Grand Contender wins the 2014 Borgata Stakes.
Photo: Coady Photography
Grand Contender wins the 2014 Borgata Stakes.
Photo: Coady Photography
Grand Contender wins the 2013 Delta Mile Stakes.
Photo: Coady Photography
Grand Contender wins 2013 Delta Mile Stakes.
Photo: Coady Photography
Grand Contender wins the 2013 Delta Mile Stakes.
Photo: Coady Photography
Grand Contender wins the 2013 Delta Mile Stakes.
Photo: Coady Photography| Trainer | Thomas M. Amoss |
|---|---|
| Jockey | Gerard Melancon |
| Owner | Maggi Moss |
| Breeder | Epona Thoroughbreds |
| Grand Contender View Five-Cross Pedigree | Strong Contender | Maria's Mon |
| Kopenhagen | ||
| My Twilight Dancer | Twilight Agenda | |
| Shimmy |
| Sale / Hip | Type | Buyer | Consignor | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEENOV2008 Hip 3970 |
Weanling | Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent | ($19,000) | |
| KEESEP2009 Hip 4453 |
Yearling | Lane's End, agent | ($7,000) |
Prices in parentheses indicate a horse did not sell because it did not meet its reserve price.
Bradester collared pacesetter Grand Contender mid-stretch and proved best in the drive for the wire to register his first stakes win in the $150,000 Mineshaft Handicap (gr. III) Feb. 22 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
Fordubai, winner of the Louisiana Handicap at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots last month, returns to the same 1 1/16-mile distance at the track but will be facing stiffer company in the Feb. 22 Mineshaft Handicap (gr. III).
Fordubai upset the $100,000 Louisiana Handicap at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Jan. 18 to earn his second career stakes score by a length.
Zayat Stables' Prayer for Relief, 6 1/4-length winner of the Tenacious Handicap last time out, looms a strong choice despite top impost of 123 pounds in the Louisiana Handicap Jan. 18 at Fair Grounds.
Daddy Nose Best, a smashing stakes winner in his first start over the turf at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, returns to the New Orleans track as the top weight in the $125,000 Colonel E. R. Bradley Handicap (gr. IIIT).
| Palace Malice |
| Awesome Baby |
| Close Hatches |
| California Chrome |
| Samraat |
| Cairo Prince |
| Wildcat Red |
| Intense Holiday |
| Lea |
| Game On Dude |
