SARATOGA, Saratoga Springs, NY
| 1 | Fancy Point | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: A++ | $42,000 |
2008 | Chestnut Filly | Point Given - Fancy Clancy, Rahy
Sire: Point Given , Chestnut, 1998. Raced 2 years. 13 starts, 9 wins, $3,968,500. Lifetime: 211 yearlings sold, median $25,000.
Broodmare Sire: Rahy, Chestnut, 1985.
| 2 | Kathmanblu | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: D | $14,000 |
2008 | Bay Filly | Bluegrass Cat - Abba Gold, Devil's Bag
Sire: Bluegrass Cat , Bay, 2003. Lifetime: 144 yearlings sold, median $32,000.
Broodmare Sire: Devil's Bag, Bay, 1981. In 2009: 1.81 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2009 Yearling Sale, ($57,000).
| 3 | Pleine Forme | Margin: ¾ | TrueNicks: A+ | $7,000 |
2008 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Grand Slam - Why Worry (FR), Cadeaux Genereux (GB)
Sire: Grand Slam , Dark Bay or Brown, 1995. Raced 2 years. 15 starts, 4 wins, $971,292. Lifetime: 719 yearlings sold, median $70,000.
Broodmare Sire: Cadeaux Genereux (GB), Chestnut, 1985.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2009 Yearling Sale, ($55,000).
Others: Lauren Byrd, $3,500; Believe in A. P., $2,100; Maria's Luck, $467; Arch Support, $467; Avanta, $466.
Scratched: Dos Lunas; Sky Hosoya; Let's Get Fiscal.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fancy Point | Javier Castellano | William Phipps |
| 2 | Kathmanblu | Kent J. Desormeaux | Kenneth G. McPeek |
| 3 | Pleine Forme | Ramon A. Dominguez | H. Graham Motion |
| 4 | Lauren Byrd | David Cohen | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 5 | Believe in A. P. | Julien R. Leparoux | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. |
| 6 | Maria's Luck | Edgar S. Prado | William J. Cesare |
| 7 | Arch Support | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Gary C. Contessa |
| 8 | Avanta | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
Jason, Evan, and Tim Holland of TwinSpires.com handicap the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. at Keeneland this week.
Behind a wall of horses with nowhere to go, Winter Memories somehow found a way out, passing the entire field inside the sixteenth pole to win the Garden City Stakes (gr. IT) in unbelievable fashion Sept. 17 at Belmont Park.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Winter Memories, beaten for the first time this season last out as the heavy favorite, shoots for her first grade I win in the $250,000 Garden City Stakes Sept. 17 at Belmont Park.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Fast-closing Hungry Island ran her winning streak to four races when she blew past her rivals in the final furlong to take the $150,000 Woodford Reserve Lake Placid Stakes (gr. IIT) going away by 2 1/2 lengths at Saratoga.
Sunday, August 21, 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
Bizzy Caroline, making her stakes debut, kicked clear late to register a 2 1/4-length win in the $138,125 Regret Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the Churchill Downs turf course June 18, earning her third consecutive win.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Glen Hill Farm's Banned, a smashing winner of the American Turf (gr. IIT) in his most recent start, returns to Churchill Downs as the heavy favorite for the $100,000 Jefferson Cup (gr. IIIT) on June 18.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Phillips Racing Partnership's homebred Winter Memories, a multiple grade III winner on turf, is the 123-pound high weight for the $150,000 Sands Point (gr. II) on the Memorial Day card at Belmont Park.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Strictly from a handicapping standpoint, I will give you my three top picks for the Kentucky Oaks and tell you why.
Fox Hills Farms' Joyful Victory, runaway winner of Oaklawn Park's Honeybee (gr. III) and Fantasy (gr. II) in her past two starts, tops a stellar cast of 13 3-year-old fillies entered in the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I).
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Who will win this year's Kentucky Oaks? Will it be a Joyful Victory? Is it time for a Summer Soiree? Are you expecting a Street Storm? Or will the results be Plum Pretty?
R Heat Lightning, the likely favorite in the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) for trainer Todd Pletcher, put in her final drill prior to the race April 30, working a half-mile in :48 1/5 at Churchill Downs.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Dr. William Dobozi is bound for the Kentucky Oaks with a filly from the only broodmare he owns.
R Heat Lightning, the likely Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) favorite, and Kathmanblu braved a steady rain and sloppy track conditions at Churchill Downs to put in timed workouts just after the track maintenance break April 23.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
With the addition of Suave Voir Faire and Royal Delta to the list of prospective starters in the 137 running of the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), there are 16 fillies listed as "likely" or "possible."
Friday, April 22, 2011
Winter Memories, who has been off since finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IIT), made a smashing season debut April 21, running down Dos Lunas late to win the Appalachian Stakes (gr. IIIT).
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Read about the name meanings of some of this year's Kentucky Oaks-bound fillies.
Even with her third-place effort in the April 9 Ashland Stakes (gr. I), grade III winner Kathmanblu has high hopes resting on her shoulders leading up to the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I).
Monday, April 18, 2011
Lightly-regarded Lilacs and Lace shocked many in the crowd of 23,155 racing fans who turned out to watch the $400,000 Central Bank Ashland Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland April 9.
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Five D Thoroughbreds and Wind River Stables' homebred filly Kathmanblu, a stakes winner on grass and dirt, will attempt to transfer that form to Keeneland's Polytrack surface April 9 in the Central Bank Ashland (gr. I).
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Without Kathmanblu in the field, the $500,000 Fair Grounds Oaks (gr. II) went from a race with a heavy favorite to one with a wide-open feel.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Mucho Macho Man breezed an easy five furlongs in 1:02 3/5 for trainer Kathy Ritvo and is the likely favorite in the $1 million Louisiana Derby (gr. II) on March. 26.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Kathmanblu, one of the favorites for the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), looks like she could make her next start in the Fair Grounds Oaks on March 26 (gr. II).
Friday, March 11, 2011
Many talented 3-year-olds, including champion Uncle Mo, and other graded stakes winners Soldat, The Factor, and Dialed In, are among the 162 nominees to Keeneland's Toyata Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) April 16.
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Trainer Ken McPeek, who saddled Rogue Romance to run third in the Risen Star Stakes (gr. II) Feb. 19, said that the colt would be returning to Fair Grounds to run back in the Louisiana Derby (gr. II) next month.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
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