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Quality Road Silks

Quality Road

4 year old Colt | Active
Owner(s):
Edward P. Evans  - 
Trainer:
Todd A. Pletcher
Bred:
Virginia (USA) by [Add Data]
Pedigree:
Elusive Quality  -  Kobla  by  Strawberry Road
Rating:
 
 
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It is disconcerting to watch someone have a severe panic attack. It is frightening when the one panicking is a half-ton thoroughbred whose usual controlled demeanor turns suddenly into wild agitation. A national television audience witnessed this spectacle last fall as the field was being loaded int...Read More
While it was certainly an excellent Super Bowl, it was also a great weekend for horse racing. On Saturday, Quality Road loaded into the gate without issue and then burned up the track to better his own track record. Zoom!Read More
I wonder what kind of speed figure that idiot Andrew Beyer gave Quality Road for his performance in the Donn Handicap? That race, with maybe the exception of the 09' Kentucky Oaks, was far more impressive than any race that Rachel Alexandra ran in 2009, IMO. But I'll bet Beyer doesn't give him a speed figure anywhere close to what he always give's Rachel when she win's.
I made the comment after his B.C.Classic meltdown that Quality Road was a colt who's best races were still ahead of him. Now, as a 4yr.old, he's bigger, stronger, and faster than ever. His win today in the Donn Handicap was, IMO, by far his most impressive race of his career to date. I'm not certain that any horse in racing, male or female, could have beaten Quality Road the way he performed today. This colt absolutely loves and owns Gulfstream Park. I'd like to see him race again against Summer Bird over a dry track. As much as he dislikes an off track, he still always managed to hit the board. I think on a dry track, he leaves Summer Bird in his wake. I also wouldn't mind seeing Quality Road and Rachel Alexandra go at it on a dry track. That would be a real speed dual. Of course, after Rachel get's dusted by the mighty mare from the west at Oaklawn.
  • horses · QR was awesome today. He rated so well. Not many horses would have touched him today. · 2 days ago
  • arazi · That was like a Rachel move... cruise control and pulls away from the field with ease. · 1 days ago
It was a big afternoon Saturday for trainer Todd Pletcher’s powerful stable with the stunning, track record performance of Quality Road in the Donn Handicap (G1) minutes after Take the Points’ big effort finishing first in the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (G1) before he was disqualified by the ste...Read More
  DONN HANDICAP   Todd Pletcher (Quality Road) – “Not much to say after a performance like that. Obviously, he ran the kind of race we know he’s capable of and the race set up just as we thought with Past the Point going to the front. He (Quality Road) put himself in good position and they...Read More
Quality Road broke his own nine-furlong track record that he set last year at Gulfstream Park, turning in a dazzling performance when crushing the field the field in the $500,000 Donn Handicap (gr. I) on Feb. 6.Read More
Saturday’s Donn Handicap (G1) at Gulfstream Park, arguably the most successful Dubai World Cup (G1) prep, was wholeheartedly dominated by Quality Road in a nearly 13-length score over Dry Martini and Delightful Kiss, setting a new course record for nine furlongs. Read More
Quality Road loves GP. Look for a big performance.
Edward P. Evans’ 4-year-old homebred colt Quality Road won the Florida Derby (G1) last season at Gulfstream Park to be widely-regarded as the early favorite for the Kentucky Derby (G1), and returns this year as the strong favorite to capture the most prestigious race for older horses on the South Fl...Read More
  • Rossington · Quality Road, as anyone who has followed his career would know, has done his best racing at Gulfstream Park, without a doubt. He loves that track, and always run's well over it. Even conceding the six pounds that he'll be giving to the most likely potential contenders, I still like Quality Road to win the Donn Handicap. Although, the extra weight may make the race a bit closer than if they were all carrying equal weight. Quality Road to win. Mambo Meister to place. Duke of Mischief to show. · 3 days ago
Quality Road run's the Gulfstream track as well as any horse out there in the racing game right now. I had seen on a couple of on-line sights that Blame may enter the Donn Handicap. If Blame run's, IMO, he would certainly be Quality Road's toughest competition. But without Blame in the race, Quality Road will take the Donn. Even if Blame run's, I still like Quality Road at Gulfstream.
Edward P. Evans’ 4-year-old homebred colt Quality Road breezed an easy half-mile in 49 4/5 Sunday morning at Palm Meadows for trainer Todd Pletcher ahead of his role as the likely odds-on favorite in next Saturday’s $500,000 Donn Handicap (G1) at Gulfstream Park. A Virginia homebred son of Elusive ...Read More
Edward P. Evans’ 2009 Florida Derby (G1) hero Quality Road promises to be a heavy favorite in the $500,000 Donn Handicap (G1) to be run Sat., Feb. 6 at Gulfstream Park on an outstanding afternoon of racing that also will include renewals of the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (G1) and $125,0...Read More
Edward P. Evans’ 2009 Florida Derby (G1) winner Quality Road worked five furlongs in 1:00 1/5 Sunday morning for trainer Todd Pletcher as he continues preparation for his next start in the $500,000 Donn Handicap (G1) to be run on Sat.,  Feb. 6 at Gulfstream Park. The 4-year-old Virginia homebr...Read More
  • mid0827 · QR, you rascal. I still have my uncashed refund tickets from BC tris and supers sitting on my desk! · 15 days ago
Quality Road looked great today at Gulfstream in the Hal's Hope. The entire race, he ran like a horse that was full of himself, with a ton of confidence, and looked the whole way like a colt that knew there was no way he was going to lose that race. IMO. If I were Todd Pletcher, I'd get this colt back on the track in another Graded Stakes race soon. The way he looked today, another good stakes romp would really bring this colt's confidence back around full circle after what happened with him in the B.C. Classic. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Quality Road is a colt who's best racing is still to come. I anxiously await seeing him with another chance to get that 1-1/4 monkey off of his back.
  • cigar · Indeed Rossington... he controlled the entire race. Just when you thought he was empty, you realized he was just cruising along. Not sure if I love him in the Donn, but I still love him at one-turn miles. · 36 days ago
  • invasor · Quality Road is great horse on dirt from 6.5 furlong to a one-turn mile and when he has his head about him. Beatable a longer two-turn races and on any surface other than fast dirt · 35 days ago
John Velazquez (jockey, Quality Road, 1st) - “He was acting perfect in the gate; there were never any concerns there. Once we got out, he just did everything nice and easy. With the way we’ve been breezing him, when that other horse (You and I Forever) came up beside him, I had to let him know it wa...Read More
Despite the slight hiccup that resulted in the third race being declared a non-contest, opening day at Gulfstream was considered a success by track management with over 9,000 people turning out for what wound up an eight race card...Read More
If the Hal's Hope was any indication of how Quality Road's 2010 season will go, Todd Pletcher and co. should have no worries. With the race never in doubt, Quality Road scored a solid victory in opening day feature and will now target the Donn Handicap.Read More
  • cigar · Big win... not sure I'm all about QR in the Donn, but I love him in the Cigar mile if he hangs around w/out taking a break before the fall. · 36 days ago
Back at the site of his biggest win, Quality Road returns to Gulfstream Park and the races in Sunday's $100,000 Hal's Hope for older horses going one mile. Harlem Rocker, also from the Todd Pletcher barn, is also entered in the opening day feature.Read More
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  • cigar · Great point, Rossington. In fact, I think the one turn mile is where he can really shine. · 37 days ago
  • Rossington · This looked like the Quality Road that won the Florida Derby and the Amsterdam Stakes. He ran with a ton of confidence, and looked like a horse that knew he was just not going to be beaten today. Very impressive return to the track. This is the Quality Road that I said that his best races are still ahead of him. IMO. · 36 days ago
The 2010 Gulfstream Park meeting opens Sunday and everywhere you look there will be something new. New faces, new wrinkles, a new mall, and before the meet ends, perhaps even a new owner.Read More

