For a reminder here is the field with their jockeys:
1. Shuvee- Jesse Davidson
2. Ruffian- Jacinto Vasquez
3. Octave- John Velezquez
4. Serena's Song- Gary Stevens
5. Rachel Alexandra- Calvin Borel
6. Mom's Command- Abby Fuller
7. Smuggler- Edgar Prado
8. Sky Beauty- Mike Smith
All eight champions are in the gate! Everyone is standing beautifully and we are off in the Mother Goose Legends Race! Going straight to the lead is Ruffian, Sky Beauty is in second with Rachel Alexandra in third. Shuvee leads the next set of Serena's Song and Mom's Command, Smuggler is next and Octave is the early trailer. Ruffian is where she loves to be, up front. Sky Beauty is in second, Rachel Alexandra wants to go now, but Borel tells her not yet. Shuvee is next, Serena's Song is coming close to her though. Mom's Command is biding her time with Fuller, Smuggler is next and Octave is still last. Sky Beauty is now even with Ruffian. Borel and Fuller tell their fillies that the race is on here comes Rachel Alexandra, with Mom's Command in tow. Shuvee is starting to make her move and here comes Octave who is making up ground, and is making her move. Serena's Song and Smuggler trying their best to keep up. Ruffian is still in front as the field makes the turn for home. Rachel Alexandra, Sky Beauty and Octave! But here is Shuvee!!! Three fillies Shuvee, Ruffian and Rachel Alexandra are fighting it out, Octave is trying one last chance to catch them. Smuggler and Serena's Song are coming, but it will be too late for them. Four horses with a chance who will get it? Here's the wire! PHOTO! Between Ruffian and Rachel Alexandra, Shuvee finishes in third, Octave just ran out of time as did Smuggler, Serena's Song, it just wasn't Mom's Command's day today, the same goes with Sky Beauty.
All the fillies recieve a very warm appolouse as they return from their cool out. The photo sign is still up as Jacinto and Calvin sitting on Horse racing's Black Beauty and Rachel respectively as the photo sign is about to come down. Ruffian wins! A nose seperates to two outstanding fillies!
Final Order:
Ruffian
Rachel Alexandra
Shuvee
Octave
Smuggler
Serena's Song
Mom's Command
Sky Beauty
I hope that you all enjoyed this Legends race! I might do this again next month when it's DelCap week! Stay tuned for more details on that.
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June 21, 2011
June 20, 2011
Mother Goose Legends Race (Part 1)
Welcome everyone to the first annual Mother Goose Legends Race! We have 8 former Mother Goose winners in today's Mile and Eighth race over a fast track. Lets meet these eight accomplished fillies!
Note: The jockeys that each horse has on her back is the jockey that she won the Mother Goose with
In Post 1 we have 1969 winner Shuvee with Jesse Davidson. The only filly to win the Jockey Club Gold Cup twice at the distance of 2 miles!
In Post 2 it's the great 1975 winner Ruffian with Jacinto Vasquez. A two time Eclipse Award winner, she'll be part of the early speed today.
In Post 3 2007 winner Octave with John Velezquez in the irons. She'll be coming off the pace.
In Post 4 it's 1995 winner Serena's Song and Gary Stevens. She's faced the big boys before, she'll have to come up big against these leading ladies.
In Post 5, it's the other speed horse in the field, it's 2009 winner and Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra with Calvin Borel. Look for her to be up front early with Ruffian.
In Post 6, it's all girl power with 1985 winner Mom's Command and her jock Abby Fuller. They will be a force to be reckoned with.
In Post 7, 2005 winner Smuggler with Edgar Prado. Could be a dark horse in the field.
Last, but not least in Post 8 it's the newest Hall of Famer 1993 winner Sky Beauty with Mike Smith. She'll be up there with Ruffian and Rachel Alexandra.
That's the field for the 1st Mother Goose Legends Race!
Part 2 will be tomorrow with the actual call of the race! For now, leave a comment in the comment section for who you are rooting for in this race!
