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Owner(s):
Estrorace LLC
Trainer:
Michael Stidham
Bred:
Kentucky (USA) by Amy Bondon  -  Tom McNally  -  [Add Data]
Pedigree:
City Zip  -  Citi Pearl  by  Citidancer
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Wise Dan came away with the lead coming off the turn and ran away to a four-length victory in the $150,000 Fayette Stakes (gr. II) on closing day of Keeneland Oct.29.The 4-year-old son of Wiseman’s Ferry recorded his third stakes win in his last four starts. The chestnut gelding is a Kentucky homebr...Read More
New York-bred Future Prospect and 2009 Toyota Blue Grass (G1) winner General Quarters finished one-two in the WinStar Kentucky Cup (G2) on September 24 at Turfway Park and will meet again on Saturday in the 53rd running of the $150,000 Fayette (G2) on closing day of Keeneland’s 17-day Fall Meeting. ...Read More
Future Prospect and General Quarters, 1-2 finishers in the WinStar Kentucky Cup (G2) at Turfway Park on September 24, will likely meet again in the 53rd running of the $150,000 Fayette (G2), a 1 1/8-mile race for three-year-olds and up on closing day at Keeneland.   Those two horses, as well as...Read More
All In Stable’s Willcox Inn, who won Saturday’s Hawthorne Derby (G3), is back at Keeneland with trainer Mike Stidham and will remain here to train for his next start in the Hollywood Derby (G1) on November 27. Stidham’s Keeneland string also includes Upperline, nominated to the Rood & Riddle Dow...Read More
Hope he stays in top company
Future Prospect gave Dodson Skaggs his first graded stakes winner in 42 years as a trainer when the 7-year-old gelding left General Quarters behind in the stretch to capture the $169,999 WinStar Kentucky Cup (gr. II) at 18-1 odds at Turfway Park Sept. 24."It's a pretty good feeling," an emotional Sk...Read More
The Grade 2 WinStar Kentucky Cup Stakes has attracted a fascinating field of eight, including former star General Quarters, turf veteran Strike Impact, and gem of consistency Baryshnikov. Read More
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  • CraigBradshaw · watch out for p val. he can sneak a horse up to the winner's circle. · 137 days ago ·
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  • icyhotboo · Ill informed in reference to your threads would be unkind but accurrate, READ A BOOKKKKKKK. · 137 days ago ·
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Lothenbach Stables’ Mister Marti Gras rallied from far back to nail front-running favorite Workin For Hops in the final strides to win the Grade III $100,000 Washington Park Handicap Saturday at Arlington Park.  Eduardo Perez was astride the homebred son of Belong to Me who ran the mile and an ...Read More
Making one full trip around the Arlington Park oval this Saturday are the entrants of the 79th Washington Park Handicap. Workin for Hops and General Quarters are two of the bigger names entering the event which has been dominated by Mike Stidham’s Gran Estreno each of the last two years. Hopefully o...Read More
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  • tonykelso · I would consider General Quarters bouncing back his allowance dirt race at CD was very good. The Firecracker is a tough race, I don't think the distance of one mile against top horses really fit him.. Demand value. · 159 days ago ·
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  • RobertPotter · If Working For Hops reproduces his Hanshin performance,he most likely wins. If not, the steadily improving Illinois bred-Color Me Blue- can win this running of the Washington Park Hcp. · 158 days ago ·
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A troika of accomplished stakes winners – Thomas McCarthy’s General Quarters, Estrorace LLC’s Workin for Hops and Lothenbach Stables’ Mister Marti Gras – share top starting impost of 119 pounds for Saturday’s Washington Park Handicap.  The Grade III race carries a $100,000 purse and will be run...Read More
Tom McCarthy’s General Quarters, who won Keeneland’s Grade I Blue Grass Stakes over the Lexington Polytrack in 2009 and Churchill’s Grade I Woodford Reserve Turf over the Louisville lawn last year, will return to Polytrack for the first time since his Blue Grass victory for Arlington’s Grade III Was...Read More
Estrorace’s Workin for Hops, hero of the Grade III Hanshin Cup over Arlington’s Polytrack three months ago, is scheduled for a return outing over that local surface Sept. 3 for the Grade III Washington Park Handicap and will get a five-eighths tune-up Saturday morning in advance of that engagement. ...Read More
Grand Adventure, who captured the most lucrative win of his career in last year's King Edward Stakes, is back to defend his title in the one-mile turf event worth $250,000 at Woodbine June 25. The King Edward, which attracted 11 older runners, highlights the opening card of Queen's Plate weekend. Th...Read More
There was a new sheriff in town briefly Friday afternoon – Dan Considine and Pine Lake Bloodstock’s Sheriff Bullock – and that sophomore gelding rode off gallantly into the sunset on a trip back to Kentucky after prevailing by three-quarters of a length in Friday’s finale.     &n...Read More
“If at first you don’t succeed – try, try again.”  That’s the attitude trainer Mike Stidham is taking toward his second straight attempt for a sweep of Arlington’s Mid-America Triple.   Last summer, Stidham saddled Estrorace’s Workin for Hops to win the 75th renewal of the Arlington Classi...Read More
It is not often that I choose to remember a horse so soon after his retirement, but the news that Paddy O' Prado's racing career had come to an end hit me like a ton of bricks yesterday. I had the good fortune of seeing Paddy several times in person last year, and whether the race was on turf or dir...Read More
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  • DougLogan · Sorry to see such a Great Grey , retire ...what a pleasure to see such a versatile horse · 256 days ago ·
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  • GingerSmith · He reminded me of his sire, El Prado, whom I cheered on the many times he raced at Woodbine. Enjoy your retirement, Paddy!! Your papa would be proud !!! · 256 days ago ·
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Estrorace’s Workin For Hops tipped three wide approaching the top of the stretch, took command at mid-stretch and drew off to win the Grade III $100,000 Hanshin Cup by three lengths on Saturday at Arlington Park.  The Mike Stidham-trained son of City Zip rallied under strong handling by James ...Read More
Multiple stakes winner Workin for Hops, who races for Amy Bondon’s Estrorace LLC, heads a competitive group of nine, including defending champion Jim Tafel LLC’s Country Flavor, entered for Saturday’s Grade III Hanshin Cup.  The one-mile race over Polytrack is the first event on Arlington’s $4...Read More
Get Stormy dictated the pace and was never seriously threatened in a 2-3/4 length tally in the Grade 1 Maker's Mark Mile at Keeneland on Friday. Rainy weather produced a good turf course and Get Stormy set tepid splits of :24.61, :49.31, and 1:14.01. Workin for Hops tracked the pacesetter throughout...Read More
Court Vision, runner-up in last year's Maker's Mark Mile, is back for more in the 2011 renewal of the flat mile grade one turf event at Keeneland on Friday. The six-year-old horse, trained by Rick Dutrow, packs a strong late kick when on his game. He has captured two of his last ten starts and both ...Read More

