Richard's Kid found room along the rail and rallied to win the $150,000 San Antonio Handicap by a head Sunday at Santa Anita. Ridden by Garrett Gomez, Richard's Kid covered 1 1-8 miles in 1:49.05 and paid $5.20, $3.40 and $3 as the 8-5 favorite. Dakota Phone returned $21.40 and $10.80, while Philatelist was another head back in third and paid $7.80 to show.
More Than a Reason surged past Wishful Tomcat, the 2-5 favorite, to pull off the upset Sunday in the $50,350 allowance feature at Aqueduct. As usual, Wishful Tomcat was on the lead in a bid for a fifth straight win. He carried the field until the final eighth of mile when More Than a Reason, the longest shot in the five-horse field at 12-1, stormed by for a 4 3/4 -length win. [more]
The trainer ofEightyfiveinafifty says his 3-year-old colt has received 14 stitches to repair a cut suffered after crashing through the outer rail during the running of the $100,000 Whirlaway Stakes. Gary Contessa said Sunday that Eightyfiveinafifty should return to training in a week after the frightening incident at Aqueduct Racetrack on Saturday. [more]
Eclipse Award winners Lookin At Lucky and She Be Wild lead a field of 366 3-year-olds nominated to the Triple Crown races, while Todd Pletcher returns to the head of the trainers list with 20 nominees. With the economy still shaky, the number of horses nominated to the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes is down for the third year in a row. [more]
Quality Road broke his own track mark at Gulfstream Park on Saturday while winning the $500,000 Donn Handicap by a record 12 3/4 lengths. The Todd Pletcher-trained colt covered 1 1/8 miles in 1:47.49 with John Velazquez aboard, breaking the mark of 1:47.72 he set last year when winning the Florida Derby. [more]
2010 GRADED STAKES LEADERBOARD - WINS
HORSES
QUALITY ROAD (2)
ACTING ZIPPY (1)
AMEN HALLELUJAH (1)
BICKERSONS (1)
CAT BY THE TALE (1)
CONVEYANCE (1)
COURT VISION (1)
CRISP (1)
CUSTOM FOR CARLOS (1)
DUKE OF MISCHIEF (1)
EL CABALLO (1)
FLY BY PHIL (1)
GABBY'S GOLDEN GAL (1)
KINSALE KING (1)
LOUP BRETON (IRE) (1)
NEKO BAY (1)
PAPA CLEM (1)
PRETTY PROLIFIC (1)
PRETTY UNUSUAL (1)
RICHARD'S KID (1)
RICHIEGIRLGONEWILD (1)
RON THE GREEK (1)
TOTTIE (GB) (1)
TUSCAN EVENING (IRE) (1)
WINSLOW HOMER (1)
JOCKEYS
Albarado, R (3)
Gomez, G (3)
Garcia, M (2)
Rosario, J (2)
Sutherland, C (2)
Velazquez, J (2)
Baze, T (1)
Bejarano, R (1)
Bravo, J (1)
Coa, E (1)
Dominguez, R (1)
Graham, J (1)
Leparoux, J (1)
Lezcano, J (1)
Nunez, E (1)
Prado, E (1)
Smith, M (1)
Thornton, T (1)
TRAINERS
Baffert, B (3)
Dutrow, Jr (2)
Pletcher, T (2)
Abrams, B (1)
Amoss, T (1)
Baker, J (1)
Bennett, W (1)
Breen, K (1)
Brown, C (1)
Canani, J (1)
Drysdale, N (1)
Dutrow, A (1)
Fawkes, D (1)
Hollendorfer, J (1)
Kenneally, E (1)
Nicks, R (1)
O'Callaghan, C (1)
O'Connell, K (1)
Rivelli, L (1)
Sadler, J (1)
Shirreffs, J (1)
Stute, G (1)
2010 GRADED STAKES LEADERBOARD - POINTS
HORSES
QUALITY ROAD (14)
COURT VISION (10)
GABBY'S GOLDEN GAL (10)
