Stonewall Farm Ocala News
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Monday, February 06, 2012
Kenyafly went wire-to-wire at a mile and 70 yards on Feb. 6, turning in one of the most stunning performances of the season. The 4-year-old by It's No Joke coasted on the lead early, opened up...
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Saturday, February 04, 2012
Mr. Prankster became the biggest money-winner for It's No Joke with a smashing 7 1/2-length victory in the $50,000 WEBN Stakes at Turfway Park on Feb. 4. The 3-year-old Kentucky-bred colt came from...
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Saturday, February 04, 2012
Magical Season completed a 1-3 finish for Stonewall Farm stallions in the $50,000 WEBN Stakes at Turfway Park on Feb. 4, chasing home Mr. Prankster for the second race in a row. The 3-year-old...
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Saturday, February 04, 2012
Jenny's So Great boosted her earnings to $614,375, best of any runner by Greatness, with a fourth-place finish in a star-studded field in the Gr. III Endeavour Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on...
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Saturday, February 04, 2012
Mum's Joke overcame the February showers and being forced five wide on the first turn, and broke her maiden at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town on Feb. 4. The 4-year-old filly by It's No...
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Friday, February 03, 2012
Five and Five broke his maiden at Turfway Park on Feb. 3, making a four-wide sweep on the turn to power to the lead in the stretch, then drawing off in the final sixteenth. The 4-year-old...
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Thursday, February 02, 2012
Animal Kingdom posted his second straight 59-and-change workout on the turf at the Palm Meadows Training Center in Boynton Beach on Feb. 1 and trainer Grahma Motion immediately tweeted where the...
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Thursday, February 02, 2012
Good New Shoes won for the second time in two 2012 starts by taking a $26,000 starter allowance by 5 1/2 lengths at Fair Grounds on Feb. 2. The 3-year-old colt by A. P. Warrior came from fifth place...
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Princess Mara, who didn't race at two and three, made her first career start for trainer (and co-owner) Dale Romans at Aqueduct on Feb. 1, and powered to a three-quarters of a length victory in...
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Monday, January 30, 2012
Candy and Nuts made an overpowering run through the stretch to break her maiden in style racing 5 1/2 furlongs at Turf Paradise on Jan. 30. The 3-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of A. P. Warrior sat...
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
Red Danger went wire-to-wire under Hall of Fame rider Russell Baze in an $18,820 starter allowance at Golden Gate Fields on Jan. 29. Baze put the 3-year-old colt on the lead at the outset and the...
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Shortbread won for the first time in his third career start on Jan. 28, coming from off the pace to capture a $25,660 maiden special weight race by 2 1/2 lengths. The 3-year-old colt by...
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Burningrich scored her third career victory on Jan. 28, moving on the turn in the 6 1/2-furlong race and running down the leaders to get up by half a length at the wire. The 5-year-old daughter of...
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Romanova went after the leaders with a three-wide middle move, surged to the front by two lengths in the stretch and held off even-money favorite Nae Problem by three-quarters of a length...
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Well Spelled became the fourth winner from the five runners in Spellbinder's first crop who raced as 2-year-olds when he broke his maiden at Aqueduct on Jan. 27. The 3-year-old colt had...
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Friday, January 27, 2012
The superbly-named Max the Knife won for the fifth time in a 22-race career with a one-length victory racing a mile and 70 yards at Fair Grounds on Jan. 27. The 5-year-old gelding came...
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Operative Assets didn't register his first victory until his sixth career start, but the 3-year-old colt has now won three straight. The Kentucky-bred son of A. P. Warrior went wire-to-wire at...
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Days Ride rallied from last place to break his maiden racing a flat mile over a 'good' track at Turfway Park on Jan. 27. The 4-year-old gelding by Strong Contender went off at odds of 7/10 in...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Trainer Graham Motion set Champion Animal Kingdom down for the first time today at the Palm Meadows Training Center in Boynton Beach.
Prepping for his long-awaited return, which is...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
In his third career start at Turf Paradise, Higgs made every pole a winning one racing a flat mile over the main track on Jan. 25. The 3-year-old gelded son of A. P. Warrior, a Kentucky-bred sent...
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Monday, January 23, 2012
American Warrior broke his maiden at Turf Paradise in his fourth career start on Jan. 23 after a torrid head-and-head battle to the top of the stretch. The 3-year-old gelding by A. P. Warrior...
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
Valued Assets broke his maiden with a strong late rally in a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special at Sam Houston Race Park on Jan. 22. The 5-year-old gelding raced in mid-pack early, then uncorked a...
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
Gilmer, a 4-year-old by Leroidesanimaux, went wire-to-wire racing 5 1/2 furlongs at Turfway Park on Jan. 22, posting his second victory in his last three starts. The Florida-bred gelding took the...
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
A. P. Diva finished second in the $50,000 Cincinnati Trophy Stakes at Turfway Park on Jan. 21, the second straight stakes-placed effort for the 3-year-old daughter of A. P. Warrior. In her previous...
