TURFWAY PARK, Florence, KY
| 1 | Kera's Kitten | Margin: 2½ | TrueNicks: C | $28,830 |
2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Colt | Kitten's Joy - Mrs. K., Dixieland Band
Sire: Kitten's Joy , Chestnut, 2001. Lifetime: 82 yearlings sold, median $21,167.
Broodmare Sire: Dixieland Band, Bay, 1980. In 2009: 2.07 AEI.
| 2 | Slewzoom | Margin: 3¾ | TrueNicks: A+ | $9,300 |
2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Colt | Slew City Slew - Just Zooming, Schembechler
Sire: Slew City Slew , Dark Bay or Brown, 1984. Raced 4 years. 42 starts, 11 wins, $1,166,296. Lifetime: 309 yearlings sold, median $13,761.
Broodmare Sire: Schembechler, Dark Bay or Brown, 1987. In 2009: .45 AEI.
| 3 | Lucky Chuck | Margin: 1½ | TrueNicks: A | $4,650 |
2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | Evansville Slew - Timely Rhythm, Count the Time
Sire: Evansville Slew, Dark Bay or Brown, 1992. Raced 2 years. 7 starts, 5 wins, $338,040. Lifetime: 105 yearlings sold, median $6,500.
Broodmare Sire: Count the Time, Bay, 1989.
Others: Pathoki, $2,325; Fish, $1,395; Patti's Kitten, $500; In the Paint, $500; Mickejoe, $500; Justamatteroftime, $500; Big Bruin, $500; Proud of Midway, $500; Rockin' Rockstar, $500.
Scratched: Outclass.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kera's Kitten | Thomas L. Pompell | Michael J. Maker |
| 2 | Slewzoom | Tanner Riggs | John C. Wainwright |
| 3 | Lucky Chuck | Ben Creed | David E. Pate |
| 4 | Pathoki | Rodney A. Prescott | Lowell T. Stevens |
| 5 | Fish | Rex A. Stokes, III | Philip A. Sims |
| 6 | Patti's Kitten | John McKee | Michael J. Maker |
| 7 | In the Paint | Orlando Mojica | Kellyn Gorder |
| 8 | Mickejoe | Sal Gonzalez, Jr. | Jimmy Corrigan |
| 9 | Justamatteroftime | Alberto Pusac | June Riley |
| 10 | Big Bruin | Dean Mernagh | Anthony Mitchell |
| 11 | Proud of Midway | Victor Carrero | John D. McKee |
| 12 | Rockin' Rockstar | Tony Farina | Michael E. Lauer |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Kera's Kitten | Thomas L. Pompell | $13.80 | $8.40 | $5.80 | ||||||
| 11 | Slewzoom | Tanner Riggs | $18.00 | $8.60 | |||||||
| 8 | Lucky Chuck | Ben Creed | $3.60 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (7-11) | $193.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (7-11-8) | $1,856.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (7-11-8-5) | $31,161.40 | ||||||||||
Mr. Prankster emphatically answered the two-turn question Feb. 4, closing strongly and drawing off to win the one-mile WEBN Stakes at Turfway Park by 7 1/2 lengths.
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Twinspired proved a deserving favorite when he captured the $50,000 WEBN Stakes at Turfway Park by 4 1/4 lengths on the night of Feb. 5.
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Turfway Park, as part of its first Saturday night program in decades Feb. 5, will feature a deep, full field of 3-year-olds in the $50,000 WEBN Stakes, one of the local preps for the $500,000 Vinery Racing Spiral Stakes.
Friday, February 04, 2011
Pleasant Prince, making his first start since the Preakness Stakes (gr. I), is the 6-5 morning line favorite for the $100,000 Ohio Derby (gr. III) at Thistledown July 31.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Dean's Kitten 2 1/2-length victory in the $500,000 Lane's End Stakes (gr. II) at Turfway Park March 27 pushes Ken and Sarah Ramsey's homebred right into the Kentucky Derby picture.
Saturday, March 27, 2010Connemara, winner of the El Camino Real Derby (gr. III) last month, is the 9-5 morning line favorite for the $500,000 Lane's End Stakes (gr. II) at Turfway Park March 27.
