SARATOGA, Saratoga Springs, NY
| 1 | Fabulous Strike | Margin: 1 | BRIS: 114 | TrueNicks: B+ | $150,000 |
2003 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | Smart Strike - Fabulous Find, Lost Code
Sire: Smart Strike , Bay, 1992. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 6 wins, $337,376. Lifetime: 425 yearlings sold, median $70,000.
Broodmare Sire: Lost Code, Dark Bay or Brown, 1984. In 2009: 1.46 AEI.
| 2 | Go Go Shoot | Margin: 1¼ | BRIS: 113 | TrueNicks: C | $50,000 |
2005 | Gray or Roan Gelding | Songandaprayer - Sailor Pluto, You and I
Sire: Songandaprayer , Bay, 1998. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 3 wins, $380,480. Lifetime: 421 yearlings sold, median $37,000. In 2009: 1.73 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: You and I, Dark Bay or Brown, 1991.
| 3 | Kodiak Kowboy | Margin: 1¾ | BRIS: 111 | TrueNicks: A++ | $25,000 |
2005 | Bay Colt | Posse - Kokadrie, Coronado's Quest
Sire: Posse , Bay, 2000. Raced 2 years. 18 starts, 7 wins, $662,841. Lifetime: 222 yearlings sold, median $20,000. In 2009: 2.36 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Coronado's Quest, Chestnut, 1995.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company 2006 Select Sale of Yearlings, $70,000.
Keeneland Association 2005 November Breeding Stock Sale, $40,000.
Others: Benny the Bull, $12,500; Eaton's Gift, $7,500; Fatal Bullet, $5,000.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabulous Strike | Ramon A. Dominguez | Todd M. Beattie |
| 2 | Go Go Shoot | John R. Velazquez | Bruce N. Levine |
| 3 | Kodiak Kowboy | Gabriel Saez | J. Larry Jones |
| 4 | Benny the Bull | Edgar S. Prado | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. |
| 5 | Eaton's Gift | Jose Lezcano | Chad C. Brown |
| 6 | Fatal Bullet | Eurico Rosa Da Silva | Reade Baker |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabulous Strike | Ramon A. Dominguez | $4.00 | $3.00 | $2.30 | |||||||
| Go Go Shoot | John R. Velazquez | $8.40 | $3.80 | ||||||||
| Kodiak Kowboy | Gabriel Saez | $3.10 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (6-1) | $40.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (6-1-2) | $99.00 | ||||||||||
Eaton's Gift, a multiple grade II winner, has been purchased for stallion duty to stand in 2012 at Joe and Sharon Kerby's Key Ranch near Salado, Texas.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012Two-time champion sprinter Benny the Bull, who was scheduled to stand in 2012 at Tom Simon's Vinery near Lexington, will stand instead at Vinery Florida near Summerfield, Fla.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Fabulous Strike, winner of the 2007 Vosburgh Stakes (gr. I), has been pensioned at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Center near Georgetown, Ky.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Essence Hit Man set a quick pace and held off Gypsy Ring in deep stretch for an upset score in the $150,000 Kennedy Road (Can-III) Nov. 19 at Woodbine.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Hollywood Hit, Canada's defending champion sprinter, will try for his third stakes win this year as he takes on five rivals in the Kennedy Road Stakes (Can-III) over Woodbine's synthetic surface Saturday, Nov. 19.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011More Than Ready, sire of Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT) winner Regally Ready, will stand in 2012 for $60,000, up from $40,000 in 2010.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Despite being winless in his last four starts and making his North American debut, Bated Breath was made the 3-1 morning-line favorite for the $500,000 Nearctic Stakes (Can-IT) Oct. 16 at Woodbine.
Friday, October 14, 2011Benny the Bull, whose undefeated 2008 season earned him an Eclipse Award as North America's champion sprinter, will stand the 2012 breeding season at Vinery near Lexington, Kentucky.
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Havelock, shipping in from Kentucky for trainer Darrin Miller, closed with a rush along the rail to register an 18-1 upset by a head in the Play the King Stakes (Can-IIT) on the Woodbine turf Aug. 28.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Jungle Wave, who won the 2009 Play the King Stakes (Can-IIT) at Woodbine and finished second in last year's running, returns for another go around in the seven-furlong sprint Sunday, Aug. 28.
Thursday, August 25, 2011Quantum Miss set a new track record for six furlongs at Hollywood Casino at Penn National May 27 while Fabulous Strike finished fifth in another stakes on the program.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Two top-class sprinters, both Pennsylvania breds, will help kick off the 2011 stakes season at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course on Friday night, May 27.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Essence Hit Man launched his 2011 campaign in blistering style, setting a track record of 1:08.16 for six furlongs while taking the US$174,973 Jacques Cartier Stakes by two lengths April 17 at Woodbine.
Sunday, April 17, 2011More than 18 months on the sidelines hasn't dulled the brilliant speed of Tea Party Stable's Fabulous Strike. He made a successful return to competition April 9.
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Walter Downey's Pennsylvania homebred Fabulous Strike was entered in an allowance race April 9 at Penn National Race Course, where he will make his first start since finishing second in the Vosburgh (gr. I) in October 2009.
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Florida training center under Ian Brennan sends out winners in bunches
The first foal by 2008 champion sprinter Benny the Bull is a colt born Jan. 26 at Ben-D South near Ocala, Fla.
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Multiple grade II winner Eaton's Gift has been retired from racing and will stand for $3,000 at Swifty Farms in Indiana it was announced Dec. 17.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Claimed for $14,000 earlier this year, 6-year-old Endless Circle paid big dividends in his graded stakes debut, rallying to take the $100,000 Fall Highweight Handicap (gr. III) by two lengths on Thanksgiving Day at Aqueduct.
Thursday, November 25, 2010More Than Ready, sire of both winners of this year's two Breeders' Cup races for 2-year-olds on the turf, will stand in 2011 for $40,000, up from $30,000 in 2010.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Mesa Sunrise, making his graded stakes debut for trainer Tony Dutrow, is the morning line favorite among nine sprinters entered in the $100,000 Fall Highweight Handicap (gr. III), the Thanksgiving Day main event at Aqueduct.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Stalking Ravalo took advantage of a hot pace to register a head victory over Signature Red at odds of 7-1 in the $150,783 Kennedy Road Stakes (Can-III) Nov. 20 at Woodbine.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Field Commission, back in the winner's circle three weeks ago after returning to Woodbine's Polytrack, is among a tough group of sprinters entered for the $150,000 Kennedy Road Stakes (Can-III) Nov. 20.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Serious Attitude, the lone filly in the field of 12, rallied from off the pace and rolled home at a price to win the $500,000 Nearctic Stakes (Can-IT), a Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" event, at Woodbine Oct. 16.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Winless in seven starts since taking last year's Nearctic Stakes (Can-IT), Field Commission will face a much more difficult task in this year's renewal when he faces 11 rivals in the $500,000 turf event at Woodbine Oct. 16.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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