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
Red Orchestra was right on key at Tampa Bay Downs on Jan. 21, winning an "about" one-mile race on the turf by 1 3/4 lengths. The 5-year-old Greatness mare moved up steadily after getting...
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
Rachel the Model broke her maiden for Midwest Thoroughbreds and top trainer Jamie Ness with a monster late run racing 5 1/2 furlongs at Penn National on Jan. 21. The 3-year-old filly by Burning Roma...
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
Clever Performance lived up to his name at Tampa Bay Downs on Jan. 21, winning by 1 3/4 lengths with a mile and 40 yards in 1:42.01. With Ademar Santos riding, the 4-year-old Da Stoops gelding...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Stop Hunting won his second straight race at a mile and 40 yards at Tampa Bay Downs on Jan. 18, looping the field 4-wide on the turn, and drawing off with complete authority. The 4-year-old gelding...
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Impact Tool made a major impact in maiden race in the mud at Camarero Race Track in Puerto Rico on Jan. 16. The 3-year-old colt, who had recorded a second and three thirds in hsi first five starts, was sent off as the 2/5 favorite in a field of six in the 6 1/2-furlong race.
The son of Burning Roma, bred by Hidden Point Farm in Florida, sat in fifth place early, then exploded going to the half, opening up a three-length lead in the stretch and extending it to eight at the wire.
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Animal Kingdom, who thrilled the racing world with his overpowering victory in the 137th Kentucky Derby, was rewarded at Monday night's Eclipse Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills by being named...
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Sooner Humor came from off the pace to win a 6-furlong race at Oaklawn Park by nearly three legnths on Jan. 16. The 4-year-old Kentucky-bred gelding by It's No Joke was clocked in 1:12.40 and earned...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
Great Attack finished second in the $60,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint Stakes for the second straight year on Jan. 15, the fourth stakes-placed performance for the son of Greatness. Great...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
Under a well-judged ride by Danny Coa, Valueable Silver went wire-to-wire in an impressive 6 1/2-furlong performance at Tampa Bay Downs on Jan. 15. The 4-year-old gelded son of Value Plus, sent off...
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Saturday, January 14, 2012
Leroy's Dynameaux engaged Saratoga Boot in a long stretch battle and was outnodded at the wire in the $75,000 Cotton Fitzsimmons Mile Handicap at Turf Paradise on Jan. 14. It was the fourth...
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Saturday, January 14, 2012
After posting four seconds and three thirds in her first 11 races, it took veteran Shane Sellers to break the maiden of B. J.'s Leroi on Jan. 14. Sellers guided the 4-year-old filly into the...
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Saturday, January 14, 2012
Deflationary Fears made a powerful four-wide move on the turn under Cliff Berry racing 1 1/16 miles at Oaklawn Park on Jan. 14, then drove clear of his 11 rivals coming to the wire to...
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Friday, January 13, 2012
Good New Shoes broke his maiden in his fifth career start, going wire-to-wire in a $50,000 claimer at Fair Grounds on Jan. 13. The 3-year-old colt by A. P. Warrior was much the best in the 1...
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Friday, January 13, 2012
Operative Assets made it two straight at Turfway Park on Jan. 13, mowing down the field with a devastating wire-to-wire score at a flat mile over the main track. The 3-year-old Kentucky-bred son of...
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Sizzlin Lizzie came from next-to-last place with a powerful late run in an eight-horse field to win at a mile and 70 yards at Fair Grounds on Jan. 12. The Louisiana-bred 4-year-old filly by Value...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Spellbinder picked up his third winner from his first crop when Lotta Zalotta scored a four-length victory in a $24,000 maiden special weights race in her career debut at Delta Downs on Jan. 11. The 3-year-old filly drew off on the turn in the five-furlong race, opened up a two-length lead in mid-stretch, and coasted to the wire in :59.09, well clear of favorite George's Prayer. The Texas-bred filly, only the fifth starter for Spellbinder, earned a check for $14,208.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Leggy Laura won her second race in succession at Tampa Bay Downs on Jan. 11, making a monster move going to the half-mile pole and sprinting away from the field to win by 2 1/4 lengths. The...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Stop Hunting made a strong four-wide middle move in a mile and 40-yard race at Tampa Bay Downs on Jan. 11, opened up 2 1/2 lengths in the stretch and cruised under the wire to win by four. It was...
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Sunday, January 08, 2012
The shortest distance from the gate to the finish line is a straight line, and that's exactly what jockey Mike Straight did with Whiskey Vixen in a mile race at Turfway Park on Jan. 8. Straight shot...
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Sunday, January 08, 2012
All Due Respect began the new year with a third-place finish in the $60,000 Ocala Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 8, a race the daughter of Value Plus won when it was run in March of last year....
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Saturday, January 07, 2012
Good Lord, who finished third in the six-furlong Pelican Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs last year, went one better under Willie Martinez in the $60,000 race on Jan. 7. Despite being unseated before...
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Saturday, January 07, 2012
La Reine Lionne fell a nose short in a heart-breaking three-horse photo in the Gr. III Marshua's River Stakes on the Gulfstream Park grass on Jan. 7. With top rider John Velazquez in the...
