SARATOGA, Saratoga Springs, NY
| 1 | Sean Avery | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: C | $150,000 |
2006 | Bay Gelding | Cherokee Run - Latin Lynx, Forest Wildcat
Sire: Cherokee Run, Dark Bay or Brown, 1990. Raced 4 years. 28 starts, 13 wins, $1,531,818. Lifetime: 455 yearlings sold, median $56,000.
Broodmare Sire: Forest Wildcat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1991. In 2009: 1.55 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2007 Yearling Sale, $30,000.
| 2 | Trappe Shot | Margin: 1¾ | TrueNicks: D | $50,000 |
2007 | Chestnut Colt | Tapit - Shopping, Private Account
Sire: Tapit , Gray or Roan, 2001. Raced 2 years. 6 starts, 3 wins, $557,300. Lifetime: 371 yearlings sold, median $75,000.
Broodmare Sire: Private Account, Bay, 1976.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds Sale 2009, $850,000.
| 3 | Calibrachoa | Margin: 3¼ | TrueNicks: D | $25,000 |
2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Horse | Southern Image - Fort Lauderdale, Montbrook
Sire: Southern Image , Dark Bay or Brown, 2000. Lifetime: 138 yearlings sold, median $8,483.
Broodmare Sire: Montbrook , Dark Bay or Brown, 1990.
Others: Apriority, $12,500; Noble's Promise, $7,500; Hamazing Destiny, $1,667; Bank Merger, $1,667; Atta Boy Roy, $1,666.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sean Avery | Joe Bravo | Allen Iwinski |
| 2 | Trappe Shot | John R. Velazquez | Kiaran P. McLaughlin |
| 3 | Calibrachoa | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 4 | Apriority | Ramon A. Dominguez | David Fawkes |
| 5 | Noble's Promise | Alan Garcia | Kenneth G. McPeek |
| 6 | Hamazing Destiny | Jose Lezcano | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 7 | Bank Merger | Julien R. Leparoux | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 8 | Atta Boy Roy | Jesus Lopez Castanon | Valorie Lund |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Sean Avery | Joe Bravo | $36.20 | $10.00 | $6.30 | ||||||
| 8 | Trappe Shot | John R. Velazquez | $2.80 | $2.10 | |||||||
| 5 | Calibrachoa | Javier Castellano | $6.00 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (6-8) | $113.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (6-8-5) | $860.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (6-8-5-7) | $2,394.00 | ||||||||||
B. Wayne Hughes, Richard Mandella, and Garrett Gomez score stakes double as Jimmy Creed takes Potrero Grande after Beholder wins Santa Anita Oaks.
Saturday, April 06, 2013
Comma to the Top, Jimmy Creed, and Camp Victory all bring grade I victories into the Potrero Grande (gr. II) at Santa Anita, vying to become the West Coast's top sprinter.
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Hamazing Destiny, a grade III winner and a Breeders' Cup Sprint runner-up, has been retired from racing for stallion duty at Westrock Stables near Little Rock, Ark.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
by Anne Peters
During the first weekend in February, he was represented by three graded stakes winners: Flashback, Honorable Dillon, and Tapicat.
Sean Avery, a grade I winner at Saratoga, has been retired from racing and will reside at Old Friends near Georgetown, Ky.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Donald Dizney's Bahamian Squall will go up against open company including Silverton Hill's Swagger Jack in the $150,000 Gulfstream Sprint Championship Stakes (gr. III) Feb. 9 at Gulfstream Park.
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
Discreet Dancer, whose most recent start resulted in a third-place finish in the Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. II) nearly a year ago to the day, returned with a victory Feb. 6 at Gulfstream Park.
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
Grade II winner Atta Boy Roy, one of the fastest Thoroughbreds in Washington state history, capped a brilliant career with a runner-up finish Feb. 1 in the Swift Stakes at Turf Paradise in Phoenix.
Friday, February 01, 2013
Multiple graded stakes winners Calibrachoa and Redding Colliery have been purchased by Jay and Terry Adcock's Red River Farms and will stand near Coushatta, La., in 2013.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Versatile Comma to the Top, who has produced wins on dirt, synthetic, and turf, as well as going long and sprinting, brings his best form recently into the $150,000 Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 19.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013The first reported foal by grade II winner Trappe Shot is a colt born Jan. 15 at Blackstone Farm near Pine Grove, Pa.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013Patricia Murphy's Irish Toast, the 2009 Washington Broodmare of the Year, has been pensioned and will spend her retirement time at her owner's Time Wise Farm near La Center in the Evergreen State.
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Grade I winner Sean Avery, who split the field in the Vosburgh Invitational (gr. I) as the favorite last month, is the 5-2 morning line choice for the $350,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel Park Oct. 27.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Royal Delta and Point of Entry, two of the top horses pointing to the Breeders' Cup World Championships on Nov. 2-3 at Santa Anita Park, turned in bullet workouts on Oct. 22 at Belmont Park.
Monday, October 22, 2012
PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
There is a clear explanation for the turnaround that saw Power Broker transformed from thrice-defeated maiden to grade I winner, as the FrontRunner was the colt's first start on dirt.
The 3-year-old son of Speightstown earns a spot in the Breeders' Cup Sprint with the win.
Friday, October 05, 2012
Opening day at Keeneland offers one of the last gateways to a spot in the Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), and it's a wide open contest.
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Justin Phillip, Zayat Stables' First Samurai 4-year-old, is the 3-1 morning line favorite for the Sept. 29 Vosburgh Invitational Stakes (gr. I) on Super Saturday at Belmont Park.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Grade I winner Sean Avery returned to action following a 13-month layoff to capture the minor Affiliate Stakes by 2 1/4 lengths on opening day of the fall meet at Belmont Park Sept. 8.
Saturday, September 08, 2012
Favored Emcee earned the first graded victory of his career for Godolphin Racing and trainer Kiaran McLaughlin, bursting away from the field in the final furlong to take the $500,000 Forego Stakes (gr. I) Sept. 1 at Saratoga.
Saturday, September 01, 2012
Veteran turf sprinters Ben's Cat and Chamberlain Bridge, who have combined to win the past three renewals of the Turf Monster Handicap (gr. IIIT), head the field for this year's $350,000 race Sept. 3 at Parx Racing.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Though it seemed doubtful 11 days ago, the resilient Jackson Bend was entered in the $500,000 Forego Stakes (gr. I) to be contested Sept. 1 at Saratoga Race Course.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Surging Poseidon's Warrior produced a 36-1 upset in the $400,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (gr. I) when heavy favorite Shackleford failed to handle a muddy track at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 5.
Sunday, August 05, 2012
Shackleford arrived at Saratoga Race Course fit and feisty the morning of Aug. 2, ready to tackle seven other runners in the $400,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (gr. I) on Aug. 4.
Thursday, August 02, 2012
Mike Repole's Calibrachoa, a five-time New York graded stakes winner, has been retired from racing because of minor issues.
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
You don't witness it very often, but one of those cheering the loudest for D. Wayne Lukas and Oxbow in the final quarter mile of the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) was one of his opponents in the race. [More]