Unrivaled Belle

Don Alberto Stable’s Unique Bella was ultra-impressive in Saturday’s G2 Santa Maria Stakes, galloping to a nine-length win in the 1 1/16-mile contest. The Tapit filly out of Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic winner Unrivaled Belle was timed in 1:43.45 over the fast main track at Santa Anita, and jockey Mike Smith hardly had to move […]

Don Alberto Stable’s talented sophomore filly Unique Bella had to be withdrawn from consideration from both the Santa Anita Oaks and the Kentucky Oaks with shin soreness, but it appears the daughter of Tapit will be returning to training soon. According to bloodhorse.com, Unique Bella has been walking the shed row at Santa Anita and visiting […]

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer’s budding superstar filly Unique Bella was sent out for an impressive five furlong breeze in 1:00.20 “breezing” early Thursday morning as she prepares for what her connections hope will be her fourth consecutive win in the Grade III Santa Ysabel Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on March 4. A 3-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter […]

Jerry Hollendorfer may just have another top 3-year-old filly on his hands. Don Alberto Stable’s Unique Bella, a daughter of Tapit, put on an absolute show in Sunday’s G2 Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita, taking over the lead on the backstretch and galloping home to win by at 8 3/4 lengths. Jockey Mike Smith […]

Don Alberto Stable’s Unique Bella was quite simply a class above her rivals in Sunday’s G2 Santa Ynez, taking a four-wide trip in stride and drawing away to win by 7 1/2 lengths under Hall of Fame rider Mike Smith. The 3-year-old daughter of Tapit covered seven furlongs over Santa Anita’s fast main track in […]

Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale concluded Sunday with solid results that further recent trends toward selectivity and strength in the top and middle markets. Spirited competition among the world’s top buyers for quality individuals resulted in the sale of 19 horses for $1 million or more, highlighted by the $3.8 million paid for 2010 Breeders’ […]

The bullish market continued Wednesday at Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale with eight million-dollar-plus sales, topped by the $3.8 million paid by Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm for 2010 G1 Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic winner and millionaire Unrivaled Belle, in foal to leading sire Tapit. The purchase price for Unrivaled Belle is the highest for […]

PRESS RELEASE ELMONT, N.Y. – Sidney’s Candy on Sunday turned in his first official workout since being acquired by WinStar Farm and transferred to the barn of Todd Pletcher, breezing four furlongs over Belmont’s main track in 49.73. Previously trained in Southern California by John Sadler for the Craig Family Trust, the Grade 1-winning son of Candy […]

Unrivaled Belle broke her withers when she fell backward waiting to be saddled for Belmont Park’s Ogden Phipps Handicap Saturday, according to David Grening in the Daily Racing Form. Her connections announced her retirement early Saturday evening. Trainer Bill Mott expressed frustration over what he felt was an inordinate amount of time Unrivaled Belle had […]

PRESS RELEASE ELMONT, N.Y. – Unrivaled Belle, second to Life At Ten in last year’s Grade 1 Ogden Phipps Handicap, will face that opponent and four other fillies and mares on Saturday in the 2011 renewal of the Grade 1, $250,000 race at 1 1/16 miles. The 2010 Ogden Phipps was the first of three […]