Stakes Races 6/30/2012

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Curragh: Camelot stays unbeaten with Irish Derby victory

http://www.drf.com/news/curragh-camelot-stays-unbeaten-irish-derby-victory

Camelot won for the fifth time without a defeat and survived his first trip over a heavy, laboring course, with his win Saturday evening in the Irish Derby at the Curragh giving trainer Aidan O’Brien his seventh straight victory in that Group 1 race.

Camelot, a winner in both his runs at 2, now has captured the English 2000 Guineas, the Epsom Derby, and the Irish Derby at age 3. Saturday, closing from fourth in a five-horse field, he beat Born to Sea by two lengths after the runner up tracked him and briefly made him work to maintain a lead in the homestretch.

On a course labeled soft to heavy, Camelot and jockey Joseph O’Brien galloped along with only Born to Sea behind him as stablemate Astrology made the pace, with Akeef Mofeed and Light Heavy following the leader. O’Brien steered outside for clear sailing approaching the stretch run, and as Astrology dropped tamely away, Camelot moved to take command. Born to Sea went with him and, as both horses wandered about on the tiring turf, briefly cut into the lead about a furlong out, but Camelot held him clear and crossed the wire well in command. Winning time for the 1 1/2 miles was a slow 2:43.96. Imperial Monarch, the O’Brien-trained second betting favorite, was scratched because of the wet conditions.

2012 Dwyer Stakes

A fast pace and a very game Teeth of the Dog!

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1. Great race

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2. Yes it was...

It's gonna be a good day for racing fans. Lots of nice matchups at Belmont, Prairie Meadows and Hollywood.

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3. 2012 New York S. (G2)

Mystical Star atoned for her previous misbehavior in the starting gate by breaking in a timely manner and turning back Aruna's stretch run to win Belmont Park's Grade 2, $200,000 New York for turf fillies and mares on Saturday.

2012 Triple Bend Handicap

Trainer Mike Mitchell, who had brain surgery a day earlier, surely got some much-needed tonic when his Camp Victory swept past odds-on favorite The Factor to post a convincing victory in the $250,000 Triple Bend Handicap (gr. I) at Betfair Hollywood Park June 30.

Camp Victory, sent off at odds of 10-1, was claimed by Mitchell in February 2011 for $40,000. The 5-year-old son of Forest Camp earned his first grade I victory for owners Gordon Jacobsen, Roger Featherston, and Tom and Lynne Miller.

A Mitchell family member said before the race that trainer had come through the surgery, in which a tumor was removed, in good shape. He was watching the race from the hospital with his wife Denise and his two daughters.

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70934/triple-bend-camp-victory-earns-get-well-win

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4. 2012 Shoemaker Mile (GI)

Jeranimo swoops in from the clouds to win on the grass.

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5. 2012 Iowa Derby

Hansen gets back on track after his dismal KYDerby. This 1 1/16 distance is a better fit for him.

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6. Stakes roundup from yesterday

Uptown Bertie Bags First Stakes in Iowa Oaks

Uptown Bertie made the most of her first stakes appearance by winning the $200,000 Iowa Oaks (gr. III) for 3-year-old fillies June 30 at Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino.

With Julien Leparoux riding for trainer Steve Margolis and owners Richard, Bertram, and Elaine Klein, Uptown Bertie rallied from off the pace in the field of six with a sweeping three-wide move past the leaders on the final turn in the 1 1/16-mile race. She wasn’t threatened thereafter and won under steady urging by 2 1/4 lengths over 13-10 favorite Ice Cream Silence, with Emona third after closing from last.

The fractions on a fast track were :23.14, :46.37, 1:10.98, and 1:36.67 for one mile. The final time was 1:43.34.

Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70943/uptown-bertie-bags-first-stakes-in-iowa-oaks#ixzz1zPfUrHkX


Fort Larned Gets Loose to Capture Cornhusker

Fort Larned, left alone on an easy pace, turned back heavy favorite Successful Dan in the lane to post an easy three-length triumph in the $300,000 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap (gr. III) in Iowa on the night of June 30.

Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70947/fort-larned-gets-loose-to-capture-cornhusker#ixzz1zPg3UOfI

Circle Unbroken is Breeders' Cup bound; Positively exits race with sore shins

Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70960/circle-unbroken-is-breeders-cup-bound-positively-exits-race-with-sore-shins#ixzz1zPgGY2ne

Videos available on the website - tgs

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7. Bed O' Roses 2012 (G3)

Taking advantage of a seam at the head of the stretch, Derwin's Star streaked to her first graded stakes win in the $150,000 Bed o' Roses (gr. III) July 1 at Belmont Park.

Ridden by Ramon Dominguez for owners Marcia Cohen and Steve Klesaris, who also trains her, Derwin's Star tallied by 3 1/2 lengths while completing the seven-furlong distance in 1:22.53 on a fast track.

Woodsfield Farm bred the winning 5-year-old mare in Florida. The chestnut is by Wildcat Heir out of the Star de Naskra mare Powerful Package.

Derwin's Star has now won eight of her 17 lifetime starts but her only prior stakes win came in the Charles Town Oaks in September 2010. She was coming off a good closing third-place finish when wide in the My Juliet Stakes at Parx Racing May 26.

Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70966/derwins-star-gets-her-grade-in-bed-o-roses#ixzz1zPi8xALZ