BAILEY IS SHARP IN OAKS VICTORY.Byline: Kevin Modesti Staff Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. - If Jerry Bailey is on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of retirement, as the Hall of Fame jockey has hinted, he apparently does not plan to go quietly. Riding Summerly in the Kentucky Oaks The Kentucky Oaks is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky. The race currently covers 1⅛ miles (1811 metres) at Churchill Downs; carry 121 pounds (55 kg). on Friday, Bailey seized control from favored Sis City in the first turn and went on to win the $554,400 race for 3-year-old fillies in front of 111,243 fans at remodeled Churchill Downs Churchill Downs, Ky.: see Louisville. . The crowd on a cloudless afternoon was the biggest in Oaks history and is thought to be the biggest for a North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. race other than the Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby One of the classic U.S. Thoroughbred horse races. It was established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky. With the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, it makes up U.S. racing's coveted Triple Crown. . ``I thought Sis City had as much or more (early) speed as I did,'' Bailey said. ``Sis City didn't seem to show her usual zip. I made the determination about the third jump that I would try to take the lead.'' Sis City jockey Edgar Prado was forced to take back and loop to the outside in the first turn and wound up fading to fourth as Summerly ($11.20) beat In the Gold by two lengths and long shot Gallant Secret by 3 3/4. The result may have been a bad omen for New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. owner
George Steinbrenner, who owns Derby favorite Bellamy Road. Sis City is
partially owned by Yankees manager Joe Torre.
Summerly had won three races in a row before running a distant fourth to Sis City in the Ashland Stakes last time out. ``Any time a filly of this quality gets beat by that many lengths (19 1/4), you have to chalk it up to unexplainable,'' Bailey said. Steve Asmussen trains Summerly for Winchell Thoroughbreds. Bailey rides High Fly in the Derby. At 47, with an autobiography on the bookshelves, Bailey has said this might be his final season. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. ,'' he said Friday. ``I'm going to ride the rest of year as best I can. I was really close (to quitting) at the end of last year, but here I am.'' In one of Friday's early stakes at Churchill, jockey Pat Valenzuela and trainer Jeff Mullins teamed up with Mighty Beau to win the Aegon Turf Sprint and pay $5.80. CAPTION(S): box Box: UNDER THE SPIRES |
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