Gold Rush

Bai and Bai Seeks Third Stakes Win

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (Apr. 27, 2006) – Multiple stakes winner Bai and Bai, a graduate of the Northern California Yearling Sale, is the high weight in Sunday’s $200,000 Melair Stakes for California-bred 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles on Hollywood Park’s Gold Rush Day card.

Bai and Bai is by Falstaff, out of the Fappiano mare Bai Shun, was bred by Mares Nest and is owned by Vinson & Wilson. The $3,200 purchase at the Northern California Yearling Sale has four wins in nine starts, earnings of $165,223 and is coming off a second in the Apr. 8 San Ramon. She’s won the California Cup Juvenile Fillies and the Telegraph Hill.

Katies Mark is by Benchmark, out of the Flying Paster mare Living Waters, was bred by Gary and Robert Denny and is owned by Bisharat or Bisharat. Claimed three races back for $40,000, she broke her maiden in her sixth try Mar. 30.

Stakes winner Seam Seeker is by Bertrando, out of the Pirate’s Bounty mare Wisdom Keeper, was bred by Marty and Pam Wygod and is owned by Rancho Santiago. She has three wins in eight starts, earnings of $114,535 and is coming off a third in the Mar. 17 Eire Go Brach.

Chosen Royalty is by In Excess, out of the King of Kings mare Her Royalty, was bred by Old English Rancho & Headley and is owned by Headley, Johnston & Johnston. She has two wins in three starts, earnings of $69,528 and is coming off a third in the Apr. 8 Providencia. She is the full sister to multiple stakes winner Royally Chosen.

Princess Kinzie is by Globalize, out of the Flying Paster mare Almocita, was bred by Granja Vista del Rio and is owned by Always Believe. She has one win in five starts, earnings of $43,465 and is coming off an eighth in a Mar. 25 optional claimer.

Rocket Kitty is by Rocket Cat, out of the Saratoga Six mare Cayman Holiday, was bred by Luiza Degwitz and is owned by Steve Taub. She broke her maiden in her fifth start Mar. 29.

More Angels is by Slew of Angels, out of the Falstaff mare Falmora, was bred by Madera Thoroughbreds and is owned by Equils or Equils or Knapp. She has two wins in 14 starts, earnings of $114,900 and is coming off a second in an Apr. 15 optional claimer, one race after being claimed for $50,000.

She’s an Eleven is by In Excess, out of the Flying Sensation mare She’s a Sensation, was bred by Old English Rancho and Joe Turner and is owned by C R K Stable. She broke her maiden by 11 ¼ lengths in her fifth start Mar. 2 and has never finished out of the money.

Marciamarciamarcia is by Cee’s Tizzy, out of the Prospector’s Halo mare Matt’s Choice, was bred by Larry Williams and is owned by O’Neill or Scott or Wong. She has two wins in 10 starts, earnings of $65,440 and is coming off a second in a Mar. 30 optional claimer after being claimed for $20,000.