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Jan 12th — EQB 2 yr old auction purchases were

first & third in the prestigious

Ruthless Stakes (8th race, Saturday, Jan 12)

for 3 yr old fillies at Aqueduct !

Congratulations to owners

George and Stephanie Autry, and Cam Allard !!

Lady Banks , a maiden winner Dec 14th,

jumped to stakes company for her 3rd start,

and took the result to the bank.

She pressed the honest pace, 

wide in the mud

on a sealed track, then took over going away,

from mid stretch to win by 2 lengths,

while Railtown Girl, in her 2nd lifetime start, was

coming strong late into a wall of kicked up mud,

after a wide trip, to get up for a close third.

Lady Banks, owned by George and Stephanie Autry,
 
(recently honored as “two of the USA’s Super lawyers”)

was trained by James Lawrence at Fair Hill, MD and was ridden by

Eddie Castro. She is a tall, striking 3 yr old dark brown filly by

Successful Appeal out of Soviet’s House by Housebuster, and was

bred in Ontario, Canada by Susan Foreman.

Railtown Girl. owned by Cam Allard,

is 3 yr old gorgeous chestnut filly by Candy Ride

out of Harlow Gold, by Orientate, and was bred in KY

by Cardinal farm, trained by Kiran McLaughlin

and ridden by Junior Alvarado.

The 2 year-olds-in-training auction season starts in a few weeks.

Can we buy a horse for YOU ???

by Political Force, out of Doubtless, by Grand Slam,

bred in Louisiana by Roy Zuppardo.

He was also a $60,000 EQB 2 yr olds auction purchase

at the April Ocala, Florida Breeders Sale.

and ———————-

GREAT ATTACK

surged to the front to take the $75,000 Turf Dash Stakes

last Saturday (Jan 5th) at Tampa Bay Downs on the turf course.

The strapping handsome 6 year old colt

by Greatness (Mr Prospector),

out of Cat Attack by Storm Cat

pushed his earnings to over $450,000 in the process.

He was bred in Florida by Ed Seltzer and Murry Durst.

The link to the Daily Racing Form race chart follows:

http://www1.drf.com/displayChart.do?filepath=Download\simulcastweekly\charts\1301\TAM2013010509.pdf

and a link to the RACE VIDEO IS: http://www1.drf.com/displayVideo.do?track_id=TAM&raceDate=20130105&raceNumber=09&day_evening=D&country=USA

GREAT ATTACK was an EQB two year old auction purchase for $37,000.

PREVIOUS MESSAGE —

Robbie Norman does it again !

Another first time starter in an impressive win.

WILD FINISH won his debut in the 7th at Aqueduct Sunday, Nov 17 going 6 furlongs on the main track. He is a $17,000 EQB two year old auction purchase, by Magna Graduate, out of Wildnexcitable, by Vicar, bred in Kentucky by Smart and Lee.

Trainer Wesley Ward sent him out with J.L. Ortiz aboard and the chart described the gritty win as follows:

“WILD FINISH acted up in the gate, was backed out, and reloaded, came away at the start in good order, pressed the issue from near the two path, was set down spinning into the lane, battled on even terms with an errant SHOT ROCK making his way from upper to midstretch, wrested away the lead despite having been carried out all the while, was soon challenged by the second place finisher, but showed good determination to stave that rival off.”

Wow. What a way to start a career.

Also Sunday —

Michael Dubb’s GREED & FEAR, another 2 year old Ocala auction purchase by EQB, won the 7 furlongs, main track $100,000 Safely Kept Stakes at Laurel. This 3 yr old filly by Bob and John out of Chiramoya by Cobra King is trained by Rudy Rodrieguez. She surged to the front from way off the pace in a very wide trip after a wild early ride.

1b) SUM OF THE PARTS  June 30 

    wins $400,000

Red Legend Stakes for fun.

(& Grade 3 Phoenix Stakes Oct 5 at Keeneland !!);

This Speightstown colt was a

$75,000 EQB auction purchase

as a two year old at the

Barretts March sale.

Updated: 07-01-2012 at 3:12 PM ET (First posted: 10:43 PM ET)

 

10th at CTX

$400K Red Legend  [7f]

Winner: Sum of the Parts, c, 3 by Speightstown

Saturday, Charles Town
RED LEGEND S., $400,000, CTX, 6-30, 3yo, 7f, 1:23 4/5, ft.
1–SUM OF THE PARTS, 124, c, 3, by Speightstown
        1st Dam: Enjoy the Moment (MGSW & GISP, $538,088), by Slew’s Royalty
        2nd Dam: Miss Fuddy Duddy, by Fleet Mel
        3rd Dam: Wet Eyes, by *Grounded II
($150,000 2yo 2011 BESMAR; $75,000 yrl ’10 FTKJUL). O-Klaravich Stables Inc & William H Lawrence; B-Farfellow Farms Ltd (KY); T-Thomas M Amoss; J-Leandro R Goncalves; $235,200. Lifetime Record: 8-4-1-0, $380,463.


