After scoring a clear victory in his Woodbine debut in last year’s Dominion Day Stakes (Can-III), Red Rifle will try to defend that title July 1 in the 1 1/4-mile main-track race. Woodbine’s main track has changed since last year, as the Polytrack has been swapped for Tapeta, but surface has never been a concern for Red Rifle. The 6-year-old Giant’s …
By Evan Hammonds BH Daily Mission Impazible won a pair of grade II stakes and earned more than $1.2 million in a 21-start, four-year racing career from 2009-12. A grade I win proved elusive as Mission Impazible finished second in three top-level stakes. But he’s not second in 2016, as the 9-year-old son of Unbridled’s …
MISSION IMPAZIBLE leads all North American Sires with two-year-olds. What is more astounding is the fact that he is on top of this list having less than half the number of two year olds on the ground than most of his competitors. Mission Impazible’s two year olds have earned over $185,000 with SILVER MISSION leading …
Destin gave Twin Creeks Racing Stables and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners a thrilling run in the Belmont Stakes on June 11th narrowly missing the victory by inches! Destin, piloted by Javier Castellano, broke sharply from the gates and laid 2nd within a length of the pace setter , Gettysburg , for the first mile setting …
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 …
