Rockport Harbor's Current Top Performers

Sinai ( 2013G3PL )
Toboggan S.
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Pedigree
Sinai Rockport Harbor
Unbridled's Song
Regal Miss Copelan
Dontgetinmyway
Machiavellian
Ashtabula
Sale History
Yr. Sold Sale Hip# Type Sold/RNA Price Purchaser Consignor
2008 KEENOV 633 W S $50,000 Highway 460 Stables Taylor Made Sales Agency
2009 KEESEP 3094 Y S $50,000 Zayat Stables Taylor Made Sales Agency
Toboggan S. Chart

TOBOGGAN S. (gr. III ), Aqueduct , February 02, 2013 , $150,000 Added , value of race $150,000 , 3 yo's & up , 6 furlongs , 1:09.86 Inner track FT .

HEAD HEART HOOF (Gray or Roan Gelding , 7 yo, 118 lb) $90,000
Intidab —Trustees Gray , by Flying Chevron
B—Rhapsody Farm, Alan Alcon & Dora Alcon , NY ; O—Dubb, Michael, Grant, Stuart, Aisquith, Gary and Akman, Scott K. ; T—Rudy R. Rodriguez

Johannesburg Smile (Bay Horse , 6 yo, 118 lb) $30,000
Johannesburg —Serenity's Smile , by Dixie Brass
B—Francis Paolangeli , NY ; O—Repole Stable ; T—Todd A. Pletcher

Sinai (Gray or Roan Horse , 5 yo, 118 lb) $15,000
Rockport Harbor —Dontgetinmyway , by Machiavellian
B—Guida Racing Stable, Inc. , KY ; O—Zayat Stables, LLC ; T—Rudy R. Rodriguez


Margins: ½, 1½, 3½ . Others: P J's Magical Wink   116($7,500) , Isn't He Perfect   116($4,500) , Mine Over Matter   120($3,000) . Winning Jockey, Cornelio H. Velasquez.
Toboggan S. Recap

Head Heart Hoof proved that perseverance pays off when the 7-year-old gelding scored his first graded stakes triumph by winning the 120th renewal of the Toboggan Stakes (gr. III) in his 50th career start.

Ridden patiently by Cornelio Velasquez, Head Heart Hoof rated off the pace set by P J’s Magical Wink and took control leaving the turn in the six-furlong sprint. After opening up by two lengths in the stretch, Head Heart Hoof dug in gamely to hold off the fast-charging favorite Johannesburg Smile.

Racing primarily in claiming and optional claiming/allowance races, Head Heart Hoof has 18 wins and 10 placings to his credit while earning $470,176. Head Heart Hoof presently races for Michael Dubb, Stuart Grant, Gary Asquith, and Scott Akman after being claimed for $35,000 while finishing second in an allowance/optional claiming race at Aqueduct. In his first start for his new connections, Head Heart Hoof finished second in the Hollie Hughes Stakes for New York-breds and later in 2012 finished third in the Valley Forge Stakes at Parx Racing. In his first start in 2013, he won the True and Blue Stakes at Aqueduct on Jan. 9.

Head Heart Hoof was bred by Rhapsody Farm, Alan Alcon, and Dora Alcon. Owned by Elaine Peck and Richard Quinn, Rhapsody is a full-service breeding, boarding, and sales consignment operation located near Plymouth, N.Y. Peck said 70 of the farm’s 326 acres are used for the horse population that includes six mares owned by Rhapsody and 15-20 horses for clients.

Head Heart Hoof is one of seven stakes winners sired by Intidab, a son of Phone Trick who stood at Gallagher’s Farm in New York before being relocated in 2006 to Sheikh Hamdan’s Shadwell Farm in Lexington, where his 2013 fee is $2,000.—R.W.M.

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( ), Aqueduct , January 10, 2013 , $64,000 Added , value of race $64,000 , 4 yo's & up , 6 furlongs , 1:10.23 Inner track FT .

SINAI (Gray or Roan Horse , 5 yo, 118 lb) $38,400
Rockport Harbor —Dontgetinmyway , by Machiavellian
B—Guida Racing Stable, Inc. , KY ; O—Zayat Stables, LLC ; T—Rudy R. Rodriguez

He's So Chic (Dark Bay or Brown Ridgling , 9 yo, 118 lb) $12,800
Jump Start —So Chic , by Private Terms
B—Paragon Farms, LLC , KY ; O—Drawing Away Stable, Class Personified Stable and Pirozzi, Joseph ; T—David Jacobson

Dr Disco (Chestnut Horse , 5 yo, 118 lb) $6,400
Disco Rico —Dr Margaret , by Dr. Blum
B—Joseph F. DiRico , NY ; O—Joseph DiRico ; T—Nicholas Esler


Margins: 1¼, 2¼, 1½ . Others: Itsagoodtendollars   118($3,200) , Rich Hero   111($1,920) , Yield Bogey   118($1,280) . Winning Jockey, Cornelio H. Velasquez.