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Take The Points

6 year old Horse | Retired
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Owner(s):
Starlight Racing
Trainer:
Todd A. Pletcher
Bred:
Kentucky (USA) by Phoenix Farm
Pedigree:
Even the Score  -  Ginger Ginger  by  Fred Astaire
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What the Nation is saying about Take The Points...

Multiple Grade 1 winner Take the Points has been retired from racing with a leg injury, trainer Todd Pletcher said Sunday morning. The four-year-old Even the Score colt showed swelling in his right front leg on Saturday, and X-rays subsequently reveal a fractured splint bone. Stud plans are pending.Read More
  • medlocke · Sad news to read. At a time when America is very short on good turf horses. Take The Points was one of the better turf performers that America still had racing very competitively. Gio Ponti is still a decent colt on the turf. But obviously not as sound in 2010 as he was in 2009. I really hate to see any American turf horse that could have potentially competed effectively in this year's Breeders Cup Turf. A race that the Euro's generally always have a distinct advantage in. With Gio Ponti not really what you'd say racing at 100% this season. It may now fall to Paddy O' Prado. Provided he can get 12 furlongs. To be America's best shot at keeping the Breeders Cup Turf trophy in the United States instead of it leaving again for Europe. · 529 days ago ·
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Life At Ten, whose six-race win streak will be put on the line against reigning Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra in the Grade 1 Personal Ensign on August 29, came out of Tuesday’s work in good order, said trainer Todd Pletcher.   The winner of the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps worked a half-mile in a...Read More
Multiple Grade 1 winner Take the Points missed a scheduled turf workout on Monday morning, putting his start in the $500,000 Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course in doubt.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
European invader Chinchon made a dramatic swooping move around the far turn and then rolled right on by his rivals in the stretch to capture the $750,000 Betfair TVG United Nations Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park on Saturday. In the day’s other Breeders’ Cup Challenge Win and You’re In event, Phipps S...Read More
  • arazi · Another big ride by Gomez - on the turf, is there anyone better? · 580 days ago ·
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  • medlocke · I had seen the race replays of Chinchon's last 2 races in France. Where he won the Prix Exbury and ran 4th in the Grand Prix De Chantilly. In both races, he closed very strongly from the rear of the field. Knowing that the racetracks in France are usually slower, soft turf. I remembered thinking if this colt ever got a chance to race outside of France on firmer, faster turf that he'd be a handful. When I saw him on the United Nations card today, I played him immediately. Which made my day, because I'd been on a bit of a losing streak of late. LOL. I knew Momouth's turf is notoriously fast anyway. I played Chinchon a straight $20 to win, and it returned $96. Not a wheelbarrow load by any means. But just a good feeling to have handicapped one right again, and won some money instead of donating. At-a-boy Go Go Gomez!! · 580 days ago ·
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A field of nine, including five Grade or Group 1 winners, will assemble at Monmouth Park this Saturday for the Grade 1, $750,000 BetFair/TVG United Nations Stakes. The U.N., one of the most anticipated events of the summer season, will go as race 10 on the 12-race program. Among those entered in th...Read More
Devil May Care had a good morning following her victory in Saturday’s Grade 1 Mother Goose, trainer Todd Pletcher reported.   “She came out of the race in excellent shape,” said Pletcher, who has the Grade 1 Betfair TVG Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, July 24, ...Read More
A strong field of older horses, including a couple of wild cards, is lining up to go in the $750,000 Betfair/TVG United Nations Stakes (G1), which kicks off the Independence Day weekend festivities on Saturday, July 3. The field will be topped by Patricia Generazio’s Presious Passion, who will be g...Read More
Trainer Christophe Clement won the 109th running of the Grade 1, $400,000 Woodford Reserve Manhattan, just not with the horse everyone expected.   As favored Gio Ponti, the defending champion, steadied sharply in traffic on the far turn, long shot Winchester swung six wide with a quarter-mile ...Read More
With four Grade 1 victories on his resume, Gio Ponti captured dual Eclipse Awards as the top turf male and leading older horse in the country.   After going winless in his first two starts this year, Gio Ponti will seek to reassert his dominance Saturday and defend his title against 10 others ...Read More
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  • arazi · This is a really good point. People forget, but Mandella is right. Very few horses come back from Dubai and are competitive in May and June. There have been plenty of flops over the years. I wouldn't toss Gio, but I would definitely spread in the Pick 4 around him. · 610 days ago ·
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  • mshutty · A great bet against for the win spot. Makes the race a better betting proposition · 609 days ago ·
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Quality Road will have his final tune-up on Tuesday for Memorial Day’s Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap, and trainer Todd Pletcher could not be happier with the way the 4-year-old Elusive Quality colt is coming into the race.   “He’s doing great,” said Pletcher of Edward P. Evans’ homebred, who in...Read More
There is always plenty to talk about after the Dubai World Cup. This year, with the multi-billion-dollar Meydan Racecourse making its prime-time debut, there’s even more to talk about than usual.Unlike the misnamed Breeders’ Cup World Championships, the Dubai World Cup program truly is a "world" eve...Read More
It's breakfast at Wimbledon for racing fans....I'd call it the Duel in the Desert, but there's really no big duel being touted on the Sheikh's biggest race day of the year. Not that we have one in the works here in the States (now that the Apple Bottom Jeans Handicap has been hijacked by Jess Jackso...Read More
Saturday's $10 million Dubai World Cup field had a slight shake-up over the weekend when Take the Points, who won the Secretariat Stakes at Arlington Park and Jamaica Handicap at Belmont Park last summer and fall, was redirected to the $5 million Dubai Duty Free over about 1 1-8 miles on turf...Read More
In one of several changes involving horses slated to run on the March 27 Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) program, Starlight Partners’ dual grade I winner Take the Points has been given a new target, the $5-million Dubai Duty Free (UAE-I) on the Meydan Racecourse turf.Read More
It looks as though a full field of 14 runners will contest the $10 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I)--the world's richest horse race--March 27 at Meydan Racecourse.Though entries will not be drawn until next week, the maximum number of starters is expected for the 10-furlong race over the Tapeta surfa...Read More
  • Rossington · I've never seen Vision D'Etat race over any surface except turf in his racing career, so I really don't know what to expect out of him over the Tapeta surface at Meydan. I will say this, that other than a poor finish in the 09' Prix d' le Arc', he's been one of the most "clutch" racing for big money Group or Grade 1 horses in the world in 2009. With victories in the Prix Ganay, The Prince of Wales Stakes, and the Pacific Hong Kong Cup, beating a star-studded field that yielded Presvis, Collection, Ashalanda, and Eagle Mountain but to name a few. He also has one 2nd place finish to Spanish Moon in the 09' Prix Foy, and one 3rd place finish to Trincot and The Bogberry in the 09' Prix harcourt. If Vision D'Etat adapts and run's well over the Tapeta surface, Gio Ponti and Twice over, already proven stayers on synthetics, may be his only real challenges. But if he struggles on the surface, as did Prix Neil and Arc 3rd place finisher Cavalryman, than the race may become a wide open one. JMO. · 689 days ago ·
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Four U.S. horses, including dual champion Gio Ponti, are among the 14 horses likely to contest the $10 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) at Meydan Racecourse on March 27.Read More
Zayat Stable’s 3-year-old Eskendereya worked an easy five furlongs in 1:02 2/5 Sunday morning at Palm Meadows as he is kept on edge for next Saturday’s $750,000 Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park, leading a team of a dozen stakes runners on the work tab from trainer Todd Pletcher’s arsenal of ta...Read More
Ken and Sarah Ramsey will aim to make international history on March 27 when their Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) winner Furthest Land competes in the $10-million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I)."We’ve got a shot to be the first American owners to win two World Cups," Ramsey said March 11, in addition to t...Read More
Zayat Stable’s 3-year-old Eskendereya breezed an easy half-mile in 49 1/5 under jockey John Velazquez Sunday morning at Palm Meadows for trainer Todd Pletcher as he’s kept on edge for his likely next start as the favorite in the $750,000 Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park on Sat., Mar. 20. “I th...Read More