2–Il Villano, 124, c, 3, Pollard’s Vision–Do the Wekiva, by Wekiva Springs. ($34,000 yrl ’10 FTKFEB; $60,000 yrl ’10 FTKJUL; $9,500 RNA wlng ’09 KEENOV; $35,000 RNA 2yo ’11 FTMMAY). O-Chuck Russo; B-Vossfeld Bloodstock Group LLC (KY); T-Susan L Crowell; $78,400.

3–Mr. Handsome, 119, c, 3, Rock Hard Ten–Tomisue’s Mamaloi, by Gone West. ($110,000 yrl ’10 KEESEP; $100,000 2yo ’11 OBSMAR). O-Germania Farms Inc; B-Hilbert Thoroughbreds Inc & Menard Thoroughbreds, Inc (KY); T-Timothy J Tullock Jr; $39,200.   
Margins: 3 3/4, 6 3/4, 1HF. Odds: 6.90, 1.20, 25.10.   
Also Ran: Flashy Dresser, Jake N Elwood, Majestic City, Always Smiling, Innocent Man. Scratches: Doctor Chit, Hansen. Click for the brisnet.com chart or the video, sponsored by Taylor Made Sales.
   Sum of the Parts, an impressive debut winner at Churchill Downs last May, was runner-up in Remington’s Kip Deville S. Oct. 7 before concluding his juvenile season with a well-beaten sixth-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Sprint beneath the Twin Spires Nov. 4. The dark bay has caught fire since turning three, kicking off the term with a runaway Keeneland allowance win Apr. 20, and entered off a narrow victory in Presque Isle’s Tom Ridge S. May 15. Hustled to the front through fractions of :22.37 and :45.64 here, Sum of the Parts was doing it comfortably, and easily turned back the challenge of GII Woody Stephens third Il Villano to win for fun. “He gave me a ton,” winning jockey Leandro Goncalves said. “I just waited on this horse. I rode him very confident. I could have waited even longer on this horse, but then Il Villano came to us and I let him go.”

—– Jeff Seder

2) Congratulations to EQB clients

Zayat Stables, Donegal Stables, Dale Romans

and their connections

on the Churchill Downs’

   Shackleford  – –  

winner of the Grade 2 Churchill Downs

    Bodemeister and Dullahan — 

        2nd and 3rd in KY Derby

    Great Attack —

winner of the Grade 3 Twin Spires Turf Sprint

(owned by EQB).

All these horses were evaluated pre-purchase for their buyers by EQB; 

these were stirring races — worth looking at the replays and charts.

PLUS   EQB client ZAYAT STABLE

had Bodemeister

go on to be 2nd in the Preakness,

and PAYNTER be second in this year’s

Belmont Stakes.

More follows on our very own

Great Attack  — 

Now THAT’s a great attack    —

The video link follows

(cut and paste it to your browser to view race replay):

http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/members/video/index.cfm?race_code=201205051317CHD6

Saturday, Churchill Downs (from TDN) — KY DERBY DAY !!

TWIN SPIRES TURF SPRINT S.-Grade III,

$150,350, CDX,

May 5, 4yo/up, 5fT, :56 3/5, good to soft.

—GREAT ATTACK,

aka “The horse nobody wanted” — 

“I tired to sell this horse to all my clients right after his 2 yr old sale in 2009. Nobody wanted him. I decided to race him myself, with a friend or two as partners,  since I’d already bought him and wanted to show the clients I wasn’t trying to give them anything I wouldn’t take myself.”—Jeff Seder

120lbs, h, 5, by Greatness

1st Dam: Cat Attack (GSW, $161,580), by Storm Cat

2nd Dam: Harp Strings (Fr), by Luthier (Fr)

3rd Dam: Gilding (GB), by Kauai King

(Purchased by EQB, Inc, $37,000 2yo -09 OBSAPR

O-Houyhnhnm Stable (Jeffrey A. Seder & Patrice Miller / EQB, Inc.)

Stable; B-Edward Seltzer & Murray Durst (FL);

T-Wesley A Ward;  J-Joel Rosario;

*1/2 to Pick of the Pack (Lil’s Lad), SW, $107,450.

Werk Nick Rating: A++.   

2nd–Bridgetown, 118, h, 5, Speightstown–Ellesmere,

by Tabasco Cat. O-Melnyk Racing Stables Inc;

B-Eugene Melnyk (FL); T-Todd A Pletcher; $27,965.