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Saturday, January 07, 2012
Mr. Prankster keyed a 1-2 finish by Stonewall Farm stallions in the $50,000 Turfway Prevue Stakes at Turfway Park on Jan. 7. The 3-year-old colt by It's No Joke took the top prize of $28,830 from...
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Saturday, January 07, 2012
Magical Season (Value Plus) completed a $33.20 exacta by Stonewall Farm stallions when he finished second behind Mr. Prankster (It's No Joke) in the $50,000 Turfway Prevue Stakes at Turfway Park on...
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Saturday, January 07, 2012
Unforgettable Max gained his first $100,000 winner when Jax Maxx finished third at Aqueduct on Jan. 7. The New Jersey-bred gelding made a powerful late run to get up for the show position, and...
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Friday, January 06, 2012
Sweet Jody overcame a bumping incident at the start and went on to win at six furlongs over the main track at Fair Grounds on Jan. 6. The 4-year-old daughter of Value Plus, sent off at...
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Friday, January 06, 2012
After finishing second in his two previous starts, Hand I Was Dealt won a $22,000 maiden special racing a flat mile at Turfway Park on Jan. 6. The 3-year-old by A. P. Warrior sat second behind...
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Friday, January 06, 2012
Cape Tribulation encountered no distress at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town on Jan. 6, going wire-to-wire at 6 1/2 furlongs for his second victory in a row. The 4-year-old Greatness...
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
After breaking her maiden in her 6 1/2-furlong career debut over the main track at Hollywood Park on Dec. 8, Swirls came back on Jan. 5 and wasted no time in adding new dimensions to...
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
Sweet Nkosi broke her maiden in a memorable performance at Turfway Park on Jan. 5. The 3-year-old filly by A. P. Warrior raced 3/2 favorite Combat Mission into defeat after half a mile, opened up...
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
There were no surprises in the 3-year-old colt division as the finalists for the Eclipse Awards were announced on Jan 5. Animal Kingdom, the son of Leroidesanimaux who won the Kentucky Derby and...
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Personal Fight fought on the front end throughout the entire 6 1/2 furlongs and held on by a neck to break his maiden at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town on Jan. 4. The 3-year-old...
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Monday, January 02, 2012
Animal Kingdom, the Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness runner-up, had his second timed workout as trainer Graham Motion prepares him for a return to the races as a 4-year-old, possibly during the...
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Sunday, January 01, 2012
Aquitania went into the $75,000 Interborough Stakes at Aqueduct on the first day of the New Year riding a four-race winning streak at Laurel and came out with the first stakes-placed...
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Batalha, a half-sister to Strong Contender, became stakes-placed at Santa Anita in just her third career start on Dec. 30. The 2-year-old filly by Smart Strike finished second in the $81,000 Blue...
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Friday, December 30, 2011
After previously posting two seconds and four thirds, Officer Lusk broke her maiden going five furlongs at Turf Paradise on Dec. 30. Despite having to take up at the start, the 3-year-old...
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Flo's Greatness won his second race in four tries after a game stretch battle in a six-furlong test at Aqueduct on Dec. 29. The 4-year-old by Greatness sat second in the early going, moved up to...
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Jungle Juice, who became freshman sire Spellbinder's second winner on Nov. 5, made it two in a row with a decisive score going five furlongs on Dec. 29. The 2-year-old filly was head-and-head for...
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Le King Beau, the 2-year-old colt by Leroidesanimaux who won at Kempton Park and Lingfield in Surrey, England, in the span of 48 hours two weeks ago, returned to Kempton and scored again on Dec. 29....
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Burnt Offering, a 3-year-old by Burning Roma, rallied from fourth place in a $28,200 allowance race at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town and took down the $16,800 winner's check with a strong...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Leggy Laura, a 3-year-old filly by It's No Joke, easily outlegged her foes going a mile and 40 yards at Tampa Bay Downs on Dec. 28. With Ronnie Allen Jr. riding, the Kentucky-bred...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Great Dancer didn't let the rain and sloppy track deter him from his appointed rounds, winning at a flat mile on Dec. 27 for his fifth career victory. The 5-year-old gelded son of Greatness sat...
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Monday, December 26, 2011
After breaking her maiden by three lengths at Turfway Park on Dec. 3, A. P. Diva came back to finish third in the $50,000 Gowell Stakes at the same track on Dec. 26. The 2-year-old daughter of A. P...
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
Indy Warrior sat second behind the pacesetter for more than a quarter of a mile, went up to assume the lead at the half, then drew off in the stretch and went on to score by 1 1/2 lengths at...
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
Thunder Moccasin provided a nice Christmas present for trainer Todd Pletcher on Dec. 24, winning his career debut in $40,500 maiden special company at Gulfstream Park. The 2-year-old colt by A....
