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Jockey Javier Castellano is all smiles on Stopchargingmaria after winning the Breeders' Cup Distaff Friday Oct. 30, 2015 at Keeneland Race Track in Lexington, KY
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Stopchargingmaria trains at Keeneland April 17.
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Stopchargingmaria trains at Keeneland April 17.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2015 Breeders' Cup Distaff.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2015 Breeders' Cup Distaff.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2015 Breeders' Cup Distaff.
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Javier Castellano aboard Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Stopchargingmaria
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2015 Breeders' Cup Distaff.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2015 Breeders' Cup Distaff.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2015 Breeders' Cup Distaff.
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Stopchargingmaria connections celebrate in the winner's circle.
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The field heads into the stretch in the Breeders' Cup Distaff (gr. I).
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Horses taking the first turn in the Breeders' Cup Distaff (gr. I).
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2015 Breeders' Cup Distaff.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2015 Breeders' Cup Distaff.
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Breeders' Cup reported a record Friday crowd for the first day of its World Championships Oct. 30.
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Stopchargingmaria outfinishes Stellar Wind and survives a stewards' inquiry to win the Distaff
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Stopchargingmaria (inside) Catron (outside) - Keeneland, October 24, 2015
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Stopchargingmaria - Keeneland, October 24, 2015
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Stopchargingmaria (inside) worked a half mile in :47, with splits of :12 3/5 and :24 3/5 and a gallop out time in :59 1:12.
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Stopchargingmaria - Keeneland, October 17, 2015
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Stopchargingmaria (front) Uncle Vinny (back) - Keeneland, October 17, 2015
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Rachel's Valentina, outside, Stopchargingmaria, inside, work at Keeneland Oct. 5.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the Shuvee Stakes.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the Shuvee Stakes.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the Shuvee Stakes.
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Untapable (right) and Stopchargingmaria rematch Aug. 29 in the Personal Ensign
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Stopchargingmaria defeats Untapable in the Shuvee Stakes.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2015 Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes.
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Stopchargingmaria leads the way home in the Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes.
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Stopchargingmaria, the 4-5 choice in a field of five, took the early lead and never looked back en route to a blowout victory in the $245,000 Grade III Tempted Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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Caption: STopchargingmaria with Javier Castellano wins the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (gr. II) at Pimlico in Baltimore, Md., on May 16, 2014. R10-BESusan1 image114 Photo by Anne M. Eberhardt
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Caption: STopchargingmaria with Javier Castellano wins the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (gr. II) at Pimlico in Baltimore, Md., on May 16, 2014. R10-BESusan1 image138 Photo by Anne M. Eberhardt
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Caption: l-r, Mrs. Todd Pletcher, Javier Castellano, Pletcher's daughter, Todd Pletcher, Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake, ?, ?, Tom Chukhas Jr., Pimlico president. STopchargingmaria with Javier Castellano wins the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (gr. II) at Pimlico in Baltimore, Md., on May 16, 2014. R10-BESusan1 image164 Photo by Anne M. Eberhardt
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Stopchargingmaria (left) gets by Vero Amore to win the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.
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Repole Stable's Stopchargingmaria took over rounding the far turn and drew off to an impressive five-length victory over Unbridled Forever in the Grade I Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Race Course.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2014 Alabama.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2014 Alabama.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2014 Alabama.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2014 Alabama.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2014 Alabama.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2014 Alabama.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2014 Alabama.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2014 Alabama.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2014 Alabama.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2014 Alabama.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2014 Alabama.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2014 Alabama.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2014 Alabama.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2014 Alabama.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2014 Alabama.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2014 Black-Eyed Susan.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2014 Black-Eyed Susan.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2013 Demoiselle.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the 2013 Demoiselle.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the Tempted Stakes.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the Tempted Stakes.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the Tempted Stakes.
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Stopchargingmaria is in control in the Alabama Stakes.
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Stopchargingmaria faces 8 in the Alabama.
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Stopchargingmaria wins the CCA Oaks.
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Stopchargingmaria won the 2014 Black-Eyed Susan.
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Stopchargingmaria (left) gets by Vero Amore to win the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.
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Stopchargingmaria won last year's Tempted by 10 3/4 lengths.
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Stopchargingmaria takes on older fillies and mares in the Beldame Stakes.
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Multiple grade I winner Stopchargingmaria is the first mare to break the $2 million mark at the Fasig-Tipton November sale. The broodmare prospect by Tale of the Cat sold for $2.8 million to Three Chimneys Farm.
