April Pride wins the 2009 Harold Ramser.
Photo: Benoit| Trainer | James M. Cassidy |
|---|---|
| Jockey | Julio A. Garcia |
| Owner | Forging Oaks Farm, LLC |
| Breeder | Sir Eric Parker |
| April Pride (GB) View Five-Cross Pedigree | Falbrav (IRE) | Fairy King |
| Gift of the Night | ||
| Hasta | Theatrical (IRE) | |
| Slew the Queen |
| Sale / Hip | Type | Buyer | Consignor | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
TATOCT2007 Hip 26 |
Yearling | Crimbourne Stud | ($38,471) | |
|
GOFAPR2008 Hip 90 |
Two-year-old | Peter J. Doyle Bloodstock | Hillwood Stud | $52,755 |
|
KEENOV2011 Hip 282 |
Broodmare | Hinkle Farms | Eaton Sales, agent for Dispersal of Forging Oaks Farms | $120,000 |
Prices in parentheses indicate a horse did not sell because it did not meet its reserve price.
The ultra-consistent mare Tuscan Evening had no problem handling a little extra distance in the Santa Ana Handicap (gr. IIT), leading all the way for her ninth win in 13 Southern California races March 21 at Santa Anita.
Tuscan Evening, bidding for her ninth win in 13 starts since arriving in the United States last year, faces seven rivals in the $150,000 Santa Ana Handicap (gr. IIT) on the Santa Anita turf course March 21.
Ventura, one of the leading stars for the late trainer Bobby Frankel and Juddmonte Farms during the past two years, goes for her fourth grade I victory against six rivals in the Nov. 28 Matriarch Stakes (gr. IT) at Hollywood Park.
PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
A globetrotting sire and an all-American dam have strikingly similar pedigrees that combined to produce recent graded winner April Pride. Breeding analyst Alan Porter discusses how his "parallel pattern" theory is evident in the filly's pedigree.
April Pride overcame her outside post and some heavy traffic in the homestretch to post an impressive upset win in Oak Tree's $100,000 Harold C. Ramser Sr. Handicap (gr. IIIT), her American graded stakes debut for trainer James Cassidy Saturday on the Santa Anita grass.
Mrs Kipling, on the comeback trail following a disappointing effort in the American Oaks (gr. IT), returns to action against 10 rivals in Oak Tree's $100,000 Harold C. Ramser Sr. Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Santa Anita Park Oct. 24.
English-bred April Pride, fresh off her victory in last month's China Doll Stakes on the Santa Anita turf, ships in from California and was installed as the 5-2 morning line favorite in a wide-open edition of $100,000 Appalachian (gr. IIIT) at Keeneland April 16 .
A wide-open field of 12, led by lukewarm morning-line favorite Laragh, was drawn for the inaugural $1-million Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita Park.
With the undefeated English star 2-year-old filly Rainbow View skipping the Breeders' Cup, the inaugural running of the $1-million Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf figures to be a wide-open affair
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