Zilla Racing Stables

Thoroughbred Racing Partnership

[Saffie Joseph Jr. @SaffieJosephJr]

Senti La Voce • Micah Husbands • Saffie Joseph, Jr.

#GulfstreamPark | #SunshineMeet | #HorseRacing

[Zilla Racing Stables @ZillaStable]

Paradise Valley captures the Grade 3 Bold Ruler Stakes at Belmont Park. 🏆

Congratulations to all of Paradise Valley’s owners: Zilla Racing Stables, Ilkay Kantarmaci, Steven Frost, America’s Pastime Stables, Five Horsemen Stables, and Rounds Racing.

A huge thank-you to trainer Ilkay Kantarmaci and his entire team for the care, preparation, and hard work behind this performance. And congratulations to Samuel Marin on a terrific ride and a landmark day in his career.

We’re proud to share this special moment with all of our partners. Paradise Valley showed up in a big way today!

[NYRA (🌳) @TheNYRA]

What a finish in the Bold Ruler Stakes (G3)!

PARADISE VALLEY gets the upset win at 13-1 with @JOCKEYSMARIN up for trainer Ilkay Kantarmaci.

[Kentucky Thoroughbred Association @KYTbred]

🌟 First-out MSW graduate Senti La Voce held on by a neck in @GulfstreamPark's first race, going six furlongs on a main track labeled good at 9/5!

A 2yo colt by Speaker's Corner out of Marvelous Spot (Archarcharch), trained by @SaffieJosephJr and ridden by @micah_husbands for Green With MV Stable, Mathis Stable LLC, Zilla Racing Stables and Rittdiculous Gazmanian Stable (Ryan Ritt).

That's a $2,190 KBIF Breeder Award 💰 for Kentucky breeder Machmer Hall! 👏
@MachmerHall

[VideoHipico @videohipico]

WHAT A BATTLE! SENTI LA VOCE digs deep and WINS Race 1 at Gulfstream Park after a fierce fight to the wire! With Micah J. Husbands @mj_husbands for Saffie A. Joseph Jr. @saffie_joseph_jr_racing. #GulfstreamPark #SunshineMeet
https://t.co/3JLsOfhlex

[Gulfstream Park @GulfstreamPark]

Senti La Voce and @micah_husbands prevail in a tight finish in the opener at #GulfstreamPark.

[Gulfstream Park @GulfstreamPark]

Senti La Voce outduels Holy Warrior to score in the first race, ridden by @micah_husbands, trained by @SaffieJosephJr, owned by Green With MV Stable, Mathis Stable, @ZillaStable and Rittdiculous Gazmanian Stable, bred by Machmer Hall. #GulfstreamPark #SunshineMeet

[Keri Brion @Keri145]

Metatron lights up the tote board winning his 2nd race in a row this time in NY under an awesome ride by @JOCKEYSMARIN 🏆 Metatron seems to have found what he loves since switching to the turf 😎 Huge thank you and well done to owners @ZillaStable 🐎

[Scott Wykoff @ScottWykoffWBAL]

Way go @Keri145 as her 2yo 1st time starter Sunny Bird proved much the best in the 4th at @Saratoga1863 1st win this summer at #TheSpa for the @FairHillTC trainer. The filly is owned by @SienaUniv-grad Mike Piazza’s @ZillaStable Comes after tough 2nd for Siennois in Wed jump race

[Declan Carroll @DPCbloodstock]

🚨 Debut Winner: SUNNY BIRD
@OBSSales June Purchase $35k from Skies Thoroughbred consignment.

Congratulations to, @ZillaStable @Keri145 @bpoorman34 @USASteeplechase Jimmy Sheridan & Black Jack Racing

Every win is a special win, but this one is a little extra. Sunny Bird is my first 2yr old sales winner on the flat and at @Saratoga1863.

An excellent job by Keri and the team, under a excellent ride from Christopher Elliot.

[Declan Carroll @DPCbloodstock]

Pleased to have secured this lovely colt by Flameaway @FasigTiptonCo NYB. In partnership with Hundred Acres Racing & @ZillaStable. Will be trained by Wesley Ward.
Excited for the future ⭐️

[Zilla Racing Stables @ZillaStable]

Mike, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this idea.

What if purse distributions were based on a target (par) field size? For every horse below that target, the purse for that race would be reduced by a predetermined amount. Conversely, for every horse above the target, the purse would increase by that same amount.

By the end of the year, the total purse money paid out would likely be about the same, but it would be distributed differently. Owners would earn more when they beat larger, more competitive fields and less when they win against smaller fields.

The idea is to create a financial incentive for fuller fields without increasing the overall purse budget.

What do you think? Could something like this work, or are there unintended consequences I’m overlooking?

[Zilla Racing Stables @ZillaStable]

ITWILLBEFUN: Impressive win! Great job by trainer Dana Saul and her team w Shayla McClung and jockey Jose Baez, who put together an absolutely perfect ride. He made a series of subtle decisions throughout the race that all added up to a flawless trip and helped bring out the very best in her.

[Declan Carroll @DPCbloodstock]

Pleased to pick up this beautiful daughter of Complexity (@AirdrieStud), for $35k at the yearling season opener @FasigTiptonCo. Now heads to Eagle Point Farm & receive her VA certification

📍 @Keri145 | @ZillaStable

[Keri Brion @Keri145]

Cool video taken by @chuan_martin of two of our @OBSSales June graduates picked out by @DPCbloodstock breezing this morning. Two lovely fillies who really haven’t put a foot wrong since arriving! @ZillaStable @USASteeplechase

[Zilla Racing Stables @ZillaStable]

NEW YORK SCRAPPY. The name says it all.

Today was a perfect example of what it means to have fight and heart.

Scrappy went to the lead, took pressure, got headed in the stretch—and instead of giving in, he dug back in, fought his way back, and refused to lose.

That’s what SCRAPPY looks like.

His 3rd win in a row and 5th win since we claimed him. Horses like this make racing so much fun. You know every time he steps onto the track, he’s going to give you everything he has.

Congratulations to all of our partners and connections, and a great job by trainer Ilkay Kantarmaci, his entire team, and everyone who plays a part in keeping this horse happy and performing at his best. Of course, great ride by Flavien Prat.

Most of all, thank you to New York Scrappy for continuing to give us races and memories like this.

What a fighter. What a horse.

[NYTB @nytbreeders]

Nice round of applause for New York Scrappy as he makes his THIRD straight visit to the winner’s circle! Galvin & Johnson bred the #NYbred son of @McMahonSaratoga's #NYsire Solomini. Prat up for Ilkay Kantarmaci, @ZillaStable, and @APStables.