SANTA ANITA PARK, Arcadia, CA
| 1 | Tiz a Minister | Margin: 1¼ | TrueNicks: A++ | $165,000 |
2010 | Dark Bay or Brown Colt | Ministers Wild Cat - Tiz a Mistress, Cee's Tizzy
Sire: Ministers Wild Cat , Bay, 2000. Lifetime: 25 yearlings sold, median $6,500.
Broodmare Sire: Cee's Tizzy, Gray or Roan, 1987.
Sale History:
Barretts Equine Limited 2011 California Cup Yearling Sale, $6,500.
Barretts Equine Limited January 2011 Mixed Sale, ($2,700).
| 2 | Omega Star | Margin: 2½ | TrueNicks: B+ | $57,000 |
2010 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | Candy Ride (ARG) - Pride of Pegasus, Fusaichi Pegasus
Sire: Candy Ride (ARG) , Bay, 1999. Raced 2 years. 6 starts, 6 wins, $749,149. Lifetime: 260 yearlings sold, median $36,071.
Broodmare Sire: Fusaichi Pegasus , Bay, 1997.
| 3 | Surfcup | Margin: 5¼ | TrueNicks: C+ | $33,000 |
2010 | Bay Colt | Unusual Heat - Omi Princess, Runaway Groom
Sire: Unusual Heat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1990. Raced 4 years. 16 starts, 6 wins, $142,605. Lifetime: 74 yearlings sold, median $23,000.
Broodmare Sire: Runaway Groom, Gray, 1979.
Others: Alydidit, $18,000; Fighting Hussar, $9,000; China Prince, $6,000; Major Truth, $6,000; Weewinnin, $6,000; O Wild West Wind, $250; Lovmeister, $250.
Scratched: Monument.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiz a Minister | Garrett K. Gomez | Paul G. Aguirre |
| 2 | Omega Star | Julien R. Leparoux | John A. Shirreffs |
| 3 | Surfcup | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert |
| 4 | Alydidit | Orlando Mojica | Walther Solis |
| 5 | Fighting Hussar | Rafael Bejarano | Hector O. Palma |
| 6 | China Prince | Joseph Talamo | Craig Dollase |
| 7 | Major Truth | Alonso Quinonez | Ed Moger, Jr. |
| 8 | Weewinnin | Jose Valdivia, Jr. | Brian J. Koriner |
| 9 | O Wild West Wind | Edwin A. Maldonado | Ronald L. McAnally |
| 10 | Lovmeister | Martin A. Pedroza | Walther Solis |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Tiz a Minister | Garrett K. Gomez | $21.40 | $6.20 | $4.60 | ||||||
| 1 | Omega Star | Julien R. Leparoux | $2.60 | $2.20 | |||||||
| 10 | Surfcup | Martin Garcia | $4.80 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (9-1) | $65.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (9-1-10) | $461.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (9-1-10-2) | $7,024.40 | ||||||||||
Todd Pletcher will not enter Coolmore Lexington Stakes (gr. III) winner Winning Cause in the Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) May 4 at Churchill Downs.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Trainer Bob Baffert sent out Kentucky Oaks hopeful Midnight Lucky and potential Kentucky Derby starter Code West together April 28 at Churchill Downs. He expects to make a call April 29 on his Derby starters.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
The winner is a homebred for Don Dizney, who also bred and raced the winner's dam and granddam.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
On the bubble for a possible start in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), Tiz a Minister has been entered in the $300,000 Snow Chief Stakes, the featured event for California-breds April 27 at Hollywood Park.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Flashback and Hear the Ghost, the two favorites for this year's $750,000 Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) April 6, drew the inside post positions in a field of nine 3-year-olds.
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Withers Stakes (gr. III) winner Revolutionary heads a group of 13 sophomores considered probable for the 100th running of the Louisiana Derby (gr. II) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots March 30.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Hear the Ghost blew past weakening favorites Flashback and Goldencents in deep stretch to post a half-length upset in the $300,000 San Felipe Stakes (gr. II) March 9 at Santa Anita Park.
Saturday, March 09, 2013
Who, at this time, had heard of or paid any attention to Animal Kingdom, Big Brown, Mine That Bird, Funny Cide, War Emblem, Grindstone or Giacomo?
Flashback and Goldencents, acknowledged by most as the leading 3-year-old males in Southern California, meet for the first time in the $300,000 San Felipe Stakes (gr. II) March 9 at Santa Anita Park.
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Jockey Garrett Gomez won both divisions of the $300,000 California Breeders Champion Stakes for 3-year-olds in remarkably similar fashion Jan. 26 at Santa Anita Park, bringing both Qiaona and Tiz a Minister from far back.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Weewinnin, who blew out the Betfair Hollywood Park toteboard at 60-1 to take the King Glorious Stakes Dec. 16, will try two turns for the first time in the $300,000 California Breeders Champion Stakes Jan. 26 at Santa Anita.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Weewinnin registered a 60-1 shocker in the inaugural running of the $200,000 King Glorious Stakes on closing day of the 2012 autumn meet at Betfair Hollywood Park Dec. 16.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Eleven 2-year-olds are set for the inaugural running of the $200,000 King Glorious Stakes Dec. 16, the featured event on the final day of the 2012 Betfair Hollywood Park autumn meet.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Jockey Tyler Baze, sidelined since August 2011 due to substance abuse problems, earned his first stakes victory since returning to action a week ago, guiding Lucky Primo in the California Cup Classic Oct. 13 at Santa Anita.
Saturday, October 13, 2012