Hystericalady and My Girls!

At the head of this strong running pack is Hystericalady who is busy as a 5 year-old mare winning the Azeri Stakes this spring. She's had 2 starts this year in 2008. The photo is by Will Kenser/Coady Photography.

Her parents are Distorted Humor and Sacramentada by Northair and she was born April 2, 2003 and purchased for $125,000 in the 2003 Keeneland September sales. She's got a record of 17: 8-3-1, and has run on 11 different surfaces and in 9 graded stakes, including the G3 Azeri Stakes on March 9, 2008. Another achievement is the Hollywood Breeders' Cup Oaks, among her stellar works! I have a feeling that right now, my little Violet wishes she were Hystericalady, so that she too could run around, kick up a fuss, and get lots of attention!

Breaking News! 448 Nominated to Triple Crown 2008!

Triple Crown Productions announced this past Saturday that 448 horses were nominated by the January 19th deadline for the races associated with the Triple Crown! The fee was $600 for the nomination, and horses can still nominate, but the fee jumps to $6,000! Among the 448 are Pyro and War Pass. Only 2 fillies are nominated, Country Star and Mushka. Country Star (photo by Benoit) won the Hollywood Starlet and Alcibiades Stakes in 2007 and Mushka (photo by Vanessa Ng) won the Demoiselle Stakes (shown in these photos). They are both daughters of the 2003 Belmont Stakes winner, Empire Maker.

Distorted Humor is the stud with the most kids nominated with 13, and Tale of a Cat and Mineshaft have the second-most nominated offspring with 11 each! Todd Pletcher leads the trainers with 31 nominees, Zito comes in second with 19!

Only 2 fillies out of 448 nominees! Makes you really see why Rags is a powerful kind of girl!






http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/2/3/1737770/2008_derby_noms.pdf