DERBY WINNER ALL GROWN UP.Byline: Kevin Modesti Staff Writer ARCADIA - If fans go to the $300,000 Strub Stakes The Strub Stakes is an American race for thoroughbred horses run at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California each year. Currently a Grade II stakes race with a purse of $300,000, it is open to horses, age four, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt and offers. today expecting to see Giacomo as he appeared in the Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby One of the classic U.S. Thoroughbred horse races. It was established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky. With the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, it makes up U.S. racing's coveted Triple Crown. winner's circle win·ner's circle n. pl. winners' circles An enclosed area at a racetrack where the winning horse and jockey are brought for awards and publicity. Noun 1. , they're in for a surprise, his trainer says. ``You see a difference in him between his 3-year-old year and the start of his 4-year-old year,'' John Shirreffs John A. Shirreffs (born June 1, 1945 in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Based in California, Vietnam War veteran John Shirreffs began training Thoroughbreds in 1978. said at Santa Anita Santa Anita may refer to:
Giacomo finished third in the Preakness and seventh in the Belmont Stakes - 3-year-old champion Afleet Alex won both races - before having bone-chip surgery. When he and jockey Mike Smith break from post 4 in a field of 13 in the 1 1/8-mile Strub, the gray son of Holy Bull will be making his first start in nearly eight months. Shirreffs said Giacomo is about 150 pounds heavier than when he last competed and has been more aggressive in workouts, but the trainer thinks he'll have the same come-from-behind style as when he rallied from 18th to win the Derby at 50-1 odds, becoming the longest-priced winner of the race since 91-1 Doneraile in 1913. In light of Giacomo's extended layoff - and lingering doubt about the quality of a horse who has lost eight of 10 career starts - Santa Anita morning-line maker Jeff Tufts listed him as a 6-1 co-third choice behind San Pasqual Handicap The San Pasqual Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Santa Anita Park each year. The race is open to horses age three and up willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. It offers a purse of $150,000. Winners
Dixie Meister (6-1), from Texas, is getting better for Steve Asmussen, the nation's winningest trainer; Richard Mandella-trained Ulistnintome (15-1) and Bob Baffert-trained Hockey the General (15-1) try longer distances; and Wilko (6-1) tries again for his first victory since the 2004 Breeders' Cup Juvenile The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and geldings raced on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. . The Strub is the seventh race on a 12:30 p.m. card. Four races earlier, Baffert-trained Derby hopeful Bob and John faces Sacred Light and four others in the $100,000 Sham Stakes - in which Giacomo finished third a year ago. Kevin Modesti, (818) 713-3616 heymodesti(at)aol.com |
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