. 30 seeking her second grade I triumph in a row in the $250,000 Santa Monica Stakes (gr. I).
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Grade I winners Cost of Freedom and Jessica Is Back head their respective sprint divisions of the Sunshine Millions taking place at Santa Anita in California and at Gulfstream Park in Florida Jan. 29.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Jason Shandler looks at the likely 2010 Eclipse Award winners.
Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) winner Awesome Feather is the Kentucky auction's top seller, bringing $2.3 million.
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Dubai Majesty was in the news again, two days after she won the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (gr. I) at Churchill Downs.
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Eric Mitchell recaps Day 1 of the 2010 Breeders' Cup, including the extracurricular activities of the Marathon.
Photos of the day one winners at the 2010 Breeders' Cup.
Dubai Majesty took over coming off the turn and rolled to a commanding victory in the $1 million Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs.
Friday, November 05, 2010
The $150,000 Chilukki Stakes (gr. II), which attracted a well-matched field of 12 fillies and mares, promises to help get the Breeders' Cup World Championships program off to a good betting start at Churchill Downs Nov. 6.
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
A reduced California Cup program featuring seven stakes for state-bred horses worth a total of $700,000 are on tap for the Oak Tree Racing Association's 21st annual event to be held at Hollywood Park Oct. 30.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Dubai Majesty, who narrowly lost to Informed Decision last out, turned the tables on the champion Oct. 9 at Keeneland, notching the biggest win of her career in the $200,000 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (gr. II).
Saturday, October 09, 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
Undefeated two-time champion Zenyatta stands alone as she goes for her 19th consecutive win over her home track in the $250,000 Lady's Secret Stakes (gr. I) at Oak Tree's Hollywood Park meet Oct. 2.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Oak Tree Racing Association's inaugural meet at Hollywood Park kicks off Sept. 30 with an evening program featuring the $100,000 Senator Ken Maddy Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the turf.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Champion Informed Decision wins her second Presque Isle Masters in a tight finish with Dubai Majesty after racing last and then wide.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Champion female sprinter Informed Decision will try to bounce back from an uncharacteristically subpar effort when she faces a full field in the $400,000 Presque Isle Downs Masters (gr. I), a race she dominated a year ago.
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
After finishing far behind Rachel Alexandra in the Fleur de Lis (gr. II) last month at Churchill Downs, Made for Magic returns to the scene of her biggest win in the $150,000 A Gleam Handicap (gr. II) at Hollywood Park.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Farnsworth Stables' Jessica Is Back rallied from off the pace and caught Warbling in deep stretch to win the $350,000 Princess Rooney Handicap (gr. I) by two lengths July 10 at Calder Race Course.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Jason, Tom, and Les Instone of twinspires.com preview the Hollywood Gold Cup (gr. I) at Hollywood Park on July 10. Plus, picks for the Princess Rooney (gr. I).
Through the remainder of the year, I am going to recount some of my most memorable experiences/moments in racing over the past 40 years. We begin with Rachel Alexandra's victory in the 2009 Woodward Stakes to kick off Saratoga's 150th anniversary. [More]