A.V. DEVELOPERS JOCKEY FOR WINNER'S CIRCLE WITH NORTHERN AFLEET.Byline: KAREN THACKER / Community Columnist When the thoroughbreds line up for the $1.2 million Breeders' Cup sprint The Breeders' Cup Sprint is an American Weight for Age Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for three year olds & up. Run on dirt over a distance of 6 Furlongs (3/4 mile), the race has been held annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the , among them will be a horse with an Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley connection. Northern Afleet, a 4-year-old colt with more than $600,000 in career winnings, is owned by Rancho Vista developers Gregg Anderson and Ron Waranch. ``We are so thrilled - we can't wait,'' said Anderson. ``He'll be one of the favorites in the Breeders' Cup sprint. He's as ready as he'll ever be.'' The Breeders' Cup The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I thoroughbred horse races operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982 by a consortium of North American racing organizations, led by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. tests the best horses in the world regardless of age, and this year will be at Hollywood Park Hollywood Park may be several places:
Anderson and Waranch bought Northern Afleet as a yearling yearling an animal in its second year of age, e.g. yearling cattle, yearling filly, yearling colt. yearling disease rinderpest in wildebeeste in the Serengheti. in Kentucky. He was raised in Florida and brought to Hollywood Park as a 2-year-old. He raced lightly, then became ill. He underwent two major operations for colic colic, intense pain caused by spasmodic contractions of one of the hollow organs, e.g., the stomach, intestine, gall bladder, ureter, or oviduct. The cause of colic is irritation and/or obstruction, and the irritant and/or obstruction may be a stone (as in the gall and had throat surgery during his second and third year. Northern Afleet has been in races from six furlongs to a mile and an eighth, but ``we felt we had the best shot at the sprint,'' Anderson said. Many local horse fans may remember Anderson and Waranch's horse named Palmdale - a successful racer that at age 9 is now into jumping and being geared up for the 2000 Olympics. ``He's a sound horse and he trains very well,'' Anderson said. Palmdale was one of the first horses the duo bought eight years ago. They planned to name him Rancho Vista, after their new housing development. But after a long day of buying eight or nine horses, Waranch went to fill out the paperwork. ``He was tired when he was submitting names and forgot the name of the development so he named him Palmdale,'' Anderson said. Although buying horses can be expensive, and not always bring back a profit, Anderson says he's been lucky so far. Northern Afleet, purchased for $60,000, has turned out the best so far. They've had offers in the millions to sell him, but plan to hang on and race him another year before retiring him to stud. Anderson and Waranch have been business associates for 30 years, developing land in Honolulu and Maui before settling into the Antelope Valley 15 years ago. Their 1,300-acre Rancho Vista housing and shopping center development is about halfway complete. At the Watch and Wager facility at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. , doors will open Saturday at 8:30 a.m. The Breeders' Cup races last most of the day. Coverage is live on KNBC KNBC Kings Norton Bowling Club (Channel 4) starting at 9 a.m. with races starting at 10 a.m. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (color) Northern Afleet will race Saturday in the Breeders' Cup sprint. |
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