May 12, 2012
3YO ELIZEE Wins Grade 1 Stakes in Mexico
A winner of six of 12 lifetime starts, ELIZEE (3-year-old colt by Broken Vow) won the seven-furlong XII Clasico Rubi (Mex-1) on Hipodromo de las Americas’ main track. He has now won or placed in all six of his starts this year, including four wins. Earlier in February, he had a strong closing kick to take a 5 1/2-furlong stakes by three lengths on a muddy track. And as a juvenile last year, ELIZEE fought all the way to be runner-up in the 1 1/16-mile Futurity Mexicano (Mex-1).
Lifetime record: 12-6-2-2. O-Cuadra San Jorge. B-Rancho San Jorge. T-Fausto Gutierrez.
May 9, 2012
FIRST 2012 2YO WINNER FOR BROKEN VOW
2YO filly, Sweet Shirley Mae became the first 2YO winner this year for BROKEN VOW by beating the boys in her debut five-furlong MSW at Belmont. Sweet Shirley Mae broke well and moved to the front, taking over the lead after the turn to win by 1 1/2 lengths.
Lifetime record: 1-1-0-0, $42,000. O-Ice Wine Stable. B-Lewis Schaffel. T-Wesley Ward.
May 5, 2012
3YO CLEAR THE RUNWAY Becomes 7th 2012 Stakes Winner for BROKEN VOW
A stakes-placed juvenile last year, this 3-year-old son of BROKEN VOW earned his first stakes victory taking the 6 1/2-furlong Jim Coleman Province S. at Hastings Racecourse. Making his second start of the year, CLEAR THE RUNWAY rallied two wide on the turn, overtaking the frontrunner before the top of the stretch, and edged away from that one to win by 1 1/2 lengths. This is the 7th stakes winner and 8th 3yo stakes horse this year for BROKEN VOW. Lifetime record: 6-2-2-1, $55,740. O-Riversedge Racing Stables, Ltd. B-Nolan Creek Farm. T-Greg Tracy.
May 4, 2012
3YO filly GOOD DEED Runner-up in Eight Belles-G3 on Oaks Undercard
Sprinting clear from the start, GOOD DEED by BROKEN VOW willingly cut out very rapid fractions in this 7f. graded stakes over Churchill’s main track. She ran the initial half in :44 and change, three-quarters in 1:08 and responded when challenged by the favorite but was not able to contain that rival. The race was run in stakes record time and and GOOD DEED was much the best of the rest of the field, 6 1/4 lengths in front of the show horse.
A stakes winner at two last year, GOOD DEED won the Prima Donna Stakes at Oaklawn in her previous start. The homebred is one of six stakes winners already this year for her sire. Lifetime record: 7-4-1-0, $152,940. O/B–Bert, Elaine & Richard Klein. T-Steve Margolis.
April 28, 2012
2011 Juvenile SW LADY COHIBA Places in Belmont Stakes in First Start of 2012
A stakes winner at Aqueduct in only her second start last year, this 3-year-old filly by BROKEN VOW kicked off her 2012 campaign with a runner-up finish in Belmont’s Inside Information S. at one mile on the main track. Sitting in third most of the race, LADY COHIBA put in a rally in the final stages of the race to finish better than two lengths in front of the third-place horse. A debut winner at Belmont last October, this $240,000 Keeneland 2010 September yearling purchase took Aqueduct’s off the turf May Night S. in hand by 3 1/2 lengths in her very next start. Lifetime record: 4-2-1-0, $85,400. O-Live Oak Plantation. B-Mike G. Rutherford. T-Christophe Clement.
April 26, 2012
$475,000 BROKEN VOW 2YO Top Priced Colt at OBS April
The highest priced colt of the OBS April Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training was a juvenile by BROKEN VOW which brought a final bid of $475,000 from Mark Casse, as agent. Hip 967, a February 15th foal out of the young stakes-placed Runaway Groom mare, Runaway in Love, was consigned by Halcyon Hammock Farm, agent. The fleet-footed colt breezed one furlong in :9 4/5, the co-fastest time for that distance among all 2-year-olds in the sale. Overall, BROKEN VOW led all sires at the OBS April Sale with an average of $188,333, among sires with two or more sold.
April 16, 2012
BROKEN VOW’s Two Recent GSWs Causes “TrueNicks” to Take Notice
With the 3-year-old colt DONE TALKING winning the Illinois Derby-G3 on April 7 and the 5-year-old LONESOME STREET taking Keeneland’s Grade 2 Commonwealth S. on April 14, Alan Porter’s TrueNicks has high praise for BROKEN VOW. Click here to read more.
