Shadwell Turf Mile

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1999 - 2002:   Shadwell Keeneland Turf Mile Stakes
 1986 - 1998:   Keeneland Breeders' Cup Mile Stakes
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Shadwell
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Keeneland Breeders' Cup Mile
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This Saturday, October 8, 2010, Gio Ponti returns to one of his favorite places on Earth – the starting gate at Keeneland race track...Read More
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  • Chicago · Gio Ponti is one of my all-time favorites!! · 126 days ago ·
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  • Bluegrass · Yeah, Gio Ponti! 2011 Shadwell Turf Mile winner! · 123 days ago ·
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Gio Ponti caught Get Stormy in deep stretch to win the Shadwell Turf Mile (G1) at Keeneland on Saturday afternoon.Read More
Sullimar Stables’ Get Stormy, winner of the Grade 1 Maker’s Mark Mile here this spring, tuned up for a run in Saturday’s Shadwell Turf Mile (G1) by working three furlongs on firm turf around the “dogs” in :35.40 under exercise rider Javier Cabrera on Thursday morning. “It was perhaps a shade strong,...Read More
Accompanied by Christophe Lorieul, assistant to trainer Christophe Clement, multiple champion Gio Ponti arrived at Keeneland on Tuesday afternoon after a flight from New York to Blue Grass Airport. The 2011 travel schedule for the 6-year-old son of Tale of the Cat has been similar to last year, when...Read More
Gio Ponti is back to defend his title in Saturday's Grade 1 Shadwell Turf Mile at Keeneland.Read More
  • medlocke · I'd very much like to see Gio Ponti notch a win under his belt this season. But I believe he's going to have beat another Aidan O'Brien trained horse from Ireland to do it? Zoffany, who is a stablemate to Cape Blanco, who's beaten Gio Ponti twice this season is coming over from Ireland for the G1 Shadwell Turf Mile. Very talented 3yr.old son of Dansili who was a G1 winner in Ireland as 2yr.old in 2010. He's finished 2nd in two European G1 races this season. He was beaten by 3/4 of length by Frankel at Ascot in the G1 St James's Palace Stakes, and he was beaten by a head in France in the G1 Prix Jean-Prat by another very talented 3yr.old Juddmonte colt, Mutual Trust. Zoffany has the distinction of being the horse that came closer than any other this season to beating Frankel. When Frankel was starting paddle at the end of the St James's Palace Stakes, and Zoffany flew home late to finish to within 3/4 of a length of Frankel. Which was a monster run, IMO. I believe Gio Ponti and Zoffany will be the 2 class horses in the Shadwell Turf Mile. But unlike against Cape Blanco, I feel like Gio Ponti has the ability to beat Zoffany in this race. TJMO. · 127 days ago ·
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Keeneland kicks off its 75th anniversary season this weekend. The track's two boutique meets bookend the year - but which meet is better?Read More
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  • Mike in SB · This spring I got to the Keeneland spring meet for the first time and it was a great experience. I have only been to Keenelland in the fall for the sales, never for racing but it would have to be pretty special to top the spring meet. · 127 days ago ·
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  • Protagonist · Either way this debate turns out ,the bottom line will be that Keeneland is BEAUTIFUL Spring or Fall. · 127 days ago ·
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Mohammed Rashid’s Dance And Dance (IRE) started on phase two of his North American campaign Monday morning by working a half-mile in :47.40 over the main track at Keeneland in preparation for Saturday’s Shadwell Turf Mile (G1).   With exercise rider Jerry O’Dwyer up, Dance And Dance covered the...Read More
  • medlocke · Dance and Dance has run primarily in Mile Handicaps this season, most of them in the UK. His biggest effort all season was his 2nd place finish to Side Glance in the G3 Sovereign Stakes Salisbury. Frankly, Dance and Dance just isn't a G1 level turf miler. Should both of them run anywhere near their official marks? I think the Shadwell Turf Mile ultimately comes down to a 2-horse between Gio Ponti and Zoffany. TJMO. · 128 days ago ·
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At this time last year, Wise Dan made a splash in the sprint ranks with a sharp victory in the Phoenix (G3) at Keeneland. Fast forward to the present and it is on the turf where Wise Dan is turning heads.   On Monday morning, Wise Dan worked a half-mile in :46.20 around the “dogs” over a firm t...Read More
The excitement is starting to build this week around Keeneland, as the 2011 Fall Meet in this the 75th Anniversary year of the race track is set to being this Friday, Oct. 7, and run for 17 days, through Saturday, October 29.Read More
  • cpsoren121 · Great Preview! Aaah, the return of Keeneland! FWIW, my son Gabriel LOVES the auctioneer at Keeneland. Can't get enough of listening! · 129 days ago ·
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  • Winplacsho · Great piece Rick! I'm looking forward to Gio Ponti getting back on the winning track in the Shadwell Mile. · 129 days ago ·
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The G1 Shadwell Turf Mile at Keeneland on Oct 8 is next for Sidney's Candy.   
Gio Ponti breezed 5f in 1:03.57 (Belmont Park inner turf) on September 14th. The Shadwell Turf Mile at Keeneland on October 8th in his next scheduled start.   
