Poker Player - Breeders Cup - October 31, 2013
Photo: Rick Samuels
Poker Player - Breeders Cup - October 31, 2013
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
Poker Player - 2013 Breeders' Cup
Photo: Chad B. Harmon
Poker Player wins the Bourbon Stakes.
Photo: Mathea Kelley| Trainer | Wayne M. Catalano |
|---|---|
| Jockey | Channing Hill |
| Owner | West, Gary and Mary |
| Breeder | Nicholas M. Lotz, Rosemary K. Lotz & Harlan's Holiday Syndicate |
| Poker Player View Five-Cross Pedigree | Harlan's Holiday | Harlan |
| Christmas in Aiken | ||
| Revel in the Win | Red Bullet | |
| Icy Warning |
| Sale / Hip | Type | Buyer | Consignor | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEENOV2011 Hip 2046 |
Weanling | Ben Glass, agent | Brereton C. Jones, agent | $120,000 |
Susan Moulton's Solitary Ranger controlled the pace and romped clear in the stretch to score easily over favored stablemate Poker Player in the $100,000 John Battaglia Memorial Stakes March 1 at Turfway Park.
Harry's Holiday obliterated the field in the 96ROCK Stakes, the first local prep for the Spiral Stakes (gr. III) at Turfway Park, but he faces a tougher crowd March 1 in the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes.
Claire Novak and Frank Angst look at the CashCall Futurity this weekend. Are there any Kentucky Derby contenders in the field? watch video
The $750,000 CashCall Futurity (gr. I) will be the final graded stakes ever run at Betfair Hollywood Park, and the Dec. 14 event should be one of the best 2-year-old races of the year.
Gary and Mary West's Poker Player has a shot at the big money Nov. 1 at Santa Anita in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IT).
The Breeders' Cup will reinstate entry fee benefits to the winners of Challenge races that lost their designation when the events came off the turf at Keeneland, but they will not receive an automatic starting position.
A damp first weekend didn't seem to greatly impact the proceedings at Keeneland. watch photo
Trainer Wayne Catalano was doing a little advance planning the morning of Oct. 7, both in the short term for the Keeneland meet and for a few weeks down the road at the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita.
Gary and Mary West's Poker Player unleashed a huge move in mid-stretch to collar the leaders for an impressive victory in the off-the-turf Bourbon Stakes at a water-sogged Keeneland Race Course Oct. 6.
| Palace Malice |
| Awesome Baby |
| Close Hatches |
| California Chrome |
| Samraat |
| Cairo Prince |
| Wildcat Red |
| Intense Holiday |
| Lea |
| Game On Dude |
