BREEDERS' CUP ROUNDUP: ENTERTAINING WIN FOR GRIFFIN.Byline: Kevin Modesti Staff Writer ELMONT, N.Y. - The road to next year's 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. will run through Hollywood, the showbiz capital as well as the racetrack. The $1.5 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and geldings raced on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. turned into the Merv Griffin Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin, Jr. (July 6 1925 – August 12 2007) was an American talk show host, game show host, entertainer, pianist, television personality and raconteur. Show when the entertainer's colt Stevie Wonderboy Stevie Wonderboy (foaled 2003 in Kentucky) is a retired Thoroughbred race horse. Competing in 2005, his performances that year, capped off by a win in the fall's Breeders' Cup Juvenile, earned him the Eclipse Award for Outstanding 2-Year-Old Male Horse. won powerfully under Garrett Gomez on Saturday at Belmont Park to stamp himself the early leader of next season's 3-year-olds. ``Besme mucho ...!'' Griffin began to croon croon v. crooned, croon·ing, croons v.intr. 1. To hum or sing softly. 2. To sing popular songs in a soft, sentimental manner. 3. Scots To roar or bellow. as the owner was handed the trophy after the 1 1/4-length victory by the son of Stephen Got Even named for Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonderboy, 9-2 in his first start since winning the Del Mar Futurity The Del Mar Futurity is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. Beginning in the racing season of 2007, this race has been upgraded by the American Graded Stakes Committee from a Grade II event to a Grade I. on Sept. 7, is trained by Hollywood Park-based Doug O'Neill. It was the first Breeders' Cup victory for Griffin, O'Neill and Gomez, the jockey winning his third million-dollar race in his comeback from a nearly two-year battle with substance abuse. ``I have no words to describe how (good) I feel,'' Gomez said. Stevie Wonderboy went past runner-up Henny Hughes and third-place favorite First Samurai in the stretch to cover 1 1/16 miles in 1:41.64, the fastest Juvenile since 1997 Horse of the Year Favorite Trick's 1:41.47 at Hollywood Park. Griffin, 80, was asked for his thoughts on Stevie Wonderboy's chances in Louisville, where the Kentucky Derby never has been won by a Juvenile winner. ``Louisville? The Kentucky Derby? May 6? 'The sun shines bright ...'?'' Griffin said before deadpanning: ``No, I'm not thinking of that.'' --Mile: It was bittersweet bittersweet, name for two unrelated plants, belonging to different families, both fall-fruiting woody vines sometimes cultivated for their decorative scarlet berries. as Artie Schiller, with Gomez in the saddle, rallied to win the $1.5 million Mile at 5-1 odds and end second-place Leroidesanimaux's winning streak at eight races. Gomez picked up the mount because Richard Migliore, regular jockey of New York-based Artie Schiller, broke a leg in a Belmont Park paddock accident recently. During the Mile, Funfair, the horse who upset Artie Schiller in the Kelso Handicap earlier this month, fractured a hind leg, forcing veterinarians Veterinarians and veterinary surgeons (vets) are medical professionals who operate exclusively on animals. Well-known and notable veterinarians include:
see euthanatize. him. Jockey Edgar Prado quickly pulled up Funfair on the backstretch back·stretch n. The part of an oval racecourse farthest from the spectators and opposite the homestretch. but fell off as the 6-year-old stumbled. Funfair tried to run on uncontrolled and apparently aggravated the injury. Artie Schiller is trained by James Jerkens, son of Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens. --Juvenile Fillies: Prado's first Breeders' Cup victory was D. Wayne Lukas' 18th. Prado, whose 0-for-41 mark in a Breeders' Cup career that started in 1992 was the worst active losing streak, let favored Folklore settle behind a long-shot front-runner before the filly owned by Bob and Beverly Lewis of Newport Beach burst clear to win the $1 million Juvenile Fillies by 1 1/4 lengths. --Turf: Europeans asserted their dominance in America's richest grass race as German-owned, French-trained Shirocco - with a Belgian-born jockey - took the winner's share of the $2 million purse. Two-three-four finishers Ace, Azamour and favored Bago were from Europe too. With Christophe Soumillon riding, Shirocco took the lead on the turn for home and gave trainer Andre Fabre his fourth Breeders' Cup victory. It was the 10th time in 22 years that a Europe-prepped horse won the 1 1/2-mile Turf. --Distaff: Something's funny when a Phipps-owned filly pays 30-1 for a victory 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 . Pleasant Home, trained by Shug McGaughey and ridden by Cornelio Velasquez, scored a shockingly emphatic victory by 9 1/4 lengths in the $2 million race as defending champion Ashado finished third behind Society Selection. Led into the winner's circle by Dinny Phipps, Pleasant Home recorded the eighth Breeders' Cup victory for the Phipps family, the long-time first family of New York racing. --Filly & Mare Turf: Frankel-trained Intercontinental and jockey Rafael Bejarano led virtually from start to finish to win by 1 1/4 lengths and pay $32.20. |
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