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View DetailsView Video02/06/101stGPJ Velazquez101 1/8 mDDonn Hcp-G104+ MQuality RoadDry MartiniDelightful Kiss1:47.49
View DetailsView Video01/03/101stGPJ Velazquez81 mileDHal's Hope-G303+ MQuality RoadYou And I ForeverCongressional Page1:36.33
View DetailsView Video10/03/092ndBelJ Velazquez101 1/4 mDJockey Club Gold Cup-G103+ MSummer BirdQuality RoadTizway2:02.51
View DetailsView Video08/29/093rdSarJ Velazquez111 1/4 mDTravers-G103 MSummer BirdHold Me BackQuality Road2:02.83
View DetailsView Video08/03/091stSarJ Velazquez86 1/2 fDAmsterdam-G203 MQuality RoadCapt. Candyman CanCaptain Cherokee1:13.45
View DetailsView Video03/28/091stGPJ Velazquez101 1/8 mDFlorida Derby-G103 MQuality RoadDunkirkTheregoesjojo1:47.72
View DetailsView Video02/28/091stGPJ Velazquez91 mileDFountain of Youth-G203 MQuality RoadTheregoesjojoBeethoven1:35.01
View Details01/10/092ndGPA Garcia107 fDAllow03 MTheregoesjojoQuality RoadObligingly1:22.23
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