DRY MARTINI (8)
NEVER ON SUNDAY (FR) (8)
PROVISO (GB) (8)
AMEN HALLELUJAH (7)
BICKERSONS (7)
CAT BY THE TALE (7)
JOANIE'S CATCH (7)
KINSALE KING (7)
LOUP BRETON (IRE) (7)
NEKO BAY (7)
PAPA CLEM (7)
PRETTY UNUSUAL (7)
RICHARD'S KID (7)
DELIGHTFUL KISS (6)
FREE FLYING SOUL (6)
LE GRAND CRU (6)
DAKOTA PHONE (5)
FRANNY FREUD (5)
HIGH COURT DRAMA (IRE) (5)
SMART BID (5)
SPURRIER (5)
STARDOM BOUND (5)
TREAT GENTLY (GB) (5)
VENTANA (5)
ACTING ZIPPY (4)
CONVEYANCE (4)
CRISP (4)
CUSTOM FOR CARLOS (4)
DUKE OF MISCHIEF (4)
EL CABALLO (4)
FLY BY PHIL (4)
PRETTY PROLIFIC (4)
RICHIEGIRLGONEWILD (4)
RON THE GREEK (4)
TOTTIE (GB) (4)
TUSCAN EVENING (IRE) (4)
WINSLOW HOMER (4)
JOCKEYS
Bejarano, R (26)
Garcia, M (25)
Gomez, G (24)
Rosario, J (23)
Smith, M (23)
Albarado, R (18)
Sutherland, C (16)
Bravo, J (15)
Velazquez, J (14)
Lezcano, J (11)
Talamo, J (11)
Castellano, J (8)
Leparoux, J (8)
Baze, T (7)
Lopez, P (7)
Leyva, J (6)
Prado, E (6)
Rose, J (6)
Baze, M (5)
Espinoza, V (5)
Graham, J (5)
Castro, E (4)
Coa, E (4)
Dominguez, R (4)
Nunez, E (4)
Thornton, T (4)
TRAINERS
Baffert, B (35)
Dutrow, Jr (22)
Pletcher, T (14)
Mott, W (13)
Hollendorfer, J (12)
Biancone, P (11)
Drysdale, N (10)
Dutrow, A (8)
Sadler, J (8)
Tagg, B (8)
Abrams, B (7)
Breen, K (7)
Canani, J (7)
O'Callaghan, C (7)
Rose, B (7)
Shirreffs, J (7)
Stute, G (7)
Anderson, P (6)
Headley, B (6)
Jerkens, H (6)
Kenneally, E (6)
Motion, H (6)
O'Neill, D (5)
Terranova, J (5)
Amoss, T (4)
Baker, J (4)
Bennett, W (4)
Brown, C (4)
Fawkes, D (4)
Nicks, R (4)
O'Connell, K (4)
Rivelli, L (4)
2009 GRADED STAKES LEADERBOARD - WINS
Horses
Jockeys
Trainers
RACHEL ALEXANDRA (7)
Julien Leparoux (34)
Todd Pletcher (24)
INFORMED DECISION (6)
Garrett Gomez (32)
Steve Asmussen (21)
ZENYATTA (5)
Kent Desormeaux (22)
Bob Baffert (18)
CRITICISM (GB) (4)
John Velazquez (21)
Kiaran McLaughlin (15)
GAME FACE (4)
Alan Garcia (20)
Jonathan Sheppard (14)
GIO PONTI (4)
Edgar Prado (18)
Saeed bin Suroor (13)
LIFE IS SWEET (4)
Victor Espinoza (17)
Christophe Clement (12)
LOOKIN AT LUCKY (4)
Tyler Baze (16)
Bill Mott (12)
MAGICAL FANTASY (4)
Javier Castellano (15)
John Shirreffs (11)
24 tied with (3)
Ramon Dominguez (14)
Bobby Frankel (10)
Joel Rosario (14)
4 tied with (9)
2009 GRADED STAKES LEADERBOARD - POINTS
Horses
Jockeys
Trainers
RACHEL ALEXANDRA (64)
Garrett Gomez (478pts)
Todd Pletcher (389pts)
GIO PONTI (56)
Julien Leparoux (399pts)
Bob Baffert (230pts)
INFORMED DECISION (51)
John Velazquez (303pts)
Steve Asmussen (197pts)
ZENYATTA (47)
Kent Desormeaux (288pts)
Bill Mott (183pts)
LIFE IS SWEET (45)
Ramon Dominguez (265pts)
Bobby Frankel (181pts)
LOOKIN AT LUCKY (45)
Edgar Prado (262pts)
Saeed bin Suroor (179pts)
VENTURA (44)
Alan Garcia (252pts)
Christophe Clement (168pts)
COWBOY CAL (43)
Joel Rosario (217pts)
Kiaran McLaughlin (163pts)
EINSTEIN (BRZ) (43)
Rafael Bejarano (213pts)
Jonathan Sheppard (147pts)
MAGICAL FANTASY (42)
Tyler Baze (208pts)
John Sadler (140pts)
01/15/1998 - Pensive Lady breaking her maiden at Tampa Bay Downs
