CASTLEDALE IS KING LONG SHOT TRAMPLES 30-1 ODDS TO WIN AT SANTA ANITA.Byline: Art Wilson Arthur Earl "Dutch" Wilson (December 11, 1885 in Macon, Illinois; died June 12, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois) was a catcher in Major League Baseball. Art Wilson was the catcher for Cubs pitcher Hippo Vaughn during the "double no-hitter" game in 1917. Staff Writer ARCADIA - Castledale probably isn't the most talented horse to win the Santa Anita Derby The Santa Anita Derby is an American Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run each April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California and carries a purse of $750,000. in its 67 runnings. But the 3-year-old son of Peintre Celebre Peintre Celebre, (born 1994), is a champion thoroughbred racehorse. Bred and owned by Daniel Wildenstein (1917-2001), the renowned French art dealer and highly successful horseman, Peintre Celebre came from a line of outstanding thoroughbreds. who went postward Saturday at boxcar odds of 30-1 is the second Irish-bred colt in the past five years to win the West Coast's major stepping stone to the Kentucky Derby. He joins 2000 winner The Deputy, and he's the fifth-biggest longshot to win the Grade I race. Only 43-1 shocker shock·er n. One that startles, shocks, or horrifies, as a sensational story or novel. Noun 1. shocker - a shockingly bad person bad person - a person who does harm to others 2. Destroyer (1974), 33-1 shots Sweepida (1940) and Old Rockport ('49), and 32-1 outsider Mighty Adversary ('84) confounded the bettors more than Castledale did on an overcast day that only muddled the Kentucky Derby picture even more. But did Castledale, who gave jockey Jose Valdivia Jr. his first Santa Anita Derby win in two tries, deserve such disrespect at the windows? Consider that he had won a Grade III stake at Hollywood Park in November and that this was one of the most wide-open Derbies in recent memory. ``I got a win ticket in my pocket that makes me glad he was 30-1,'' co- owner and TVG TVG TV Guide (magazine) TVG Televisión de Galicia TVG Tierversuchsgegner (German: Antivivisection) TVG Television Games Network TVG Toronto Venture Group TVG Tri Valley Growers TVG Time-Variable Gain analyst Frank Lyons deadpanned after Castledale closed in the stretch to win by a head over Rock Hard Ten, who after a 15-minute inquiry was disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. and placed third behind original third-place finisher Imperialism for interference in the stretch. Jeff Mullins, who saddled his second consecutive Santa Anita Derby winner after last year's score with Buddy Gil, said he was not concerned the stewards might disqualify To deprive of eligibility or render unfit; to disable or incapacitate. To be disqualified is to be stripped of legal capacity. A wife would be disqualified as a juror in her husband's trial for murder due to the nature of their relationship. Castledale after jockey Victor Espinoza had to pull up the late-charging Imperialism along the rail. ``Jose told me he dropped his whip at the eighth pole,'' Mullins said. ``I knew he wasn't going to come down. He had total control of the horse.'' Valdivia didn't gain the mount on Castledale until Wednesday, the morning of the draw. Mullins was waiting to see if Northern California- based jockey Russell Baze could ride, but Baze's daughter was married Saturday night and he couldn't make the trip south. Castledale, a private purchase by Lyons and Greg Knee in September 2003, had run only once on the dirt in nine lifetime starts before Saturday - a lackluster sixth-place effort in the Grade II San Rafael Stakes The San Rafael Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Santa Anita Park, located in Arcadia, California. The race is a Grade II event with a purse of $150,000 and is open to three-year-olds willing to race one mile (8 furlongs) on the dirt. on March 6. Still, Mullins believed the colt deserved another shot. If it didn't pan out, they could always put the horse back on the turf. ``The last time, he'd had a long time off (three-plus months) and he moved a little too soon in that race,'' Mullins said. ``He just came up empty. ``He works better on the dirt than he does the turf, and we knew he could get the distance.'' Lyons, a former trainer who won the Breeders' Cup Sprint The Breeders' Cup Sprint is an American Weight for Age Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for three year olds & up. Run on dirt over a distance of 6 Furlongs (3/4 mile), the race has been held annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the with Desert Stormer Stormer may refer to:
``The Kentucky Derby is such a difficult race to win,'' Lyons said. ``But just to get there, gee. We'll see. Let's just be thankful for this moment.'' As expected, Lucky Pulpit and Quintons Gold Rush set moderate fractions of :22-4/5 and :46-4/5 for the 1 1/8 mile race over a fast main track that was playing a little dull. The winning time matched Buddy Gil's clocking of 1:49-1/5 last year. Art Wilson, (626) 962-8811 art.wilson(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Castledale (4), with jockey Jose Valdivia, became the fifth-biggest longshot to win the Santa Anita Derby. Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press Box: SURPRISE, SURPRISE? |
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