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
Animal Kingdom, winner of the Kentucky Derby, runner-up in the Preakness, and one of the leading contenders for 3-year-old championship honors in the upcoming Eclipse Award voting, had his first...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
After finishing second in his last three starts, Fear the Heat captured a $36,500 starter allowance going a flat mile at Gulfstream Park on Dec. 22. The 2-year-old son of Burning Roma fought...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Lyddon, a son of Value Plus, went wire-to-wire in the rain at Turfway Park on Dec. 22, outgaming his rivals in a long stretch duel to score by half a length. The 3-year-old Kentucky-bred...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Roman Sur scored his fourth victory of 2011 after a hard-fought battle racing a flat mile at Turfway Park on Dec. 22. The 4-year-old Burning Roma gelding stalked the early pace, engaged the leaders...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Bissix Hill jumped out to the lead at the break and never looked back, scoring a wire-to-wire victory by 3 1/2 lengths while racing 6 1/2 furlongs on Dec. 21. The 3-year-old Greatness colt...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Melinao, who won back-to-back races a week apart in late November, captured the Pisca Ruta Norte, a handicap at about five furlongs over the main track at Club Hipico de Concepcion in Chile on...
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
After posting a pair of seconds and four thirds in her first seven starts, Lyle's Angel broke her maiden in a 6 1/2-furlong test at Parx Racing on Dec. 17. The 3-year-old...
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
Leroy's Pride returned to Tampa Bay Downs, the track where he has enjoyed the most success, and romped to a 6 1/4-length victory on Dec. 17. The 4-year-old gelding by Leroidesanimaux was ridden by...
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
Le King Beau thumbed his nose at trainers who campaign their horses sparingly, winning a six-furlong race at Lingfield in Surrey, England, on Dec. 17 for his second score in a span of about 48...
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
Striver came from far back in a six-furlong race at Hawthorne on Dec. 17, went five wide into the stretch and was two lengths the best at the wire despite his 16-1 odds. The 3-year-old Kentucky-bred...
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
Don's Profitt sat just behind the early leader under John McKee racing 6 1/2 furlongs at Turfway Park on Dec. 17, then slowly edged clear turning into the stretch and held the field safe to win...
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Under a perfectly-judged ride from Seth Martinez, Silver Craft came from third place at the top of the stretch and outgamed hard-charging Catfeinated to the wire in a six-furlong test at Hawthorne...
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Friday, December 16, 2011
La Reine Lionne, who hadn't started since winning her last at Saratoga on Aug. 20, made it two in a row with a one-length victory in a $32,600 starter allowance at Gulfstream Park on...
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Faby Go Go made her career debut at Tampa Bay Downs on Dec. 16 and broke her maiden to the tune of $40.80 for faithful followers of her sire, Burning Roma. The 2-year-old filly bred by Hidden Point...
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Formadora went from last to first to win a mile and one-sixteenth race for Puerto Rican-breds at Camarero Race Track on Dec. 15. The 3-year-old daughter of Burning Roma won by three-quarters of a...
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Le King Beau won a seven-furlong race over the all-weather track at Kempton Park in Ireland on Dec. 15. The 2-year-old Kentucky-bred colt by Leroidesanimaux scored at the direct expense of 1/2...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Made for a Mission, a Kentucky-bred son of Leroidesanimaux, broke his maiden racing a mile and 70 yards on Dec. 14. The 3-year-old gelding sat off the pace, then steadily wore down the...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Since returning from a layoff of nine months, Achievable has posted two victories and a second in five tries after winning at a mile and 70 yards over a sloppy track on Dec. 14. Sent off at even...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Franksassessedvalue worked his way out of a box and scored a decisive victory in a mile and 70-yard race on Dec. 13. The 4-year-old gelding had nowhere to run at the five-sixteenths pole, but...
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Sunday, December 11, 2011
There were no trials or tribulations for Cape Tribulation in a $26,100 maiden special weights test at 4 1/2 furlongs on Dec. 11, and the son of Greatness broke his maiden in his sixth...
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
After finishing second by a neck in her career debut, Love You Best came back at even money in her second start at 6 1/2 furlongs and broke her maiden in a breeze. The 2-year-old filly stalked the...
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
Mexican Song was much the best in a 2 1/2-furlong race for 2-year-old fillies at Hipodromo de las Americas in Mexico on Dec. 10. The Kentucky-bred daughter of Value Plus scooted across the finish...
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Friday, December 09, 2011
Triple Great has posted two victories and two seconds in her last four starts after an impressive score at a flat mile over the main track on Dec. 9. The 3-year-old filly by Greatness moved up from...
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Thursday, December 08, 2011
Swirls made her career debut in a $40,000 maiden claimer over the synthetic track at Hollywood Park on Dec. 8 and went wire-to-wire, winning by 2 1/4 lengths in 1:16.95 for the 6 1/2 furlongs. The...
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Thursday, December 08, 2011
Operative Assets, a son of A. P. Warrior, was awarded first place at Turfway Park after Valentino's First wiped out most of the field heading down the backstretch, went on to win and...
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Wednesday, December 07, 2011
In his first 10 career starts, Great Knowledge posted a mediocre record of 1-1-1. But the 4-year-old gelding has turned it all around this year, going 3-7-1 in 12 starts and adding $52,960 to...
