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General Quarters

4 year old Colt | Active
Owner(s):
Thomas R. Mccarthy  - 
Trainer:
Thomas R. Mccarthy
Bred:
Kentucky (USA) by R. David Randal  -  [Add Data]
Pedigree:
Sky Mesa  -  Ecology  by  Unbridled's Song
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What the Nation is saying about General Quarters...

HRH Princess Haya of Jordan’s Debussy – a 4-year-old Irish-bred son of Diesis –  scored an unexpected victory with a crescendo of a late run in Arlington Million XXVIII Saturday.    Just moments earlier Castleton Lyons’ Gio Ponti appeared to have designed a second straight tally in t...Read More
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  • railbird33 · That was an amazing stretch run after Buick's "Borel-like" trip. Another Irish shipper to put in the mix for the BC Turf race in Nov. · 14 days ago
  • mshutty · Interesting quotes from the race--William Buick (Debussy)-- "We were very tight for room. I thought 'Oh no, I'm not going to have room' but we finally got clear and he was able to run his race" Buick is Norwegian born and rides first call for John Gosden He also won the Dubai Sheema Classic aboard Dar Re Me. John Gosden--"I've been trying to win this race for 28 years" Ramon Dominguez (Gio Ponti)--"I thought I had enough to hang on. Once I got clear, the horse was idling a bit-maybe looking at the stands or something. The trip was great. I had a lot of horse turning for home." · 14 days ago
Castleton Lyons’ Gio Ponti, who captured last summer’s Grade I Arlington Million as the fans’ favorite, looms as an even stronger 7-5 choice in the morning line as he faces nine rivals in Saturday’s 28th running of the centerpiece race of the Chicago Thoroughbred racing season – run at a mile and a ...Read More
  • medlocke · The three European turf horses that will run against Gio Ponti in the Arlington Million, I have seen all three of them in their races in 2010. Debussy, if Gio Ponti is not on his "A" game, could be a real threat. He's really a bit better horse than even his numbers suggest. Debussy won the G3 Huxley Stakes at Chester back in May. Beating a very good field of rivals, and looking pretty impressive in the race. He most recently just finished 4th in the Sky Bet York Stakes won by Summit Surge. Who is also in today's field. Tazeez is also another Euro horse that could be dangerous to Gio Ponti. He seems to be improving every race. Finishing 3rd behind Byword and Twice Over in the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal-Ascot back in June. And most recently having again finished 3rd at Newmarket in the Princess of Wales Stakes. Beaten by Sans Frontiers and Redwood. But Tazeez has every chance to win the Princess of Wales, and also finished ahead of Spanish Moon, who was a heavy favorite to win the race. But if Gio Ponti runs to the form he capable of running? He should become a back to back winner of the Arlington Million, IMO. · 16 days ago
Pre-entries for the Grade I Arlington Million, Grade I Beverly D. Stakes and Grade I Secretariat Stakes closed at midnight Friday with 10 older horses named to the 28th running of the Arlington Million, 11 fillies and mares available for the $750,000 Beverly D. Stakes and seven sophomores slated as...Read More
Gio Ponti giveth and Gio Ponti taketh away – especially when it comes down to the field now likely for the 28th running of the Grade I Arlington Million a little over one week away on Saturday, Aug. 21.   The suddenly likely presence of Gio Ponti, the Arlington Million’s defending champion own...Read More
  • humphrey · That turf course is different than most as they leave the grass quite a bit longer than the manicured surfaces on the West coast. · 23 days ago
The largest group of European equine invaders in the last seven years remains on schedule for an Atlantic crossing in time for the upcoming Grade I Arlington Million now two and a half weeks away on Aug. 21.   That list is headed by Kirsten Rausing’s Lady Jane Digby, a 5-year-old mare who defe...Read More
Tom McCarthy’s General Quarters, winner of the Grade I Blue Grass Stakes last year and the Grade I Woodford Reserve Turf Classic this spring, returned to the track Thursday at Churchill Downs for the first time since his disappointing sixth-place finish in last Saturday’s Grade III Arlington Handic...Read More
Fan favorite General Quarters came out of Saturday's Arlington Handicap with an injured ankle. The four-year-old colt finished sixth as the 5-2 second choice in the 11 horse field in the Arlington Park feature."He came up with a bum ankle," said trainer Tom McCarthy. "The jock (Rafael Bejarano) sai...Read More
Robert Courtney’s Rahystrada, third in the Grade II Dixie Stakes at Pimlico in his last start May 15, returned to his winning ways with a half-length victory over defending champion Just as Well in the Grade III $150,000 Arlington Handicap.  The Byron Hughes-trained son of Rahy was ridden by I...Read More
The Low-Down: The G3 Arlington Handicap is the local prep for the Arlington Million, to be run on Saturday, August 21. JUST AS WELL, the runner-up behind eventual Turf Champion Gio Ponti in last year's Million, defends his Arlington Handicap crown against a tough crowd. Other top challengers amongst...Read More
Thomas McCarthy’s General Quarters, winner of the Grade I Woodford Reserve Turf Classic at Churchill Downs in May, faces 10 rivals including Jonathan Sheppard’s Just as Well in the Grade III $150,000 Arlington Handicap Saturday at Arlington Park.   The Arlington Handicap serves as the final lo...Read More
Juddmonte Farms’ jubilation following their one-two finish in Royal Ascot’s Group I Prince of Wales’s Stakes June 16 may also allow Ireland’s all-time leading trainer Dermot Weld the chance to saddle the first Grade I Arlington Million winner of his stellar international career.   That’s becau...Read More
The British are coming – again!  Or at least that’s the plan right now regarding Peter Harris’s British-campaigned Stotsfold, who finished a very creditable third while gaining in the late stages of last season’s Grade I Arlington Million.   “It is safe to assume that Arlington Park can c...Read More
