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SARATOGA, Saratoga Springs, NY
| 1 | Here Comes Ben | Margin: ¾ | TrueNicks: B+ | $150,000 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Horse | Street Cry (IRE) - Chasetheragingwind, Dayjur
Sire: Street Cry (IRE) , Bay, 1998. Raced 3 years. 12 starts, 5 wins, $5,150,837. Lifetime: 399 yearlings sold, median $90,000.
Broodmare Sire: Dayjur, Dark Bay or Brown, 1987.
| 2 | Big Drama | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: B | $50,000 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Horse | Montbrook - Riveting Drama, Notebook
Sire: Montbrook , Dark Bay or Brown, 1990. Raced 1 years. 8 starts, 5 wins, $373,728. Lifetime: 253 yearlings sold, median $25,000.
Broodmare Sire: Notebook, Bay, 1985.
| 3 | Vineyard Haven | Margin: neck | TrueNicks: A | $25,000 |
2006 | Gray or Roan Colt | Lido Palace (CHI) - Princess Aloha, Aloha Prospector
Sire: Lido Palace (CHI), Chestnut, 1997. Raced 4 years. 23 starts, 11 wins, $2,705,865. Lifetime: 30 yearlings sold, median $4,100. In 2009: .30 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Aloha Prospector, Bay, 1985. In 2009: 1.08 AEI.
Others: Warrior's Reward, $12,500; Girolamo, $7,500; Bribon (FR), $1,250; Omniscient, $1,250; You and I Forever, $1,250; Checklist, $1,250.
Scratched: Starforaday; Charitable Man.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Here Comes Ben | Alex O. Solis | Charles Lopresti |
| 2 | Big Drama | Eibar Coa | David Fawkes |
| 3 | Vineyard Haven | Alan Garcia | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 4 | Warrior's Reward | Julien R. Leparoux | Ian R. Wilkes |
| 5 | Girolamo | Cornelio H. Velasquez | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 6 | Bribon (FR) | Garrett K. Gomez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 7 | Omniscient | Calvin H. Borel | Steven M. Asmussen |
| 8 | You and I Forever | Javier Castellano | Thomas M. Bush |
| 9 | Checklist | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Here Comes Ben | Alex O. Solis | $21.80 | $8.50 | $3.70 | ||||||
| 3 | Big Drama | Eibar Coa | $6.70 | $3.30 | |||||||
| 1 | Vineyard Haven | Alan Garcia | $2.20 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-3) | $114.50 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-3-1) | $382.00 | ||||||||||
Supercharger, the dam of 2010 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Super Saver, delivered a healthy colt by champion sire Tiznow April 11 at 11:50 p.m. at Hill 'n' Dale Fam in Lexington, Ky.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Japan's brilliant filly Gentildonna begins her international campaign March 30 in the $5 million Longines Dubai Sheema Classic (UAE-I) on the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) undercard at Meydan.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Big Drama, south Florida riding stalwart Eduardo Nunez, and top-five, all-time Calder trainer Dan Hurtak were among the nine new members elected to the Calder Hall of Fame.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013Grade I winner Here Comes Ben and the Forestry mare Double Dinghy Day produced the first foal by the son of Street Cry, Joe and Anne McMahon announced Feb. 1.
Friday, February 01, 2013Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson, N.Y., will hold an open house from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. (EST) Saturday, Jan. 19.
Monday, January 14, 2013Champion sprinter Big Drama was represented by his first foal when a filly produced from multiple stakes winner Bucky's Prayer (by Meadow Prayer) was born Jan. 11 at Hal Queen Farm near Ocala, Fla.
Friday, January 11, 2013The first foal by grade I winner Girolamo was a filly produced from the Rahy mare Wallstreetmadness born Jan. 9 at Gallagher's Stud in Ghent, N.Y.
Friday, January 11, 2013Touch Gold, who has sired 31 stakes winners, will stand for $7,500 at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds near Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Friday, November 30, 2012Repent, who began his stallion career at John Sykes' CloverLeaf Farms II near Reddick, Fla., will stand in 2013 on the same property, now called Woodford Thoroughbreds. The son of Louis Quatorze's fee is $3,000.
Thursday, November 15, 2012Vineyard Haven, a multiple grade I winner, will stand in 2013 at John Sykes' Woodford Thoroughbreds near Reddick, Fla.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012Longshot Pastorius swept past favored Novellist near the wire to capture the Sparda 143 Deutsches Derby-German Derby (Ger-I) by a half-length at Hamburg July 1.
Sunday, July 01, 2012
There is some kind of solid connection among A. Stevens Miles Jr., his horses, and his hometown of Louisville.
Endorsement, on the comeback trail for trainer Eoin Harty, makes his first stakes appearance in more than two years in the $200,000 Texas Mile (gr. III) at Lone Star Park April 28.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012Grade I winner Girolamo has had his first mares pronounced in foal.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012The first reported foal by grade I winner Warrior's Reward is a filly born Jan. 18 at Gary Biszantz' Cobra Farm near Lexington.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
General Quarters, a two-time grade I winner, will enter stud at Stonewall Farm Ocala (Marc Haisfield, managing member) near Ocala, Fla.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Grade I winner Here Comes Ben will enter stud in 2012 at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., which will also be the new home of Justenuffhumor.
Friday, December 02, 2011Top sire Wildcat Heir will remain at $10,000 for 2012. New sires J P's Gusto will stand for $3,500, while Vineyard Haven will stand for $3,000.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011Vineyard Haven, a three-time grade I winner and the leading 2-year-old of his generation, has been retired from racing and will stand in 2012 at Brent and Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud near Ocala, Fla
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Harold Queen's homebred champion sprinter Big Drama will enter stud in 2012 for $10,000 at Stonewall Farm near Ocala, Fla.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Florida breeder/owner Harold Queen has retired his homebred Eclipse Award winner and Breeders' Cup winner Big Drama.
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Girolamo, Godolphin's grade I-winning son of A.P. Indy, will stand at Sequel Stallions in New York for the 2012 breeding season, Darley announced Nov. 2.
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Trainer David Fawkes has two for the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I): last year's winner Big Drama and Apriority.
Tuesday, November 01, 2011Harold Queen's homebred Big Drama was made the 5-2 morning line favorite to repeat in the Nov. 5 Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I). He'll break from post 8 in a field of 9.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Breeders' Cup World Championships week began Oct. 31 at Churchill Downs with more than a dozen contenders going through their final exercise regimens.
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Through the remainder of the year, I am going to recount some of my most memorable experiences/moments in racing over the past 40 years. We begin with Rachel Alexandra's victory in the 2009 Woodward Stakes to kick off Saratoga's 150th anniversary. [More]
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