SANTA ANITA PARK, Arcadia, CA
| 1 | Teddy's Promise | Margin: 2¼ | TrueNicks: A++ | $180,000 |
2008 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Salt Lake - Braids and Beads, Capote
Sire: Salt Lake, Bay, 1989. Raced 2 years. 21 starts, 7 wins, $536,218. Lifetime: 533 yearlings sold, median $30,000.
Broodmare Sire: Capote, Dark Bay or Brown, 1984.
| 2 | Sugarinthemorning | Margin: 1¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $60,000 |
2008 | Bay Filly | Candy Ride (ARG) - Social Belle, In Excess (IRE)
Sire: Candy Ride (ARG) , Bay, 1999. Raced 2 years. 6 starts, 6 wins, $749,149. Lifetime: 200 yearlings sold, median $31,500.
Broodmare Sire: In Excess (IRE), Dark Bay or Brown, 1987.
| 3 | Great Hot (BRZ) | Margin: head | TrueNicks: A++ | $36,000 |
2008 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Orientate - That's Hot, Seeking the Gold
Sire: Orientate , Dark Bay or Brown, 1998. Raced 3 years. 19 starts, 10 wins, $1,716,950. Lifetime: 401 yearlings sold, median $25,000.
Broodmare Sire: Seeking the Gold, Bay, 1985.
Others: Home Sweet Aspen, $18,000; Include Me Out, $6,000; Turbulent Descent; California Nectar; May Day Rose; Sarah's Secret.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teddy's Promise | Victor Espinoza | Ronald W. Ellis |
| 2 | Sugarinthemorning | Garrett K. Gomez | Ronald L. McAnally |
| 3 | Great Hot (BRZ) | Chantal Sutherland | A. C. Avila |
| 4 | Home Sweet Aspen | Joel Rosario | John W. Sadler |
| 5 | Include Me Out | Joseph Talamo | Ronald W. Ellis |
| 6 | Turbulent Descent | David Romero Flores | Mike Puype |
| 7 | California Nectar | Hector Isaac Berrios | Doug F. O'Neill |
| 8 | May Day Rose | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert |
| 9 | Sarah's Secret | Rafael Bejarano | Kathy Walsh |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Teddy's Promise | Victor Espinoza | $35.00 | $14.20 | $21.20 | ||||||
| 6 | Sugarinthemorning | Garrett K. Gomez | $14.40 | $25.80 | |||||||
| 7 | Great Hot (BRZ) | Chantal Sutherland | $11.40 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (9-6) | $418.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (9-6-7) | $3,198.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (9-6-7-1) | $16,170.00 | ||||||||||
Favored Include Me Out nailed down her third consecutive graded victory this year after overcoming pacesetter Ellafitz narrowly in the $150,000 Marjorie L. Everett Handicap (gr. II) at Betfair Hollywood Park May 19.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Grade I winners Zazu and Include Me Out will battle in the $150,000 Marjorie L. Everett Handicap (gr. II) at Betfair Hollywood Park May 19 in a race that also attracted multiple grade II winner Ellafitz.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Musical Romance, the 2011 champion female sprinter, tops the field of 10 fillies and mares set to contest the $300,000 Vinery Madison Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland on April 12.
Monday, April 09, 2012
Include Me Out blew past odds-on choice Ellafitz on the turn for home and became a grade I winner with an easy victory in the $300,000 Santa Margarita Stakes March 17 on a sloppy track at rainy Santa Anita.
Saturday, March 17, 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
Home Sweet Aspen looms a solid favorite in the $100,000 Las Flores Stakes (gr. III) at Santa Anita March 8 when the recent grade I winner takes on five opponents.
Thursday, March 08, 2012
There was no staying with Ellafitz in last month's Pasaena Handicap and trainer Bob Baffert's 5-year-old mare could get the same kind of trip in the $200,000 Santa Maria Stakes (gr. II) Feb. 18 at Santa Maria.
Thursday, February 16, 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
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
Florida Sunshine Millions, Home Sweet Aspen, Algorithms, and more.
Little-known Home Sweet Aspen, a California homebred racing for Craig Stables, refused to give in when headed past mid-stretch and got up in the final couple of strides to win the $300,000 Santa Monica Stakes (gr. I).
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Teddy's Promise, upset winner of the La Brea Stakes (gr. I) last month, puts her three-race victory streak on the line in the $300,000 Santa Monica Stakes (gr. I) at Santa Anita Jan. 28.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Making her first start around two turns, Include Me Out registered a convincing 4 1/4-length victory in the $150,000 La Canada Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita Jan. 22.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Versatile filly Great Hot, winner of Keeneland's Raven Run Stakes (gr. II) last fall, will stretch out once again in the $150,000 La Canada Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita Jan. 22.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
As bigger names garnered the publicity, Musical Romance completed her rags-to-riches story when she was named champion female sprinter for 2011.
Monday, January 16, 2012
She had never won a stakes race, but you could never have guessed it watching Teddy's Promise pull away from the field to easily capture the $300,000 La Brea (gr. I) at Santa Anita Dec. 31.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Jason, Tom and James from Brisnet.com handicap the La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita this week.
Aiming for her fourth grade I victory, Turbulent Descent will start as the heavy favorite against eight opponents in the $300,000 La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita Dec. 31.
Wednesday, December 28, 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, 2011Buckleupbuttercup got up in the final strides to win the $167,400 Chilukki Stakes (gr. II) by a head over May Day Rose to complete the Breeders' Cup World Championships day card Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs.
Saturday, November 05, 2011
Pinnacle Racing Stable and trainer Bill Kaplan's longshot Musical Romance (by Concorde's Tune) pulled away on the inside in the stretch to take the $1 million Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I).
Friday, November 04, 2011
California-based Turbulent Descent will go off the likely favorite in the Nov. 4 Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I), but the Golden State will also be providing a major threat to that one in Switch.
Thursday, November 03, 2011
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
Freedom Star, seeking her first win since taking the Iowa Distaff in June, is the 3-1 morning line favorite in the $150,000 Chilukki Stakes (gr. II) at Churchill Downs, the race that wraps up the final day of Breeders' Cup a
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Lenny Shulman presents the news of the day, including Europeans on the track, led by Goldikova. Plus, Stacelita, Turbulent Descent, Union Rags, and State of Play. Sponsored by Taylor Made Stallions.
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]