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Posted on Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Mr. Fantasy, thwarted in the Gotham Stakes by the overpowering performance of one of the leading Kentucky Derby starters I Want Revenge, turned back to a mile Saturday afternoon and rode the rail to a 1 3/4-length victory over favored This Ones for Phil in the 130th running of the $150,000 Withers Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct.
The Withers Stakes was the final graded stakes race of Aqueduct’s spring meet. The Big A will close after Sunday’s races, and live racing will move to Belmont Park, home of the 2009 Belmont Stakes, for the 64-day Spring/Summer Meet on Wednesday, April 29.
Mr. Fantasy raced 1 mile in 1:34.91 and returned $8.60 as the third choice of the crowd of 4,552.
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Kentucky Derby Prep Race Results: I Want Revenge Wins Wood Memorial at Aqueduct April 4
Posted on Saturday, April 4th, 2009
I Want Revenge overcame a horrible start, traffic problems and 7 other hopeful Kentucky Derby contenders Saturday afternoon to win the 85th running of the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G1) at Aqueduct Rracetrack by 1 1/2 lengths over West Side Bernie.
“You don’t want to see that kind of trouble, and nine out of 10 times they don’t overcome it,” said winning race horse trainer Jeff Mullins, as I Want Revenge paid $3 for his second victory on dirt. “So, for him to do what did today is just unbelievable. He had every trouble you could have in a race and still overcame it. That’s as good as it gets right there.”
Race horse trainer Jeff Mullins said he would like to ship to Churchill Downs on Monday, and hopefully, start training I Want Revenge for the 2009 Kentucky Derby at 1 1/4 miles.
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Kentucky Derby Prep Race: Wood Memorial Entries at Aqueduct April 4
Posted on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
I Want Revenge heads a field of 8 Kentucky Derby hopefuls in Saturday’s 85th running of the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G1) at Aqueduct April 4.
The 1 1/8-mile Wood Memorial is New York’s first Grade I race of the year as well as one of its major Kentucky Derby 135 prep races where the Wood Memorial winner’s share of $450,000 can be enough to secure a spot in the Kentucky Derby entries list.
Aqueduct’s Wood Memorial entries carrying 123 pounds with jockeys in post position order:
- I Want Revenge under jockey Joe Talamo
- Lord Justice under jockey C. C. Lopez
- Cellar Dweller under jockey A. R. Napravnik
- Atomic Rain under jockey Joe Bravo
- West Side Bernie under jockey Stewart Elliott
- Imperial Council under jockey Edgar Prado
- Just a Coincidence under jockey John Velazquez
- Lime Rickey under jockey Javier Castellano
The Wood Memorial is race 9 in Aqueduct’s April 4 card. Wood Memorial post time is 5:19 pm Eastern.
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Kentucky Derby Prep Race Results: I Want Revenge Wins Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct
Posted on Saturday, March 7th, 2009
I Want Revenge’s 8 1/2-length victory in Aqueduct Racetrack’s 57th running of the $250,000 Gotham Stakes (G3) showed horse racing fans that he can be part of the Kentucky Derby contenders list.
Making his first start on natural dirt after a 1-1-4 record from six starts on synthetic surfaces, I Want Revenge stamped himself as a player to be reckoned with for New York’s last major 2009 Kentucky Derby prep race, the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G1) at 9 furlongs on Saturday, April 4.
The Stephen Got Even colt I Want Revenge battled favorite Mr. Fantasy through fractions of 23.76, 48.48, 1:12.69 and drew away to cover 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.65.
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NYRA Now To Debut on Gotham Stakes Day March 7 on Sirius Radio
Posted on Friday, March 6th, 2009
NYRA Now, a half-hour Sirius Radio show dedicated exclusively to horse racing at the New York Racing Association’s Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course, will debut on Gotham Stakes day Saturday, March 7 from 12:30 pm – 1 pm Eastern.
Hosted by Dave Johnson and Bill Finley, NYRA Now will air on Sirius Channel 122 and XM Channel 143 and will be available to 20 million Sirius XM subscribers. It will offer horse racing handicapping, interviews with race horse owners, trainers and jockeys and feature segments.
There will also be a number of live races aired during the afternoon, beginning with New York’s final major prep for the 2009 Kentucky Derby, the 9-furlong $750,000 Wood Memorial (G1) for 3-year-olds on Saturday, April 4.
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Kentucky Derby Prep Race: Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct March 7
Posted on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Turtle Bird Stable’s Haynesfield will try to make his fourth straight stakes win in Saturday’s 57th running of the $250,000 Gotham Stakes (G3) at 1 1/16 miles over Aqueduct’s inner track.
The Gotham Stakes is one of the 2009 Kentucky Derby prep races. A win in the Gotham Stakes could secure Haynesfield’s spot in the Kentucky Derby contenders list.
The complete Gotham Stakes entries with jockeys and weight in post position order:
- Naos under jockey Michael Luzzi carries 116 lbs.
- Russell Road under jockey Travis Dunkelberger, 116 lbs.
- Masala under jockey Eibar Coa, 116 lbs.
- Axel Foley under jockey Richard Migliore, 116 lbs.
- Mr. Fantasy under jockey Alan Garcia, 116 lbs.
- Haynesfield under jockey C.C. Lopez, 120 lbs.
- Imperial Council under jockey Rajiv Maragh, 116 lbs.
- I Want Revenge under jockey Joe Talamo, 116 lbs.
- Giant Ryan under jockey Jeffrey Sanchez, 116 lbs.
The Gotham Stakes is the featured ninth of 10 races on Saturday’s card at Aqueduct. Gotham post time is 4:18 pm Eastern.
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Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct March 7
Posted on Sunday, March 1st, 2009
New York’s first major 2009 Kentucky Derby prep race will be the 57th running of the $250,000 Gotham Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct Saturday, March 7.
Probable Gotham Stakes entries are Jeff Singer’s Axel Foley; Turtle Bird Stable’s Haynesfield; David J. Lanzman Racing Stable’s I Want Revenge; Sequoia Stable’s Imperial Council; Peachtree Stable’s Masala; West Point Thoroughbreds’ Mr. Fantasy; Starlight Partners’ Naos; and Mark E. Russell’s Russell Road.
I Want Revenge and Axel Foley both ship in from California. I Want Revenge ran third to Pioneerof the Nile, one of the leading Kentucky Derby contenders, in the Robert B. Lewis at Santa Anita Park February 7. Axel Foley was second in the January 17 California Derby at Golden Gate Fields.
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