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Tuesday, December 06, 2011
General Quarters, a three-time graded stakes-winner, arrived at Stonewall Farm this week to stand the 2012 season. His fee will be $8,500.
General Quarters raced in the colors of owner/trainer...
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Sunday, December 04, 2011
Cajun Streaker is 2-5-2 in his last 11 starts after registering a smart victory at Fair Grounds on Dec. 4. The 3-year-old by Burning Roma overcame repeated bumping soon after the break in the 5...
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Saturday, December 03, 2011
Jenny's So Great posted the second fastest clocking in the eight years of the Lightning City Stakes on Dec. 3, coming from ninth place in an 11-horse field to win the $75,000 feature on opening...
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Saturday, December 03, 2011
Making her first appearance in a stakes race, Awesome Fire came from well back in the pack and finished a fast-closing third in the $150,000, 1 1/16-mile Ontario Lassie over the...
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Saturday, December 03, 2011
In her sixth start for owner Marc Haisfield, Tribal Music broke her maiden at Woodbine on Dec. 3, coming from off the pace under Omar Moreno to score by 2 1/2 lengths. The 3-year-old daughter of A....
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Saturday, December 03, 2011
Playing a Joke returned to Gulfstream Park, the track where he won in his third career start back in January, and scored a 2 1/2-length victory on opening day racing a flat mile under Elvis...
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Saturday, December 03, 2011
A. P. Diva went wire-to-wire at Turfway Park on Dec. 3, breaking her maiden in her third career start. The 2-year-old A. P. Warrior filly was three lengths in front at the finish as the 9/5 favorite...
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Saturday, December 03, 2011
National Contender has won three of his last six starts after capturing a mile and 70-yard route test over the main track on Dec. 3. The 3-year-old Strong Contender gelding, a Kentucky-bred, scored...
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Friday, December 02, 2011
Himler, a 3-year-old Kentucky-bred gelding by Strong Contender, battled up front for the entire 1 1/16 miles over the main track, and held the field safe to win by half a length on Nov. 2. The...
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Thursday, December 01, 2011
Red-hot Aquitania ran her winning streak at Laurel Park to four on Dec. 1, proving to be much the best in a $40,180 allowance optional claimer at 5 1/2 furlongs over the main track. The...
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Thursday, December 01, 2011
Considerate achieved one of the most difficult race feats in the sport on Dec. 1, battling head-and-head for the lead every step of the way in a one-mile test over a yielding...
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Thursday, December 01, 2011
Da Nella ran away and hid in a field of 11 runners racing six furlongs at Turfway Park on Dec. 1. The 3-year-old Da Stoops filly went wire-to-wire as the 8/5 favorite, clocked in 1:11.91, and was 8...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
In a current poll of readers on Equibase.com, the question is being asked: "Who would get your vote for champion 3-year-old?"
With 1,464 returns in, the unquestioned leader with 751...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Marfach handled the 'about' one mile and three-eighths of the $86,669 Shatin Pass Handicap with ease on Nov. 30 and scored a 1 3/4-length victory over the Happy Valley turf course in Japan. The...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
After posting a second and a third in his first two starts, Mountain A. P. broke his maiden in a laugher in his third try, racing 5 1/2 furlongs on the main track in 1:06.35. The 2-year-old...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Gilmer turned in a game wire-to-wire performance on Nov. 29, breaking on top in the six-furlong race and maintaining a one-length advantage all the way to the finish. It was the first career victory...
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
Sweet Jack, a Value Plus colt bred in Kentucky, broke his maiden at Hipodromo de las Americas in Mexico on Nov. 27. The 2-year-old colt scored by a length racing six furlongs over the main...
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Saturday, November 26, 2011
It took until his 30th career start before a trainer opted to start Dress Code in a race on the turf, but when Vann Belvoir tried it at Hollywood Park on Nov. 26, the gelding made the most...
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Friday, November 25, 2011
Despite incurring a layoff of nearly seven months, All Due Respect returned to the races at Aqueduct on Nov. 25 and finished a respectable second behind Lovely Lil in the Gr. II Go for Wand...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Despite being bumped by the winner on the turn, Immortal Eyes finished a game second behind Ravalo in the $200,000 Six Bits Handicap at Penn National on Nov. 23. Immortal Eyes was moving between...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Borrachito, a 3-year-old by Da Stoops, lit up the tote board while breaking his maiden at Woodbine on Nov. 23 despite having to overcome the No. 12 post in a crowded field of 13. The...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
After winning by 5 1/4 lengths at Club Hipico de Concepcion on Nov. 15, Melinao came right back to score again one week later at the track in Chile. The 3-year-old son of Greatness captured the...
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Monday, November 21, 2011
Mulata, who has spent her entire 23-race career campaigning in Chicago, overcame a wide trip over the Hawthorne turf course on Nov. 16 and scored a two-length victory with Julio Felix aboard....