Workin For Hops - Pedigree

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Workin For Hops - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video10/29/113rdJ GrahamKee91 1/8 mSFayette-G203+ MWise DanIoya BigtimeWorkin For Hops1:48.72
View DetailsView Video09/24/114thJ TalamoTP101 1/16 mSKentucky Cup Classic-G203+ MFuture ProspectGeneral QuartersDemarcation1:44.71
View Details09/03/113rdJ GrahamAP81 3/16 mSWashington Park Hcp-G303+ MMister Marti GrasMaristarWorkin For Hops1:51.60
View DetailsView Video07/31/114thE TrujilloMth91 1/16 mTOceanport-G303+ MYummy With ButterSayifBaryshnikov1:40.98
View DetailsView Video06/25/1110thE WilsonWO81 mileTKing Edward-G203+ MCourt Of The RealmFifty ProofSociety's Chairman1:35.86
View Details05/21/111stJ GrahamAP81 mileSHanshin Cup-G303+ MWorkin For HopsPacific OceanHavelock1:34.55
View DetailsView Video04/15/112ndR NapravnikKee91 mileTMaker's Mark Mile-G104+ MGet StormyWorkin For HopsSociety's Chairman1:37.31
View DetailsView Video03/26/114thR NapravnikFG91 1/8 mTMuniz Memorial Handicap -G204+ MSmart BidExpansionMoryba1:49.97
View Details02/19/114thR NapravnikFG91 1/8 mTFair Grounds Hcp-G304+ MExpansionSleepless KnightDubious Miss1:54.94
View Details09/25/102ndB Hernandez,Del81 1/8 mTKent-G303 MGrand RapportWorkin For HopsStormy Lord1:48.77
View DetailsView Video08/21/103rdF TorresAP81 1/4 mTSecretariat-G103 MPaddy O'PradoWigmore HallWorkin For Hops2:05.71
View Details07/17/101stF TorresAP81 3/16 mTAmerican Derby-G203 MWorkin For HopsMister Marti GrasGleam Of Hope1:55.47
View DetailsView Video06/19/102ndE BairdCnl101 3/16 mTColonial Turf Cup-G203 MPaddy O'PradoWorkin For HopsTwo Notch Road1:54.20
View DetailsView Video05/22/101stR AlbaradoAP101 1/16 mTArlington Classic03 MWorkin For HopsAlfarabiGleam Of Hope1:45.43
View DetailsView Video04/30/105thB Hernandez,CD101 1/16 mTAmerican Turf-G203 MDoubles PartnerAsphaltGuys Reward1:41.05
View DetailsView Video03/27/101stB Hernandez,FG117 1/2 fTGrindstone03 MWorkin For HopsStriking HightRandom Move1:31.53
View DetailsView Video12/28/091stB Hernandez,FG81 mileTAllow02 MWorkin For HopsMountain JusticeRock Hard1:41.63
View Details10/24/092ndR AlbaradoKee66 1/2 fDStr02 MPerfect DriveWorkin For HopsHorst1:16.46
View Details09/17/091stD SanchezAP36 fDMcl02 MWorkin For HopsInternalaccountingDixie Causeway1:12.16

 

 

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