DECLAN'S MOON UPS WIN STREAK.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 - Unbeaten Declan's Moon hadn't raced since winning the Hollywood Futurity The Hollywood Futurity is an American Grade I race for thoroughbred two-year-olds race horses. Run in December at Hollywood Park Racetrack, it's the last major race for two-year-olds. in December and he was full of himself Saturday before the Grade II Santa Catalina Santa Catalina (săn`tə kăt'əlē`nə) or Catalina Island, S Calif., one of the Santa Barbara Islands, off Huntington Beach, Calif. It is a resort island, 22 mi (35 km) long and 1 to 8 mi (1.6–12. Stakes at Santa Anita Santa Anita may refer to:
The gelded geld 1 tr.v. geld·ed or gelt , geld·ing, gelds 1. To castrate (a horse, for example). 2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken. son of Malibu Moon, who brought a 4-0 record into the Santa Catalina, acted up in the paddock when trainer Ron Ellis Ronald John Edward Ellis (born January 8, 1945 in Lindsay, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs. tried to saddle him. But he settled down once he got on the track and rolled to a two-length victory over D. Wayne Lukas-trained Going Wild while running the 1 1/16-mile distance on the main track in 1:42 2/5. ``We hadn't worked him in a week and I think it was just a case of him being a little too fresh,'' said Ellis, a graduate of Monroe of North Hills. ``He'd never given me any problems before while saddling him.'' It turns out the antics by Declan's Moon were all the gelding's connections had to worry about. Once jockey Victor Espinoza set him down for the stretch run, he was ready to fire. ``He was waiting,'' said Espinoza, who has ridden Declan's Moon in his last four races. ``He just waited for me to ask him to run.'' After laying second behind pacesetter Spanish Chestnut through early fractions of 23 2/5, 46 4/5 and 1:10 4/5, Espinoza let Declan's Moon know it was time to go to work at the top of the stretch. Going Wild, the second choice at 7-2, held second by three lengths over Spanish Chestnut. --Kentucky warmups: There were three other Kentucky Derby prep races Saturday - two at Gulfstream Park in Florida and one at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas. In the Grade II Fountain of Youth Stakes The Fountain of Youth Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Gulfstream Park at the beginning of March each year. A Grade II event open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt, it offers a purse of $350,000. at Gulfstream, Nick Zito- trained High Fly held off a late charge by Bandini to win by three-quarters of a length in 1:49 3/5 for the 1 1/8-mile distance. Another undefeated sophomore Lost in the Fog Lost in the Fog (February 4, 2002 - September 17, 2006) was an American thoroughbred race horse. Bred by Susan Seper and born in Florida, the Fog's sire was Lost Soldier (sire so far of 10 stakes winners), a son of Danzig (himself the son of Northern Dancer ranked at #43 by The scored a 4 3/4-length victory in the Grade II Swale Stakes at seven furlongs over Gulfstream's main track. At Oaklawn, 2-5 favorite Afleet Alex made his 2005 debut a winning one, taking the six-furlong Mountain Valley Stakes by 2 3/4 lengths under jockey Jeremy Rose. --Around the track: Elsewhere at Santa Anita, Jon Court rode 3-2 favorite Leroidesanimaux, trained by Bobby Frankel, to a one-length victory over Buckland Manor in the Grade I Frank E. Kilroe Mile. The victory was the sixth in a row for Leroidesanimaux, who ran the mile on turf in 1:33 4/5. High Standards, a 7-1 outsider ridden by Edgar Prado, rallied in the stretch to win the Grade III Baldwin Stakes by 2 1/2 lengths after the stake was switched from the downhill turf course to the dirt because of recent rains. Art Wilson, (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2103 art.wilson(at)sgvn.com |
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