TAMPA BAY DOWNS, Oldsmar, FL
| 1 | Ballymore Lady | Margin: neck | BRIS: 93 | TrueNicks: A++ | $75,000 |
2003 | Bay Mare | War Chant - Basking, Alydar
Sire: War Chant , Dark Bay or Brown, 1997. Raced 2 years. 7 starts, 5 wins, $1,130,600. Lifetime: 207 yearlings sold, median $60,000.
Broodmare Sire: Alydar, Chestnut, 1975.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall, 2009 Mixed Sale, $290,000.
Keeneland Association November 2008 Breeding Stock Sale, $200,000.
Keeneland 2004 September Yearling Sale, $300,000.
| 2 | Elusive Lady | Margin: nose | BRIS: 93 | TrueNicks: A++ | $25,000 |
2005 | Gray or Roan Mare | Van Nistelrooy - Song of Royalty, Unbridled's Song
Sire: Van Nistelrooy , Chestnut, 2000. Raced 1 years. 6 starts, 3 wins, $229,980. Lifetime: 286 yearlings sold, median $23,131.
Broodmare Sire: Unbridled's Song , Gray or Roan, 1993.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association 2006 September Yearling Sale, $90,000.
| 3 | Sousaphone | Margin: head | BRIS: 93 | TrueNicks: A++ | $12,500 |
2004 | Chestnut Mare | Stravinsky - Phone Switch, Phone Trick
Sire: Stravinsky, Bay, 1996. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 3 wins, $361,450. Lifetime: 505 yearlings sold, median $58,722.
Broodmare Sire: Phone Trick, Bay, 1982.
Others: Audacious Chloe, $6,250; Ginger Brew, $3,750; Stormy West, $2,500; Impressionism; Grand in Grey; Jaunty Gale; Cozzi Capital; American Border; Zip Trick.
Scratched: Awesome Moment; Kitty Cat Express.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballymore Lady | Jose Lezcano | Eddie Kenneally |
| 2 | Elusive Lady | Joe Bravo | John C. Kimmel |
| 3 | Sousaphone | UNKNOWN | Michelle Nihei |
| 4 | Audacious Chloe | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 5 | Ginger Brew | Rene R. Douglas | Brian A. Lynch |
| 6 | Stormy West | Kent J. Desormeaux | William I. Mott |
| 7 | Impressionism | Rosemary B. Homeister, Jr. | Claude R. McGaughey III |
| 8 | Grand in Grey | UNKNOWN | Timothy F. Ritchey |
| 9 | Jaunty Gale | UNKNOWN | Peter Wasiluk, Jr. |
| 10 | Cozzi Capital | Pascacio Lopez | Herman Wilensky |
| 11 | American Border | Daniel Centeno | Jason Servis |
| 12 | Zip Trick | Juan C. Leyva | Max Ubide |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballymore Lady | Jose Lezcano | $14.80 | $6.20 | $4.60 | |||||||
| Elusive Lady | Joe Bravo | $6.40 | $6.20 | ||||||||
| Sousaphone | UNKNOWN | $13.20 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-1) | $88.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-1-7) | $1,739.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (4-1-7-10) | $3,479.20 | ||||||||||
Odds-on favorite Zagora, off for nearly five months, was razor sharp in her return Feb. 4 at Tampa Bay Downs, taking over at the top of the stretch en route to winning the $150,000 Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT).
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Keertana, a winner in four of her five starts last year including three in graded ranks, returns from an extended layoff as one of the main contenders in the $150,000 Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT) Feb. 4 at Tampa Bay Downs.
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Silver Reunion responded well from a lengthy layoff, going wire-to-wire to take the $125,000 Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT) Feb. 12 at Tampa Bay Downs
Saturday, February 12, 2011
A solid group of 3-year-olds, led by Delta Jackpot (gr. III) winner Rule, is set to clash at Tampa Bay Downs in the $200,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes (gr. III) Feb. 13.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Mark Stanley's Swift Temper, who upset Seventh Street last month in the Ruffian Handicap (gr. I), will make her first start on a synthetic surface in more than three years as she preps for the Breeders' Cup in the $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster (gr. I) Oct. 11 at Keeneland.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Virginia Kraft Payson's multiple graded stakes winner Rutherienne has not been off the board her last 10 starts, but has just one win to show for her efforts. On Sept. 19 at Belmont Park, the 5-year-old mare will try to return to the winner's circle when she takes on six fillies and mares in the $100,00 Noble Damsel Handicap (gr. IIIT).
