Centre Court wins the 2013 Jenny Wiley.
Photo: Keeneland/Coady Photography
Centre Court wins the 2013 Jenny Wiley.
Photo: Keeneland/Coady Photography
Centre Court wins the 2013 Jenny Wiley.
Photo: Keeneland/Coady Photography
Centre Court wins the 2013 Jenny Wiley.
Photo: Keeneland/Coady Photography
Centre Court wins the 2013 Jenny Wiley.
Photo: Mark Mahan
Centre Court wins the 2013 Jenny Wiley.
Photo: Mark Mahan
Centre Court wins the 2013 Honey Fox.
Photo: Coglianese Photos/Kenny Martin
Centre Court wins the 2013 Honey Fox.
Photo: Coglianese Photos/Leslie Martin
Centre Court wins the 2013 Honey Fox.
Photo: Coglianese Photos/Leslie Martin
Centre Court wins the 2013 Honey Fox.
Photo: Coglianese Photos/Kenny Martin
Centre Court wins the 2013 Honey Fox.
Photo: Coglianese Photos/Courtney Heeney
Centre Court wins the 2013 Honey Fox.
Photo: Coglianese Photos/Courtney Heeney
Centre Court wins the 2013 Honey Fox.
Photo: Coglianese Photos/Courtney Heeney
Centre Court wins the 2013 Honey Fox.
Photo: Coglianese Photos/Courtney Heeney
Centre Court wins the 2012 Mrs. Revere.
Photo: Reed Palmer Photography, Churchill Downs
Centre Court wins the 2012 Mrs. Revere.
Photo: Reed Palmer Photography, Churchill Downs
Centre Court wins the 2012 Lake George.
Photo: Coglianese Photos/Courtney Stafford
Centre Court wins the 2012 Lake George.
Photo: Coglianese Photos
Centre Court wins the 2012 Lake George.
Photo: Coglianese Photos
Centre Court wins the 2012 Regret.
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt| Trainer | George R. Arnold, II |
|---|---|
| Jockey | John R. Velazquez |
| Owner | G. Watts Humphrey, Jr. |
| Breeder | G. Watts Humphrey Jr. & Louise Ireland Humphrey Revocable Trust - 2008 |
| Centre Court View Five-Cross Pedigree | Smart Strike | Mr. Prospector |
| Classy 'n Smart | ||
| Let | A.P. Indy | |
| Net Dancer |
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Grade I winner Centre Court will face Laughing, Miz Ida, Somali Lemonade, and Hungry Island trying to make it back to the winner's circle in the $250,000 Ketel One Ballston Spa Stakes (gr. IIT) Aug. 24 at Saratoga.
A determined Laughing (IRE) refused to relinquish the lead in the $588,000 Diana Stakes July 27 over the inner turf course at Saratoga Race Course, leading the all the way for her first grade I victory in a terrific finish.
Chad Brown trio to tackle Stephanie's Kitten, Centre Court in 1 1/8-mile turf event.
Trainer Mike Puype has no doubt 2012 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint victress Mizdirection is best of seven entered in the June 8 Just a Game Stakes at Belmont. But the new surface could be her undoing, especially if it rains.
G. Watts Humphrey Jr.'s homebred Centre Court ran down 2012 Jenny Wiley (gr. IT) winner Daisy Devine in the final furlong of the 2013 renewal to get her first grade I victory for trainer Rusty Arnold at Keeneland April 13.
Defending Jenny Wiley Stakes (gr. IT) winner Daisy Devine is back to protect her title April 13 at Keeneland, but the 5-year-old daughter of Kafwain faces a steep question as she goes up against six stakes winners.
There was no moss growing on Centre Court, who made her 2013 debut a winning one by 1 3/4 lengths in the $150,000 Honey Fox Stakes (gr. IIT) March 16 at Gulfstream Park.
After winning two grade II stakes on turf against other fillies of her age last season, Centre Court will take on older rivals for the first time when she begins her 4-year-old campaign March 16 in the Honey Fox Stakes.
MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Racing as a homebred for the G. Watts Humphrey Jr. & Louise Ireland Humphrey Revocable Trust, Centre Court dominated a solid field of distaff turfers to notch her third graded stakes win of the year.
Centre Court served up an ace at Churchill Downs in the $175,000 Mrs. Revere Stakes (gr. IIT) Nov. 17, fulfilling expectations as the 3-2 favorite and extending her record on the Louisville turf to a perfect 3-for-3.
Centre Court carries top weight in a full field of 12 sophomore fillies looking to capitalize on one of the last local grass stakes of the season, the $175,000-added Mrs. Revere Stakes (gr. IIT) at Churchill Downs Nov. 17.
New York-bred Dayatthespa took the lead early and scored a two-length victory in the $400,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (gr. IT) on the turf at Keeneland Oct. 13, remaining unbeaten in 2012 with five wins in a row.
With an eye-catching final burst, favored Stephanie's Kitten prevailed by a half-length in the $200,000 Woodford Reserve Lake Placid Stakes (gr. IIT) on the inner turf course at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 19.
Five of the top six finishers from the July 25 Lake George Stakes, including top two Centre Court and Better Lucky, return to fight for supremacy in the $200,000 Woodford Reserve Lake Placid (gr. IIT) Aug. 19 at Saratoga.
Centre Court, weaving through traffic in the stretch run on the Saratoga Race Course turf under Julien Leparoux, got the lead in deep stretch and prevailed in a roughly-run renewal of the $200,000 Lake George Stakes July 25.
Owner Martin S. Schwartz's eye for a good horse has led him to Samitar, who bears watching in the $200,000 Lake George Stakes (gr. IIT) at 1 1/16 miles for 3-year-old fillies on turf at Saratoga July 25.
Images from the great racing on Stephen Foster Day 2012. View Slideshow
The 3-2 favorite in a field of 11 3-year-old turf fillies, the bay daughter of Smart Strike got her first graded win.
Coup, an Empire Maker filly and winner of Pimlico's Hilltop Stakes on Preakness day, has the top stakes experience in the field for the June 16 Regret Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Churchill Downs.
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