April 14, 2012
LONESOME STREET, by BROKEN VOW, Wins Keeneland’s Commonwealth S-G2
Making a bold, 5-wide move at the top of the stretch, LONESOME STREET launched his challenge at the 1/8 pole and drew clear for a 2 1/4-length victory in the $175,000 Commonwealth S-G2. With very fast opening fractions, LONESOME STREET got the 7 f. over Keeneland’s Polytrack in a very strong 1:21.17. The 5-year-old son of BROKEN VOW is the sixth stakes winner for his sire this year. Already a stakes winner, this is the first graded stakes victory for LONESOME STREET. Lifetime record: 24-5-5-3, $358,585. O-Ken and Sarah Ramsey. B-Jon & Sarah Kelly. T-Michael J. Maker. J-Joel Rosario.
April 14, 2012
3YO EXPLAIN Earns First Black Type in $100,000 Northern Spur S.
An 8 1/4-length Maiden winner here in February in his second career start, this 3-year-old son of Broken Vow earned his first stakes money when he placed in the $100,000 Northern Spur S. at one mile on Oaklawn Park’s main track. This was EXPLAIN’s first stakes appearance and he became the 90th stakes horse sired by Broken Vow. In his other two starts, he was runner-up in his debut in early February at six furlongs on an off track and again going 1 1/16 miles. Lifetime record: 4-1-2-1, $42,320. O-Midwest Thoroughbreds, Inc. B-Mueller Thoroughbred Stable Ltd. T-Brad H. Cox.
April 7, 2012
DONE TALKING wins G3 Illinois Derby
Returning to the form which saw him beaten only a length when fourth in last year's Grade 3 Remsen Stakes, DONE TALKING rallied in the stretch, took command near the eighth pole, and scored by three-quarters of a length in Saturday's Grade 3 Illinois Derby at Hawthorne. The Broken Vow–Dixie Talking, by Dixieland Band colt earned $300,000 for Skeedattle Stable. Trainer Hamilton Smith Jr. showed confidence in the colt thanks to two good works at his Maryland base, and encouraged his entry in the Kentucky Derby prep. Ridden by Sheldon Russell, the homebred defeated Morgan's Guerilla, with Hakama finishing third. The time was 1:53.88 for 1 1/8 miles. Lifetime record: 7-3-0-2, $381,200. O-Skeedattle Stable. B-Skeedattle Associates. T-Hamilton Smith. J-Sheldon Russell.
April 6, 2012
3YO filly GOOD DEED Wins Oaklawn’s Prima Donna Stakes
Racing close to the pace from the start, GOOD DEED powered home for an impressive victory in the 6 furlong, $75,000 Prima Donna S. at Oaklawn Park. A stakes winner at two last year, GOOD DEED had three consecutive wins at three different tracks. The homebred is one of five stakes winners already this year for her sire. Lifetime record: 6-4-0-0, $131,600. O/B–Bert, Elaine & Richard Klein. T-Steve Margolis.
March 2012
$280,000 Juveniles at Select Sales Plus 42nd Stakes Winner and Stakes-placed 3YO
Stakes-placed last year, 6-year-old WICKED VOW drew off in upper stretch to win by two lengths for his first stakes victory, taking the one mile Au Revoir S. at Delta Downs on 3/17. The 42nd stakes winner for BROKEN VOW has won on dirt and turf and at five tracks. Lifetime record: 48-7-9-9, $148,427. O-Shawna C. Gifford. B-Robert H. Zoellner. T-Ronald Matthieu.
AT OBS: Hip 231, a 2yo colt by BROKEN VOW brought a final bid of $280,000 on 3/14, the second day of the two-day Ocala Breeders’ Sale March Selected Sale of 2-year-olds in Training. The juvenile out of the Storm Bird mare, Andrea Gail, was purchased by Lane’s End Bloodstock. Another colt, hip 40, out of the Gulch mare, Mary Coughlan, went to trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and Green Smith for $115,000.
AT BARRETTS: The third highest priced colt at the Barretts March Sale of Selected 2-year-olds in Training on 3/5 was a juvenile by BROKEN VOW. Hip 89, out of the Touch Gold mare, Gold Muff, was a $280,000 purchase by Brett Lindenbaum, agent. He worked :10 flat for a 1/4 mile, the second fastest time for that distance at the Under Tack Preview on 3/2.
The 3yo filly MELROSE WOODS, making only her second start, set a moderate pace early then fought on to the wire to place in the one mile & 40 yards Stonewall Farm Ocala Suncoast S. at Tampa Bay Downs on 3/5. A 6 1/2-furlong Maiden Special Weight winner in her debut at Santa Anita on January 27, she became her sire’s 88th career stakes horse. Lifetime record: 2-1-0-1, $38,600. O-Lael Stables. B-Edward P. Evans. T-Leigh Delacour.
February 2012
A Stakes Winner, a Stakes-placed and Impressive 3YO Winners
EXPLAIN, a 3yo son of BROKEN VOW, challenged for the lead on the turn for home, then quickly pulled away for an 8 1/4-length win in a six-furlong maiden event at Oaklawn on 2/23. Lifetime record: 2-1-1-0, $21,920. O/B-Mueller Thoroughbred Stable Ltd. T-Donnie K. Von Hemel.
