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SANTA ANITA PARK, Arcadia, CA
| 1 | Amazombie | Margin: head | TrueNicks: A | $110,000 |
2006 | Bay Gelding | Northern Afleet - Wilshe Amaze, In Excess (IRE)
Sire: Northern Afleet , Bay, 1993. Raced 4 years. 21 starts, 5 wins, $626,671. Lifetime: 255 yearlings sold, median $18,000.
Broodmare Sire: In Excess (IRE), Dark Bay or Brown, 1987.
Sale History:
Barretts Equine Limited January 2008 Mixed Sale, ($32,000).
| 2 | Apriority | Margin: head | TrueNicks: C+ | $40,000 |
2007 | Bay Horse | Grand Slam - Midway Squall, Storm Bird
Sire: Grand Slam , Dark Bay or Brown, 1995. Raced 2 years. 15 starts, 4 wins, $971,292. Lifetime: 719 yearlings sold, median $70,000.
Broodmare Sire: Storm Bird, Bay, 1978. In 2009: 2.27 AEI.
| 3 | Cost of Freedom | Margin: 2¾ | TrueNicks: A+ | $22,000 |
2003 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | Cee's Tizzy - Freedom Dance, Moscow Ballet
Sire: Cee's Tizzy, Gray or Roan, 1987. Raced 1 years. 6 starts, 3 wins, $173,150. Lifetime: 120 yearlings sold, median $11,000.
Broodmare Sire: Moscow Ballet, Bay, 1982. In 2009: 1.23 AEI.
Others: Don Tito, $14,000; Cayambe, $8,000; Quick Enough, $2,000; Excessive Passion, $2,000; Dance With Gable, $2,000.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazombie | Mike E. Smith | William Spawr |
| 2 | Apriority | Rafael Bejarano | David Fawkes |
| 3 | Cost of Freedom | Joseph Talamo | John W. Sadler |
| 4 | Don Tito | Joel Rosario | John W. Sadler |
| 5 | Cayambe | Garrett K. Gomez | Victor L. Garcia |
| 6 | Quick Enough | Patrick A. Valenzuela | Doug F. O'Neill |
| 7 | Excessive Passion | Russell A. Baze | Jeff Bonde |
| 8 | Dance With Gable | Victor Espinoza | Michael Machowsky |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazombie | Mike E. Smith | $24.80 | $8.40 | $4.20 | ||||||
| 7 | Apriority | Rafael Bejarano | $6.00 | $3.60 | |||||||
| 3 | Cost of Freedom | Joseph Talamo | $2.10 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (1-7) | $126.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (1-7-3) | $386.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (1-7-3-4) | $2,044.20 | ||||||||||
If all goes as planned, Amazombie will take the exact same path as last year when he captured the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), using the Triple Bend, Bing Crosby, and Ancient Title as springboards.
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Evan Hammonds recaps the 2012 Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks and several undercard races from the weekend.
After a thrilling stretch duel with champion Amazombie, Mike Lauffer and Bill Cubbedge's Shackleford inched clear in deep stretch to win the $441,600 Churchill Downs Stakes (gr. II) May 5.
Saturday, May 05, 2012
The Kentucky Derby undercard features a top-notch sprint at seven furlongs with millionaires Amazombie, Shackleford, and Smiling Tiger.
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Bill Spawr got Amazombie as part of a two-horse package for $5,000...and turned
 him into last year's Sprint champion
Outta Tune, claimed for $5,000 last summer, became a graded stakes winner when he outlasted Apriority in the $250,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park April 14.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Apriority, looking to establish himself as one of the top sprinters in the nation, heads a field of six for the $250,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park April 14.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Jockey Mike Smith earned the 5,000th victory of his Hall of Fame career when he teamed with 2011 sprint champion Amazombie to capture the $150,000 Potrero Grande Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita Park April 7.
Saturday, April 07, 2012
Amazombie, last year's Eclipse Award winner as the nation's outstanding sprinter, looks to get his 2012 going in the same direction when he meets eight rivals in the $150,000 Potrero Grande Stakes (gr. II) April 7.
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Reigning Horse of the Year Havre de Grace tops the list of horses nominated to the stakes extravaganza that, along with the Arkansas Derby (gr. I), comprise the "Racing Festival of the South" at Oaklawn Park April 11-14.
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
The Factor, making his seasonal debut in the $200,000 San Carlos Stakes (gr. II) Feb. 25, started his 2012 campaign the same way he finished up last year, winning at seven furlongs on Santa Anita's main track.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
The weekend of Feb. 25-26 is loaded with important races, including the Fountain of Youth.
In spite of a small field, a dandy match-up between 2011 national male sprint champion Amazombie and two-time grade I winner The Factor is set for the $200,000 San Carlos Handicap (gr. II) at Santa Anita Feb. 25.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Eclipse Award winner Acclamation was voted California-bred Horse of the Year for 2011 by the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Male sprint champion Amazombie, nearing his first start of the year later this month, turned in his second bullet move in a week at Santa Anita Feb. 10 when he worked six furlongs handily in 1:12 2/5.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Eclipse champions Acclamation and Amazombie, as well as multiple stakes-winning mare Ultra Blend are the finalists for the 2011 California-bred Horse of the Year.
Friday, February 03, 2012
Amazombie, the 2011 Eclipse Award-winning male sprinter, topped the Santa Anita work tab Feb. 3 with a handy six-furlong drill in 1:12 flat as he nears his initial start of the year.
Friday, February 03, 2012
Unbeaten 4-year-old filly Awesome Feather and 2011 Eclipse champion female sprinter Musical Romance are among the most accomplished of 48 Florida breds entered in the $1.3 million Florida Sunshine Millions Jan. 28.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
With overnight rain causing Santa Anita's main track to be sealed, Eclipse Award sprint champion Amazombie was scratched on the morning of Jan. 21 from the Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II).
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Undefeated 4-year-old filly Awesome Feather, champion female sprinter Musical Romance, and popular 4-year-old Mucho Macho Man are among the stars expected to run in one of six Florida Sunshine Millions Stakes Jan. 28.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Amazombie, the Eclipse Award winner as the nation's top sprinter in 2011, was tentatively entered for the $150,000 Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita Jan. 21.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Images from the 41st annual Eclipse Awards.
Winning the Breeders' Cup Sprint had been the flourishing finish to a splendid nine-race championship season for Amazombie that ran from late January to Nov. 5. Now he has been voted male sprint champion.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Trainer Bill Spawr said he's undecided on a start in the Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 21 for Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Amazombie after the 6-year-old gelding worked six furlongs in 1:15 3/5 Jan. 14.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Despite stumbling badly at the break and being rushed up into contention, Donald Dizney's homebred Apriority ran down pacesetter Zero Rate Policy to win the Mr. Prospector Stakes (gr. III) by a nose Dec. 31 at Gulfstream.
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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]
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