SARATOGA, Saratoga Springs, NY
| 1 | Icon Project | Margin: 13½ | BRIS: 103 | TrueNicks: A++ | $240,000 |
2005 | Bay Filly | Empire Maker - La Gueriere, Lord At War (ARG)
Sire: Empire Maker, Dark Bay or Brown, 2000. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 4 wins, $1,985,800. Lifetime: 175 yearlings sold, median $150,000. In 2009: 2.45 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Lord At War (ARG), Chestnut, 1980. In 2009: 2.59 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association 2006 September Yearling Sale, $775,000.
| 2 | Swift Temper | Margin: 5½ | BRIS: 89 | TrueNicks: A+ | $80,000 |
2004 | Chestnut Mare | Giant's Causeway - Glasgow's Gold, Seeking the Gold
Sire: Giant's Causeway , Chestnut, 1997. Raced 2 years. 13 starts, 9 wins, $3,078,989. Lifetime: 731 yearlings sold, median $140,000.
Broodmare Sire: Seeking the Gold, Bay, 1985.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2009 Breeding Stock Sale, ($2,050,000).
Keeneland 2005 September Yearling Sale, $285,000.
| 3 | Morena (PER) | Margin: ½ | BRIS: 83 | TrueNicks: A++ | $40,000 |
2004 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Privately Held - Charytin (PER), Summing
Sire: Privately Held, Bay, 1994.
Broodmare Sire: Summing, Bay, 1978. In 2009: 1.06 AEI.
Others: Miss Isella, $20,000; Weathered, $12,000; With Flying Colors, $2,667; Sea Chanter, $2,667; Unbridled Belle, $2,666.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icon Project | Julien R. Leparoux | Martin D. Wolfson |
| 2 | Swift Temper | Alan Garcia | Dale L. Romans |
| 3 | Morena (PER) | Jose Lezcano | Michael R. Matz |
| 4 | Miss Isella | Calvin H. Borel | Ian R. Wilkes |
| 5 | Weathered | Michael J. Luzzi | Karl M. Grusmark |
| 6 | With Flying Colors | Edgar S. Prado | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 7 | Sea Chanter | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 8 | Unbridled Belle | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icon Project | Julien R. Leparoux | $5.60 | $3.30 | $3.10 | |||||||
| Swift Temper | Alan Garcia | $4.80 | $4.20 | ||||||||
| Morena (PER) | Jose Lezcano | $10.00 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (6-7) | $25.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (6-7-3) | $242.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (6-7-3-4) | $809.00 | ||||||||||
While racing erratically through the lane, front-running Ask the Moon captured the Personal Ensign Invitational Stakes Sept. 3 for her second grade I stakes win in a row at Saratoga this summer.
Saturday, September 03, 2011
The $300,000 Personal Ensign Invitational Stakes (gr. I), scheduled for Aug. 28 but postponed when Saratoga canceled racing because of Hurricane Irene, will have the same field when it's run Sept. 3.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Rick Porter said Havre de Grace would run in the Personal Ensign if purse is doubled.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Awesome Maria remained perfect in four starts in 2011 and notched her first grade I win when she kicked away in the stretch to post an easy victory in the $250,000 Ogden Phipps Handicap June 18 at Belmont Park.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Photographer Anne Eberhardt stopped by Taylor Made Farm in Central Kentucky to visit with Peppers Pride. See how this beauty is doing now!
Persistently lived up to her name when she wore down reigning Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra in the $300,000 Personal Ensign Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Aug. 29.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
In her final workout in preparation for the Personal Ensign Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga, Rachel Alexandra breezed four furlongs Aug. 23 on the Oklahoma Training Track in :48.89.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Life At Ten, who will take a six-race winning streak into the Personal Ensign Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 29 at Saratoga against Rachel Alexandra, worked five furlongs over the track for trainer Todd Pletcher Aug. 22.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Rachel Alexandra's trainer Steve Asmussen said that he and co-owner Jess Jackson would soon sit down to discuss what's next for the reigning Horse of the Year after her facile victory in the Lady's Secret Stakes July 24.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Team Valor International's Miss Singhsix closed from last place to post a hard fought victory in the $150,000 Obeah Stakes (gr. III) at Delaware Park June 12.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Taptam, runner-up to Zenyatta last out, and Peruvian-bred Morena, who finished third behind runner-up Rachel Alexandra recently and second in this race a year ago, are among a field of 10 entered for the Obeah Stakes.
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Unrivaled Belle outduels 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra down the stretch to win the April 30 La Troienne by a head.
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Starting for the first time in Louisville since her record-setting Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) a year ago, Rachel Alexandra headlines a field of six in the $400,000 La Troienne Stakes (gr. III).
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
As Laurel Park digs out from a pair of massive snow storms, the Maryland Jockey Club will run four stakes races Presidents Day, including the General George and Barbara Fritchie Handicaps (both gr. II).
Friday, February 12, 2010
Voting for the 2009 older female category has been revised to reverse an error made by a voter who mistakenly voted for Icon Project instead of Zenyatta.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Gross and average rise, but results for overall sale remain down.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Frank Stronach, owner of Adena Springs and chairman of Magna Entertainment, paid $1.085 million for Miss Isella, a grade II-winning daughter of Silver Charm and a half-sister to grade II winner Sir Cherokee.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Glasgow's Gold, the dam of grade I-winning millionaire Swift Temper, equaled the $300,000 high price so far at the Jan. 11 session of the Keeneland horses of all ages sale.
Monday, January 11, 2010Sweet Repent rallied past Jessica Is Back in the stretch to win the Elmer Heubeck Distaff on Florida Million day Nov. 14, and the two face off again in the $100,000 Stage Door Betty Handicap (gr. III) Dec. 26 at Calder.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
John and Glen Sikura's Serenading drew away from Morena in midstretch to win the the $160,950 Falls City Handicap (gr. II) by three lengths on Thanksgiving Day at Churchill Downs.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Mark Stanley's grade I-winning millionaire Swift Temper, the 5-2 second choice in the morning line for the Nov. 26 Falls City Handicap (gr. II) at Churchill Downs, has been scratched from the race because of an injury and has been retired.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Grade I stakes winners Unbridled Belle and Swift Temper will carry top weight of 122 pounds apiece when they take on four rival fillies and mares in the Thanksgiving Day $150,000 Falls City Handicap (gr. II) at Churchill Downs Nov. 26.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Multiple graded stakes winner Unbridled Belle will race once more and then be retired. She will be bred to top young sire Medaglia d'Oro.
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Unbridled Belle, as expected, made her final start in New York a winning one, drawing off to an easy four-length victory as the prohibitive choice in the $109,000 Turnback the Alarm Handicap (gr. III) at Aqueduct Oct. 31.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Millionaire mare Unbridled Belle, who has competed in some of New York's premier stakes races over the past four seasons, makes her final start in the Big Apple as the heavy favorite in the $100,000 Turnback the Alarm Handicap (gr. III) at Aqueduct Oct. 31.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
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