SANTA ANITA PARK, Arcadia, CA
| 1 | Unzip Me | Margin: 1¼ | TrueNicks: A++ | $60,000 |
2006 | Chestnut Mare | City Zip - Escape With Me, Arazi
Sire: City Zip , Chestnut, 1998. Raced 2 years. 23 starts, 9 wins, $818,225. Lifetime: 285 yearlings sold, median $24,000.
Broodmare Sire: Arazi, Chestnut, 1989.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2012 Mixed Sale, ($400,000).
| 2 | Czechers | Margin: ¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $20,000 |
2005 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Indian Charlie - Pine Rob, Pine Bluff
Sire: Indian Charlie, Bay, 1995. Raced 2 years. 5 starts, 4 wins, $616,120. Lifetime: 502 yearlings sold, median $55,000.
Broodmare Sire: Pine Bluff, Bay, 1989.
Sale History:
Barretts Equine Limited March 2007 Sale of Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training, $160,000.
Keeneland Association 2006 September Yearling Sale, $27,000.
Keeneland Association 2005 November Breeding Stock Sale, $5,500.
| 3 | Gotta Have Her | Margin: 2 | TrueNicks: A+ | $12,000 |
2004 | Bay Mare | Royal Academy - Winnowing, Rahy
Sire: Royal Academy, Bay, 1987. Raced 2 years. 7 starts, 4 wins, $758,994. Lifetime: 714 yearlings sold, median $40,974.
Broodmare Sire: Rahy, Chestnut, 1985.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2010 Mixed Sale, ($1,050,000).
Keeneland 2005 September Yearling Sale, $300,000.
Others: Annihilation, $6,000; Jehan, $2,000; Burg Berg; Nadeshiko.
Scratched: U R All That I Am; Lemon Supreme.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unzip Me | Joseph Talamo | Martin F. Jones |
| 2 | Czechers | Rafael Bejarano | Mark Glatt |
| 3 | Gotta Have Her | Tyler Baze | Jenine Sahadi |
| 4 | Annihilation | Alex O. Solis | Dan L. Hendricks |
| 5 | Jehan | Martin Garcia | Mike R. Mitchell |
| 6 | Burg Berg | Mike E. Smith | J. Paco Gonzalez |
| 7 | Nadeshiko | Joel Rosario | John W. Sadler |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Unzip Me | Joseph Talamo | $9.60 | $5.20 | $3.00 | ||||||
| 6 | Czechers | Rafael Bejarano | $5.80 | $3.20 | |||||||
| 7 | Gotta Have Her | Tyler Baze | $2.10 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (3-6) | $45.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (3-6-7) | $101.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (3-6-7-8) | $217.20 | ||||||||||
California champion Unzip Me has been retired from racing with 14 wins and earnings of $959,228.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Odds-on Mizdirection made the best of what was left of the $98,000 Las Cienegas Handicap after the race was moved off the hillside turf course and contested on the main track with three rivals left.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
The $100,000 Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT) should determine 'Queen of the Hill' for the 2011-12 season at Santa Anita Park when Unzip Me and Mizdirection battle on the hillside turf course at about 6 1/2 furlongs.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
On a three-race stakes winning streak for trainer Bob Baffert, Ellafitz will go for her first grade I victory against five opponents in the $300,000 Santa Margarita Invitational Stakes (gr. I) March 17 at Santa Anita.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Caracortado, a stunning come-from-behind winner of the Daytona Stakes (gr. IIIt) on Santa Anita's hillside earlier this month, heads the field for the $100,000 Sensational Star Stakes over the same course Jan. 28.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Unzip Me will be heavily favored on Santa Anita's hillside turf course Jan. 2 when seeking a repeat victory in the $100,000 Monrovia Stakes (gr. IIIT) for older fillies and mares.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Favored Norvsky, ridden by a red-hot Rafael Bejarano, flew home in the final 100 yards to nab pacesetter Lucky Primo just before the wire to win the $175,000 California Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park Oct. 29.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Soul Candy, winner of the California Cup Classic last year when it was held on the Cushion Track at Hollywood Park, is back to defend his title against seven rivals in the $175,000 event on Santa Anita's turf course Oct. 29.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Late-running Broken Dreams took advantage of a wicked pace and an opening between horses in deep stretch to post a surprise win in the $100,000 Senator Ken Maddy Stakes (gr. IIIT) as racing returned to Santa Anita Sept. 30.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Unzip Me, a four-time stakes winner on Santa Anita's downhill turf course, will play the role of favorite in the $100,000 Senator Ken Maddy Stakes (gr. IIIT) Sept. 30 on opening day of the autumn meet.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Grade I winners Sassy Image and Champagne d'Oro will knock heads with local sharpster Musical Romance going six furlongs in the Princess Rooney H. at Calder July 9.
Wednesday, July 06, 2011Grade II winner Well Monied will make her first start in 11 months in the $100,000 Wilshire Handicap (gr. IIIT) April 30 over the turf at Hollywood Park.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Life At Ten, appearing at Gulfstream Park in her first start since a controversial attempt in the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I) last fall, ran second in an optional claiming allowance April 10.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Upstart Separate Forest opened a substantial lead in her stakes debut and refused to give way to heavy favorite Unzip Me to win the $100,000 Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT) by a neck at Santa Anita.
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Top female turf sprinter Unzip Me will attempt to become the third horse at Santa Anita since 1990 to carry 127 pounds to victory as the heavy favorite in the $100,000 Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT) April 9.
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Tar Heel Mom and Hilda's Passion staged a rugged stretch battle in the Sugar Swirl Stakes (gr. III) one month ago and both return to Gulfstream Park Feb. 13 to renew their rivalry in the $150,000 Hurricane Bertie Stakes.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
It Tiz, trying the Santa Anita turf for the first time, took advantage of a fast pace to record a late-running upset victory in the inaugural running of the $79,150 Megahertz Stakes Jan. 23.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
See the races from the first weekend of 2011.
When it comes to Santa Anita's hillside turf course, it seems there is no getting by Unzip Me, who turned back a couple of challengers in the lane to win the $100,000 Monrovia Stakes (gr. IIIT) under threatening skies Jan. 2.
Sunday, January 02, 2011
California-bred millionaire Evening Jewel, who proved in 2010 that she can handle any surface or distance with authority, tries Santa Anita's unique downhill turf course for the first time in the Monrovia Stakes (gr. IIIT).
Thursday, December 30, 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
Carl Moore Management's 6-year-old gelding Chamberlain Bridge posted an exciting, come-from-behind victory when gaining the lead in the final 50 yards of the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. II).
Saturday, November 06, 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
The Turf Sprint is not the most glamorous BC race, but it may be one of the most competitive.
Favored Proviso came from well off the pace to win the $400,000 Abu Dhabi First Lady Stakes (gr. IT) for her fourth consecutive grade I victory Oct. 9 at Keeneland.
Saturday, October 09, 2010