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The 78th Running of The Churchill Downs 05/05/2012 Shackleford ridden by Jesus L. Castanon defeats Amazombie ridden by Mike Smith
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Shackleford, Jesus Castanon up (inside) wins the Gr2 Churchill Downs over Amazombie...
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Amazombie in the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint
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Amazombie wins the Bing Crosby.
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Amazombie wins the Bing Crosby.
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Amazombie wins the Bing Crosby.
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Amazombie wins the Bing Crosby.
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Amazombie wins the Bing Crosby Stakes.
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Amazombie wins the Bing Crosby.
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Amazombie in the Churchill Downs Stakes post parade.
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Amazombie wins the 2012 Potrero Grande.
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Amazombie wins the 2012 Potrero Grande.
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Amazombie wins the 2012 Potrero Grande.
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Amazombie wins the 2012 Potrero Grande.
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Amazombie wins the 2012 Potrero Grande.
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Amazombie wins the 2012 Potrero Grande.
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Amazombie in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Sprint.
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Amazombie in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Sprint.
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Amazombie in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Sprint.
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Amazombie in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Sprint.
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Amazombie in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Sprint.
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Amazombie in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Sprint.
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Amazombie wins the 2011 Ancient Title.
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Amazombie wins the 2011 Ancient Title.
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Amazombie wins the 2011 Tiznow Stakes.
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Amazombie wins the 2011 Tiznow Stakes.
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Amazombie wins the 2011 Tiznow Stakes.
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Amazombie wins the 2011 Tiznow Stakes.
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Mike Smith and Amazombie celebrating after winning the Potrero Stakes.
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Amazombie wins the 2011 Potrero Stakes.
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Amazombie wins the 2011 Potrero Stakes.
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Amazombie wins the 2011 Potrero Stakes.
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Amazombie wins the 2011 Potrero Stakes.
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Amazombie wins the 2011 Sunshine Millions Sprint.
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Amazombie wins the 2011 Sunshine Millions Sprint.
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Amazombie wins the 2011 Sunshine Millions Sprint.
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Amazombie wins the 2011 Sunshine Millions Sprint.
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Amazombie wins the 2011 Sunshine Millions Sprint.
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Amazombie wins the 2011 Sunshine Millions Sprint.
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Amazombie
Amazombie has a foothold in two states -- California and Kentucky. He was bred in California and did most of his racing there. But his biggest victory came in Kentucky, when he won the 2011 Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint.
Canadian Horse of the Year and prominent sire Afleet died Jan. 22 at the age of 30 at Breeders Stallion Station in Japan.
The first grade I winner for trainer Tim Yakteen is now his first Eclipse Award winner as Points Offthebench received the award as champion male sprinter.
The Sprint division in 2012 took some odd twists during the course of the year, with the first half of the year focused on the defending champion Amazombie.
Keyser is first person to win Media Eclipse Awards in both writing and photography categories.
At year's end we typically see many of our favorite stars move into retirement or second careers. In spite of the many fan favorites and talented athletes who have left the track, one thing remains...their finishes. read blog
Trinniberg, overlooked at odds of 13-1, proved his doubters wrong when he posted his first grade I victory in the $1.5 million XpressBet Breeders' Cup Sprint by three-quarters of a length Nov. 3 at Santa Anita Park.
Throw out his last race, said trainer Bill Spawr of Amazombie. The Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint favorite is ready to repeat.
Tom LaMarra and Claire Novak handicap a few choice races from the Breeders' Cup providing insight from past performances and on site impressions. The Classic will be covered in tomorrow's show. watch video
Amazombie, last year's champion sprinter and winner of the Breeders' Cup Sprint, is this year's Sprint favorite against four other grade I winners.
On a cool morning Oct. 26 at Keeneland, 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom turned in a workmanlike breeze preparing for his upcoming start in the Nov. 3 Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park.
Breeders' Cup candidates were out in full force at Santa Anita Park Oct. 20, going through the late stages of their major drills for the World Championships events.
Evan examines how weekend races will affect the Breeders' Cup race card. watch video
Coil earned his first stakes win since last year's Haskell Invitational and earned a spot in the XpressBet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) with his upset victory in the Santa Anita Sprint Championship (gr. I) Oct. 6.
California-bred Amazombie will defend his title against six other top sprinters in the Santa Anita Sprint Championship (gr. I) against six opponents in a race formerly known as the Ancient Title Oct. 6.
Sprint champion Amazombie returned to his best form in the $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (gr. I), sitting just off a hot pace and coming to get the leaders in deep stretch to win going away on the Polytrack at Del Mar July 29.
Sprint champion Amazombie and The Factor will duke it out one more time in the $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (gr. I), the headline event at Del Mar July 29.
If all goes as planned, Amazombie will take the exact same path as last year when he captured the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), using the Triple Bend, Bing Crosby, and Ancient Title as springboards.
Evan Hammonds recaps the 2012 Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks and several undercard races from the weekend. watch video
After a thrilling stretch duel with champion Amazombie, Mike Lauffer and Bill Cubbedge's Shackleford inched clear in deep stretch to win the $441,600 Churchill Downs Stakes (gr. II) May 5.
The Kentucky Derby undercard features a top-notch sprint at seven furlongs with millionaires Amazombie, Shackleford, and Smiling Tiger.
Bill Spawr got Amazombie as part of a two-horse package for $5,000...and turned him into last year's Sprint champion read blog
Jockey Mike Smith earned the 5,000th victory of his Hall of Fame career when he teamed with 2011 sprint champion Amazombie to capture the $150,000 Potrero Grande Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita Park April 7.
