A TRAVERS WIN COULD SAY A LOT.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Louis Quatorze Louis Qua·torze adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the baroque style in architecture, furniture, and decoration of the reign of Louis XIV. [French.] or Skip Away Skip Away (born April 4, 1993), a gray thoroughbred race horse, was named America's Champion 3 Year Old Male in 1996 and twice (1997, 1998) named America's Champion Handicap Horse. could take a major step toward the 3-year-old championship by winning the $750,000 Travers at Saratoga on Saturday. Or Editor's Note could assume leadership of the division. Or the Eclipse Award picture could be blurred with a victory by one of the other four horses entered Thursday for the 1-1/4-mile race in upstate New York Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911 out of New York State's total 18,976,457. Were it an independent state, it would be ranked 13th by population. . ``Whoever wins the Travers has a lot to say about the championship,'' said Nick Zito, trainer of Louis Quatorze, winner of the Preakness and the Jim Dandy. ``Skip Away is a gem of consistency and I wouldn't be surprised if Editor's Note runs a big race. But I like our chances, that's for sure.'' Skip Away followed second-place finishes in the Preakness and Belmont Stakes with victories in the Ohio Derby and Haskell Invitational. One of his rivals is Dr. Caton, the stablemate Noun 1. stablemate - a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person stable companion Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times of Belmont winner Editor's Note, who finished second a length back in the Haskell. The 3-year-old division has been wide open since Grindstone grindstone or grind common metaphor for industriousness. [Pop. Culture: Misc.] See : Industriousness - trained by D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935 in Antigo, Wisconsin) is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. , who has Editor's Note and Dr. Caton - came out of his Kentucky Derby victory with a career-ending injury. Skip Away (ridden by Jose Santos), owned by Hine's wife Carolyn, was made the 9-5 early favorite for the Travers. Louis Quatorze (Pat Day) was second at 2-1, followed by lightly raced Will's Way (Jorge Chavez) at 4-1, Editor's Note (Mike Smith) at 9-2, and Dr. Caton (Jerry Bailey) at 6-1. The Robert Perez-owned entry of Secreto de Estado (Richard Migliore) and Prince Heaven (Cornelio Velasquez) was 20-1. Del Mar and its satellites will take bets on the race. The Travers will be shown on tape as part of ``Wide World of Sports Wide World of Sports can refer to:
It's a big weekend for rich races and for racing on TV, with ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network showing the $500,000 Beverly D from Arlington International near Chicago at 3 p.m. Saturday and the Arlington Million and the $300,000 Iselin Handicap from Monmouth Park in New Jersey at 3 p.m. Sunday. The Beverly D is scheduled to include Californians Alpride, Auriette, Matiara and Olimpia Dukakis. The Million's contenders include Sandpit. Serena's Song takes on Geri, Eltish and other males again in the Iselin. Musical chairs: Jockey Kent Desormeaux's split with agent Gene Short last week was only part of a general reshuffling at Del Mar. Desormeaux switched to Ron Anderson. Because Anderson also books mounts for Gary Stevens and Chris Antley, and rules limit agents to two riders, Antley was in limbo with Stevens hoping to return from injury by Sept. 1. So this week, Antley said he is teaming up with agent Tony Matos, who also works for Rene Douglas. Goncalino Almeida and agent Vince DeGregory also parted last week. |
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