Through the first half of 2010, horses that raced or trained at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots last season have gone on to win 15 graded stakes races at other tracks. Two of those races were among the sport’s most prestigious events—the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park and the Stephen Foster Ha...Read More
Owner-trainer Tom McCarthy, who saddled his 4-year-old gray colt General Quarters to finish third in Churchill’s Grade I Stephen Foster Handicap June 12 on the main track, will switch surfaces once again for his next start July 17 in the Grade III Arlington Handicap over the Chicago oval’s world fa...Read More
Adele Dilschneider and Claiborne Farm’s Blame unleashed a furious drive in the final eighth of a mile to surge past favored Battle Plan by three-quarters of a length to win the 29th running of the $671,700 Stephen Foster Handicap (GI) for 3-year-olds and up on Saturday afternoon at Churchill Downs.Read More
  • gardenesque1 · Great effort by Blame. I did not think he was going to catch Battle Plan but he finished full of run. Interesting that Rachel Alexandra ran faster (1:48.78) in the Fleur de Lis. Blame completed his nine furlong journey in 1:49.37. Take nothing away from the sharp Foster winner but I think Rachel would've beat the boys. The second half of the year is suddenly exciting with such stars as Blame, Quality Road, a resurgent Rachel, and Zenyatta on top of their games. · 85 days ago
  • rossington · If I had to put out rankings today, after the races this weekend. I'd say that Quality Road is the top older male in America on conventional dirt. But Blame, after this impressive win in the Stephen Foster Handicap, would certainly be breathing down Quality Road's neck now for that top slot. I don't think it's even close for older males on synthetics. Rail Trip is dominating everyone out west that races him over the synthetic tracks in California. But mathematics don't lie. 17 for 17 is not an easy feat to accomplish. I don't care if you're racing donkeys night in and night out. I'd have Zenyatta rated as the top older horse, or horse period, in America, male or female, outright. And she'd stay at the top of that list until someone proves that she can be beat. Rachel Alexandra ran a very nice race in the Fleur di Lis at Churchill Downs. Certainly looking more improved. But I'm not sure she'd be at the top of any of my list just yet. Because don't forget, she lost her first two races to fillies and mares that should've been far inferior to her. So I'm not going to slap her right back towards the top, just because she finally won a race in 2010. She's still only 1 for 3. That's not the numbers of a top class thoroughbred. Especially given the fact that she had to drop down to a Grade 2 level race to get that win. TJMO. · 83 days ago
BLAME (Arch) came out of his three-quarter length score in Saturday's nine-furlong Stephen Foster H. (G1) well and got to spend an extra day at Churchill Downs on Sunday as his Keeneland workmate Apart (Flatter) was entered in Sunday's 8TH race. Apart finished second by 2 3/4 lengths in that 1 1/16-...Read More
Multiple Grade 2 winner BLAME (Arch) will bring a three-race winning streak into the $600,000 Stephen Foster H. (G1), including an excellent victory in the Clark H. (G2) at Churchill Downs last fall, and rates as the horse to beat in Saturday's 1 1/8-mile event. However, the Al Stall Jr. runner didn...Read More
  • medlocke · Should he win the Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs today? I think that Blame would then have to be the only other older colt that would potentially be considered at the level that Quality Road is at right now racing over conventional dirt. Quality Road's achievements are more impressive because he has more than one Grade 1 victory to his credit. Blame, while having won 5 of 6 races over conventional dirt, and his only loss being a 2nd to Regal Ransom in the Super Derby, has yet to land a Grade 1 Stakes. He has three Grade 2 win's. One Grade 3 win. Plus, he also has one allowance win and a win in the Curlin Stakes, which is a listed stakes. But I don't think there's any question that Blame is colt that's more than ready to face Grade 1 competition. The Stephen Foster Handicap should be a very good gauge as to how this colt will handle the step up in competition. Should he win the Stephen Foster today? I'd love the prospect of Blame going to Saratoga as well this summer and potentially facing Quality Road in either the Whitney Handicap or the Woodward Stakes. Which are the two races that Todd Pletcher has stated Quality Road will race in at Saratoga this summer. · 85 days ago
So I'm commingling a couple of my favorite topics tonight. We've got the Stephen Foster, the biggest race not including Rachel Alexandra (she's on the Churchill undercard - that's kinda like Smokin' Joe Frazier being on the undercard) or Zenyatta tomorrow and Top Chef DC getting ready to kick off ne...Read More
While the connections of Rachel Alexandra are still undecided about which stakes race the filly will run in June 12, two Churchill Downs events for which the Horse of the Year is being considered are taking shape. According to Churchill Downs racing officials, eigh...Read More
  • medlocke · If Blame were to win the Stephen Foster Handicap? That would make him 6 for 7 lifetime, with 1 place, all over conventional dirt, should he win? If he does, I think you'd have to then put him as the top contender among older males that could potentially rate with Quality Road. His stat's are as equally impressive as Quality Road's right now as far as win's, place, and shows. Except Blame has yet to win a Grade 1 Stakes race. He has three Grade 2, and one Grade 3 Stakes win's in his five lifetime wins. But winning the Stephen Foster Handicap would give him his first Grade 1 win. I really believe you'd then have to start thinking about sending this colt to Saratoga for the Whitney Handicap or the Woodward Stakes to take his shot at Quality Road for the #1 older male on conventional dirt in America. Should he get the job done at Churchill Downs in the Stephen Foster Handicap? TJMO. · 90 days ago
Tom McCarthy’s General Quarters, being pointed for Arlington Million XXVIII Aug. 21 as the owner-trainer’s main summertime goal, breezed five furlongs at Churchill Downs Thursday morning with new rider Alex Solis in the irons.   “He had a real good work this morning,” said McCarthy shortly aft...Read More