Amazombie, last year's Eclipse Award winner as the nation's outstanding sprinter, looks to get his 2012 going in the same direction when he meets eight rivals in the $150,000 Potrero Grande Stakes (gr. II) April 7.
Reigning Horse of the Year Havre de Grace tops the list of horses nominated to the stakes extravaganza that, along with the Arkansas Derby (gr. I), comprise the "Racing Festival of the South" at Oaklawn Park April 11-14.
The Factor, making his seasonal debut in the $200,000 San Carlos Stakes (gr. II) Feb. 25, started his 2012 campaign the same way he finished up last year, winning at seven furlongs on Santa Anita's main track.
The weekend of Feb. 25-26 is loaded with important races, including the Fountain of Youth. Read Blog
In spite of a small field, a dandy match-up between 2011 national male sprint champion Amazombie and two-time grade I winner The Factor is set for the $200,000 San Carlos Handicap (gr. II) at Santa Anita Feb. 25.
Eclipse Award winner Acclamation was voted California-bred Horse of the Year for 2011 by the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
Male sprint champion Amazombie, nearing his first start of the year later this month, turned in his second bullet move in a week at Santa Anita Feb. 10 when he worked six furlongs handily in 1:12 2/5.
Eclipse champions Acclamation and Amazombie, as well as multiple stakes-winning mare Ultra Blend are the finalists for the 2011 California-bred Horse of the Year.
Amazombie, the 2011 Eclipse Award-winning male sprinter, topped the Santa Anita work tab Feb. 3 with a handy six-furlong drill in 1:12 flat as he nears his initial start of the year.
With overnight rain causing Santa Anita's main track to be sealed, Eclipse Award sprint champion Amazombie was scratched on the morning of Jan. 21 from the Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II).
Amazombie, the Eclipse Award winner as the nation's top sprinter in 2011, was tentatively entered for the $150,000 Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita Jan. 21.
Images from the 41st annual Eclipse Awards. View Slideshow
Winning the Breeders' Cup Sprint had been the flourishing finish to a splendid nine-race championship season for Amazombie that ran from late January to Nov. 5. Now he has been voted male sprint champion.
Trainer Bill Spawr said he's undecided on a start in the Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 21 for Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Amazombie after the 6-year-old gelding worked six furlongs in 1:15 3/5 Jan. 14.
Retrace the steps of Amazombie in a stellar 2011 campaign. view slideshow
Jon and Joel examine the Breeders' Cup 2011 results and explain how the weekend affects the divisional leaders. Sponsored by Taylor Made Stallions watch video
2011 Breeders' Cup World Championships - Day 2: Photos of the day two winners at the 2011 Breeders' Cup. view slideshow
Amazombie, a 5-year-old Cal-bred gelding by Northern Afleet, wears down Force Freeze in the final 100 yards to win the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) by a neck. He covers the six furlongs in 1:09.17.
Recent grade I winners Dubawi Heights and Amazombie completed the main preparations for their respective assignments in the 2011 Breeders' Cup World Championships with workouts at Santa Anita Oct. 29.
The fuss and bother of the Breeders' Cup won't faze Amazombie, who is slated to compete in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. Trainer Bill Spawr says the gelding's laid-back attitude should serve him well once he ships to Churchill.
Looking forward to pre-entering his first-ever Breeders' Cup starter, trainer Mike Pender sent out Oak Tree Mile (gr. IIT) winner Jeranimo out for a half-mile drill over Santa Anita's main track Oct. 22.
Jon & Joel unveil Top 5s in the Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies, and talk prep results. watch video
With odds-on favorite The Factor cashing it in early, Amazombie closed from last on the far outside to take over past mid-stretch, winning the $250,000 Ancient Title Stakes (gr. I) at Santa Anita Oct. 8.
Euroears blazed to a Del Mar Polytrack record for six furlongs with a front-running effort in the $250,000 Bing Crosby Stakes, giving trainer Bob Baffert grade I wins on both coasts July 31.
Fresh off a dominating win in the Triple Bend Handicap (gr. I), Smiling Tiger is back to defend his title in the Bing Crosby Stakes (gr. I) at Del Mar July 31.
Smiling Tiger, rebounding from a troubled trip at Churchill Downs, earned the third grade I victory of his career with a dominant performance in the $250,000 Triple Bend Handicap (gr. I) at Hollywood Park July 2.
Still smarting from their most recent losses, Smiling Tiger and Amazombie will square off in a highly-competitive renewal of the $250,000 Triple Bend Handicap (gr. I) at Hollywood Park July 2.
| Trainer | William Spawr |
|---|---|
| Jockey | Mike E. Smith |
| Owner | Sanford, Thomas C. and Spawr, William |
| Breeder | Gregg Anderson |
| Amazombie View Five-Cross Pedigree | Northern Afleet | Afleet |
| Nuryette | ||
| Wilshe Amaze | In Excess (IRE) | |
| Flom |
| Sale / Hip | Type | Buyer | Consignor | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARJAN2008 Hip 4 |
Two-year-old | Ridgeley Farm, agent | ($32,000) |
Prices in parentheses indicate a horse did not sell because it did not meet its reserve price.
| Spooky Woods |
| Arrogate |
| Mill Road |
| Unspoiled Moments |
| Flipcup |
| Classic Empire |
| Tapwrit |
| Lady Aurelia |
| Always Dreaming |
| Gun Runner |
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