ANTESPEED UPSETS FAVORITE AT SANTA ANITA.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Antespeed beat odds-on favorite Cara Rafaela by 2-1/2 lengths Sunday in the $156,900 Las Virgenes Stakes The Las Virgenes Stakes is a race for thoroughbred fillies. A Grade I event, it's raced each February at Santa Anita Park and offers a purse of $250,000 for eligible three-year-olds. for 3-year-old fillies at Santa Anita Santa Anita may refer to:
Antespeed, ridden by Chris Antley Christopher W. Antley (January 6 1966 - December 2 2000) was a Champion American jockey. He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida but grew up in Elloree, South Carolina. He left school at sixteen to ride horses professionally at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. and owned by Jack Kent Cooke Jack Kent Cooke (25 October, 1912 – 6 April, 1997) was a Canadian-American entrepreneur who became one of the most widely-known executives in North American professional sports. , ran one mile in 1:36 2/5 on a firm track and paid $7.80, $2.80 and $2.40. Antespeed is a daughter of 1985 Kentucky Derby winner Spend a Buck Spend A Buck (born 1982 in western Kentucky, died November 24, 2002 in Brazil) was an American thoroughbred race horse. Spend A Buck was sired by Buckaroo [1] out of the dam Belle de Jour. and now has six victories in seven career starts. Cara Rafaela, ridden by Gary Stevens, rallied to finish second and paid $2.40 and $2.20. It was 2-1/2 lengths back to Hidden Lake, ridden by Chris McCarron, and a $2.80 show payoff. "I didn't expect to be on the lead today," Antley said. "I thought for sure Raw Gold would be the lone leader and I'd be in the second flight, hopefully not being trapped." Stevens said of Cara Rafaela: "My filly ran a game race. Antespeed - she just keeps winning races." Sunday's race was the 14th running of the one-mile race for 3-year-old fillies. Chavez wins six:Jorge Chavez became the 10th driver to win six races on one day in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , the 13th overall. Chavez, who began the current Aqueduct meeting with 27 wins, won in the first, third, fourth, sixth, eighth and 11th races. He had nine mounts in the 11-mount card. The last jockey to accomplish the feat was Mike Smith on Jan. 30, 1992. In the feature, the $82,850 Grade III Rare Treat Handicap for fillies and mares 3-year-olds and up, Shoop finished first by 2-1/4 lengths. But jockey Herberto Castillo Jr., who rode runner-up Very True, filed an objection and the order of finish was reversed. Shoop was placed second with Spire another 2-1/2 lengths behind in the nine-horse field. The victory was the sixth in 16 career starts for Very True, who covered 1-1/8 miles on the fast track in 1:52 1/5. Very True earned $49,710 for Barbara Davis and returned $5.90, $3.40 and $2.70. Shoop paid $4.20 and $3.20 and Spire paid $3.90. |
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