Crash the Party Scores for Sire Elusive Bluff
Louisiana-based stallion Elusive Bluff picked up his first winner June 8 at Delaware Park when Crash the Party led every step in the day's first race, a maiden-claiming event for 2-year-olds.
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Elusive Bluff to E.A. Ranches
Unbeaten graded stakes winner Elusive Bluff will stand in 2012 at E.A. Ranches near Santa Ysabel, Calif., for $1,000 stands and nurses.
Graded Winner Elusive Bluff to Red River
Unbeaten Elusive Bluff, a New York graded stakes winner at 2, has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Jay Adcock's Red River Farms near Coushatta, La.
Elusive Bluff May Find Cinema Spotlight
- By Jack Shinar
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Elusive Bluff, who won both of his starts as a 2-year-old but has not raced since Oct. 1, returns to action in the $100,000 Cinema Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Hollywood Park June 21.
La. Derby Early Bird Nominees Announced
Seven graded stakes winners, including grade I winner Square Eddie, lead the list of 93 early-bird nominations to the $600,000 Louisiana Derby (gr. II), the headline event of Fair Grounds' 137th season March 14, 2009.
Elusive Bluff Withdrawn from Juvenile
Southern Equine's Elusive Bluff, a 15-1 morning line entrant in the Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I), was scratched Oct. 23 after a problem was detected in the colt's right hind foot.
Munnings Lukewarm Juvenile Favorite
Champagne Stakes (gr. I) runner-up Munnings was installed as the lukewarm 7-2 favorite when 13 horses were entered in the Oct. 25 Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I).
Juvenile: Open Question
Square Eddie looks to continue winning ways in the Juvenile
Juv. Turf: The Road Out West
Bittel Road, Elusive Bluff, Grand Adventure, and Skipadate have shown they possess enough turf talent to suggest there is a good chance one of them will win the Oct. 25 Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Elusive Bluff, Maram Win Graded Stakes
Elusive Bluff came running late to catch pacesetter Show Me the Cash at the wire in the Pilgrim Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Belmont Park Oct. 1. One race earlier, Maram got up just in time to defeat Freedom Rings by a neck in the $164,200 Miss Grillo Stakes (gr. IIIT).
Stakes Winner Bittel Road Heads Pilgrim
Trainer Todd Pletcher sends out stakes winner Bittel Road as the likely favorite in a field of nine for the $150,000 Pilgrim Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the Belmont Park inner turf Oct. 1, a race that carries implications for the upcoming Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
Connections
| Trainer | Eric J. Guillot |
|---|---|
| Jockey | Michael C. Baze |
| Owner | Southern Equine Stable, LLC |
| Breeder | Eldon Farm Equine LLC |
Pedigree
| Elusive Bluff View Five-Cross Pedigree | Elusive Quality | Gone West |
| Touch of Greatness | ||
| Megans Bluff | Pine Bluff | |
| Cozzena |
Auction History
| Sale / Hip | Type | Buyer | Consignor | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEENOV2006 Hip 466 |
Weanling | Robert E. Courtney Sr., agent | Gainesway, agent for Eldon Farm Equine | $275,000 |
| KEESEP2007 Hip 1504 |
Yearling | Horse Traders | Robert E. Courtney, agent | $50,000 |
| KEEAPR2008 Hip 33 |
Two-year-old | Niall Brennan Stables, agent | ($140,000) |
Prices in parentheses indicate a horse did not sell because it did not meet its reserve price.
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