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Results for Toyota Blue Grass S. (G1)

Keeneland Race Course, April 11, $750,000, 3yo, 9fAW, ft, 1:49.26

General Quarters 123, Gr. or Ro. Sky Mesa -- Ecology, by Unbridled's Song. Owner, Thomas R. McCarthy; breeder, Mr. & Mrs. R. David Randal; trainer, Thomas R. McCarthy; jockey, Eibar Coa. $465,000

Hold Me Back 123, Dk. b. or br. Giant's Causeway -- Restraint, by Unbridled's Song. Owner, WinStar Farm LLC; breeder, Haras Santa Maria de Araras S.A. &WinStar Farm, LLC; trainer, William I. Mott; jockey, Kent J. Desormeaux. $150,000

Massone 123, Ch Menifee -- Stoneleigh's Hope, by Damascus. Owner, Frankfurt Stable; breeder, Lockhart Spears Estate & Arthur Hancock; trainer, Ronald L. McAnally; jockey, Garrett K. Gomez. $75,000

Margins: 1.5, 1.25, 1

Also ran: Terrain 123 ($37,500), Join in the Dance 123 ($22,500), Loch Dubh 123, Charitable Man 123, Mafaaz (GB) 123, Theregoesjojo 123, Patena 123, Cliffy's Future 123

Historical Information


Blue Grass Stakes

Inaugural Year: 1911
2009 date: April 11
Site: Keeneland Race Course

Notes: Grade 1 in 2009; run at 1 1/8 miles on Polytrack synthetic surface; gross value of $750,000; first graded edition in 1973; stakes record of 1:47.29 set in 1996 by Skip Away; named for the Bluegrass region of Kentucky; sponsored by Toyota Motor Manufacturing Co. of Georgetown, Kentucky from '96 to present; run as Toyota Blue Grass Stakes; Grade 2 from '90 to '98; run at Kentucky Association from 1911 to '36; run at Churchill Downs from '43 to '45; not run 1915-'18 and 1927-'36; run at six furlongs in '64; run on dirt from '11 to '06; dead heat for third in '73; Marfa finished second and was disqualified and placed fourth in '83; Alysheba finished first and was disqualified and placed third in '87.

Prep Races

Race Date
Golden Bear Stakes 1/1/2009
Count Fleet Stakes 1/3/2009
Spectacular Bid Stakes 1/3/2009
Turfway Prevue Stakes 1/3/2009
Lecomte Stakes 1/10/2009
Dixieland Stakes 1/16/2009
Triple Sec Stakes 1/16/2009
California Derby 1/17/2009
Dania Beach Stakes 1/17/2009
Pasco Stakes 1/17/2009
San Rafael Stakes 1/17/2009
Jimmy Winkfield Stakes 1/19/2009
San Pedro Stakes 1/19/2009
Smarty Jones Stakes 1/19/2009
Pepsi Cola Handicap 1/24/2009
Sunshine Millions Dash 1/24/2009
Hutcheson Stakes 1/30/2009
Black Gold Stakes 1/31/2009
Dancing Count Stakes 1/31/2009
Holy Bull Stakes 1/31/2009
Risen Star Stakes 2/7/2009
Robert B. Lewis Stakes 2/7/2009
WEBN Stakes 2/7/2009
Whirlaway Stakes 2/7/2009
U.A.E. Two Thousand Guineas 2/12/2009
El Camino Real Derby 2/14/2009
Hallandale Beach Stakes 2/14/2009
Sam F. Davis Stakes 2/14/2009
Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes 2/15/2009
San Vicente Stakes 2/16/2009
Southwest Stakes 2/16/2009
Turf Paradise Derby 2/21/2009
Borderland Derby 2/28/2009
Fountain of Youth Stakes 2/28/2009
Gentilly Stakes 2/28/2009
John Battaglia Memorial Stakes 2/28/2009
Miracle Wood Stakes 2/28/2009
Mountain Valley Stakes 2/28/2009
Sham Stakes 2/28/2009
Baldwin Stakes 3/1/2009
Gotham Stakes 3/7/2009
Louisiana Derby 3/14/2009
Palm Beach Stakes 3/14/2009
Rebel Stakes 3/14/2009
San Felipe Stakes 3/14/2009
Tampa Bay Derby 3/14/2009
Pasadena Stakes 3/15/2009
Kentucky Derby Challenge Stakes 3/18/2009
Sportsman's Paradise Stakes 3/20/2009
Hansel Stakes 3/21/2009
Lane's End Stakes 3/21/2009
Private Terms Stakes 3/21/2009
Rushaway Stakes 3/21/2009
Crescent City Derby 3/28/2009
Florida Derby 3/28/2009
San Miguel Stakes 3/28/2009
Swale Stakes 3/28/2009
U.A.E. Derby 3/28/2009
Sunland Derby 3/29/2009
Transylvania Stakes 4/3/2009
Bay Shore Stakes 4/4/2009
Illinois Derby 4/4/2009
Santa Anita Derby 4/4/2009
Wood Memorial Stakes 4/4/2009
Arkansas Derby 4/11/2009
La Puente Stakes 4/11/2009
Northern Spur Stakes 4/11/2009
Toyota Blue Grass Stakes 4/11/2009
Coolmore Lexington Stakes 4/18/2009
Derby Trial 4/25/2009
Withers Stakes 4/25/2009
Federico Tesio Stakes 5/2/2009
Kentucky Derby 5/2/2009
Lone Star Derby 5/9/2009
Peter Pan Stakes 5/9/2009
Preakness Stakes 5/16/2009
Belmont Stakes 6/6/2009

Winners

2009General Quarters, 123, Gr. or Ro. , c, 3
2008Monba, 123, Gr. or Ro. , c, 3
2007Dominican, 123, Ch , g, 3
2006Sinister Minister, 123, B. , r, 3
2005Bandini, 123, Dk. b. or br., h, 3
2004The Cliff's Edge, 123, Dk. b. or br., h, 3
2003Peace Rules, 123, Ch , h, 3
2002Harlan's Holiday, 123, B. , h, 3
2001Millennium Wind, 123, Dk. b. or br., h, 3
2000High Yield, 123, Ch , h, 3
1999Menifee, 123, B. , c, 3
1998Halory Hunter, 123, Ch , c, 3
1997Pulpit, 121, B. , c, 3
1996Skip Away, 121, Gr. or Ro. , c, 3
1995Wild Syn, 121, Dk. b. or br., c, 3
1994Holy Bull, 121, Gr , c, 3
1993Prairie Bayou, 121, Ch , g, 3
1992Pistols and Roses, 121, Gr , c, 3
1991Strike the Gold, 121, Ch , c, 3
1990Summer Squall, 121, B. , c, 3
1989Western Playboy, 121, Ch , c, 3
1988Granacus, 121, B. , c, 3
1987War, 121, B. , c, 3
1986Bachelor Beau, 121, Ch , g, 3
1985Chief's Crown, 121, B. , c, 3
1984Taylor's Special, 121, B. , c, 3
1983Play Fellow, 121, B. , c, 3
1982Linkage, 121, B. , c, 3
1981Proud Appeal, 121, B. , c, 3
1980Rockhill Native, 121, Ch , g, 3
1979Spectacular Bid, 121, Gr , c, 3
1978Alydar, 121, Ch , c, 3
1977For The Moment, 121, Ch , c, 3
1976Honest Pleasure, 121, Dk. b. or br., c, 3
1975Master Derby, 123, Ch , c, 3
1974Judger, 123, B. , c, 3
1973My Gallant, 117, Ch , c, 3
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