BREEDERS' CUP NOTES: BAFFERT HAS SHOT TO BREAK LUKAS' SINGLE-DAY RECORD.Byline: Kevin Modesti Staff Writer Trainer 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. , sometimes accused of caring more about his stats than his horses, will find one of his prized records under attack Saturday at Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino is a racetrack and county-approved racino in Hallandale Beach, Florida, in the United States. During its annual meet, which spans January through March, it is one of the most important venues for horse racing in America. in Florida. Rival Bob Baffert Bob Baffert (born January 13, 1953 in Nogales, Arizona) is an American horse owner and trainer. He graduated from the University of Arizona's Racetrack Management Program with a Bachelor of Science degree. trains contenders in five races and could threaten Lukas' 11-year-old record of three winners on a single Breeders' Cup card. But Lukas is in position to play defense - he'll saddle horses in four of the races where Baffert is strongest. The Juvenile Fillies shapes up as a direct showdown, with Lukas-trained 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 starlet star·let n. 1. A small star. 2. A young film actress publicized as a future star. starlet Noun a young actress who has the potential to become a star Noun 1. Surfside surf·side adj. Situated or sited at or near the seashore: surfside parties; a surfside road. trying to hand Baffert-trained favorite Chilukki her first defeat. Surfside is a daughter of Seattle Slew and Flanders. The dam won the 1994 Juvenile Fillies for Lukas. Is Surfside special to Lukas? ``They're always special when they can run like she does,'' the 64-year-old Hall of Famer said. Lukas also plans to enter Cash Run in the Juvenile Fillies; Cat Thief against Baffert's General Challenge and River Keen in the Classic; High Yield and Millencolin against Baffert's Forest Camp and Captain Steve in the Juvenile; and A Lady From Dixie against Baffert's Silverbulletday in the Distaff. Cat Thief is 1 for 11 in his 3-year-old season. The win came by a head against General Challenge in Hollywood Park's Swaps Stakes. ``Some of the horses you (writers) are all touting very strongly . . . he has beaten already,'' Lukas said of Cat Thief. ``He has some speed, so he should stay clear of trouble.'' Lukas set the record for victories in a single Breeders' Cup in 1998 at drizzly Churchill Downs with Gulch (Sprint), Is It True (Juvenile) and Open Mind (Juvenile Fillies). Weather watch: The Gulfstream track was rated sloppy for Sunday's workouts, including 6 furlongs in a best-of-the-morning 1:13 by Sprint hopeful Anees and 5 furlongs in 1:02 by California-bred Sprint entrant Big Jag. Frankel exacta ex·act·a n. A method of betting, as on a horserace, in which the bettor must correctly pick those finishing in the first and second places in precisely that sequence. Also called perfecta. : Trainer Bobby Frankel won his sixth stakes in October, as French invader Public Purse ($4.80) and Star Performance ran 1-2 in the $150,000 Carleton F. Burke Handicap on the Santa Anita turf. Alex Solis rode the winner. Another Baze: Seventeen-year-old Tyler Baze - of jockeydom's first family - earned his first victory on the fifth attempt when Fleeting Wonder won a claiming race Sunday at Santa Anita. Baze is the second cousin of leading Northern California jockey Russell Baze. |
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