2011 Davona Dale (G2)

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Date/Track:
2/26/2011, Gulfstream Park
Distance:
1 mile (Dirt)
Age/Sex:
3 F
Time:
1:36.25

What the Nation is saying about the 2011 Davona Dale (G2)...

The Gulfstream Oaks has come up with a diverse field of 7 three-year-old fillies set to contest the $300,000 race. Run in previous years as the Bonnie Miss Stakes the Grade 2 event is led by the Todd Pletcher trained R Heat Lightning, impressive winner of the Davona Dale Stakes last out, and the und...Read More
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  • blooy · going with r heat, she should have another good race in her. when they peek to the top, they don't always crash the next race. · 423 days ago ·
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  • KyOaksRunner · She certainly looks very strong coming in and it's obvious with that last bullet work she turned in she'll be sharp as a razor. · 423 days ago ·
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Summer Soiree and Plum Pretty won by explosive margins over the weekend in key Kentucky Oaks preps but there was one other race that may have produced a serious Kentucky Oaks contender. Arienza is beyond a doubt the most royally bred 3-year-old filly in the nation as the daughter of 2002 American Ho...Read More
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  • KyOaksRunner · @Brian - Yes, I loved them! That's a really good question, I would love to hear his answer. · 426 days ago ·
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  • KyOaksRunner · Thanks Mary, always glad to see one of my most faithful readers! :) @Thead'or - She's coming very close to matching her success on the track with success in the breeding shed. A double-threat champion. · 426 days ago ·
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The year 2009 will best be remembered as it pertains to the Kentucky Oaks by Rachel Alexandra’s jaw-dropping 20 ¼ length victory, but one other very significant ritual was inaugurated for the 135th running of the Kentucky Oaks. The Survivors Parade: a heartwarming march down the homestretch and past...Read More
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  • KyOaksRunner · It's going to be a fantastic race, and what a great field entered in a race that honors one of the greatest 3-year-old fillies of all time. I think Kathmanblu is the class of the field though Inglorious is pretty intriguing. · 469 days ago ·
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  • WoodbineMile · I am picking my hometown Filly INGLORIOUS! · 427 days ago ·
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It was Premier Pegasus and Uncle Mo who stole the show over the weekend with their powerful Kentucky Derby prep wins, but one other sophomore runner turned in a performance just as impressive on Saturday. From 2008-2010 trainer Larry Jones and wife Cindy Jones have dominated the Honeybee Stakes, win...Read More
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  • acarl · Great reading Brian. I would have the top 6 in exactly the same order. I am definitely looking forward to Kathmanblu and Inglorious II in the Louisiana Oaks. Joyful Victory was really impressive, particularly because the pace was pretty hot and she was sitting relatively close to it. Larry Jones is a great trainer. · 440 days ago ·
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  • KyOaksRunner · Thanks Andrew! So am I, they should both be much sharper than they were in the Rachel Alexandra. I'm especially curious to see what Inglorious does. · 440 days ago ·
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The Davona Dale Stakes was supposed to be a celebration of Dancinginherdreams but instead Todd Pletcher brought one of his fillies in to crash the party and make a very serious case for her Kentucky Oaks worthiness.Read More
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  • KyOaksRunner · @Brian - That we do! Yes, I finally got to see It's Tricky's win and it was impressive to say the least, do you happen to have a link to her Busher win, I lost it somewhere along the line. · 454 days ago ·
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  • KyOaksRunner · @Mary - From all I've been able to gather it looks to me like Awesome Feather is coming out of her injury very sound. Personal Ensign went on to become one of the greatest filly of the modern age after a serious injury so there's still hope. :) I have faith. · 454 days ago ·
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Dancinginherdreams continues her march to the Kentucky Oaks as she makes her second start of the year in Saturday's Davona Dale Stakes. Read More
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  • gardenesque1 · I'm with you blooy. Let's cash on her next time! · 457 days ago ·
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  • KyOaksRunner · Dacinginherdreams had her run completely negated by being so close up. She just barely managed to get up for second but I think she would have been a whole lot closer if she had closed from far back. Lets hope she stretches out next time. If nothing else she sure got a lot of conditioning out of the Davona Dale. R Heat Lightning ran huge! · 457 days ago ·
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R Heat Lightning, a disappointing 4th in her Forward Gal (G2) return on Jan 30, rebounded in a big way in Saturday’s one-mile Davona Dale (G2) at Gulfstream Park.   Hot Summer advanced along the inside to rattle off fractions of :23.92 and :46.53. Forward Gal winner Pomeroys Pistol hounded the...Read More
Gulstream Park corners the market on graded stakes action this weekend as the Hallandale Beach track will feature the Grade 2 Davona Dale, Hutcheson Stakes, Fountain of Youth, and the Grade 3 Canadian Turf.  Out in the Southwest, Sunland Park and Turf Paradise will offer listed stakes action fo...Read More
Despite of the disappointing run in the Forward Gal Stakes the runner-up in the Breeders' Cups Juvenile Fillies R Heat Lightning should win it because she was several times the fastest in the workouts at the Palm Meadows Training Center.
Forward Gal (G2) runner-up Dancinginherdreams heads a field of nine three-year-old fillies in Saturday's Davona Dale Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park. The Jan 30 Foward Gal was run at seven furlongs and Pomeroys Pistol dueled, opened up, and just lasted over fast closing beaten favorite Dancinginherdr...Read More
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  • ajump08 · JP, I hope so, I saw her break the maiden at Keeneland. I'd be suprised if she doesn't win. The one turn mile at Gulfstream has been the one race condusive to horses coming from off the pace (both stakes at a mile Soaring Empire and Dialed In). Every other distance has favored front runners. · 459 days ago ·
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  • blooy · that she will, was close last time. · 459 days ago ·
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Kathmanblu has left no doubt as to whom America’s leading sophomore filly is in 2011, regardless of the surface. To start out the year she came from well off the pace to win the Sweetest Chant Stakes on the turf and on Saturday she took control of the Rachel Alexandra Stakes (gr.3) at the head of th...Read More
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  • KyOaksRunner · I love It's Tricky, unfortunately I haven't been able to see her race yet and I didn't want to list her without having been able to see it for myself but she has been on my "dark horse list" since her last win. I think she has a lot of potential and I love the way she draws off when she wins. · 462 days ago ·
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  • KyOaksRunner · Oh and by the way, I absolutely love her pedigree! · 462 days ago ·
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