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SANTA ANITA PARK, Arcadia, CA
| 1 | Mizdirection | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $90,000 |
2008 | Gray or Roan Mare | Mizzen Mast - Deceptive, Clever Trick
Sire: Mizzen Mast , Gray or Roan, 1998. Raced 3 years. 11 starts, 5 wins, $554,146. Lifetime: 268 yearlings sold, median $18,000.
Broodmare Sire: Clever Trick, Dark Bay or Brown, 1976. In 2009: 1.54 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale 2010, $50,000.
Keeneland Association September 2009 Yearling Sale, $85,000.
| 2 | Kindle | Margin: 1¾ | TrueNicks: A+ | $30,000 |
2008 | Bay Mare | Indian Charlie - Carson's Vanity, Carson City
Sire: Indian Charlie, Bay, 1995. Raced 2 years. 5 starts, 4 wins, $616,120. Lifetime: 502 yearlings sold, median $55,000.
Broodmare Sire: Carson City, Chestnut, 1987.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2009 Yearling Sale, $50,000.
| 3 | Givine (FR) | Margin: head | TrueNicks: B | $18,000 |
2007 | Gray or Roan Mare | Blackdoun (FR) - Viguerie (FR), Double Bed (FR)
Sire: Blackdoun (FR), Gray or Roan, 2001. Lifetime: 18 yearlings sold, median $9,996.
Broodmare Sire: Double Bed (FR), Dark Bay or Brown, 1983.
Others: Byrama (GB), $9,000; Broken Dreams, $3,000.
Scratched: Curvy Cat.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mizdirection | Mike E. Smith | Mike Puype |
| 2 | Kindle | Edwin A. Maldonado | Gary Mandella |
| 3 | Givine (FR) | Tyler Baze | Julio C. Canani |
| 4 | Byrama (GB) | Rafael Bejarano | Simon Callaghan |
| 5 | Broken Dreams | Garrett K. Gomez | Thomas F. Proctor |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Mizdirection | Mike E. Smith | $3.80 | $2.40 | $2.10 | ||||||
| 3 | Kindle | Edwin A. Maldonado | $3.00 | $2.60 | |||||||
| 4 | Givine (FR) | Tyler Baze | $4.40 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (6-3) | $4.10 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (6-3-4) | $38.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (6-3-4-2) | $80.90 | ||||||||||
Teamed with Gary Stevens for the first time, stalking Byrama drew off in the stretch to become a grade I winner in the $250,000 Vanity Handicap June 15 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
2 days ago
Less than a month after upsetting odds-on Lady of Fifty in the Marjorie L. Everett Handicap (gr. II), Open Water will attempt to do it again in the Vanity Handicap (gr. I) June 15 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
6 days ago
Stephanie's Kitten took the rail trip to victory in the $500,000 Longines Just a Game Stakes (gr. IT) at Belmont Park June 8, digging in determinedly to best Better Lucky by half a length after a dogfight down the lane.
Saturday, June 08, 2013
Trainer Mike Puype has no doubt 2012 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint victress Mizdirection is best of seven entered in the June 8 Just a Game Stakes at Belmont. But the new surface could be her undoing, especially if it rains.
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Jungle Racing's Mizdirection, winner of four consecutive graded stakes, worked five furlongs on turf in 1:00 1/5 June 2 at Betfair Hollywood Park in preparation for the $500,000 Just a Game Stakes at Belmont Park June 8.
Sunday, June 02, 2013
PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
Flotilla, one of two 2012 Breeders' Cup winners for sire Mizzen Mast, returned to win the 2013 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches-French One Thousand Guineas.
One day after a Preakness Stakes (gr. I) victory by Oxbow, the barn area at the Maryland State Fairgrounds at Timonium was flush with activity on the eve of Fasig-Tipton's Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale May 20-21.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Rumor, victorious in the Las Flores Stakes (gr. III) March 10, has been installed the 5-2 favorite in a field of nine fillies and mares entered in the Humana Distaff Stakes (gr. I) at Churchill Downs May 4.
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Odds-on pick Mizdirection, prepping for bigger things to come, posted her fifth consecutive win on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita Park when she captured the $100,000 Las Cienegas Stakes (gr. IIIT) April 13.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
St. George Farm Racing's Last Full Measure, a winner in her only start at Keeneland, ran her record to two-for-two at the Kentucky racetrack with an upset victory in the $300,000 Madison Stakes (gr. I) April 13.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Mizdirection, undefeated in four prior starts over the hillside turf course at Santa Anita Park, towers over five other older fillies and mares in the $100,000 Las Cienegas Stakes (gr. IIIT) April 13.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The 10-year-old Breeders' Cup Marathon winner will enter the March 23 Tokyo City Cup (gr. III) after a five-month absence for trainer Mike Puype, who has a reputation for getting horses ready off layoff.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
When Mizdirection runs on the turf course at Santa Anita Park, victory seems assured. On Feb. 18 the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner added the $150,000 Buena Vista Stakes to her resume.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Marvelous on the hillside course at Santa Anita Park, Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. I) champion Mizdirection will attempt to stretch out in the one-mile Buena Vista Stakes (gr. IT) Feb. 18.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Broken Dreams, a two-time graded stakes winner whose second dam, One Dreamer, is a Breeders' Cup winner, has been retired from racing to become a broodmare.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
by Ann Peters
The gritty grey filly Mizdirection won last November's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IT), and she put in another remarkably game performance to win 'in her comeback Jan. 6 in the Monrovia H. (gr. IIT).
Jockey Victor Espinoza put favored Teddy's Promise on the outside where she likes to be and the daughter of Salt Lake did the rest, rolling to an easy victory in the $250,000 Santa Monica Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita Park.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
After giving Mizdirection quite a tussle earlier this month on the hillside turf course, the speedster Kindle switches to dirt for the $250,000 Santa Monica Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 26 at Santa Anita Park.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Mizdirection, making her first start since defeating males in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IT), ran down speedy Kindle in the shadow of the wire to register a repeat victory in the $150,000 Monrovia Stakes.
Sunday, January 06, 2013
Mizdirection, one of the stars of the 2012 Breeders' Cup with her come-from-behind win over males in the Turf Sprint (gr. IT), returns to defend her title in the $150,000 Monrovia Stakes (gr. IIT) Jan. 6 at Santa Anita Park.
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Tom and Pete handicap the Daytona Stakes at Santa Anita Park.
The $100,000 Daytona Stakes (gr. IIIT) attracted a dozen entrants to the hillside turf course at Santa Anita Park Dec. 29 including Great Mills, most recently fourth in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IT) on the course.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Relive the races and sights of the Saturday race card.
Powered by victories on Royal Delta in the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I) and Mizdirection in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IT), Hall of Fame rider Mike Smith has won the Bill Shoemaker Award.
Sunday, November 04, 2012
Comments from the connections of Mizdirection, after her win in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.
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Through the remainder of the year, I am going to recount some of my most memorable experiences/moments in racing over the past 40 years. We begin with Rachel Alexandra's victory in the 2009 Woodward Stakes to kick off Saratoga's 150th anniversary. [More]
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