SARATOGA, Saratoga Springs, NY
| 1 | Shared Account | Margin: 1 | BRIS: 96 | TrueNicks: C | $90,000 |
2006 | Bay Mare | Pleasantly Perfect - Silk n' Sapphire, Smart Strike
Sire: Pleasantly Perfect , Bay, 1998. Raced 4 years. 18 starts, 9 wins, $7,789,880. Lifetime: 114 yearlings sold, median $25,000.
Broodmare Sire: Smart Strike , Bay, 1992.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2007 Yearling Sale, $170,000.
| 2 | Keertana | Margin: 1 | BRIS: 95 | TrueNicks: A+ | $30,000 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Johar - Motokiks, Storm Cat
Sire: Johar , Bay, 1999. Raced 2 years. 16 starts, 6 wins, $1,494,496. Lifetime: 121 yearlings sold, median $15,000.
Broodmare Sire: Storm Cat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1983.
| 3 | Katara | Margin: 2 | BRIS: 94 | TrueNicks: D | $15,000 |
2006 | Chestnut Mare | Pulpit - Nabla, Theatrical (IRE)
Sire: Pulpit , Bay, 1994. Raced 1 years. 6 starts, 4 wins, $728,200. Lifetime: 341 yearlings sold, median $150,000.
Broodmare Sire: Theatrical (IRE), Dark Bay or Brown, 1982. In 2009: 2.42 AEI.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2010 Mixed Sale, $50,000.
Others: Miss Keller (IRE), $7,500; My Magic Moment, $4,500; Consequence, $1,500; Kiddari, $1,500.
Scratched: Casanova Move; Mary's Follies.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shared Account | Edgar S. Prado | H. Graham Motion |
| 2 | Keertana | Jose Lezcano | Thomas F. Proctor |
| 3 | Katara | Alan Garcia | Michael R. Matz |
| 4 | Miss Keller (IRE) | Kent J. Desormeaux | Roger L. Attfield |
| 5 | My Magic Moment | Rajiv Maragh | Thomas Albertrani |
| 6 | Consequence | John R. Velazquez | Claude R. McGaughey III |
| 7 | Kiddari | Shaun Bridgmohan | William I. Mott |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shared Account | Edgar S. Prado | $6.90 | $3.80 | $2.60 | |||||||
| Keertana | Jose Lezcano | $4.10 | $2.60 | ||||||||
| Katara | Alan Garcia | $4.00 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-5) | $26.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-5-2) | $130.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (4-5-2-1) | $424.00 | ||||||||||
Odds-on favorite Zagora, off for nearly five months, was razor sharp in her return Feb. 4 at Tampa Bay Downs, taking over at the top of the stretch en route to winning the $150,000 Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT).
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Keertana, a winner in four of her five starts last year including three in graded ranks, returns from an extended layoff as one of the main contenders in the $150,000 Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT) Feb. 4 at Tampa Bay Downs.
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Shared Account, winner of last year's Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), is booked to leading second-crop sire Bernardini.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
All indices rose on the first day of the Tattersalls December Mare Sale led by Miss Keller, who brought 625,000 guineas from Waratah Thoroughbreds' Paul Fudge.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Shared Account, winner of last year's Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) and seventh in this year's running in what proved to be her final start, has been retired from racing.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
MAHUBAH'S CORNER
The story of Rapid Redux -- winner of 19 straight from December 2010 through October 2011 -- points out the importance of consistent placement at a level at which he can compete.
Martin Schwartz' Stacelita, a two-time grade I winner this year, was made the 2-1 favorite for the Nov. 4 Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT). The 1 3/8-mile race is worth $2 million.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Live Oak Plantation's Dynaslew is an outsider in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), but is a front-running danger while rounding into best form after a rough start to the year.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Keeneland, Calder, and Woodbine highlight this week in photos.
Out of the money in five starts this year, Miss Keller woke up in a huge way at Woodbine Oct. 16, taking the $991,288 E.P. Taylor Stakes (Can-IT) in heart-pounding style as part of a three-horse blanket finish.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
An internationally-loaded field of 11 was drawn for the 1 1/4-mile E.P Taylor (Can-IT), which is the second of three grade I races on Woodbine's Sunday card.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Reduced stud fees lead to better percentages during '11 yearling sale season.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Shared Account, last year's winner of the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), figures to draw a good deal of interest in the Canadian Stakes (Can-IIT) at Woodbine Sept 18.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Catherine Parke of Valkyre Stud wasn't thinking about an exotic vacation or buying a new car after selling a Bernardini filly for $1.2 million during the third session of the Keeneland September yearling auction.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Benjamin Leon Jr.'s Besilu Stable went to $1.2 million to acquire a Bernardini filly (Hip No. 307, consigned by Valkyre Stud) produced from the Smart Strike mare Silk n' Sapphire at Keeneland's September yearling sale.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
As good as she has been during her current five-race winning streak, Romacaca will need to step it up a bit to keep her string alive in the $200,000 Ballston Spa Stakes (gr. IIT) on the Saratoga turf Aug. 27.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Facing Winter Memories would seem an unenviable task for anyone right now, which is why the NYRA stakes coordinators should be commended for actually finding six 3-year-old fillies to face her in the Lake Placid.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Never Retreat, beaten as the favorite when second to Bay to Bay in last month's Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT), turned the tables on her rival at Woodbine in the $313,395 Dance Smartly Stakes (Can-IIT) July 10.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Bay to Bay, convincing winner of the Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT) on a yielding Woodbine turf course last month, returns to head a field of 10 older fillies and mares in the $300,000 Dance Smartly Stakes (Can-IIT) July 10.
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Barbara Hunter's homebred Snow Top Mountain, first or second in 10 of 12 starts thus far, will seek her first stakes victory in the $100,000 Early Times Mint Julep Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill Downs June 11.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Never Retreat, upset winner of the Jenny Wiley Stakes (gr. IIT) at Keeneland in April, faces a triple threat from the Roger Attfield barn in the $300,000 Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT) on the Woodbine turf course June 4.
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
A 35-slide review of the many races from the holiday weekend!
In a thrilling photo finish in which three horses were separated by the narrowest of margins, it was the 5-year-old mare Keertana who prevailed over her male rivals in the $111,200 Louisville Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Tom, Evan and Tim Holland briefly recap the Preakness Stakes, examine the Louisville Handicap and give a shout out to a special horse.
Musketier, fresh off his repeat victory in the Elkhorn Stakes (gr. IIT) at Keeneland, heads a field of 10 in the $100,000 Louisville Handicap (gr. IIIT) May 28 at Churchill Downs.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
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