Thursday, March 25, 2010Donegal Racing's 23-1 longshot Vow to Wager was awarded the win in an eventful running of the $100,000 John Battaglia Memorial Stakes Feb. 27 at Turfway Park after Codoy was disqualified for interference.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
The John Battaglia Memorial Stakes, the last of three preps on the way to the Lane's End Stakes (gr. II), drew a field of eight 3-year-olds led by Kera's Kitten and graded stakes placed Codoy.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
WinStar adds another Kentucky Derby hopeful in Drosselmeyer, winner of an allowance race at Gulfstream Sunday.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey's Kera's Kitten, far back in the Jan. 2 Turfway Prevue Stakes after a poor start, bounced back in a big way with an easy score in the $50,000 WEBN Stakes for 3-year-olds at Turfway Park Jan. 30.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Trainer Mike Maker will saddle two sons of turf champion Kitten's Joy in the $50,000 WEBN Stakes at Turfway Park Jan. 30, one already a stakes winner and the other making his first foray into stakes competition.
Thursday, January 28, 2010Longshot Z. I. Zipp scored an upset in the $50,000 Turfway Prevue Stakes at Turfway Park Jan. 2, jumping immediately to the lead and drawing off to win by 4 1/4 lengths under a hand ride by Tom Pompell.
Saturday, January 02, 2010
The 24th running of the $50,000 Turfway Prevue Stakes at Turfway Park Jan. 2 opens the track's stakes series for 3-year-olds and is the first prep for the Lane's End Stakes (gr. II) in March.
Friday, January 01, 2010
Kera's Kitten, one of three horses entered in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) for owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey, has been scratched from the Nov. 7 World Championships card to make room for another of the couple's entrants.
Friday, November 06, 2009
As expected, Wertheimer and Frere's homebred Interactif was made the favorite for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT). The son of Broken Vow, 4-1 on the morning-line, will face 11 rivals in the one-mile race Nov. 7 at Santa Anita.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Wertheimer and Frere's impressive homebred Interactif will be the likely favorite for the $1-million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) Nov. 7 at Santa Anita, but the son of Broken Vow will have to defeat what is expected to be a full field in the one-mile event.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009"We are going to California," proclaimed Ken Ramsey after his homebred 2-year-olds Lisa's Kitten and Kera's Kitten each captured victories in a pair of $100,000 stakes over the turf course at Retama Park on the night of Oct. 24.
Sunday, October 25, 2009Trainer Mike Maker shipped in a pair of Kitten's Joy juveniles owned by prominent owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey hoping their performances will propel them to the World Championships Nov. 6 and 7 at Santa Anita Park.
Friday, October 23, 2009Grade I winner Taste of Paradise was represented by his first winner when his son Justamatteroftime scored by 7 1/4 lengths Sept. 9 at Presque Isle Downs.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Turfway Park has canceled live racing for Jan. 31, with officials saying that several days of snow and ice and deep cold overnight had created stubborn clods in the track surface.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Big Glen, eighth after a half-mile, made a sweeping, six-wide move around the second turn, caught the leader at the top of the stretch, and drew away to win by 1 1/4 lengths Feb. 2 in the WEBN Stakes on the Turfway Park Polytrack.
Saturday, February 02, 2008
The 3-year-old gelding, a former claimer, looks for his second consecutive stakes win Feb. 2 at Turfway Park.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008Joe Got Even, local winner of the WEBN Stakes in his last start, could be the favorite again Saturday when a well-matched field of 11 goes to the post in Turfway Park's John Battaglia Memorial Stakes.
Thursday, March 01, 2007Due to frigid temperatures and expected high winds, Turfway Park has canceled live racing for Saturday and Sunday.
Friday, February 02, 2007Gulfstream Park's reshuffled schedule of 3-year-old races gets its first test in the Feb. 5 Holy Bull Stakes (gr. III) when Kentucky Derby (gr. I) hopefuls are required to stretch out for the first of three 1 1/8-mile stakes.
Friday, February 04, 2005
Every several years, whenever a horse is attempting to sweep the Triple Crown, Billy Turner is summoned by the media to offer his take on the horse, the obstacles that stand in his way, and to reminisce about the great Seattle Slew, who under Turner’s guidance and expertise became racing’s only undefeated Triple Crown winner. [More]