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Harold Queen, who retired Champion Big Drama to Stonewall Farm this week, has also added millionaire Burning Roma to the farm's growing stallion roster. Burning Roma earned $1.5 million racing...
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
A layoff of just over four months and a sloppy track didn't seem to hinder Redfoxey Dorothy and the daughter of Burning Roma powered her way to a 6 1/2-length victory at Calder Race Course on Nov....
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Friday, November 18, 2011
In a span of one week from Nov. 11 to Nov. 17, aside from the United States, stallions from Stonewall Farm sired winners in Italy, Chile, England and Canada. On Nov. 18, Ireland was added to the...
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Florida-bred Royal Greatness made his career debut in a field of nine racing six furlongs at Woodbine on Nov. 17 and came away with an impressive maiden victory.
The 2-year-old colt sat just...
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
After enjoying one of the most successful careers in the long history of Florida racing, Big Drama, the Eclipse Award-winning Sprinter of 2010, has been retired to stand at Stonewall Farm for 2012....
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Le King Beau, a 2-year-old son of Leroidesanimaux, won the Christmas Parties Stakes over the all-weather track at Lingfield in Great Britain on Nov. 16. Legendary jockey Willie Carson was aboard the...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Melinao, a 3-year-old by Greatness, was a ton the best in an "about" 5 1/2-furlong handicap race over the main track at Club Hipico de Concepcion in Chile on Nov. 15. The Chilean-bred gelding was 5...
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Monday, November 14, 2011
Achievable sat in mid-pack racing a flat mile over the main track, then commenced a four-wide rally on the turn and into the stretch that resulted in a 3 3/4-length victory at odds of 7/5. The...
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
In just his third career start, Race to the Top finished third in the $75,000 Christopher Elser Memorial Stakes at Parx Racing on Nov. 13. The 2-year-old gelding by A. P. Warrior battled for the...
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
Guanabara Gal stalked the leaders in fourth place for three-quarters of a mile, then ran them down in the final furlong to capture a $30,000 allowance race over the Remington Park grass...
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
Burning Time unleashed a powerful stretch run from seventh place in mid-stretch to get up for second in the $100,000 Arthur I. Appleton Juvenile Turf Stakes at Calder Race Course on Nov. 12....
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Eleonara Big, a 3-year-old Florida-bred filly, won the Premio Garfagnana at Grossetto in Italy on Nov. 11. The daughter of Da Stoops scored by two lengths in a field of 11 racing "about" five...
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Joker Face made it two straight victories with a game nose score over the Hollywood Park turf course on Nov. 11. The 3-year-old son of It's No Joke was sent off as the 2-1 favorite, and came...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
There was nothing mystifying about the 2 1/4-length victory of Mysticism in a seven-furlong, $50,960 allowance race at Aqueduct on Nov. 10. The 3-year-old went wire-to-wire under Jose Lezcano,...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Joking Femme made her career debut racing 5 1/2 furlongs at Laurel Park on Nov. 10, coming from seventh place in a field of 10 to score a decisive victory over favored Tidal Treasure. The 2-year-old...
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Monday, November 07, 2011
Latika Love won a three-way heated battle to the wire in a mile and one-sixteenth test at Parx Racing on Nov. 7, charging to the finish half a length in front. With veteran Jose Ferrer in the...
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Monday, November 07, 2011
Horah for Bailey, a 100 percent producing daughter of Doneraile Court, sold for $150,000 to Arindel Farm at the Keeneland Sales on Nov. 7. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, the 10-year-old mare...
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Sunday, November 06, 2011
Donatella, a daughter of Leroidesanimaux, was much the best in a six-furlong allowance race at Mexico's Hipodromo de las Americas on Oct. 6. The 3-year-old Kentucky-bred filly drew off to score by 3...
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Sunday, November 06, 2011
Battle of Love's affinity for the Calder Race Course main track continued on Nov. 6 when the daughter of A. P. Warrior came from mid-pack to score a 1 1/4-length victory in a $50,000 allowance...
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Sunday, November 06, 2011
Sarah's Secret, a 3-year-old daughter of Leroidesanimaux, helped send her sire over the $3.8 million mark in progeny earnings for 2011 with a third-place finish in the Gr. II Las Palmas Stakes over...
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Saturday, November 05, 2011
Graham Motion, trainer of Animal Kingdom, says that the Kentucky Derby winner will begin galloping at the Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland on Monday. The son of Leroidesanimaux has not raced...
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Saturday, November 05, 2011
Starinthemeadow, dam of Weemissfrankie, is in foal to Leroridesanimaux, Stonewall Farm's premier stallion. Weemissfrankie finished third behind favored My Miss Aurelia in Friday's Gr. I Grey Goose...
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Saturday, November 05, 2011
In his highly-anticipated Breeders' Cup appearance on Nov. 5, Great Attack ran a game fourth in the Turf Sprint, 2 3/4 lengths behind favored Regally Ready. The 4-year-old son of...
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Saturday, November 05, 2011
With leading Calder rider Luis Saez in the irons, So Great kept her perfect in-the-money record intact with a dominating victory in a five-furlong turf race on Nov. 5. Saez had the 3-year-old...
