5th-SAR, $60,000, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 1:09 1/5, ft. +UNCLE MO, c, 2, Indian Charlie 1st Dam: Playa Maya (MSP), by Arch 2nd Dam: Dixie Slippers, by Dixieland Band 3rd Dam: Cyane’s Slippers, by Cyane Uncle Mo, a $160,000 KEENOV weanling and $220,000 KEESEP yearling, had been training smartly and, bolstered by Todd Pletcher’s impressive array […]
Earle Mack’s PETER MARTINS (Johannesburg) is set to race at the Doncaster St Leger Festival, trainer Jeremy Noseda announced yesterday. Despite his planned racecourse gallop at Newmarket being canceled yesterday, his five-length Newmarket debut keeps PETER MARTINS on course for alternative targets in the second week of September. “My plan had been to work him […]
STRAIGHT STORY set a stalk-and-pounce trip off a longshot leader, pressed by in upper stretch and stayed on best of all for an overdue first stakes success in the West Point S. at Saratoga on Aug. 19. The well-bred dark bay endured a trio of excruciating beats at three, going down by a head in […]
Hysterical Cat, a 2-year-old colt by Bluegrass Cat out of the Distorted Humor mare Then She Laughs was the more highly regarded half of the Todd Pletcher entry. Breaking on top, Hysterical Cat zipped through an opening quarter of :21.84 before easing off the gas pedal to little to cover a half in :45.74. Well […]
A Tale of the Cat colt out of Regard was sold by Denali for $140,000 at the Fasig-Tipton NY-Bred Preferred Yearling Sale. The sales-topping colt is a half-brother to 2-year-old maiden special winner Highest Regards. Purchased by Repole Stable the colt was bred by Denali client Berkshire Stud and was pinhooked by a partnership that […]
The colt was consigned by Denali Stud as agent for Diane and Guy Snowden’s Falls Creek Farm. For the full story and photo click here
Offering three on opening night of the selected yearling sale at Saratoga, Denali was one of two consignors to boast 100% sold and ranked in the top ten consignors by average. The second night at Saratoga Denali lit up the tote with our exceptional Smart Strike colt out of Sluice going to John Ferguson for […]
Haskell day was another bright spot for Denali sales graduates. OMNISCIENT, a four-year-old son of Pulpit won the Majestic Light Stakes. The graded placed Stonestreet color bearer tracked the leader in second through splits of :24.08, :48.37 and 1:12.75, before taking over in the stretch while repelling a bid from accomplished veteran Cool Coal Man […]
Bred by Candy Meadows Farm and Cheyenne Stable and sold by Denali at the 2009 Keeneland September sale for $145,000, the two-year-old Johannesburg colt PETER MARTINS did not disappoint, winning his racing debut at Newmarket for owner Earle Mack. The Jeremy Noseda trainee was sent off at 2-1, breaking smartly he stalked the early leader […]
Denali sale graduates took to the Eastern stakes races, starting off at Monmouth Park on July 24. Potosina, a three-year-old filly by Cactus Ridge and offered by Denali at the 2008 Saratoga yearling sale finished third in the 1 1/16 mile turf Desert Vixen S. The next day at Monmouth Denali graduates finished second and […]
