Sentences with phrase «first filly»

In fact, Genuine Risk was the first filly in 21 years even to enter the race — and her trainer, Jolley, and owners, Bert and Diana Firestone, debated for days over whether to send her.

Big, beautiful and nearly coal black, Ruffian was the first filly media star, but in a match race in 1975 with the colt Foolish Pleasure, winner of that year's Kentucky Derby, Ruffian snapped a leg and had to be put down.

Not exact matches

The first Secretariat wore No. 1, a good omen, but the golden filly who looks like her daddy ran like a dud, and was beaten by some quick maidens

Fourteen years later, on the first Saturday in May 1989, Shug McGaughey was a 38 - year - old trainer, a native of Lexington who had handled unbeaten filly Personal Ensign for Phipps's father the previous year and now brought his long - striding colt Easy Goer to the Kentucky Derby.

Of the 100 foals arriving each year, all the colts are usually sold as un-raced 2 - year - olds, along with all but about 15 fillies, who are first raced and then retained for the stud.

The 3 - year - old filly took the first leg of the distaff triple crown by finishing the mile in 1:35 [1/5].

One cause for conversation was Polly's Rumor, an obscurely bred 2 - year - old chestnut filly who, in her first start, won a maiden race by 21 lengths and smoked over the 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:03 [1/5](and in her second race, over six furlongs, won by nine lengths in 1:10).

The Fillies were 18 of 28 from the field in the first half of a game in which a mere eight free throws were attempted.

Odds may be long but she has a better chance than the 50 to 1 upset winner in the Kentucky Derby and certainly, a filly winning the Preakness for the first time since 1924 can not be overlooked.

First up, my latest obsession: leopard wedge booties from the cutest boutique, Filly Flair.

Following graduation, Rodriguez booked her first lead role in the feature film «Tiny Dancer,» before breaking out with her performance as the title character in «Filly Brown.»