Take The Points - Pedigree

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Even the ScoreUnbridled's SongUnbridled
Trolley Song
AshtabulaRahy
Now Your Teapottin
Ginger GingerFred AstaireNijinsky II
Late Bloomer
Late FlightCaracolero
Pan American

Take The Points - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video07/03/102ndE PradoMth101 3/8 m TUnited Nations-G103+ MChinchonTake The PointsWinchester2:11.77
View DetailsView Video06/05/104thE PradoBel101 1/4 mTManhattan Handicap-G103+ MWinchesterGio PontiExpansion1:59.46
View DetailsView Video03/27/105thE PradoMey61 1/8 mTDubai Duty Free-G103+ MAl ShemaliBankableImbongi1:50.84
View Details02/06/105thE PradoGP91 1/8 mTGulfstream Park Turf H.-G103+ MCourt VisionNever On SundayLe Grand Cru1:46.84
View DetailsView Video11/29/097thE PradoHol91 1/4 mTHollywood Derby-G103 MThe Usual Q. T. Battle Of HastingsAcclamation1:59.69
View DetailsView Video10/10/091stE PradoBel41 1/8 mTJamaica Handicap-G103 MTake The PointsStraight StoryCourageous Cat1:48.51
View DetailsView Video08/08/091stK DesormeauxAP71 1/4 mTSecretariat-G103 MTake The PointsBlack Bear IslandLaureate Conductor2:05.41
View DetailsView Video07/18/093rdE PradoCnl111 1/4 mTVirginia Derby-G203 MBattle Of HastingsStraight StoryTake The Points2:03.29
View DetailsView Video06/20/094thG GomezCnl111 3/16 mTColonial Turf Cup-G203 MBattle Of HastingsStraight StoryLime Rickey1:57.79
View DetailsView Video05/16/0913thE PradoPim121 3/16 mDPreakness-G103 MRachel AlexandraMine That BirdMusket Man1:55.08
View DetailsView Video04/04/094thA SolisSA61 1/8 mSSanta Anita Derby-G103 MPioneerof The NileChocolate CandyMr. Hot Stuff1:49.17
View DetailsView Video02/28/092ndG GomezSA91 1/8 mSSham-G303 MThe PamplemousseTake The PointsMr. Hot Stuff1:47.86
View Details01/31/091stE PradoGP11 mileDAllow03 MTake The PointsMasalaCinnamon Road1:38.37

 

 

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