Selling the 2015 Breeders' Cup Distaff (gr. I) winner will allow Town & Country to diversify its broodmare band, according to the farm.
Reigning Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (gr. I) winner Stopchargingmaria has been retired from racing, according to Shannon Potter, president of Town and Country Racing.
Cavorting closed from far back and drew off to score June 11 in the $1 million Ogden Phipps Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont Park, a track she loves.
Curalina joins Stopchargingmaria, Sheer Drama, Cavorting, and others in a short but strong field June 11 at Belmont Park.
Already a two-time grade I winner in route races, Sheer Drama opened her 6-year-old season with a top-level win sprinting in the Madison Stakes (gr. I) April 9 at Keeneland.
There will be few graded stakes during the 16-day Keeneland Racecourse meet that will draw as tough of a field as the April 9 $300,000 Madison Stakes (gr. I) for older fillies and mares sprinting seven furlongs.
There are so many factors that can affect the outcome of a horse sale it is often difficult to predict a probable outcome. But all signs are pointing toward a positive Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s sale of 2-year-olds.
The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. has scheduled under tack workout sessions from March 9-11 for horses entered in the March sale of 2-year-olds in training that will be held in Ocala, Fla., March 15-16.
Mshawish wins the Donn...on to Dubai and more inside the February 13, 2016 issue of Blood-Horse Magazine.
Beholder was named champion older dirt female Jan. 16, collecting her third career Eclipse Award, following her titles as champion 2-year-old female and champion 3-year-old female.
Javier Castellano was voted outstanding jockey after he exceeded his own previous single-season earnings record as his mounts in 2015 earned $28,120,767, surpassing his previous mark of $26,219,907 in 2013.
Javier Castellano, who has secured the past two Eclipse Awards as outstanding rider, eclipsed his own single-season earnings mark Nov. 15, ending the day with purse earnings of $26,237,639.
Comments from Stopchargingmaria's trainer, Todd Pletcher, and her jockey, Javier Castellano, after her victory in the Breeders' Cup Distaff. Watch Video
Comments from Stopchargingmaria's trainer, Todd Pletcher, and her jockey, Javier Castellano, after her victory in the Breeders' Cup Distaff.
Comments from the connections of Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Stopchargingmaria, including owner Kiki Courtelis.
Stopchargingmaria held off Stellar Wind and withstood a review by the stewards to score a close victory in the $2 million Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (gr. I) Friday at Keeneland.
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Defending champion Untapable will have to defeat a strong field that includes grade I winners Wedding Toast, Got Lucky, Sheer Drama, Curalina, I'm a Chatterbox, My Sweet Addiction, and Stopchargingmaria.
Concerned that Keeneland would seal the main track as rain began to fall early Oct. 24, trainer Todd Pletcher went ahead and sent Stopchargingmaria to the track for a "super" breeze.
Untapable was a dominating winner of the 2014 Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (gr. I) but has underwhelmed thus far this season. She gets a chance at redemption when she goes for a Distaff repeat Oct. 30.
With one week go before the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland Race Course, trainer Todd Pletcher is confident in how his large contingent of hopefuls is coming into their respective races.
The morning of Oct. 17 was another busy one for Todd Pletcher, as the trainer with a barn full of Breeders' Cup World Championships hopefuls sent five of his trainees out for workouts at Keeneland.
Teresa Viola Racing Stables' grade I winner Liam's Map breezed five furlongs at Keeneland the morning of Oct. 11 as the colt continued working toward the Las Vegas Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) Oct. 30.
Breeders' Cup hopefuls Liam's Map, Rachel's Valentina, and Stopchargingmaria recorded breezes at Keeneland Oct. 5.
Amid the hubbub around a potential budding rivalry between Untappable and Stopchargingmaria, Harold Queen's Sheer Drama played spoiler Aug. 29, defeating both in the $750,000 Personal Ensign at Saratoga Race Course.
Stopchargingmaria and champion Untapable were one-two in the Aug. 2 Shuvee Stakes (gr. III) at Saratoga. They meet again at the same nine-furlong trip Aug. 29 in the $750,000 Personal Ensign Stakes (gr. I).
Recent Jim Dandy Stakes (gr. II) winner Texas Red turned in his penultimate breeze Saturday, Aug. 15, ahead of his planned bid in the Travers Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 29 at Saratoga Race Course.
The $200,000 Shuvee Handicap (gr. III) Aug. 2 was a two-horse race from the get-go between champion Untapable and Stopchargingmaria, with the latter edging clear in the final sixteenth to win at Saratoga Race Course.
