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SANTA ANITA PARK, Arcadia, CA
| 1 | Always a Princess | Margin: 3½ | TrueNicks: B | $90,000 |
2007 | Chestnut Filly | Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) - Gabriellina Giof (GB), Ashkalani (IRE)
Sire: Leroidesanimaux (BRZ), Chestnut, 2000. Lifetime: 89 yearlings sold, median $17,000.
Broodmare Sire: Ashkalani (IRE), Chestnut, 1993.
| 2 | Blind Luck | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: A | $30,000 |
2007 | Chestnut Filly | Pollard's Vision - Lucky One, Best of Luck
Sire: Pollard's Vision , Bay, 2001. Lifetime: 128 yearlings sold, median $8,000.
Broodmare Sire: Best of Luck, Bay, 1996. In 2009: .67 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2011 Breeding Stock Sale, $2,500,000.
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, ($10,000).
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2008 Select Yearling Sale, $11,000.
| 3 | Fashion Trend | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $18,000 |
2007 | Gray or Roan Mare | Petionville - Danzigs Fashion, A Native Danzig
Sire: Petionville , Dark Bay or Brown, 1992. Raced 3 years. 15 starts, 7 wins, $811,905. Lifetime: 138 yearlings sold, median $10,750.
Broodmare Sire: A Native Danzig, Roan, 1984.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2012 Breeding Stock Sale, $210,000.
Keeneland Association January 2009 Horses of All Ages Sale, $65,000.
Others: Champagne d'Oro, $9,000; Malibu Pier, $3,000.
Scratched: Our Georgia; It Tiz; Life Well Lived.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Always a Princess | Rafael Bejarano | Bob Baffert |
| 2 | Blind Luck | Joel Rosario | Jerry Hollendorfer |
| 3 | Fashion Trend | Victor Espinoza | Craig Dollase |
| 4 | Champagne d'Oro | Joseph Talamo | Eric J. Guillot |
| 5 | Malibu Pier | Garrett K. Gomez | Carla Gaines |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Always a Princess | Rafael Bejarano | $9.80 | $3.40 | $2.80 | ||||||
| 2 | Blind Luck | Joel Rosario | $2.40 | $2.10 | |||||||
| 4 | Fashion Trend | Victor Espinoza | $3.40 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (6-2) | $8.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (6-2-4) | $64.70 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (6-2-4-1) | $142.90 | ||||||||||
by John P. Sparkman
Whiteley's arrangement with Richard and Audrey Haisfield's Stonewall Farm to support their young stallion Medaglia d'Oro resulted indirectly in the recent Palm Beach S. (gr. IIIT) winner Rydilluc.
Pollard's Vision, sire of champion Blind Luck, will stand this year at Dr. Jerry Bilinski's Waldorf Farm near North Chatham, N.Y.
Thursday, February 28, 2013At one minute past the stroke of midnight on Jan. 19, 2010 3-year-old champion filly Blind Luck delivered her first foal, a filly by Bernardini, at Hill 'n' Dale Farm in Lexington, Ky.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Cal-bred Rousing Sermon, trained by Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer, was the last and lone Derby worker May 1 at Churchill Downs. Jockey Jose Lezcano aboard the son of Lucky Pulpit for the first time.
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Blind Luck, the 2010 champion 3-year-old filly, has been pronounced in foal to major sire Bernardini off a Feb. 10 cover.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Dr. Mark Dedomenico's Blind Luck, the champion 3-year-old filly of 2010, has been officially retired from racing and booked to Darley stallion Bernardini.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Dual grade I winner Champagne d'Oro has been retired from racing and is scheduled to ship to Darley Stud Jan. 11 to be bred to Bernardini.
Friday, January 06, 2012
Voting is under way at the National Thoroughbred Racing Association web site, www.ntra.com, for the 13th annual "NTRA Moment of the Year." Voters can choose from among 12 images, drawn from the year's events.
Thursday, December 08, 2011
Lenny and Steve discuss the Eclipse Award for 2-year-old male, the Horse of the Year, Frankel, the lack of leadership in horse racing, and the downgrading of the Hopeful Stakes. Sponsored by Darby Dan Farm
Top-weighted City to City and defending champion Washington Bridge form a potent duo in the $150,000 Bayakoa Handicap (gr. II) for Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer at Hollywood Park Dec. 4.
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Fueled by well-bred horses owned by the late Edward P. "Ned" Evans, the market at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale burned white-hot during its opening session.
Monday, November 07, 2011
Champion Blind Luck brought $2.5 million at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale. The multiple grade I-winning daughter of Pollard's Vision was consigned as Hip No. 210A by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
Monday, November 07, 2011
All Star Heart circled the field in the stretch and charged home impressively under jockey Brice Blanc to register her first graded stakes win in the $150,000 Las Palmas (gr. IIT) Nov. 6, closing day at Santa Anita.
Sunday, November 06, 2011
Friday actually has more intriguing longshot possibilities than Saturday, so here we go.
Eight fillies and mares are set to contest the $150,000 Las Palmas Stakes (gr. IIT) on the turf Nov. 6 as Santa Anita brings down the curtain on its 24-day fall meet.
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
This is not the best group we've ever seen, but it's still the Breeders' Cup
The first inclination would be to dismiss Dullahan's chances in the Juvenile, based on his two mediocre performances over the Churchill Downs dirt surface in his first two career starts. That would be a mistake.
Champion Blind Luck is scheduled to be sold at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale. The multiple grade I-winning daughter of Pollard's Vision will be consigned in Book One as Hip No. 210A by Taylor Made Sales Agency.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Following her last-place finish as the heavy favorite in the Lady's Secret Stakes (gr. I) at Santa Anita Oct. 1, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said Blind Luck will not race in this year's Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic.
Sunday, October 02, 2011
Zazu, coming from far out of it, charged down the center of the course to defeat Ultra Blend in the $250,000 Lady's Secret Stakes (gr. I) as 13-10 choice Blind Luck failed to fire at Santa Anita Oct. 1.
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Several top 3-year-olds face older horses in huge weekend of racing.
After getting most of the summer off, late-running sensation Blind Luck will return to action in the $250,0000 Lady's Secret Stakes (gr. I) Oct. 1 at Santa Anita.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
On a stakes-filled card at Santa Anita Park Oct. 1, the $250,000 Yellow Ribbon Stakes Presented by Emirate Airline stands out as the most contentious race of the bunch.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Steve and Lenny dissect the Breeders' Cup races, the many upcoming prep races leading into the Breeders' Cup and a BC Maiden Special Weight as #16 for the card.Sponsored by Darby Dan Farm
America's two superstar fillies will run in separate stakes on Saturday a country apart.
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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]
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