Wildcat Bettie B

Trainer Jones to Field Questions on Podcast

• By BloodHorse Staff
• April 13, 2012
• Thoroughbred Racing, Kentucky

The next edition of the live podcast Talkin' Horses with The Blood-Horse.com will feature trainer Larry Jones, who conditioned Havre de Grace to a Horse of the Year title in 2011.

Finder's Fee, Wildcat Bettie B Dead

• By Esther Marr
• July 16, 2009
• Thoroughbred Breeding, Kentucky

Two grade I-winning mares who were members of broodmare bands at WinStar and Claiborne Farms in Kentucky died this summer.

Grade I Filly Wildcat Bettie B Retired

• By David Schmitz
• August 15, 2007
• Thoroughbred Breeding

Wildcat Bettie B, one of the top sprinting fillies of last year, has been retired. She exited racing with a triumph in the Aug. 11 Xtra Heat Stakes at Delaware Park for Michael Pressley's Oasis Racing Stable.

Hard Spun Blazes Five Furlongs in :57 3/5

• By Evan Hammonds
• April 30, 2007
• Triple Crown

Richard Porter's Hard Spun scorched the Churchill Downs main track Monday morning, blazing five furlongs in :57 3/5 under regular rider Mario Pino. Hard Spun worked in company, for a while at least, with graded stakes winner Wildcat Bettie B.

Derby Week Nominations Include Wait A While, 'Anna

• April 18, 2007
• Thoroughbred Racing

Eclipse Award champions Wait A While, the nation's top 3-year-old filly of 2006, and Dreaming of Anna, last year's champion 2-year-old filly, are among stars nominated to compete in stakes races scheduled to be run at Churchill Downs during Kentucky Derby Week, April 28-May 5.

Wild Gams Stops 'Bettie in Safely Kept BC

• By Jack Shinar
• October 21, 2006
• Thoroughbred Racing

New Farm's homebred Wild Gams came from off the pace to grab the lead in deep stretch for jockey Ryan Fogelsonger, digging in for the final strides to defeat 11-10 choice Wildcat Bettie B in the $200,000 Safely Kept Breeders's Cup (gr. III) Saturday at Laurel Park.

Wildcat Betty B the Choice in Safely Kept BC

• October 19, 2006
• Thoroughbred Racing

Grade I winner Wildcat Bettie B faces seven challengers on Saturday in the $200,000 Safely Kept Breeders' Cup (gr. III) for 3-year-old fillies at Laurel Park. The eight competitors have combined to finish in the money 45 times in 53 career starts and have 25 victories at the six-furlong distance.

Wildcat Bettie B Pounces for Pino in Victory Ride

• By BloodHorse Staff
• August 24, 2006
• Thoroughbred Racing

Delaware Park-based trainer Larry Jones came to Saratoga Race Course with Oasis Racing's grade I-winning Wildcat Bettie B and brought Maryland-based jockey Mario Pino with him to take the $110,700 Victory Ride (gr. III) for 3-year-old fillies by a length Thursday.

Wildcat Bettie B Roars to Victory in Prioress

• By Jack Shinar
• July 8, 2006
• Thoroughbred Racing

Oasis Racing's Wildcat Bettie B revved up while racing wide down the stretch and caught the 18-1 outsider Wild Gams in the final yards to win the $250,000 Prioress Breeders' Cup by a neck at Belmont Park Saturday.

Diplomat Lady Returns to Sprinting in Prioress Breeders' Cup

• By BloodHorse Staff
• July 5, 2006
• Thoroughbred Racing

Diplomat Lady gets back to what she does best -- sprinting around one turn -- Saturday in Belmont Park's 59th running of the grade I, $250,000 Prioress Breeders' Cup for 3-year-old fillies at six furlongs.

Wildcat Bettie B Too Fast in Miss Preakness

• By Tom LaMarra
• May 19, 2006
• Thoroughbred Racing

Wildcat Bettie B made a quick bid for the lead from between horses in the first quarter mile and sped away to a two-length victory in the $125,000 Adena Stallions' Miss Preakness Stakes (gr. III) for 3-year-old fillies Friday at Pimlico Race Course.

Celestial Legend Tops Miss Preakness Cast

• May 14, 2006
• Thoroughbred Racing

David Menard and Richard Shultz' Celestial Legend, the winner of six of eight starts, is the 120-pound top weight and likely favorite in the Adena Stallions' Miss Preakness Stakes (gr. III) Friday at Pimlico Race Course.

Diplomat Lady Wins Stonerside Beaumont

• By BloodHorse Staff
• April 13, 2006
• Thoroughbred Racing

With the Keeneland main track favoring speed, Cornelio Velasquez guided Diplomat Lady to a front-running 2 1/4-length victory Thursday in the $250,000 Stonerside Beaumont (gr. II).