Never Retreat works at Keeneland 10/24/2011.
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
Never Retreat wins the 2011 First Lady.
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
Never Retreat wins the 2011 First Lady.
Photo: Mark Mahan
Never Retreat wins the 2011 First Lady.
Photo: Mark Mahan
Never Retreat wins the 2011 First Lady.
Photo: Mark Mahan
Never Retreat wins the 2011 First Lady.
Photo: Mathea Kelley
Never Retreat wins the 2011 First Lady.
Photo: Mark Mahan
Never Retreat wins the 2011 First Lady.
Photo: Mathea Kelley
Never Retreat wins the 2011 First Lady.
Photo: Mathea Kelley
Never Retreat wins the 2011 First Lady.
Photo: Keeneland/Coady Photography
Never Retreat wins the 2011 First Lady.
Photo: Keeneland/Coady Photography
Never Retreat wins the 2011 First Lady.
Photo: Keeneland/Coady Photography
Never Retreat wins the 2011 First Lady.
Photo: Keeneland/Coady Photography
Never Retreat wins the 2011 First Lady.
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
Never Retreat wins the Dance Smartly Stakes.
Photo: Michael Burns
Never Retreat wins the 2011 Jenny Wiley.
Photo: Keeneland/Coady Photography
Never Retreat wins the 2011 Jenny Wiley.
Photo: Keeneland/Coady Photography
Never Retreat wins the 2011 Jenny Wiley.
Photo: Mathea Kelley
Never Retreat wins the 2011 Honey Fox.
Photo: Coglianese Photos
Never Retreat wins the 2011 Honey Fox.
Photo: Coglianese Photos
Never Retreat wins the 2011 Honey Fox.
Photo: Coglianese Photos| Trainer | Chris M. Block |
|---|---|
| Jockey | Julien R. Leparoux |
| Owner | Team Block |
| Breeder | Gerry O'Meara & Stanley Inman |
| Never Retreat View Five-Cross Pedigree | Smart Strike | Mr. Prospector |
| Classy 'n Smart | ||
| Lisieux | Steady Growth | |
| Gay Sonnet |
| Sale / Hip | Type | Buyer | Consignor | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
FTKJUL2006 Hip 339 |
Yearling | Joseph Brocklebank, agent | Mulholland Springs | $410,000 |
Trainer Chris Block was represented by his 1,000th winner Jan. 12 at Gulfstream Park, when 5-year-old All for Thee rallied through the stretch to score a hard-fought neck victory at odds of 12-1 in the second race of the day.
Team Block's Never Retreat narrowly beat out a pair of 3-year old champions in Inglorious and Pender Harbour to be named Canada's Horse of the Year for 2011 at the 37th Sovereign Awards.
Team Block's Never Retreat, who had been scheduled to make her final start in the Jan. 7 Marshua's River Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Gulfstream Park, has been retired from racing.
Star Billing, advancing along the inside for Victor Espinoza, edged away from front-running Summer Soiree for her first grade I victory in the $250,000 Matriarch Stakes (gr. IT) at Hollywood Park Nov. 25.
Trainer Graham Motion, fresh off a grade I win in the Hollywood Turf Cup, guns for another at Hollywood Park when he sends out three entrants in the $250,000 Matriarch Stakes on the turf Nov. 25.
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Hopefuls for the Breeders' Cup World Championships were on the work tab Oct. 24 at Keeneland and Santa Anita Park, including Euroears, who scorched five furlongs in :56 3/5 at the Southern California racetrack.
Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Derrick Smith's Together, who rallied to finish second in the Oct. 8 First Lady (gr. IT), will remain at Keeneland this week for a run in the Oct. 15 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup.
Never Retreat, ridden by the red-hot Julien Leparoux, overcame the far outside post to capture the $350,000 First Lady Stakes (gr. IT) on the Keeneland turf Oct. 8.
German-bred Daveron, C.S. Silk, and Never Retreat, all graded stakes winners in 2011, headline an overflow field of 12 fillies and mares, plus two also-eligibles for the Oct. 8 First Lady Stakes (gr. IT) at Keeneland.
Never Retreat picked up her second grade II win of the season on the Woodbine turf when she outlasted a deep field to capture the Canadian Stakes (Can-IIT) Sept. 18.
Shared Account, last year's winner of the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), figures to draw a good deal of interest in the Canadian Stakes (Can-IIT) at Woodbine Sept 18.
Third in her American debut in the United Nations Stakes (gr. IT) last month, French-bred Stacelita heads a strong field of 11 older fillies and mares in the $750,000 Beverly D. Stakes (gr. IT) at Arlington Park Aug. 13.
Never Retreat, beaten as the favorite when second to Bay to Bay in last month's Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT), turned the tables on her rival at Woodbine in the $313,395 Dance Smartly Stakes (Can-IIT) July 10.
Bay to Bay, convincing winner of the Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT) on a yielding Woodbine turf course last month, returns to head a field of 10 older fillies and mares in the $300,000 Dance Smartly Stakes (Can-IIT) July 10.
In her first start over the Woodbine turf course since she won the Natalma Stakes (Can-IIIT) as a 2-year-old in 2009, Bay to Bay ran away at 6-1 odds over yielding ground in the Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT) June 4.
Never Retreat, upset winner of the Jenny Wiley Stakes (gr. IIT) at Keeneland in April, faces a triple threat from the Roger Attfield barn in the $300,000 Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT) on the Woodbine turf course June 4.
Juddmonte Farms' Aviate, with one U.S. race under her belt, rallied strongly in the stretch and pulled away for an easy victory in the $227,800 Churchill Downs Distaff Turf Mile (gr. IIT) for fillies and mares May 7.
Frank L. Jones' Tapitsfly, winner of the 2009 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita, drew favoritism in the $200,000-added Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Presented by American Commercial Lines (gr. IIT).
Never Retreat found a yielding turf to her liking when she swept past the leaders in the stretch and cleared off for a 1 3/4-length win in the $200,000 Jenny Wiley Stakes (gr. IIT) at Keeneland April 16.
Equestrio beats Dialed In, Turbulent Descent and Dubai racing. View Slideshow
Team Block's Never Retreat, trained by Chris Block and ridden by Julien Leparoux, took over from Persuading at the top of the stretch and went on to win the $100,000 Honey Fox (gr. IIIT) by a length March 5 at Gulfstream.
Cherokee Queen and Justaroundmidnight each have won a graded stakes over the Gulfstream Park turf course at the current meet, and should be among the favorites in a field of 13 drawn for the March 5 Honey Fox Stakes (gr. III)
Cherokee Queen found the right trip under Alex Solis and used it to bag her first graded stakes victory, taking the $150,000 Suwannee River (gr. IIIT) by two lengths Feb. 5 at Gulfstream Park.
Never Retreat and Cherokee Queen were listed as the 119-pound high weights for the $150,000 Suwannee River Stakes (gr. IIIT) Feb. 5 at Gulfstream Park.
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