The 2011 Keeneland Fall meet is just around the cor ner. The first sign. – this past Wednesday, July 13, 2011, the track announced it will hold 18 stakes races in the upcoming meet worth $3.375 million. Read More
Gio Ponti has been caught nearing the wire three times during a tough-luck campaign in 2010. The dual champion finally had enough of that, this time doing a little catching of his own. Cutting back to one mile for the first time all year, Gio Ponti niftily split horses in deep stretch under Ramon Do...Read More
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  • mdracing69 · Gio Ponti ran a nice race but was not the most impressive turf mile winner at Keeneland on Saturday. Proviso ran a bit faster and finished strong in her G1 First Lady triumph. She beat Grade 1 males at Santa Anita earlier this year. As for Gio Ponti, I agree that ten furlongs is his best distance and I would try the BC Classic. All it takes is a bad draw and his Mile hopes would be dashed. · 488 days ago ·
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  • cugel the clever · Tough spot for this horse, but I think he has a better shot at the BC Mile. Turf is his best surface and he's probably the #3 ranked tuf miler right now, behind Goldikova and Proviso. So, with racing luck, he stands a chance in the BC Mile. But, for the BC Classic, he's definately an outsider. He couldn't beat Z last year in the Classic on polytrack; so what chance does he have on dirt against Z and a much stronger field of males than last year's Classic. All of Z, QR, Blame, LAL, and Haynesfield ave better shots in the Classic that Gio Ponti. · 487 days ago ·
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Time to bring on the milers! The First Lady kicks off the three grade one miles we will be treated to on Saturday, and I've got to say this is a dynamite field. Trying to pick a winner was not easy at all, and who can expect it to be when you have Proviso and Wasted Tears facing off!Wasted Tears is ...Read More
Will Gio Ponti target the Breeders' Cup Mile or Classic following Saturday's Shadwell Mile engagement?Read More
  • medlocke · Gio Ponti is kind of in a tough spot in this year's Breeders Cup races. Turf is definitely his best surface. But unfortunately for Gio Ponti, 10 furlongs has always been his best distance. The Breeders Cup event doesn't have a 10 furlong turf race for him to go to. He's always been vulnerable to defeat at 12 furlongs. With the likes of Workforce and Fame and Glory possibly headed to America from Europe for the Breeders Cup Turf. That race would difficult at best for Gio Ponti to try to win. He's won over a mile in his career on turf. In the Frank E. Kilroe Mile. But there again, he's never raced at a mile on turf against the kind of speed that will likely be coming from Europe for the Breeders Cup Mile-Turf. I think Gio Ponti may potentially be one of those rare horses that has the ability to race over turf, synthetics, and conventional dirt. I think he's at his best on turf. But it wouldn't surprise me to see Gio Ponti pop up and run well on conventional dirt. The same way he ran well on synthetics in the 2009 Breeders Cup Classic. I don't think he can beat the Euro horses at 12 furlongs on turf, or the Euro horses at a mile on turf. If I was Gio Ponti's connections. I'd take my chances that he'll respond to conventional dirt. Knowing that 10 furlongs is his best trip. And hope for a big run out of him in the Breeders Cup Classic again. If not the Classic, then let him try the Breeders Cup Dirt Mile. The competition level of the Dirt Mile will be much easier than the competition level of the turf mile. JMO. · 490 days ago ·
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  • arazi · Duh? He wins, BC Mile. He falters... they make an excuse and try the Classic again. · 490 days ago ·
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Dual champion Gio Ponti probably will cut back to a mile in the Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes (G1) on October 9 at Keeneland Race Course, trainer Christophe Clement said on Tuesday. Read More
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  • medlocke · I meant to say Gio Ponti would have a shot at beating Goldikova, Paco Boy, or Makfi if the B.C. Mile-Turf were a 9 or 10 furlong race and not just a mile. My comments didn't come out correctly in my above statement. · 510 days ago ·
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  • mshutty · Good points, Medlocke. The Euro's sent their C team to the Arlington Million and took two of the three top spots. Imagine what Gio will be up against in the BC Mile. As for Sidney's Candy, there are likely to be quality speed challengers and that CD turf course will be long and deep come BC time. Very different surface from the putting green at Del Mar · 510 days ago ·
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IEAH Stables’ Diamondrella (GB) and Court Vision left the Keeneland barn area at 7 a.m. Sunday to return to their home bases in New York after capturing the First Lady (G1) and the Shadwell Turf Mile (G1), respectively. “Everything is good this morning; he came back fine,” said Michelle Nevin, assis...Read More
Court Vision had not visited the winner’s circle in five starts since prevailing in the Hollywood Derby (G1) last November, but the four-year-old Gulch colt battled gamely in the stretch of the $600,000 Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Keeneland Race Course to snap a five-race winl...Read More
The Polytrack was fast as always. Back on the turf, and the condition was listed as soft. Seven races run on synthetic, and only one wire job as off the pace types scored six times. Stalkers and closers best on the sod. Read More
Keeneland Recap – Oct 9th: The Polytrack was fast as always. The two turf races were transferred to the synthetic surface. The two 6f races favored speed. Stalkers best in the three 7f races carded. Patient runners best in the five route races on the afternoon. Read More

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View DetailsView Video10/08/11Kee91 mileT03+ MShadwell Turf Mile-G1Gio PontiGet StormySidney's Candy1:34.17
View DetailsView Video10/09/10Kee101 mileT03+ MShadwell Turf Mile-G1Gio PontiSociety's ChairmanCourageous Cat1:35.06
View DetailsView Video10/10/09Kee91 mileT03+ MShadwell Turf Mile-G1Court VisionKarelianMr. Sidney1:38.68
View Details10/17/98Kee81 mileT03+ MKeeneland Breeders' Cup Mile-G2Favorite TrickSoviet LineWild Event1:35.00
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