A Graded SW in 2011, 6yo JIMANATOR won his first stakes of the year, taking Laurel’s 1 1/8-mile John B. Campbell S. by four lengths on 2/18. In his only other start of 2012, he placed in Aqueduct’s Evening Attire S. In his last four starts, the son of BROKEN VOW has two stakes wins and two stakes placings. Lifetime record: 37 11-5-5 $316,540. O-Three Diamonds Farm. B-James Orr Jr. T-Michael J. Trombetta.
Having won her last two starts, DYPSY, a 3yo filly by BROKEN VOW, nearly wired the field to place in the Sweet Life S. at about 6 1/2 furlongs on the downhill turf course at Santa Anita on 2/12. Her first try on turf and first start of 2012, she was a six-length allowance winner in her last race and last start of 2011. Lifetime record: 5-2-1-2, $58,278. O-Jerry Fialkowski. B-St. George Farm LLC. T-Richard Baltas.
3yo CYBER SECRET wired the field to take this 1 1/16-mile allowance at Oaklawn Park by 5 1/4 lengths on 2/4. A $110,000 KEENOV 2009 weanling sales grad, the promising colt by BROKEN VOW won a 6 1/2-furlong Maiden Special Weight at Belmont in his debut last October. Lifetime record: 4-2-0, $56,244. O-Charles J. Cella. B-Paragon Farms, LLC. T-Lynn S. Whiting.
January 2012
Two 3YO Debut Winners and a Stakes Horse in Three-Day Span
Making his first start of 2012, 6yo JIMANATOR placed in the 1 1/16-mile Evening Attire S. on Aqueduct’s inner dirt track on 1/28. The son of BROKEN VOW was coming off a troubled third in the Auld Lang Syne S. at Parx on New Year’s Eve. Lifetime record: 36-10-5-2, $256,540. O-Three Diamonds Farm. B-James Orr Jr. T-Michael J. Trombetta.
3yo MELROSE WOODS made a sensational debut, winning a 6 1/2-furlong Maiden Special Weight on Santa Anita’s main track on 1/27. The filly by BROKEN VOW went wide into the stretch and caught the front runners to win by 1/2 length. She was purchased as a 2yo racing/broodmare prospect for just $40,000 from the dispersal of the Estate of Edward P. Evans at the 2011 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. Lifetime record: 1-1-0-0, $33,600. O-Thor-Bred Stable LLC. B-Edward P. Evans. T-Dan Hendricks.
3yo BLUE CREEK won his racing debut taking a seven-furlong maiden event over the main track at Tampa Bay Downs on 1/26. The colt by BROKEN VOW moved up to challenge in the turn, dueled for the lead, and after a long drive edged clear for a 1 1/4-length score. Lifetime record: 1-1-0-0, $8,700. O/B-Mr. and Mrs. Bertram R. Firestone. T-Christophe Clement.
March 31, 2012
J J’S CLASSIC WINS TWO STRAIGHT
Fresh off a Maiden Special Weight score here back in mid-February, J J’S CLASSIC made it two-in-a-row when she took this about 1 1/16-mile turf allowance event at the Fair Grounds. The 4-year-old daughter of SKY CLASSIC, never more than three lengths back traveling three wide, challenged the leaders going into the stretch, took control a furlong to go and finished gamely to win by a 1/2 length. She’s now been on the board in five of six starts and is two for two this year. Lifetime record: 6-2-0-0, $54,228. O/B-Nancy C. Winchel. T-Richard R. Scherer.
February 17, 2012
J J’s CLASSIC Closes Late to Win Maiden Special Weight at Fair Grounds
Making her first start in eleven months, the 4yo daughter of SKY CLASSIC put in a sustained drive to take this about 1 1/16-mile Maiden Special Weight turf event at the Fair Grounds. Never more than four lengths back, J J’s CLASSIC went four wide on the far turn, started her drive in upper stretch and went by the leader in the closing strides to win by 1/2 length. She’s now been on the board in four of five starts. Lifetime record: 5-1-0-0, $29,868. O/B-Nancy C. Winchel. T-Richard R. Scherer.
February 17, 2012
SKY CLASSIC Among the Elite Sires of Unique A Runners
When compared to all sires with 100+ named foals of racing age, SKY CLASSIC ranks among the very top (34th of 829) by percentage of Unique ‘A Runners’ from foals with 7.04%. - Bill Oppenheim, TDN 2/15/2012.
February 16, 2012
3YO Wins Race-long Battle in Maiden Score at Aqueduct
Basically in a match race the entire six furlongs of this Maiden test at Aqueduct, CLASSIC R AND B proved to have the biggest heart down the stretch. Hooking up with the runner-up from the onset of the race, this 3yo son of SKY CLASSIC finally stuck his head in front at the eighth pole and in a determined drive, remained in front to the wire. Lifetime record: 8-1-2-1, $33,598. O-Team Power Play Racing. B-William Sorokolit. T-Gary P. Gullo.
