STICKNEY, Ill. – Mike Maker still was a trainer on the rise when he won the 2004 Hawthorne Gold Cup with Freefourinternet, a 27-1 shot. These days, Maker-trained horses pop up in major stakes races all over the country, and Headache’s win Saturday in the 2011 Gold Cup came as much less of a surprise. Wearing down Where’s Sterling and Cease in a slogging war of attrition, Headache won the Grade 2, $500,000 Gold Cup by a half-length, paying $12.60 as the fourth choice in a field of 10.
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DRF Past Performances
Dougs Buddy wrapped up a perfect season and local 2-year-old honors with a hard-fought win over Silver Baubles in the $50,000 Canadian Juvenile at Northlands Park on Saturday.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Corey Nakatani became just the third jockey to win six races on one card at Belmont Park as he went 6 for 7 on Saturday’s 10-race program, including two Grade 1 stakes wins.
The six wins ties a record for most wins on a card at any New York Racing Association track.
Nakatani missed becoming the first jockey to win seven races at a NYRA track when his mount in the last, Rubber Duck, finished third after a troubled start.
Nakatani joined Jorge Velasquez, who went 6 for 6 on July 9, 1981, and Ramon Dominguez, who went 6 for 8 on June 8, 2011.
ELMONT, N.Y. – The match race turned into a mismatch.
My Miss Aurelia won the pace battle with Spare Change and then easily kicked away from even-money favorite Stopshoppingmaria to win Saturday’s Grade 1, $300,000 Frizette Stakes by 5 1/2 lengths at Belmont Park. Stopshoppingmaria finished second by 3 1/2 lengths over Miss Netta, who was followed in the order of finish by Holiday Soiree, Spare Change, and Harbor Mist.
Sat, 10/08/2011 - 18:16
ARCADIA, Calif. - Amazombie ran the best race of his career to pull an upset against The Factor in Saturday’s $250,000 Ancient Title Stakes at Santa Anita, a race that could lead to a start in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint next month.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – He’s the $6 million horse. Gio Ponti flashed his championship form again at Keeneland when knifing between rivals and nailing Get Stormy in the desperate final yards Saturday in the 26th running of the Grade 1, $600,000 Shadwell Turf Mile.
By defending his title in the Shadwell, the richest race of the fall meet, Gio Ponti earned $360,000 to bring his career bankroll to $6,049,800 and make him 3 for 3 over the Keeneland turf course.
Sat, 10/08/2011 - 17:41
ELMONT, N.Y. - Union Rags overcame a difficult trip to dominate Saturday’s Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park and stamp himself as the horse to beat in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile next month at Churchill Downs.
Sat, 10/08/2011 - 17:30
LEXINGTON, Ky. – For much of this year Dullahan was largely known for being the half-brother of 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird.
Saturday he made a name for himself, stepping out of the sibling’s shadow by winning the Grade 1, $400,000 Dixiana Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland by three-quarters of a length over Majestic City.