Champion Untapable will seek class relief in the $200,000 Shuvee Handicap (gr. III) Aug. 2 at Saratoga Race Course, coming off a five-length loss to Wedding Toast in the June 6 Ogden Phipps Handicap (gr. I) at Belmont Park.
Todd Pletcher sent out several of his stable stars for workouts July 26 at Saratoga Race Course, including graded stakes winners Stopchargingmaria, Angela Renee, and Competitive Edge.
Trainer Todd Pletcher, who has won the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) twice and finished second four times, has three opportunities to improve on that record in the June 6 renewal of the classic at Belmont Park.
A class drop proved successful in getting multiple grade I winner Stopchargingmaria back into the winner's circle when the mare lived up to her 3-5 odds to win the Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes.
Stopchargingmaria, the Alabama and Coaching Club American Oaks winner, drops into grade III company in Allaire DuPont Distaff (gr. III) at Pimlico Race Course May 15.
Champion 3-year-old filly Untapable, Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Bayern and classic winners Palace Malice and Tonalist are among horses nominated to 10 stakes during Kentucky Derby Week at Churchill Downs.
Barry Schwartz's homebred Princess Violet held off a late run from Stopchargingmaria to win the $350,000 Madison Stakes (gr. I) April 4 at Keeneland.
Two-time grade I winner Stopchargingmaria is scheduled to make her 2015 debut April 4 in the $350,000 Madison Stakes (gr. I) on the opening weekend card at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington.
Rivals and racing fans may view top trainer Todd Pletcher as reserved and unemotional, but there is more to the dedicated horseman than meets the eye. A competitive nature, sly wit, and drive to succeed have carried him to the top of the game.
Coolmore's Ashford Stud, which features three new stallions at the Central Kentucky farm, announced its stud fees for 2015.
Two-time grade I winner Stopchargingmaria will be offered at the Fasig-Tipton November sale, owner Mike Repole said Sept. 30.
Former claimer Belle Gallantey continued her grade I success Sept. 27, taking the Beldame Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont Park in a wire-to-wire romp.
Sophomore Stopchargingmaria, winner of the C.C.A. Oaks and Alabama Stakes (both gr. I) at Saratoga, steps up against older fillies and mares in the $400,000 Beldame Stakes (gr. I) Sept. 27 at Belmont Park.
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Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Tonalist and Travers Stakes (gr. I) winner V. E. Day breezed Sept. 22 over the training track at Belmont Park in preparation for the Sept. 27 Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I).
Belmont Park's TVG Super Saturday card Sept. 27 looks to be shaping up as a stellar day of racing with a number of elite runners listed as likely to compete in six graded stakes worth combined purses of $3.4 million.
Winchell Thoroughbreds' Untapable rebounded off a fifth-place finish against males in her last start to hold off Sweet Reason for a one-length victory in the $1 million Cotillion Stakes (gr. I) at Parx Racing Sept. 20.
The grade I Cotillion Stakes, which figures to have a major impact on the 3-year-old filly championship, attracted some of the top members of the division and few interesting wild cards for its Sept. 20 renewal at Parx.
A keen observer of the subtle nuances of movement, balance, and alignment, Carol Seaver takes it all in and tunes into the Thoroughbreds that need her attention. When she works on horses, magic happens.
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| Trainer | Todd A. Pletcher |
|---|---|
| Jockey | Javier Castellano |
| Owner | Town and Country Farms, Corp. |
| Breeder | Harvey Clarke & Brookdale Farm LLC |
| Stopchargingmaria View Five-Cross Pedigree | Tale of the Cat | Storm Cat |
| Yarn | ||
| Exotic Bloom | Montbrook | |
| Melegant |
| Sale / Hip | Type | Buyer | Consignor | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEESEP2012 Hip 1732 |
Yearling | Woodford Thoroughbreds | Brookdale Sales, agent for Harvey Clarke & Brookdale | $47,000 |
| OBSMAR2013 Hip 239 |
Two-year-old | Repole Stables | Woodford Thoroughbreds, agent | $220,000 |
| FTKNOV2014 Hip 142 |
Racing or broodmare prospect | Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent | ($3,150,000) | |
| FTKNOV2016 Hip 87 |
Racing or broodmare prospect | Three Chimneys Farm | Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent | $2,800,000 |
Prices in parentheses indicate a horse did not sell because it did not meet its reserve price.
| I'm a Rock |
| Arrogate |
| Songbird |
| American Gal |
| Princess Victoria |
| Tapwrit |
| Always Dreaming |
| Irap |
| Shaman Ghost |
| Fall At Last |
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