Now as to why these horses where chosen, of course being a big Rachel fan I had to include her. I'm also a big Mom fan thanks to her son Jonesboro. I wasn't the biggest Smuggler fan as I think she waltzed her way into Eclipse honors after Round Pond got injured. Ruffian has held the stakes record until Lakeway broke it (it has since been broken again by Rachel). Sky Beauty's nephew Tale of Ekati will always hold a place in my heart, I was debating on either Chris Evert (since the human Chrissy is making a return to TV this week) or Shuvee and went with Shuvee since she's cool! Serena well she and Rachel are the only Haskell winners who are female and Octave was overshadowed by her stablemate Rags to Riches. I was debating on Devil May Care, but then I would have had to make a jockey up for her since Johnny V was on Octave and I really didn't want to do that.
I hope you enjoy the call tomorrow!
Note: The jockeys that each horse has on her back is the jockey that she won the Mother Goose with
In Post 1 we have 1969 winner Shuvee with Jesse Davidson. The only filly to win the Jockey Club Gold Cup twice at the distance of 2 miles!
In Post 2 it's the great 1975 winner Ruffian with Jacinto Vasquez. A two time Eclipse Award winner, she'll be part of the early speed today.
In Post 3 2007 winner Octave with John Velezquez in the irons. She'll be coming off the pace.
In Post 4 it's 1995 winner Serena's Song and Gary Stevens. She's faced the big boys before, she'll have to come up big against these leading ladies.
In Post 5, it's the other speed horse in the field, it's 2009 winner and Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra with Calvin Borel. Look for her to be up front early with Ruffian.
In Post 6, it's all girl power with 1985 winner Mom's Command and her jock Abby Fuller. They will be a force to be reckoned with.
In Post 7, 2005 winner Smuggler with Edgar Prado. Could be a dark horse in the field.
Last, but not least in Post 8 it's the newest Hall of Famer 1993 winner Sky Beauty with Mike Smith. She'll be up there with Ruffian and Rachel Alexandra.
That's the field for the 1st Mother Goose Legends Race!
Part 2 will be tomorrow with the actual call of the race! For now, leave a comment in the comment section for who you are rooting for in this race!
Now as to why these horses where chosen, of course being a big Rachel fan I had to include her. I'm also a big Mom fan thanks to her son Jonesboro. I wasn't the biggest Smuggler fan as I think she waltzed her way into Eclipse honors after Round Pond got injured. Ruffian has held the stakes record until Lakeway broke it (it has since been broken again by Rachel). Sky Beauty's nephew Tale of Ekati will always hold a place in my heart, I was debating on either Chris Evert (since the human Chrissy is making a return to TV this week) or Shuvee and went with Shuvee since she's cool! Serena well she and Rachel are the only Haskell winners who are female and Octave was overshadowed by her stablemate Rags to Riches. I was debating on Devil May Care, but then I would have had to make a jockey up for her since Johnny V was on Octave and I really didn't want to do that.
I hope you enjoy the call tomorrow!
January 5, 2011
Hall of Fame Ballot Predictions
With Baseball announcing their Hall of Fame inductees today, I thought it would be a good time to see who will be on this year's Ballot for horse racing's Hall of Fame which is located in Saratoga Springs, NY.
According to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame's website, for the Contemporary Male and Female, a horse needed to be retired between 5 and 25 years. Anything over 25 years goes to the Historical Committee for them to vote on. For today, we will be focusing on horses who have been retired since 2006 or earlier until 1986. These are just my predictions to see who will be on the Ballot, when the ballot comes out, that's when I'll make my picks.
Sky Beauty- There are eight Triple Tiara winners, six of them are in the Hall of Fame right now. Sky Beauty is one of two of them that's not. After losing the 3yo Championship to Hollywood Wildcat, she returned at 4 with another soild year winning the Go For Wand, Ruffian, Hempstead (now the Ogden Phipps) and Vagrancy (a race she would win again as a 5 year old). Along with her wins as a 4yo, she captured the Triple Tiara at 3 (the last to do so) and won the Matron at 2.
Afleet Alex- When you think of 2005 racing Saint Liam is probley the first thing to pop into your head. Rightly so, the late sire of one of my favorite fillies currently in training had a wonderful year culimating in Horse of the Year honors. There was another horse though that was making more headlines then he was. Afleet Alex probley should have been the 12th Triple Crown winner, however a poor ride in the Derby plus a dead rail kept Alex out of the winners circle that day. However, he and his jockey Jeremy Rose where able to redeem themselves in the Preakness. However it wasn't without drama, as they went to the final turn Scrappy T bored in almost causing Alex and Jeremy to fall. However Alex was able to rebound and win the race. That would deny Giacomo a chance at the Triple Crown after winning the Derby at 50-1. Alex would go on to win the Belmont before his season (and career) where cut short. Along with his 2 Triple Crown race wins, Afleet Alex also won the Arkansas Derby at 3 and Hopeful at 2. He was named Champion 3yo after finishing runner up year before for Champion 2yo.
