CANDY RIDE IS OUT FAVORITE TO SKIP BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC.Byline: Kevin Modesti Staff Writer Candy Ride, who would have been the most exciting contender and top California hope for the Breeders' Cup Classic The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade 1 Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 years old and older run at a distance of 1¼ miles (2012 m) on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. , won't run in the race, it was announced Monday. Because Candy Ride was born in Argentina and wasn't nominated to the Breeders' Cup The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I thoroughbred horse races operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982 by a consortium of North American racing organizations, led by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. races for a modest price by his breeder as is common with top North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. thoroughbreds, owners Sidney and Jenny Craig Jenny Craig (born Genevieve Guidroz in 1932 in Berwick, Louisiana) is an American weight loss guru who founded Jenny Craig, Inc. Raised in New Orleans, Genevieve Guidroz married Australian Sidney H. Craig. would have to pay an $800,000 supplemental fee to make the 4-year-old colt eligible for the $4 million Classic. But trainer Ron McAnally Ronald L. McAnally (born July 11, 1932, in Covington, Kentucky) is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers" by Thoroughbred Times Co. said skipping the Breeders' Cup - the eight-race event at Santa Anita Santa Anita may refer to:
``It was totally my decision,'' McAnally said from Santa Anita. ``(The Craigs) were very generous in saying they would put up the money, but they left it up to me. You run him in the Breeders' Cup, and it might drain him. He just turned 4 years old. He hasn't had a break (from training) in three years.'' Missing a chance to win North America's richest horse race and likely earn undefeated Candy Ride a Horse of the Year title is ``disappointing,'' McAnally said. ``But the (well-being of the) horse comes first, that's always been my philosophy,'' McAnally said. ``They take care of us, and we have to take care of them.'' McAnally has denied Candy Ride has a physical problem, although the horse hasn't had a formal workout since the dominating victory in the Aug. 24 Pacific Classic at Del Mar that shot him to the top of the Breeders' Cup Classic favorites list. The new favorite is likely to be Mineshaft mine·shaft n. A vertical or sloping passageway made in the earth for finding or mining ore and ventilating underground excavations. Noun 1. or Empire Maker, scheduled to meet Saturday in the Jockey Club Gold Cup The Jockey Club Gold Cup, established in 1919, is a prestigious thoroughbred flat race open to horses of either gender three-years-old and up. It is typically the main event of the fall meeting at Belmont Park, just as the Belmont Stakes is of the spring meeting and the Travers at Belmont Park. A Breeders' Cup spokesman expressed disappointment about Candy Ride's withdrawal but relief that McAnally didn't blame the event's punitive supplemental-nomination fees. If the Craigs - who run the weight-loss chain bearing her name - paid the $800,000, they would have made money if Candy Ride finished first (earning $2,080,000), second ($800,000) or third ($440,000) but not if he ran fourth ($228,000), fifth ($120,000) or worse (zero). It's reminiscent of owner-trainer Jimmy Croll's decision not to pay $360,000 to put Holy Bull in the 1994 Classic, saying the colt needed a break. Holy Bull had won so many big races already that he was voted Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old anyway. Kevin Modesti, (818) 713-3616 kevin.modesti(at)dailynews.com |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion