Strike the Moon

New Owner for Native Bombshell in Bessarabian

• By Jack Shinar
• November 13, 2014
• Racing, Northeast Region, Midwest Region

Winner of the Ontario Fashion Stakes (Can-III) following a year's layoff, recently sold Native Bombshell will try to avoid a bounce as she returns to action in the $200,000 Bessarabian Stakes (Can-II) Nov. 16 at Woodbine.

Silent Treat Towers Over Ontario Fashion S.

• By Lenny Shulman
• October 16, 2014
• Racing, Northeast Region, Midwest Region

Six furlongs looks to be right in the wheelhouse of Silent Treat as the two-time stakes winners looks to add the Ontario Fashion Stakes to her portfolio in a 10-horse field.

Part the Seas Finds Seam for Bessarabian Win

• By Jack Shinar
• December 1, 2013
• Racing, Northeast Region, Midwest Region

Part the Seas took full advantage of a torrid pace duel to land her first graded stakes victory from off the pace at odds of 14-1 in the $147,722 Bessarabian Stakes (Can-III) Dec. 1 at Woodbine.

Youcan'tcatchme Can't Be Caught in Seaway

• By Tom LaMarra
• August 31, 2013
• Racing, Northeast Region, Midwest Region

Murray Stroud's Youcan'tcatchme, winner of the Etobicoke Handicap on the front end in her last start, wired the field again in the $148,882 Seaway Stakes (Can-III) on the Woodbine Polytrack Aug. 31.

Seaway: Nikkis Smartypants Back on Polytrack

• By Jack Shinar
• August 28, 2013
• Racing, Northeast Region, Midwest Region

After leaving her turf rivals behind in the Royal North Stakes (Can-IIIT) one month ago, Nikkis Smartypants will attempt to do the same thing on Polytrack in the $150,000 Seaway Stakes (Can-III) Aug. 31 at Woodbine.

Groupie Doll Highlights F&M Sprint Field

• By Esther Marr
• October 29, 2012
• Breeders' Cup, West Region

While Groupie Doll's stellar 2012 record puts her in a different league than many of her competitors in the Nov. 3 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (gr. I), the favorite will still have to face five other grade I winners.

Groupie Doll Much The Best in Keeneland's TCA

• By Claire Novak
• October 6, 2012
• Racing, Breeders' Cup, Kentucky

Groupie Doll put her winning streak on the line at Keeneland and preserved it emphatically Oct. 6, taking the $200,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (gr. II) by 6 1/2 lengths while pushing her earnings past the million mark.

Speedster Love and Pride Ready for DuPont

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• May 17, 2012
• Racing, Northeast Region

Love and Pride, who has made it a habit of getting out to the lead, will be trying for her second stakes win of the year when she takes on eight rivals in the Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes (gr. III).

Magical Feeling Wins; CT Sets Handle Records

• By Tom LaMarra
• April 15, 2012
• Racing, Northeast Region

Grade II winner Magical Feeling, a winner of more than half of her starts, added another victory to her record by taking the $200,000 Sugar Maple Stakes for fillies and mares at Charles Town Races April 14.

Her Smile High-Weight for Hurricane Bertie

• By Jason Shandler
• February 16, 2012
• Racing, Southeast Region

Her Smile, third in the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) when last seen, will make her season debut for her new connections Feb. 19 in the $150,000 Hurricane Bertie (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park.

Sugar Swirl: Classy Pomeroys Pistol Too Good

• By Jason Shandler
• December 10, 2011
• Racing, Southeast Region

Pomeroys Pistol began her season winning a graded stakes at Gulfstream Park and ended her season by doing the same, as she bounded away for a two-length win in the $100,000 Sugar Swirl (gr. III) on Dec. 10.

Pomeroys Pistol Stands Out in Sugar Swirl

• By Jason Shandler
• December 7, 2011
• Racing, Southeast Region

Pomeroys Pistol, winner of a graded stakes at Gulfstream Park earlier this year and coming off a solid effort in the Breeders' Cup, is the one to beat in the $100,000 Sugar Swirl (gr. III) Dec. 10.

Strike the Moon Tops Evenly-Matched Raven Run

• By Jason Shandler
• October 19, 2011
• Racing, Kentucky

Strike the Moon, winner of the Charles Town Oaks in her last start, will try a synthetic surface for the first time when leading a field of 13 sophomore fillies in the $250,000 Lexus Raven Run (gr. II) Oct. 22 at Keeneland.

Homebred Strike the Moon Hits It Big in Oaks

• By Tom LaMarra
• September 18, 2011
• Racing, Northeast Region

R. Larry Johnson, who began racing horses for $2,000 purses at Charles Town Races in the mid-1970s, more than stepped it up a notch Sept. 17 when his homebred Strike the Moon won the $400,000 Charles Town Oaks.

Strike the Moon Facing 10 in Monmouth Oaks

• By Jack Shinar
• August 10, 2011
• Racing, Northeast Region

Strike the Moon, who just missed winning the Delaware Oaks (gr. II) last month, heads a field of 11 sophomore fillies in the $150,000 Monmouth Oaks (gr. I) Aug. 13 at Monmouth Park.

St. John's River Grabs Del. Oaks at the Wire

• By Eric Mitchell
• July 9, 2011
• Racing, Northeast Region

With an impressive late kick, the filly by Include wins the Delaware Oaks by a neck and captures her first graded stakes.

St. John's River Looking to Shine in Oaks

• By Esther Marr
• July 6, 2011
• Racing, Northeast Region

St. John's River may not have a stakes win under her belt like the majority of her rivals in the July 9 Delaware Oaks (gr. II), but considering her recent hard trying efforts, she appears ready for a major triumph.