New York-based freshman sire MISSION IMPAZIBLE got his first black-type stakes winner June 10 when SILVER MISSION captured the $200,000 Tremont Stakes at Belmont Park. The 2-year-old colt out of Nashinda, by Silver Deputy, became Mission Impazible’s first winner earlier in the year, when he won a $100,000 maiden special weight event April 21 at Aqueduct Racetrack. In the Tremont’s short field of …
Destin draws post position #2 of 13 horses entered in the 148th running of the GI Belmont Stakes held this Saturday for three-year-olds going a mile and a half. He will be ridden by Javier Castellano. The purse is $1,500,000 and approximate post time is 6:37. Program Number, Trainer, Jockey, Morning Line Odds 1. Governor Malibu, Christophe Clement, …
Belmont Stakes (gr. I) hopeful Destin put in his penultimate work before the June 11 classic at Belmont Park May 27. Working in company with graded stakes winner Stanford on the training track after the renovation break, Destin covered five furlongs in 1:01 4/5. Ridden in the breeze by exercise rider Hector Ramos, Destin, working on the outside of his stablemate, …
Once upon a time, not long ago (actually, only three months ago), Twin Creeks Racing Stables had a hot prospect for the Kentucky Derby named Destin. Having a Derby contender was nothing new to Twin Creeks, which is owned by Randy Gullatt, a one-time aspiring trainer, and Steve Davison, who has always enjoyed putting a …
Proud Mission, a two-year-old filly by Mission Impazible, wins her debut in the 5th race on May 22nd at Lone Star Park for Twin Creeks Racing. The daughter of Mission Impazible broke a little slowly from the gates from the outside post but quickly made up ground circling the field five wide to finish strong …
A colt from the first crop ofMission Impazible worked a quarter-mile in :21 3/5 to top the May 18 under tack show workouts for the upcoming Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training. Consigned by Blue River Bloodstock as Hip 371, the Mission Impazible colt that equaled the fastest time so far for a quarter-mile was …
Two weeks removed from Destin’s sixth-place finish in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby, the lone defeat of the horse’s career, Todd Pletcher assistant Byron Hughes reports that Twin Creeks Farm and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ sophomore colt has trained forwardly out of the race and remains on course for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes …
In Friday’s sixth race on the card at Arlington International Racecourse, trainer Michael Stidham sent out New Orleans Lady in the second start of her career. The three-year-old filly, who made her debut in March at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in a 5½-furlong maiden special weight on the dirt, went off favored in the betting …
Anyone who’s ever been relentlessly compared to an accomplished older sibling can relate to Destin. His full brother, Creative Cause, set the bar pretty high by winning major races at two and three and competing honorably on the Triple Crown trail. He was fifth in the 2012 Kentucky Derby(G1) and third in the Preakness (G1). Once Creative Cause …
