SANTA ANITA PARK, Arcadia, CA
| 1 | Willyconker (IRE) | Margin: neck | TrueNicks: A++ | $180,000 |
2007 | Bay Gelding | Pyrus - Arme Fatale (IRE), Trempolino
Sire: Pyrus, Dark Bay or Brown, 1998. Lifetime: 76 yearlings sold, median $10,042.
Broodmare Sire: Trempolino, Chestnut, 1984.
| 2 | Mr. Commons | Margin: 1 | TrueNicks: A+ | $60,000 |
2008 | Bay Horse | Artie Schiller - Joustabout, Apalachee
Sire: Artie Schiller , Bay, 2001. Lifetime: 191 yearlings sold, median $19,000.
Broodmare Sire: Apalachee, Bay, 1971. In 2009: 1.52 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2009 Select Yearling Sale, $70,000.
| 3 | Compari | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: B+ | $36,000 |
2006 | Bay Gelding | Redattore (BRZ) - Southern Charm, Dixieland Band
Sire: Redattore (BRZ), Bay, 1995. Raced 6 years. 32 starts, 15 wins, $1,799,883. Lifetime: 16 yearlings sold, median $2,500.
Broodmare Sire: Dixieland Band, Bay, 1980. In 2009: 2.07 AEI.
Others: Jeranimo, $18,000; Jimmy Simms, $6,000; Massone; Mega Heat; Make Music for Me.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willyconker (IRE) | Joel Rosario | Doug F. O'Neill |
| 2 | Mr. Commons | Mike E. Smith | John A. Shirreffs |
| 3 | Compari | Rafael Bejarano | Martin F. Jones |
| 4 | Jeranimo | Martin Garcia | Michael Pender |
| 5 | Jimmy Simms | Corey S. Nakatani | Steven M. Asmussen |
| 6 | Massone | Alonso Quinonez | Tim Yakteen |
| 7 | Mega Heat | Joseph Talamo | Peter Eurton |
| 8 | Make Music for Me | Chantal Sutherland | Alexis Barba |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Willyconker (IRE) | Joel Rosario | $23.20 | $6.00 | $3.60 | ||||||
| 1 | Mr. Commons | Mike E. Smith | $2.80 | $2.20 | |||||||
| 4 | Compari | Rafael Bejarano | $3.40 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (3-1) | $48.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (3-1-4) | $194.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (3-1-4-5) | $399.00 | ||||||||||
Wise Dan and Point of Entry face off May 4 at Churchill Downs in the $500,000 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (gr. IT), the race immediately preceding the Kentucky Derby (gr. I).
Wednesday, May 01, 2013After winning four of the first five races for juveniles or juvenile fillies at the Keeneland spring meeting, trainer Wesley Ward will sit out the finale Thursday, April 25.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Morton Fink's 2012 Horse of the Year Wise Dan easily won the $300,000 Maker's 46 Mile (gr. IT) by a length over Data Link at Keeneland April 12, successfully making his 2013 debut while recording his sixth straight victory.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Morton Fink's reigning Horse of the Year Wise Dan makes his 2013 debut for trainer Charlie LoPresti in the $300,000 Maker's 46 Mile (gr. IT) at Keeneland April 12, with only four contenders willing to face him.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Pozo de Luna's Argentine-bred Suggestive Boy held off a late-flying Silentio by a nose in a thrilling edition of the $300,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park March 2.
Saturday, March 02, 2013
Argentine-bred Suggestive Boy, an impressive 2 1/2-length winner of the Arcadia Stakes (gr. IIT) over the Santa Anita Park turf one month ago, heads an eight-horse field in the $300,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes (gr. IT).
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Game On Dude took some heat for six furlongs, then sped away in the stretch to take the $196,000 San Antonio Stakes (gr. II) as expected Feb. 3 for his sixth win in seven tries at Santa Anita Park.
Sunday, February 03, 2013
Game On Dude will have at most four rivals when he returns to Santa Anita Park in the $200,000 San Antonio Stakes (gr. II) on Super Bowl Sunday Feb. 3.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Lightly raced Silentio, a stylish winner of his stakes debut to begin the Santa Anita season in December, will be part of a packed starting gate for his first start as a 4-year-old in the $150,000 Arcadia Stakes (gr. IIT).
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Prominent New York horse owner Robert LaPenta has purchased a significant interest in grade I winner Jeranimo from owner B.J. Wright.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Last at the head of the stretch, million-dollar earner Jeranimo overpowered his rivals to win the $150,500 San Gabriel Stakes (gr. IIT) going away on the turf at Santa Anita Park Jan. 13.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Grade I winner Jeranimo launches his 7-year-old campaign Jan. 13 on the turf at Santa Anita Park in the $150,000 San Gabriel Stakes (gr. IIT), a race he won in 2010 and was second in last year.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Game On Dude, looking to rebound from his seventh-place finish as the favorite in the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I), drew the rail for the $250,000 Native Diver Stakes (gr. III) Dec. 1 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Data Link shipped in from New York for trainer Shug McGaughey and carted off the $250,000 Citation Handicap (gr. IIT) at Betfair Hollywood Park with an impressive late turn of foot Nov. 23.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Grade I winner Jeranimo will try to win the Citation Handicap (gr. IIT) a second straight year when he starts in an expected field of eight Nov. 23 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Morton Fink's homebred Wise Dan drew post 2 and was installed as the 9-5 favorite Oct. 29 for the $2 milion Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park Nov. 2, but must run the race of a lifetime to get the job done.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Wise Dan and Animal Kingdom will enter the Nov. 3 Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park off vastly different preparation schedules.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Steve tells the tale of Shanghai Bobby.
Favored Obviously led all the way in winning the $150,000 Arroyo Seco Mile (gr. IIT) in a very fast time over the Santa Anita Park turf course Oct. 6 and seems likely for next month's Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT).
Saturday, October 06, 2012
Irish-bred Obviously, a nose better than Mr. Commons in the Del Mar Mile Handicap, is the likely favorite once again in the Arroyo Seco Mile (gr. IIT) as he goes for his third straight win on the turf Oct. 6 at Santa Anita.
Thursday, October 04, 2012
Even-money pick Obviously set blazing fractions in the $200,000 Del Mar Mile (gr. IIT) and found the wire just in time while breaking the Jimmy Durante turf course record Aug. 26.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Just a little more than two months away from making a return appearance in the Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT), Jeranimo heads a field of six for the $200,000 Del Mar Mile (gr. IIT) Aug. 26.
Friday, August 24, 2012
MAHUBAH'S CORNER
On the final day of June this year, Arazi's 6-year-old grandson Jeranimo showed a flash of magic, coming from last to first to score his first grade I win in the Shoemaker Mile.
Trailing the field into the stretch, outsider Jeranimo angled to the middle of the track and flew home for Garrett Gomez to earn his first grade I win in the $300,000 Shoemaker Mile June 30 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Little Mike will try to make it consecutive grade I victories on turf when he makes his California debut in the $300,000 Shoemaker Mile June 30 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012