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Team Valor International's Captain's Lover made her dirt debut a winning one, as she took over at the quarter-pole and sloshed her way to a seven-length victory in the $200,000 Taylor Made Matchmaker Aug. 2 at Monmouth Park.
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Although the field for the Aug. 2 Taylor Made Matchmaker Stakes (gr. III) at Monmouth Park contains several accomplished entrants, multiple graded stakes winner Rutherienne, who is often a fast closer at the finish, is clearly the one to beat.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Dual graded stakes winner Lethal Heat, who set seven-furlong track records in consecutive races at Del Mar last season, continues what her connections hope will end with an appearance in the $1 million Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) later this year when she returns in an allowance race July 25 on opening weekend of the Del Mar meeting.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Purchased for $2.4 million at auction last November by Elizabeth Moran's Brushwood Stable, Mushka attempts to win her first stakes for her new connections in the $300,000 Dance Smartly (Can-IIT) on the Woodbine turf July 11.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
The cutback in distance didn't seem to bother George Strawbridge Jr.'s homebred Winter View, as the daughter of Thunder Gulch came from last at the top of the stretch to run them all down in the $150,000 All Along Stakes (gr. IIIT) June 20 on the Colonial Downs turf.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
A seasoned and accomplished field of older females is set for the May 2 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (gr. IIT) at Churchill Downs, in which graded stakes winners Ballymore Lady, Dawn After Dawn, and Elusive Lady appear to be in top form.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Criticism, winner of two grade III stakes in her four American starts, is the 121-pound highweight in the $150,000 La Prevoyante Handicap (gr. IIT), the first of two turf stakes events on the opening Saturday of the spring/summer meet at Calder Race Course April 25.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
A talented group of eight fillies and mares will line up against last year's female turf champion Forever Together when she makes her 5-year-old debut April 11 in the $200,000 Jenny Wiley Stakes (gr. IIT) at Keeneland.
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
G. Watts Humphrey's sparkling filly One Caroline remained undefeated in five starts and continued to climb her way up the older filly-and-mare ranks when romping to a wire-to-wire 6 1/2-length victory in the $150,000 Rampart Stakes (gr. II) March 29 at Gulfstream Park.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
G. Watts Humphrey's undefeated filly One Caroline shoots for her fifth win in as many starts when she takes on six fillies and mares in the $150,000 Rampart Stakes (gr. II) March 29 at Gulfstream Park.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Backseat Rhythm rallied in the stretch under Eibar Coa to nip Elusive Lady at the wire for a nose victory in the $175,000 Hillsborough Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on March 14.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Ballymore Lady made a late burst in the final yards and got the jump over three rivals at the shadow of the wire to take a thrilling edition of the $125,000 Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT) Feb. 14 on the Tampa Bay Downs turf.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Stormy West and American Border, who have seven consecutive wins between them, will do battle in a full field of fillies and mares in the $125,000 Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT) Feb. 14 on the Tampa Bay Downs turf course.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Callwood Dancer, Canada's Sovereign Award champion turf mare in 2008, takes on nine rivals in the $125,000 Suwannee River Stakes (gr. IIIT) over the Gulfstream Park turf Feb. 1.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wild Promises confirmed that she is indeed a star-in-the-making, as the 5-year-old mare collected her sixth consecutive victory after roaring through the stretch to win the $500,000 Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf by 1 3/4 lengths Jan. 24 at Gulfstream Park.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
On Jan. 24, Wild Promises will take yet another step and try for her biggest payday to date, as she'll do battle with seven rivals in the $500,000 Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf at Gulfstream Park.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Waquoit's Love, never out of the money in six starts on the Gulfstream Park turf, finally broke through with her first stakes win Jan. 11 when she scored a neck victory in the $100,000 Marshua's River Stakes.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Danny Dion's Bear Stables named Canada's owner of the year - his Fatal Bullet Horse of the Year at Dec. 12 Sovereign Awards.
Friday, December 12, 2008
The $65,000 Lightning City Stakes, a five furlong turf test for fillies and mares, tops opening day of the 2008-2009 Tampa Bay Downs racing meet, which begins Dec. 13 and runs through May 3. The Tampa Bay stakes schedule encompasses 26 races with more than $2.7 million in purses and is highlighted by the $300,000 Tampa Bay Derby (gr. III) on March 14.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008