3rd–Cactus Son, 118, g, 4, Cactus Ridge–Alex’s Angel,

by Repriced. O/B-Dwight Sprague (KY); T-Kenny P

Smith; $13,983.

Margins: 1 1/4, 2, 1 1/4. Odds: 4.40, 1.50, 25.60.

Also Ran: Great Mills, Spinning Move, Chamberlain

Bridge, Stormy Going, Amanecer de Oro, Santo Gato,

Shabaab, Speight the Halo, City Sage.

Great Attack outran his 18-1 odds to finish fourth in

the GIII Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint over this course and

distance Nov. 5 in his 2011 finale. The Florida-bred

came up second-best at even-money after a layoff

in his seasonal opener, the Jan. 15 Gulfstream

Park Turf Sprint, but utilized his closing kick to

triumph in the $75,000 Turf Dash Stks at Tampa Bay Feb. 18.

He came into this contest off a sixth in the

GIII Shakertown S. at Keeneland on the GI Toyota Blue

Grass S. undercard, where tired after he pressed the pace as he dueled

early in a race that set a new track record at Keeneland.  

 The bay got the ideal set-up as this time as favored Bridgetown

 sped through splits of :21.55 and :44.34 over the rain-softened ground,

 and surged past him in the final 100 yards to secure the prize.

He made up 8 lengths in the final furong against

some of the best sprinters on the planet,

including a former Breeder’s Cup Turf Sprint winner. 

“Today I thought, with Todd Pletcher’s horse [Bridgetown]

being fresh and such a good horse, we didn’t have

anything to lose, we would just sit back there and make

one big run,”explained winning trainer Wesley Ward.

“That”s sort of how Joel [Rosario] likes to ride. Both of

them made a perfect pair and a perfect match.”

3) EQB’s dozen (!) at the Breeders Cup this year.

5 horses purchased by EQB at auction,

and another seven with strong EQB client

services connections qualified for the

pre-entries to this year’s World Championships

at the 2011 runnning of the Breeders Cup

at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, KY.

And that does NOT include the one’s

running on which we were underbidders.

Congratulations and good luck

to all our wonderful clients.

(scroll down for race chart)

was a pinhook prospect at the

OBS March 2 yr old auction, and

EQB shortlisted this colt for our client at auction. 

And, Saturday Sept 5th

 he ground out a sloppy Saratoga

Grade One Hopeful Stakes for

Klaravich Stables and Bill Lawrence.

Trained by Teresa Pompay

and ridden by Rajiv Maragh

the big bay 2 year old colt

is by High Cotton,

out of Echo Bluff, by Pine Bluff

Race chart follows:

Conditions: 7 FURLONGS STAKES. Three Chimneys Hopeful S. (Grade I). FOR TWO YEAR OLDS.
Purse: $250,000 Value of Race: $250,000 1st $150,000 2nd $50,000 3rd $25,000 4th $12,500 5th $7,500 6th $1,000 7th $1,000 8th $1,000 9th $1,000 10th $1,000    Mutuel Pool: $747,186 Pick 3 Pool: $100,427 Daily Double Pool: $79,979 Exacta Pool: $577,720 Trifecta Pool: $387,126

Data provided or compiled by Equibase Company, which includes data from The Jockey Club, generally is accurate but occasionally errors and omissions occur as a result of incorrect data received by others, mistakes in processing and other causes. Equibase Company and Bloodstock Research Information Services, Inc. and Thoroughbred Sports Network disclaim responsibility for the consequences, if any, of such errors, but would appreciate being called to their attention.

6)  PRAYER FOR RELIEF

won the Louisiana Super Derby (grade 2)

Saturday Sept 10th going wire to wire

over a large and strong field

for Ahmed Zayat’s powerhouse ZAYAT STABLES.

Trained by genius Bob Baffert

and ridden by Raphael Bejerano

this 3 year old bay colt by the

son of A.P. Indy, Jump Start,
 
was out of Sparklin Lil by Mr. Sparkles,

ran away from the competition at the end.