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Saturday, November 05, 2011
Leroy's Dynameaux lost all chance for victory in the $70,150 Lure Stakes at Santa Anita on Nov. 5 when he was put in tight quarters just an eighth of a mile from home. But the 4-year-old son of...
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Saturday, November 05, 2011
Despite setting suicidal fractions, Jungle Juice became the second winner for freshman sire Spellbinder on Nov. 5 with an impressive performance at Remington Park. In her career debut, the...
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Saturday, November 05, 2011
National Contender, a 3-year-old by Strong Contender, came from dead last in a field of eight racing a mile and 70 yards, made a powerful run into the stretch and won going away on Nov. 5....
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Saturday, November 05, 2011
Coupon, a 3-year-old colt by Value Plus, made it two straight victories with a wire-to-wire score going a mile and 70 yards on Nov. 5. It was the third time in the winner's circle for the New...
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Saturday, November 05, 2011
Surf King dueled for the lead early in the two path going a flat mile, put away the opposition after three-quarters, then kicked off to an easy score for his first victory on Nov. 5. The...
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Friday, November 04, 2011
A Scars Value broke his maiden on Nov. 4, going wire-to-wire at a mile and 70 yards and holding on gamely to win by a nose. The 3-year-old Kentucky-bred son of Value Plus battled head-and-head for...
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Thursday, November 03, 2011
It's anybody's guess when ALL the bettors at Laurel Park are going to catch on to Aquitania. The 3-year-old daughter of Leroidesanimaux won her third straight race and fourth in her last five...
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Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Great Attack has drawn the No. 5 post in a 14-horse field in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Churchill Downs on Saturday. The son of Greatness will carry 126 pounds in the five-furlong,...
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Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Trainer Julio Cartagena had no problem sending Huff'n Hughes back on just seven days rest, and the gelding edged closer to the $100,000 mark in career earnings at Delaware Park on Nov....
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011
When Rescator broke his maiden, Parx Racing was still called Philadelphia Park. On Nov. 1, the 4-year-old colt won for the second time, at Parx, coming from six lengths off the...
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Monyona, a New York-bred daughter of Strong Contender, stalked the early pace racing a mile and 70 yards on the main track on Oct. 31, made a quick move to take over the lead approaching the...
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Despite having problems at the break, Big Max scored a three-length victory racing a flat mile on the main track on Oct. 31. The 4-year-old Kentucky-bred son of Unforgettable Max was forced to...
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Stop Hunting came from off the pace in a maiden special weights test at a flat mile on the dirt and drew off late with ease to collect his first career victory along with a check for $10,560....
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Emma Jayne Wilson was content to sit ninth and last for half a mile with Awesome Fire in a mile and 70-yard allowance race at Woodbine on Oct. 28, then let the filly loose while going six...
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Friday, October 28, 2011
The Phenom made it three victories in his last four starts with a one-length victory racing five furlongs on the grass on Oct. 28. The 3-year-old colt stalked the early pace before going three wide...
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Friday, October 28, 2011
The Equibase comment for Great Aztec was 'bumped, pinched, steadied start' and the 3-year-old colt was last after a quarter of a mile in a 5 1/2-furlong turf race at Laurel Park on Oct. 28. But...
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Valued Trust came from last place in a six-horse field racing seven furlongs to run down favored Bissix Hill in deep stretch and win going away. The 3-year-old gelding by Value Plus moved into...
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Flo's Greatness lived up to his name in the rain at Belmont Park on Oct. 27, sloshing through the mud to win by nine lengths after opening up a five-length lead in mid-stretch. The 4-year-old...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Huff'n Hughes had to huff'n puff at Delaware Park on Oct. 26 in order to secure his sixth career victory, but he was more than up to the task. The 4-year-old gelding had to check and steady early in...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Great Attack, the son of Greatness purchased by EQB as a 2-year-old at an Ocala Breeders Sale, made it into the entries for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint to be run at Churchill Downs...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Aptly-named Mexican Song broke her maiden on Oct. 25 at Hipodromo de las Americas in Mexico City, racing 2 1/2 furlongs in :28.20. The 2-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Value Plus led...
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Houdini's Bluff, a filly by freshman sire Spellbinder, scored a hard-fought nose victory in a six-furlong race at Delaware Park on Oct. 24.
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Monday, October 24, 2011
An unnamed colt by Leroidesanimaux sold for $70,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale on Oct. 24. The colt was purchased by Bradley Thoroughbreds.
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Lord of Greatness was sent off at 7/5 in an allowance optional claimer with a purse of $64,738 at Woodbine on Oct. 23 and didn't disappoint the chalk players. The 5-year-old...
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Prince Cheval came from seventh place early to break his maiden at Hawthorne on Oct. 23 in a $33,040 maiden special at six furlongs. Jesse Lantz guided the 2-year-old to a 1...
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Despite being floated out five wide on the turn, Monkey Chunky was able to mount a powerful run through the stretch, and was up at the wire to win a $100,000-$80,000 maiden claiming...
