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VOLUME 12  - MAY/JUNE 2004

DERBY / TRIPLE CROWN EDITION

 

Win a $50 gift certificate to Nadine's...details are below and ODDS OF WINNING are VERY GOOD!

KEENELAND SEPTEMBER DEADLINE DRAWS NEAR

While pressure is building, there is still time to enter yearlings for Keeneland's September yearling sale.  The deadline for entry (as well as scratches) is May 3.   Paramount Sales continues to be the new force in the auction ring selling two sale topping individuals in 2003.

If you are still questioning which yearlings to enter for Keeneland and which may suit other sales, Pat Costello can be of some assistance.  Pat will be visiting farms both in and outside of Kentucky to inspect yearlings right up until the entry deadline. For states Pat is scheduled to visit or his local schedule, please contact the Paramount office at (859) 296-6455.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 TRIPLE CROWN RACES ARE HERE

When asking most people these past weeks who they liked for the Kentucky Derby, the answer has been nothing but an educated guess as to who may even be in the field.  With such uncertainty looming over the contenders, the only certainty is that there will be a full field of twenty this year.  Perhaps the best arguments the weeks before the big race can be made for MASTER DAVID, TAPIT, SMARTY JONES, THE CLIFF'S EDGE, QUINTON'S GOLDRUSH and ROCK HARD TEN who all had very good prep races coming up to the Derby. 

The fields will no doubt be whittled down for the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes.  But until then, the handicapping has only begun.  And as in 2003, we are proud to bring you Pat's choices for the Kentucky Derby.  Please consider the source when taking this information into account on the way to the betting windows...when asked if he had his picks for the Derby Pat promptly replied "Yeah, about twenty of 'em"! 

Pat's Picks
Castledale (IRE) When you're Irish, you like everything Irish.
Lion Heart "I've got to pick this horse to win simply because Gabriel Duignan says he won't!"
Master David Didn't he finish in the same spot in the Wood as the 2003 Derby winner?
Tapit This horse rounds out my "Top 4". That way only 16 horses can beat me.

 

 

IT'S A LITTLE KNOWN FACT. . .   

Did you know??

 

With one hundred thirty years of history in the books, the Kentucky Derby has many interesting facts that many people may not be aware of.  For example:

 

 Did you know

- ELWOOD was the first horse owned and bred by a woman that won the Derby?

     1904 Elwood - owned by Mrs. Laska Durnell, bred by Mrs. J.B. Prather

 
 

- May 3, 1952 was the first time the Kentucky Derby was broadcast on TV

     HILL GAIL won the race which aired on CBS.

 

 

- In 1896 The Kentucky Derby was shortened to 1 1/4 miles from its original 1 1/2

     mile distance.

 
 

- In 1938 the infield winner's circle is first used.  The tunnel to the infield is built

     and spectators were allowed to view the race from there for a 50 cent

     admission.

 

 

- HOOP JR. was the winner of the Kentucky Derby in 1945 - a year when racing

     was actually banned. The ban was lifted on May 8th and the Derby was run on

     June 9. 

 

 

- $32,000 funded the original construction of Churchill Downs in 1874.

 

 

- 1895 was the first Derby run under the twin spires.  It was won by HALMA.

 
 

- 1924 "My Old Kentucky Home" was first associated with the Kentucky Derby.

     It was sung at the Derby's 50th anniversary and replaced "The Star Spangled

     Banner" as the lead into the race.

  

A portion of the information above was found on the Kentucky Derby's official website www.kentuckyderby.com.  The site has an amazing amount of information posted including video replays of all the Derby contenders' prep races.  We would highly recommend everyone visit the site at least once before the big race.

 

 

Read the Charts

 

To read the charts of Paramount graduates, click here.

 

GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT

 

Paramount Sales has been represented once again by a Graded Stake winner.  Paramount's first sale topper SPANISH EMPIRE (2000 c. by Pleasant Colony - La Paz) won the Grade 3 Fifth Season Stakes at Oaklawn Park on April 7th.  The dark bay half brother to hot young sire FOREST CAMP defeated tough handicapper CRAFTY SHAW running a mile and a sixteenth on the dirt in 1:42 2/5.  Congratulations to Jubilee Stable, Martin Cherry  and Twin Creeks Farm.

 

We'd like to wish the best of luck to all all owners and breeders of Paramount graduates in the 2004 racing season.  We hope everyone finds the winners circle this season. 

 
 

UPCOMING DEADLINES

 

Below are deadlines approaching for upcoming sales.  Please contact Pat Costello if you have any further questions or would like to nominate a horse for any of these sales venues.

 

Sale Date

Entry Deadline 

Consignor Deadlines

(PDF format)

Sale Venue
September, 2004 May 3, 2004   Keeneland September Yearling Sale

October 4-6, 2004

July 12, 2004

 

Fasig-Tipton Eastern Fall Yearlings - Timonium

 

 

 

 

 
 

AND THE WINNER IS . . .

 

We'd like to announce that the March/April winner of our $50 gift certificate giveaway is ERIK AMLIE of Florence, Kentucky.  Erik will be having dinner at Nadine's in Palomar Center, Lexington with our compliments the next time he visits Lexington.  Thank you for entering our contest and enjoy your evening on us.

 
 

 

Click here for the race schedule in PDF document format.

RACING

The Triple Crown is Here

Each month, we have been providing a list of the upcoming Grade 1 races.  Below are the Grade 1 races scheduled for the upcoming month. We'd like to wish everyone the best of racing luck.

UPCOMING GRADE 1 RACES
4/30/04 Kentucky Oaks $500,000 (a) Churchill Downs
5/1/04 Humana Distaff $250,000 (a) Churchill Downs
5/1/04 Kentucky Derby $1,000,000 (g) Churchill Downs
5/1/04 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic $400,000 (a) Churchill Downs
5/15/04 Preakness Stakes $1,000,000 (g) Pimlico
5/31/04 Metropolitan Handicap $750,000 (g) Belmont Park
6/4/04 Acorn Stakes $250,000 (g) Belmont Park
6/5/04 The Belmont Stakes $1,000,000 (g) Belmont Park
6/5/04 Manhattan Handicap $400,000 (g) Belmont Park
6/12/04 Stephen Foster Handicap $750,000 (a) Churchill Downs
6/19/04 Ogden Phipps Handicap $300,000 (g) Belmont Park
6/26/04 Mother Goose Stakes $300,000 (g) Belmont Park
7/3/04 American Oaks $750,000 (g) Hollywood Park
7/3/04 Prioress Stakes $250,000 (g) Belmont Park
7/3/04 Suburban Handicap $500,000 (g) Belmont Park

 
 

READ AND WIN

You can't win if you don't enter!

 

To enter Paramount's giveaway for a $50 gift certificate to Nadine's for the months of May and June, click on the words "Pat's Picks" in our Derby section. You will be prompted to send an email back to our office.  Please include your name and a phone number at which you can be reached should you win.  We will draw one name from the emails we receive each month.  We'll publish the name of the winner in next month's newsletter. 

 

The odds of winning our contest are quite good.  Don't get discouraged if you haven't yet won.  If you continue to enter, you have about a 1 in 50 chance to win each month.  Good luck!

 

[If this link does not prompt your email to send us your entry, please send an email to us at the email address below.  Include "My entry for the $50 gift certificate" in the subject line].
 

 

Paramount Sales

 

Pat Costello, Managing Officer 

1025 Monarch St

Suite 260
Lexington, KY 40513-1932

 

(859) 296-6455 paramount@paramountsales.net
 

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