CALIFORNIA CUP: CAMBIOCORSA'S STREAK ON LINE.Byline: KEVIN MODESTI Staff Writer ARCADIA -- Of the 80-odd Golden State natives running in the California Cup races today at Santa Anita Santa Anita may refer to:
How comfortable is Cambiocorsa, a 4-year-old gray filly filly young female horse up to first breeding or 4 years, then a maiden mare. Called filly foal up to weaning, then weanling filly to 1 year, then yearling filly to 2 years. , on the 6 1/2-furlong downhill turf course used for the $150,000 Cal Cup Distaff Handicap, the 10th of the 11 races on the noon card showcasing Cal-breds? She has run eight sprints on the unique course, which is downhill for most of the first half-mile, features the only right-hand turn in U.S. horse racing horse racing, trials of speed involving two or more horses. It includes races among harnessed horses with one of two particular gaits, among saddled Thoroughbreds (or, less frequently, quarterhorses) on a flat track, or among saddled horses over a turf course with , and crosses over the dirt track at the top of the stretch. She has won all eight. Cambiocorsa's streak, part of a 9-for-15 overall record, began with her maiden victory at the 2005 Santa Anita meet, made her a stakes winner when she broke 21 seconds for the quarter-mile and 43 for the half in January's Wishing Well Handicap, and took her to Grade III wins in the April 16 Las Cienegas Handicap The Las Cienegas Handicap is a race for Thoroughbred horses run each year at Santa Anita Park. It is open to fillies and mares, age four and up, willing to race six and a half furlongs down the downhill turf. The race is a Grade III event with a purse of $100,000. and Sept. 27 Sen.Ken Maddy Handicap. Trainer Doug O'Neill and jockey Jon Court Jon Kenton Court (born November 23, 1960 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. Having grown up in Florida, Jon Court began riding in Colorado at the now closed Centennial Park in 1980. don't try too hard to explain the affinity of the daughter of Avenue of Flags Avenue of Flags is a park in the city of Hermitage in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States, erected during the Iran hostage crisis of 1979 - 1981 to honor the American diplomats held hostage in Tehran, Iran. for Santa Anita's turf sprints. ``She's a lot of fun to ride,'' Court said this week of the filly whose only defeat in 2006 came in Hollywood Park's Cash Call Mile. ``Doug's got her on her game. I basically stay out of her way. When she relaxes, with that natural speed, she's tough to beat.'' The most dramatic 1 minute, 12 seconds of the 17th Cal Cup should come when Cambiocorsa puts her streak on the line against seven opponents who include stakes winners Allswellthatnswell, Kresgeville, Leave Me Alone, River's Prayer and Vikki's Honor -- but no winners on the downhill turf. The Cal Cup Classic, a $250,000 race with Top This and That (Alex Solis Alex O. Solis (born March 25, 1964 in Panama City, Panama) is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California. He first gained national prominence when he won the 1986 Preakness Stakes with Snow Chief. ) favored at 5-2, is the richest of the 10 Cal Cup events this afternoon whose purses total $1.325 million. An on-site crowd of more than 20,000 is likely. heymodesti(AT_SIGN)aol.com (818) 713-3616 |
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