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General Quarters - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video08/21/107thAPJ Graham101 1/4 mTArlington Million-G103+ MDebussyGio PontiTazeez2:03.01
View Details07/17/106thAPR Bejarano91 1/4 mTArlington Hcp-G303+ MRahystradaJust As WellTajaaweed2:01.26
View DetailsView Video06/12/103rdCDA Solis101 1/8 mDStephen Foster Hcp-G104+ MBlameBattle PlanGeneral Quarters1:49.37
View DetailsView Video05/01/101stCDR Bejarano101 1/8 mTWoodford Reserve-G103+ MGeneral QuartersCourt VisionLoup Breton1:53.42
View DetailsView Video03/27/102ndFGR Albarado81 1/8 mDNew Orleans H-G204+ MBattle PlanGeneral QuartersAwesome Gem1:49.33
View DetailsView Video02/20/102ndFGR Albarado111 1/16 mDMineshaft Hcp-G304+ MStonehouseGeneral QuartersGiant Oak1:44.09
View DetailsView Video01/23/102ndFGR Albarado71 1/16 mDLouisiana Hcp04+ MFriesan FireGeneral QuartersGood And Lucky1:43.39
View DetailsView Video12/26/092ndFGJ Riquelme86 fDAlwOC03+ MTempo FiveGeneral QuartersCredit Only1:10.49
View DetailsView Video05/16/099thPIMJ Leparoux121 3/16 mDPreakness-G103 MRachel AlexandraMine That BirdMusket Man1:55.08
View DetailsView Video05/02/0910thCDJ Leparoux111 1/4 mDKentucky Derby-G103 MMine That BirdPioneerof The NileMusket Man2:02.66
View DetailsView Video04/11/091stKeeE Coa91 1/8 mSBlue Grass-G103 MGeneral QuartersHold Me BackMassone1:49.26
View DetailsView Video03/14/095thTamJ Lopez111 1/16 mDTampa Bay Derby-G303 MMusket ManJoin In The DanceJustdontcallmejeri1:43.67
View Details02/14/091stTamJ Lopez101 1/16 mDSam F. Davis-G303 MGeneral QuartersSumoMusket Man1:43.54

 

 

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