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
After battling outside front-running Despite the Odds through fractions of :22.38, :45.21 and :57.22, Immortal Eyes took the lead into the stretch of the Oct. 22 Frank J....
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Gottschalk broke his maiden on Oct. 22, going wire-to-wire and reporting home by nine widening lengths. The 3-year-old gelding by Da Stoops was seven in front in mid-stretch and cruised...
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Friday, October 21, 2011
In a maiden special weights test at a mile and 70 yards on the main track, Mostly Love came into the stretch with four lengths to make up, then blew by the leader inside the final...
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Triple Great came from last place in a seven-horse field racing a mile and 70 yards on Oct. 20 and ran down the 9/10 favorite in the final sixteenth, scoring by 1 1/4 lengths. The...
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Cochinita, a 2-year-old Strong Contender filly bred in Kentucky by Debby Oxley, picked up her first victory on Oct. 21 in a maiden special at Hipodromo de las Americas in Mexico City....
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Red Danger broke his maiden in his second career start in Northern California on Oct. 21, winning by 3 1/4 widening lengths despite encountering problems soon after the break. The...
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Noble Court, the 7-year-old son of Doneraile Court out of the Grindstone mare Grey Dawn Sky, has been retired from racing and will stand the 2012 season at Magali Farms in...
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Monday, October 17, 2011
Beauty Plus broke her maiden in wire-to-wire fashion racing six furlongs in Canada on Oct. 16, sprinting to the front and then prevailing by half a length. Martin...
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Despite having to race three wide on the turn, Great Big Bang exploded in the stretch to score an easy victory racing six furlongs at Monmouth Park. The 2-year-old gelding by...
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Race to the Top raced to the wire 16 lengths in front with Stewart Elliott in the irons at Parx Racing on Oct. 15. The 2-year-old Pennsylvania-bred gelding led by 10 lengths in...
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
Marvelous Macy, an Oklahoma-bred daughter of Da Stoops who has done all her racing in the mid-west, picked up her first victory on Oct. 14 in a $31,150 maiden special at Remington...
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
Aquitania made it two victories in a row and three of her last four by winning a $31,000 allowance race at Laurel Park on Oct. 14. The 3-year-old daughter of...
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
Jockey Pedro Rodriguez took Coupon five wide into the stretch and the 3-year-old colt was up in time to score by half a length in a mile and 70-yard test, the third career victory...
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
Get a Rope broke her maiden by three-quarters of a length in her second career start racing 4 1/2 furlongs. The 2-year-old Value Plus filly, bred in New York by Taylor Made...
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
Joker Face sprinted right to the lead under Rafael Bejarano and continued on to score by 3 1/2 lengths on the Santa Anita turf course on Oct. 14. The 3-year-old gelding...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
Great Warrior, winner of the Pomona Derby at Fairplex Park in his last start on Sept. 24, drew the rail for Saturday's Gr. II Oak Tree Derby at Santa Anita. Omar Berrio is back...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Graham Motion had Animal Kingdom on the track under tack this morning at the trainer's Fair Hill base for the first time since the colt began rehab, Blood-Horse.com reported....
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Dickie Wonderboy came from out of left field and ran down 8/5 favorite Gulf Ruckus in the closing strides, scoring a half-length victory at Calder Casino & Race...
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Sunday, October 09, 2011
In just his third career start, and at odds of 63-1, Magical Season rallied from mid-pack and nearly caught even-money favorite Lemon Juice in the $53,500 Laurel Futurity at...
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Saturday, October 08, 2011
Under a heads-up ride by Jose Lezcano, Red Leader came from off the pace in a $42,000 starter handicap over the Belmont Park turf course on Oct. 7 and was up in time to...
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Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Smart Kiddo raised his earnings to $87,972 with a wire-to-wire, 2 1/4-length score in an allowance race over the main track at Calder Casino & Race Course on Oct. 3. The...
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Monday, October 03, 2011
After posting a second and three thirds in her first four career starts, Sarah Melissa broke her maiden by 2 1/4 lengths at Turfway Park on Oct. 2. The 3-year-old Kentucky-bred...
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Monday, October 03, 2011
Lindseytothemax, bred in Illinois by owner Peter Mattson, broke her maiden by nearly five lengths racing 6 1/2 furlongs at Hawthorne on Oct. 2. The 3-year-old daughter of...
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Monday, October 03, 2011
The aptly-named Lewahdizaniwho scored his first career victory at Park Racing on Oct. 2, coming from near the back of the 8-horse field to get up by a neck under...
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Sunday, October 02, 2011
Hello Prince annihilated the field in the $93,000 Birdonthewire Stakes at Calder on Oct. 1, exploding in the stretch to score by six widening lengths at odds of 4/5. Jose A....
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Sunday, October 02, 2011
Mr. Prankster collected a check for $30,000 with a runner-up finish in the $150,000 Fitz Dixon Jr. Memorial Juvenile Stakes at Presque Isle Downs on Oct. 1. The 2-year-old colt...
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