(race chart follows)

11th Race – Louisiana Downs – Saturday, September 10th, 2011

Conditions: 1 1/8 MILES STAKES. Super Derby (Grade II). FOR THREE YEAR OLDS. (Includes $500,000 from Slot Revenue). WEIGHTS: Colts and Geldings 124 lbs.; Fillies 121 lbs. EARLY BIRD NOMINATIONS OF $100 EACH DUE ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011. Fee must accompany the nomination. Regular nominations are due Saturday, August 27th at a fee of $1,000, which shall accompany the nomination. $2,500 to pass the entry box and an additional $2,500 to start. Supplementary nominations of $20,000 are due Wednesday, September 7th (includes entry and starting fees). $500,000 Guaranteed of which 60% to the winner, 18% to second, 10% to third, 5% to fourth, 3% to fifth and 1% to be paid sixth through ninth with any unpaid monies reverting to the purse account. Starters to be named through the entry box on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 with the following preference formula applied: (1) Prelude winner (entry and starting fees will be waived). (2) Total money earned in Graded Stakes. (3) Total money earned. (Money earned shall be determined at time of entry). This race will not be divided. Failure to draw into the race cancels all fees. The Owner, Trainer and Jockey of the winner to receive a trophy. Nominations closed Saturday, August 27, 2011 with 58 nominees.
Purse: $500,000 Value of Race: $500,000 1st $300,000 2nd $90,000 3rd $50,000 4th $25,000 5th $15,000 6th $5,000 7th $5,000 8th $5,000 9th $5,000 Mutuel Pool: $461,927 Daily Double Pool: $30,986 Exacta Pool: $274,816 Superfecta Pool: $140,556 Trifecta Pool: $211,288

Data provided or compiled by Equibase Company, which includes data from The Jockey Club, generally is accurate but occasionally errors and omissions occur as a result of incorrect data received by others, mistakes in processing and other causes. Equibase Company and Bloodstock Research Information Services, Inc. and Thoroughbred Sports Network disclaim responsibility for the consequences, if any, of such errors, but would appreciate being called to their attention.

7)  Next, Patti Miller’s secret weapon  :

Three more news items here:

[ detailed race charts for both horses are included ]

 In picture above,

— her dog Sally !

The graded stakes horse prospects 

                just smell different.

8)  RYAN’S GIFT

Congratulations to the professional management
by trainer Michael Ferraro, Sr. and by owner, Blue Star Stable
of their 4  year old colt by Bernstein out of Annie’s tuff by Lil’s Lad.

RACE CHART FOLLOWS :

8th Race – Finger Lakes – Saturday, August 20th, 2011

Conditions: 6 FURLONGS ALLOWANCE. FOR THREE YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD. Three Year Olds, 119 lbs.; Older, 124 lbs. Non-winners of $15,000 in 2011 Allowed 3 lbs. Non-winners of two races since July 20 Allowed 5 lbs. A race since then Allowed 7 lbs. A race in 2011 Allowed 9 lbs. (Races where entered for $20,000 or less not considered in allowances) (2 lbs. additional for each Stakes won since April 15, 2011).
Purse: $25,000 Value of Race: $25,000 1st $15,000 2nd $5,000 3rd $2,500 4th $1,250 5th $500 6th $375 7th $375 Mutuel Pool: $19,812 Exacta Pool: $16,211 Trifecta Pool: $14,761

Data provided or compiled by Equibase Company, which includes data from The Jockey Club, generally is accurate but occasionally errors and omissions occur as a result of incorrect data received by others, mistakes in processing and other causes. Equibase Company and Bloodstock Research Information Services, Inc. and Thoroughbred Sports Network disclaim responsibility for the consequences, if any, of such errors, but would appreciate

9)  HARLEY

Congratulations to ZAYAT STABLES’

3 year colt by Harlan’s Holiday out of Hamba by Easy Goer,

bred by Mill Ridge Farm, trained by Steve Asmussen and ridden by Elvis Trujillo,

returning from a long rehab at EQB’s Houyhnhnm Farm in Pennsylvania

to snatch a fast MSW at Monmouth Park on an off track.

Harley was also an EQB yearling auction purchase.

[race chart follows]

12th Race – Monmouth Park –

Sunday, August 21st, 2011

Conditions: 6 FURLONGS MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT. FOR MAIDENS, THREE YEARS OLD AND UPWARD. Three Year Olds, 118 lbs.; Older, 122 lbs.
Purse: $45,000 Value of Race: $45,000 1st $27,000 2nd $8,550 3rd $4,950 4th $1,800 5th $450 6th $450 7th $450 8th $450 9th $450 10th $450 Mutuel Pool: $177,171 Pick 3 Pool: $17,864 Pick 4 Pool: $60,862 Daily Double Pool: $34,507 Exacta Pool: $139,160 Superfecta Pool: $47,984 Trifecta Pool: $84,633

Data provided or compiled by Equibase Company, which includes data from The Jockey Club, generally is accurate but occasionally errors and omissions occur as a result of incorrect data received by others, mistakes in processing and other causes. Equibase Company and Bloodstock Research Information Services, Inc. and Thoroughbred Sports Network disclaim responsibility for the consequences, if any, of such errors, but would appreciate being called to their attention