Ashado- 2004 was the year of the Smarty Party as Smarty Jones was going for that elusive crown. On the female side, Ashado was one of the best. Not only did she win the Kentucky Oaks oposite Smarty, but she also won the Coaching Club of America Oaks, and Breeders Cup Distaff on her way to 3yo Championship honors. As a four year old she capured 3 G1's including the Beledame which set her up to break Azeri's earnings record at the Distaff which she failed to do by finishing in third (that record has since been passed by Zenyatta). However, it was more then enough to get her Older Female honors.
Open Mind- Like Sky Beauty she won the Triple Tiara becoming the seventh to do so and like SB she is not in the Hall of Fame. That's where the simlarities end though, as Open Mind was a 2 time champion at both 2 and 3. Along with winning the Triple Tiara, she also won the BC Juvenile Fillies, and Kentucky Oaks. She also took the Pimlico Oaks (now called Black Eyed Susan).
These are just predictions, that doesn't mean that they will actually happen. Only time will tell about if any of these horses will make the ballot.
According to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame's website, for the Contemporary Male and Female, a horse needed to be retired between 5 and 25 years. Anything over 25 years goes to the Historical Committee for them to vote on. For today, we will be focusing on horses who have been retired since 2006 or earlier until 1986. These are just my predictions to see who will be on the Ballot, when the ballot comes out, that's when I'll make my picks.
Sky Beauty- There are eight Triple Tiara winners, six of them are in the Hall of Fame right now. Sky Beauty is one of two of them that's not. After losing the 3yo Championship to Hollywood Wildcat, she returned at 4 with another soild year winning the Go For Wand, Ruffian, Hempstead (now the Ogden Phipps) and Vagrancy (a race she would win again as a 5 year old). Along with her wins as a 4yo, she captured the Triple Tiara at 3 (the last to do so) and won the Matron at 2.
Afleet Alex- When you think of 2005 racing Saint Liam is probley the first thing to pop into your head. Rightly so, the late sire of one of my favorite fillies currently in training had a wonderful year culimating in Horse of the Year honors. There was another horse though that was making more headlines then he was. Afleet Alex probley should have been the 12th Triple Crown winner, however a poor ride in the Derby plus a dead rail kept Alex out of the winners circle that day. However, he and his jockey Jeremy Rose where able to redeem themselves in the Preakness. However it wasn't without drama, as they went to the final turn Scrappy T bored in almost causing Alex and Jeremy to fall. However Alex was able to rebound and win the race. That would deny Giacomo a chance at the Triple Crown after winning the Derby at 50-1. Alex would go on to win the Belmont before his season (and career) where cut short. Along with his 2 Triple Crown race wins, Afleet Alex also won the Arkansas Derby at 3 and Hopeful at 2. He was named Champion 3yo after finishing runner up year before for Champion 2yo.
Ashado- 2004 was the year of the Smarty Party as Smarty Jones was going for that elusive crown. On the female side, Ashado was one of the best. Not only did she win the Kentucky Oaks oposite Smarty, but she also won the Coaching Club of America Oaks, and Breeders Cup Distaff on her way to 3yo Championship honors. As a four year old she capured 3 G1's including the Beledame which set her up to break Azeri's earnings record at the Distaff which she failed to do by finishing in third (that record has since been passed by Zenyatta). However, it was more then enough to get her Older Female honors.
Open Mind- Like Sky Beauty she won the Triple Tiara becoming the seventh to do so and like SB she is not in the Hall of Fame. That's where the simlarities end though, as Open Mind was a 2 time champion at both 2 and 3. Along with winning the Triple Tiara, she also won the BC Juvenile Fillies, and Kentucky Oaks. She also took the Pimlico Oaks (now called Black Eyed Susan).
These are just predictions, that doesn't mean that they will actually happen. Only time will tell about if any of these horses will make the ballot.
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