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SANTA ANITA PARK, Arcadia, CA
| 1 | Willa B Awesome | Margin: 3½ | TrueNicks: A | $60,000 |
2009 | Chestnut Filly | Awesome Gambler - Cause I'm Tricky, Nineeleven
Sire: Awesome Gambler, Chestnut, 2004. Lifetime: 8 yearlings sold, median $7,250.
Broodmare Sire: Nineeleven, Bay, 1993. In 2009: .65 AEI.
Sale History:
Barretts Equine Limited January 2011 Mixed Sale, $18,000.
| 2 | Killer Graces | Margin: 3 | TrueNicks: B | $20,000 |
2009 | Chestnut Filly | Congaree - Heatherdoesntbluff, Old Trieste
Sire: Congaree , Chestnut, 1998. Raced 5 years. 25 starts, 12 wins, $3,267,490. Lifetime: 109 yearlings sold, median $19,000.
Broodmare Sire: Old Trieste, Chestnut, 1995. In 2009: 1.76 AEI.
| 3 | Lady of Shamrock | Margin: 1¼ | TrueNicks: D | $12,000 |
2009 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Scat Daddy - Blushing Issue, Blushing John
Sire: Scat Daddy , Dark Bay or Brown, 2004. Lifetime: 96 yearlings sold, median $35,000.
Broodmare Sire: Blushing John, Chestnut, 1985.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale 2011, $11,000.
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2010 Select Yearling Sale, $80,000.
Keeneland Association November 2009 Breeding Stock Sale, ($35,000).
Others: Charm the Maker, $6,000; Batalha, $2,000.
Scratched: Coup de Coeur; Eden's Moon.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willa B Awesome | Martin A. Pedroza | Walther Solis |
| 2 | Killer Graces | Joseph Talamo | Jerry Hollendorfer |
| 3 | Lady of Shamrock | Mike E. Smith | John W. Sadler |
| 4 | Charm the Maker | Rafael Bejarano | Ronald L. McAnally |
| 5 | Batalha | Chantal Sutherland | A. C. Avila |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Willa B Awesome | Martin A. Pedroza | $24.20 | $7.60 | $3.80 | ||||||
| 6 | Killer Graces | Joseph Talamo | $5.40 | $3.40 | |||||||
| 5 | Lady of Shamrock | Mike E. Smith | $3.80 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-6) | $97.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-6-5) | $371.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (4-6-5-7) | $466.00 | ||||||||||
Sister Moon, a runaway winner in two of her three lifetime starts, steps into graded stakes company for the first time in the $100,000 Railbird (gr. III) on the Preakness day program at Betfair Hollywood Park May 19.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Believe You Can predict the winner of this year's Kentucky Oaks?
A visual look at the Kentucky Oaks field in post position order.
While the striking bay Grace Hall has the favored 5-2 morning line status in the May 4 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), there are plenty of other fillies in the full field of 14 that deserve much more than a passing glance.
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Grade I winner Willa B Awesome, sent off as a heavy favorite in the $288,000 Melair Stakes, was all out to win by a nose over a determined Starry Skies at Befair Hollywood Park April 28.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Helen Groves' And Why Not fired a :46 4/5 bullet in a half-mile drill at Churchill Downs April 28. The daughter of Street Cry was one of five fillies that worked under the Twin Spires for the May 4 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I).
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Willa B Awesome, upset winner of the Santa Anita Oaks (gr. I) last month, headlines the 2012 California Gold Rush at Betfair Hollywood Park April 28.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
The Bob Baffert-trained Eden's Moon worked five furlongs in 1:00 flat over a fast track at Santa Anita Park April 22 in preparation for the May 4 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I).
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Willa B Awesome will not advance to the May 4 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) in spite of winning the Santa Anita Oaks (gr. I). The California-bred filly will instead be pointed to the Melair Stakes at Hollywood Park April 28.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
This year's Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) picture is shaping up nicely, with a talented cast of fillies poised to contend on the first Friday in May at Churchill Downs.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Odds-on favorite Lady of Shamrock burst through an opening in deep stretch to win the $150,000 Providencia Stakes (gr. IIIT) going away April 7 on the turf at Santa Anita Park, earning her first graded stakes victory.
Saturday, April 07, 2012
Killer Graces and Charm the Maker, the first two finishers in last December's Hollywood Starlet (gr. I), will both be making their turf debuts in the $150,000 Providencia Stakes (gr. IIIT) April 7 at Santa Anita Park.
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Overlooked Willa B Awesome caught Reneesgotzip at the wire to post a 13-1 upset in the $300,000 Santa Anita Oaks(gr. I) March 31 as odds-on choice Eden's Moon disappointed.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Reneesgotzip couldn't keep up with Eden's Moon in the recent Las Virgenes Stakes (gr. I) but the speedy filly will get another chance when they meet again in the $300,000 Santa Anita Oaks (gr. I) March 31.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012Eden's Moon thrust herself into Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks consideration with a scintillating 11 1/2-length maiden win on January 8.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Eden's Moon took a major step toward the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) when she drew away from 6-5 favorite Reneesgotzip in the homestretch to take the $250,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (gr. I) in her stakes debut March 3 at Santa Anita.
Saturday, March 03, 2012
Off her sizzling win in the Santa Ynez Stakes (gr. II), lightly raced Reneesgotzip figures to be a heavy favorite in the $250,000 Las Virgenes (gr. I) at Santa Anita March 3.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
When Willa B Awesome was a foal, breeder/co-owner Terry Lovingier would often stroll from his house to the filly's pasture with a glass of wine to observe her.
Florida Sunshine Millions, Home Sweet Aspen, Algorithms, and more.
Willa B Awesome hit the front early and was never headed as she snuck away to an 11-1 upset in the $100,000 Santa Ysabel Stakes (gr. III) at Santa Anita Jan. 28.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Killer Graces, winner of the Hollywood Starlet (gr. I) last month, renews her rivalry with Charm the Maker as the 123-pound high weight in the $100,000 Santa Ysabel Stakes (gr. III) at Santa Anita Dec. 28.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Killer Graces, the most experienced filly in the field, grabbed the lead near mid-stretch and held off Charm the Maker for her first graded stakes win in the $402,000 Hollywood Starlet (gr. I) Dec. 10 at Hollywood Park.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Jason, Ian, and Ed DeRosa from Twinspires.com preview the Hollywood Starlet (gr. I).
Looking to add a third grade I victory to cap her stellar first-year campaign, Weemissfrankie drew the rail for the $402,000 Hollywood Starlet (gr. I) against five rivals Dec. 10 at Hollywood Park.
Wednesday, December 07, 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.
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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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