SARATOGA, Saratoga Springs, NY
| 1 | Telling | Margin: 2 | BRIS: 103 | TrueNicks: A++ | $300,000 |
2004 | Bay Horse | A.P. Indy - Well Chosen, Deputy Minister
Sire: A.P. Indy, Dark Bay or Brown, 1989. Raced 2 years. 11 starts, 8 wins, $2,979,815. Lifetime: 374 yearlings sold, median $360,000.
Broodmare Sire: Deputy Minister, Dark Bay or Brown, 1979.
| 2 | Better Talk Now | Margin: 1 | BRIS: 101 | TrueNicks: A+ | $100,000 |
1999 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | Talkin Man - Bendita, Baldski
Sire: Talkin Man, Dark Bay or Brown, 1992. Raced 2 years. 10 starts, 5 wins, $677,967. Lifetime: 63 yearlings sold, median $7,000. In 2009: 1.85 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Baldski, Dark Bay or Brown, 1974.
Sale History:
Keeneland November, 1999 Sale of Breeding Stock, ($10,500).
| 3 | Brass Hat | Margin: ½ | BRIS: 100 | TrueNicks: A++ | $50,000 |
2001 | Bay Gelding | Prized - Brassy, Dixie Brass
Sire: Prized, Dark Bay or Brown, 1986. Raced 4 years. 17 starts, 9 wins, $2,262,555. Lifetime: 140 yearlings sold, median $10,329. In 2009: 1.40 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Dixie Brass, Dark Bay or Brown, 1989.
Others: Gentleman Chester, $25,000; Grand Couturier (GB), $15,000; Quijano (GER), $2,000; Americain, $2,000; Rising Moon, $2,000; Musketier (GER), $2,000; Lauro (GER), $2,000.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | Javier Castellano | Steve Hobby |
| 2 | Better Talk Now | Ramon A. Dominguez | H. Graham Motion |
| 3 | Brass Hat | Calvin H. Borel | William Bradley |
| 4 | Gentleman Chester | Julien R. Leparoux | Ralph E. Nicks |
| 5 | Grand Couturier (GB) | Alan Garcia | Robert Ribaudo |
| 6 | Quijano (GER) | Andrasch Starke | Peter Schiergen |
| 7 | Americain | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 8 | Rising Moon | Kent J. Desormeaux | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. |
| 9 | Musketier (GER) | Jono C. Jones | Roger L. Attfield |
| 10 | Lauro (GER) | Jorge F. Chavez | Andreas Wohler |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telling | Javier Castellano | $68.00 | $28.00 | $13.40 | |||||||
| Better Talk Now | Ramon A. Dominguez | $11.00 | $6.90 | ||||||||
| Brass Hat | Calvin H. Borel | $7.80 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (7-4) | $645.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (7-4-9) | $9,045.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (7-4-9-2) | $79,644.00 | ||||||||||
History, it is said, repeats itself, and it will do just that in the 138th Preakness Stakes.
Groupie Doll, the champion female sprinter of 2012, is back at trainer Buff Bradley's barn at Churchill Downs after spending about three months at the Bradley family's Indian Ridge Farm in Frankfort, Ky.
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Jockey is full of confidence as he prepares to ride last year's Breeders' Cup Sprint champion in the Dubai Golden Shaheen March 30 at Meydan Racecourse.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Telling, two-time winner of the Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes (gr. IT), has had his first reported foals.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Trainer Steve Hobby earned the 1,000th win of his career March 1 when Ruthless Empire easily won seventh race at Oaklawn Park, a maiden claiming event, as the 4-5 favorite under jockey Rosemary Homeister Jr.
Friday, March 01, 2013Champion stayer Americain, set to stand his first American breeding season at Kentucky's Calumet Farm in 2013, will also mark his first Australian season at Swettenham Stud, it was announced Jan. 10.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Australians Kevin and Colleen Bamford and American David Bernsen have purchased a substantial interest of recent Hollywood Derby (gr. IT) winner Unbridled Command and plan to race in Australia's Cox Plate in October.
Thursday, January 03, 2013
MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Dynaformer's death in April left a unique void in the American stallion market.
Calumet Farm has listed stud fees for three new stallions scheduled to spend the 2013 breeding season at the historic Thoroughbred operation near Lexington.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
The 2010 Melbourne Cup (Aus-I) winner Americain will commence his stud career at Calumet Farm, it was announced Nov. 22.
Thursday, November 22, 2012Americain, winner of the 2010 Emirates Melbourne Cup (Aus-I) and recently retired from racing, will stand the Northern Hemisphere breeding season in Kentucky in 2013.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012Awesome Again, sire of prominent Eclipse Award contender Game On Dude, will undergo a major stud fee increase for the 2013 season at Frank Stronach's Adena Springs Kentucky near Paris.
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
Green Moon upstaged the two most recent winners of the Emirates Melbourne Cup (Aus-I) when he captured this year's edition of "the race that stops a nation" Nov. 6 at Flemington Racecourse.
Tuesday, November 06, 2012A competitive field of 24 is set for the Emirates Melbourne Cup (Aus-I), including the event's two most recent winners, French stayers Americain and Dunaden, who will square off in Australia's greatest race Nov. 6.
Sunday, November 04, 2012
Durable multiple graded stakes winner Musketier has been retired from racing to stand in 2013 at Frank Stronach's Adena Springs Canada near Aurora, Ontario. A fee will be announced later.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012French stayer Dunaden stormed from near the back of the field and won the $2,583,125 Caulfield Cup (Aus-I) Oct. 20 to kept his perfect record in Australia in tact.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Stephanie Nigge, travelling foreman for Trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre, talks about Americain.
Steve and Lenny discuss Frankel's last race, interview Buff Bradley on Groupie Doll and Brass Hat as well as dissect the East vs West rivalry in the Breeders' Cup.
Roger Attfield, inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame this year, will try to add the Sycamore Stakes to his victory ledger when he sends out 10-year-old Musketier in the $100,000 race for 3-year-olds and older.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Millionaires Musketier and Rahystrada, with a combined 10 graded stakes victories between them, head a field of seven turf marathoners entered for the $100,000 Sycamore Stakes (gr. IIIT) Oct. 18 at Keeneland.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Defending victor Wigmore Hall, recent grade II winner Forte Dei Marmi, and Woodbine Oaks heroine Irish Mission top a field of eight for the $500,000 Northern Dancer Turf Stakes Presented by Vtech at Woodbine Sept. 16.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Point of Entry stamped himself as one of America's best turf competitors with a four-length triumph in the $600,000 Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes (gr. IT) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 18.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Sword Dancer Invitational (gr. IT) contender Point of Entry knew how to turn on the racehorse pose - eventually. But first he had to be bribed to come to the front of the stall, and then.
Turbo Compressor goes after the biggest score of his career Aug. 18 when he heads a field of nine in the 38th running of the $600,000 Sword Dancer Invitational (gr. IT) at Saratoga Race Course.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Backers who saw past a winless record in 2012 were rewarded by the 5-year-old Illinois-bred, who shocked in the $150,000 Stars & Stripes Stakes (gr. IIIT) July 14. He rolled to victory for Team Block at odds of 41-1.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
You don't witness it very often, but one of those cheering the loudest for D. Wayne Lukas and Oxbow in the final quarter mile of the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) was one of his opponents in the race. [More]